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My submission for NPRs Tiny Desk Concert! Wish me luck!

Lyrics:

I’ve seen the darkness of angels
In the hearts of hardened men
Cuz I’ve been the one who is labeled
An enemy as well as a friend.

And the story of long lost lovers
Has sewn my sheets and my cloth
Cuz I’ve seen the day in her covers -
In her eyes when her clothes come off.

Her knees they bring the land and the sea
Into desire’s long fold,
And this love when it dies lets me know why
There is a beauty in this world, sweet mama,
There is a beauty in this world.

And I’ve seen the faces of Christians
Turn inward to stop and grieve
At a burden that never knew them
With the promise of being free.

And I’ve seen the light come from nothing
Like the morning came through the dark.
And I’m reminded that living
Is work more than an art.

Cuz when you dream and you dream at what promises bring
Like the ocean dreams of pearls,
I see the high tide and it lets me know why
There’s a freedom in this world, sweet mamma,
There is a freedom in this world.

And the silence of our daughters
Is the same as that of our sons
When he says he wanted to own her
So that he could see her run.

Cuz her feet are sinking in Florida
And floating through trees in Maine.
She’s dreaming of California
To take away her pain.

Now she’s tracing the lines ‘tween what isn’t and mine
As a woman, no longer a girl.
And there’s a peace in her eyes that lets me know why
There’s a beginning in this world, sweet mamma,
There’s a beginning in this world.

Song written and performed by Taylor Hungerford