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For my dad, Anthony Zaleta (2/28/21 - 11/14/08)
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BOB DYLAN meets TOM PETTY, ERIC ANDERSEN, and WEIRD AL - in church.
Lex Zaleta is a talented and prolific songwriter from Pennsylvania who moved twelve hours nearer to Nashville in August of 2004. He has songs available in many genres: CHRISTIAN, COMEDY/NOVELTY, COUNTRY, COUNTRY ROCK, FOLK, FOLK ROCK, ROCK, and SPOKEN WORD. Mr. Jan Destner from Sweden has performed, produced, and recorded some of Lex's work: "Filling in for Jesus," "How Much Does It Cost to Be Free?," "The Great Gray Sky," "It's Daddy's War," "Walking Dead, "A Bedtime Prayer," and "Medusa's Wild (The Snake Eyes Song)." Kephas, an exceptional artist from Miami, has released a full album of Lex's "religious" songs titled LZ. King Arthur, a highly original talent from Phoenix, has released REX Z, and Bret Alexander of the Badlees has released two all-acoustic albums of Lex's work, THE PLEASURES THAT LAST and INTO MY LIFE. Lex's own albums include TAKE A GOOD LOOK, THE EDGE OF SOMEWHERE, THE CROP, LAST TOMORROW, FILLING IN FOR JESUS, THE "QUITE A HANDFUL" COMPILATION, TOUGH'S NOT ENOUGH, WHAT'S A GUY GOTTA DO?, SHADOW PEOPLE, THIS IS WHO I AM, STILL, ONE FROM EVERY ALBUM, ASKING FOR FOREVER, SAY SOMETHING IN POETRY, NO PLACE LIKE HOME, THE KEY, SIGNS AND WONDERS, SMALL TRACES OF TRUTH, FREE, TWO FROM SEVEN COMPILATION, THIS CUP, THIS IS WHO I AM: Volume Two, LEX'S LAUGH TRACKS, THE HOPIN' ROAD, TWENTY FROM TEN Compilation, STATE OF THE UNION, LEFT BEHIND, THIS IS WHO I AM: Volume Three, PLAYING THE GHOST, WRITTEN IN STONE, TWENTY FROM TEN Volume Two Compilation, I WANT TO BE THERE, EVERYMAN, QUIET IN THE COURTROOM, THE LAST, and MADE IN HEAVEN. All of these albums are distributed through Tunecore, CDBaby, and Indigoboom to the major online music stores like iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody, AmazonMP3, Spotify, and Napster - or you may visit the Album Store at ... www.LexZaleta.com ...
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Pop Indie Pop
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Peak #1
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Lex Zaleta
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Lex Zaleta
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November 25, 2008
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MP3 10.1 MB 320 kbps 4:25
Story behind the song
My father, still a roofer at 87, passed away on November 14,2008. This song is for him - and for fathers and sons everywhere
Lyrics
GOING HOME A brave young man went off to war Looking for liberty. He’ll find a wreath upon the door When he comes back from across the sea. His beloved dad passed away; He doesn’t know it yet. All young men grow old the day They face a father’s death. The circle’s never broken, And the cycle never ends. One more son is going home To see his father once again. The decades keep on rolling by, The gray hairs come and go. Father and son both always try To share the love they know. Then dad suffers a sudden stroke, And son drives through the night. This has to be some kind of joke They’ll laugh at in the daylight. The circle’s never broken, And the cycle never ends. One more son is going home To see his father once again. I’m going home to see my father, Driving through the night, Desperately searching for the magic words To make this turn out all right. I make it there in time; There’s no wreath upon the door. And though my dad can’t see me, I pray he’ll hear my words. He’s lying there on his deathbed; The light is growing dim. In minutes my father’ll be dead, And so I say to him: The circle’s never broken, And the cycle never ends. One more son is going home To see his father once again. The circle’s never broken, And the cycle never ends. One more son is going home To see his father once again. Copyright © 2008 Lex Zaleta
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Maria Daines
Jan 06, 2009
A beautiful and heartfelt tribute. I'm sorry for your loss Lex.