I Wrote a Little Sunshine Song - Video

Cherry

By hudsonmoon

Sun, 19 Jul 2015
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21 comments
 

 

For Sam

I Wrote a little Sunshine Song

http://youtu.be/CtQwrWjVchQ

We called our
little boy Sunshine
it was Sunshine 
all the time
he'd ride in the back
in his toddler seat
not paying us any mind

he'd try hard
to ignore us
we were always trying 
to get him to smile
but he was on to
us right away
acting like he didn't
know how

he'd close his eyes
and smirk 
just a little
tryin' not to laugh
and tryin' not to giggle
so i'd reach back
and make him wiggle
all summer long

so i wrote a little 
sunshine song
and i'm hoping
that you'll sing 
along
i'm hoping that
it makes you 
want to get up
and dance
i'm hoping that 
you'll take that
chance

and if you have 
a ray of sunshine
please make sure that 
you get 'em to smile
they grow up fast
try to make it last
feed 'em sunshine 
all the while

I hope I did well
with all my rhyming
that i didnt
miss a beat
or mess my timing
it sure was nice
to go back and smile on
our boy once again

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Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Well! This certainly put a smile on my face. smiley

Jenny.

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Makes me happy thatnit did, Jenny. Thanks.

Rich

 

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Delightful!  Could imagine you singing this to your litttle ray of sunshine, made me smile, made me cry.

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Thank you, PS. It's encouraging that I find myself writing upbeat songs about my son. It helps to write and share. As the saying goes, We'll never get over it, but we will get through it.

Rich.

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Many thanks, Eds. for the sweet cherries.

Rich

 

 

Submitted by VeraClark on

It's gorgeous, Rich. I love it.

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Thank you, Vera. Glad you liked it. 

Rich

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Rich - too choked up.  Just beautiful...all I can manage.

Tina

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

It's good to hear you capturing the 'getting on the same level' interaction, 'child-to-child' so to speak. Some find that so hard, to let go of 'dignity'  etc! so I hope your bringing the memory to life so vividly, may help others in their relationship with the very young generation. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Nice words, Rhiannonow. I hope your right. Just telling it the way it was worked for me. I'm glad it seemed to work for others, as well. Many thanks.

Rich

 

Submitted by celticman on

sunshine shouldn't be sad, but you know the catch in your voice, you know what you know. 

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

That's the thing ith nicknames, celtic. Now everytme I hear the word sunshine, I can think of nothing ese, which is fine with me. It's lovely to have this kind of forum to express emotion when I need to. It's a form ofhealing that's been working for me. My wife does her haealing with her art, which is painting. We're fortunate to have these things. 

Cheers,

Rich

 

Submitted by celticman on

we're made richer by your presence rich. 

 

Submitted by celticman on

beutiful photo. beautiful boy. 

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

What a lovely thing to say, celtic. Thank you.

 

Submitted by Bee on

Gorgeous photo of your sunshine, Rich. What a lovely song! Just listened twice and it's got stuck in my brain - I'll be singing it all day now. 

X

Bee

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Thanks, Deborah. I'm so glad it had that affect. Hope your not cursing me by weeks end. lol. I had that Parson Thru song in my head for two weeks. 

Rich x

 

Submitted by Bee on

No, it's lovely!

Bee

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

I'm glad, Deborah. Then sing away. 

Rich

 

Submitted by derekpayton512 on

I've been reading through alot of your writing, and I have to say I'm still quite impressed. I think I have found a standard to strive for. If you have some time at any point, I would like to ask for your opinions on some of my poetry. 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Thank you, Derek. Nicenof you to say. Trust me when I say that songwriting is something new to me. And I'm liking it. i'd love to check out some of your poetry. i'll give you a holler later.

Rich