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Carry On
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Every morning I awake to find
My child, my sweetest kin
And I feel the love you gave
And I give it now to him
I know your heart would fill with joy
To see his dark brown eyes
To hold him in your arms
And sing him lullabies
The truth that you're gone, it hurts every day
But I'll be okay, 'cause I carry your love with me
I'm gonna carry
I'm gonna carry on
As evening light turns mountaintops
From gold to rose to blue
So each new day reveals
A different shade of missing you
From questions never asked
To stories never told
To darkness that's descended down
Upon our family home
The truth something's dying, it hurts everyday
But I'll be okay, 'cause I carry your love with me
I'm gonna carry
I'm gonna carry on
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Singing Me to Sleep
02:01
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Where do you find the time?
I'm still picking at my teeth for a rhyme
Where do you find the time
To wring from your chest such gorgeous lines
Your voice it jumps miles like the moon
And makes this summer darkness bloom
And from the next room you're singing
You're singing me to sleep
Where do you find the time
to pour out from your fingertips such sweetness?
Your voice it carries like the sea
And blankets me from head to feet
And from above me you're singing
You're singing me to sleep
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26 Years
03:00
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Mother, since you have known me
I have grown, I have changed
I have scars you will never see
Where are the sirens
for our tragedies?
Don't let them fade away
For 26 years I knew your love
Hallelujah
And I will try to love as you loved
Hallelujah
Frightful, the slow unravel
The anchor undone, the sickness unnamed
No, I will never accept this change
As time pulls you further from me
I keep a candle burning within
That I will someday see you again
For 26 years I knew your love
Hallelujah
And I will try to love as you loved
Hallelujah
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Our story was long, but who holds it now?
Lines have been broken
I barely hear your name spoken aloud
Time shows no care
Memories disappear
Time shows no care
For those who had hoped I'd find blessings here
Or solace in "meant to be"
Or some kind of peace through the years:
Time shows no care
No it don't dull despair
Time shows no care
Last night I woke by the light of the moon
Down by the river
Five long years later, seeing clear and true:
Time shows no care
And you're gone forever
Time shows no care
It's lonely
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Sonya Cotton Salt Lake City, Utah
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