Our Wedding Song

This is a piece that I've been working on for some time now. The current plan is to perform it at my upcoming wedding in July. A demo recording should be following in the not too distant future:

Our Wedding Song
For Justine
Lyrics by John W. Leys, Music by Elijah K Wilbury

E7
Tongue tied and stuttering
A7
Looking for the words to say
E7
To tell how much I love you
D G
Gotta keep from spitting up cliches

E7
You opened a door, shone a light
A7
And made my life complete
E7
No more lonely nights spent
D G
Wandering like a hobo in the street

E7-A7-D

E7
I was a man of constant sorrow
A7
Knowin' nothing but trouble all my days
E7
Now reborn like a flower
D G
Touched by the spring sun rays

E7
I followed my footsteps
A7
Ramblin' down a lost highway
E7
'til your love found me at that truck stop
D G
Finally giving me a reason to stay

E7-A7-D

E7
The prospect, it chilled my soul
A7
Can life really be this way?
E7
All my years on the road
D G
Love was just another way to betray

E7
But you made me a father; gave me a son
A7
Created a new family
E7
The light you shown opened by eyes
D G
Finally allowing me to see

E7
With your love in my heart
A7
And your pillow for my head
E7
There's really nothing left to fear
D G
For the past is truly dead

E7-A7-D

A New Life

New Life
For Justine

As I traveled, the path ahead seemed clear
I walked alone searching, yet not finding
A companion within the road windings.
Someone in the darkness to fight the fear
That wrapped my heart and drained me of my tears.
Many promises made; few still binding.
A mask pretends a heart is not minding
Liars and thieves, though the cost is so dear

But the moment before all hope is lost,
A hand offered to dust away the strife.
A soul so warm to thaw a frozen heart,

Ne'er asking what, to her, would be the cost
To risk her soul to save my broken life
So a new life together we can start

14 Dec 2008

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Now playing: The Beatles - Something
via FoxyTunes

She Said Yes!

Last Saturday I asked my girlfriend, Justine, to marry me and--of course--she said Yes! We're planning a Summer 09 wedding in one of the local parks :)

Something

Elijah Wilbury's latest video:

The Oregon Coast

This weekend we took a little after-Thanksgiving trip to the Oregon Coast. We had a great time & I thought I'd share some of the pictures we took.

Justine and I

Sunset over the water

Justine and Tristyn

Our first Family Portrait

Sunset

Tristyn and a Giant Crab at the Oregon Coast Aquarium

The Three of us outside the aquarium

Tristyn and an anchor in Depoe Bay

Tristyn and Santa (We ren into Santa when he came to light the Christmas tree in Depoe Bay)

Justine, Santa and I (See, Duck, Santa does like Jews!)

Taking an Ice-Cream break

Tristyn at the petting tank in the aquarium

Me at the Newport docks

Tristyn on the Newport docks

Justine

Jackson

Justine and I duet on Jackson:

Camping

Last weekend my girlfriend, Justine, and I went on a little camping trip in Eastern Oregon. We rented a nice little cabin at the KOA campground near Madris. We didn't take too many pictures, but here are a few of the good ones we did take:

Our Cabin

Some of the other cabins in the site.

The most uncomfortable bed in the world!

The bunk-beds we used for a dresser, cabinet and dinner table!

Our idea of roughing it: Laptop, DVDs and Whiskey!


The complimentary Cabin-Cat

Justine pretending she can't see the camera


Justine

And Me!