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"You Can Have Wichita" (#447, 210322)

 * co-written with David Easterling * 

Half a million people in this town
Why’s it feel so lonely when the lights go down
Hard as I’m tryin’ I’m no good at readin’ minds
But I can read between the lines

Just like every place before
Same old mistakes but this ain’t in Kansas anymore
A last decision in between these city limits
Just outside that door

You can have Wichita guess I’ll keep on lookin’
Gave it all I got to make it work until I couldn’t
Somehow the dirt here seems to hold your memory
You can have Wichita and it’s all Wichita to me

I won’t pretend to understand
The time I spent building castles in the sand
Everywhere it brought me everything it taught me
Well it made me who I am

You can have Wichita guess I’ll keep on lookin’
Gave it all I got to make it work until I couldn’t
Somehow the dirt here seems to hold your memory
You can have Wichita and it’s all Wichita to me

You can have the clovers that rise up when it rains
Tall grass in the back yard those long hot summer days
You can have the porch swing made for autumn evenings
Lonely as the willow tree season after season

Week 12 - You Can Have Wichita (210322)

Im the mist that whispers to the sea
rises on the dreams of the dawn
the ocean spray playing in the sun that lingers for a moment 
then is gone. 

Take me home 
Break me, break me down
Give me hope 
Lost or found 

A thousand fears are coming for a fall 
Crumble crash and crawl before our eyes 
A tidal wave of grace and glory days 
The call of every age and every longing heart

lost or found

little black cloud - 22:12:19, 10.39 pm

Im waiting for the new lights /life 
new morning the new day 
Im waiting for fresh eyes a brand new way 
Before I might rise up and step out breathe in
Im waiting for the world to begin again

Im waiting for sunshine
Im waiting for rain
a blanket of blue skies
and barns filled with grain
a chorus of anthems
a choir of songs
Im waiting for the place where I can belong

but there is a season
all will see
all thats broken be healed
al thats good be revealed
every weary heart will take its rest
every child will celebrate and take their place

WAITING 2019

First time that I met you
I made a monkey out of you
you soon taught me to respect you
Monkey see and monkey do,
Monkey bout to give a lecture
All the learnings we been through
As take me back to school
You say

You gotta crawl before you walk
Walk before you run
run before you fly
I think you'll fly before you're done
And we're done before you know
But baby know before you leave
That you leave with all my love
It's a love you get to keep

I been going round in circles
I been on my hands and knees
I was flying like the circus
Til I fell from the trapeze
I been lost and I been broken
As I try to start again
I can hear your sweet voice saying

You gotta crawl before you walk
Walk before you run
run before you fly
I think you'll fly before you're done
And we're done before you know
But baby know before you leave
That you leave with all my love
It's the love you get to keep

I saw you crawl before you walked
I helped you walk before you ran
I got to hear you learn to talk
You made me more than just a man
And now I gave you all my heart
And it's time for you to leave
I don't know where I'm supposed to start
You made a monkey out of me….

I guess i gotta...

You gotta crawl before I walk
Walk before I run
run before I fly
Might even fly before I’m done
And we’ll be done before you know
But baby know before you leave
That you leave with all my love
It's just the love I get to keep

Crawl before we walk
Walk before we run
Run before we fly
Might even fly before we’re done
And we’re done before you know
But baby know before you leave
That you leave with all my love
It’s the love you get to keep

Crawl Before You Walk

I don’t need nothing that’s so hard on my heart 
That tears down my soul 
Makes me Stumble and fall 
Pulls me apart 

Thankful youre staying
By my side 
to the end like
 the start
Cause I don’t need nothing like that
That’s hard on my heart 

I need more moonlight 
sunshine Good times
to Wrap around my shoulder 
I want more 
Blue skies lemon pies 
Laughter lines 
as I grow older 

I m chasing warm July s
Southern skies 
See sorrows fly 
From words that stung so sharp 
but I don’t need nothing like that
That’s hard on my heart 

I don’t need nothing 
That hard on my hard 
Stokes up my pain 
feels like 
thunder and rain
Makes me Wait in the dark 

your presence each morning 
make me sing like a lark 
and I don’t need nothing like that
That’s hard on my heart.

dont need nothing like that - 18:1:20, 8.46 pm

Nashville songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Godin Guitars Official Artist and Founder of www.songaweek.org.

His catalog of 500+ titles includes collaborations with hit writers Mark Narmore, Elliott Park, Steve Dean, and Pete & Pat Luboff, among others internationally from England to Australia.

Redding's music has landed cuts by numerous recording artists including Dan Whitehouse, Emma Gale, and David Easterling.

Week 12 - You Can Have Wichita (210322)

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