From: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org (believers-digest) To: believers-digest@smoe.org Subject: believers-digest V4 #55 Reply-To: believers@smoe.org Sender: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk believers-digest Wednesday, March 22 2000 Volume 04 : Number 055 In Today's believer's digest: ----------------- David Roth... ["Murphy, Steve" ] Re: David Roth... [Kris Richardson ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 11:55:59 -0500 From: "Murphy, Steve" Subject: David Roth... > I went and Saw David Roth this weekend for > the first time and thoroughly enjoyed myself. > I seem to gravitate to female singer songwriters > so I wasn't expecting the same out of body > experience that I normally get at a Susan concert... > Well, I was wrong. He's a fantastic performer and > I'd suggest anyone who hasn't seen him to go do so! > He's on Musi-Cal. He's also an extremly nice person. > I can't say enough good things about him. During the concert, he invited local Singer/Songwriter Darryl > Purpose on stage to do a number. He performed a > wonderful song about a bycicle repairman called > "Mr Shwinn" that was very touching. He's also in > musi-cal and I see he gets around! > > Well- here's the real purpose of this note... > to share some lyrics that I find gripping! > > This is a passage from one of Davids songs > called "Legacy". It hits especially hard to > those of us with aging parents, or those that > are no longer with us. > > I listened to the song all the way to Medford > (about a 45 minute drive) Over and Over. It's > not only about his Dad but also Him and his > Sister (who I met at the Concert). > > Here's the words as they apply to the Dad; > > An Aging Man, A younger one, > and a woman in her Prime > Connected by their Circumstance > of Birth > A Father, Son, and Daughter, > somehow all obsessed to find > The Mark that each will leave upon > this earth. > > Alone in his apartment > in his favorite easy chair > The Aging man endures his > failing health. > Nowadays, preoccupied, > arranging his affairs > And adding up the value of > his wealth. > > He says a prayer and falls asleep, > then somwhere in a dream > He's searching for his children, > and he's calling out to them > "Will I leave enough behind > to help you get along > Please tell me how will I be counted > when I'm gone?" > > It won't be by your worldly goods. > It won't be by your gains. > And not among possessions you bequeath. > But wisdom, grace, and kindness, > and the power of your love > Will be the measure of the Legacy > you leave. > > Phew!!!! Powerful words, huh? > What strikes me especially about the song is that > I can relate to it so much as my Dad has also > been "arranging his affairs" and "adding up the > value of his wealth" ever since my Aunt (his only > sibling) Died about 2 years ago. He's been going > from Bank to Bank, retrieving stock certificates > and transferring them all to Me and My brothers. > He's still in reasonably good health. My Mom's > the one with the health problems. But I can't > help notice how much those lyrics seem to apply > to my Dad. > > It's from his 1993 album "Rising in Love" which > I've had for about 6 months but never really > listened to it (because I hadn't taped it for > the car until the day of the concert). I bought > it because a friend of mine said there was a > song on it where he duet's with Christine Lavin > (and it's a really funny song too called "Don't > Should on Me"). > > Check David Roth out!!!! > Steve > > p.s. Here is the link to David's Page; > http://songs.com/folkera/dr/index.html > HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at songs.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Mar 00 12:16:27 -0500 From: Kris Richardson Subject: Re: David Roth... When I first saw the subject of this post, I was wondering why anyone was writing about David Lee Roth on the Susan list! Glad I read on & things were clarified. I was getting ready to defend Sammy Hagar!! =) Kris >> I went and Saw David Roth this weekend for >> the first time and thoroughly enjoyed myself. >> I seem to gravitate to female singer songwriters >> so I wasn't expecting the same out of body >> experience that I normally get at a Susan concert... >> Well, I was wrong. He's a fantastic performer and >> I'd suggest anyone who hasn't seen him to go do so! >> He's on Musi-Cal. He's also an extremly nice person. >> I can't say enough good things about him. During the >concert, he invited local Singer/Songwriter Darryl >> Purpose on stage to do a number. He performed a >> wonderful song about a bycicle repairman called >> "Mr Shwinn" that was very touching. He's also in >> musi-cal and I see he gets around! >> >> Well- here's the real purpose of this note... >> to share some lyrics that I find gripping! >> >> This is a passage from one of Davids songs >> called "Legacy". It hits especially hard to >> those of us with aging parents, or those that >> are no longer with us. >> >> I listened to the song all the way to Medford >> (about a 45 minute drive) Over and Over. It's >> not only about his Dad but also Him and his >> Sister (who I met at the Concert). >> >> Here's the words as they apply to the Dad; >> >> An Aging Man, A younger one, >> and a woman in her Prime >> Connected by their Circumstance >> of Birth >> A Father, Son, and Daughter, >> somehow all obsessed to find >> The Mark that each will leave upon >> this earth. >> >> Alone in his apartment >> in his favorite easy chair >> The Aging man endures his >> failing health. >> Nowadays, preoccupied, >> arranging his affairs >> And adding up the value of >> his wealth. >> >> He says a prayer and falls asleep, >> then somwhere in a dream >> He's searching for his children, >> and he's calling out to them >> "Will I leave enough behind >> to help you get along >> Please tell me how will I be counted >> when I'm gone?" >> >> It won't be by your worldly goods. >> It won't be by your gains. >> And not among possessions you bequeath. >> But wisdom, grace, and kindness, >> and the power of your love >> Will be the measure of the Legacy >> you leave. >> >> Phew!!!! Powerful words, huh? >> What strikes me especially about the song is that >> I can relate to it so much as my Dad has also >> been "arranging his affairs" and "adding up the >> value of his wealth" ever since my Aunt (his only >> sibling) Died about 2 years ago. He's been going >> from Bank to Bank, retrieving stock certificates >> and transferring them all to Me and My brothers. >> He's still in reasonably good health. My Mom's >> the one with the health problems. But I can't >> help notice how much those lyrics seem to apply >> to my Dad. >> >> It's from his 1993 album "Rising in Love" which >> I've had for about 6 months but never really >> listened to it (because I hadn't taped it for >> the car until the day of the concert). I bought >> it because a friend of mine said there was a >> song on it where he duet's with Christine Lavin >> (and it's a really funny song too called "Don't >> Should on Me"). >> >> Check David Roth out!!!! >> Steve >> >> p.s. Here is the link to David's Page; >> http://songs.com/folkera/dr/index.html HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at songs.com ------------------------------ End of believers-digest V4 #55 ****************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- This has been a posting from the Susan Werner believers-digest To unsubscribe send mail to Majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe believers-digest" in the body of the message