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Collaboration Song of the Year Nominees

Give Me A Chance

October

Patricia Bishop and Herb Hartley

2025

V1
She sits alone in her room not knowing what to do
Never dreamed he would leave; swore up and down he loved her too
She’s scared of what will happen now; too afraid to ask for help
Not ready yet to be a mother when she’s just a child herself

Lead In: So she prays….

Chorus 1
Give me a chance to start all over
Give me a chance to make this right
Give me a chance to have a future
Give me a chance to live my life

V2
Days are turning into weeks and soon the world will know
She could end this all right now before she starts to show
But lessons from her bible class, God doesn't make mistakes
Children are precious gifts from Him; not choices that we make

Chorus 1
Give me a chance to start all over
Give me a chance to make this right
Give me a chance to have a future
Give me a chance to live my life

Bridge
No one can deny that every mother hears her unborn baby’s cry

Chorus 2
Give me a chance to have a future
Give me a chance to make this right
Give me the chance your mother gave you
Give me a chance to live my life

Repeat Chorus 2 (with harmonies)
Lyrics
A Part Of Me

May

Kathy Robinson and Tim Koerber

2025

LYRICS
A Part Of Me
1/11/2018 Kathy Robinson and Tim Koerber

V/1
I keep your picture on the wall, make believe some day you'll call
All I really have to do, is find a mirror to talk to you
Your voice is here inside my head, tellin' my heart, don't forget
All the ways you touched my life, and ways that you still do

Chorus
You'll always be a part of me
No matter what the future brings
You're stuck with me, I can't erase
What you taught me, to guide my way
I'm proud that everyone can see, you'll always be a part of me.

V/2
It's funny how we laugh alike, our DNA is so entwined
The wave that's running through my hair, looks like yours - I'm glad it's there
The flecks of green in my brown eyes, flicker like yours in the fire light
My best friend, my confidant, no I won't have to miss you, ('cause)

Chorus
You'll always be a part of me
No matter what the future brings
You're stuck with me, I can't erase
What you taught me, to guide my way
I'm proud that everyone can see, you'll always be a part of me.

Bridge:
I feel your blush... when I blush, and your tears roll off my cheek
You're with me every minute, love you watching over me.
So, I won't have to grieve.

Chorus
You'll always be a part of me
No matter what the future brings
You're stuck with me, I can't erase
What you taught me, to guide my way
I'm proud that everyone can see, you'll always be a part of me.


Fade (ad lib)
The very best of me
The whole world can see
You'll always be
You'll always be
You'll always be - right here
Right here in my heart
Yes you know you are
A part, a part, a part
A part of me
You always were, you'll always be
A part of me.....(yeah)
Lyrics
Roots and Wings

November

Mark Winters & Christopher Winters

2025

Roots and Wings V1
Mark Winters and Chris Winters - Sept 13, 2024

I’ve got a map in my blood,
Stories that I never been told,
Ancestors (family?) whisper through the wind,
In a language I don’t know.

My father’s discipline in every stride,
A silent strength, but not quite mine,
My mother chases fleeting highs,
That mirror’s gaze passed me by.

Am I the ground beneath my feet? Or the skies I’ve yet to meet?
Can I be both lost and found? In the echoes all around?

Can I rise. Will my Roots hold me down
Can I rise can I rise
Can I rise
Will my Roots hold me down
Can I rise can I rise
Can I rise from this place
Will my Wings be strong enough sever ties or will I get kept from the skies
I need to fly, need to fly

I’ve been searching for my place,
In between the lines they trace,
Caught between who I want to be,
And the faces I can’t erase.

Grandma’s brush painted skies with words,
A poet’s soul i hope I deserve,
While Grandpa built with steady hands,
Engineer and artist is that my plan?

Am I the shadow or the flame? Can I be both without changing my name?
Do I need to break the mold, To find the story that’s untold?

[Chorus]
Can I rise. Will my Roots hold me down
Can I rise can I rise

Can I rise
Will my Roots hold me down
Can I rise can I rise

Can I rise from this place
Will my Wings be strong enough sever ties or will I get kept from the skies

I need to fly, need to fly

[Bridge] root and 5 only
In the mirror, I see two sides,
The child of earth, the seeker of skies.
I can stand tall with open hands,
Holding onto where I’ve been,

[Chorus]
Can I rise, will my Roots hold me down, can I rise, can I rise
Can I rise, will my Roots hold me down, can I rise, can I rise

Can I rise from this place
Will my Wings be strong enough to sever ties or will I get kept from the skies

I need to fly, need to fly

[end]
Lyrics
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