Steve Stallings
From:
Houston/Cypress, Texas
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Posted 9 Apr 2008 7:18 am |
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I didn't post this in "steel on the web" because while it does have a steel intro and turnaround, the steel is not the focal point. The majority of my songs are stories. To me, it's the story that is the element of a song which touches people. That's what songwriting is all about for me.
This is a tune that was very difficult on a personal level. As a disabled veteran, I come into contact with many older vets at the VA hospital. One day, walking in, I noticed a sad, older vet, sitting in his wheelchair, just staring off into space. This touched me at some level and of course, I write about things that have meaning to me.
The Lost Memory Waltz
Lost Memory Waltz
He sits on the porch In that old wooden chair
His eyes gaze out over the years
The times he remembers are so long ago Now the days turned into years
She was breath taking in the spring of her youth How their love shown thru joy and the tears
Now he's living but dying in 3/4 time to the sweetness of the lost memory waltz
Married at twenty two girls and then a son fore he went off to war
She wrote everyday a universe away from the darkness and thunder he bore
Came back from the edge a silent hurt in his soul a loss he could never explain
He's living but dying in 3/4 time to the sweetness of the lost memory waltz
Some times he goes for days just rocks and he waits for memories as real as today
But the memories are played in his mind his heart beats a tune all the time
He's living but dying in 3/4 time to the sweetness of the lost memory waltz
The nights can be so cruel some times he sits and cries
for the life he never knew
The child inside that died and the bitter tired tears all he lost all these years
But he's doing fine cause somewhere in his mind He's dancing with her by his side
Now he's living but dying in 3/4 time to the sweetness of the lost memory waltz..........
God Bless Your Day
Steve Stallings
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Steve Stallings
Emmons Legrande II 8X5 |
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