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Ron Todd

Sometimes in life you just don’t see. D
The things you’re coming to,
There’s a time in life you’ll hope and pray,
God don’t take her from you A

But he can’t hear your every prayer, N
Sometimes it don’t go right,
She gave it everything she had,
But couldn’t win the fight C

She was so close to perfect. E
She was like my second skin,
She calmed me in my darkest hours,
Stopped the demons getting in
I’d have given everything i had,
To walk her on the floor, W
And hold her gently in my arms
And dance with her once more I

All these years she walked with me, T
A love that stood the test of time,,
Laughter,sadness and sometimes tears,
Since her heart first bled to mine H

And her light it still shines,
It’s still there every day,
I can see it in the eyes of our kids, H
Even though she went away

Music break E
Hi everyone, i am lyricist and vocalist for British country band ‘4 Owld Codgers’
and we had a write up about one of our songs ‘Southern Born Romeo’ in the last Now at night when the darkness calls, R

issue of this magazine (pages 74/75). I decided to write about a couple of other The tears they come like rain,
songs i have composed the lyrics to which veer away from my normal writing of I lie there and i know she’s gone
But i still call out her name
country songs. The first song came to me as i thought about what it would be like
if people who had not had it easy in life lived in the same community and hence Sometimes i look up to the sky, O
came up with the lyrics for ‘Desperation Street’ (shown below, the link to the And i know she’s looking down,
completed song is there also). She’s still part of the air i breathe, N
I’ii always love her then till now
So
The second song is a ballad about lost love called ‘Dance With Her Once More’. I She was so close to perfect. C
wrote the lyrics in a way so that with a few word changes it could relate to a She was like my second skin,
woman who has sadly lost her husband as opposed to a man who has lost his She calmed me in my darkest hours, E
Stopped the demons getting in
wife. The lyrics have not been turned in to a song yet but a fellow singer/song- I’d have given everything i had,

writer called Mike Terry from over in America has taken the lyrics on to see what To walk her on the floor,
he can come up with musically. Mike has done some work with the writer of this And hold her gently in my arms M
And dance with her once more
magazine Jane Shields (give ‘Sunny Side Up’ a listen on YouTube it’s a good song).
Please feel free to leave comment on my Facebook page under ‘4 Owld Codgers’. But i will be back with her in the valley of the sun. O
Stay safe everyone. When all my days are over and my earthly life is done,
I’ll take the final journey to that far off distant shore, R
And hold her gently in my arms and dance with her once more
Ron Todd
Yeah dance with her, E
TO LISTEN PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK.... yeah dance with her
Just dance with her........................................................once more

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