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My Father's Waltz Lyrics
forty years since you washed ashore
carried out of the sea
on the mast of a man-o-war
that once brought you to me
throw your overcoat over a chair
and lay all your lazybones down
may this night keep you here
'til tomorrow
carried out of the sea
on the mast of a man-o-war
that once brought you to me
and lay all your lazybones down
may this night keep you here
'til tomorrow
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What a beautifully quiet and soothing song, yet with a touch of melancholy.
I think Dan Messe of Hem says it best: "My father, he had cancer this past year and we were trying to keep him alive. We actually just lost him about a month ago. I wrote that song for him and had Sally sing it. We burned him a copy when he went to the hospital. I know it made him very happy, and I know it probably kept him there a little longer than he otherwise might've been. Like so many of our songs it's about trying to find comfort in what can be an incredibly hard place to live."