Name: Take My Words
Duration: P00H04M20S
Description: My parents inspired this song, and I want to encourage others to treasure the wisdom collected over time, especially from loved ones.

Take My Words

by Shayla McDaniel

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My parents inspired this song, and I want to encourage others to treasure the wisdom collected over time, especially from loved ones.

lyrics

So take my words, don’t write them down
but don’t let them fall to the ground
catch them in your mind and hide them in your heart
and from your lips don’t let them depart, oh no

Live as I’ve lived, love as I’ve loved
give all you can give, you can never give enough

an anxious heart, weighs a person down
but a kind word, lifts them off the ground

So take my words, don’t write them down
but don’t let them fall to the ground
catch them in your mind and hide them in your heart
and from your lips don’t let them depart

Above all else, guard your heart
please protect yourself, it’s where life starts

Unfolding these words, brings light
and grants understanding, to the simple mind

Listen carefully, tune your ears
‘cause you won’t have me, in a few more years

So take my words, don’t write them down
but don’t let them fall to the ground
catch them in your mind and hide them in your heart
and from your lips don’t let them depart, oh no

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released January 29, 2021
Written, performed, produced, and recorded by Shayla McDaniel
www.shaylamcdaniel.com

Mixed and mastered by MiAH at The Sound Lair
www.soundlair.com

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Shayla McDaniel Knoxville, Tennessee

Singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist crafting guitar-driven alt pop

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May 17

Dollywood Heartsong Lodge & Resort

Pigeon Forge, TN
May 18

Dollywood Heartsong Lodge & Resort

Pigeon Forge, TN

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