One little speech (because everything hasn’t been said)

You always can give a little speech or tell a story of your very own - since everything has not been said yet.

A few days ago I was reloading my iPod from my extensive collection of CDs and happened to select Gillian Welch’s 2003 album Soul Journey. On it is One Little Song, which inspired this brief post. You can watch her sing it live in 2018 on YouTube. Lyrics for the first verse are:

“Gotta be a song left to sing

Everybody can’t have thought of everything

One little song that ain’t been sung

One little rag that ain’t been wrung out completely yet

Gotta little left

One little drop of fallin’ rain, one little chance to try again

One little bird that makes it home now and then

One little piece of endless sky, and one little taste of cherry pie

One little week in paradise, and I start thinkin’ “