And they seem destined to meet in yet another grand final at the end of this season.
Last night's round eight encounter was typically tough.
Garvel went in as favourites after thrashing contacts by 26 goals in the opening round.
The Grays also had a long lasting psychological advantage from the 92 grand final.
They beat contacts by one goal in that match.
But the Blues showed strong teamwork last night to always keep in touch.
They trailed by two goals at half time and four at three quarter time.
Contacts captain Cathy Harby was inspirational, making the Garvel shooters work overtime for
every possession.
She had her eyes firmly focused on the ball.
But with Natalie Avellino and Jennifer Borlae's able to weather the storm, the Grays opened
up a match winning lead in the final quarter.
Contacts as always refused to give up, but with key personnel missing they had to settle
for a five goal loss 57 to 52.
Tony Morabito, National Nine News.
Now the Blues are too good.
It's a rest day at Wimbledon but we still have some great sporting action coming up
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You can see the Portland IndyCar Race from five o'clock tomorrow morning.
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Thanks Georgie.
Thanks Ken.
Well we've got another cold night ahead of us but the sun is going to keep on shining.
I'll be back in a moment with all the details.
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Well I'm afraid we'll have to put up with another freezing night but the sun will be
out again tomorrow.
Today Adelaide had a maximum of 16.3 coming at 5 to 3 after an overnight low of 4.6.
On the satellite photo and there's middle and high level cloud extending into the Bight.
That cloud over south eastern South Australia is lower level but it isn't causing much trouble.
The high off Tasmania is dominating our weather and will continue to do so until that low
near Perth moves eastward bringing a little more cloud.
Across the state today and temperatures range from 11 at Eudundur to 20 at Maury.
Interstate tomorrow and a few showers in Perth and Sydney but elsewhere it will be fine.
The state forecast for these fine conditions to continue apart from a little patchy rain
in the far west tomorrow.
It'll be cold right across South Australia tonight with early morning frosts and fog.
Tomorrow cool to mild.
Here in Adelaide another cold night.
Tomorrow it'll be cool but fine and mostly sunny another day just like today.
Fine in the south east Mount Gambier will reach a high of 15 after some morning fog.
Red mark is headed for a maximum of 17 with fine conditions expected throughout the riverland.
On the local waters and there'll be north easterly winds 7 to 12 knots with seas below
half a metre.
Down to just 4 degrees overnight and a top of 16 predicted for tomorrow and the outlook
fine and cool conditions continuing at least until Thursday.
It's great weather isn't it?
Beautiful Georgie I love it.
Well that's the news for this weekend hope you had a great day.
Yes enjoy the week ahead and I'll see you again next Saturday.
Goodnight everyone.
Bye everyone.
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Missouri has left Melbourne the gorilla we've watched grow from a baby to an adult has flown
off to join a breeding program at a zoo on Jersey in the Channel Islands.
Gavin McDougall joined the farewell.
Missouri in Swahili it means beautiful one but this gorilla may as well have been called
Melbourne.
It seems to have gone so quickly, too quickly.
We watched as a hairy bundle of joy named Missouri develop before our eyes into a young
adult gorilla.
We watched him grow.
Now perhaps sadly we've had to watch him go.
Tonight on our world we pay a special tribute to the Melbourne Zoo's favourite son from
his artificial conception through the nine happy years which he gave to those who have
known him.
Stay with us now as we say a very very special goodbye Missouri.
They are our closest relative.
Perhaps that's part of our fascination with the great apes.
But our relationship with gorillas is a fragile one.
As strong and durable as they appear the very survival of these gentle giants is under threat.
As populations of wild gorillas diminish along with their rainforests the role of zoo breeding
programs becomes crucial to their future.
Sometimes they seem to develop a brother sister relationship and are not interested in mating
with each other.
It had been observed elsewhere so it was predicted that this may well be the situation here.
It was the platonic nature of the relationship between Riggo and Yushka and the Royal Women's
Hospitals in Vitro program which combined to bring Melbourne Zoo to the fore and Missouri
into our midst.
Zoo senior veterinarian Helen McCracken explains.
