Say Charles - John Ferrara 

I wrote this song for my grandpa Frank. He would always call everyone “Charles”, often coupled with a saying “Say Charles, I’m knocked out, I wrote a letter.” He taught me and my dad how to fully appreciate the arts among many other things. He’s still alive, although his dementia has significantly set in. It’s so tough to see a man who kept his mind so active and was so full of passion succumb to it.
I wanted to write a song for him, as I did for my grandma. My aunt sent me a video of her playing it for him recently and he seemed to be peacefully enjoying it.
Here’s a single take of the song, with just the audio from my phone, warts and all.
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