I have been told there are more than 17,000 songwriters in Nashville.
One of those songwriters happens to be our friend, Dan Harrell. Below you will find the lyrics to a song he recently penned. If you write a book or a novel you have many pages and chapters in which to tell your story. Not so with a song; as a songwriter must tell his story in a matter of three minutes or less. I think the following song tells it well as I see a picture in the lyrics:
I volunteered in Memory Care where she stayed
I noticed him ‘cause he came to see her everyday
Her face lit up every time he walked into the room
Her eyes wide like a bride who sees her groom
One day I said, tell me all about the love between you two
He said, “I am the man who loved her years ago
I hurt her so bad she could not forgive or let it go
You’ve heard it said time heals every wound now I know it can
She loves me she doesn’t know who I am
She’s got no family left and none of her kids ever come around
That last one that she married he let her down
As for me I guess she lost her bitterness when she lost her mind
All she knows is I’m someone who cares and treats her kind
So here I am just tryin’ to make up for lost time
He said, good can come even from the worst of circumstances
Don’t give up on love and keep your faith in second chances
(Dan Harrell)
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June 14, 2016
Keep on,
Larry Adamson