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i came so close to dying 
total darkness was there in sight	
then the doctors told me i would make it
if i took care of my precious life
so while i laid there healing 
i felt the life i had taken on
being wrapped in a world of numbers
forgetting the best gift was my own
now it's sweat peaceful days
the earth is heaven form me
this is the season for living
each day is a gift received
i never was so happy
to see the old house in the country
looked just like a mansion
with it's garden scenery
it was so good to sit at the table
and smell the food cooking on the stove
just the taste of a home cooked meal 
and laughing at a joke
now it's sweat peaceful days 
the earth is heaven form me
this is the season for living
each day is a gift received

i never thought i'd be so happy
living here in these peaceful days
the gift of life is the greatest
if you walk it at a special pace
i just don't no how else to tell you 
how much it means to be alive
till you almost loose it 
do you wake up to realize

David Humphrey:  guitar, vocals & overdubs
Tom Hooker:  bass guitar
Brian Hewitt:  drums


What I remember:
   This song was the last one recorded in the "Death Trap  Studio" (spring of 1976).  At the time I was locked up in contracts that kept me from pitching this song and several others to Publishers, Recording Studio's etc.  Briefly depression set in during 1976 trying to figure. This song was my answer to the simple things in life. 

The acoustic guitar, bass & drums were recorded in stereo, I overdubbed the vocals and a few piano notes. The original Teac 3340 4 track tape vanished. The 1976 stereo mixdown took on strings in the early 1980's at demo studio in Hixson, TN.

 

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