Healing Voice

[couchgrouch]

Healing VoiceJoe heard his dad sit in that wobbly chairas always he talked like Joe wasn't therebut something was diff'rent that nightthough Joe had threatened to leave all alonghis dad feared by dawn he might really be goneand he wanted his words to be righthe tasted tears as he swallowed his prideand searched for what to say deep insidecos there's no stronger wills than fathers and sonsthe father forgets he was young onceand wanting to make his own choicewounds they open are raw and wideso in the end it's not who's rightbut who has the healing voicehis father's first words were nervous n weakwondering if it was even worth it to speakcos Joe had never listened to him beforehe said, "son I'm sorry I tied you to that farmI just heard scratchin when you played your guitarcos I've worked like a dog keepin the wolf from the doorI called you lazy but lemme tell you the truthyou hear the dreams I ignored in my youthbut there's no stronger wills than fathers and sonsthe father forgets he was young onceand wanting to make his own choicewounds they open are raw and wideso in the end it's not who's rightbut who has the healing voicewell, that car wreck had left Joe badly hurtdoctors said he was dyin and couldn't hear a wordwell, maybe Joe's mind couldn't hear itbut his dad must've reached his spiritcos when Joe woke up his father rejoicedand Joe owed his life to a healing voice(c)2006 Robert George

[donwilliams]

Wow! Nice lyrics! Great story!One suggestion...I don't know the melody, so I don't know how well this will work, but to me, a slight change in the lyrics of the chorus might work a little better. It comes in the second line, where you have "the father forgets he was young once" which is rhyming with the previous line "cos there's no stronger wills than fathers and sons". Right?I think changing the order of the last two words in that second line would produce a better rhyme and still sound fairly conversational. Try "the father forgets he was once young". I think it rhymes better with "sons" than "once" does. Just my opinion.Thanks for posting the song. I like it a lot.Don

[couchgrouch]

thanks Don and you're right about that line. I originally had it "once young" and then changed it last minute. it doesn't sound right the way it is now.