Home Groan: You Made a Difference

Written and performed by Martin Hagfors
Album: Fish, 2000

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Home Groan is one of the projects of multi-faceted Norwegian/American singer-songwriter Martin Hagfors, who used to work as a sound tech for both Rick Danko (with his trio project Danko/Fjeld/Andersen) and sometimes Levon Helm in the '90s. Hagfors' heartfelt Rick Danko tribute song was well received by the community here at The Band web site when it was released on Home Groan's album Fish in 2000, shortly after Rick left us.

Lyrics

It made a difference who you were
You made a difference when you sang, your song
You made a difference on stage, when you played
Ya the carnival was turned on

We've got you down on wax
We've zipped you in a file
And no ones keeping score, you know
You went that extra mile

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You held that note and shook it, like a wolf might shake a bone
Your bouncing big foundation, just a bass-line that hit home
I grew up with your music, you're one reason that I groan
Don't look back you've been there, there is plenty more space to roam

There is hardship in a heart
That grows bigger every year
But blood won't flow as strong
As a river formed by tears

Yet tears evaporate
They float up to the sky
Where they join the missing souls
Celebrating times that have gone by

[Chorus]

So here's a song for Rick
And people that he moved
His power's in a song
And a feeling that he proved

[Chorus]