The veterinarian here at the time Ray Butler got in contact with John McBain who was at
the Royal Women's Hospital in the IVF program and just discussed the whole thing and basically
said how about doing something useful in your life why don't you create a baby gorilla.
The gorilla community is the pride of the Melbourne Zoo and the ten keepers who care
for them.
The gorillas roam in a 1500 square metres rainforest the perfect setting for natural
interaction between the family members and the layout provides wonderful viewing for
the thousands who come to see them each year.
They can escape the crowds and find privacy from one another behind the foliage or in
their feeding and night dens.
In this pampered controlled environment a head male like Riggo could live to 70 years
a birthday still half a century away.
Happy birthday to you.
Earlier birth which first thrust Riggo into the spotlight.
It had the quality of a fairy tale and captured the hearts and the headlines around the world.
Riggo was 13 his partner Yushka 12 but these representatives of a dying species were showing
no interest in a healthy love life.
The idea was quite a challenging one to look at an entirely different species although
one which is really quite similar to us in fact our closest relative.
The artificial insemination of Yushka the lowland gorilla at the zoo in June 1984.
And we were very fortunate that many of the hormones which we measured at that time to
help detect the fertile time in the in the human could also be measured in the same way
for the gorilla.
It was a painstaking six months operation for the Royal Women's Hospital to establish
that Yushka was ovulating.
When it happened all those taking part in Operation Gorilla were given 24 hours notice.
Firstly 200 kilogram Riggo was given an anesthetic via a blow gun.
He was then carefully checked to make sure the darts had done their work.
Somebody get the stretcher ready Kevin.
He might look asleep but with a bit of stimulation he may just be able to rouse himself which
could make him dangerous.
This was his first time under anesthetic so the opportunity was used to run tests for
a complete medical check over.
Fingerprints, blood samples and measurements were taken before the medical team stepped
in to do its task extracting the valuable semen from the sleeping giant.
One slight disappointment at the time was we were able to get an extraordinarily small
amount of semen from from Riggo.
We only got round about 0.1 of a mil of semen though the normal human ejaculate in a fertile
male somewhere between 20 and 60 times that much.
So I had some reservations if we were going to have enough.
The other concern was that Riggo could be sterile.
Very dense sample of semen with good motility.
He wasn't and then with time ticking away it was Yushka's turn.
The medical team had just one hour to finish its work.
The anesthetized Yushka was injected with the seminal fluid without complication.
The whole thing went amazingly well.
We couldn't have anticipated such success.
We were very very lucky.
We didn't think of the work as being at all historic we just thought it was being useful
and that it I think it tickled everyone who was involved in it that here we were a bunch
of people working in human reproduction having the opportunity to do something for the zoo.
The unknowing gorillas were left to sleep it off.
They awoke with a hangover and were off their food for just a day or two.
The whole operation had taken just three hours but it was a two week wait to confirm its
success.
Yes, Yushka was pregnant.
There had only been one other gorilla born overseas through artificial insemination.
Unfortunately that baby died after just three days.
There was still plenty of work for zoo staff during the eight months pregnancy before they
could go one better, deliver a healthy youngster, come back as we follow Yushka's pregnancy
and also join Missouri for his first amazing year.
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Yushka's pregnancy went without medical problems.
The fear for those involved however was that she may reject her offspring at birth.
Well we went and did all we could do as far as teaching her how to look after a baby.
The zoo's head primate keeper and the person who was to become most identified with Missouri,
Olivoire and other keepers tried to instil some maternal instinct.
Went from bringing in a mother which was actually breastfeeding her human baby in front of Yushka
in the hopes that she would learn what to do to taking in a little black rabbit which
was the only thing we could find at the time black enough to resemble a little baby ruler
and trying to get her accustomed that there might be something a little strange appearing
in the cage one day.
Videos were also played and the handlers spent time developing trust with Yushka so that
if they were needed during the birth she would allow their help.
I think the highlight of a night birth is when the mothers actually take care of the
babies themselves.
That's the biggest thrill you can get out of it.
Unfortunately mum Yushka didn't raise him herself so we had to come in and do the hand
raising for a while and then integrate him back with Steve.
The birth came two weeks prematurely on June 3rd and at least the preparations allowed
Uli to comfort Yushka during her ordeal.
