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Genre
Charts
#362 today
Peak #7
#105 in subgenre
Peak #2
Author
Christopher Solaas
Rights
2024
Uploaded
November 03, 2024
Track Files
MP3
MP3 6.6 MB • 192 kbps • 4:50
Story behind the song
Years ago, on a trip up north in caravan, my mom had us stop in Saint Louis, and she showed us the neighborhood she grew up in. She told us about riding bikes in that neighborhood, up and down steep hills by the school she attended. Her story about her and her little brother resonated with me, as I had memories of the same experiences in Memphis with my big sister.
She was always a storyteller, and would spread a quilt out in our front yard under a maple tree, and while cool breezes blew and caused the leaves of that old maple to give a relaxing strobing effect to the light filtering down through them, we would lay in her lap while she read fantastic adventures like Journey to the Center of the Earth, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. That old quilt became a magic carpet, taking us on incredible journeys on soft early summer afternoons.
This song is a tribute to her and her ministry raising four kids who were surely a little difficult, with love and laughter. It's my prayer that God gives her many more years of laughter and love.
Lyrics
In Saint Louis, seems you made your mark
Riding bikes each day in street and park
Left your little brother in your dust
And Let him catch up, each time he fussed
North Saint Louis just ain't the same
Since you moved away and changed your name
Found a handsome guy and settled down
On the younger side of town
Chorus:
As you look back through these many years
Full of happy times, and maybe tears
I hope the memories you've saved
Were a treasure you found along the way
May you find joy with each sunrise
May only gladness fill your eyes
God grant you laughter each sundown
For the love you've spread around.
Those early years of paying rent
In a budget duplex apartment
When the roaches boiled out of the vent
And you grabbed the kids and away you went.
You called Dad up, so full of fright
And you said you'd not spend another night
So he packed you up and you came to stay
In our little kingdom far away.
Chorus:
Four crazy kids sure made it fun
And you'd send us out to watch us run
'Twas a place of magic you built us there
Not a lot to have, but a lot to share
Where a blanket underneath a tree
Was Nemo's submarine at sea
Or the Wind in the Willow Trees
Or Ahab's ship on the stormy seas
Chorus:
Years flew by, days came and went
(Almost 33 thousand of them)
Those kids grew up and moved apart
Taking pieces of your giving heart
But now we're not too far away
And we try to visit more these days
Bringing great grandkids to sit awhile
And to see their Gigi smile!
Chorus:
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