Topic: What My Life’s About
Just a reflective song about my life and the path I've taken.
What My Life’s About by - Jeff Gilpin
3/16/2019
V[.]1
[G]Old McDonald had a farm was a song I used to know.
Then I [C]joined the military and learned a[G]nother version so
I could [C]sing away my troubles [G]laugh away my fears, and
Get through the [D]learning, and the growing,
And to [D]keep my doubt from showing
While I [D]got along and made it through the [C]years.
C[.]1
And I [Em]made it through the times that I didn’t know I could
While the [G]world was a changing, society rearranging,
And I [Em]learned how I could fit in, and I learned to get it done,
And I [D]learned to work a job and [C]somehow make it fun.
V[.]2
[G]After many years of military I finally moved along.
Then I [C]set my sights on doing [G]what next came along.
A job sup[C]porting what for years I’d [G]done for a long while,
Trying to [D]take all what I knew,
Put my [D]feet into different shoes,
And I [D]learned to work my new job, but [C]in a different style.
C[.]2
And I [Em]managed to learn the differences from what I did before,
While the [G]world was still a changing, society rearranging,
And just [Em]when I’d learned to fit in, and I’d learned just what to do,
The [D]world exploded one day [C]somehow split into.
V[.]3
[G]After 9/11, on that fateful year I learned
How to [C]redirect my anger and my [G]heart all full of scorn.
I had to [C]focus on the changes, and the [G]changes yet to come,
While [D]my world was rebuilding,
For [D]me and all my siblings,
And to [D]finish all that still needed to be [C]done.
C[.]3
And [Em]where I was needed changed from time to time,
But the [G]focus on the mission never left my mind,
And it’s [Em]still with me today of that I have no doubt.
It’s helped me [D]know in my heart what my [C]life’s about.
J E T S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
