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I hear accusation all across this nation Everybody is finger-pointing Nobody will accept the blame I see factory doors closing I see banks foreclosing I hear people asking one another Will our lives ever be the same? ’Cause we’re looking at hard times, We’re looking at hard times, It’s out of control and where it’s going Nobody seems to know We’re looking at dark times, We’re looking through stark times, It’s hard to believe these things we’re seeing And it’s troubling my mind so. We’re looking at bread lines People missing their deadlines |
Was it sheer corruption and mere misfortune That caused so many to fail? I see institutions That offer no real solutions People livin’ it up in stately mansions Who probably ought to be in jail. And we’re looking at hard times... But we’ll get through these hard times, We’ll survive these dark times, I do believe that we can do it, We’ve been through it before And if we all pull together, This storm we will weather, The night’s gonna end, the clouds are gonna part, And the sun’s gonna shine once more. But we’re looking at hard times... |
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Wall Street’s crashing, Main Street’s dying Everything’s lost, all the people are crying The party’s over, we’re in a tight crunch But nothing from nothing don’t change much And it’s hard to lose what you never had So, it’s all the same to me The man on the TV says it’s lookin’ bad Been livin’ high on the hog, it’s time to pay the tab, It’s time to step up, it’s time to kick in, We’re in this together through thick and thin So I’ll give you everything that I don’t own, ’Cause it’s all the same to me. |
The money was here, now it’s gone, Things went up, things went down, People had this, now they ain’t got that, I got a guitar and a thrift-store hat And a bottle of wine and some songs to sing, So it’s all the same to me. (repeat first stanza) |
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1. When I see the redwood dawning The pelicans gliding o’er the wave The fog in the valley in the morning I know my heart will live 2. When I hear the river laughing Salmon spawn with all their strength to give Oh, the miracle of life is baffling So I know my heart will live [Chorus:] Lie-lie-lay, yodel-odel-ee Yodel-odel-lee, yodel-ay-dee Lie-lie-lay, yodel-odel-ee Yodel-odel-ee, yodel-ay 3. When I see the white glacial valley Watching snow fall like flower through a sieve... Sparkling sugar covering the holly— Yes, I know my heart will live [Bridge 1:] If I had read the warning Heard your doubtful words the day we first met When all the clouds were forming All along it was wrong, but I had to wait Would I still be here sighing— Rain falling from my window year after year? Would the moon still catch me crying— Fighting the night at the edge of my tears? |
4. Now when I hear Coyotes howling As the moon rises just beyond the ridge I feel my spirit in the wind following And I know my heart will live (Chorus) [Bridge 2:] Years of hungry hope might find me Out on a limb with nowhere to go Time to cut those ties that bind me Yes, I confess: I may have been wrong Spring journey to mountain shadows Where Geese fly north to slumbering peaks I read your letter and I feel so sad Though I know we must go the different paths we seek 5. Now in the Spring I’ll be smelling all the flowers The Fall will be my time to grieve By the Winter I’ll dream away the hours But I know my heart will live 6. When Summer’s sun shines on the ocean My spirit will be mine to give For love is flame and the potion For a heart that wants to live Oh, I know my heart will live (Chorus) |
This song appears on Jo D’Anna's latest CD, As She Is, in a much prettier arrangement than we can present here (listen to it at her website). She writes: “In this song, I am reminding myself of how the wonders and beauty of nature bring me back to life when I’ve been knocked down for whatever reason. And it’s a reminder to all of us that, if we just look at the beauty around us in nature, a benevolent mirror of our own state of being, we will be healed and transformed, and yes— we will survive, and thrive.” Hear more at www.jodanna.com.
The folknik song pages are lovingly produced by Kay Eskenazi, John Kelly, and Barbara Millikan. John Kelly produced the song pages for this issue.
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