Sheila Kaufman songs
I wrote this for my grandkiddo. It's the first one that I've done both music and lyrics for. Lee was kind enough to provide the guitar. I do wind up with a tub full of baby racoons from the shelter almost every spring, and all of the animals in the song are from a wildlife shelter In Grants Pass, Oregon.
The wolves in my profile picture are the ones from the song.
My Daddy's Guitar
Music and Lyrics by Sheila Kaufman
Guitar by Lee McAboy
When I was a little girl my daddy would say
You're going to be somebody special someday.
He'd sit in his chair and he'd play his guitar
And he'd sing about how I could reach any star.
Although I was shy, through the stories he told,
I learned to take chances, I learned to be bold,
To follow my dreams no matter how far,
To reach out and reach up and reach for that star.
Now I have
tunes in my head and raccoons in my tub.
I have songs in my heart, and a Badger named Nubs.
He lives at the shelter and greets me each day
When I make my way out there to work and to play.
When I arrive the wolves sing me their song.
While I go through my day they're howling along.
The cougar, the bobcat and Nikki, the Lynx
Purr me a greeting and all of them thinks...
That…I'm someone special, I’m reaching that star
That my daddy played songs about on his guitar.
And You're someone Special, You know that You are.
So reach out and reach up, take hold of your star.
Just reach out and reach up, take hold of your star.
And listen, you might hear my daddy's guitar.
Copyright 2009 Lee and Sheila Music
Music and Lyrics by Sheila Kaufman
Guitar by Lee McAboy
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