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Music, Lyrics, Piano, Vocals: Rebecca Porwoll
Guitar: Ben Johnston
Video: Chris Johnston
Photographic Support: Jan Johnston

"How You Loved Me"

I remember motorcycle rides
Red hair and your gentle blue eyes
Swimming with you in the summertime
Shouting, “Watch me, Daddy!” as I jumped off the dive

I remember rope swing thrills
You working hard to pay the bills
Being tickled on your lap ‘till I couldn’t breathe
Nights we spent out on the porch swing

But more than all these memories
I remember how you loved me

I remember I was sick and you prayed
You said the word once and we obeyed
Reading books for hours so you could grow
Leonard Cohen on the stereo

Tales of Catholic school, scouts, and cherry bombs
Stories of your time in Vietnam
Taking trips to see my Grandma and Grandpa
You holding hands with my Mama

But more than all these memories, Daddy,
I remember how you loved me

I’ve had a better life because you gave of yours
And I know what love is like because yours endures

Parachutes and magic carpet rides
Talks of God and getting misty-eyed
Appreciating all the little things
Sharing glory a sunset brings

When I was at school you would call
Sometimes for no reason at all
And though I’m grown and off in the world
Still you say, “You sure are a pretty little girl”

But more than all these memories
More than all these memories
More than all these memories, Daddy,
I remember how you loved me
I remember how you loved me

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