Songbook

I remember books of songs
Handwritten with love
By many a different hand
Careful, these are for God
Don't mind
About the wide-rule
Letters above each line
     D            C                         G
Telling the singers where to go up
            C
And down
The pages always well-worn
Favorite songs ragged
Amazing Grace and
In The Sweet By And By
Tear stained and memorized
What was that one?
That Punky used to sing
With her cheeks so red from shy
Geneane and her
Taking turns
Melody and harmony
Sounding like Patsy Cline
And Tanya Tucker
Faces toward the sky
And my Grandpa playing
Bless em, Lord