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That was the nickname I had for the song “Thankful Boys and Girls” when my friend Billy and I wrote it many (dare I say many, many?) years ago. Ginger asked me to sing the song as a part of worship today and several folks stopped me at coffee hour and asked me to post the lyric. So, here it is.

let us be thankful boys and girls
for eyes and ears and toes
and puppies with wet noses
let us be thankful boys and girls
for lessons we have learned
and love we have not earned
we follow the beat of amazing grace
oh let us be thankful boys and girls

let us be thankful boys and girls
for kisses on the mouth
and teenage heartbeats pounding
let us be thankful boys and girls
for lightning in the sky
and laughter in the eye
we follow the beat of amazing grace
oh let us be thankful boys and girls

for all that brought us here
and all that will see us through
the passages of life that lead to you
lead us to you

let us be thankful boys and girls
for a little common sense
and painted picket fences
let us be thankful boys and girls
when packing up the plans
in rented moving vans
we follow the beat of amazing grace
oh let us be thankful boys and girls

let us be thankful boys and girls
for mendelson and brahms
and shadows growing longer
let us be thankful boys and girls
for years that slowly grow
and grandkids we can hold
for memories to keep
and sorrows running deep
oh let us be thankful boys and girls

for all that brought us here
and all that will see us through
the passages of life that lead to you
lead us to you

let us be thankful boys and girls
when hope is not enough
that death can’t bury love
let us be thankful boys and girls
for wine and bread and hymns
remembering again
we follow the beat of amazing grace
oh let us be thankful boys and girls

The song is on Billy’s Red Bird, Blue Sky CD.

Peace,
Milton