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Round 24, Week 3

by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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Looking back There's not much that I would change Or rearrange Sometimes its the way things fall That show you things To be alive Is not just to hold the line, or just to breathe, we’re not here to waste our time, or fade But it's too learn to shine When things just don't go your way all the time but that’s just the way it goes pay no mind and honey you will see this through and bloom, yea you will bloom Always Smile Be kind to those who’ve lost their way don’t fear change direction or state of grace, and just remember to celebrate and love yourself everyday life is short and we’re not promised anything, or anyone so we should
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I sit on the banks Of this river today I ponder on life And its troublesome ways The memories come crashing Down over me Of Grandmas and Grandpas And good times for free Well some folks find the bottle And some folks find pills But I turned to Jesus And Grandpa's cheap thrills When you're down and you're broken And sorrow you see Remember Grandmas and Grandpas And good times for free Love your Mamas and Daddies And love thy neighbor too And don't cast no stones Cause they come back and strike you And when you do struggle On life's stormy seas Turn to Grandmas and Grandpas And good times for free Well some folks find the bottle And some folks find pills But I turned to Jesus And Grandma's sweet will When you're down and you're broken With trouble to be Remember Grandmas and Grandpas And good times for free Turn to Grandmas and Grandpas And good times for free
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v1 (Georgia): Your mother is my hero, the strongest woman I've ever known Learn everything about her Take her strength and claim it for your own But her wicked sense of humor? I think she got that from me Her carefree spirit will leave you blowing in the breeze ----- Take special care when she is sad Be gentle in her times of need v2 (Matthew): Your dad might be the only one who can make me laugh until I start to cry He's surrounded by the best of friends Lives a life as big as the wide open sky And he's smarter than he thinks, though he might not let on And you're luckier than you know to be his daughter or his son ----- But be aware when times are tough He doesn't like to be alone br (J&J): Don't forget to call the Jennifers They'd like to hear from you They can handle your hurts & heartaches Everything that you've been through They helped make you who you are today Believe me that it's true v3 (me, etc.): The Mimis & the Papas, they might be long long gone And I might be, too, but I love you That's why I'm sending you this song ----- And I hope you get the best of what I had to pass down And in your mind, I hope you find I'll always be around
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if your’e going to carry a weight make sure to carry your own it’s never, no never too late you’re never, no never alone if you’ve got a burden don’t wait make sure to take it to the Lord it’s never, no never too late you’re never, no never alone
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come dear ones gather round this is a singing telegram here to greet you in words and sound it’s your great grandpa and your gram here to take you on trip to a simpler place and time at the bend in the river we’ll take a dip where the eddies whirl and twine where the eddies whirl and twine where the sunshine gleams like diamond lace on the water rolling by come join us in that gathering place where great birds circle and glide in spirit we will meet you there with the elders all in tow to hold you in a loving embrace where the river waters flow where the river waters flow it’s a painting when the shifting light if filtered through the pines and it’s broken by the oaks and sycamores into kaleidoscopic designs it’s a song when the soft wind sighs with the locusts and cicadas an orchestra of small accordions there to sweetly serenade us there to sweetly serenade us so go dear ones venture out to whatever wild places remain where the sun and soil and water sing their beautiful refrain where life is lived in the here and now it’s always been that way so find that river and take a swim and you’ll remember why you came tomorrows turn into yesterdays with a swiftness unforeseen and the shiny objects beckoning forth often quickly lose their sheen if take a moment and come up for air and trees and water too you’ll find that somehow it’s the old places that leave you feeling new leave you feeling new so join us in that gathering place where great birds circle and glide and the sunlight gleams like diamond lace on the water rolling by in spirit we will meet you there with the elders all in tow to hold you in a loving embrace where the river waters flow where the river waters flow
