Songtexte HEY GRANDAD - Forrest Frank

Your lyrics are always so clever, I enjoy them
Thank you, thank you
So what have you written? This new song or so coming out?
Yeah, I've actually been working on a whole album
I'm calling the project "CHILD OF GOD"
Is that right?
Yeah
Okay, tell me about it

Yeah, well, so it's, yeah, so it has songs like "No Longer Bound"
And "Good Day," and
Oh, no
Up and you just-, you know, it has the really exciting songs
It has some more intimate songs
But there's this one detail that's kind of flowing through it
Came across this Billy Graham testimony, do you remember that?
Is that right? Oh, absolutely

Do you remember?
That was an exciting time
Do you remember what year that was?
Boy, it was when we were in Miami
Uh, it's probably been in the '80s sometime
I wonder if I could look it up
I don't know if it-, yeah
So what did you run-, what did you run into on that?
Let's actually see if I could-, oh, here we go! 1985
There you go

That is crazy, uh, but you know, 40 years have passed now
And I'm just curious, how much of that statement is true?
Oh, more so than ever, what is life all about?
What's the purpose of it? Uh, is it just getting things?
And then they get things and they're not satisfying

And, you know, think of-, Forrest, i-in '92 and '93
And, and both mom and I are not nearly as stable as we used to be, um
And you look back on your life, and you say
"What would I have done different?"
And I would tell you, "I would do more to be related to God"
That's the important lesson

And you know, we've been up and down, we've
You know, I've had good positions
I've had, uh, we've had a major financial security, and
We've been able to do 'most anything we wanted to do
And you know, when I look back, what did all that mean?

You know, I've got-, I've got a boat that's '99, was '96, it sits here
I don't know whether it'll ever get in the water again
That boat has tremendous memories to it
And I wouldn't trade that for anything
But when you look back, and you think
"Was that the most important thing that I could have done?
Or should I spend more time, you know
Studying God, and the Bible, and-, and being more sensitive in that area"
Yeah
And helping others

Well, Forrest, there's no question that God has singled you out
To reach out to the younger generation
And I think that that's why God has been really working on and with you
And it's God-anointed, and, but it's got a purpose
The purpose is to reach that younger generation
And you happen to be that influence, you just-
Uh-huh

Okay, well I am so excited that you called
And gave me an update on what's happening
And just keep us posted