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Norm Hacking's Lyrics:
"A Songwriter's Song"


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© Norm Hacking, words & music (SOCAN)
for Lloyd Landa


"Who the hell would want to be a songwriter?"
I asked my friend Lloyd from time to time.
"You and me," he replied. "It's just something inside:
Finding some truth in a line,
Then searching all night for the rhyme."

There's a fine line between sentimental
And that which is heartfelt and true,
But if you cut me some slack, I'll take a crack
At writing a few lines for you—
These days that's the best I can do.

Chorus:
And the world gets a lift when you practice your gifts:
Each heart knows the courage of song.
And we'll not replace the love and the grace
That lives in a songwriter's song—
It gives you strength to just keep keeping on.

Had me a birthday at the old Tranzac Club:
It was a hell of a musical ride,
And if the way it all ends is a room full of friends
Singing with hearts open wide—
That's a fine way of saying goodbye.

There's a hole in the ocean, there's a hole in the sky,
There's a hole in this song I can't write,
There's a chorus and verse and a terrible thirst
Burning deep down inside—
Can't seem to quench it tonight.

Chorus

So mark this, because I'm going to tell you:
Too brief is the love that we share.
I'll remember a friend in the way a song ends
And hangs one last note in the air—
That way you'll always be there.

Chorus

And the lifers won't quit 'til they cash in their chips:
We keep betting on the love of this game.
And the dreams we all chase, full of love, full of grace,
Deal less with fortune or fame
Than the way that a friend speaks your name.


Written in August 2000 in memory of close friend Lloyd Landa and in tribute to songwriters.

See the index of Norm Hacking's lyrics and prose

Lyrics added to website December 5, 2007

 

   
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