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Be young always Be yourself wherever you may go And No matter where you stand Make sure you always see your shadow Cast right behind you Life will offer you a laugh Life will offer you a cry There are times to say hello There will be times to say goodbye Please be strong, and yet be kind Don’t let your failures beat you down You will make mistakes Make sure you always learn from them And always speak your mind Make sure your candle shines bright for everyone to see You will surely fall in love You will surely be in pain There will be days you find the sun There will be days to face the rain Please be strong, and yet be kind Don’t let your failures beat you down Shine a little light for everyone Shine a little light for everyone Shine a little light for everyone Before you burn out Life will offer you a laugh Life will offer you a cry There are times to say hello There will be times to say goodbye Please be strong, and yet be kind Don’t let your failures beat you down Be young always Be yourself wherever you may go
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Too many times I’ve tripped Sometimes the ground is full of holes It makes you look down At each step you take And every stumble takes a part of your soul Did you know that if you look up at a star You can find your way home from where you are Don’t forget to look up Feel the sun on your face Let your troubles pass And for a moment embrace them with a Act of love there’s a sky up above Just for a moment is enough Just Don’t forget to look up You can see the beauty every moment if you decide How sweet it is to be alive and look up and see the sky with your own two eyes
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Dear my sweetest sweetheart, we may not ever meet Writing this I wanted you to know I’ve been lucky and for me this life things falling at my feet Take this little bit, with you when u go Try be the best, version of yourself Love your kids and treasure every day It not always that easy, some troubles and the rest Life is not a competition, you can’t fail the test In this life - Wish you all the best Your grandmother my little girl, and Leela was her name Smart and tough and funny as I know I was blessed to have a family and love them all the same Take this little bit with you when you go
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I don't know what your future holds I haven't tried the new time folds Someone already found one day My yesterdays are stories now Some might be fiction I'll allow Advice or warning, who's to say? You’ll wake up in your house on the moon Eat all your spaghetti with a spoon Once you get your moon dog fed You put a sock on your head It’ll be what all the hip moon people do I don't know what your future holds I haven't tried the new time folds Someone already found one day My yesterdays are stories now Some might be fiction I'll allow Advice or warning, who's to say? When you look beyond the edge of the sky You'll see vapor beings busy making pie They'll beam a summons to your brain To join their party on their plane And you’ll teleport to give their ways a try I don't know what your future holds I haven't tried the new time folds Someone already found one day My yesterdays are stories now Some might be fiction I'll allow Advice or warning, who's to say?
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Someday, when you read this From a long time ago Maybe you can hear us Through static and snow And wonder at the mysteries That brought you to be The currents and the floodplains 'tween the river and sea Just figures in a photo Old haircuts and funny clothes It's hard to see the woman Through the dust of the windows, long closed all sepia and sped-up frames all static lines and Super 8 But she was flesh and fire once And full with her fate All these dreams of birthrights bound Promise to fulfill The dust from our once-beating hearts Plays among you still I wish you could've met her I bet you've got her eyes She never wore much jewelry She never wore no disguise I swear that she got prettier The older she got I swear she laid her roots down The deeper the demons she fought She always took the hard way The only way to do it right She never asked for help much She lived to soak the sunlight She cursed just like a soldier She liked her martinis dirty She never tired of dancing And sleeping through the rain All these dreams of birthrights bound Promise to fulfill The dust from our once-beating hearts Plays among you still I don't suppose I'll meet you Ain't meant to be And she'll just be another name In the family tree But hold us in your heart some When you think of such things And know that there's a piece of us In every song that you sing All these dreams of birthrights bound Promise to fulfill The dust from our once-beating hearts Plays among you still
