When I first met Christy, she was always listening to and singing Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holliday. I quickly fell for those old jazz standards along with the girl who introduced me to them. For Mother's Day this year, I wrote Christy a love song in that style...
lyrics
JUST IN CASE
Just in case I don’t get to see tomorrow
Let me just say how I feel today
I might be gone before we know it babe,
But you’ll have this song to know just what I’d say
I would say,
I just can’t believe
That of all the guys in the world
That you’d have me
I haven’t been everywhere, or that many places
But, I bet I’ve seen several million girls
And there isn’t one around here or across that ocean
Who’s half as fun or as sweet in the world
And I just can’t believe
That a girl so beautiful
was made for me
And I just can’t believe
That a life so blessed
Was planned for the likes of me
credits
from Free Home-cooked Demos!,
track released May 16, 2010
Thanks to Ryan McCoy for showing me those diminished chords.
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