Family Day

Family Day explores what exactly is a family. It has been described as the nucleus of civilization. It is the link to our past, and the bridge to our future. This show features songs that revolve around family. 

Transcript

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This is Acoustic Avenue. I'm Ted Crouch, your host with co-producer Joe Little. On Acoustic Avenue, we recognize with respect and gratitude that these lands where we live, work, and play our music remain home to a number of indigenous nations and people. We acknowledge this land out of respect for the indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island from before the arrival of the seven peoples until this day. Family. What exactly is a family? It has been described as the nucleus of civilization. It is the link to our past and the bridge to our future. It's where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open and rules are flexible. It features competitive relationships. The ones that were grown often become the strongest of our relationships. As a result, when trouble comes your way, and it's usually your family that supports you. Oddly enough, when you leave home to seek your fortune, you go home to share it with your family. Don't think it's strictly a matter of lineage or ancestry. We are all family. Today's show features songs that revolve around family. Good and bad, joyous and sad. This is Sister's Ledge with We Are Family. The OJ's end family reunion. And the set ends with Fly and the Family Stone with It's a Family Affair.

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Sitting talking about all the things that's been going down. Since we had a chance to get together. And a war and tender embrace. And if grandpa was here smiling for beauty to see what he asked us All the offsprings from the stores and sun of family, yeah. It's so nice. It'll be so nice. Come together. Come together. Let's get together.

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You know the family is the solution to the world's problems today. Now let's take a look at the family. In the family, the father is like the head, the leader, the director, not domineering, but showing love, guidance for everyone else in the family. That we could get all the fathers of the world to stand up and be fathers, that would be great. Then we have mothers who are the right arm of the father. That's supposed to do the cooking, raise the children, do the sewing, and help the father to guide and direct. Then there's the son. So we're back again to the father. If he is guiding in the right way, the son is definitely gonna be alright. Then we have the daughter watching her mother because sooner or later she's gonna be a mother and she'll have her own sons and daughters. It don't just stop there with the family of yours or mine. It's a universal family on the one divine purpose and one divine form. That is we all come together, no matter what color, race, creed, cause that's all in the head, whether you want to believe it or not, cause you'll believe.

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Both kids are good and bond. Blood's thicker than the mud. It's a family affair. It's a family affair. Nobody wants to blow. Nobody wants to be left out. Uh-huh. You can't leave cause your heart is there. But you can't see cause you've been somewhere else. You can't cry Cause you look broke down, but you're crying anyway. Cause you all broke down. It's a family fail. It's a family affair. It's a family affair.

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Such a coast, such a coast. The wisdom knows how to make sun shine true fiery gems for you. Only for you.

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Life used to be so hard. Now everything is easy because of you.

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Switch two cats in the yard.

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Life used to be so far.

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Now everything is easy because of you.

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I light the fire while you place the flowers in the vice that you bought today.

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Tell me about the good old days. Sometimes it feels like this world's gone crazy. Grandpa take me back to yesterday when the line between right and wrong didn't seem so hazy. Lovers really fall in love to stay, stand beside each other, come what may promise really something people can't. Something they would say. Mammies really bow heads to pray. Daddy's really never go away. Oh grandpa, tell me about the good old days. We call progress, but I just don't know. And Grandpa swander back into heads, then paint me a picture of long ago. Lovers really fall and love to stay. Daddy saw each other called made promise really so people kept not just something they would say and forget families really bow their heads to pray. Daddies really never go away. Woah, oh grandpa, tell me about the good old day. Whoa, I will grandpa, tell me about the good old day.

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Sometimes you may feel you're the only one. Sometimes you thought you say you love me. But you won't be alone, because I'll be here to carry you along, watching you till all the work is done. When you find your heart, you bear one with you. Don't look back. She may soon be gone, so don't look back. She's not the only one, remember that. If your heart is beating fast, then you know she's right. If you don't know what to say, well that's alright. Don't know what to do. Remember, she is just as scared as you. Don't be shy, even when it hurts to say. Remember, you're gonna get hurt someday anyway. And you must lift your hand, keep it there, remember what I said. Always be will your shoulder, I'll be there.

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Come on, get happy.

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A whole lot of love, and it's what we'll be bringing. We'll make you happy. We have a tree, we don't drop it together. Something always happens whenever we're together. We get a happy feeling when we're singing a song. Come on, get happy.

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We'll make you happy. We'll make you happy. We'll make you happy.

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Come on, get a happy. Come on, get happy. A whole lot of loving is what will be bringing.

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We'll make you happy. We'll make you happy. We'll make you happy.

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Welcome back to Acoustic Avenue. We start the second half of our family day special with Mary Julia and Family Affairs. She is followed by Whitney and Susie Houston with Leon Warwick.

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Joy We are family Let's get it from and phone up on up in this dancer.

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We got y'all open now, you float. So you got to dance for me.

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Don't need no halo, holleration, indispensary. Let's get it percolated. Why you waiting? Soldiers dance for me. Come on, everybody, get on love. Cause you know we got to get it wrong. Mary J is in the spot tonight, and I'ma make you feel alright. Feel alright. Come on, baby, just party with me. Let loose and set you by the free. Leave your situations at the door. So when you step inside, jump on the floor. That's getting frunk of it from the bottom. So we got your open, now you're floating. So you got still the desktop. Don't need no hateration, holleration. Let's get it percolated. Why you waiting? So distance one's all they gonna be about. I'm out of time. Before you get loose and start to lose your mind. Cop you a drink, go ahead and rock your eyes. Cause we're celebrating no more drama. And I lie. The great track pumping. Everybody's jumping. Go ahead and twist your back and get your body bumping. I told you, leave your situations at the door. So grab somebody and get your ass on the desk floor. That's good. In this dancer. Got your open, now you're floating. So you got to dance for me. Don't need no hate or each holleration. In this desertery, let's get it, percolate. Why you waiting?

