| The eggs are all hidden, the children forbidden
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| To ferret them out until the signal is given.
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| When the scramble ensues, we give the little ones clues.
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| We’ve got to make sure that everybody gets something.
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| Surrounded by smiling, the mood is beguiling.
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| My friends and my family are joking and laughing.
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| The food is presented with simple delight.
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| When the hunting is done, you know I’ll come get a bite.
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| Well, I never expected this,
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| Some kind of perfect bliss in my yard.
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| I know it will all be swept into the past
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| Just like Easter grass.
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| Now everyone’s leaving, blowing kisses, and waving.
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| We go back inside-it's time to start with the cleaning.
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| Baskets and streamers, and chocolate wrappers.
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| Plenty of dishes and chairs to look after.
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| Once it’s cleaned up, it will be gone for all time-
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| Their laughter white birches, their voices like chimes.
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| Though we have all the pictures, we cannot be in them.
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| A wall of matte paper between today and what was then.
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| But I never expected this,
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| Some kind of perfect bliss in my yard.
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| I know it will all be swept into the past
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| Just like Easter grass.
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| Just like Easter grass.
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| Just like Easter grass,
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| Just like Easter grass. |