Song # 10: Joanna & The Grace of God

Goodness Gracious! I started 'J' a few times before I wrote this one... I wrote all the way up to 'M' before I finished this one... This is # 10 in my alphabet of names series. It was a hard one to write... but I like how it turned out... there are lots of little twists in there. It always amazes me when people lose everything but are still not bitter... This is the third song I've written where someone dies so far... hmmm.

Interesting facts:
-Joanna means - "God is gracious" and is derived from the hebrew word for 'Grace'

-"The Joanna" or "the old Joanna" are nicknames given to the piano.

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Joanna & The Grace of God

Joanna, gracious and polite
Says, “The stars are the angels of the night.”
Grandmother's house is her home
The only family she'd really known
Her mother grew up on this farm
Her father grew up down the road
They saw the same stars and the same moon
It was the grace of God that saved you

CHORUS:
Joanna looks up towards the stars
She said a prayer for her mother and her father
Joanna looked up towards the stars
Fireflies rise from the horizon

Out of tune piano, play those old songs
Joanna and her grandmother sing along
Just like her mother used to do
She thanks God everyday for sparing you
Joanna's faith never fades
She is her grandmother's saving grace
They sang the same songs to the same tunes
It was the grace of god the saved you

The fire burned hot and the fire burned bright
But the angels were watching Joanna that night
Her parents never made it through
But the angels protected you
From the fire that consumed...
Your parent's lives... you were two
....It was the grace of God that saved you

They saw the same stars and the same moon
It was the grace of God that saved you

(c) & (p) Daniel L. Vaillancourt (ASCAP)