She used me as a buffer to have a close look at this little baby lying on the floor which
was quite emotional that she would have so much trust in myself you know to hang over
the top of my back to have a good look down there but unfortunately I couldn't convince
her.
The young male weighed 2.4 kilograms and wasn't he beautiful.
After Yushka failed to show motherly love the tiny black bundle was taken for his first
medical and pronounced fit and well.
The heart sounds just as what I'd expect listening to a human baby's chest.
Hello mum how are you going?
But Yushka doesn't want a son just a plaything.
She's quite gentle she wants to play with it all the time but she doesn't understand
that her kind of playing with a baby yet is too rough for her.
And so the task of raising this unnamed gorilla falls on his distant human relations.
Veterinary technical officer Carol Butler is one of those taking part in providing intensive
care during those first critical weeks.
These are the zoo's home movies.
They show the sort of care and responses you would expect from a healthy relationship between
a human child and its parent.
Constant attempts are made to arouse those maternal feelings in Yushka.
Look who's coming.
But she can't be trusted alone with the precious youngster.
Baby isn't it?
That's your son.
And so it's back to human care and those oh so human images.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy.
The birth creates incredible media and public interest.
Within a week the pride and joy of the zoo wins the hearts of a city.
A special exhibition bulletin board and video monitor are put up to satisfy the public's
need for information.
Hello.
Oh my boy.
He's very clever.
He's very smart.
He's very clever.
His adoptive family help him grow.
Very ticklish and his pace is getting exciting.
Monitor his health.
And even help him learn how to be a gorilla.
You got a charge?
Yes you do.
But there's still a problem for his growing legion of fans.
The baby primate doesn't have a name.
The zoo launches a nationwide competition and receives over 5,000 entries.
They ranged from ET to Boy George.
But Melbourne teenager Jay Ashwood in recognition of his African heritage looks up a translation
for beautiful in Swahili.
And our favourite son is named Missouri.
Jay isn't the only one being captivated by the affectionate Missouri.
I just thought he was the most gorgeous little creature and I had a baby at the time who
was only about 18 months old and they're so human like gorillas that I automatically felt
protective.
Like others who spend a lot of time with Missouri, Channel 9 reporter Jo Hall finds he's not
the sort to let go once he's developed a crush on you.
I always remember one day I was doing an interview and he was being held and he put his arms
out toward me because he wanted to go to me because he knew and I was familiar to him.
I didn't think this was going to work.
By now Missouri has his own enclosure in which to play up to his admirers.
Having won the hearts and minds of the media and the general public, he then turns his
charms on keepers like Ernst Weber.
He never changes character.
He's always in a good mood.
You feel compelled to speak to him, to say good morning, to say something because he
reacts and he's waiting for it.
He actually wants you to speak to him.
We can't speak their language but they seem to understand ours.
Whatever language Missouri speaks, it's working wonders of the turnstiles.
As he prepares for his first birthday, Happy Zoo officials announce attendance figures
have swelled to more than 800,000 and that's a record for the 128 year old zoo.
And this little guy has played no small part in that success.
A little later we'll join Missouri for his fabulous first birthday party.
But when we return we'll help to explain the importance of his overseas mission and why
we really do have to say goodbye to Missouri.
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Gorillas in the wild are very social creatures, as Ernst Weber explains.
They live in very large or fairly large family groups.
When they meet up with groups that are not related to them, they will spend time together
and mingle and after a while they part again.
In some cases, some of the animals will change groups and go with the other group and that
is to, that helps in the prevention of the breeding and such.
Once thought by man to be aggressive, we now understand the gentle nature of these magnificent
creatures and the fragile hold they have on the planet because of our presence.
The mind threat is the loss of habitat, logging and wars in some of those areas and hunting
for souvenirs, they are the mind threats.
Because of human demands and increasing human populations and in many cases poverty amongst
the human populations in some of these countries, we really can't expect the destruction of
the environment to stop.
Veterinarian Helen McCracken says threats to the wild habitats place even more importance
on the captive breeding program.
But a problem for zoos is the high infertility rate amongst male gorillas.
This reduces the diversity of the available gene pool.
