Russell and Violet

I wrote a song a few years back called,"Russell and Violet." I wanted to try and get to the heart of love. I think that maybe, love is overlooked so often in life and is rarely recognized. I've known of people who separated from wonderful people....it was hard to understand and yet later on, there were always regrets.

I believe that too often....people look for love and don't find it because they have no idea what love is. Money....a sexy body...social status....all of these things are nice but have nothing to do with love. Love is in the heart of a person who is willing to share that love.

Perhaps...if we could see the soul of a person....we could learn about the beauty of love...the riches of love and best of all....the grace of love.

Russell sat by the river

looking down at a rippling moon

sad from what he could not give her

oh, she said no too soon

he became loved and wealthy

helps out the lame and poor

she found a man with money

but got nothing more

Chorus

(the greatest lesson I've learned so far

I've come to understand

If you don't have gold in your heart

It's useless in your hand)

Violet sat by the river

looking down at a rippling sky

sad, her fiance had left her

waiting alone there in white

she became loved and wealthy

helps those disabled like her

he found the perfect body

but brought him only hurt

Chorus

the greatest lesson I've learned so far

I've come to understand

if you don't have gold in your heart

it's useless in your hand

now Russell and Violet share two golden bands

I recorded the song one late night in Nashville.....one of the last songs I wrote there.

You can hear it at:

www.myspace.com/bowlofweeds