In the past, the majority of comments that I receive have been posted directly onto my YouTube Channel, and can be viewed under “comments” for each individual song, so to read additional comments, feel free to visit my YouTube Channel by going directly to www.youtube.com and then typing in my channel name of “libbyallensongs”. Unfortunately, as of November, 2013, YouTube enabled the ability for people to make comments, but feel free to email me personally at [email protected] if you would like to make a comment about one of my songs on my website. If you would like your comment posted, please be sure to write a few words in your email giving me permission to post your comment on my site, otherwise, your email will remain private. 🙂
I would LOVE to hear from you! I can’t describe what it means for me to hear from listeners. For me, it’s really about the MESSAGES in these songs – I sing many of my own songs to keep recording costs down, and certainly don’t proclaim to be an accomplished vocalist but the Bible says, “Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord…” Ephesians 5:19-20 I’m doing just that!
God puts these messages for my songs into my heart to share with you, so from my heart to yours, I hope you will be blessed by the words and music of each and every song that I write. Thank you for visiting my songsite and please check back periodically….I’m always adding new songs and videos!
Yours In Christ,
Libby
Don’t Cry for Me
I have simply fallen in love with this piece; its lyrics and composition are stunningly brilliant. You should have been a clergyman. I previously purchased the piano score in “C” and have performed it at church; the most recent performance was this week for All Souls day. There was hardly a dry eye in the house. Many in the assembly raved over the lyrics, how deeply moved they were, and how the song touched them in so many ways. A victim of much tragedy in my own life, this song has special meaning for me too, and brings much solace. Thank you for the inner peace invoked by this wonderful song.
Phillip
Thank you, I just ordered The Green Side Of The Grass in CD. I plan on singing with it at my church, Waikoloa Baptist on the 5th Sunday nite sing the end of July. On the 5th Sunday nite we do a open mike program where anyone who wants can sing, do a skit, play piano or guitar as they wish. It always a great time of fellowship. Thank you for this fantastic song.
Dorthy Owen
Libby,
I just wanted to thank you again for helping me send your 2 CD’s to my friend. She is now in a Cancer Hospital and her chemo therapy has been stopped early as too many side effects. She is on a liquid diet and said her pain level is 10, and we all know how bad that is. Her body is also fighting some infections, but she is still upbeat. She told me her favorites are your: “Jesus Jesus Jesus” song and “Rain On Me”, I told her I am glad she can listen to your southing messages and upbeat songs.”Soul Train” and “Rainbow Bridge” are my favorites, but I enjoy all your songs, and listen to them on my I-phone, in my lazy boy chair, everyday. I told my friend your music brings me to a peaceful place and she agrees. I follow your blog now and also your fan letters. Thanks again for helping my friend get though this terrible ordeal, your music and wonderful messages, is medicine of hope, you cannot get anywhere else!
Sincerely,
Jean A. Faust
Cyril G.Sequeira
GREEN SIDE OF THE GRASS –
Dear Libby,
My hope is that many aging persons will hear this song as it shows the common issues that arise with aging . I don t think many people understand this progression .
Seriously, I burst out laughing when I realized what was meant by ” being on the green side of the grass ” . I hope others will also.Thanks for the song !PS. I am 73 years old and still working !Mary
GREEN SIDE OF THE GRASS –
Libby, I just want to thank you so much for the song that was sent to me by a friend. The song entitled, “Green Side Of The Grass.” I am 74 and all the words are so true! I especially love the words towards the end of the song saying that we will be with Jesus with our new bodies! I can’t wait! That is one of the many reasons I am so grateful God called me out to be His. Keep up the good work! You do have a very special gift from our dear Lord!
I will be listening to your other songs too.
Your Sister In The Lord,
Lorena Aguilar
I would like to express how grateful i am. you have helped me through my pain and grieving with your very touching and moving songs. “don’t cry for me” in particular i could related to me. I lost my nana late august of 2012, i was nearly 15 at the time. she was like a mum to me and not a day goes by that i don’t think of her thankfully your songs have helped me through each day and given me hope. your words sum up how i feel about her perfectly. i really hope you continue writing such moving songs, and touching peoples hearts like you did to mine!
