Hi Friends,

I think of this as country, so it needs to be real, conversational and have a great instrumental melody! Woo, not there yet..

But what'd you think?

© 2009 Magne Kolstad / The Songcabinet

Small Trips

Drove through the rusty steel mill lots
Youngstown has seen better days
Here were lots of work when I grew up
Now almost everyone has moved away
But as I rolled the window up
The old Irish grocer shouted at me

“How about some sweet’n sour gum?”
I guess I looked like I could use the sugar, eh?

It’s the small trips to the big things
That always makes my day
It’s the shortest way to big win’s
That’s one thing that’ll never change
Nothing like a small trip to the big things
I get the point today

While chewing hard I stopped at the parking spot
And walked down memory lane
We used to live right outside the old laundromat
Sure our old house didn’t look the same
But as I stepped up and knocked at the door
Dad shouted “HEY, you’ve been here before!”

“How about moms homecooked meal?”
Now I couldn’t ask for a better deal!

It’s the small trips to the big things
That always makes my day
It’s the shortest way to big win’s
That’s one thing that’ll never change
Nothing like a small trip to the big things
I get the point today

I still live here in Ohio
Never could leave for the bayou’s
Took a second look behind it all
That’s how I learned how the big is really small

It’s the small trips to the big things
That always makes my day
It’s the shortest way to big win’s
That’s one thing that’ll never change
Nothing like a small trip to the big things
I get the point today