2008 BILLBOARD WORLD SONGWRITING CONTEST 3RD PLACE WINNER COUNTRY!!! VOCALS--MELISSA DUVALL DEMO--JASON ROLLER/MAGICSHACKDEMOS.COM written by Barbara Wilkinson and Sonya Wood

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THIS LATEST DEMO IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME--I USE TO WATCH MY GRANDMOTHER PLAY AN OLD, VERY TALL, VERY DARK PIANO IN A VERY NARROW HALLWAY. YOU KNOW, THEIR HOUSE HAD THIS HALL DOWN THE CENTER, FRONT PORCH TO BACK. AFTER BOTH MY GRANDPARENTS DIED, I USE TO GO DOWN TO THEIR HOUSE, UNLOCK THE PADLOCK ON THE FRONT DOOR AND PLAY THAT PIANO. I STILL HEAR THE ECHO.

I NEED A DAY LIKE THAT
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GRANDMA’S HANDS CURLED ON THE KEYS
AS SHE GENTLY PLAYED FOR ME
PAPAW’S RESTING ON THE FRONT PORCH SWING
TAPPIN’ HIS TOES WHILE SHE’D SING
THERE’S NEVER BEEN A SWEETER SOUND
THAN THE ONE MY GRANDMA MADE
ALL THE TIMES I’D SIT BY HER
AND HEAR AMAZING GRACE

CH

I NEED A DAY LIKE THAT
WHEN THIS CRAZY WORLD GETS COLD
I NEED A SIMPLER PLACE
THAT NEVER GROWS OLD
I MAKE A WISH
I COULD HAVE ONE BACK
WHEN I NEED A DAY LIKE THAT

SUMMER MEANT I’D LOSE MY SHOES
I’D RUN BAREFOOT ‘TIL I’D BRUISE
CHASING FIREFLIES WITH AN EMPTY JAR
WATCHING THEM GLOW IN THE DARK
THEN GRANDMA’D CALL THROUGH THE SCREEN DOOR
“TIME FOR YOU TO COME INSIDE”
WHAT I’D GIVE FOR ONE MORE CHANCE
TO HEAR HER SAY GOODNIGHT

REPEAT CH

I LIVE AND LAUGH IN THE HERE AND NOW
THE BEST WAY I KNOW HOW

STILL I NEED A DAY LIKE THAT
WHEN THIS CRAZY WORLD GETS COLD
I NEED A SIMPLER PLACE
THAT NEVER GROWS OLD
I MAKE A WISH
I COULD HAVE ONE BACK
WHEN I NEED A DAY LIKE THAT

SOMETIMES I WISH, I COULD HAVE ONE BACK
WHEN I NEED A DAY LIKE THAT