Saturday, January 28, 2006

40 years later I finally wrote a love song

this is an audio post - click to play


Live from the Holiday Inn Express in Bishop, California. Right on cue I was up at 2:30 and couldn't sleep, so I decided to pay tribute to my wife with this one. My voice may sound raspy since I just woke up when I sang it. I sing quitely when my voice is by the phone to keep it from distorting, and it is hard to stay in tune in these conditions, but I try anyway

MEDICINE WOMAN

HONEY WHAT CAN I SAY, THAT SOMEONE ELSE HASN’T SAID
WHEN I THINK OF ALL MY HAPPINESS I FEEL SO MUCH DEBT
YOU KNOW YOU’VE MEANT THE WORLD TO ME WITH ALL YOU HAVE DONE
FROM THE MOMENT I FIRST HELD YOU, I KNEW YOU WERE THE ONE

I LAUGH WITH YOU I CRY WITH YOU WE’VE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL
MY LONELY LIFE JUST ENDED WHEN YOU ANSWERED MY CALL
CONNECTIONS THAT I FEEL FOR YOU, I FEEL WITH NO ONE ELSE
YOU’RE THE MEDICINE I’VE NEEDED FOR MY OWN MENTAL HEALTH

YOU ARE MY MEDICINE WOMAN
YOU’RE MY MOUNTAINS, OCEAN, TREES, YOU’RE MY SHINING SUN
YOU’RE THE FIRE IN MY HEART THAT GETS ME THROUGH EACH DAY
THE LIFE I’VE KNOWN WITH YOU IS THE ANSWER TO MY PRAYERS
SOMEHOW YOU ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL WITH EACH PASSING HOUR
IN MY DESERT FULL OF DROUGHT, YOU ARE MY RAIN SHOWER
MY FOUNDATION, YOU’RE MY WIFE
DEVOTED MOTHER OF MY CHILD
AND ALL THAT I CAN SAY HONEY
THANKS FOR BEING IN MY LIFE

YOUR NATIVE SPIRITS SOARING LIKE AN EAGLE IN THE SKY
EVERY TIME IT TOUCHES ME I FEEL SO WARM AND HIGH
A SENSE OF BLISS AND WONDER WHICH EACH WARM EMBRACE
A WOMBLIKE SENSE OF COMFORT KNOWING NO TIME OR SPACE

THIS LAST VERSE NOW APPROACHING I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY
EXCEPT A HUMBLED SENSE OF GRATITUDE FOR WHAT I FEEL TODAY
I ONCE FELT IMPRISONED, BUT YOU’VE BURST OPEN THE DOOR
AS ONE DECADE NOW APPROACHES I JUST PRAY FOR MANY MORE

1 Comments:

Blogger Zook said...

I thought some-one might accuse me of committing a cheese crime - just remember - cheese is my middle name.

11:53 AM  

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