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The Narrow
04:27
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In the in-between between the lines
Of the floor and roof of life
I am at a total loss to find
The space to house a sound mind
North and South and east and west
Push me pull me right and left
High and low, where is the narrow
Lo the trenches are steep on both sides
And I have surely fallen for their false peace of mind
Separated by the smallest degree
There is a borderline no human eye can see
North and South and east and west
Push me pull me right and left
High and low, where is the narrow
Is there a sign, a compass
How do we find it
measure it
Is there a hand, To hold onto
Or is there grace
For all the untruth
Is there a sign, a compass
How do we find it
measure it
Is there a hand, To hold onto
Or is there grace
For all the untruth
North and South and east and west
Push me pull me right and left
High and low, where is the narrow
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2. |
Dim Light
04:53
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We were made to walk in step with the light of a lamp
Not to covet the whole terrain of the land
What we know is in part,
Like through a veil
Half dark
Still we set out, like the magi of old
For the stars to tell us - are we hot are we cold
Can the patterns explain
Our future
Our pain
Soul don’t resent the dim light
This was always meant to be a mystery
There’ll be turns in the night that you won’t recognize
In this life, and you’ll walk in trembling
But you'll be alright
Just abide in those age-old words and you will be shown
All the truth that your heart and mind can bear to know
All the rest is hidden
In wisdom's
Hold
Soul don’t resent the dim light
This was always meant to be a mystery
There’ll be turns in the night that you won’t recognize
In this life, and you’ll walk in trembling
But you'll be alright, oh you'll be alright
Oh you'll be alright
Oh you'll be alright
Oh you'll be alright
Oh you'll be alright
The road will be dark, and you will
Have trouble, but you'll be alright
The road will be dark, and you will
Have trouble, but hold on, hold tight
The road will be dark, and you will
Have trouble, but you'll be alright
The road will be dark, and you will
Have trouble, but hold on, hold tight
Hold on, hold tight, hold on, hold tight
Soul don’t resent the dim light
This was always meant to be a mystery
There’ll be turns in the night that you won’t recognize
In this life, and you’ll walk in trembling
But you'll be alright, oh you'll be alright
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3. |
Favorite
05:08
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It has been a long, long time
Since we've gone for a drive
We're both too burned to tend the fire
But I can catch it in your eyes
Let's go back to Chicago
Where the water meets the concrete
Let's take all of our sorrows
Ride them up and down the streets
'Cause baby, you're my favorite
You have always been
And you are still my favorite
I don't want to forget
No I don't want to forget
A "Million Miles" is in my head
Will you sing with me again
We have a legacy as old as time
Old Jeremiah can testify
Let's go back to Chicago
Where the water meets the concrete
Let's take all of our sorrows
Ride them up and down the streets
'Cause baby, you're my favorite
You have always been
And you are still my favorite
I don't want to forget
No I don't want to forget
Hold my hand and take me down
The Creeper Trail and all the way back around
I don't wanna lose any more ground
Your love is something I don't wanna go without
Hold my hand and take me down
The Creeper Trail and all the way back around
I don't wanna lose any more ground
Your love is something I don't wanna go without
Let's go back to Chicago
Where the water meets the concrete
Let's take all of our sorrows
Ride them up and down the streets
'Cause baby, you're my favorite
You have always been
And you are still my favorite
I don't want to forget
No I don't want to forget
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4. |
Rua Princesa
03:23
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I got a note down in my pocket
Says it's from 1992
Says, "I saw that leafcutter grab hold of you
Like it had something to prove
Wasn't no tucandeira but I know
It left a little bruise"
You were always there
You were always there
You were always there
You were always there
You saw me 12 and singing kryptonite
And also on the day he died
You were that heavy weight of glory pressing on my neck
And you stoked my cries
You are the love I've never seen but you are always in my dreams
And I am always on your mind
You were always there
You were always there
You were always there
You were always there
Oo
Oo
Ah
Ah
I've got another note now and this one says
It's from 2023
It says…
"I will meet you at Rua Princesa
In the curves of the friend and the love tree
All the days of your life are remembered
And I will speak to you in Portuguese"
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5. |
Least of These
03:17
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Rid me of my glitzy appetite
I don't want aesthetics to rule my mind
Today I'm just tired, got lots to do
But I feel an anointing in my room
Hail the single mother aching for her hour of sleep
Her hands carry the magic of a worn-down destiny
Hail the father grieving the loss of twenty years ago
There are treasures along the way that he alone will know
Hail the UPS man in the belly of his shift
His furrowed brow a crown for daily unrelenting it
Hail the young girl drowning away hours on her phone
Cause there will be a day she learns that she is not alone
All the hidden and forgotten disposable days I've lived
Are part of your enduring beauty that is echoed in
A chorus that resounds from every barren throat pleading
For meaning in the moments of the very least of these
Oh
Oh
You have done the most impressive thing that I have seen
You've turned my insignificant days into poetry
Now this is my reply to the throes of monotony
My life is written in the pages of a masterpiece
Oh, oo
Oh, oo
I settle in, I'm not ashamed to be
Oh I settle in, I'm one of the least of these
As one of the least of these
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Dana Vogel Lexington, Kentucky
A "home"less lover of God, people, and song.
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