Song Saturday #3

Several years ago, I had a great conversation with an old roommate over a big plate of fabulous pad thai about unique voices.

We tried to come up with a comprehensive list of singers that are true artists. We could think of a million singers that have been homogenized, processed, and sound-boarded into greatness. But we tried to name the singers that have created a sound that is all their own. Voices that pierce you with their honesty and their emotion. Singers that are true originals. The Picassos, Dalis, and Pollocks of the music world.

We could only come up with about 10 artists that fulfilled those requirements, and David Gray was pretty much at the top of our list.

The first time I heard him sing, I stopped talking, closed my eyes, and was moved. I had never heard anything like it. When I listened to him sing, I felt like hot tea was being poured all over my heart. The sound was as relaxing and comforting as a warm mug feels in cold hands. Even though I didn't know the words, I felt like my spirit was singing along.

I put on my Rainbows for the first time this season, and this song perfectly accompanies my momentary lightness. This is musical defrosting after a long, cold winter.

Will I enjoy this 70 degree weather, even though I know it won't last long?

Indeed I will!





Write it on the walls of your precious soul, yeah
Indeed I will
Indeed I will, yeah
Praise you to the skies every day I rise, yeah
Indeed I will
Indeed I will

Starting over, born anew
Finally the long lonely night has gone, now I'm walking through
Another world entirely with your hand in mine
When youre with me baby
Be happy to take it just as I find it
Indeed I will, yeah
Yeah, indeed I will

Got my
Love's decree
I'm clinging by my nails
Through the gales of my own sweet epiphany
Watching those long black shadows
Stretching out behind

When youre with me baby
Be happy to take it just as I find it
As I find

And every little moment feels like waiting an eternity too
Now my eyes are welling up in here
Just thinking 'bout the way that I feel, yeah
Every bone, every nerve, every fiber in my body screaming
Yes, indeed I will

Indeed I will
Indeed I will, yeah
Write it on the walls of your precious soul
Indeed I will
Indeed I will, yeah
Praise you to the skies every day I rise
Indeed I will
Indeed I will

Every little moment feels like waiting an eternity too
Now my eyes are welling up in here
Just thinking 'bout the way that I feel, yeah
Every bone, every nerve, every fiber in my body screaming
Yes, indeed I will
Indeed I will

Indeed I will
Indeed I will, yeah
Praise you to the skies every day I rise
Indeed I will
Indeed I will, yeah
Write it on the walls of your precious soul
Indeed I will
Indeed I will
Popping like a cork down in old New York, now
Indeed I will
Indeed I will, yeah