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Thread #100631 Message #2021617
Posted By: katlaughing
10-Apr-07 - 04:04 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Frug's Bro.untimely death
Subject: RE: Obit: Frug's Bro.untimely death
From an old posting of Joe Offer's about Rick Fielding's "This One's the Dreamer" CD, all three of the following songs would be good, imo:
To Quote Joe:
Rick wrote a gospel song for the CD, and he did a good job of it. He calls it "Sing with the Angels":
I'm gonna sing with the angels
When my time comes around
This earth is just rehearsal
For when I'm heaven bound
I'll be well prepared to take my place
with harmony and rhyme
And sing with the angels when it's time.
I have a soft spot in my heart for those inspiring anthems that pluck at your heart strings. Rick's got two of those on his album. One is Rick Speyer's "There Comes a Time":
There is light at the end of the tunnel,
There is always hope in the face of despair
There is freedom at the end of the struggle,
Hold on to your dream if you find it out there
There is peace in the song of the wild wood,
Love is best when it blooms on its own
there's a road that beckons us to follow,
Always a trail that leads us back home.
The last song on the album is another anthem, "When We Gather Once More," by Rick Fielding and Holmes Hooke, which has a nice chorus and a terrific last verse:
Be well, be safe, be kind, be strong
For the times will test us sore
And to gladden our hearts,
Our bodies, our souls
Oh, be here when we gather once more.
Oh, be here when we gather once more.
Now if I find a resting place
Before I'm back this way
Or if the road be just too long
And my feet have turned to clay
If from tonight you do recall
Just one line from this song
Then even if our roads do end,
This song will travel on.
kat here, again. I'll see if I can find the LYR ADD threads for those and refresh them in case you want one of them. If you don't have the CD, I am sure we could get the tunes to you, too, via email.
Good thoughts and condolences,
kat