Willie P. Bennett 10/26/51 - 2/15/08

God, please have mercy on Willie's amazing soul....

The best side man in the world and now the best out of it.

The next Fred show will be tough.

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When I Go

Come, lonely hunter, chieftain and king
I will fly like the falcon when I go
Bear me my brother under your wing
I will strike fell like lightning when I go
I will bellow like the thunder drum,
invoke the storm of war
A twisting pillar spun of dust and
blood up from the prairie floor
I will sweep the foe before me like
a gale out on the snow
And the wind will long recount the story,
reverence and glory, when I go
Spring, spirit dancer, nimble and thin
I will leap like coyote when I go
Tireless entrancer, lend me your skin
I will run like the gray wolf when I go
I will climb the rise at daybreak, I will
kiss the sky at noon
Raise my yearning voice at midnight to
my mother in the moon
I will make the lay of long defeat and
draw the chorus slow
I'll send this message down the wire and
hope that someone wise is listening when I go
And when the sun comes, trumpets from his
red house in the east
He will find a standing stone where long
I chanted my release
He will send his morning messenger to
strike the hammer blow
And I will crumble down uncountable in
showers of crimson rubies when I go
Sigh, mournful sister, whisper and turn
I will rattle like dry leaves when I go
Stand in the mist where my fire used to burn
I will camp on the night breeze when I go
And should you glimpse my wandering form
out on the borderline
Between death and resurrection and the
council of the pines
Do not worry for my comfort, do not
sorrow for me so
All your diamond tears will rise up and
adorn the sky beside me when I go

-- Dave Carter

Where The Sun Shines Through

Put me down
Where the grass is green
Down near close
Where I dreamed my dreams
Where a big ol' tree
Throws a big ol' shade
But where the sun shines through

Take me home
While you live life
Home with you
Is never Bye and Bye
And it is sweet
And it will be
Home

I can go
But I won't leave
Going's easy
An' I believe
That I've always been happy
Hangin' 'round
With you

So put me down
Where the grass is green
Down near close
Where I dreamed my dreams
Where a big ol' tree
Throws a big ol' shade
But where the sun shines through
Where the sun shines through