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I’m A Better Man For Just The Knowing Of You

August 4, 2017, by JimC

These friends of mine…

Take this one as Part II of “the true definition of wealth.”

Want to take a moment and tip the hat and say thank you to all of those who have enriched my life with their friendship. Ian Tyson says it better than I can…

 

These friends of mine, we shared some good times together,
Days of sunshine, days of rain.
Many towns and many jobs we worked and we never cared if we saw the same towns again.

Then one day we weren’t as young as before,
Our mistakes weren’t quite so easy to undo,
But by all those roads, my friend, we traveled down,
I’m a better man for just the knowing of you.

These friends of mine, they never cared about tomorrow,
It was too early in the game.
They’d stick around until the day they got to wondering,
If the far side of the hill looked the same.
And some settled down somewhere along the way,
Yes, and some went wrong, as some men do.
But by all those roads, my friend, we traveled down,
I’m a better man for just the knowing of you.
Yes, by all those roads, my friends, that we traveled down,
I’m a better man for just the knowing of you.

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Comments

  1. Paul McNamee says

    August 4, 2017 at 7:53 am

    ‘Tis an honor, sir.

    Reply
  2. Craig Rullman says

    August 4, 2017 at 8:06 am

    Salute.

    Reply
  3. deuce says

    August 4, 2017 at 10:58 am

    Right on, Jim. It’s been 8 cool years. Keep yer powder dry.

    Reply
  4. John C. says

    August 4, 2017 at 11:26 am

    You growed up good, bro.
    Proud of you.

    Bro John

    Reply
  5. Rick Schwertfeger says

    August 4, 2017 at 11:42 am

    Thanks, Jim. It’s a privilege and an honor.

    Reply
  6. Dave says

    August 4, 2017 at 8:24 pm

    It’s a pleasure to know you!
    A pleasure, and a source of knowledge and wisdom. Cheers!

    Reply
    • JimC says

      August 4, 2017 at 8:49 pm

      Thanks Davide.

      Reply
  7. Dick says

    August 4, 2017 at 10:42 pm

    Great concept for an album, huh? Thanks for contributing to it! Dick

    Reply
    • JimC says

      August 5, 2017 at 7:07 am

      Right? Indeed it was and is…

      Reply
  8. Keith West says

    August 5, 2017 at 5:09 am

    It has been a pleasure & I look forward to more years of interacting from you. I turned your name in as a potential GoH at Howard Days to speak on Howard as a Frontier Partisan, so maybe we will meet in person at some point.

    Reply
    • JimC says

      August 5, 2017 at 7:07 am

      What? Wow. I’m honored that you’d think to do that.

      Reply
  9. Kay says

    August 7, 2017 at 3:34 pm

    It’s an absolute privilege knowing you. You are one of the key reasons Sisters is Sisters to me.

    Reply
    • JimC says

      August 7, 2017 at 4:19 pm

      Aww, Kay, thank you.

      Reply

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