The title track of my last studio album, but slowed down, and lowered in key. Almost as if you were playing a 45 at 33rpm ;-)
lyrics
There's a man who built upon a rock
To the ticking of a clock
As his life was speeding past
But when he laid the final brick
He'd caught the carrot lost the stick
So he gave it all away
There's nothing solid we can leave
That'll last down through the centuries
Nothing that won't crumble into dust
But the ripples of our love and hate
Never stop keep going straight
When everything we've made, has turned to rust
There's a gal who raised a boy alone
Had no money till he'd grown
Always felt she failed him
But he grew up with lots of care
Was always helpful always fair
And never wanted for a thing
Chorus
There's a family who lost it all
It was illness caused the fall
Now their hope is shorn away
Homeless on the streets they roam
Till a man gave them a home
A man raised by a single gal
Recorded by the only sound tech Djay Buddha, written by Stoo Nicol and Sketchy. Percussion by me and Paddy, violin by Yuuka and Bass from the gone but not forgotten Broon - what else could you want? Lew Bear
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