"Miracle Time"

I've had several requests since Friday night for "Miracle Time". I don't have an MP3 of it yet. It's part of the roster for the June recording sessions (which begin in two weeks! Hurray!!!!). In the meantime, here are the words.

This song has taken an interesting journey. It was written for the 2007 American Idol songwriting competition and wasn't chosen. Then I started opening my club act with it and people really started responding to it. Recently I began tinkering with a new two-person musical called Gobsmacked and I've incorporated it into that. Anyway, here it is:

"Miracle Time"

NOT IN A MILLION
YEARS DID I DREAM
THAT WE’D BE HERE TONIGHT,
AND THOUGH THINGS AREN’T ALWAYS
QUITE WHAT THEY SEEM, I GUESS
SOMETHING’S FEELING RIGHT.
BUT GIVE ME A MOMENT,
SPARE ME A BREATH,
ONE SECOND SMALL AND SUBLIME.
I HAVE LIVED
WAITING FOR MIRACLE TIME.

NOT IN A THOUSAND
WORDS COULD I SING
THE SONG THAT’S IN MY SOUL.
SUDDENLY LOST IS A
LONG AGO THING
AND SUDDENLY I’M WHOLE.
MUSIC IS POUNDING A
BEAT IN MY HEART.
SOMEWHERE A BELL STARTS TO CHIME.
IS THIS REAL?
IS THIS MY
MIRACLE TIME?

SUDDENLY PARADISE,
SUDDENLY GRACE
SHINING LIKE HEAVEN
ALL OVER YOUR FACE.
THIS THING HAS TAKEN ME
ALL BY SURPRISE.
I FOUND MY MIRACLE
THERE IN YOUR EYES…

AND NOW I’M
LESS THAN A HUNDRED
HEARTBEATS AWAY FROM
ALL I DREAMED I’D DO,
AND OF ALL OF THE LOVELY
WONDERS TODAY, THE
BEST IS LOVING YOU.
SO JOIN AS I SING THE
SONG OF MY LIFE,
AND KNOW AS THE NOTES START CLIMB,
IN MY LIFE IT’S FINALLY
MIRACLE TIME.
IN MY LIFE IT’S FINALLY
MIRACLE TIME!