Mark Shepard, "Modern-Jedi" Songwriter

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Commentary:
All I remember about this song (#100!) is I was 27 years old with a wife, 2 kids and a Title Insurance Business that already felt like prison. Was it another presidential election year? Lost track. What had more impact on me was this: The dream of becoming a full time professional singer/songwriter was starting to look a little shaky. And yet the idea at the very end of the song..."have you ever felt too much joy to contain?" seems to whisper that there was still hope...

Play "I Know"

I Know         February-March 1988

Raise your children to be strong and wise

Respect the trust that lingers in their eyes

Give them love and laughter, give them songs

Give them a place to which they can belong

Look out Jesus in your tie dyed jeans

Elvis Presley gonna steal your scene

Who needs disciples when you got millions of fans?

Who needs "the rock" when you can build on sand?

Refrain:

I know, I know, I know

I know, I know, I know...

The presidential candidates debate

Cardboard boxes hold the world's fate

Will your future be a dream come true

Or are the bill collectors haunting you?

Refrain:

The more things change, the more they stay the same

The more we wonder, the less we explain

The less we live the more we tend to complain

Have you ever felt too much joy to contain?

Refrain:

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