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I'll Be
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Singer/Songwriter
I'll Be was released on May 15, 2014 by Rain City Records as a part of the album American Troubadour
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Release DateMay 15, 2014
LabelRain City Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM70

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Alan AtKisson
Alan AtKisson
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alan AtKisson
Alan AtKisson
Songwriter

Lyrics

When grandpa came to visit
For the first and only time
We were waiting for him at the airport
And I was the first in line
And when he'd landed in Orlando
He hugged me to his chest
And I could smell that Ozark farmland on his Sunday best
Grandpa'd never left the heartland
He'd spend his whole life growing hay
So we drove straight to the Atlantic
To see the ocean and the waves
And as the girls in their bikinis
Lay there giggling on the beach
He muttered over and over, like an incantation
He was trying to teach
Well I'll be
I'll be
There's just water for as far as you can see
Well I'll be
I'll be
Won't you take me down and let me taste the sea
My grandpa was a sweet man
He had a great big chucklin' laugh
He was a genius with machinery
He could be tender with a newborn calf
But I'd heard my father's stories
He hadn't always been that way
He hadn't always been this gentle man
Who could only say
Well I'll be
Seven years and summers later
In the hot Missouri shade
I was sittin' with my Grandpa
We were sippin' lemonade
And I heard him say distinctly
"I was too hard on them kids
"And I wish to God there was some way
"I could undo the things I did"
At my father's funeral supper
I held my grandpa to my chest
And I could smell that Ozard farmland
On his Sunday best
He was so old he was like a baby
And he'd been crying half the day
But in my mind he was still the man
Who taught me how to say
Well I'll be
Written by: Alan AtKisson
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