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Broken Things
03:42
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Broken Things
We’ve seen pastures of plenty and fields of lack
Lost our way, lost our faith and the shirt off our backs
And I gave up hoping for a guarantee
But love keeps her promise every time you look at me
And somewhere between hell and sheer happiness
There’s a house by the ocean side
And we’ll fill it with dreams and all the broken things
That the morning washed in with the tide
I’m ice and I am fire, you are meek and mild
Wanna drink your cool water, wanna bear you a child
But some wishes never get to grow their wings
And these expectations might just be the death of me
And somewhere between hell and sheer happiness
There’s a house by the ocean side
And we’ll fill it with dreams and all the broken things
That the morning washed in with the tide
We all travel these miles, we are haunted by quiet regrets
With this ache in our bones and desires untold and unmet
Isn’t anybody coming for us yet?
And somewhere between hell and sheer happiness
There’s a house by the ocean side
And we’ll fill it with dreams and all the broken things
That the morning washed in with the tide
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2. |
Redman
02:55
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Redman
White man come to take our land
White man come to take our land
Got an arrow and a bow and a-fightin’ I will go
When the white man come to take our land
Two years walkin’ on the Trail of Tears
Two years walkin’ on the Trail of Tears
Lost a sister and a child to the clutches of the wild
Spent two years walkin’ on the Trail of Tears
And I never knew
The earth was a thing you could own
But if so then someday let them call this
The land of the redman
Don’t know why their promise was a lie
Don’t know why their promise was a lie
Cause the grass still grows and the water still flows
Don’t know why their promise was a lie
And I never knew
The earth was a thing you could own
But if so then someday let them call this
The land of the redman
I’ll take my honor to the grave
I’ll take my honor to the grave
Cause they can shoot me down, blood run into the ground
But I’ll take my honor to the grave
I’ll take my honor to the grave
And I never knew
The earth was a thing you could own
But if so then someday let them call this
The land of the redman
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Jericho
03:16
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Jericho
The ground is shaking these days
High and low I go to find there’s nowhere safe
I crash around in the holes
Vacancies that only a heart can know
Jericho
A fortress made of stones
No protection left except some skin and bones
But we’re infinitely more
Than just the sum of all the pain that’s come before
Jericho…
Maybe our walls come crashing down
Maybe it’s so we can be found
Joining our voices with the sound of redemption
Maybe there’s so much more than this
Maybe we’re living all there is
We’ve all got suffering no one gets an exemption
Maybe we need no best defense
Maybe when we stop fighting against
We find that in our nakedness is ascension
Jericho
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4. |
Blue Bonnets
04:49
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Blue Bonnets
Blue bonnets grow on the hillside
Where we once lay entwined
Till the sunrise
And by daylight
Love had made us a child
Blue bonnets folded in the nursery
That I made with eager hands
As we waited
For the day when
We would bring our baby home
I will love you
Like no other
Precious baby
I, your mother
I recall the day
I felt you slip away
Before one single breath
Same day your birth and death
Blue bonnets grow on the hillside
Where we laid you to rest
In the autumn
Long ago
Singin’ “I’ll Fly Away”
How I loved you
Like no other
Precious baby
I, your mother
I’ll fly away oh glory
I’ll fly away
When I die hallelujah, by and by
I’ll fly away
I’ll fly away
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5. |
Loud and Clear
02:37
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Loud & Clear
Get on with your choice already, Go
You hear the sound of my voice but nobody’s home
You’re talking like it’s you against the world
You’re so misunderstood, You’re so secure
And you’re nobody’s fool
And love is coming at you loud and clear
But the truth is something that you don’t want to hear
Like a bird whose cage swings open wide
You could make your escape but your wings aren’t flying
You’re searching all of creation for a sign
For some justification of all you’re denying
And love is coming at you loud and clear
But the truth is something that you don’t want to hear
And what do you say when your face to face
With all of the lies you been telling to chase
Away all the fear that you can’t erase
What do you say in that quiet place?
