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| THE ROCK WILL WEAR AWAY Lyric by Holly Near, Music by Meg Christian Simply Love 2000 |
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SIXTEEN YEAR OLD VIRGIN SPRING TIME TAKES HER TO THE PARK WHERE THE MOON SHINES DOWN LIKE THE FUTURE CALLING HER OUT OF THE DARK BUT HER NIGHTMARE FINDS HER FREEDOM AND LEAVES HER LYING, WOUNDED, WARN FROM INVASION LIGHT AS A FEATHER FLOATING BY LANDING THEN COVERED WITH SOO WAITING NOW WATCCHING NOW FOR RAIN TO WASH CLEAN HER PAIN CAN WE BE LIKE DROPS OF WATER FALLING ON THE STONE SPLASHING, BREAKING DISBURSING IN AIR WEAKER THAN THE STONE BY FAR BUT BE AWARE THAT AS TIME GOES BY THE ROCK WILL WEAR AWAY AND THE WATER COMES AGAIN 3O YEAR OLD MOTHER AUTUMN FINDS HER PREGNANT ONCE MORE AND THE LEAVES,LIKE GOLD AND COPPER REMINDING HER THAT SHE IS POOR AND HER CHILDREN OFTEN ARE HUNGRY AND SHE HUNGERS TOO FOR KNOWLEDGE, TIME AND CHOICES CAN WE BE LIKE DROPS OF WATER FALLING ON THE STONE SPLASHING, BREAKING DISBURSING IN AIR WEAKER THAN THE STONE BY FAR BUT BE AWARE THAT AS TIME GOES BY THE ROCK WILL WEAR AWAY AND THE WATER COMES AGAIN 80 YEAR OLD POET WINTER KEEPS HER HOME AND ALONE WHERE SHE FREEZES AND DARKNESS KEEPS HER FROM WRITING HER FINAL WISDOM BUT SHE LIGHTS HER LAST RED CANDLE AND AS IT IS MELTING TILTING IT, WRITING NOW CAN WE BE LIKE DROPS OF WATER FALLING ON THE STONE SPLASHING, BREAKING DISBURSING IN AIR WEAKER THAN THE STONE BY FAR BUT BE AWARE THAT AS TIME GOES BY THE ROCK WILL WEAR AWAY © 1977 by Hereford Music/Thumbelina Music (ASCAP) |
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Arranged by Holly Near and Adrienne B. Torf Keyboards: |
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