Locked down during the time of Covid-19, as a songwriter, can be challenging when you have a new song and you want to professionally record it. I've spent a lot of time trying to pretend I'm a studio engineer, but it's evident from the days I've spent trying to record and mix this song, I'm not. Maybe I'll get better. So, please don't pick it apart too much. My goal is simply to get the idea across. This tune is all about our healthcare workers and other first line defenders during this pandemic challenge in the Spring of 2020. Many of these people come home at nights and find they won't get close to their families for fear of giving them a virus they don't even know they might have. They fear getting loved ones sick. As of this writing, over 90,000 Americans have died with this virus. These first line defenders just want to do their best to make sure their families aren't among those that Covid-19 takes in the future. This struggle is something I've personally seen here at home and something I wanted to write about, so I did. It was important to me to get it out there. Lately, I've found myself writing songs about our times and how I view it through my lens. Many of you might agree, but there will be some who won't. That's okay. Not everybody is alike, and that's what makes our World exciting. 

I hope you enjoy this song. I wrote it for my wife. She's one of those healthcare workers I worry about each day. I hope, each day, she, and all other essential workers come back home safe. This song is my way of saying thank you to everyone out there helping her to do just that.

Lyrics:

WHEN I CAN HOLD HER AGAIN


SHE WORKS IN AMERICA, SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA,
WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM, BUT THEY ALWAYS COME HOME.
THEY RISE IN AMERICA, FIRST LINE IN AMERICA,
WHERE THEY LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES,
CHILDREN, HUSBANDS, AND WIVES.

AND I PRAY EACH DAY, AS I WATCH HER WALK AWAY,
FOR THE DAY THAT BEGINS, WHEN I CAN HOLD HER AGAIN.

EACH DAWN IN AMERICA, SEPARATE IN AMERICA,
AND A LOVE SHE CONFIDES, ISN'T THERE BY HER SIDE.
THEY WORK IN AMERICA, STAND UP FOR AMERICA,
AND THE SIRENS THEY SOUND, FOR THE LOST AND THE FOUND.

When I Can Hold Her Again

I am a singer/songwriter looking to place some of my songs commercially.

When I Can Hold Her Again

Jeff Alan Rule