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It Was A Wonderful Life
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A young bride thinking of how her life will be with her husband as she waits upon his return from the war.
singer songwriter acoustic beatles music florida new york love songs writer college performer larry whitler robin macblane
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I am a solo singer/songwriter. My music is mostly soft although my songs could easily be performed in mostly any style.
For me, it's all about the song. That mysteriously magical thing that happens when a lyric is married to a melody. The writing process is invigorating and exciting while simultaneously being exasperating and difficult. It is that moment when music is being composed and a lyric is being written when I am truly the "artist at his easel." The creative process continues when the song is brought into the studio to be recorded because, as in writing, the production and arrangement processes also have their own sets of challenges. Those challenges are always dictated by the song itself and the task at hand at that moment is to be true to the song and carefully craft a recording that reflects what the song is about. Part three, for me, is to then take that song and perform it. It is the purest form of displaying this work of art called a song and is the only place where the magic of the creation is reflected back to me from a room full of interested listeners. And at that moment it is only as magical as the audience makes me believe it is. My CDs are all available on CDBaby.com.
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Genre
Pop Indie Pop
Author
words and music by Larry Whitler
Rights
1993 Larry Whitler
Uploaded
January 09, 2006
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MP3 7.0 MB 192 kbps 5:05
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Her father was a rough man He worked his whole life in a factory in New York Her mom was a sweetheart A cherub, an angel for sure Mmm-mmm They lived in a small house In a neighborhood built after the great world war With postage stamp front yards And a big car, as big as they could afford Mmm-mmm It was a wonderful life She’d look out her window and fantasize “When will my soldier come home?” We’ll have a house just like this one And kids of our own It’ll soon be all right It’s a wonderful life At a Sunday School picnic On a warm day, an afternoon in July They’d pray for the soldiers Her eyes teared And her father would simply sigh They leaned on each other And the hard times were as good as you could expect The shows on the radio were like therapy Through a time she will never forget It was a wonderful life She’d look out her window and fantasize “When will my soldier come home?” We’ll have a house just like this one And kids of our own Yeah, it was a wonderful life She’d look out her window and fantasize “When will my soldier come home?” We’ll have a house just like this one And kids of our own It’ll soon be all right It’s a wonderful life
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