Mike Lawrence: Music

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CRAYON, PENCIL OR INK

IT WAS TIME TO GET UP IN THE ATTIC
AND CLEAN OUT SOME JUNK
UNDERNEATH AN OLD BLANKET IN THE CORNER
WE FOUND THAT OLD TRUNK
I SAID HUN DO WE GET RID OF THIS
SHE SAID NO DON'T YOU DARE
THAT'S YOU AND ME AND THE KIDS INTHERE

SHE THREW OPEN THE LID
AND PULLED OUT AN OLD SCRAP BOOK
IT WAS FULL OF OLD LETTERS, HOMEMADE VALENTINES
AND PICTURES THAT WE TOOK
SINCE THE KIDS WERE SMALL
SHE KEPT IT ALL
EVERY LINE ON EVERY PAGE
I NEVER KNEW WE HAD SO MUCH TO SAVE

NO YOU CAN'T THROW AWAY A MEM'RY JUST LIKE THAT
EVERY X AND O IS A HUG AND A KISS
THAT'S MEANT TO LAST
LETTERS AND CARDS AND PAPER HEARTS
ARE WORTH MORE THAN YOU THINK
I LOVE YOU'S STILL I LOVE YOU
IN CRAYON, PENCIL OR INK

IT'S DIAMONDS FROM A WOMAN'S HEART
IT'S GOLD FROM DADDY'S PEN
AND YOU CAN'T ERASE THE LOVE EMBRACED
IN YOUR OWN CHILD'S HAND

NO YOU CAN'T THROW AWAY A MEM'RY JUST LIKE THAT
EVERY X AND O ISA HUG AND A KISS
THAT'S MEANT TO LAST
LETTERS AND CARDS AND PAPER HEARTS
ARE WORTH MORE THAN YOU THINK
I LOVE YOU'S STILL I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU'S STILL I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU'S STILL I LOVE YOU
IN CRAYON, PENCIL OR INK