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The Gift

by Richard Melvin Brown

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The Gift

Words and Music by Patrick O'Masters BMI and Richard Melvin Brown SOCAN

verse

While riding home from school one day, a stranger caught his eye
A tattered woman on the roadside holding up a cardboard sign
Through the door and up the stairs he ran into his room
Laid down and cried about the woman then figured out what he should do

verse

Out the door and down the street, he clutched his jar of change
Soon he met the woman who put his heart in so much pain
But now he's running late for supper, his parents worried bad
When daddy found him at the corner, saw him offer what he had

(spoken) and he told the woman

Chorus

Please take this money, the least that I can do
I know it isn't very much, I hope it gets you through
My Father gave it to me - to give to you I know
And now he's come to take me home, I really have to go
Please just take it
Please take this money
I don't need it anymore

verse

He dreamed that he could change the world, we'd often heard him say
But screeching tires and broken glass took all those dreams away
While somewhere in a hospital another family prayed
And as his blood spilled on the pavement, one final gift he gave

chorus

Please take this body, the least that I can do
I know it isn't very much, I hope it gets you through
My father gave it to me - to give to you I know
And now he's come to take me home, I really have to go
Please just take it
Please take this body
I don't need it anymore

TAG: I don't need it anymore

(c) 2007 Patrick O'Masters and Richard Melvin Brown

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released June 15, 2019
Produced by songsculptor.com

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all rights reserved

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Richard Melvin Brown Edmonton, Alberta

Rick Brown (Richard Melvin Brown) AKA Songsculptor has been involved in the Music Business for over 50 plus years, in (Canada, The United States and Europe) as an Award Winning Songwriter, Record Producer/Arranger, Studio Musician, former Music Director for "The Canadian Country Music All-Star Show" and former band member for Renowned Grammy Award Winning Record Producer David Foster. ... more

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