This is part of the value of Missouri, neither of his parents have other offspring.
His is a unique genetic line.
It is extremely important that we don't get an inbreeding situation where we have a lot
of the same genes being spread all around the world.
It's very much like if we had very few humans left in the world and we just had a couple
of families and we continued to have the same mum and dad together producing the same kids,
we just wouldn't be getting the diversity that we need to maintain a healthy population.
Missouri is joining the gorillas at Jersey.
He will be replacing the king of the zoo, Yambo, who recently passed on, but is known
to many of us through this remarkable event.
A young boy fell into the moat beneath the retaining wall.
As helpless zoo visitors watched, the huge form of 200 kilogram Yambo moved towards the
unconscious youngster.
Despite the fears of those watching, Yambo had no intention of harming the child.
He showed only paternal concern.
He gently stroked the injured boy and then sat as if keeping guard.
Despite the boy's obvious terror when he looked up and saw the giant form above him, Yambo
demonstrated to the world the gentle, caring nature of the great apes.
The tourists suffered a broken arm and was lifted to safety while the gorillas moved
away from the scene.
Perhaps through breeding programs we will be able to repay the likes of Yambo.
Helen McCracken says it's hoped that gorillas will eventually be moved back into their own
recreated habitats.
The raising of
Missouri has also provided a valuable learning experience for those involved.
And the lessons are already being applied in the case of the zoo's new young gorilla,
Buzandi.
We've learned a great deal in what can be done with hand raised gorillas.
In the past these animals were hand raised without having contact with adult gorillas.
What happened here is we introduced them to the mother almost immediately after a few
days and continued this throughout its early life until we were able to actually leave
them with the mother.
And that taught us a lot as far as getting animals back to the group as soon as possible.
As he has proven there he seems to be a very well balanced gorilla.
Gone also are techniques which provided wonderful picture opportunities such as Missouri in a
nappy as the zoo tries to remind the public that it is after all dealing with animals.
It doesn't mean we did anything wrong but what we try and do now is try and make sure
people realise, especially with our new baby gorilla and our little baby orangutan that
we had a couple of years ago, that this is a gorilla and this is an orangutan.
And we always knew that and we always treated the animals as a gorilla but we feel it's
very important to present them to the public in that way.
Yes but some are very human aren't they?
We'll return with lots of fabulous memories as we watch a young gorilla grow up.
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Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday dear Missouri.
Happy birthday to you.
Birthdays are a favourite for any youngster and it's no different for Missouri.
Each year well-wishers inundate the zoo with hundreds of cards and presents and they turn
up by the hundreds to watch eagerly as Missouri samples his cake.
For the public at least, Missouri's first birthday is his most memorable.
Someone comments that you would need to be a Prime Minister to attract this many people
and cameras to a party.
Many people had thought of Missouri as a baby more inhuman than animal terms.
But if he performed like an excited kid on his new set of monkey bars, he was at least
beginning to look like a real gorilla.
How are you going to explain if he gets a better picture than you, John?
It's also becoming very evident that this is not your average gorilla.
Missouri is developing an ever-increasing interest in humans.
He loves the attention and contact.
The feeling certainly isn't one way.
A very special love affair is starting to emerge between this tiny primate and the people
of Melbourne.
He's been the most popular animal as far as the zoo is concerned probably in history.
Who would have predicted his impact?
The little fella had us in the palm of his hand.
There isn't an event in his life that goes unnoticed, whether it's a checkup on his new
milk teeth or his injection for mumps and measles.
There are even follow-up stories.
Missouri had his first measles and mumps injection two days ago, and today the zoo's vet, Dr.
Andrew Tribe, carried out a quick examination to make sure he was suffering no ill effects.
Like most youngsters though, Missouri wasn't very impressed by the white coat or the stethoscope.
In fact, he seemed more determined to investigate our camera equipment and further his television
career.
The media and public turn up dutifully for each of his life's major celebrations.
His birthday was actually last Tuesday, but the zoo decided to celebrate the occasion
today so all Missouri's fans could join in, and join in they did.
The crowds were six deep and had waited more than two hours for the party to begin.
For Missouri it was an extra special day, his first in a large open enclosure.
