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My Father's Arms

from Random Magic by Schweitzer

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Inspired by my father and mother, sometime between Mother's Day and Father's Day, 2021

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My sainted mother loved him even through her pain
And with his strong arms and through her love
they saved my world time and time again
The comfort of their voices is just a dream when I'm awake
Each year a little dimmer
Fading wisdom that remains for me to take

And when they seem so far away
Lost in time's shifting sands
In my need I am reminded
Just how much of them I am

They left me all that I am when they left me
And when I find myself reaching out, I see
My father's arms
Right there in front of me
I see them with my mother's eyes
My father's arms

It's my mother's tears I feel every time I cry
And the pain I watched them suffer through
supports me when I feel it in my life
I am upheld by all the times they said that they were proud
I'd sing to them where 'ere they are
If only I could sing that loud

I'd surely bring them back if I could
For a chance to love them better, and I know I would
I know that it's impossible, but possible to dream
And dreaming never did an old child harm
I can still feel them around me
As I reach out and see

That they seem so far away
Lost in time's shifting sands
In my need I am reminded
Just how much of them I am

They left me all that I am when they left me
And when I find myself reaching out, I see
My father's arms
Right there in front of me
I see them with my mother's eyes
My father's arms
Stretched out in front of me
With my mother's eyes I see that I have
My father's arms (My father’s arms)
Oh, and my mother’s eyes (My father’s arms)
And my father’s arms

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from Random Magic, track released October 15, 2022

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Schweitzer Los Angeles, California

My brother started writing songs and that was the spark that started me on my own songwriting course that would last the rest of my life. I chose to use my surname, "Schweitzer," for practical reasons, realizing long ago that pronouncing "Richard Schweitzer" was difficult. "Schweitzer Projects" under the "tindog music & stuff" umbrella is producing songs in the Pop / Pop rock or folk categories ... more

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