Take whatever you have and give it away.

Give it away
Heritage Singers

Ref.
If you want more happy
Than your heart will hold
If you want to stand taller
If the truth were cold
Take whatever you have
And give it away.
If you want less lonely
And a lot more fun
And deep satisfaction
When the day is done
Throw your heart wide open
And give it away.

Now, he was working in his garden
When I happened by
He waved me over with that look in his eye
And started breaking off some ears of corn.
He said: “Here, boy, today,
This corn is just right.
Boil it up for your supper tonight
‘cause I’ve learned it’s true
What my daddy used to say:
Nothing is quite as good
Until you give it away.

Ref.
If you want more happy
Than your heart will hold
If you want to stand taller
If the truth were cold
Take whatever you have
And give it away.
If you want less lonely
And a lot more fun
And deep satisfaction
When the day is done
Throw your heart wide open
And give it away.

There’s been a lot of water
Gone over the dam
Since the day in the garden
With my Uncle Sam
So I hope you hear these words
I have to say.
There are two kinds of folks
There’s takers and givers.
There’s gripers and complainers
And bighearted livers.
It depends of how we choose
To spend our days.
‘Cause we can hoard up
All we’ve got
Or give it all away.

Ref.
If you want more happy
Than your heart will hold
If you want to stand taller
If the truth were cold
Take whatever you have
And give it away.
If you want less lonely
And a lot more fun
And deep satisfaction
When the day is done
Throw your heart wide open
And give it away.

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Znalazłam wreszcie długo poszukiwany tekst tej żywiołowej piosenki i szalone wykonanie z porządną sekcją dęciaków ;) dla mnie jednak Heritage singers Quartett brzmi zdecydowanie lepiej, bez wydziwiania z solówkami, po prostu zaśpiewane, ale z tą cudownie czystą harmonią. Po prostu Heritage, co tu dużo mówić ;)
Ale szczerze mówiąc, chyba nadawałam temu tekstowi inne znaczenie, a jak go zobaczyłam w całości, to wyszła z tego piosenka o dobroczynności... Żadnego głęboko ukrytego sensu o oddaniu wszystkiego Bogu... Ale ja przez ten długi czas wierzyłam, że taki ma i ta piosenka mi pomagała w trudnych chwilach :) więc może to i dobrze...?



W każdym razie, niezależnie od wszystkiego, przesyłam wam moje dzisiejsze hasło dnia z pulpitu w komórce:

Uśmiech :) inni też zasługują na dobry dzień :)

Pozdrawiam wszystkich :)