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Days & Hearts

from Take Time by Aren Bruce

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lyrics

how did you find time to sell all that stuff on eBay?
and still hit the horsebarn and skatepark all day?
Sundays were great
for breakfast you'd make stripples, eggs, grits, with cheese
and all through the day you'd hold candy for me
time with you was sweet

now what have you gone and done?
you're making our noses run
at least you prepared us
your words went like this

don't cry when i'm gone
laugh and smile
i'll be resting all the while
rejoice in my life
as daughter and mother
sister and wife
live out what i taught you
do your part
brighten strangers days and hearts
speaking of which, promise you'll throw me a party

there's no way to fill in the hole you'll be leaving
but we won't try anyway, too busy beaming
at the way you've augmented our hearts
your humor through scars
I can't think of anymore worthy a soldier
to press on through pain with resilient demeanor
clasping your faith
with a smile on your face

now what have you gone and done?
you're making our noses run
at least you prepared us
your words went like this
thank you for preparing us
your grandson remembers those words from your lips

don't cry when i'm gone
laugh and smile
i'll be resting all the while
rejoice in my life
as daughter and mother
sister and wife
live out what i taught you
do your part
brighten strangers days and hearts
speaking of which, promise you'll throw me a party

we'll move along and live our lives with meaning
to honor your heart, what the world truly needed
and even still needs
your legacy lives on through lives that you've touched
your laugh and your kindness remembered with love
remembered with love
remembered with love

don't cry when i'm gone
laugh and smile
i'll be resting all the while
rejoice in my life
as daughter and mother
sister and wife
live out what i taught you
do your part
brighten strangers days and hearts
speaking of which, promise you'll throw me a
remember this: no funeral just a
speaking of which, promise you'll throw me a party

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from Take Time, released October 20, 2018

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Aren Bruce Takoma Park, Maryland

Singer/songwriter Aren Bruce combines thought-provoking, poetic lyrics with a lighthearted mix of soul, jazz, and folk music that soothes and inspires.

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