From the recording Finally
I tried and failed to write a song regarding a close friend that lost her life in a scuba diving accident and for her surviving husband, a great friend since kindergarten. I had written a series of unpublished greeting cards with stories about mythical creatures. I put music to the sympathy card and asked that friend, Barry Power, and my daughters, Kelly Hansen and Robin Marchant, to narrate. My stepson, Chris Paulson, wrote and recorded the clarinet part that made the track. My granddaughter Lily also added a vocal.
Lyrics
The Zeddi
Once upon a time there was a warm creature called a Zeddi.
Now, the Zeddi was like every other creature in the world,
Except for one thing.
The Zeddi gave pieces of itself to everyone it met,
Some were big pieces, some were very small pieces.
One day someone told me the Zeddi was gone.
It disappeared, maybe it gave too much of itself away.
When I heard this, I ran to the place where I kept my pieces of the Zeddi,
Afraid they had disappeared too.
I quickly pulled open the drawer,
And there they were, all of my pieces of the Zeddi from over the years.
The Zeddi may be gone, and I will miss getting new pieces,
But I am so lucky to have all of the pieces I have.