Dear Vera - 08/22/18 06:46 PM
CONTENT NOTICE: If you are not a baseball fan, you can probably skip this one!
Dear Vera
An homage to a great ballplayer, even greater human being.
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Writing to you from my sleep;
So many years in the deep;
Darling, I miss you, but you know I had no regrets.
Hearing hermanos in pain
I had to get on that plane;
And that is the 'me' that I pray that no brother forgets.
Sad how the story's still told:
"Bobby was distant and cold";
You knew the truth--I was challenged and put to the test.
Yes, I excelled on the stage;
But darling, the words on the page
Say "He loved with his life to the end"; I gave it my best!
Give my love to the children,
How I miss them each day.
Help them teach the young ones
How Papi worked through his play.
Tell my brothers I loved them,
Just wasn't destined to stay;
Do they get the picture up
In Pittsburgh, PA?
After the praise and the cheers,
Twenty-one just disappears;
Tell them, my dear, my life was much more than a bridge.
Three thousand stars to my name;
They thought it all was the game;
But help for Managua was really my reason to live.
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Style is CHORO2.STY (Choro 2 - Brazilian Samba)
MIDI Acoustic String Bass, 28 Clean Elec Guitar, 1 Grand Piano, Various Horns
RT's: 1104 Guitar, 921 Bass, 671 Organ, 1265 Synth Pad
RealDrums:BossaBrushes#1
Dear Vera
An homage to a great ballplayer, even greater human being.
------------------------------------
Writing to you from my sleep;
So many years in the deep;
Darling, I miss you, but you know I had no regrets.
Hearing hermanos in pain
I had to get on that plane;
And that is the 'me' that I pray that no brother forgets.
Sad how the story's still told:
"Bobby was distant and cold";
You knew the truth--I was challenged and put to the test.
Yes, I excelled on the stage;
But darling, the words on the page
Say "He loved with his life to the end"; I gave it my best!
Give my love to the children,
How I miss them each day.
Help them teach the young ones
How Papi worked through his play.
Tell my brothers I loved them,
Just wasn't destined to stay;
Do they get the picture up
In Pittsburgh, PA?
After the praise and the cheers,
Twenty-one just disappears;
Tell them, my dear, my life was much more than a bridge.
Three thousand stars to my name;
They thought it all was the game;
But help for Managua was really my reason to live.
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Style is CHORO2.STY (Choro 2 - Brazilian Samba)
MIDI Acoustic String Bass, 28 Clean Elec Guitar, 1 Grand Piano, Various Horns
RT's: 1104 Guitar, 921 Bass, 671 Organ, 1265 Synth Pad
RealDrums:BossaBrushes#1
Great tune none the less! Love the groove, and some very inventive and creative lyrics to match.