Name: Cherish All You Know
Duration: P00H03M59S
Description: Read a news article some time ago about a man charged with manslaughter for killing his wife while driving drunk. Couldn't shake the thought of what it must be like to wake up every day with that on his conscience, so I decided to write a song about it.

Cherish All You Know

by Jeff McCaskill

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Read a news article some time ago about a man charged with manslaughter for killing his wife while driving drunk. Couldn't shake the thought of what it must be like to wake up every day with that on his conscience, so I decided to write a song about it.

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Cherish All You Know
Words & Music © 2017
Jeffrey E. McCaskill
All Rights Reserved

Sometimes I wake, it’s morning
Sometimes I wake, it’s afternoon
I wish I’d heeded warnings
That the liquor I so loved
Would one day be my ruin.

And so, I’m alone,
Just a haunted man who wishes
He had cherished all he knew.

And so, I’m alone,
With but memories of kissing you
Beneath an August moon.

Sometimes, I wake up crying
Sometimes, I wake up in your arms
Those years before you dying
Were like swimming in a sea of love
Where none could do us harm.

And then, the bars come,
A reminder that my drinking
Put an early end to you.

And then, the guards come,
And I‘m dragged into the hell
That I deserve for choosing you.

And so, I’m alone,
With but memories of kissing you
Beneath an August moon.

And so, I’m alone,
Just a longing man who wishes
He had cherished time with you.

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released February 24, 2017

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Jeff McCaskill Vancouver, British Columbia

I was introduced to a wide variety of music as a child. It informed my soul, and inspired me to take up the guitar when I was eight. My life, loves, and livelihood have taken me around the globe and back again, but the pristine waters and rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest kept calling my name until i could resist no longer. Here, with my lovely Tamara, I have truly found my home. ... more

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