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3/25/2010 8:21:01 AM
Why I write songs
I played a show this past Saturday. The room was filled mostly with friends and family... and a few people who stepped in from the wind and rain to have a cup of coffee.
After my set, one of those strangers came up to me to ask me about a song that I wrote about a friend who served over in Iraq -- twice ["Say You Will (A Reluctant Soldier's Plea)"].
He was a big guy (and I am not). He said, "You know that song that you wrote about the soldier?"
"Yeah?" I said, sensing some sort of potential political debate/maybe yelling match/hopefully not fistfight.
"Well, I served over in Iraq."
I got more nervous.
"And I just want to thank you for writing that song," he said looking me dead in the eye, very seriously, and a little bit sadly. "Seriously. Thank you."
I didn't know what else to say, so I shook his hand and just said, "Well, thank you for your service."
He nodded and smiled as if to say, "You got it right."
I was still stunned when another equally large man came over to me and said, "I also served and I also want to say 'thank you.'"
The same scene played itself out again. And I just about went numb.
I think that I'll post that song now.
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