A link to your song was sent to me by an old Air Force retiree who received
it from an even older than us AF retiree and it really hits home. We are
all way on the other side of 50. Our philosophy is “It’s better to be
looking down at the green grass than up at the brown roots.
taken in our favorite part of Switzerland, the Bernese Oberland, where
Grindlewald is located. The mountains in the background would be the Eiger,
Jungfrau, and Monck. Visited there three times during my assignment to
Stuttgart 1987 – 1990.
San Antonio
PORTION OF MY PERSONAL RESPONSE TO PETE:
“The photo was taken in Switzerland. A friend, Sarah Schauer, travels abroad and lets me use her photos in my videos. That photo just makes the video – I love it! It’s actually the photo on the CD cover”.
Dear Libby,
I prefer the DVD video for “Green Side of the Grass” with on screen lyrics. It’s good for karaoke. It’s a very groovy melody and a great graphic masterpiece.
Anderson
The day I first heard the song “Don’t Cry for Me” I was deeply blessed by the heartfelt words to which you had written, and was even more blessed when I read the blog on your MySpace page as to how the song came about. On the radio that day they said we could contact you for a copy of the song and being so touched by it I had to get a copy of my own. Little did I know of the blessings that both God and you had in store for me! Being able to meet the person who wrote this song turned out to be an even a greater honor and humble blessing. For it is evident you are truly a devoted Christian who has a heart of Love for God, and for the people you meet.
I have since watched you grow and write many new songs, and I have been deeply blessed by each and every one. I share my excitement and blessings with many others each time you post a new song. Many of my favorites are “He Died for Me”, “I Surrender to You”, “Watching Over You”, “Be a Light in the Darkness”, “You Are My Everything”, “I Win Either Way”. But as you know, my most precious and favorite song now is the one you wrote for me and surprised me with a few weeks ago. Little did I know that in sharing my story with you about losing my wife to ovarian cancer, that you would be given words for the song you wrote for me, “Lift Me Up In Your Sheltering Arms”. I just want you to know that that song has deeply blessed and touched the very core of my heart in the love my wife and I shared, and the strength of Our Heavenly Father who’s Love and Peace gave me all that I needed to shelter this storm and carry on in the Love and blessings of life we once shared. Libby, I knew from the day I met you that God had truly placed an anointed blessing upon you. It is clear that you are meant to share God’s love through the blessings that are received by others in hearing your songs – they have certainly touched me! God has given you a blessing and talent to bring not only bring peace and comfort from your songs, (as you did in the song you wrote for me), but also in songs of joy, such as the wedding song, or the song that so tells us of the love that God gave us and continues to give us, through the death of his son on the cross. Your song “He Died for Me” captures that message beautifully!
May God’s love and grace continue to bless you and fill your heart with many more heartfelt words as you continue to bless us all with more songs. I’m every so honored, grateful, and blessed not only by the gift of the song you wrote for me, but in the new Christian friend that God has given me. Please feel free to share this with others, for as you know I’ll be telling others about your music ministry.
God Bless Libby,
Steve Cousins
Dear Libby,
I can’t begin to tell you what a blessing your songs have been to me. When Steve told me about the song “Don’t Cry For Me “ I had just lost my mother who was 98 and had 10 children. I could not get beyond the hole she left in my heart even though I knew she was with Jesus. Then I heard your song and it was as though my Mom was speaking to me and then the peace came because of the words in your song it made me see she was still in my heart and I in hers. God is good and I believe this all happen for a reason and I am greatful He put you in my life. I had cancer 20 years ago and survived cancer but have some side affects and again another one of your songs “ I Win Either Way” made me look at my journey in a different way and once again the peace came. I truly believe God is using you to help His children because you have a great way of expressing what we feel and you help us to pick ourselves up and keep working for the Lord. “ Share The Love” another great one for the way family’s are falling apart and too busy doing there own things that they don’t have time for family. I guess they don’t understand how soon something could happen to us and then it’s too late you don’t get a second chance. Thank you for writing this and I pray many will hear it and it will make a difference while they can. I am going to make a donation soon for I am wearing my CD out because I play it every night when I go to sleep and my sleep is peaceful because of God and you. I love all your songs and I like the “Rain On Me” song – it makes me feel as though God has just showering me with lots of love. Well I’d better quit before I have a book going and I do believe I could write one on your songs alone but you are a very sweet lady and I thank you so much. Keep them coming Libby and we thank you always, Bless you Libby .
