J. Dale Walker - Letter to the Kids

from Round 29, Week 6 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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This was a difficult assignment. Here's a poor excuse of a tune to survive the week.

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Kicked around a million ways
I could’ve wrote this song
Should write a warning
Or a happy singalong
A message for my daughters
But not just for their ears
Ain’t none of your concern what
I’d send across the years
Here I am still talking
And I guess you’re listening in
Though you hear these words
This song is just for them

Don’t forget where you come from
And don’t forget where you are
Don’t forget that we love you
You’re both our shining stars
After mom and I are gone
There’s lots you’ll need to know
Be skeptical of strangers
And don’t eat the yellow snow
Though I should be serious
But couldn’t help myself
Even I have limits on
These cautionary tales

Lend an ear to politics
wretched though it is
If you find religion well
It ain’t no one’s business
If you’re living in the states
I hope they’ve found their shit
Last I was looking
It seemed that they’d lost it
Don’t let no one tell you
Your beliefs are on the skids
Grown ups with the answers
Are a myth they tell the kids

Don’t forget where you come from
And don’t forget where you are
Don’t forget that we love you
You’re both our shining stars
After mom and I are gone
There’s lots you’ll need to know
Be skeptical of strangers
And don’t eat the yellow snow
Though I should be serious
But couldn’t help myself
Even I have limits on
These cautionary tales

Houses aren’t haunted
But their people often are
Everyone’s got damage
The healing’s in the scars

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from Round 29, Week 6, released October 19, 2020

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