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To All Who Are Concerned
04:00
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This is who I am, the woman I've become
I'd say that I am happy; I'm good and kind and fun
but I grew up not knowing where I'm really from
and now that I look back, I see how far I've come
I've gotten in some trouble, but I've made many friends
some of them are with me, some have met their ends
I see them in the shadows, I hear them in the wind
and when it's time to cross that bridge we'll reunite again
I like to sing and dance and play my favourite songs
and plan for the day when I will be gone
a stage with lights and music they'll put my casket on
While everyone shares laughter and parties all night long
From dust I was born, to dust I will return
I want to be remembered not for riches that I've earned
but the love I have given, and the truths that I've learned
I've tried to pass this wisdom to all who are concerned
This is who I am, the woman I've become
I'm finally happy, more than when I was young
I still have lots of living before my days are done
I'll bloom like a garden, then I'll set like the sun
Yes, I'll bloom like a garden, then I'll set like the sun
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Long-Lost Friend
02:57
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Alone in the woods, where I went a'walking
I heard a voice calling my name
When I looked up, there was my old friend
My eyes filled with tears that fell down like rain
He gave me his handkerchief so I could see
through the the sorrow that's been blinding me
This wilderness haunts me, I'm lost in my mind
I want my children beside me while there's still time
I used to sing my grandma to sleep
in the language I spoke as a child
Then they took me away, I tried to resist
stood up for myself; they said I was wild
They whipped and they beat me 'til I learned to forget
and I still can't remember most of those words yet
but I picture my grandma with her cigarette
the harder I try, the closer I get
I have to thank you, my long-lost friend
For hearing my story and drying my tears
But even now I still feel the pain
I've held inside all of these years
But I hope that my grandkids are strong and proud
and can have all the freedom I wasn't allowed
and they and my children will know who they are
and just like my grandma I'll never be far
I'll be in the moon, and I'll be in the stars
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3. |
Close My Eyes
03:09
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Once I lived with Nature
Closer to the land
Why I was torn away
I still don't understand
Now I'm in the city
thankful to be alive
Through broken bones and bruises
Trying to survive
Chorus: I wish that I
Could close my eyes
And find myself back home
Those who've gone
To me live on
I am never alone
Father in Heaven
in Your name I pray
Send help to all who need You
Now and every day
I know you hear my pleading
I'm trying to be true
Even though I'm hurting
I find my strength in You
Chorus
Bridge: Sometimes people tell me
They're surprised I am still here
I guess that there's a reason
I haven't disappeared
Chorus twice
I am never alone
I am never alone
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Paula Eve Kirman Edmonton, Alberta
Paula Eve Kirman writes and performs music with a message.
She became interested in both music
and social justice at a young age, in part due to being raised on her mother's love of 60s folk music.
For Paula, music is a way of reaching a wider audience with messages of social justice themes, as well as expressions about the complexities of life and love.
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