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Week 23d - Katy (May I) 200530

from Song A Week, Volume 5 by James Tristan Redding

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Katy has these eyes that light up half the sky
And a smile that illuminates the rest
From Michigan to Brooklyn Wisconsin to Tennessee
Still shinin' bravely even when the sun sets

Katy has this voice ever since I was a boy
Somewhere in the distance I could hear
It's subtle and it's strong like the feathers of a swan
And makes all my confusion disappear

May I offer something beautiful anytime she needs
May I give her subtle tears of laughter and follow where she leads
May I not forgot her birthday and make her something sweet
May I always spell her name correctly and listen when she speaks

When I woke today I didn't know the grace
She might give so quietly
Beautiful and strange it is now everything has changed
Never to return to how it used to be

And I may never know the brilliant afterglow
Or feel the heat of standing by her side
Still grateful I will be that for I once got to see
Both her darkness and her light

May I offer something beautiful anytime she needs
May I give her subtle tears of laughter and follow where she leads
May I not forgot her birthday and make her something sweet
May I always spell her name correctly and listen when she speaks

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from Song A Week, Volume 5, released February 12, 2021

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James Tristan Redding Nashville, Tennessee

British-American songwriter, singer, audiobook narrator, studio player, Godin Guitars official artist.

Founded global collective www.SongAWeek.org, performance art experience The Under Over: tinyurl.com/uoxuo (song circle underneath a highway) and writing retreat www.TheNashville24.com (annual challenge: write 24 songs in 24 hours).

Cuts by Sarah Harralson, Eli Alger, Emma Gale, David Easterling
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