The Warming — Adult Merced neighbors share water and plant shade trees on a brilliant hot afternoon as sunlight softens into cooling leaves and turquoise wind

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The Warming

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

The first wildflowers beside a river announce a warming season and the possibility of reunion. A traveler waiting to return home imagines shadows lifting as another sun rises. In this short lyric, seasonal renewal and affection closely mirror one another, allowing a modest morning scene to carry the hope of beginning again.

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Recorded versions

3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

The Warming

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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The Warming

Let the River Carry me away
Live Forever in a Day
Just the same as Yesterday
Then I must be on my way
While all your Dreams are comin' true
I'll be watin' here for You
Don't know what I'm gonna do
Until I'm back Home with You

I saw the first Wildflowers this Morning
Right down by the Riverside
Just in time for the Warming
I'll see You on the other side
Easy now, I make my way
All my Shadows blown away
Another Sun comes up this Morning
I guess it's time for The Warming

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