new song - Glad

Glad

(verse 1)
I'm glad I introduced you to the ocean,
since I know you'd never met
she was so happy to have seen you,
someone she'll not soon forget.

And I'm glad I tried to make you dinner,
gettin fancy ingredients from AJs
those tart berries and strange lettuce,
but you loved it just the same.

(chorus)
From the great lakes
to the desert sky
back from Coronado,
time flew by

I want to tell you,
in my own way
that for all of it,
I'm still smiling.

(verse 2)
I'm glad your car battery gave out,
so you needed a ride
After ten minutes of cleaning,
you invited me inside.

I'm glad you had such good taste,
if what you listened to and read
Carl Hiaasen, Frank Zappa
and Bob Dylan filled your head.

(chorus)
From the great lakes
to the desert sky
back from Coronado,
time flew by

I want to tell you,
in my own way
that for all of it,
I'm still smiling.

(verse 3-ish)
I'm glad I helped you pack your things,
the moving van outside
you were bound to be with family,
not just leaving me behind.

Things are much different now,
with so much to plan and to do,
but when its sunset on the ocean,
I often think of you,

so I want to tell you,
in my own way,
that for all of it,
I'm still smiling
I'm still smiling
in my own way.

charlie, 2008