THANK YOU, Richard.
I have been listening to “Annie’s Song”, thinking to write words that celebrate being 80. Fragments of lyrics floating through my being. Then I wondered — did we write words to that tune?
I have a collection of about 600 songs — I may have gotten them from Larry Philbrook— and it is searchable by word or line — so I searched it and found no reference to the tune or the fragments I remembered.
I was about to go through the 20 songbooks recently uploaded , assuming the pdf’s are not word searchable — at least on my phone and iPad — looking for “Annie’s Song”
Thanks. You responded just in time …. Hey, wasn't there a song about that??
Jim Wiegel
“…the long work
of turning their lives
into a celebration
is not easy. Come and let us talk“.
The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver
Tune: Annie's Song
We know we are chosen, to be those who care,
To know our election, and be
those who dare.
Refrain:
We cannot turn back now, our
future is clear
To claim our election‑to be
those who care.
To lay new foundations that
care for mankind.
In building Fifth City, a new
social sign.
A people of memories 60,000
years long.
Telling the wonders, to the
land they belong.
Refrain
In the midst of the waters, a
people alive,
Building a nation as the third
time arrives.
Tomorrow's upon us, it's
urgent to share. .
The call to all people, to be
those who care.
Refrain
