My Music, My Friend

Before I arrived Your warm tones I felt Within the womb Our hearts you would melt As mother and child Met for the first A love of music A craving, a thirst Raised me on Diamond, Stewart And Queen Fleetwood, Pink Floyd A melody stream I owe you so much My heart that you touched You held me with care When my feelings were bare You launched me aloft You helped me to soar My music, my friend My 'oh so much more' First days at school You taught me in rhyme In chapel some met With the spirit divine When our teams took the field Vision so bold An anthem you gave us A share bond to hold The disco's first dance The disco's first kiss You played out the songs Our moments of bliss I owe you so much My heart that you touched You held me with care When my feelings were bare You launched me aloft You helped me to soar My music, my friend My 'oh so much more' Next into the big world With hopes and eyes wide Attached to my walkman You there as my guide Work isn't easy That's the reason they pay It's hard when you start Through night and through day The ladder we climb The chances we take The beats of our life We move and we shake I owe you so much My heart that you touched You held me with care When my feelings were bare You launched me aloft You helped me to soar My music, my friend My 'oh so much more' Through love and loss And perhaps love again Shared mix-tapes and albums The music's refrain Now maybe a parent Sharing with kids Rock, country, or rap All of the hits As music has shaped me So now I curate For those that now follow Collections first rate In moments of sadness Or when I'm defeated You cradled my heart You never retreated Your shoulder you shared That everybody hurts Emotions you healed Through R.E.M.'s verse In trying we fall In falling we rise Embrace the truth No reason for lies So thank you Springsteen Collins and Cash To Elton, Sting, Bowie And to The Clash You were my best friends you shared every hour Music you're with me Your grace and your power I owe you so much My heart that you touched You held me with care When my feelings were bare You launched me aloft You helped me to soar My music, my friend My 'so much more'