Party In Heaven

by David J. Carpenter

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willowjam64 This song is from the heart and those are the best songs. It also is a song that applies to anyone that has lost their mom or 2nd mom. Great job David! We started following DJ after seeing him play with Roger Hodgson.

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Party In Heaven is a song tribute to Estelle Amador, who passed away this last May. 100% of proceeds go to The Children's Tumor Foundation in her honor. It was written the day she passed away and recorded 'from a distance' during lockdown summer 2020.

Early this last May I woke up to messages that the mother of my good friend since childhood had passed away.
Estelle Amador was a larger than life character and an important part of my and my brother’s childhood. She was a big part of dozens of kids childhoods as she raised 5 boys and was a neighborhood babysitter to most of their friends and countless kids living nearby.
My brother and I were best friends growing up with her youngest son Mark, and our houses backed up to each other and shared a back fence. (The story goes that when my family moved in behind his family we peaked through the fence and met Mark, then proceeded to tear a hole in the old wooden fence between our houses so we could play together)

The morning I found out she had passed away I started fairly quickly writing a song in tribute to her (that doesn’t happen with most big life events for me, but for whatever reason it did this time) Then over the next couple weeks I enlisted some talented friends to help me record it so that I could ‘give’ it to Mark and his family. They loved it and we came up with an idea to honor her by putting the song out for charity.

So I’m releasing the song ‘Party In Heaven’ on Bandcamp. With 100% of the money given going to ( www.ctf.org ) The Children’s Tumor Foundation, in her name and honor. This is personal and important to Mrs. Amador because her daughter-in-law passed away way too young from this disease. And her grand-daughter and great grandson suffer from it as well.

I’m honored to share the song and make it available exclusively through Bandcamp (davidjcarpenter.bandcamp.com/track/party-in-heaven)

We appreciate any support you can give.

I hope you like the song. It was made with tons of love and reverence.

David J Carpenter

lyrics

First I’ve gotta start with sorry
Let so many years go by since i saw you
Woke this morning to the news
Tears ran down my face knowing I would never again see yours

I remember waking on your living room floor
A few of us kids camped out there, and sometimes more
You’d have your cigarettes and your coffee too
If I woke first, I got to play some Yahtzee with you

There’s a party tonight for you in heaven
It’s one i wish you could not attend
The party for you tonight in heaven
It won’t ever end

And I remember playing whiffle ball in your driveway
We’d play for hours and hours and then we’d say ‘Can’t we stay!?’
You’d let us stay for dinner or we’d stay the night
Unless someone got restless or someone got in a fight

There’s a party tonight for you in heaven
It’s one i wish you could not attend
The party for you tonight in heaven
It won’t ever end

So I guess all that’s left to say is my goodbyes
So I’ll turn and I’ll say ‘em up to the blue skies
And I can just hear you saying back to me
‘Get up boy, walk it off - cause there’s a party for me’

Tonight in heaven
And only the finest will attend
The party for me tonight in heaven
It wont ever end
So we’ll dance and we’ll sing
We’ll dance and we’ll sing
‘Cause this party won’t ever end

La la la la la la……

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released October 2, 2020
- Phil Parlapiano - Accordion & Keyboards
- Geoff Pearlman - Electric Guitar
- Matt Lynott - Drums
- DJC - Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Bass, Percussion, Vocals, Composer, Producer

Mixed by Dave Way
Mastered by Dave McNair

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David J. Carpenter Anaheim, California

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