Born Just To Observe the Stars (a filk)

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 82059

This is a filk of the song "Born Under a Wanderin' Star" from the 
Lerner and Loewe   musical "Paint Your 
Wagon."                             

I dedicate this song to Wendy St John

                   Born Just To Observe the Stars
SCENE:  Firenze gives his qualifications to be the new Divination 
Professor.

FIRENZE:
I was born just to observe the stars.
I was born just to observe the stars.

Eyes are made for seein', telescopes to look.
I've never seen a constellation I can't read like a book.

I was born just to observe the stars.

Crystal Balls get cloudy and the teacups full of muck.
Palmistry's a crapshoot, any fortune's just dumb luck.
Anyone can prophesy from dreams of what they'll do,  
Which, if I recall, have never come true.

I was born just to observe the stars.
I was born just to observe the stars.

Planets are for wanderin' out there in the night.
The heavens are the place to learn whether Mars is bright tonight.

I was born just to observe the stars, 
The wanderin', wanderin' stars.

Crystal Balls get cloudy and the teacups full of muck.
Palmistry's a crapshoot, any fortune's just dumb luck.
Anyone can prophesy from dreams of what they'll do,  
Which, if I recall, have never come true.

I was born just to observe the stars.
I was born just to observe the stars.

When I see the heavens my heart is filled with glee.
I think about the future and I make a prophecy.

I was born just to observe the stars.
The wanderin', wanderin' stars.

-Haggridd