This was recorded using a Seagull 12 string acoustic for rhythm and a Baby Taylor acoustic for lead guitar. I originally recorded this song in 2000 but did not like the quality of the recording and felt it didn't do the song justice.

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In March of 2000, my wife & I were expecting a baby. She went in for a routine Ob-Gyn visit & they couldn't find a heart beat. This was on a Friday & they couldn't do a D&C until Monday. On Saturday, night she miscarried & was having excessive bleeding & underwent an emergent D&C early Sunday morning. This song recounts this experience and some of the pain & questions raised about life and death.

GOD RECEIVED ANOTHER ANGEL TODAY



VERSE: SHE HEARD THE HEART BEAT
FELT THE KICK OF LITTLE FEET
THEN THERE WAS NO BEAT
AND NO MOVEMENT OF LITTLE FEET
DO UNBORN CHILDREN HAVE A SOUL?
ONLY GOD IS EVER IN CONTROL.

CHORUS: AND I HOPE AND PRAY
GOD RECEIVED ANOTHER ANGEL TODAY.
AND I HOPE AND PRAY
GOD RECEIVED ANOTHER ANGEL TODAY.

VERSE: MOTHER DID EVERYTHING RIGHT
BUT IT DIDNa019T MATTER THAT NIGHT
FETUS PASSED WITH A FLOOD
AND EVERYTHING WAS COVERED WITH BLOOD.
IS THERE A REASON WHY BABIES DIE?
WE ARE LEFT ASKING HOW OR WHY.


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VERSE: WAS IT A GIRL OR A BOY?
THERE WOULD BE NO TEARS OF JOY.
HOURS OF BLEEDING AND CRAMPING PAIN
FLUID AND DRUGS GIVEN IN HER VEIN.
DO THEY WITH ANGEL WINGS FLY?
OR IN THE DARKNESS, JUST DIE?

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VERSE: PLANS FOR A NEW LIFE TO APPEAR
WERE REPLACED WITH SADNESS AND FEAR
IN THE ERa019S COLD WHITE LIGHT,
HOPES AND DREAMS ENDED THAT NIGHT
IS THE ANSWER IN THE FORMALDEHYDE?
WHY THE FUTURE JUST DIED?

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