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Small Things

by Joel Madison Blount

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I'm sitting outside on a beautiful Spring morning enjoying a cup of coffee. A simple pleasure, but one of my "new" favorite things to do, during one of my "new" favorite times of the year.

I worked an office job for many years and our busiest season ran from January through April. During the first part of the year, I'd drive to work early every morning - in the dark, then back home again later that night - still in the dark. Then mid-March would arrive and you'd begin to feel a physical shift in the atmosphere and see glimpses of nature coming alive through plate glass windows. I don’t have that office job anymore - I was always thankful for it, but I missed out on really experiencing the Spring season for a long time.

Recently, while enjoying a cup of coffee with my wife on our back patio, I was overcome by the incredible beauty of this season. I also felt the pang of not embracing the joy in so many of these simple experiences in the past. Would it be possible to fully appreciate the weight of a moment like this without having missed out on so many before? Who knows, but I think it’s incredible how, as the years go by, small things like these can grow in size to become some of the the greatest parts of life.

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VERSE 1
For the first time in years I am awake
To see the sun rise
as Spring begins to break

I breathe deeply, you make coffee
Our children are sleeping
We talk softly

CHORUS
It’s in times like these -

I feel the small things
That make it all seem
A little less daunting
When we are alone

Yeah it’s the small things
That make your heart sing
Shining like moonbeams
Over the lawn

Then slowly over time
Small things grow in size
To become -
The greatest part of life

VERSE 2
As the years go by
And time accelerates
What I once took for granted
I have grown to appreciate

Moments like these over coffee
To breathe in silence
And hear your heart sing

credits

released April 21, 2023
Lyrics and Music by Joel Madison Blount

Produced, Engineered, and Mixed @ The Lone Wolf Sound Studio

JMB // vocals, guitars
Josh Vigneulle // electric guitar
Steven Potaczek // keys
Dan Elliott // bass guitar
Jordan Stone // drums, percussion
Alison Ritch // background vocals
Sarah Scherf // background vocals

Reuben Cohen // mastering
Jared Ragland // photography

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Joel Madison Blount Birmingham, Alabama

JMB is a songwriter, producer, and mix engineer based at The Lone Wolf / sound studio in Birmingham, AL

His work merges the influence of Southern literary authors with a musical response to the rhythm and melody of life.

He writes songs about our shared human experience, meant to offer hope and inspire the listener to sing out loud. ... more

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