Well, being a man of faith, if I won two free plane tickets anywhere I’d travel to the Holy Land …ahh to walk in Canaan.

Walk in Canaan
When your shadows grow long
Walk in Canaan
When you’re tempted by wrong
When hate is ushered in
When the broken fall to sin
When you don’t know where to begin
Walk in Canaan

Walk in Canaan
When you fashion your whisper
Walk in Canaan
When your essence is tender
When hate is ushered in
When the broken fall to sin
When you don’t know where to begin
Walk in Canaan

When the world is running wild
When you heart feels defiled
When you don’t recall the last time that you smiled
When you move irrelevant
When you’re the hued elephant
When you hear yourself exclaiming, “I can’t!”
Walk in Canaan

© 2015 Eddy Mann
Hissongs | ASCAP

My father was a jazz pianist who had a Be-Bop quintet. He played under the moniker of The Eddie Mann Quintet. So it was in honor of his influence on me that I decided to use the slightly different Eddy Mann brand. I love answering the question, it never gets old.

Though you’re gone, you remain
In the whisper that hopes
In the longing for springtime
In my unfolding November rose
~ E.M.

One mann’s opinion is that we’ve lost our compassion for each other. We’ve diminished the value of a life. We’ve gone so far as to remove arguably the design of life. Life’s experiences have led me to a place where I’m much more aware of those around me who need to know my gratitude. They need to hear me say, ‘I don’t know what I’d do without you.’

I once spent a month traveling through Florida with my wife, our two young daughters (ten and four at the time), and Molly our beloved beagle (who loved to howl at anything that moved). What made it memorable was that my well crafted itinerary became absolutely useless as we maneuvered around three separate hurricanes. Having two young children and a very excitable dog made every relocation an adventure. Looking back, it was rolling with the punches that made for such a wonderful memory.