New Meaning for The Long and Winding Road

I am a singer.

Of course, I used to be better than I am now since I never practice.  Most of my singing now is done in the car or every once in awhile I put on the Jackson Five or a musical and sing and dance around the kitchen -- but I still love it.

So the other night something weird happened to me -- I just started singing a song out of the blue.  The song was The Long and Winding Road by Paul McCartney/The Beatles.  And while I have always loved that song (even though I know Paul didn't like the released version and it contributed to the break-up of the band), I don't know why I started singing it on that night at the time.

Now, the older I get the more I listen to messages and this certainly was one.

As I sang the song (right in my now lower register -- fabulous) I thought about the words for the first time in many years.  Here they are:

The long and winding road
That leads to your door
Will never disappear
I've seen that road before
It always leads me here
Lead me to you door

The wild and windy night
That the rain washed away
Has left a pool of tears
Crying for the day
Why leave me standing here
Let me know the way

Many times I've been alone
And many times I've cried
Any way you'll never know
The many ways I've tried

But still they lead me back
To the long winding road
You left me waiting here
A long long time ago
Don't leave me standing here
Lead me to your door

But still they lead me back
To the long winding road
You left me waiting here
A long long time ago
Don't leave me standing here
Lead me to your door

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

When I was young I thought it was a love song.  Paul says it was about the breakup of the band.  But with my fresh older eyes it's making me think of our kids at Community Partners of Dallas.  

Even after abused and neglected kids have been adopted out into good homes or placed with relatives, many times they still can't let their parents go.  No matter how horrific the abuse they suffered at the hands of their parents, they wonder why their parents didn't love them enough to stop the abuse.  Why their parents didn't want them.  

Don't leave me standing here, lead me to your door.