HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY, EVERYONE (2008)

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY, ALL!

TODAY, WENT SHOPPING FOR SOME WOOD
A FACE LIFT FOR MY YARD
LOOKED HERE AND THERE, BAFFLED I STOOD
SO MANY CHOICES, CAN THIS BE HARD?

I TURNED ONCE MORE, CAME FACE TO FACE
WITH A MAN AS BIG AS A HOUSE
HIS EYES SO GENTLE, HIS VOICE LIKE LACE
HIS HANDS COULD CUDDLE A MOUSE

AS I BEGAN TO EXPLAIN MY PLIGHT
HE GRINNED SO VERY WIDE
HE MUST HAVE BEEN THREE TIMES MY HEIGHT
AND FOUR TIMES MY WEIGHT BESIDES

A FENCE, I SAID, TO GUARD MY PETS
TO KEEP THE NEIGHBORS AT BAY
TWO DOGS HAVE I, WHO’S SEEN THE VET
THEY NEED A PLACE TO PLAY

WELL, HELP WAS THERE IN FRONT OF ME
THIS MAN SO GENTLE AND KIND
EXPLAINED THE DIFFERENT WOOD, THE FEE
NEXT WORDS, THEY BOGGLED MY MIND

MA'AM, PARDON ME, I WANT TO SHARE
SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO ME
HE LIFTED HIS HAT, DID SHOW SOME HAIR
AND A SCAR AS WIDE AS THE SEA

ONE DAY WHEN I WAS HOMEWARD BOUND
A MAN, I THOUGHT NEEDED AID
WAS FALLING DOWN UPON THE GROUND
A MOANING SOUND HE MADE

I REACHED OUT MY HAND TO HELP HIM UP
WHEN WHAT TO MY SURPRISE
WITHIN HIS HAND, A GUN HE CUPPED
HE SHOT ME IN THE EYE

YOUR MONEY, FOOL, HE SCOFFED AT ME
IS ALL THE HELP I NEED
GIVE IT UP, I’LL SET YOU FREE
I FEEL UPON MY KNEE
HE TOOK THE CASH, $20. ALL
I HAD ON ME THAT DAY
MY MIND WENT BLANK, I TOOK THE FALL
“MY MOTHER”, WAS ALL I COULD SAY


THE DAYS GREW LONG, MY NURSE, MY MOM
WAS ALL I HAD IN THIS WORLD
NO WAR ZONE FIELD, NO VIETNAM
BUT THIS AT ME WAS HURLED

NO MATTER WHAT LIFE CARES YOU BEAR
KEEP GOD CLOSE TO YOUR HEART
DO PRAY FOR BLIND MEN EVERYWHERE
HIS LIGHT, HE WILL IMPART

I SAID THIS ALL, HE SAID TO ME
THAT CHAIN AROUND YOUR NECK
SAY’S I LOVE JESUS, I AGREE, YOU SEE
WITHOUT HIM I’M A WRECK

SO ON THIS GOOD MEMORIAL DAY
PLEASE PRAY AND UNDERSTAND
THAT CAUSE A PERSON LOOKS ONE WAY
ONLY GOD CAN MAKE THE MAN