Peering enviously from next door were the twin orangutans, Bono and Summa, left to wonder,
I suppose, what he does to deserve all the attention.
And they don't call it the terrible two's for nothing.
Into his second year, Missouri has all the traits.
On a very few occasions we have to discipline him and you have to start early enough, otherwise
he just gets away with murder.
Trying to wreck everything and up to no good, just like little kids are.
He's now 20 kilograms and the mischievous Missouri gets up to all the antics of any child
of his age, often getting into things he shouldn't.
But he is always just as playful and loving as ever.
His reward for being so charismatic, a fun date with a three year old who gives him the
best time he's had in ages.
Meetings with his mother Yushka now become more frequent.
It's still a gradual process though and Uli is always there.
As in all families, they have their hiccups.
In a squabble over food, Missouri's arm is accidentally fractured by his jealous mum.
Ten stitches and thousands of concerned visitors later, it's obvious the injured ape is enjoying
the sympathy.
Uli shuns the term, but she is very much Missouri's surrogate mother.
She's there with him for all the milestones.
As we watch him grow, so does their mutual respect.
It's not always good if gorillas become humanised or infected spayed.
Uli's objective has always been to see Missouri accepted within the gorilla group.
And the time has come to begin letting him go.
The baby gorilla who has won us all over is growing up.
He's so well adjusted, he's interacting with his mother very well.
You can hear him laughing quite loudly inside the eye pulse when they got their playing
games in the morning.
Although she denies a strong emotional attachment to Missouri, Uli no doubt is very proud as
he settles in happily with his real mother.
There are more injuries, more birthdays and the obligatory cake.
And of course, Christmas.
Seven years of age and Missouri has become cautious about anything unfamiliar.
He requires some coaxing with his new playset.
And when needed, Uli is there.
Satisfied with his progress, her time with the maturing gorilla becomes less and less.
Now her attention and care are redirected to the nursery.
We've got a new charge sitting in the gorilla nursery, a little gorilla called Bosandi,
which all our attention is focused on at the moment to get him integrated into the group
as Missouri has been.
Bosandi's first months are a battle for life.
But the determined youngster comes through and becomes one of hundreds of primates in
Uli's care and waits his turn to take up where Missouri has left off.
After the break, Missouri departs on his overseas mission to help save his species and will
join him at his new home.
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Nine years of age and Missouri has developed into a remarkable, one of a kind specimen.
He's not only capturing the hearts of those who visit the zoo in his hometown, he's now
attracting international interest.
The Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust on the British Channel Islands, a zoo which specialises
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of a breeding exchange program.
Missouri is genetically a very valuable animal as far as the gorilla, captive gorilla population
goes in the world.
Therefore we shouldn't be selfish and hang on to Missouri just for the sake of being
Missouri but actually share him with other zoos and hopefully he can breed in another
institution.
Missouri's only a couple of years away from being sexually active.
His situation is the sort of problem facing captive gorillas around the world.
His family is the only gorilla family in Australia and there are just two females.
One is too old to carry a baby, the other is his mother.
In this group here they're fairly elderly gorillas so I think he will have a fine time
over there and find similar age primates as well as maybe some new girlfriends perhaps.
All these concerns have always been for the survival of the species.
Despite their closeness and whatever inner turmoil she may experience, she keeps a strong
public face about the approaching separation, maintaining dignity and strength.
I have been with him from the beginning but I'm in charge of 110 other primates and he
has just been one which needed special attention at the time when he was in the nursery.
He's integrated into the gorilla group now and there's no need for me to be closely involved
with him anymore.
Melbourneians though are devastated, this is their favourite son.
The zoo receives thousands of pleas to keep him here.
It's not right to take him out.
Yeah I thought he was going to a jungle or something.
Yeah that's what we heard.
Oh I think it's a shame, I think he should stay here.
I reckon he should stay here.
Among those coming to say farewell is former Sun newspaper photographer John Casamento who
captured so many magical Missouri moments on film.
There's one day he gave me a quizzical look as if I've seen you before somewhere.
It's sad to see him go.
I felt lucky every time I came out here actually.
It's absolutely unhappier.
