To add, When I posted this it eliminated the gap between " My wife bought the CD " and " I think what made grandaddy great " The latter is the beginning to the songs lyrics.
JP On Mar 21, 6:54 pm, James Parton <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > > Check out his video by new recording artists Joey & Rory. The song > brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. > > Think about it. A tree gave it's life to serve as the cross on which > our Lord Jesus Christ hung. The tree assisted the Lord to save all who > accept him. Praise Jesus and honor the tree whose wood served as the > cross. It was all according to God's will. > > My wife bought the CD and it is really good. We are going to see them > play live next weekend. > > I think what made granddaddy great is that he didn't work all day > I'd love the time we spent and I'd go everywhere he went > We'd end up on some old deer trail > And I'd listen hard as he would spin his tales > > We were in a field of stumps he said I got a new one for you hon > These trees once stood tall and I'm the man that made them fall > I cut 'em up, sanded them down > And you wouldn't believe what I found > > past the bark and all the scars > Our home was in the heart of those old trees > God bless who sowed those seeds > A hundred years and they just grew > And only heaven knew what they'd be, to our family > All that time to become what they should > you know Our home was in the heart of the wood > > He smiled, said there's my favorite one, pointed at a cherry stump > He said I couldn't afford the one at Sears so the good lord planted > one right here > He carved out what he saw within and he gave it to my dad when he > turned ten > > Past the bark and all the scars > There was a guitar in the heart of that old tree > All from just one seed > A hundred years and it just grew > And only heaven knew just what it'd be > And how that tree could sing > All the time to become what it should > There were songs in the heart of the wood > > He said we can mark a tree to keep from getting lost > and it'll always point our way home like that old rugged cross > > A hundred years and it just grew and only heaven knew what it'd be > And who'd hang on that tree it held the Son of God like it should > But I know it broke the heart of the wood > > i think what made granddaddy great was that he didn't work all day > I'd love the time we spent > I'd go everywhere that old man went > > Joey & Rory. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9YWqjuJMkc --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
