Random thoughts before the song ... I'm writing this after spending most of
the day driving around the snow capped mountains west of Colorado Springs.
So many wonderful scenes of the grandeur of the world we live in. You could
just imagine the cowboys on horseback, and the wagons pulling families from
the east to the west. Tomorrow I'll be heading back east to home in Florida.
While driving, I was thinking of the impact that Ronald Reagan had on the
world we live in. Worldwide sentiments seem to echo the same thoughts. I
remember growing up in an era where we had regularly scheduled bomb shelter
practices. We now have a different enemy.
Finally it's my youngest daughter's birthday tomorrow. So I dedicate this
song to all those pioneers in eras past, present and future ...
Wind Beneath My Wings
It must have been cold there in the '50s, (Cold War)
to never know freedom from your fears.
You were content to hold your ground, that's your way,
you always were ready to shed a tear.
So we were the ones who lived in freedom,
while you were the one that took the blame.
A beautiful face without a name -- for so long,
a beautiful smile to hide the pain.
Chorus
Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and ev'rything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.
It might have appeared to go unnoticed,
but because of you the world has changed.
I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it,
Without you the wall might still remain (Berlin Wall)
Chorus
Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and ev'rything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.
Fly, fly, fly away,
you let me fly so high.
Oh, fly, fly,
so high against the sky, so high I almost touch the sky.
Thank you, thank you, thank God for you,
the wind beneath my wings.
--
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"