DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have been looking everywhere the CD “Angel Flight” by Radney Foster and “Coming Home” by Sugarland. Do you know where I could get them? Could you print the words to both?

Also, the words to the poem “The Dash”?

Thank you so much. I love your column. I’ve been helped before, but even better I’ve been able to help others, too! — No Name, No Town

ANSWER: The song “Angel Flight” is on the CD “Revival.” “Coming Home” is on the album “Gold and Green.”

The albums are available online, of course, as are individual MP3s, but Sun Spots is pretty sure No Name is looking for a local source. The only one Sun Spots knows of is Bull Moose, although some bookstores may also sell CDs. If so, she hopes they will let Sun Spots know.

As for Bull Moose, there is a store in the Lewiston Mall, 20 East Ave., 784-6463. If they don’t have it in stock, they should be able to order it for you.

Another option is to call Amazon.com, 800-201-7575.

The lyrics to “Angel Flight”:

All I ever wanted to do was fly

Leave this world and live in the sky

I left the C130 out of Fort Worth town

I go up some days I don’t wanna come down

Well I fly that plane called the Angel Flight

Come on brother you’re with me tonight

Between Heaven and earth you’re never alone

On the Angel Flight

Come on brother I’m taking you home

I love my family and I love this land

But tonight this flight’s for another man

We do what we do because we heard the call

Some gave a little, but he gave it all

I fly that plane called the Angel Flight

Come on brother you’re with me tonight

(Come on brother you’re with me tonight)

Between Heaven and earth you’re never alone

On the Angel Flight

Come on brother I’m taking you home

Come on brother I’m taking you home

Well the cockpit’s quiet and the stars are bright.

Feels kinda like church in here tonight

It don’t matter where we touch down

On the Angel Flight its sacred ground

I fly that plane called the Angel Flight

Gotta hero riding with us tonight

Between Heaven and earth you’re never alone

On the Angel Flight

Come on brother I’m taking you home

Come on brother I’m taking you home

Come on brother I’m taking you home

Come on brother I’m taking you home

The lyrics to “Coming Home”:

Well hello, it’s been a long time

And I wanna know

What’s been going down

Since I been gone

And are you alright?

Are you okay?

Me, I’m alright

But is there anyway that you could

Make space, say grace

Set my place at the table?

And tell ’em I’m coming home

Tell ’em I’m coming home

Yes, I know, I know she loves me

And she wore it so

And I know just what she’ll say

Each time I call

She’ll say, “Are you alright?

How’s your work?

Are you alright?

How’s my baby girl?”

And I’ll say, “I’m feeling strong

But it’s been too long

“So I wrote this song to say I miss you

And tell you I’m coming home

Momma, I’m coming home

Angels on high at the top of a tree

Stars in the sky shine away, I can see

Oh Momma, please leave a light on for me

I’m coming home (I’m coming home)

Tell ’em I’m coming home (I’m coming home)

Tell ’em I’m coming home (I’m coming home, I’m coming home)

I’m going home, I’m going home, I’m going home (I’m going home)

Momma, won’t you leave a light on for me?

I’m coming home, leave a light on for me (I’m coming home)

And I’m coming home

(I’m coming home, I’m coming home)

Tell ’em I’m coming home

As for the poem “The Dash,” Sun Spots found the following information on reference.com:

“The Dash” is an inspirational poem written by Linda Ellis in 1996. The poem focuses on a man eulogizing a friend at his funeral and noting that the dash between his birth date and death date on his tombstone represents his entire life, including his relationships with friends and family and all of his life experiences.

Ellis was inspired to write the poem while working in a corporate environment, after she came to the realization that she was focusing too much on her job and not enough on the other priorities in her life.

Readers are encouraged to make the most of their own “dashes” and to live their lives to the fullest, spending less time worrying and more time enjoying the limited time they have. She notes that lives are not defined by material things such as cars or homes, but by how the years denoted by the dash are spent.

The poem closes by returning to the eulogy theme, asking readers to consider what someone might say about how they spent their “dash.”

Since it was written, Ellis’s poem has circulated widely both online and in print. From speaking engagements to books, Ellis continues to expound upon the theme of her poem, encouraging listeners and readers to heed its message.

Sun Spots found a link to the text of the poem that makes it very clear it is not be reproduced, so Sun Spots can’t publish it. You can read it at lindaellis.net, where you can also buy her book, “Live Your Dash.” Or ask your local bookstore if they have a copy, or finally, borrow it from the library.

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