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One hundred years from now I know you won't even know me one hundred years from now if your world is cold and lonely I'm writing you this song to help you get along Cause I too have see the night sky and I have seen it turn its blindest eye but I won't let you sleep alone tonight so this is my century old lullaby One hundred years from now I wish that I could know your story one hundred years from now promise that you'll do this for me Remember that I live on in you in everything that you do Cause I too have see the night sky and I have seen it turn its blindest eye but I won't let you sleep alone tonight so this is my century old lullaby so this is my century old lullaby
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I wouldn't bore you with details of an old man's life if I had anything more valuable to give and what I say won't mean nothing while your world still shines but if you can hold onto it cause there'll come a time when the doubt sets in but you can lean back on your memories you'll find a voice echoing in the void saying "you ready, you ready, you ready?" cause even when you're down to your last dime out of luck out of time, tired of trying to find your way through remember that you come from a hard line the scrappy, weather worn kind with dreamers like you and we had to fight too the dreamers like you we had to fight too so you know what you have to do the tide will rise and the earth will turn, watch a king become a pawn a new empire rises a the old ones burns and battle lines will be redrawn and there'll come a time when fatigue sets in but you just lean back on your memories you'll find a voice echoing in the void saying "you ready, you ready, you ready?" even when you're down to your last dime out of luck out of time, tired of trying to find your way through remember that you come from a hard line the scrappy, weather worn kind with dreamers like you even when you're down to your last dime out of luck out of time, tired of trying to find your way through remember that you come from a hard line the scrappy, weather worn kind with dreamers like you and we had to fight too dreamers like you we had to fight too so you know what you have to do you have to fight too dreamers like you we had to fight too for dreamers like you
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LIVE YOUR LIFE IN 3D LIVE YOUR LIFE IN 3D LITTLE FLOWER CAUSE THE SUN WILL SHINE TOMORROW AND IF IT RAINS LIKE CATS AND DOGS THE RAIN WILL WASH AWAY YOUR SORROW UP ABOVE THE CEILING THERES A SOUND OF ROLLING THUNDER AND THE ECHO OF VOICES SINGING SONGS OF LOVE IN THE SHOWER WORDS OF WISDOM CANT BE TAUGHT WHEN YOUR STANDING ON A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE KEPT AN OPEN MIND I THOUGHT TILL THE OPEN DOOR SLAMMED SHUT I THOUGHT MAYBE LIFES NOT FAIR AND UNDERNEATH THE BLANKET OF A STARLESS SKY THE AGITATED MIND IGNITES AN UNREPENTIVE MURKY NIGHT LIVE YOUR LIFE IN 3D LIVE YOUR LIFE IN 3D Hey little flower I hate to be sour but I’m turning and I’m counting the hours From high up in my tower I’m yearning Keep an open mind Try to be kind Don’t waste your time And dream about a partner in crime LIVE YOUR LIFE IN 3D LIVE YOUR LIFE IN 3D Don’t you ever ever get that empty feeling When the world is so uneasy Turn your head away from the dizziness that makes you feel so queasy Down amid the limits of the rank and file vapid correspondents ...with their wicked smile WORDS OF WISDOM CANT BE TAUGHT WHEN YOUR STANDING ON A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE KEPT AN OPEN MIND I THOUGHT TILL THE OPEN DOOR SLAMMED SHUT I THOUGHT MAYBE LIFES NOT FAIR AND UNDERNEATH THE BLANKET OF A STARLESS SKY THE AGITATED MIND IGNITES AN UNREPENTIVE MURKY NIGHT LIVE YOUR LIFE IN 3D LIVE YOUR LIFE IN 3D Hey little flower I hate to be sour but I’m turning and I’m counting the hours From high up in my tower I’m yearning Keep an open mind Try to be kind Don’t waste your time And dream about a partner in crime LIVE YOUR LIFE IN 3D LIVE YOUR LIFE IN 3D Don’t you ever ever get that empty feeling When the world is so uneasy Turn your head away from the dizziness that makes you feel so queasy Down amid the limits of the rank and file vapid correspondents ...with their wicked smile LIVE YOUR LIFE IN 3D LIVE YOUR LIFE IN 3D WORDS OF WISDOM CANT BE TAUGHT WHEN YOUR STANDING ON A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE

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This week's assignment comes from Martha Bassett:

"Please write a song that's a message/letter to your great grandchildren....whatever you'd like to say to them."

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released September 9, 2019

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