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poem at the end of Ode to Billy Joe


who wrote that poem?

started with:
There's a time and place we've yet to know
There's a sea we've yet to sail
And though we saw the mountain long ago,
It's a peak we've yet to scale
There's another world we've yet to find
It's a world...we've yet to lose

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I have searched for the author of that wonderful poem since the movie first came out. (yes, I'm old).

Many years ago I rented the movie on VHS and copies the poem. I will post it here for anyone who would like to have it:

There's a time and place we've yet to know
There's a sea we've yet to sail.
Though we saw the mountain long ago
it's peak we've yet to scale.

There's another world we've yet to find.
It's a world we've yet to lose.
There's a winding road yet to find
and another yet to scale

And there's a tender journet yet to take, a sun that waits to rise.
There are promises we've yet to make.
Days we'll spend will never end in each others eyes.

There will be time enought for everything
Time for life, time for love, time for us, time for you and time for me.

Hope you enjoy.

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Did you notice the poem fit with the music - like you could sing the words to the tune.

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thanks, I have been also looking for this poem, but I'm not sure the last word of the second paragraph is right. Scale fits in the fist part but not the part about a winding road. Maybe this is just a misprint.
Let me know.
Ginger
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Could the poem be the song listed in the movie? "THERE'LL BE TIME"
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman Music by Michel Legrand


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"THERE'LL BE TIME"
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman Music by Michel Legrand

There's a time and place we've yet to know
There's a sea we've yet to sail.
Though we saw the mountain long ago
it's peak we've yet to scale.

There's another world we've yet to find.
It's a world we've yet to lose.
There's a winding road yet to find
and another yet to scale

And there's a tender journey yet to take, a sun that waits to rise.
There are promises we've yet to make.
Days we'll spend will never end in each others eyes.

There will be time enough for everything
Time for life, time for love, time for us, time for you and time for me.

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Marilyn and Alan Bergman also wrote the theme song for the tv show "GOOD TIMES" and they wrote the lyrics to"The Way We Were" and "You Don't Bring Me Flowers". Very talented couple!

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Thank you so much for posting that. I just saw the movie on CMT. It was beautiful and sad at the same time. And it was perhaps a true story as well.

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yea thanks i missed the poem part. and i caught it on CMT like a bunch of other ppl

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