Original Song Written for Richard
- Friends of Ricardo
- Aug 14, 2025
- 1 min read
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There’s a Song in Every Story
For Richard Russell
By Paul and Cheryl Reisler, Peggy Taylor, Jamie Belmarez, Michael Dupille, Adrienne Cherry, Gina Sala, Richard Woo, Dave Paxton
[intro]
[verse] [rubato]
There’s a song in every story
A story in every song
Every footstep, a heart beat
Between midnight and dawn
The twinkle in your eyes
That wrinkle in time
You are always in my heart
always in my mind
[pre-chorus] [a tiempo]
Silence speaks before each step
direction, yet unknown
The mysteries shine through you
[build]
Like the words of Rumi’s poem
[chorus with harmonites]
You’re not just a drop in the ocean
You’re the ocean in a (single) drop
Endless waves of emotion
A prayer, a devotion
My friend
[verse]
There’s hope in every dream
A gift in every grace
We wander ‘round in wonder
Like melody in memory’s maze
the wisdom of the ‘aina
Written line by line
You are always in my heart
always in my mind
[pre - chorus]
in the breath between the worlds
where the stones touch the sky
everything’s a miracle
a reason for the why
[chorus]
You’re not just a drop in the ocean
You’re the ocean in a drop
Endless waves of emotion
A prayer, of devotion
My friend
[outro] [rubato]
There’s a song in every story
a story in every song
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