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“My How Time Flies!”

Its been said many times through the ages. My how Time Flies… and the older I get the truer it seems. I wrote this song about 30 years ago…So yea, time has flown! It has always been one of my classic songs that I sing regularly. I think I was listening to a lot of Collective Soul back then and wanted to write something with a message. It was mainly a message to myself not to take for granted the little things that happen in life. I didn’t want to blow through life so fast and miss out on the bigger picture. I wanted to always remember to live the experience. You only get one shot!

The song has stayed the same over the years minus one little change in the bridge because I never did like the original lyric. It was always an arbitrary number I chose and never did feel like it sounded right. So I changed it a few years ago, mid performance. It’s now “I did the same things for too many years!” not “54 years”. I realized that whoever sings the song is saying that part out loud, and who knows how long they might have breezed through life without taking a look around and enjoying the beauty an blessings they have in their life.

I’m attaching the scans of my notebooks I had the song originally written out it. It was written between June and July of 1996, and I’m amazed at how well its held up. The images and words written into that song mean more to me now as a 50 year old then it did when I wrote it when I was 20. I hope it can mean something similar to others out there.

Time Flies has always had a special place in my heart. I felt it was one of the first really good songs I ever wrote and I always feel the emotion of the story when I sing it. It always reminds me to be mindful of my choices and to soak in life as it happens, the good and the bad. Take in all of life’s experiences, live them to the fullest while reflecting upon the good you have done in this world… because my, … How time Flies!

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Simple Things

This song was written in 2003, so yea, It’s not a new song, but its been one I have loved and wanted to put out for years. I feel the imagery is powerful and the words have thought and meaning behind them. When we die, what do we leave behind? What do you want to be remembered for? Who have you touched emotionally in your life? Have you made a positive difference in someone else’s life? Will you be known for good or evil? These are questions we should ask ourselves frequently. If you are not going in the direction you want, its time to course correct.
This song was written after seeing the Space Shuttle Colombia disintegrate upon re-entry in 2003. I saw the impact those astronauts had on so many people who had never met them. People mourned their deaths around the world. We may not have as much of an audience to impact and touch so many lives, but we still have our local environments to make a difference. Think local. What can you do to make it a better world for the people around you, for your neighborhood, family or friends? Are you waiting around in hopes that someone else will do it? Why don’t you figure out how to make a positive change and lead the charge. That’s how lives are impacted for the better. When good people take charge and do something right. Don’t follow a crowd. Don’t participate in group think. Be a leader.

So are you just gonna sit there trolling people on the internet or will you get out there and do something truly meaningful?
Decide what you want to do and how you want to be remembered, then live your life based on that vision.
Remember, It’s the simple things we do in our lives, that manage to let people know who we are. Let those Simple things hold value and purpose in making the world a better place.