I'LL TELL GOD YOU SAID HI

Dan_Robinson_OLD R. / Genre: Country / Tempo: Slow to Medium

I'LL TELL GOD YOU SAID HI

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Initially I had the idea for this song after watching a "Kids Say the Darndest Things" show. No kid said this specific line on the show---I just got to thinking what might be a "cool" thing for a kid to say. I started to script out the song.
Fast Forward: There was a Songu class assignment that gave me a chance to incorporate the idea. It went over well in the class. There were a few too many words (I tend to do that!!), so it needed to be a little tighter.

Since I am just learning guitar, I put the lyric concept out to some folks at Songu and John immediately took to it. He got a real good feel right away for the music/melody. That helped us to groom the lyric as well.

It has become my new favorite!!

Lyrics

I’ll tell God you said hi’ © Dan Robinson – John Wesley Coutts 2006

V.1.
I was bored at a work convention
‘Til the speaker caught my attention
With what he did in his spare time
Visiting sick children
With terminal conditions
I decided to give it a try
Met this great kid, and formed a bond instantly
Y’know kids say the darndest things
And this one really got to me

He said

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I'll tell God you said hi
And though you said you don’t pray much
You're really a good guy
He’ll understand why you been out of touch
And if you’ve been meaning to write
And want to believe with all your might
He can make everything all right
I'll tell God you said hi

V.2.
He spoke of dying
Heaven, angel wings, and flying
Said he’d be living in the sky
I wasn't sure what to say
I’d kinda lost my way
And hadn’t talked to God in a while
He smiled and said that’s okay he can see
You had other stuff to do
But now you’re spending time with me

And

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Bridge
Then one morning they said he wouldn’t make it through the day
In his room I cried and softly touched his head
His hands pressed together in his final prayer
Held a note that read

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