Wilson/Fairchild Does It All
WELL, THE 4TH OF JULY HAS COME AND GONE
ANOTHER YEAR OF FIREWORKS AND FUN
I SPENT MOST OF MY TIME LOOKING AT THE CLOUDS
AND PRAYING FOR A LITTLE MORE SUN
AND GOD WAS GOOD TO STAUNTON, V-A
AS GOOD AS I’VE EVER SEEN
ON A MAGICAL SCALE OF ONE TO TEN
THIS YEAR WAS AN EASY FIFTEEN
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW
THE STATLERS, FOR 25 YEARS
HAD A SHOW IN THE PARK WHERE FOLKS WOULD COME
AND GIVE THE FLAG A FEW GOOD CHEERS
THIS YEAR SOMETHING NEW AND WONDERFUL TOOK PLACE
AND RATTLED SOME OLD MEMORIES OF MINE
WILSON/FAIRCHILD TOOK THE STAGE
AND TOOK ME BACK IN TIME
THERE THEY STOOD, GLORIOUSLY YOUNG
SHINING IN THEIR OWN SPOTLIGHT
TAKING CHARGE AND GIVING LOVE
AS THEIR MUSIC BURST OUT THROUGH THE NIGHT
THE TABLES WERE TURNED AND I’M PROUD TO SAY
THEY HANDLED IT ALL WITH SUCH CLASS
THIS TIME THEY WERE CENTER STAGE
AND I HAD A BACKSTAGE PASS
AS I STOOD AND APPLAUDED THEM, SONG AFTER SONG,
YES, I HAD A FEW SHIVERS AND TEARS
BUT WATCHING THEM DO WHAT THEY DO BEST
JUST MELTED AWAY THE YEARS.
WE LAUGHED AT THE JOKES AND CLAPPED FOR THE TUNES
AND FLOATED ALL NIGHT ON CLOUD NINE
AND IT NEVER GOT BETTER THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES
WHEN HAROLD TURNED AND HIS EYE CAUGHT MINE
SO MUCH CAN BE SAID WITH JUST A LOOK
BETWEEN TWO WHO HAVE SHARED SO MUCH
AND WHAT WE SHARED THIS FOURTH OF JULY
NO ONE COULD EVER TOUCH
SO HERE’S TO LANGDON, WIL AND THE BOYS
WAVE THAT BANNER HIGH
I’VE NEVER BEEN PROUDER, AND NEVER HAVE I
HAD A BETTER 4TH OF JULY
YOU WRITE, YOU TALK, YOU SING, YOU PICK
AND I PERSONALLY CAN VERIFY
THE ONE THING YOU TWO BOYS DO BEST
DSR / July 14, 2017