No I did love him very much and let's hope that he produces some offspring and maybe
we'll see one back here one day.
Well I think it's terrific for the continuing species but it's a bit sad for the kids,
they like him.
The feelings about his imminent departure vary as in the last weeks the zoo is rushed
with people wanting to catch a glimpse of their beloved Missouri.
Before he can depart however, Missouri has to undergo a thorough medical.
The examination from tooth to toe of his massive 120 kilograms will provide a current health
record and reduce his quarantine time on arrival.
The daily countdown turns to hours and zoo staff gather to wave goodbye to their precious
piece of cargo.
Missouri though has to pay the price of many who find fame before he can leave him peace.
The media scrum jockeys the position to record this historic moment for the thousands of
Missouri lovers who can't be here.
It's a relief though for all watching when the curtain is brought down on his last appearance
at the zoo.
Don't stick your fingers please in a box, he might look harmless but he bites.
At the airport the media becomes the zoo.
As brave faced Ullys stands on the sideline the very handsome face with the knowing eyes
stares from behind the bars of his crate.
At this time Missouri the lowland gorilla could not be further from his natural habitat.
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome aboard we have a very special guest on board
the airplane.
Missouri from the Melbourne Zoo is on his way to the Jersey Zoo by a lander.
His farewell was hopefully the toughest performance he'll ever have to play but let's now go to
the Jersey and find out about the exciting plans for his future.
This is the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust the new home for Melbourne's Missouri.
It's unique amongst the world's zoos.
There are no lions or elephants here not even an Australian kangaroo.
The trust caters only for threatened species.
He'll be well treated here he'll settle in here and of course we're pretty optimistic
that pretty soon he'll have babies here as well.
Channel curator Brian Carroll says Missouri will be well catered for in his Channel Islands
home.
We have we've got a beautiful gorilla area it's one of the largest in the world the group
that he's coming to is a nice settled group he doesn't have any other big males to worry
about here so he'll settle in nicely.
We have the best gorilla staff in the world here as well so possibly with the exception
of Melbourne Zoo of course.
The Royal Air Force brings its precious cargo into the islands off the French coast.
Jersey is home to 70,000 a tax haven for the rich and famous.
After a 36 hour flight there are some concerns about how distressed its newest citizen may
be.
But true to his nature and the name we gave him he has travelled beautifully.
While his six potential brides become ladies-in-waiting Missouri takes a peek at his new surroundings
and begins two weeks in quarantine.
The surroundings have initially impressed the woman who has so carefully looked after
his needs for so long.
He's got a great enclosure from what I briefly could see he's going to be so busy checking
everything out I don't think he will have much time to reminisce about the good olden
days back home.
As the time approaches for her to sever her final bonds with Missouri all he remains philosophical.
We have been shipping animals for many years back and forwards and it's just one of these
movements we have to do for the animals benefit.
Of course we miss him but life goes on.
They come and go and we've got Blue Sandy the next megastar sitting in a nursery waiting
to be integrated in a group so life for us at Melbourne Zoo goes on and life for Missouri
alias Jaquanza goes on over here at Jersey.
And yes she did say Jaquanza.
You see along with his new home this great ape has a new name.
At a certain place for a certain time we were able to call Missouri ours but now he's growing
and Jaquanza belongs to the whole world.
What's in a name?
Hey we can remember him any way we want to.
When we return a musical tribute to our Missouri.
Just like me they long to be close to you.
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As Oli says, soon it will be Basandi's turn to be the star of our gorilla enclosure.
While the gorilla he replaces carries out his very important duties on the Channel Islands
and becomes an international star.
Next week on Our World we visit one of the most picturesque islands in the world.
And it's right on our doorstep, the land of the long white cloud, New Zealand.
As we go tonight, let's share a last loving look and those happy memories of Missouri.
Why do birds suddenly appear?
Every time you are near.
Just like me, they long to be close to you.
Why do stars fall down from the sky?
Every time you walk by.
Just like me, they long to be close to you.
On the day that you were born, the angels got together
and decided to create a dream come true.
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair,
and gold starlight in your eyes are blue.
That is why all the girls in town
follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be close to you.
On the day that you were born, the angels got together
and decided to create a dream come true.