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She Is a Gift to You
03:39
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She has a gift for you
She'll take a while for you
A celebration smile for you
She has a laugh for you
She'll raise a glass to you
She is a gift to you
She knows a prayer for you
Someone who cares for you
Just a little kick in the caboose
It's what she's got, something hot
Going to hit the spot
She is a gift to you
She knows where the memories survive
She keeps 'em in her soul
She knows it's a gift to be alive
So let the good times roll. roll, roll
There will be no escape
She'll squeeze you like a grape
Her hugs are tried and true
Everyday's a holiday to celebrate
That's her way
She is a gift to you
Snow White in her disguise
She knows where the magic lies
Wish I's in her kindergarten too
Nana camp is coming soon
Hot cocoa afternoon
She is a gift to to you
When the fire is getting dim
She's good medicine
She'll fan the flames for you
Memories, they come and go
But these are those days, you know
She is a gift to you
She Is a Gift to You - December 11, 2021 - for Patty Buechler
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Dave and Ruth
03:20
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We can stand on any mountain top
Or walk along a silver stream
Behold a peaceful valley
And still not know what it means
We learn from each other, from someone like you
Where the heart is
We're Learning where the heart is
You show us how, Dave and Ruth
Forty summers gone now
Maybe a thousand days
You've given from your servant hearts
For your love of this place
The circle is unbroken
And never been more true
It's where the heart is
You found where the heart is
You show us now, Dave and Ruth
To this place, you bring your love
More clearly than the stars
More than any rainbow does
In every grandpa and grandma hug
You show us how to live
So we stand here on the mountain side
And walk along the silver stream
Behold a peaceful valley
And try to fathom what it means
Trying to live out this love, the way you do
Where the heart is
Learning where the heart is
You show us where the heart is
Dave and Ruth
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What She Will Miss
03:48
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She won't miss
The paperwork
Or learning some new software
She won't miss
Searching for the right words
To ease some parents nightmare
She won't miss
The winter mornings
Parking out in egypt again
She won't miss evals
In sketchy locales
Or trying to catch a busy mom at 7:00 a.m.
But what she will miss is the little things
Learning something new
About herself, especially about you
The stories and the laughter bring a tear or two
When she feels close to someone
She will miss the little things that matter
Each and every one
She won't miss
The miles and miles
On roads that seem to never end
Or the wishing
There was more she could do
In a world where she's doing all she can
She won't miss
The sad apartments
With no yard and no place to run
Or hauling toys
Through the hurry and the noise
Trying to bring a hopeful word to someone
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There's a bird that sings
And it flies so high
Outside the window where you lay
And the song it sings
Is a lullaby
A Christmas song for you
And the angels around you flew
And in your heart… you were singing too
Under a summer sky
Is a butterfly
And dandelions where you play
And your brother rides
His shiny new bike
Under that sky so blue
He's laughing, so are you
And in your heart… you're pedaling too
Now the world has many
Gifts to share
A Christmas tree for me and you
And there's a gift for everyone there
Olivia, it's true
The bird and the butterfly and the sky so blue
And in your heart…there's love for you
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The Obituary Song
04:51
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Nickel Shy
03:45
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I’m the kind of guy
Who lets life slide by
Let time fly so easily
Don’t know why
No matter how I try
That’s just me
I’m the kind of guy
Who’s just a nickel shy
Of being who I dreamed I’d be
Don’t know why
No matter how I try
That’s just me
I have the kind of dreams
That put you on the cover of magazines
Send the world clamoring to your door
But when I made up my mind
To let my dreams shine
Turns out the world finds them easy to ignore
I’m the kind of guy
Who can’t deny
A preference for the minor key
Don’t know why
No matter how I try
That’s just me
I have dreams, you know
Write a song for a broadway show
Or a song that makes the whole world sing
But when I make up my mind
To let my songs shine
I guess they weren’t made for that kind of thing
I’m the kind of guy
Who has no reply
When you ask what the plan might be
So I’ll just be
Not quite your cup of tea
That’s just me
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When You Love Something
03:38
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St Vincent basement
Sunday afternoon
Somehow Dennis gets the kay
From Father Bourbon
Plug in my guitar
Turn it up to ten
At our Sunday afternoon, invitation only
Jam session
Greg played a Gibson
Gold top Les Paul
We had the Holy Mother
Watching over us on the wall
I’m just hanging on
Pickin’ when I can
At the Sunday afternoon, invitation only
Jam session
We probably lost a little hearing in pursuit of the cause
You have to play it loud if you play Zepplin’s Black Dog
Then we played up at St Michael
At the Wright County Fair
At Bob’s Lookout
Oooh, we spent a lot of nights there
And the list was long of
Songs we learned back when
We had those Sunday afternoon, invitation only
Jam sessions
Last night Ol’ Denny
Came knocking in my dreams
I was walking by the park
In my bell bottom jeans
He drove up in his van
Says c’mon, get in
We got a long way to go
And you know life's a sweet
Jam session
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Sybil
04:11
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James Hersch Minneapolis, Minnesota
I live on this piece of prairie. I'm passionate and dedicated to writing songs in hopes of singing them for people. I don't think I could continue without both ends of that process. Create then hope. It's here I write songs, and here I wait to sing them for others. ... more
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