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AMBER DREAM
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Scott left our world on October 9th, 1983, at 20 years of age.
He would have been 60 years old on May 12th 2023.

The lyrics follow:

AMBER DREAM   by Scott and Dan Martin  (about May '85)
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G               Am
Time for me was slipping by
  C  Cmaj7               G
I wondered why it should be.
   G               Am
My life was just a battle ground
  C Cmaj7               G
I never found peace for me.


Em                  C
So many questions,  so few answers
  G                                       D
I cried: "Oh Lord please help me find the Way".
Em                 C
Time goes by, like pictures on a screen
 G                          D
Another day, another broken dream.
      C            C             G
Sweet Jesus, Sweet Jesus, rescue me.


Cmaj7                    G
Gentle beauty filled the air around You.
   Cmaj7                     G
An Amber Glow surrounds Your face.
    Cmaj7                            Bm7
Ten thousand wing-ed Hosts rode on a moon beam,
    Cmaj7                             G
And as You softly spoke, I started to dream.


    Am                                  G
You said "Unlock the door and live life with Me.
 Am                          G 
Another wasted day is such a shame.
   Am                                 G
If you could see what I can see you'd surely hold the Key
   Cmaj7              Am7           G
To Life and Love: the reasons why I came".


repeat 3rd and 4th verses


         C                  Am7           G    
... Your Life and Love: the reasons why I came".
      C            C          Am7                G   
Sweet Jesus, Sweet Jesus, you heard me call your name (hold)

Am7    C    G

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Go With God, Scott...
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EPILOGUE:
The song Amber Dream was recorded 04/14/1985 at Johnson County
Christian Church (now "Legacy") in Overland Park Kansas, USA.

The event was a concert by the Seekers Of His Grace gospel band,
in which I, Dan Martin, played guitar. That cassette recording
is digitized and archived at this link (all rights reserved):
  https://www.dansher.com/audio/band/Amber_Dream.mp3

The opening song, Amber Dream, was in rememberance of and
dedicated to my musician son Scott Robert Martin, eldest of my
four sons. A car accident had taken Scott's life on 10/09/1983.

Lyrics to Amber Dream were sung by the late Dwight Tomes, who also
played guitar. Dwight passed away in May of 2023 after a long illness.
His wife Connie Tomes also sang harmony and played piano on Amber Dream.
Male vocal harmony was sung by the late Tom Downey who had preceeded
Dwight in death some years before.

Lyrics to Amber Dream were written by me using many of the
words and phrases (apparently written by Scott) upon papers
that I (Dan) found at daybreak the same day, scattered
about the scene of the accident. With Scott's spiritual
help, I composed the chords, melody, and additional lyrics
to Amber Dream.

It will be a blessing every time Amber Dream is performed by a live 
band again - your's perhaps?  Maybe it will launch someone, somewhere
 - you? - into the journey of accepting Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
Hopefully someone (Scott's brother Steven?) will record Amber Dream
anew, using modern instrumentation, percussion, and vocal harmonies.

Listen again to Amber Dream, please, and say a thankful prayer for
Scott Martin, Dwight Tomes, and Tom Downey now playing in The Night Shift band:

  https://www.dansher.com/audio/band/Amber_Dream.mp3 

You can learn more about Scott's life at this link:
  https://www.dansher.com/banddays.htm#-SCOTT- 

I like to think that Amber Dream describes that final moment
when Scott. Dwight, and Tom first met Jesus - face to face -
 "Gentle Beauty filled the air around you..."

Let me hear your thoughts:
 dan@dansher.com

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