Memorial Day - "Lost in the Stars"

Source: Kurt Weill's Musical "Lost in the Stars"

Lost in the Stars

Before Lord God made the sea and land
He held the stars in the palm of his hand
And they ran through his fingers like grains of sand,
And one little star fell alone.

Then the Lord God hunted through the wide night air
For the little dark star on the wind down there,
And he stated and promised he'd take specical care
So it wouldn't get lost again.

Now a man don't mind if the stars grow dim,
So long as the Lord God's watching over them,
Keeping track of how it all goes on.

But I've been walking all the night and day,
Till my eyes are weary and my head turns gray,
And sometimes it seems Maybe God's gone away
And we're lost out here in the stars.

Little stars, big stars, blowing through the night,
And we are lost out here in the stars,
Little stars, big stars blowing through the night,
And we are lost out here in the stars.