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Toymaker

    Verse 1            Long miles to travel,
                F#m
                Serious loads,
                D                                          A
                Heavy responsibilities she knows
                          D                    A

she's always been relied on

C#7 F#m

shoulders broad to carry

D Bm E7

Though sometimes her own light's burning low. (but)

A D A

Refrain        Look what she makes when she lets her feelings be
         F#m                Bm              E            E7
        Look what she makes when she lets her spirit fly free
                                     D
        When she lets the child inside
                                 F#m                  F#7
        Come out from where she hides.
               Bm7            E7
        The toymaker is life to you and me.

Verse 2 Up again each morning,

Work to be done

Mortgages and other bills to pay

One day is like another

But evening beckons

It's then that her child comes out to play, and

Refrain

    Verse 3         Woman of wisdom, grown through the pain
                Crafting past and future in her hand
                Rejoicing in your story,
                Painting rainbow colours,
                Giving child and crone a place to stand.


Refrain

Sue Boland 1999