Ladd Smith - "The Bridgekeeper" - Live on Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Dec. 2012

My Mother is a Hospice Nurse. I grew up going along with her to patient's houses, hospital rooms & nursing homes; to sing songs for terminally ill patients in Oklahoma & Tennessee. This song is about what I witnessed through the innocent eyes of a child. ...It has never been recorded in it's entirety until tonight. I dedicate it to all of the unsung heroes in this world and the next; people like my Mother; that for hundreds of people, was the last hand they ever held; her eyes, the last eyes they ever looked into; her voice, the last voice they ever heard spoken; my Mother's ears, the last to hear their wishes, their descriptions of the other dimensions & beings all around us, the last to hear their prayers... I dedicate it to those good Hospice folks, and all of the family's ever blessed by the work that Hospice does. Thank You Mama. From a Studio Apartment Somewhere in Hollywood... I Love You. Your Son, -Ladd Smith _________________________________________________________________________ "THE BRIDGEKEEPER" Words & Music by: Ladd Smith There's a narrow bridge By the river wide With a light on the other side And there's an angel who stands By the bridge, so grand With her arms open wide And she has eyes that smile Like a full grown child And she'll walk along with you Down your last mile She'll hold your hand To the promised land Till you're safe on the other side She's a chosen soul And the darkness should know She is guarded by God's might She is strong and sure And her love is pure As she always walks in the light Her hands may be cold But her heart is so warm Like a lantern for your soul Until your last storm Has finally past And you're home at last Just beyond, the other side (bridge) Oh the day will come When her work is done And she'll hear her own name across the valley Then the wind will blow With a song she knows As the other Angels sing her grand finale Oh Oh There's a narrow bridge By the Jordan wide With yet another on the other side And there's a new angel who stands By the bridge, so grand With her arms open wide And she has eyes that smile As if she were my mother's child And she'll walk by your side Down your last mile She'll hold your hand To the promised land Just beyond the other side Oh, the Seeker will find The Bridgekeeper in time To take her home To the other side She'll be home On the other side © Copyright MMX-MMXII, All Rights Reserved, Ladd Smith, Argill's Music, ASCAP Nashville, TN / Hollywood, CA [email protected] 615.924.1356