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Del and John

from Zersch by James Hersch

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For Del Mottaz and John D Hansen

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Maybe their stories
Come from some old box
Deep in their memories
Now they unlock each other
Smiling ear to ear
Del and John will pick out a favorite souvenir

They play like trump cards
Each other's weakness
With every trick they take
There's a sweetness
And no one's keeping score
The game they play's not for winning anymore

Stories told are as good as gold
When two old friends do the telling
They win back the clock
They forget they forgot
Hold a moment in their hand
Like old friends can

It's such an old song
They words get hidden
In the lines of time
The times of living
These two together
Can fill their blanks in
Find the rhyme in
the song their singing

It took them so many years to write it
Verse by verse, but it's still stuck inside
And it's right where they left it long ago
Maybe there's still one verses to go

Stories told are as good as gold
When two old friends do the telling
They win back the clock
They forget they forgot
Hold a moment in their hand
Like old friends can

So say goodnight now
Be well and gone
Say goodnight to
Old Del and John
May we all live
For a hundred years
May we all have our own box of souvenirs

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from Zersch, released August 10, 2021
Instruments and sounds used:
Gibson J-50, Gibson J-160E, Sandpaper blocks, Hammond B3 Organ sample

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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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