| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ERMA'S CHILD October 13, 2001 © Ed Stowers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The child came to her out in the desert On New Year's Eve back in 'forty-three While her husband flew the big birds out in Roswell That led to the Great Victory A brother was born five years later Two boys in a small family The first became a voice for all nature And a star for the whole world to see. 1st Chorus: Here's to the flowers in the sunshine, Here's a song for the clouds in the sky Here's a song for the child in the clover Who chases the big butterfly. Here's a song for all the stars in heaven Here's a song for the sigh in the wind Here's a song to the life in the ocean Erma's child is singing for them. Their family lived all around the country At Eglin down by the sea In the heart of an American child Is a soul that yearns to be free. Montgomery was hot in the summer, In Texas, Fort Worth could be dry In Tuscon, he yearned to see the mountains And his father taught him to fly. 2nd Chorus: Here's a song for the heart that is lonely Here's a song for the child who cries Here's a song for the birth of the morning And a song for a future that dies. Here's a song for the man who's a singer Here's a song for two stars in the wind Here's a song for the love of the wild Erma's child was singing for them. One left for the City of Angels To travel and to sing and to roam Though he traveled the vast world all over, What he longed for most was at home. He left us too early in the autumn On a flight out over the sea Through his songs, he's still here, he's never left us Still a voice for the wild and free. Last Chorus: Here's a song for the one who remains here And a song for the one who has gone For the man who still works for our future And the one who has left us his songs Here's a song for the singer of Aspen And a song for his brother so tall Most of all, it's a song for their mother And the children she gave to us all Here's a song for you, dearest Erma And your child who lives in us all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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