OK, I want to warn you up front, this may seem a little unpleasant to some of you, because as a general rule most folks don’t like to talk about kick’n the bucket. Especially when it’s their own foot that’s doing the kick’n. But that’s what I want to do here today. Now, I’m not going into anything deep, I just want to go on record with some of the songs I want to be sung at my “He ain’t here no more celebration.”
It may be a little selfish to tell the folks responsible for seeing me off what I want to have sang (Is that right, or should it be sung? Let’s see, sing, sang, sung, oh well you pick the right word, but don’t use singed cause I know that’s not right.) at my funeral, because they are the ones needing comforting, but then again who really knows, God may let me kinda hang around to see how you folks act at my party.
If I can get it together, and can work it out, you guys aren’t even going to have to worry about doing all the singing anyway. I hope to get the boys from West Texas together one of these times I’m there so we can record these songs. That way I can sing at my own celebration. I don’t have any idea how many folks Skip, Chip, Bruce and I have sung into the ground but I may as well become one of them. (By the way my computer just told me to use sung, so I guess I got it right.)
So, here they are in no particular order.
- I Fly Away: You guys know how much I enjoy flying, and I will be doing it without a plane when this song is playing. That is going to be awesome!
- It Is Well With My Soul: I like this whole song, but that last verse gives me the chills. I like to slow things down, even though the word say, “And, Lord haste the day”. Then, I start to build the volume and add strength all the way through the words “and the Lord shall descend,” and then bring it back down as I sing, “Even so, it is well with my soul.”
- Faithful Love: This song has one of the most powerful refrains ever written. “Faithful love from above came to earth to show a Father’s love. And I’ll never be the same, for I’ve seen faithful love face to face, and Jesus is hi name.”
- Where No One Stands Alone: I believe that most if not all of us have felt alone at some time or another in our lives, but this song lets me know I always have a hand to hold onto. “Hold my hand al the way, Every hour every day, From here to the great unknown. Take my hand let me stand where no one stands alone.”
There are many other songs that I love, and I know I have left a few off of this list that I may add later, but these four songs are my absolute favorites. I know you have your favorites too, let us know what they are, and maybe we can make sure they are sang at your going away celebration.
Till next time,
Grump