5/15

And then there are those moments when you say "Yeah! This is why I do this!" What an honor it was to sing at my dear friends' daughter's wedding yesterday. The bride and groom were amazing! Their joy was so contagious, you came away just knowing the world was going to be okay with beautiful kids like these two in it, and their loved ones just kind of basked in their happiness.  Even their friend Arlo Guthrie was in attendance to wish them well.  Among my happiest duties was to sing a song I wrote, while our local web slinger, Rotten Dan, - a.k.a., the  father of the bride - danced with his stunning daughter Devon. I'll share the lyrics below. All blessings Devon and Bob!


Blink                               Lyrics and Music by John Flynn

 It starts off early in a sandbox
We blink as sand gets in our eyes
We blink up at the sun in wonder
We blink and somehow time just flies

We blink and we are in a schoolyard
We blink and drive dad’s Chevrolet
We blink and we stand at an altar
And soon a baby’s on the way

We blink and toddlers are teenagers
We blink and grandkids say hello
And in their eyes we see our parents
And in our hearts we miss them so

We squint and look around for  glasses
to read that some old friend has died
We blink them as our eyes grow tired
And all too soon  we close them wide

We blink like summer evening fireflies
Out on eternity’s front lawn
and though we vanish in a moment
the love we share keeps shining on

I blink in disbelief that heaven
has given me these precious years
with you and I will still be grateful
long after we have blinked…
back tears

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