I wished that you were The first light of the morning But it was only a train signal shining behind me The narrow grey railway line split the dark valley The 6am moon showed her face in my bracelet And crowded stars sang to her radiant chorus They lit up the silver wood gatepost where I lent and I wrote "I think I might love you now" Under dark silken skies of December I walked across fields that knew my name I walked beneath stars that knew the pain in my heart I walked between trees that knew my start and my ending On a quiet Christmas morning I sang back to my valley and I asked her kindly for a miracle And I wished that you would be The first light of the morning