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HAND OF FORGIVENESS
WE BUILT THIS WALL BOTH YOU AND I
WHATEVER THE REASON DON’T MATTER NOW
MISPOKEN WORDS CAN SOMETIMES A HAPPEN
BUT ALL THOSE YEARS CAN’T DISAVOW
SHE WHISPERS TO LET IT ALL GO
AND CONSIDER TRYING TO KNOW
THE HAND OF FORGIVENESS
TOUCHING YOU TOUCHING ME
WE’VE BEEN CARRYING BAGS OF OLD SCORES TO SETTLE
FUNNY HOW TIME UNPACKS THEM ALL
AND WHAT WE GOT LEFT IS JUST WHO WE ARE
SOMETIMES TO RISE AND OTHER TIMES FALL
IT WON’T EVEN COST ANY DOUGH
TO GO FOR THE YES NOT A NO
THE HAND OF FORGIVENESS
TOUCHING ME TOUCHING YOU
THE TOUCH OF A HAND MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
LEADING THE WAY TO A PLACE
AND SHOWS HOW TO LOOSEN THE RIGID
AND PAINTS A BIG SMILE ON OUR FACE
POINTS OUT A PATH TO EMBRACE
You really put it all together on this one! The vocals, the writing, the arrangement and the guitar playing. Excellent!!
Hey Mikey,
Thanks kindly. I seem to key on the Les Paul tone and parts on this one, but we also agree; there’s a lot together about this song and recording.
It does feel like our very small Brill Building Team is getting to a fairly intense level. More to come, very soon.
Tom
“both you and I” or “both you and me”? No matter, since brevity is the soul of wit,
and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
I will be brief:
Great song.
Hey William,
I love time travel. Thanks for the listen, Bobbo. You do have some really good pen names..but who are you, really? Who-who, who- who.
Whether tis nobler…
Tom