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Beautiful Day (Song #335)

by Mark Shepard

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It was a beautiful day in September of 2003. I had just returned from an intensive NLP Training program that had me thinking I'd have success right out of the box in my first month back. And Nothing was working. I was frustrated and depressed.

Weeks into my 2nd marriage I could feel things starting to come apart.

I finally went out to the back yard and started. cleaning out the shed. It was a mess of piled junk and broken garden tools.

Some how that simple physical activity with it's clear progress dispelled the mood.

Later that weekend we were invited to a 50th birthday party and each guest was asked to bring a poem or a song, a craft or whatever instead of "presents."

This song came through and is always running through my head when I'm able to surface from my own "problems" enough to see them as "opportunities"

thanks for listening!

- Mark 07/29/2021

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Beautiful Day
Song #335 | composed 9/11/2003 | Recorded June-July 2021

It’s a beautiful day to be alive
It’s a beautiful day
It’s a beautiful day to watch birds fly
It’s a beautiful day
It’s a beautiful day to be your friend
It’s a beautiful day
It’s the kind of day you never want to end
It’s a beautiful day, its’ a beautiful day, it’s a beautiful day

Look over your shoulder and see
Just how far you have come
From where you used to be
Look up ahead in the distance
The future is bright
And don’t you just want to dance?

It’s a beautiful day to want to dance
It’s a beautiful day
It’s a beautiful day to take a chance
It’s a beautiful day
It’s a beautiful day to celebrate
It’s a beautiful day
It’s the kind of day you commemorate
It’s a beautiful day, its’ a beautiful day, it’s a beautiful day

Remember when you were young
And thought that you knew?
Now you know that you don’t know
Now graced with abundance of years
Full of laughter, some tears
And the love that always grows

It’s a beautiful day to grow your love
It’s a beautiful day
It’s a beautiful day to be a “dove”
It’s a beautiful day
It’s a beautiful day to eat birthday cake
It’s a beautiful day
It’s a day to remember there are no mistakes
It’s a beautiful day, its’ a beautiful day, it’s a beautiful day

Look over your shoulder and see
Just how far you have come
From where you used to be
Remember when you were young
And thought that you knew?
Now you know that you don’t know

Instrumental

Look over your shoulder and see
Just how far you have come
From where you used to be
Remember when you were young
And thought that you knew?
Now you know that you don’t know

It’s a beautiful day to be alive
It’s a beautiful day
It’s a beautiful day to watch birds fly
It’s a beautiful day
It’s a beautiful day to be your friend
It’s a beautiful day
It’s the kind of day you never want to end
It’s a beautiful day, its’ a beautiful day, it’s a beautiful day

Copyright 2003-2021 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission

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released July 29, 2021
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Mark Shepard Albany, New York

Welcome to my “Life In Song” project.

Since 1976, I’ve been obsessively and compulsively writing songs. Some of them are inspired by my own life, my attempts to understand love, life, spirituality, peace and justice.

While I recently have started to get a little recognition, you’ve probably never heard my songs ANYWHERE.

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