Have you ever had someone say that to you?
I was standing in one of Nashville’s libraries of culture, a honky-tonk. I happened to be standing next to the wife of the performer who was on stage at the time. He was not a super-star, but if you had followed country music over the years with some interest, you would recognize his name and work. He had some cuts that were successful and he had worked the road for a number of years.
About half way through his set he (David Ball) sang a song he had written. I turned to his wife and said, “That’s my favorite song of everything he has ever done.” She looked surprised. “You serious?” she asked. I then shared some other thoughts with her about his song. When I did, she said, “Oh my, I’ve got tell him what you said.
After his set was done we all sat down at a corner table, he, his wife and I. Immediately she said to me, “Now, tell him what you said when he did his song.” I repeated what I had told her, and his reactions were similar to hers. “Really?” His smile lingered. “You just made my day. I wrote that song a long time ago and pitched it to a lot of folks; I really thought it had possibilities.” He went on to tell me that he never had anyone ask or say anything to him about that song in particular. “It really is special to know that at least one person out there knew of the song. Thank you.”
It can happen any moment, without reason or rhyme
It might be right around the corner, or it’ll come up behind
A picture that I thought would fade, that I still clearly see
When the thought of you catches up with me
It can happen on a Sunday drive, the sky above a shade of blue
Headin’down some lonesome highway, then you come into view
Mile after miles goes by but you’re still all I see
When the thought of you catches up with me
When the thought of you comes to mind
It’ll carry me away to a better place in time
It can happen in the dead of night, or any day of the week
Sometimes you’ll come find me, when I’m in bed asleep
And I’ll have that dream about you and I sure love what I see
When the thought of you catches up with me
I like the lyrics......when the thought of you.....
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June 12, 2011
Keep on,
Larry Adamson