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Reveille
03:16
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REVEILLE
well the world was born on a day like this
darkness melts under morning's kiss
and the wind sees each little ripple safe to the shore
well it rained so hard we forgot the sun
and when it finally rose it was a different one
stronger and wilder and brighter than ever before
ooh
so we did what we do, we got wide as the air
soft as a stone, brave as a prayer
and all the while the birds never stopped their singing
we held out our hearts like empty cups
wait for the morning to fill em up
oh beauty won’t you fill us up again
ooh
c. 2021 Kris Delmhorst
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Borrowed Place
03:32
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BORROWED PLACE
hold me in a borrowed place, keep me where you are
fill the sky with blackbirds, fill the sky with stars
call me by a secret name noone ever knew
hold me in a borrowed place, close to you
i know it’s only for a minute
i know things don’t stay the same
i know nothing is forever
hold me in a borrowed place and say my name
catch me like a garter snake and let me go again
hold me up above the sky so i can see the end
out beyond that bright line what will i be
catch me like a snake then set me free
i know it’s only for a minute
i know that all things mend
i know nothing is forever
hold me up above the sky so i can see the end
put me on a hill where there’s always a breeze
flowers drifting down from the dogwood trees
crickets and coyotes singing in the night
on a little hill where the stars shine bright
i know it’s only for a minute
i know there’s more than we can see
i know nothing is forever
cover me with kisses from the dogwood trees
hold me in a borrowed place teach me a song
black eyed water baby can’t stay long
i don’t know the words for the colors up above
put me in the hands that made the hands that i love
i know it’s only this minute
i know we’ve been here all along
i know everything’s forever
hold me in a borrowed place i can’t stay long
hold me in a borrowed place sing me a song
C 2021 Kris Delmhorst
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Light Breaks Through
03:00
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LIGHT BREAKS THROUGH
Darkness fell like an iron bell and the shadows settled in to stay
Rained so hard that no one remembered it had ever been another way
But now the air is dry and there’s a glow in the sky
I got a strange sense of deja vu
That’s the way that it feels when the light breaks through
Well baby i know how low you can go when you get stuck in the great divide
Down so deep in the valley of the shadow you can’t see the other side
But today there’s a shine in your weary eyes
I think you’re starting to remember it too
The way that it feels when the light breaks through
Don’t this world just break you down, don’t you feel like giving up the fight
Get so blue like it’s more than you can do just to make it through another night
But joy's in the wings just waiting to sing
I think somebody just gave her her cue
Thats the way that it feels when the light breaks through
C 2021 Kris Delmhorst
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Kris Delmhorst Massachusetts
“Long Day in the Milky Way” is a shimmering compendium of sometimes murmuring, sometimes urgent pop and Americana sounds" Boston Globe
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