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Tomorrow Took ForeverA boy hinted that he'd likea Big Wheel for his sixth birthdaythe way his mother grinned when she tucked him inhe was sure he'd got his wayhe turned on his Tigger lampwondered where they hid his giftas his clock ticked on slowly toward dawnit seemed to that boy as iftomorrow took foreveras morning took its timeminutes never move fastwhen we want them to passand in his happy mindtomorrow took foreverA bride stood by a mirrorand held up her wedding dressdaydreamed all that night shut her green eyes tightand felt her first married kissshe practiced saying "I do"pretended to toss her bouquetpaced her kitchen tile like a wedding aisleand as she awaited her daytomorrow took foreveras morning took its timeminutes never move fastwhen we want them to passand in her joyful mindtomorrow took foreverlove ran down a poor man's faceas he sat by his wife's bedsidecall it fortune or fate time both gives and takesthey said she wouldn't last the nighthe once loved the sunrisewhen they had eternitynow he begged the night to hold back the lightcos this time he could seetomorrow took foreveryes, morning took their timebut minutes always move fastwhen we want them to lastand in his desp'rate mindtomorrow took forever(c)2006 Robert George