"Family" genre: New Country
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	This is an autobigraphical song inspired by my family and the closeness we shared with my Parents.
	MP3.com CD: Liz Rogers - buy it! CD: Liz Rogers Credits: Written and performend by Liz Rogers Wolfram Arranged and Produced by Tim Goodman
	Story Behind the Song This is a very personal story based on true events of my "Family" written for my parents for their 50th Anniversary. Lyrics "FAMILY" CHUCK AND MARY THEY RAISED EIGHT KIDS THEY LOVED THEM ALL NO MATTER WHAT THEY DID FIVE LITTLE WOMEN AND THREE STRONG HEALTHY BOYS HE DROVE A TRUCK FOR THIRTY SOME SEASONS SHE WORKED ODD JOBS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS THEY BOUGHT A HOUSE IN MARKHAM ILLINOIS THEY PLANTED A GENERATION TREE THERE WERE A FEW BROKEN BRANCHES THAT THE WORLD COULD SEE BUT THE ROOTS WERE STRONG NO MATTER WHAT WENT WRONG THEY KNEW THEY WERE A FAMILY NOW THE KIDS GREW OLDER AS KIDS WILL TRIED TO BE LIKE THEIR PARENTS TOUGH SHOES TO FILL CHUCK AND MARY PRAYED THE VALUES TAUGHT WOULD STAND ONE BY ONE THEY LEFT THE NEST SOME RETURNED WHEN IT WAS BEST THEY ALWAYS KNEW THEY'D GET A HELPING HAND THEY PLANTED A GENERATION TREE THERE WERE A FEW BROKEN BRANCHES THAT THE WORLD COULD SEE BUT THE ROOTS WERE STRONG NO MATTER WHAT WENT WRONG THEY KNEW THEY WERE A FAMILY NOW THEIR LONG SINCE RETIRED AND DOIN' FINE THEY LOST TOMMY IN '89 WHEN THEY GATHERED TO PRAY BESIDE HIS BED IT WAS THE ONLY TIME THEY EVER SAW THEIR DADDY CRY AS HE WATCHED THE YOUNGEST OF HIS SONS DIE HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN ANYTHING TO TRADE HIS LIFE INSTEAD NOW THE CHILDREN OF THEIR CHILDREN ARE GROWING TOO CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE HARDSHIP THEY WENT THROUGH BUT THEY CARRY IN THEIR HEARTS THIS GREAT LEGACY NO MATTER THE JOURNEY NO MATTER THE ROAD NO MATTER THE BURDEN OF A HEAVY LOAD THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE A FAMILY THEY PLANTED A GENERATION TREE THERE WERE A FEW BROKEN BRANCHES THAT THE WORLD COULD SEE BUT THE ROOTS WERE STRONG NO MATTER WHAT WENT WRONG THEY KNEW THEY WERE A FAMILY THEY KNEW THEY WERE A FAMILY] WRITTEN BY LIZ ROGERS WOLFRAM FOR CHUCK AND MARY ROGERS COPYWRITE 1994 THIRD RAIL PUBLISHING

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