KYLIE WILLOW

GOODBYE TO NUMBER 8

A TRIBUTE TO CAL RIPKEN

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LYRICS:

“Goodbye to Number 8”

— Lyrics for Kylie Willow

Verse 1

Dad woke me up before sunrise,

said “Kid, today you’ll understand.”

Baltimore was glowing like a lantern in his hands.

We walked through Camden Yards,

the sky painted in Orioles orange and fate,

And he whispered like a prayer,

“This is the last time we’ll see Number 8.”

Pre‑Chorus

I didn’t know the weight of legends,

But I knew the weight of his shaking voice.

Heroes teach you how to stand tall,

But fathers teach you how to choose that choice.

Chorus

And we cried when the Iron Man took his final bow,

Two slow tears rolling like the rain coming down.

Dad’s hero became my hero, in that moment at the gate,

When baseball said goodbye… goodbye to Number 8.

Oh, I held his hand so tight that day,

As we said goodbye to Number 8.

Verse 2

He told me how Ripken showed the world what showing up can mean,

How 2,130 days became a promise kept, not just a streak.

The crowd rose like a single heartbeat,

A city standing tall and brave,

And Dad said, “Remember this,

Kylie… greatness isn’t something you chase — it’s something you give away.”

Pre‑Chorus

I watched his eyes shine like stadium lights,

Saw the boy he used to be.

And in that roar of Baltimore,

He passed his hero down to me.

Chorus

And we cried when the Iron Man took his final bow,

Two slow tears rolling like the rain coming down.

Dad’s hero became my hero, in that moment at the gate,

When baseball said goodbye… goodbye to Number 8.

Oh, I held his hand so tight that day,

As we said goodbye to Number 8.

Bridge

Years later when I’m lost, I hear that crowd again,

Hear Dad whisper, “Show up, kid… that’s how you win.”

And I swear I feel Camden Yards beneath my feet,

The echo of a legend, the echo of his heartbeat.

Final Chorus

Yeah, we cried when the Iron Man took his final bow,

But those tears became the fire that still guides me now.

’Cause the heroes we inherit shape the ones we create,

And I became who I am…

The day we said goodbye to Number 8.

Oh, Dad, I’m still holding your hand that day,

When we said goodbye…

Goodbye to Number 8.

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Kylie Willow

'When The World Hears The Song'

Original songwriting

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Lyrics:

Verse 1

There’s a man with a guitar on a quiet French road,

Singing soft to the wild ones nobody can hold.

And the wolves and the horses walk right to his side,

Like they’re hearing a truth they’ve been missing inside.

No words in between them, just a breath and a chord,

And the fear melts away like it’s never been born.

Makes you wonder if maybe we’ve had it all wrong —

Maybe peace isn’t spoken, maybe peace is a song.

Chorus

’Cause when the world hears the song,

Every heart beats along.

Doesn’t matter where you’re from,

We all know where we belong.

In the rhythm of love,

In the quiet of dawn,

We remember we’re one

When the world hears the song.

Verse 2

I’ve seen strangers turn gentle when a melody plays,

Seen the hardest of hearts start to soften and sway.

Every tear, every smile, every soul in the crowd

Finds a piece of themselves in the rise and the sound.

And the wars that we fight, all the lines that we draw,

Disappear for a moment when the music takes hold.

If a lion can listen, if a sparrow can trust,

Maybe someday the world will learn that from us.

Chorus

’Cause when the world hears the song,

Every heart beats along.

Doesn’t matter where you’re from,

We all know where we belong.

In the rhythm of love, In the quiet of dawn,

We remember we’re one

When the world hears the song.

Bridge

Maybe peace isn’t loud, maybe peace isn’t grand,

Maybe peace is a whisper in the palm of your hand.

Maybe all that we need is a voice and a chord —

A reminder of something we’ve forgotten before.

Final Chorus

When the world hears the song,

Every heart beats along.

And the walls that we build

Start to crumble and fall.

In the rhythm of love,

We remember we’re strong —

We remember we’re one

When the world hears the song.

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“Glass Wings Over Liverpool” — Original Lyrics for Kylie Willow

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Verse 1

I walked the streets where your shadow bends,

Past the ghosts of songs you never penned.

There’s a whisper caught in the Mersey tide,

Saying love is real if we stay wide‑eyed.

And the sky turns green like a painted truth,

While the world keeps spinning on your missing youth.

Pre‑Chorus

And I swear I hear you humming

Through the cracks in every dawn—

A melody becoming

All the places you’ve gone.

Chorus

Glass wings over Liverpool,

Shining where the broken heal.

You taught us how to dream out loud,

How to turn the pain we feel

Into something bright and beautiful

— A song the world can still believe.

And I’m singing it for you tonight,

So you can finally breathe.

Verse 2

There’s a boy with round‑frame glasses on,

Strumming chords of a half‑remembered song.

He says, “Tell the truth, even when it stings,”

And the rooftops answer back with silver rings.

I see peace signs drawn in the evening rain,

Like the world still trying to spell your name.

Pre‑Chorus

And the colors start to shimmer

Like a dream you left behind

— A message growing clearer

In the corners of my mind.

Chorus

Glass wings over Liverpool,

Shining where the broken heal.

You taught us how to dream out loud,

How to turn the pain we feel

Into something bright and beautiful

— A song the world can still believe.

And I’m singing it for you tonight,

So you can finally breathe.

Final Chorus (Soft, devastating)

Glass wings over Liverpool,

Carrying the light you gave.

And though the world keeps changing shape,

Your echo still behaves

John, I hear you in the quiet

— A truth I’m still learning to hold.

Like a heartbeat in the silence,

Like a prayer that never leaves.

I’m singing it for you tonight

So you can finally breathe.

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