TUNESMITH TUESDAY - "Everything I Own" by Bread

Widely thought to have been a song about a lost love, David Gates (the lead singer of the group and writer of the song) explains that "Everything I Own" is the song he wrote after the death of his father. After the funeral, a friend took him aside and told him how his father had been so proud of him. Gates himself said, "If you listen to the words,

'You sheltered me from harm, 

kept me warm, 

gave my life to me, 

set me free,' 

says it all."

Everything I Own

You sheltered me from harm

Kept me warm, kept me warm

You gave my life to me

Set me free, set me free

The finest years I ever knew,

Were all the years I had with you

And I would give anything I own

I'd give up my life, my heart, my home

I would give everything I own,

Just to have you back again

You taught me how to love

What it's of, what it's of

You never said too much,

But still you showed the way

And I knew from watching you

Nobody else could ever know,

The part of me that can't let go

And I would give anything I own,

I'd give up my life, my heart, my home

I would give everything I own,

Just to have you back again

Is there someone you know,

Your loving them so,

But taking them all for granted?

You may lose them one day

Someone takes them away,

And they don't hear the words you long to say

I would give anything I own,

I'd give up my life, my heart, my home

I would give everything I own,

Just to have you back again

Just to touch you once again