That's For Me

As my mind chugs along rebuilding itself, sort of, little pieces of things are popping up which were long forgotten.  And I NEVER talked about because it was more personal than most of what I write about.  (And you say huh? this little bit is more personal than a lot of what  I have shared?  Yeah, because it is something of deep meaning to me!)

Last week, through a total fluke, I was to be reminded of the name of my girlfriend in high school.  Still do not know her maiden name, but so what.  And that name triggered a memory of my two best friends in high school and I being in a barbershop quartet and taking first in Colorado in 1971.  But, the name of the song .... nothing.

Then something went off in my mind/spirit on Friday night and I could remember all of the words and the arrangement we had made out of a little known song.  So, you have to remember I was not a Christian back then, more than likely none of us were, but the song we chose was "That's For Me" by Kurt Kaiser in 1969.  Our director, Bob Chambers, I believe knew the guy as we did many of his songs back in the day when lyrics were hard to come by on paper - but he got them for us for free.  We did most of "Tell It Like It Is" in competitions that year.

It was a simple tune, we had to learn choreography to emphasize certain parts of the song.  I can still remember us all standing there in Colorado Springs, it was a blistering hot night, under hot lights, being filmed, nervous as all get out!  We were definitely spiffy in our dark blue shirts, white levis and white shoes!  It was almost anticlimactic to find out we had won, we had burned our candle at both ends and really needed pizza and coke to recharge!

By Kurt Kaiser, 1969
That's for me, yes that's for me, I'm all done with my running away,
Since I came to Him and gave into Him, 'twas a very happy day,
That's for me, yes that's for me, I was tired of the grayness of life,
Tho' against my will, all I sought was thrills, but it only brought me strife,
Once life had no meaning, once life gave no rest,
But now ev'ry thing's different. This new life certainly is best.
That's for me, yes that's for me, I'm all done with my running away,
Since I came to Him and gave into Him, 'twas a very happy day,

And for a cheesy version sung: