No 25 in AOV NG is recommended as a recessional song – “be my hands be my heart for the world” says it all. Written by Tom Franzac a GIA/OCP artist and from the nineties, this is another one that I suspect is very familiar in the USA. The version on the AOV NG CD is very (too) smooth, almost lounge in style, with a 70’s sax solo and an MOR singing group mulching the chorus. If this song has a problem it’s that it’s too laid back for sending out. I’m also worried about rhyming “hasten” with “basin” and all the “t’wards”, which I note he avoids in the CD version.
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My version isn’t lounge- it’s cool jazz man – and just to help you learn the song.