The worship team was going to do “I Am Free” for the prelude, but Marsha and Terry weren’t going to be there, leaving us with only one vocalist. Hence, nobody to do the echo part on the chorus. So during our Thursday night practice, we got to playing around with the whole song. It would be Mother’s Day. How about rewrite the chorus with a motherly theme, and let the congregation do the echo?

Well, Tim Bauman took the idea, thought about it all day long as he worked at Kroger, and wrote some great lyrics. We did this in both services today, and it was big hit both times. Lots of smiles out in the congregation. And we even got applause each time. That’s always a big jolt of affirmation.

Anyway, here are the lyrics, FYI. If you’re familiar with the song “I Am Free,” you shouldn’t have any trouble fitting these words to that tune. Tim’s working on a Father’s Day version.

“It’s Your Day”

Verse 1
Today is mothers day
That’s why this song we sing
Put the remote away
We’ll even cook and clean
We’ll do this all for you
Because we love you
It’s your day

Chorus
We are free to cook
(You are free to cook)
We are free to clean
(You are free to clean)
We will do this all for you
’cause our love for you is true
And it’s your day
It’s your day

Verse 2
We’ll take you out to lunch
And flowers we will bring
Give you a Hallmark card
You know the kind that sings
We’ll do this all for you
Because we love you
It’s your day
It’s your day

Chorus
We are free to cook
(You are free to cook)
We are free to clean
(You are free to clean)
We will do this all for you
’cause our love for you is true
And it’s your day It’s your day

Ending Chorus
We are free to cook
(You are free to cook)
We are free to clean
(You are free to clean)
Soon you’ll have to sing this tune
Fathers day it comes in June
But it’s your day
Yes it’s your day