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SELF MADE MAN
(EXCERPT)
Text and Music by James Sundquist

 
© 1987 ROCK SALT MUSIC, BMI
© 2014 JAMES SUNDQUIST / EAGLE MASTERWORKS PRODUCTIONS

The idea behind this song was to show that we should not forsake the assembling of one another, but we should fellowship, break bread, and have communion regularly.  It is on the same theme as my song, “Your Local Church Welcomes You” that I wrote for the National Episcopal Foundation as a Public Service ad on national television to encourage people to attend church.  But I didn’t want the whole song to be so somber, so made the beginning more bouncy.  I wrote this song on the piano.

WELL A SELF MADE MAN IS A LONELY MAN

SPENDS HIS LIFE DOIN' THE BEST HE CAN

TRYIN' TO FIND HIMSELF

WELL A SELF MADE MAN IS A LONELY MAN

SPENDS HIS LIFE DOIN' THE BEST HE CAN

TRYIN' TO FIND HIMSELF
 

Doesn't he know that he can't make it on his own worth

He's missing the fullest blessing of his time here on earth

Doesn't he know that he doesn't have to hide anymore

He'll be welcome in a way that he's never known before
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I later produced a Big Band instrumental version of this
song, click here
(scroll to bottom of the page)




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