October Playlist

My Daughter’s Hand
Composed and written by Craig L. Ghislin

On the day you were born as I paced through the night,
Your head on my shoulder it followed the light.
In less than a week you were smiling at me
Holding on to my finger as tight as can be.

And there’s nothin’ quite like it,
Ain’t nothin’ so grand
As the feeling I get
When I hold my daughter’s hand.

Your first year of school as I walked you each day
You held my two fingers every step of the way.
You took about three steps for each one of mine
And you kissed me good-bye so sweetly each time.

As you grew year by year we continued to walk.
The last night of summer we’d have our special talk.
You’d tell me your worries and all of your plans,
And finger by finger I held your whole hand.

And there’s nothin’ quite like it,
Ain’t nothin’ so grand
As the feeling you get
When you hold your daughter’s hand.

The older you got the more we would share.
Whatever the challenge each other was there.
When you would fall down I’d pick you right up,
And when I was empty you filled up my cup.

As we walk arm in arm down the aisle today
My little girl’s grown now in every way.
From a beautiful daughter to a beautiful wife
My heart will go with you each day of your life.

So, take care of my baby as you go on your way.
Love her and cherish her each passing day.
I’ll always be daddy; but now you’re her man.
So, I’m giving to you my daughter’s hand.

Yes, there’s nothin’ quite like it,
Ain’t nothin’ so grand
As the feeling you’ll get
When you hold my daughter’s hand.

Yes, I’ll always be daddy, but now you’re her man.
So, I’m giving to you…
Yes, I’m trusting to you…
My daughter’s hand.

© 2023 Craig L. Ghislin

I Think on These Things
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link

When I consider the heavens
The works of thy fingers
The moon and the stars
You ordained

When I consider a child
The steps that he's taking
His light and his joy
So ingrained

When I think of the way
That each breath comes unnoticed
Sustaining this delicate life

I am swept off my feet
In breathless wonder
At the mystery of life

When I consider the music
Of all the great masters
And know it was you
They all heard

And the works of our Shakespeares
King Davids and Keats
You gave them each
Every word

When I contemplate
The pure fabric of nature
Bewildered by all we have learned

I am swept off my feet
In breathless wonder
At the miracle of life

And I think on these things
And the wonder life brings
From the greatest of things to the small
And though I spend my life
Searching life's solemn secrets
I know I'll never know all

As I ponder the atom
The boundless vast ether
The billions of lives
On this stone

I consider the gift
Of God's imagination
And begin to explore
The unknown

But this whimsical world
It just slips through my fingers
As I try to hold on to the air

And I'm swept off my feet
In breathless wonder
At the miracle of life

And I think on these things
Yes I think on these things
And the wonder life brings