New Song

It's Alice Day again.  I wrote this slightly over a week ago--inspired by some Buddhist thought, though I think I took it in a different direction from what they had in mind--and played it for Mary while I was visiting last weekend.  She came up with a wonderful arrangement, and we even recorded it.

Given that the piano and mandolin parts and Mary's vocal harmony had been written that afternoon, and the whole thing was recorded from floor level on my side, I think it came out reasonably well.  

All Things Pass 
lyrics and melody by Cat Faber 2012
arranged by Mary Crowell (piano, vocals) and Cat Faber (mandolin)
mp3 here
a capella mp3 (melody only) here

 Dm D9 Dm        Am     Dm
Winter snow and summer sunshine;
 Dm              F
Green to golden fading grass
 Dm     F        C     Dm
Autumn leaf and April flower
 Bb        Dm   Am          Dm
Seize the hour; all things pass

    Dm              C
   It's a truth as clear as crystal
    Dm             Bb     Dm
   And as hard as broken glass;
   Dm                Gm         Dm
   In this life the things you favor,
    F          Dm      Am         Dm
   You should savor.  All things pass

All of us will drink of suffering;
Heart and body fill that glass.
Grief may burn you like an ember
But remember; all things pass.

And the stars that seem eternal
As they burn consume their mass
Though the darkness they're defying
They are dying. All things pass

Take the joy that living hands you
Raise a toast and drain your glass.
Notice life's inspired invention
Pay attention.  All things pass.