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  The Blanket This song was inspired by a story from a homily given by Father Leo Trainor, at Saint James Roman Catholic Church Summerfield several years ago. Father Leo is a difficult man at times, but powerfully insightful and good hearted as well. That Sunday morning he spoke of simple gifts not offered. I performed this song for the first time in December of last year at the annual Hartsville Christmas Concert. Lyrics I was driving home for Christmas On a stormy dark highway With the spirit of a thousand angels In my heart that day And on the seat beside me All wrapped in tinsel gold Was a brown and yellow blanket Made from virgin wool Bridge: I bought it for my mother To keep her nice and warm Some heavenly comfort In the winter storms He was like a ghostly figure In the mercury vapor light A poor half-frozen vagabond Travelling in the night He looked so small and helpless To pass him by would be a sin I thought about the golden rule Slowed down and let him in His face was like an ancient map Of some forgotten land The drifting snow blinded me As he held out his hand I asked where he was coming from The place that he called home He just stared at the blanket Made from virgin wool Repeat Bridge He said brown is still the color Of the hills of Galilee Where God the Father came to earth And revealed himself to me And yellow was the radiant light From an eastern star That shepherded the wise men On their journey from afar My heart was so uplifted For I was not alone He told me things about my life That he could never know The highway was deserted now And I lost all track of time Then we came to the interchange The turn off that was mine I offered him some money The new currency of friends And directions to a nearby house Where they might take him in But I didn't give the traveller What he needed most of all The brown and yellow blanket Made from virgin wool The storm regained its fury And I began to pray I realized how easily A soul can lose its way I thought about the Christ child In a stable long ago And the brown and yellow blanket Made from virgin wool Repeat Bridge End Players Unrecorded Copyright Wild Garden Music (SOCAN) |