Tom O'BrienSurvivor Adult Contemporary

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A rousing, uplifting, life-affirming feel-good song. A little corny and cliche, but heart-felt. Lyrics/Music/Singing/Playing/Ferret Training/Arranging/Recording: Tom O'Brien

I heard through the grapevine that someone in the publishing biz was making a movie about someone surviving breast cancer. I wrote this as a response to that about a friend who was a cancer survivor.

I feel life openin' With hope again You'll never see me tied up on the ropes again I'm trustin' in The power within To come alive and show me what it knows again The feeling of the earth beneath my feet Is enough to cause my heart to skip a beat There was a time when I refused to care Now I'm happy just to breathe the air (Chorus) The grass still grows in yards all over town Defying all attempts to mow it down And reaching to the sun I'm just a weed A little rain and sun are all I need (Chorus) Looking at my childhood I once cried Knowing that I could not have it all Never knew that I'd be justified Never knew that I would grow so tall (Chorus) The book of life just wanders on and on But there will come a day when I am gone But I will write the pages while I'm here In ink that never ever disappears (Chorus and fade) x