A little something regarding the Venable situation...

[Ben E Lou]

EDIT: No longer rough and raw....new link: http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/y.wma

I'll be sharing this with the kids this weekend, and perhaps in another more public venue next week. Hope y'all enjoy.

--Ben

[Ben E Lou]

That recording is awful, and my voice is struggling right now (lack of much sleep lately), so in case you can't understand all the lyrics, here ya go:






Two heros fell one winter night, as dark as we have had
A man protects his family, a son defends his dad.<O:p</O:p

And now a widow weeps for shattered dreams and for two who won’t grow old<O:p</O:p

How can she warm her heart again in a world that is so cold?<O:p</O:p

<O:p</O:p

A phone call came. We saw the news. Mom or dad shook us awake.<O:p</O:p

We cried right then. Our jaws did drop. We said, “No! There’s some mistake!”<O:p</O:p

We lost a friend. We lost a coach. Two big smiles forever gone.<O:p</O:p

Some were shocked, some angry, some disbelieved, but we all cried out as one.<O:p</O:p

<O:p</O:p

CHORUS<O:p</O:p

Why, oh why did such an awful day come here?<O:p</O:p

God where are you??? How we need to know you’re near!<O:p</O:p

Let your mercy fall. Let your grace come down. Lord, please let us feel your touch.<O:p</O:p

We believe they’re in a better place, but we miss them oh so much.<O:p</O:p

<O:p</O:p

I’ve seen the love of Jesus in the way you’ve cared for them<O:p</O:p

To fix a house, to give a hug, or light candles by the gym<O:p</O:p

We’re black. We’re white. We’re young. We’re old. We’re yellow. We are brown.<O:p</O:p



But we all together stand with love in this little Tucker town.





CHORUS
<O:p</O:p

In time we’ll heal. We’ll carry on, but their memories will endure.<O:p</O:p

We’ll take life less for granted, of that we can be sure<O:p</O:p

Because the loving hearts of two great men, will remain with us so true<O:p</O:p



Venables, Winterstein and friends here! Good night, and we love you.





CHORUS<O:p</O:p

[Ben E Lou]

Wow. Over 100 views and no comments. Either it sucked, or drew no comment. ;)

At any rate, it is a lot closer now...

Linky (http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/y.wma)

There are a couple of places where my voice goes flat, and background vocals need to be added in a few key spots, but I'm pleased so far.

[Vegas Vic]

Those are very moving lyrics, Ben. I'm sure that the song will touch all of those who were close to them.

[Ksyrup]

I must have missed the original post and bump. Nicely done.

[TLK]

I was having trouble with the first link, but the second is downloading fine.....

[Ben E Lou]

Surprising and humbling development.

The Area Wrestling Tournament is at Tucker this weekend. They're going to do a memorial/remembrance right before the finals, and I've been asked to sing this song there.

I feel both nervous, and honored to do it, at the same time.

[Cuckoo]

Congrats SD. Break a leg, as they say.

[BishopMVP]

Nice song, very touching. Good luck tomorrow.