Brett Eldredge - Raymond

There are certain songs that tug at your heart strings and don't want to let go. Like Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss with "Whiskey Lullaby", Martina McBride's "Independence Day", or Alan Jackson & Patty Loveless singing together on "Monday Morning Church". "They make you teary-eyed, or get you to say "wow".

I heard Brett Eldredge's single, "Raymond", earlier today and felt the tug on the old heart strings. It may have to do with the fact that I can relate to the Alzheimer's Disease story in the lyrics. I had to watch my Grandmother waste away from that disease. This song reminds me how she wouldn't remember much of recent events, but if you went back 20 years or more and talked about those events, she was quite coherent.

Take a listen to "Raymond":


I work down at Ashberry Hills
Minimum wage, but it pays the bills
Cleaning floors and leading hymns on Sunday

Katherine Davis, room 303
Sweetest soul you ever could meet
I bring her morning coffee everyday

She calls me Raymond
She thinks I'm her son
Tells me get washed up for supper
before your daddy gets home
She goes on about the weather
how she can't believe it's already 1943
She calls me Raymond, and that's all right by me

She talks about clothes on the line in the summer air
Christmas morning and Thanksgiving prayer
Stories of a family that I never had
Sometimes I find myself wishing I'd been there

When she calls me Raymond
She thinks I'm her son
Tells me get washed up for supper
before your daddy gets home
She goes on about the weather
how she can't believe it's already 1943
She calls me Raymond, and that's all right by me

There's a small white cross in Arlington
Reads Raymond Davis '71
Until she can see his face again
I'm gonna fill in the best I can

When she calls me Raymond
She thinks I'm her son
Tells me get washed up for supper
before your daddy gets home
She goes on about the weather
how she can't believe it's already 1943
She calls me Raymond, and that's all right by me
She calls me Raymond, and that's all right by me

Be sure to stop by Brett's website and check out his music, videos & more: BrettEldredge.com

Fill in the 'Crossword Puzzle'

This has bugged me for years - basically ever since the song came out in 1984.

It's Barbara Mandrell's song, "Crossword Puzzle", from her 'Clean Cut' album. The lyrics tell of clues that would fill in a make-believe crossword. For "Seven Down", I've always thought of the answer as 'abused', but the severity of that word just doesn't seem to fit. Is there anything else that would be more appropriate, and fill in the 'space'?

What we've become is 1 Across, and also rhymes with rules. (fools)
Two Down is what we tell that's opposite the truth. (lie)
Three Across is what we do to each other's feelings. (hurt)
Four Across begins with 'A', and means disagreeing. (arguing)

We're living out a crossword puzzle. Filling in the spaces day by day.
We're living out a crossword puzzle. Now love's the only word without a space.

To be untrue is Five Across, and rhymes with 'disbelieving'. (cheating)
Six Down is what we wipe away when we are crying. (tear)
Seven Down's a word for children that we're hurting when we fight. _______
Eight Across is seven letters that the lawyers recognize. (Divorce)

We're living out a crossword puzzle. Filling in the spaces day by day.
We're living out a crossword puzzle. Now love's the only word without a space.

Take a listen to Barbara's "Crossword Puzzle".

Or Download 'Crossword Puzzle Here