FROM DEEP INSIDE MY HEART TO YOU
©1997 - music and words by John R. Black, ℗ 42nd Street Music Seattle
Looking out from where I am
From deep inside my heart to you
I dream of days from long ago
And wonder if you knew
That far off in that distant land
I still long to be with you
The memories of the Rue Catinat
Go Cong, Saigon and Pleiku
(Chorus:)
Now and forever burned in my memory
From deep inside my heart to you
Now and forever burned in my memory
From deep inside my heart to you
Looking out from where I am
From deep inside my heart to you
The perfume fragrance of your land
From Mekong to Dien Ben Phu
Lingers in my memory
When living was all we had to do
Francois Sully wrote your story
And many others told it too
(Chorus)
Looking out from where I am
From deep inside my heart to you
To each his turn the French war song goes
Today is yours tomorrow mine
Sheehan's rides down highway 4
To tell about Vann's little war
Those years gone by now so confused
We fought the war we could never lose
(Chorus)
Looking out from where I am
From deep inside my heart to you
I hear your children joined in song
Hoping that all war is gone
Singing of hope and love
Forever in Vietnam
So rest in peace soldiers of the war
God's children want war no more
(Chorus)
Song inspired by Once Upon A Distant War, William Prochnau, Vintage Books, 1996