Say the Words First

Yesterday, I posted Mark Harper’s altar song to Sweet Marie.

Today I had planned to post “Love Is”. Great song. Then I thought I would post the “Welcome to the Land of Milk and Honey” song.

But then I decided I’d instead post “Say the Words First” because it’s a rare song that makes you change what you’re doing as you listen to it. And “Say the Words First” is that song.

The day after Christmas we were on our way down to my brother’s and became stranded in a 90 minute traffic jam on the interstate. As we sat there, going nowhere, and Marty inquired for the seventh time if I was going to be acting “like this” no matter what (I woke up on the wrong side of the bed) this song played.

Listen to Say the Words First.

Yes, that song there, the one above. Marty was playing the Mark Harper material as he knows how much I like it, and that song played and I may not have been a Scrooge but my heart still grew several times that moment and I took Marty’s hand and said, “I still like you”.

Everyone should have this song on their iPod so they can pop it in their iPod dock in their car and play it at the appropriate moment. Or, if you’re not in the car and you need this song and have it on your iPod, be sure to be carrying around an earphone splitter.


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5 responses to “Say the Words First”

  1. Nina Avatar
    Nina

    this song also had me thinking of times when really all I wanted was for someone to hold me, or to have someone just say they cared that I seemed to be hurting. I called my sister-in-law yesterday, hadn’t talked to her in awhile, really like her. She asked how I was and I said I was feeling pretty crabby. She said she was, too, that she often feels crabby so that was okay with her. So I proceeded to crab and managed to actually get to what it was I was feeling crabby about.

  2. Idyllopus Avatar

    I’m sorry you had a crabby New Years Eve.

    I was feeling crabby too.

  3. Nina Avatar
    Nina

    Well, thanks. I’m sorry you had a crabby New Years, too. Feeling crabby was the improved version. Before that I’d been feeling crabby and depressed for several days. Maybe this year will be a better year. Hopefully.

  4. Idyllopus Avatar

    Indeed, here’s to a much better year than was 2008.

  5. Jennifer Avatar

    I needed this song today. 🙂

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