Helen Bomar
Libby Allen’s songs reach deep down to that God shaped space in our hearts and fill our spirits with the joy and love we have for our Creator and Lord. Her inspired words and music touch our very being and assure us that the love of our God is greater than we can ever know until we see him face to face. She seems to be sharing secrets of him and his beautiful creation and creatures known only in moments of deepest worship and adoration. She is gifted with both a knowledge of his great grace and mercy and his gift to all of us of salvation and joy and she finds ways to share and express the awe we can feel in a deeper relationship with him. The songs always lift my spirit and make me want to soar through the sky and meet him face to face.
Beth Adkins
Franklin, NC
Libby:
I just wanted to thank you for writing such a wonderful song about me. “He’s Gotta Love Dogs,” was the best Christmas present I have ever received and I hope that the tears that I shed the first time I heard it made you realize just how special it was to me. I am so happy that I was able to inspire you to share such a personal message of mine with the world. I am tickled that I have become a small celebrity in your music world (“the Dog Song girl”). I can only hope that someone who has experienced the pain of a failed relationship will hear my song and realize that there is hope for a better future. You just have to make a list, check it twice, and be sure that it includes a love for dogs (or at least on my list it does).
Crystal
Hello Libby,
My Mother passed away four weeks ago tomorrow. I find comfort in the scriptures and in songs. Words from songs come to me in the night. Last night I was awaken with the words”Don’t Cry For Me”. When I got up this morning I looked on youtube. I have never heard your song, never knew there was a song by that name. I played it and found such comfort in the words. It was Mama and God speaking to me in the night leading me to your song!!!
I have played it over and over today. Awhile ago I went to your site and read the story behind the song “Don’t Cry For Me”. Interesting that Fred had lost a leg, My Mom had to have both her legs removed due to diabetes. My Mom was in the nursing home. On Easter Sunday she had to be taken to the hospital with a severe UTI, which became septic. She was in and out of it for several days. One day during my visit she suddenly woke up and called me to her side and in a excited voice said’Guess where I’m going”…I said where are you going mama, and she said “To Heaven”…She closed her eyes and never said another word during my visit. Two days after Mother’s Day she went to heaven, all of our family was there as she took her last breath here and her first in Heaven…
One of my favorite songs was played at her service “If you could see me now” by Don Meon. I know she wouldn’t come back if she could…I find such comfort in that song. Now, I have your beautiful song to listen to as well. She wouldn’t want me to cry for her… I shared “Don’t Cry For Me” with my friends on facebook.
Thank You for the beautiful message in song.
Hope you have a blessed day.
Helen Brooks
“RAINBOW BRIDGE”
Libby:
Just wanted to thank you for your song.
I lost, Shorty, my 15 year old tabby last month.
Shorty was closer to me for longer than anyone in my whole life. I feel bad saying that but it is true.
Shorty was a large male cat with multitoed paws. His time was almost up long ago when I brought him home from the shelter. He was always there to greet me on the worst day or the best day.
And I never needed an alarm clock because he knew when to wake me up…for his breakfast.
As big as he was( 24-28 lbs.) he was gentle to his three sister cats. He was a jolly old soul who made sure he sat next to me when I was on the computer. He gave no sign that his time was coming. One day he just started breathing slowly and I prayed hard for the Lord to reach out to him. And suddenly he was called home. I lost my first wife to suicide but somehow I came through that. Losing Shorty is so much harder. It might be God’s way of saying that to find him again I have to get to Rainbow Bridge myself.
Anyway, I cry when I listen to your song. But my tears are not of sadness but of hope that he is in Rainbow Bridge and someday I will cross that bridge with him.
You can post this on your site.
Steve Milanesi
Fort Dodge, Iowa
“GREEN SIDE OF THE GRASS”
dear libby allen———–your song (green side os grass) has really inspired a new height in my walk with the lord—————my first commitment to the lord was in a 2 ring tent in 1949 with billy graham———- now that i am 71 with parkinsons your song gave me additional insperation to live these days to its fullest and the lord will provide for me when he calls me home————-i would also like to purchase a cd to be used for my cellebration of my life————you may use this message for your web site if you like————-respectfully———dale johnson astoria,
“DON’T CRY FOR ME”
The most beautiful I’ve heard. So touching when you have lost a husband.
I write Gospel songs, when my husband passed away, I wrote a song for him.
Yours is better.
God Bless you, keep on writing.
