(back catalog) AIN'T THIS A WONDERFUL LIFE
by Joe Normal
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DEDICATED TO MY SON DRAYKE HUTCHINSON
(Autism Awareness)
Originally released on my CRUDE FOLK album 2015, it was a collection of crudely recorded songs done on a cheap microphone duct taped to broom handle in a closet on a crummy portastudio as a statement to the industry during a time when recording standards were becoming increasingly auto-tuned and unrealistically perfected to death.
DEDICATED TO MY SON DRAYKE HUTCHINSON
(Autism Awareness)
Originally released on my CRUDE FOLK album 2015, it was a collection of crudely recorded songs done on a cheap microphone duct taped to broom handle in a closet on a crummy portastudio as a statement to the industry during a time when recording standards were becoming increasingly auto-tuned and unrealistically perfected to death.
lyrics
I’m watching you growing,
And wherever you’re going,
I’ll be right there beside you
Every step of the way,
As you make your way through life.
Some things you won’t understand about,
But if you take my hand, no doubt
Together we’ll find a path
Around each stone in the way
As we make ourselves a life.
And ooh… Ain’t this a wonderful life.
Ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life.
Ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh… Ain’t this a wonderful life.
And if you feel like an outcast,
Remember my love will outlast
The trivial situations
You’ll encounter in time,
And like a million suns you will shine.
Ain’t no obstacle big enough
That we can’t overcome with our love,
So put your faith in me
And with some help from above,
All of our challenges will subside…
And ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life.
Ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life.
Ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh… Ain’t this a wonderful life.
So don’t forget that I love you,
And your family loves you, too
We’ve gotta keep it together
If we’re going to thrive
and do the best that we can with this life.
And ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life.
Ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life.
Ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh… Ain’t this a wonderful life.
And wherever you’re going,
I’ll be right there beside you
Every step of the way,
As you make your way through life.
Some things you won’t understand about,
But if you take my hand, no doubt
Together we’ll find a path
Around each stone in the way
As we make ourselves a life.
And ooh… Ain’t this a wonderful life.
Ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life.
Ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh… Ain’t this a wonderful life.
And if you feel like an outcast,
Remember my love will outlast
The trivial situations
You’ll encounter in time,
And like a million suns you will shine.
Ain’t no obstacle big enough
That we can’t overcome with our love,
So put your faith in me
And with some help from above,
All of our challenges will subside…
And ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life.
Ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life.
Ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh… Ain’t this a wonderful life.
So don’t forget that I love you,
And your family loves you, too
We’ve gotta keep it together
If we’re going to thrive
and do the best that we can with this life.
And ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life.
Ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life.
Ooh… Ain’t it a wonderful life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh… Ain’t this a wonderful life.
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released April 12, 2024
written and recorded by Joe Normal
written and recorded by Joe Normal
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Joe Normal Los Angeles, California
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Joe Normal® is a founding member of 80's Sunset Strip glam-
pop legends The Zeros. He's a co-writer on Sammy Hagar’s “Not 4 Sale” LP, and even recorded with punk icon Stiv Bators.
Compared to Cleaners From Venus, Paul Westerberg, and Jesse Malin, Joe Normal is an "Authentic underground storyteller with a Glam Rock heart." -Aquarian (NJ)
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