Yvonne Wall: Music

Ashley Ray

(Yvonne Wall)

April 4, 2008

I have tried to write a song for each of my kids. However, Ashley's song just would never come together. I tried for over a decade to write a song just for her but it just didn't feel right. Her Wedding was coming up and she wanted me to sing. I knew that I had to write the song that had been eluding me for over a decade. It finally came together about 2 weeks before the wedding. Just enough time to get into the studio to record it as well as put a video together with it.
Ashley's middle name is Ray. (That's the initials of Robin And Yvonne)
Hope you enjoy!

ASHLEY RAY
You're my ray of sun on a cloudy day
You're my breath of fresh air at a sidewalk cafe
Your the raindrops that fall in a rare desert storm
Your the flickering fire that keeps my soul warm

Your the moonbeams dancing with the stars in the skies
Your the dew on the grass as the sun starts to rise
Your the wild flower gracing the side of my road
Even in winter when the world's slinging snow

You're my Ray of joy
My Ray of Light
My Ray of hope on a worrisome night
You're my Ray of peace in a world of fight
Your my Ray of love so I hold on tight
To my beautiful, my beautiful Ashley Ray.

You are popcorn poppin' on an apricot tree
You are diamonds and denims with a rip in the knee
You are sea shells and crawdads the 4th of July
You are snowboards and wakeboards vaulting the sky

You're a skipping stone on a shimmering pond
You're the life beating pulse in the heart of a song
You're a small blade of grass leaning into the wind
You're my sweet little baby, my child, my friend.

You're my Ray of joy
My Ray of Light
My Ray of hope on a worrisome night
You're my Ray of peace in a world of fight
Your my Ray of love so I hold on tight
To my beautiful, my beautiful Ashley Ray.

You are something that's magical in the air
And it breathes the wind in my sails
Like words from a prayer
I am surely the luckiest soul in the world
To have a whipper-snapper-toe headed button for my little girl.

When the suns gone down at the end of the day
And I ponder the good things that God sent my way
I get down on my knees and thank the good Lord above
For sending me this little bundle of Love

You're my Ray of joy
My Ray of Light
My Ray of hope on a worrisome night
You're my Ray of peace in a world of fight
Your my Ray of love so I hold on tight
To my beautiful, my beautiful Ashley Ray.