[00:16.71]I read that Norman Rockwell died, I didn't even know him
[00:22.95]But I remember visiting Stockbridge, the town he made his home in
[00:29.50]I remember how those people glowed, just because they had a chance to share
[00:35.98]An old story or two about a man who'd painted America there
[00:44.44]And when a hand reaches out and brushes lives
[00:51.55]The spirit of the painter never dies
[01:08.72]Oh beautiful for spacious skies, oh misery the guns
[01:15.65]That bloodied amber waves of grain in 1861
[01:21.92]At a hundred years of suffering to a movement and sin
[01:28.78]You have the most amazing soul who said I have a dream
[01:37.13]And when a voice rises up to challenge lies
[01:44.36]The spirit of the speaker never dies
[01:54.55]Now I won't be a president, and I can't be a king
[02:01.12]But I have these hands to reach for you, we have a voice to sing
[02:07.62]And I'm surely not an artist with a canvas or a brush
[02:14.00]But I paint these songs with colors that remind me of your touch
[02:41.61]An American in Paris wrote a Rhapsody in Blue
[02:48.84]And passed away at 38 before his time came due
[02:55.21]Some felt cheated of a gift so prematurely taken
[03:01.74]But I believe we were born again, and often reawakened
[03:10.16]When a song touches something deep inside
[03:17.32]The spirit of the singer never dies
[03:27.53]Now I lay no claim to genius when I'm playing this guitar
[03:34.06]Sometimes I'm lost for words just trying to describe the way we are
[03:40.49]But my book is filled with sketches made of dreams and prayers and friends
[03:46.97]And I draw these songs with images of seeing you again
[04:01.29]I read that Norman Rockwell died, I never even knew him
[04:07.67]But it wasn't hard to see the love in what the man was doing
[04:14.15]But you don't have to be a genius or the leader of the band
[04:20.79]Just as long as while you're on this earth you do the best you can
[04:32.87]And though the road may be filled with turns and bends
[04:41.01]The journey of your spirit never ends
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