“Other World” Eve

Mike Delaney 12/29/06

(Parody of both “Thanksgiving Eve” by Bob Franke and “Stand” by Pete and Maura Kennedy,

so let’s call it a co-write! Performed at SAMW Week2 2007)

It's so easy to dream of who I wanna be

Though impossible to make such dreams come true

But still yet, don’t forget, a dream’s more than it seems

When that dream is really happening to you

Chorus:

The best way to spend my days is to sing and play

Let my dreams guide my heart; show the way

May music fill every moment of my life

I’ll play til they drag me away

Play til they drag me away

This world here is more real than your daily ordeal

It will always be the better part of you

Gospel horses will run, they will help you dream and feel

Let music overpower all you do

Chorus

And so friends, before I end, my request, not a demand

Perhaps it’s a humble supplication

So I planned, you’re the band, it’s so grand, come on now stand

It’s a cheap way of getting a standing ovation

Final Chorus:

Come on and Stand,

Come on now stand,

Come on and stand

Plant your sword in the sand

In this age of unreason

There’s a time and a season for love

Stand

Final Verse:

Allah, Buddha, Yahweh, Jesus, Brahma

People get ready there’s a train that’s coming

Many different legends, just one story

All aboard the train that’s bound for glory

Intro:

You may think that this is the eve of going back to the real world. But if you say that to Bennett Hammond he will say, “No! This is the real world and that other world is just the other world. So, this is “Other World Eve”, my tribute to Bennett and Lorraine, Dick, all the instructors and students, and especially my co-writers, Bob Franke and Pete and Maura Kennedy”.

Thanksgiving Eve

Words & Music by Bob Franke

It's so easy to dream of the days gone by

It's a hard thing to think of the times to come

But the grace to accept ev'ry moment as a gift

Is a gift that is given to some

Chorus:

What can you do with your days but work & hope

Let your dreams bind your work to your play

What can you do with each moment of your life

But love til you've loved it away

Love til you've loved it away

There are sorrows enough for the whole world's end

There are no guarantees but the grave

And the life that I live & the time I have spent

Are a treasure too precious to save

As it was so it is, as it is shall it be

And it shall be while lips that kiss have breath

Many waters indeed only nurture Love's seed

And its flower overshadows the power of death

©1982 Telephone Pole Music Publishing Co. (BMI)