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A Year Ago Yesterday

by Michelle Lynn Thompson

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A Year Ago Yesterday - chronicles a moment in each of the three last days of my sweet friend, Sarah's, life. My best friends daughter, I've know her since she was a baby. Diagnosed with cancer at age 27, I walked this journey alonside her and her family and was honored to be in the sacred space of her last moments at age 29. Sarah shared love and kindness with everyone. We will carry this torch for her in her honor along with her three young sons. My husband, John, and good friend, Zach Bevill helped me bring this song to life with their voices and guitars. Sam Wade captured it all in his studio and Bryan Laurenson mastered it. NOT ONE of them let me pay them. So this song cost me nothing to make. That means your donations will go toward Sarah's Smile of Illinois when you purchase the song here on Bandcamp. BE GENEROUS!!! Thank you! - Michelle

lyrics

A year ago yesterday
You moved your lips enough to say
I love you
Those last tender words you said
Are ringing in my aching head
I miss you

And just a year ago today
Your hand in mine, I longed to stay
And hold you
Played you a song that said the words
I couldn't say 'cause it just hurt
To lose you

Oh what I wouldn't give to hear you say
What you said to me a year ago yesterday

A year ago tomorrow
Our hearts wrung out with sorrow, cried
"Don't leave us"
But your daddy standing guard
Said "baby girl run to the arms
of your sweet Jesus"

A year ago, you didn't know
We'd all be sharing love
And showing kindness
In your sweet name we carry on
We move ahead with you love song
inside us

ohhh

A year ago, you didn't know
We'd all be sharing love
And showing kindness
In your sweet name we carry on
We move ahead with your love song
Inside us
Yeah, in your sweet name we carry on
We move ahead with your love song
Inside Us

credits

released March 22, 2024
Music/Lyrics: Michelle Lynn Thompson
Lead vocal: Michelle Lynn Thompson
Harmonies: Zach Bevill, John J. Thompson
Guitars: Zach Bevill, John J. Thompson
Recorded/engineered by: Sam Wade
Mixed by: Sam Wade
Mastered by: Bryan Laurenson
Cover Art: @k_randallwilcoxart

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The Wayside/Michelle Lynn Thompson Nashville

The Wayside is John and Michelle Thompson and the various friends and collaborators who have come alongside them over the past 32 years of rootsy music making. Originally from the Chicago area, they now call East Nashville home and they love it.

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