Bob McKillop: Music

• MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)

This song is about my dad, and his courage in dealing with my mom's passing. She's still with him, I know.

Bob - acoustic Guitar, vocals /
Alan Dickson - bass, mandolin /
Jeff Trippe - fiddle /
Vanessa Torres - backing vocals /
Jason Ingalls - drums

Verse 1

The snow he brushes from his coat,
The sorrow from his eyes
He kneels before the simple stone
She kneels there by his side;
He whispers that he loves her
And she smiles and takes his hand,
Then she fades behind the snow flakes
And he’s all alone again

Chorus 1

And her voice comes softly to him
From the wind chimes in the trees
And he somehow finds the courage
To get up off his knees;
He picks his broken heart up
From where it’s fallen in the snow
And he brings the love she gives him
Back to everyone he knows.


Verse 2

He holds his grandson’s baby
Like some eight pound crystal ball
For in those eyes he sees the future
And it don’t look bad at all
He tries to sing a lullabye
But his voice is way too deep
So he calls upon Great-grandma’s help
And they sing the child to sleep


Chorus 2

And her voice comes softly to him
In that child’s contented sigh
And he somehow finds the courage
To let another day go by;
He feels his heart begin to heal
With each breath that baby blows
And he brings the strength he finds there
Back to everyone he knows

Instrumental Break

Chorus 3

And her voice comes softly to him
In the evening when he’s home
And he somehow finds the courage
To fall asleep alone;
He rises when he sees that eastern
Sky begin to glow
And he brings the hope he finds there
Back to everyone he knows

Chorus 4 – Outro

Yeah her voice comes softly to him
When he needs her by his side
And he gives us all the courage
To admit that we have cried…
He keeps her memory alive
She keeps him on his toes
And he brings the love she gives him
Back to everyone he knows