Alex Hickey - a song for Doris

Doris'Song by: Alex Hickey / 2011

To be all you can, in your time and your place
Is to give all you have of your knowledge and grace
Each one you guide, as they go on their way
Will carry you forward into a new day

Chorus:
Each loop and each line has a story to tell
Of a labour of love and a life lived well
We might see ocean or seaweed or shell
But there's so much more to this story

Of a woman who knew that her art was her life
And carved out the time as a mother and wife
Each Wednesday she took to do as her muse asked
To realize the visions with which she'd been tasked

When she turned to teach, every student inspired
Every spark coaxed into bright fire
A whole group of artist with something to say
With heart and with purpose, each in her own way

If I had three lifetimes, I'd give them to you
'Cause I want to see all the work you would do
We want to see how the colors would glow
If every idea had time to grow

Chorus:
Each loop and each line has a story to tell
Of a labour of love and a life lived well
We might see ocean or seaweed or shell
But there's so much more to this story

To be all you can, in your time and your place
Is to give all you have of your knowledge and grace

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