SEIZE THE DAY  by Carolyn Arends
From StoneKaech@aol.com Tue Jan  9 17:44:04 1996

On the chorus, harmony sounds good.  Derri of The Choir does it in Carolyn's
recorded verson.  Listen to the original to catch Carolyn's subtle phrasing
pauses.  Given below is Verse 3, which the album and video have but
the "single" omits.  Send comments & banter to StoneKaech@aol.com
  --  thanks!
  --     Randy

G                     C               D
I know a girl who was schooled in Manhattan
     G           Em                 C        G
She reads dusty books and learns phrases in latin
G         G/E         C       D
She is an author  or maybe a poet
   B         Em             C             D
A genius but its just this world doesn't know it
    D/C          D/B        D/C   D/B D/C     D/B           Am7 Am7+ D7
She works on 'er novel most every day  If you laugh she will say
             G  Em          C         D
   Seize the day  Seize whatever you can
         G            Em           C         D
   Cause life slips away just like hourglass sand
             G    Em        C                D
   Seize the day  pray  for grace from God's hand
        D/C          D/B           D              G
   That nothin' will stand in your way  Seize the day
               Em                 C               D   G
        Lai de dai de dai  Lai de dai de dai  da dai
               Em                 C               D
        Lai de dai de dai  Lai de dai de dai  da dai
     G etc...
Well I know a doctor  A fine young physician
Left his six figure job for a mission  position
He's healin' the sick  in an African clinic
He works in the dirt and writes home to the cynics
He says we work through the night almost ev-er-y day
As we watch the sun rise we can say
     Seize the day  Seize whatever you can
     Cause life slips away just like hourglass sand
     Seize the day  pray  for grace from God's hand
     That nothin will stand in your way  Seize the day
        Lai de dai de dai  Lai de dai de dai  da dai
        Lai de dai de dai  Lai de dai de dai  da dai
Well I know a man  who's been doin' some thinkin'
He's as bitter and cold as the whisky he's drinkin'
He's talkin' bout fear  'bout chances not traken
If you listen to him you can hear his heart  breakin'
He says "One day youra boy  The next day you're dead
I wish way back when someone had said..."
   Seize the day  Seize whatever you can
   Cause life slips away just like hourglass sand
   Seize the day  pray  for grace from God's hand
        D/C          D/B           D               G G C
   That nothin' will stand in your way  Seize the day
         C             G                 A7                D      D7
            Lai de Dai Dai    Lai de Dai Dai    Lai de Dai Dai-e-i

Well one thing I've noticed  wherever I wander
Everyone's got a dream  he can follow or squander
You can do what you will  with the days you are given
I'm tryin' to spend mine on the business of  livin'
So I'm singin' my songs off of any old stage
You can laugh if you want HA'll still say
     Seize the day  Seize whatever you can
     Cause life slips away just like hourglass sand
     Seize the day  pray  for grace from God's hand
     That nothin' will stand in your way  Seize the day
        Lai de dai de dai  Lai de dai de dai  da dai
        Lai de dai de dai  Lai de dai de dai  da dai
        Lai de dai de dai  Lai de dai de dai  da dai
        Lai de dai de dai  Lai de dai de dai  da dai