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Week 51 - Dear Jerry (12​-​19​-​17)

from Song A Week, Volume 2 by James Tristan Redding

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Dear Jerry it’s December once again
Fifth Avenue is lit up like a tree
This city shines just like precious gems
But I can’t pretend it’s everything I need

Each morning to what’s his name above
I hit me knees and say a prayer
Hail Mary protect the ones I love
And how I wish that I was there

I tried to write a love song
With a plain old ball point pen
But the words that hit the paper
Said I’m missing you my friend

Like a favorite pair of sneakers
Or the road that leads you home
Never mind the miles between us
I just had to say hello

Dear Jerry I been looking at the time
Aren’t you’re almost overdue
From midnight to eleven fifty nine
It’s a whole new year for you

Hope someone gives you something good
Full of chocolate booze or cash
Take comfort knowing if I could I would
Be beside you in a flash

I tried to write a love song
With a plain old ball point pen
But the words that hit the paper
Said I’m missing you my friend

Like a favorite pair of sneakers
Or the road that leads you home
Never mind the miles between us
I just had to say hello

Now in case you miss my voice or you wonder where I am
Well I’m always just a quick phone call away
And no matter where you go if it’s sunny or it snows
You can bet that you’ll be in my thoughts today

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from Song A Week, Volume 2, released February 12, 2018
Words and music copyright 2017 by James Tristan Redding. Registered with BMI. All rights reserved.

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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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