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LYRICS


Here are the first three songs (lyrics) that I recorded as an EP before the CD was complete.  You can find the rest of the lyrics on the poster inside the CD sleeve.   There's a full size FREEBIRD CHILD poster on the other side of the lyrics sheet for you too!   

Freebird Child
"Written and dedicated to the memory of my dad"  - Tammy

Tammy Van Zant; Robert White Johnson/Radioquest Music Publishing, BMI;  Mark Oliverius/Oliverius Music , ASCAP

Every moment I remember
Thought those days would last forever
Then one night my strength fell from the sky

I can hear your voice beside me
I know it's there to lead and guide me
Give everything just to see you one more time.  


Chorus:

Where you goin' Freebird Child?
Riding on the southwind over magnolias growing wild
Trying to find your place to land among the stars
Live to dream my Freebird Child

So many nights so cold and lonely
Sometimes I dream that you still hold me
I loved it when you sang for me my song

Through the years, the words the music
Life's so torn and so confusing
I know your heart, your love in me lives on


Where you goin' Freebird Child?
Riding on the southwind over magnolias growing wild
Trying to find your place to land among the stars
Live to dream my Freebird Child


Solo/Interlude

Where you goin' Freebird Child?
Riding on the southwind over magnolias growing wild
Trying to find your place to land among the stars
Live to dream my Freebird Child

I'll always be your Freebird Child

Fly so free . . . Keep the dream
Freebird Child . . . Daddy I'll always be


Surviving on a Wing and a Prayer
Tammy's song of faith and encouragement dedicated to all women who are struggling through the trials and hardships of their lives.   "I've been there!  Never give up and always keep the faith."  Tammy 

Tammy Van Zant; Robert White Johnson/Radioquest Music Publishing, BMI; Janette Hill 

Faith and hope, well they aren't small
and there's one love we can count on
To get us through it all

So we don't fall


White picket fences, what all girls dream
Life is never so easy
Or what it seems
Still I believe 

     

Chorus:
Surviving on a wing and a prayer
Like a feather floating up in the air
Fame or diamonds, I don't care
I'm a simple girl, in a crazy world
With a simple plan
Surviving on a wing and a prayer

Well there's just one answer to carry me through
When my whole world seems to come apart
I can count on you
You're what I hold onto

I'll sing out your name, ride upon your wings
Cause in my heart and in my soul
You are everything
Lord, you are everything


(repeat chorus)


Dixie Rose
"Dedicated to the memory of my wonderful Grandmother, Sister Van Zant.  She always took care of everybody.  She never knew a stranger."  -  Tammy

Tammy Van Zant;  Robert White Johnson / Radioquest Music Publishing, BMI;  Mark Oliverius/ Oliverius Music , ASCAP

On a porch swing

On a Sunday afternoon

She would share a story or two
A tear at a time

And she would listen
To every word that you would say
Then tell me everything would be OK
No matter the storm


She said "the struggle only makes you strong"
Sometimes she'd tell me 'bout it with a song


My Dixie Rose
My heart and my soul
Brighter than the sunshine
Made everything all right
And now heaven knows
My Dixie Rose


She would hold me
So deep within her loving arms
I'd never be afraid of the dark
I was never alone

I know that someday on the other side
I'm gonna tell her how she changed my life


My Dixie Rose
I'm missin' you so
I wish you were here
You made heaven seem near
Your love only grows

My Dixie Rose
My heart and my soul
Brighter than sunshine
Made everything all right
Now heaven know
My Dixie Rose


Now there's a porch swing
Swayin' empty in the sun

Sometimes I'll hear your voice and start to run

Well I'll see you someday

 
My Dixie Rose
My heart and my soul
Brighter than sunshine
Made everything all right
And now heaven knows
My Dixie Rose

 


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