{"id":92,"date":"2007-06-18T07:45:14","date_gmt":"2007-06-18T02:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/?p=92"},"modified":"2024-11-29T17:58:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T12:58:33","slug":"i-just-want-to-be-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/i-just-want-to-be-there\/","title":{"rendered":"I Just Want To Be There"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:left; margin:10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/?p=92\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chengrob.com\/images\/christ.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I wrote this song back in the mid 1980&#8217;s.  The songs lyrics are about my grandfather, Theodore Chen, who was of failing health but he had not yet passed away.  On this web site somewhere is a version of me playing the song on my guitar.  Since I know my limitations, I asked a friend of mine to rearrange the song, and also give it professional production values.  I think it turned out great.  More to come.  I am hoping that we can work together to redo all of my songs.  Here&#8217;s the first one.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-92-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/songs\/bethere.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/songs\/bethere.mp3\">https:\/\/chengrob.com\/songs\/bethere.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<pre>D              A    E\nPeople running all around this world\nD         A      E \nTrying to make a dime\nD      A           E\nI just wish they'd open their eyes\nD         A      E\nLike I've opened mine\nA                        D\nSitting here knocking on heaven's door\nA                       E\nWaiting for the Lord to come\nA              D\nI just want to be there Lord\nD      A   E\nTo see the Son\n\n\n   D           A    E\nMy grandfather is a great great man\n         D         A      E\nBut he's getting a little old\nD      A       E\nI just need to love him more\n       D   A     E\nAs the age takes hold\n\n      A                  D\nCause one day soon he'll leave this world\n  A                E\nI pray it won't be long\nA              D\nI just want to be there Lord\n         D    A   E\nWhen you make him strong\n\n\nD              A    E\nPeople running all around this world\nD         A      E \nTrying to make a dime\nD      A           E\nI just wish they'd open their eyes\nD         A      E\nLike I've opened mine\n\nA                        D\nSitting here knocking on heaven's door\nA                       E\nWaiting for the Lord to come\nA              D\nI just want to be there Lord\nD      A   E\nTo see the Son\n\n\nD                A         E\nLet me tell you about this boss of mine\nD          A       E\nMaking our lives a hell\nD           A    E\nSometimes I just have to laugh\n   D    A  E\nHe does it well\n    A                   D\nBut one day there'll be judgement day\nA                       E\nLooking the Lord in the face\nA              D\nI just want to be there Lord\n        D      A   E\nWhen he pleads his case\n\n\nD              A    E\nPeople running all around this world\nD         A      E \nTrying to make a dime\nD      A           E\nI just wish they'd open their eyes\nD         A      E\nLike I've opened mine\n\n\nA                        D\nSitting here knocking on heaven's door\nA                       E\nWaiting for the Lord to come\nA              D\nI just want to be there Lord\nD      A   E\nTo see the Son\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote this song back in the mid 1980&#8217;s. The songs lyrics are about my grandfather, Theodore Chen, who was of failing health but he had not yet passed away. On this web site somewhere is a version of me playing the song on my guitar. Since I know my limitations, I asked a friend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5296,"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/5296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}