Through a series of circumstances I recently latched on to an album called ‘The Ill Tempered Klavier’ by singer/songwriter Ben Shive. Ben has worked with Andrew Peterson, one of my favorite artists, and that was part of what led me to this album.
As happens to me too rarely, I was totally blown away by the whole album. I have listened to it over and over and virtually memorized all the songs.
As a service to the internet community, I’m planning to blog the words, as best I can decipher them, to the whole album. This entry gives the words to ‘New Year’, which is one of the most upbeat songs on the album, and reports a New Year’s Resolution by a husband.
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New Year, by Ben Shive
This year I’m gonna love you better than last year
Through the repeat of the past time, I learned my lesson last time.
You say you need more than a new day.
And no one ever had a true heart.
But love is gonna give us a new start.
It’s a new year, a new day
It’s a new scene in an old play.
And I’ve finally decided love is alive
in the choice you make to give it away.
In a new year, a new dawn
It’s a new line in an old song.
And I’m finally believing love is the reason
the past is gone, the world turns on.
Sometime, you gotta make up your mind.
If all you really want is more love you gotta give her your love.
So you say a prayer, catch your breath,
and you’re so alive and you’re so scared to death.
And you say what you mean, not what you meant to.
And she just smiles like ‘what has got into you?’
It’s a new year, a new day
It’s a new scene in an old play.
And I’ve finally decided love is alive
in the choice you make to give it away
In a new year, a new dawn
It’s a new line in an old song.
And I’m finally believing love is the reason
the past is gone, the world turns on.