And what do you say when your face to face
With all of the lies you been telling to chase
Away all the fear that you can’t erase
What do you say to your own face?
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6. |
'Atta Girl
03:16
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‘Atta Girl
‘Atta girl got the world on your shoulders
And you’ve pulled up those bootstraps real tight
Heaven knows it’ll all fall to pieces
If you fail to play your cards right
But can you tell me where all the perfect girls go to disappear?
Girl you shine in the finest threads
All the fellas turn heads as you pass
Keep in mind that the loveliest faces
Win all the best places in class
But can you tell me where all the pretty girls go to disappear?
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7. |
Songbird
03:21
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Songbird
When we met, you were just a girl
Running arms wide open to the world
And you were shining like a diamond in the rough
You knew the beauty deep inside you was enough
And I wish I’d warned you then
That life can steal your innocence
And now I see the light behind your eyes is dim
Oh but I remember when
You were a dreamer; you were no ordinary girl
You’d search a hundred empty oysters for the pearl
A little songbird, spreading music all around
You always knew where tiny treasures could be found
And I wish I’d warned you then
That life can steal your innocence
And now I see the light behind your eyes is dim
Oh but I remember when
There’s a million broken pieces of your heart laid on the line
And you’re looking for the reason to go on
But in your dark and sacred night
Do you still dream of taking flight?
Do you hear that far, familiar song?
And can you start to sing along?
You were always wishing on a star or in a well
Cross your heart and hope to die before you’d tell
And you loved giving from the little that you had
You saw the good in every heart and not the bad
And I wish I’d warned you then
That life can steal your innocence
And now I see the light behind your eyes is dim
Oh but I remember when
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8. |
Voice of an Angel
04:12
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Voice of an Angel (For Hollitt)
Swear I heard the voice of an angel calling
High above the noise from some hallowed hall
Like a little bird on my windowsill humming
Swear I heard the voice of an angel call
No need to worry
And don’t you cry
The time for that has passed us by
Swear I heard the voice of an angel calling
High above the noise from some hallowed hall
Like a little bird on my windowsill humming
Swear I heard the voice of an angel call
No need for sorrow
And have no fear
It seems the time is drawing near
And I’ll see you on the high ground
Yeah I’ll see you on the high ground
And I’ll meet you by that sea of crowns
Oh I’ll see you on the high ground
Swear I heard the voice of an angel calling
High above the noise from some hallowed hall
Like a little bird on my windowsill humming
Swear I heard the voice of an angel call
Oh, swear I heard the voice of an angel call
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9. |
Story of Our Own
02:59
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Story of Our Own
There is a voice
Calling out of the darkness
Coming out of forgiveness
Running out of the waters
As the land of a thousand hills
Makes the sound of hope come to her sons and daughters
Can you hear the song that’s rising from the ashes?
See the children dancing free in a place called home
Though the rain may come we will stay here until it passes
Cause we are here to tell a story of our own, it’s all our own
There is a voice
Calling over the mountains
Coming over the madness
Running over the miles
Like a wild fire coming from one match
So then let us one by one be reconciled
Can you hear the song that’s rising from the ashes?
See the children dancing free in a place called home
Though the rain may come we will stay here until it passes
Cause we are here to tell a story of our own, it’s all our own
In our darkest night
Right before us
The voice of hope is rising up
The voice of hope is filling up
The voice of hope is lighting up the sky
We are here to tell a story of our own
It’s all our own
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10. |
Generous Friends
03:36
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Bear witness to the existence of love in this cold world
And may those to whom love is a stranger find in you generous friends.
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K.C. Clifford Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
K.C. Clifford is a three-time Woody Guthrie Award-winning singer/songwriter from Oklahoma
City.
These days she splits her time between her two lifelong dreams: music and motherhood. She and her husband, musician David Broyles, live in Oklahoma City with their two children.
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