Cedar Chest from Song Traveler by Dan Edwards
Original Song by Dan Edwards
As often happens, a woman has carefully placed the sentimental treasures of her life in a cedar chest. The culmination of the love for those treasures bring the cedar chest to life and the story unfolds from there.
Tracklist
| 3. | Dan Edwards - Cedar Chest | 5:40 |
Lyrics
It’s been a while since I felt the touch of your skin
And I’ve been wondering, where you’ve been.
Have you brought another gift to fill my soul?
Or have you, come to see the things that make you feel whole?
Your fingers grasp, then they turn the key.
Memories flow right on out of me.
No one knows you like the way I do…
Because I hold all the things, that mean the world to you.
Like the paisley scarf your Mother always wore,
Or the purple heart from the Second World War.
I know the stories behind the things you keep,
And which ones that you hold, on the nights you can’t sleep.
I want to tell you just how I feel,
Look in your eyes and know this is real
I want to hold more than a part of you, but…
But for now, this is all I can do…
I’m just an old cedar chest
But I’m going to do my best,
To hold the things you Love.
I am just an old cedar chest
But I’m going to do my best,
To hold the things you Love,
And I will, I’ll Love the things I hold
‘Cause I’m holding you…
Me I’m holding you.
Holding you…
You know, some of this is so hard to hold.
Some of these things I wish I’d never been told.
But so much of me is so much of you,
And all the things that hurt you well, they hurt me too.
Like the letters he wrote when you were sharing his bed.
At the time you believed every word he said.
The promise of Love and a fulfilling life,
How one day he would leave her and make you his wife.
But he never left her side
And you, you couldn’t live that lie.
They’re now with grandkids in their happy home
While you and I sit here…all alone
I want to tell you just how I feel,
Look in your eyes and know that this is real
I want to hold more than a part of you, but…
But for now, this is all I can do…
I am just an old cedar chest
But I’m going to do my best,
To hold the things you Love.
I am just an old cedar chest
But I’m going to do my best,
To hold the things you Love,
And I will, I’ll Love the things I hold
‘Cause I’m holding you…
Me I’m holding you.
Holding you.
I’m just an old cedar chest.
Den Edwards #2016
Credits
Dan Edwards Acoustic Guitar and vocals
Tim Blohm Acoustic Guitar
Randy Artiglere Acoustic Bass
Produced Deb D'Anne
Recorded and Engineered Don Sternecker Mixolydian Studios
License
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