Welcome to Monday’s Mewsic Moves Me! I’m MIA in Blogosphere as DH is off for Presidents Day. Originally this day was set up to mark the anniversary of two great presidents’ birth – George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, so I thought Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell” was suiting for both of these great men. After all, they were rebels, were they not? Washington went against the British empire to secure America’s freedom and Lincoln’s desire that all man be free abolished slavery.
Robin from Crazy Songbird’s World pitched a fabulous theme for this week, asking us to share songs that tell a story. I’m always on the look for new-to-me songs. With this theme I went to my ole pal Google and found a great list to choose at Spinditty. Of the 165 song titles I loved the name of this selection, Three Wooden Crosses by Randy Travis. My first thought was this is a story about Jesus on Calvary’s hill with the two thieves but it’s not. It is a story of redemption but one with a modern day twist. Spinditty says…
It tells the story of a farmer, a teacher, a preacher and a prostitute who were on an ill-fated bus trip to Mexico, all for different reasons.
Their bus ran a stop sign and collided with an 18-wheeler. The farmer and teacher died, and as the preacher lay dying, he placed a bloodstained Bible into the hands of the hooker. Now all that exists at the accident site are three wooden crosses.
The song is told from the perspective of the woman’s son, who is now a preacher himself. The listener is left to assume that the hooker read the blood-stained Bible, found redemption in its spiritual message, and went on to marry and have a family.
Here are the lyrics to Three Wooden Crosses.
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Did you get a chance to vote in my latest Battle of the Band? If not then I’d love it if you’d throw in your ballot. Have a boogietastic day! I’ll here tomorrow with another edition of Tickle Me Tuesdays, so please stop by for a dose of laughs and smiles!
X💋X💋, Cathy