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So just dance for me. Don't need no hater. No, we don't need it.

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Just trying to love one another. We just won't try to have a good time. No more trauma in your life. Work real hard, don't make the time. If you got beef, you'll from that matter. We don't have the south side. We won't celebrate all night. Oh my god, that's what tonight, no fight. Turn that's right, right, wait, I'm making you dance all night and I don't feel heat, forget this time. With your wife over the back of the bath, it's back of the phone of the phone in this dance, don't get no hate to reach the dance, that's me, perfect. So you got the test gun distance. That's getting front. Be assured of cry on when you're in need. They'll never leave you alone. No, when your friends bring you back, and they drag you through the dirt, and when nobody's around, they'll carry you through the hurt. Just remember the family comes. Where are you going around?

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No one is around.

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When you feel you say it's almost gone. When you're getting weak, you don't think you keep holding up your feet? Just remember because I can see you crying.

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Someone broke your heart. Instead of being with those who love you, you spend time apart.

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It's because you think they won't understand the pain you're going through. So you don't reach out your head and put them. Just remember that we're so three four.

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I got my friends and my pal singing this the nurse. We wish our voices bring you peace on this earth.

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In the name of Jesus Christ, we will bless this birth with the gift of singing in shows and way.

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We won't sing till we drive the sorrow's way.

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Wind of change are blowing away. And I know I don't know who you are, but I know we are family. I know it, I know it, I know it. I got my mother, my father, my sister in love. I said I know it. We a family know where I know it I know it.

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You're probably sitting there on your own, you're probably listening to the song. Pumping all love by your radio, and suddenly you feel Joah Joa. Hey, just singing along, the side comes in, you don't care, just kill me. You probably sitting there on your own, you're probably listening to the song.

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It's pumping my love by your radio, and suddenly you feel a lot of joy that joy is the kind of feeling, followed by sex of feeling, that joy in my heart, that love in my heart, that joy in my heart, it should know it's the kind of feeling, followed by that joy in my heart, that love in my heart, I that joy in my heart.

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When us is chanasa, mama wambi abuole, who sizada, I'm saying this because we a family, I know it and where I know it.

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We a family.

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I can mamma that my father my sister my love family. I know it I know it and a way.

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We a family. Oh, I'm baby family. We are family. I love it. I that joy no way.

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We are fairly I got my mother my father must have family I know where I know it no way.

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We are family.

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This is the final set for today's special Family Day. Here is Dolly Parton with family.

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Then the cranberries sing Old to My Family, and we end today's show with Farrell Williams and Happy And you always try to do your best, and just pray for God to do the rest when it's family. Some are preachers, some are gay, some are rabbits, drunk some strange, but not a one is turned away when it's family. Some are lucky, others ain't. Some are fighters, others faint. Winners, losers, sinners saints, it's all family. And when it's family, you trust them, and your heart's an open door. When it's family, you tolerate what you'd kill the others for. When it's family, you love and hate and take and give some more. Somehow you justify mistakes. Try to find some better way to solve the problems day to day in the family. You take the trouble as it comes. And love more than anyone. Good or bad or in different family. You choose your lovers, you pick your friends, not the family that you ran on. They'll be with you till the end. You forgive them for them what they do. When it's family, they're a mirror of the worst and best in you. When it's family, when it's family, let me be all that I should be to the family.

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We didn't get out because we were raised to see life. Where's when I was younger? We didn't give it a Cause we were raised to see life as far as take it if we get my mother. My father, my father, he lied to me. Because I'm happy, I belong if you feel like happiness is truth. Because I'm happy I belong if you know what happiness is to you. I belong if you feel like that's what you want to do. Come back, news talking this and that. Give me all you got and don't hold it back. I should probably hold you, I'll be just fine. No offense to you, don't waste your time. Because I'm the happy drive alone if you feel like a room without the roof. Because I'm the happy drive alone if you feel like happiness is the truth. Because I'm the happy I don't know if you know what happiness is for you. Because I'm the happy I belong if you feel like that's what you want to do. Bring me down, can none, bring me down, the love is too high. Bring me down, can none, bring me down, I stay tight now. Bring me down, can none, bring me down, the love is too high, bring me down, can none, bring me down, I stay tight. I belong if you feel like a room without a roof. Cause I'm happy, I belong if you feel like happiness is to do that. Cause I'm happy, I believe what happiness is to do. If you feel like a move, I want to move back. I belong if you feel like happiness is to do that. I belong if you know what happiness is to you. That's what you want to do. Bring me down, hang on, bring me down, the love is too high, bring me down, hang on, bring me down, I step down. If you feel like a room with our roof, level on if you feel like happiness feels to do that. If you know what happiness feels to you, eh, eh, eh, double, if you feel like that's what you want to do. Because I'm happy, dribble, if you feel like a room that's our roof. Because I'm happy, dribble, if you feel like happiness is a truth. Because I'm happy, double, if you know what happiness is you.

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Until next time, this is Ted Crouch signing off. And on behalf of Joe Little, from our hearts to yours, stay safe and love the ones you're with. Peace. Cook's jam.