Unit #3

I went to sing for Unit #3
Walkers and wheelchairs circle around me
I sang 'em my songs, they sang me their songs
We sang a little bit off key
We had a time out in Unit #3

I found a hand clapper, I found a toe tapper too
I found my real voice and I did the best that I could do
Their minds were traveling, their eyes were flashing
With a passion you could see
We let 'er rip out in Unit #3

Stanley had a verse that he'd made up
About his wife who had passed away last spring
Softly Stanley starts to sing:
You were my sunshine, my only sunshine
You loved me even when skies were gray
My world is dark now 'cause you're not with me
Why did they take my sunshine away

The sun was setting, there was orange light all around our feet
And around that bare-souled man and his song so sweet
I never felt more healed up, I never felt more human
As when he sang his song for me
I want to sing like that, I want to sing like that
I want to sing for you like Unit #3

© by James Hersch/Whitewater Music