DOUG & SHELLEY HARPER: LISTEN TO MUSIC

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Yes, this was on our first CD, SCRAPBOOK, but it didn't get the notice it deserved. Re-tooled, I think this is the one. For some reason, it's Shelley's favorite on the CD.

THERE'S A PLACE
SPRING, 1997

1A. INTO A STRANGE NEW WORLD YOU CAME. YOU LEFT YOUR HOME AND FAMILY, UNAWARE THAT YOU'D BE STAYING AND YOU'D SOON TRIP OVER ME THROUGH A SONG WE CAME TOGETHER AND LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT THE WORDS WOULD LAUNCH OUR STORY AND WE WATCHED IT ALL UNFOLD.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO LOOK BACK TO THE TIME IT ALL BEGAN. IT'S A STORY I LIKE TELLING AND I GO BACK NOW AND THEN.

2A. I'M SO GLAD YOU LOOKED BEYOND MY WRINKLED SHIRTS AND CLUMSY DATES. IT WASN'T MUCH TO WIN YOUR FAVOR. SOMETHING BIGGER HAD ITS WAY.
NOW I KNOW I'M NOT THE PRINCE YOU MAY HAVE FASHIONED IN A DREAM, BUT I GUESS THEY ALL WERE TAKEN WHEN I LANDED ON THE SCENE.
2B. BUT, I'LL BE HOLDING STEADY THROUGH THE EBB AND FLOW OF DAYS, AND BESIDES, A PRINCE WOULD BORE YOU WITH HIS STUFFY, FORMAL WAYS.

CHORUS: AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW. NO MATTER WHERE I AM; NO MATTER WHERE I GO, THERE'S A PLACE IN MY HEART THAT YOU ALONE CAN FILL AND I'LL ALWAYS KEEP IT THERE. ALWAYS HAVE; ALWAYS WILL.

INSTRUMENTAL HALF VERSE:

3A. WE HAVE TAKEN GREAT EXCURSIONS FROM THE HEARTLAND TO THE COAST BUT THE QUIET TIMES JUST TALKING ARE THE ONES I TREASURE MOST
NOW OUR HOME'S A PEACEFUL REFUGE AND OUR KIDS HAVE KEPT US YOUNG. I DON'T SEE OUR TIME AS PASSING, JUST A BRIDGE FOR WHAT'S TO COME.
3B. AS DAYS BECOME MORE PRECIOUS WE SHOULD SPEND THEM CAREFULLY; CULTIVATE OUR SENSE OF HUMOR AND TAKE OURSELVES LESS SERIOUSLY.

CHORUS:
PLUS… ALWAYS HAVE, ALWAYS WILL
IT'S A FACT AS SURE AS SUNRISE, EVEN THOUGH IT GOES UNSAID. THERE'S A PLACE IN MY HEART THAT YOU ALONE CAN FILL AND I'LL ALWAYS KEEP IT THERE. ALWAYS HAVE, ALWAYS WILL.