Before I went back to work, my brother and I made it a point to have lunch together once a week. Now, since I work so far away, it's alot harder to get together. Last week, he came up to see me at work and we went to lunch and spent the afternoon together. It is always a delight to spend time together and just hang out. Whenever we are together, he always has a new song for me on his iPod to listen to. Last week, his pick was a new song by Ben Folds, previously of Ben Folds Five. The name of the song is: Gracie. Every once in a while, a song comes along that touches your soul. For me, this is that song. It is an amazing song and it brought tears to my eyes. Should I mention that it also brought tears to my brother's eyes also? Probably not. Might hurt his macho guy ego!
I wanted to share the lyrics with anyone who is interested.
Gracie Lyrics
You can't fool me, I saw you when you came out
You got your momma's taste but you got my mouth
And you will always have a part of me
Nobody else is ever going to see
Gracie girl
With your cards to your chest walking on your toes
What you got in the box only Gracie knows
And I would never try to make you be
Anything you didn't really want to be
Gracie girl
Life flies by in seconds
You're not a baby Gracie, you're my friend
You'll be a lady soon but until then
You gotta do what I say
You nodded off in my arms watching TV
I won't move you an inch even though my arm's asleep
One day you're gonna want to go
I hope we taught you everything you need to know
Gracie girl
And there will always be a part of me
Nobody else is ever gonna see but you and me
My little girl
My Gracie girl
