Seeing the Edge with NW Marketing Guy - Rod Brooks

It was just a coincidence really. Cindy and I were listening to some old music when Everything I Own, by David Gates and Bread came on. I guessed the year it was released and then went to Wikipedia to see if I was correct. I wasn't. I thought it was released in 1970 and it was actually '72. 

But while checking the dates this Father's Day Weekend, I learned more about the song's origin. Although initial listeners may have interpreted it as a song about a broken relationship, Gates would later reveal that it was a song about the passing of his father. 

The lyrics tell quite a story. It's a story I could have written about the relationship I had with my own dad. I'll bet a lot of men would say the same thing. Our dad's are so important to how our lives unfold. I only hope that I've been for my children what my dad was for me.

Kept me warm, kept me warm

You gave my life to me

Set me free, set me free

The finest years I ever knew

Were all the years I had with you

And I would give anything I own

Give up my life, my heart, my home

I would give everything I own

Just to have you back again

You taught me how to love

What it's of, what it's of

You never said to much

But still you showed me the way

And I knew from watching you

Nobody else could ever know

The part of me that can't let go