Augusta Jones
Hi Libby, I am writing you again to tell you that I truly enjoy listening to your songs. I don’t like to iron that much, so I had quite a big this morning. I went to your web site and listened to your songs. They put me in a different mood and before I knew it, I had the ironing finished!! Love your messages in the songs. You are a beautiful Christian woman. Hope to buy one of your CD’s in the near future. May God bless you for your witness. Also, you may use my letter in your commentary link. Also, thanks for getting back to me about the last line in your song, The Green Side of the Grass. I LOVE that song. It is special to me.
Virginia
Hello, my name is Dana. I just wanted to write to you after I found your website and found a chance to do so. Your song “Don’t cry for me” has become very dear to me and i found a lot of comfort in the lyrics and music of this song. My very close friend passed away unexpectedly only a little over than 9 months ago and almost right after it happened, I found this song and have listened to it ever since. With no doubt it has been one of the hardest years of my life, but God has been using His Word and other people to send comfort. This song especially touched my heart because I could feel that it came from someone who lived through similar times and who has found comfort in God just as I have been doing. I could feel it even before I read your story. Also, just recently I found another song called “I’m gonna be with you once more” and it also gave me much comfort. These songs give so much hope and by listening to them it sometimes feels as if it is my friend who says all these words and for a moment I could closer feel her presence. Thank you for creating and sharing these songs! May God richly bless you!
Sincerely, Dana
Dear Libby, I have been saying “I’m Still On Thre Green Side Of The Grass” since July 10, 2000 when I had 3+ Breast Cancer & a cemo burn in Nov. (last treatment). I PTL that I’m still here. I tell everyone I’m on God’s time. My mother had the same kind of cancer, same place & it took her in 1989. Come the Spring of 2001 I would walk out on the grass instand of the sidewalk & feel how soft the grass was under my feet & what a pretty green; look up to the clouds & say a pray of thanksgiving. It was wonderful when an old HS classmate (over 50 yrs.) sent me a E-mail of your song last week. It fits me to a “T”. God’s Love & Saving Grace, “It’s Real, It’s Real, It’s Realy Real” is another thing I say. I will be 70 come Oct. & God isn’t done with me yet; I also run on a Pacemaker since March of 2007. I find myself saying to others, “None of us are going to get out of here alive; we all are going to die of something. We all will go one of two places; I know where I’m going – How About You ?” My name is : Ruthie Tiesma, I live in Portage, MI God Bless You 6/23/12
“GREEN SIDE OF THE GRASS”
dear libby allen———–your song (green side os grass) has really inspired a new height in my walk with the lord—————my first commitment to the lord was in a 2 ring tent in 1949 with billy graham———- now that i am 71 with parkinsons your song gave me additional insperation to live these days to its fullest and the lord will provide for me when he calls me home————-i would also like to purchase a cd to be used for my cellebration of my life————you may use this message for your web site if you like————-respectfully———dale johnson astoria,
“GREEN SIDE OF THE GRASS”
Loved the song it is so apropos!!!!!! also very well sung as well as the accompaniment. Thank you; OOOO (O in salutation means a hug)
Elizabeth
“GREEN SIDE OF THE GRASS”
Dear Libby,
A friend sent me the aging song and although it started out as many do, a humorous look at aging, it turned into something so much more. It is not funny (well, it is, but…) but rather I found it to be very inspirational. I am 65 and dealing with severe arthritis in the back, spinal stenosis, several other things, and although I generally am grateful for the abilities I DO have rather than the ones I am losing (mobility), some days it gets me down. I shall try to remember your song and smile for I am on the right side of the sod and God still has work for me before I sleep.
Thank you,
Marge
“GREEN SIDE OF THE GRASS”
I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your song! I believe in having my glass half full, so this inspired me to keep on believing!
At 61 today, I would NOT go back in time, rather I look forward to what is ahead! This is a wonderful time of life!
Thank you for your talent and inspiration!
Libby Cain
“GREEN SIDE OF THE GRASS”
Ms. Allen
I had to write to say what a wonderful song that was. I burst out laughing which took 10 years off my face. I’ve sent it to everyone I know or have even thought about knowing. It’s just wonderful!!
Thank you,
Dorothy
“GREEN SIDE OF THE GRASS”
Libby,
Thank you for writing this song. I laughed so hard until I cried. My uncle sent it to me and I have sent it to all my friends who are over 50. You got it all right. Just learned that I had arthritis at 55 so when I heard your song I felt that I was not alone. Thank you, Thank you, for sharing your talent.
God Bless you,
Jennifer