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Journeys

from Passing Through by Bill Sutton

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This song was stuck in my head for a very long time until I finally finished it after being inspired by a songwriting workshop at KeyCon in Winnipeg. Thanks, Dave!

lyrics

There's many and many a mile to the sea,
And many a mile to the shore,
And all there is to be sure about is
We've all been here before.
For life is so strange that our words rearrange
And it changes the paths that we tread.
But too many times we wake up to find
That we'll be more alive when we're dead!

There's steps and there's steps to the foot of the stair
And steps and there's steps to the sky.
And every man that we pass on the road
Is the man who could help us to fly.
But we spend all our lives with our own private knives
Carving lies from the face of the air.
When our pockets are full and our edges are dull
Then we tell ourselves nobody cares.

There's dreams and there's dreams in the heart of the night,
And dreams in the heart of the day.
And the lesson we're teaching our children is only
To look at the price they must pay.
Far too many are lost contemplating the cost
In the cause of a permanent now.
So afraid to be wrong that they never move on
'Til the dawn takes them back to the plow.

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There's many and many a mile to the shore
And many a mile to the sea.
And the passage will take every second we have
For the Gods grant us nothing for free.
But the lives that we live are the gifts that we give
To the next generation along,
And the dreams that they've caught are the futures we've bought
So as not to be dead when we're gone!

credits

from Passing Through, released October 31, 1999
Words & music by Bill Sutton ©1993 Mad Tom Music

Performers include one or more of:

Bill Sutton: vocals, guitar
Nate Bucklin: lead guitar
Barry Childs-Helton: lead 12-string guitar
Sally Childs-Helton: congas, frame drum, zils, wind chime, drum kit
Dave Clement: backup vocals and effects, bodhran, cittern, washboard, guitar, dumbek
Kylea Fulton: flute, whistle
Tom Jeffers: backup vocals and effects, bass guitar, mandolin, cittern
Mike Musser: saxophone
Bill Roper: backup vocals and effects
Gretchen Roper: backup vocals and effects
Brenda Sutton: backup vocals

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