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My Daddy's Church

from Majestic by Thad Foster

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Throughout my childhood my father taught me all about the plants, animals and secrets that reside in the desert. As an adult I share that same love, respect and appreciation for it. This song is for him because the desert was, is and will always be, my daddy's church!

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My Daddy's Church
©2018 Judy Klass(ASCAP)/Thad Foster(BMI)

He said, “Son, stop, look and listen, you can hear the desert speaking
I came here as a teen, I found what I wasn't seeking
I could feel God in the rocks and in the clean, hot desert sand
In the Colorado River I saw his loving hand”

As I've travelled the world
I've heard the oceans roar
I've seen great cities and towns
and all the different kinds of people they're built for
No matter where I go
What I see, where I search
Ain't no place in any land
that's half as grand
As my daddy's church

A Mesquite tree for a pulpit, Ocotillos praising on a ledge
Paloverdes for the choir, DOWN by the river’s edge
All the Beaver Tail in bloom, I smell the Greasewood and the Sage
A big yellow moon rising as we turn another page

Yes, I've travelled the world
I've heard the oceans roar
I've seen great cities and towns
and all the different kinds of people they're built for
No matter where I go
What I see, where I search
Ain't no place in any land
that's half as grand
As my daddy's church

Oh, it’s like the roof of a cathedral, that big Mojave sky
Saguaro and cholla fill the pews, as a little cactus wren begins to testify

I've travelled the world
I've heard the oceans roar
I've seen great cities and towns
and all the different kinds of people they're built for
No matter where I go
What I see, where I search
Ain't no place in any land
that's half as grand
As my daddy's church

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from Majestic, released January 21, 2022
Brandon Davis: drums. Thad Foster: bass, organ, Fender Rhodes piano, lead vocals. Jamison Hollister: all guitars. Gilbert Para: Native American Flute. Bianka Hutchinson: back up vocals.Produced by Thad Foster. Recorded at CRC Studio. Engineered by Robert Roth Mixed and Mastered by Rob Roth. The coyotes, doves, owl, peacocks and burros during the intro were recorded on the Colorado River Indian Reservation near Parker, Arizona.

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Thad Foster is an Americana/Roots Music storyteller from Arizona.

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