A Way to Live

from A Bird's Heart by Joni Davis

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When you cannot stop waving hands by turning the other cheek
Don’t look at the cracks on the ground or they’ll form canyons wide and deep
You can’t take hold of wisdom it’s a presence felt blind but sensed
And you cannot pull your youth clean out it’s like weeds in a chain link fence

I’ll count all my years of hope and I’ll count all my years of rust
And I’ll pray that it will mean something when wood turns to ashes and rocks turn to dust
But I've got to believe in a few people and I've got to believe in a few things
Most times I’m in disbelief and it’s hard to carry the heartache that brings

It’s in the night with the lack of light that you got to feel for scars
Don’t forget to look up at the sky to see the silver halos of stars
Most times you can see all you got to see by the light of the moon
But it’s easy to forget this as the sun often rises too soon

You’ll never forget all the things that you don’t really want to remember
Like your papa’s teary eyes when you tell him you’re leaving again in November
But you got to hang on to all the hurt and you got to hang on to happiness
All I really hope for in life is the gift of being content

There are many holes to fall in many temptations to fill
Just work when the spirit moves you to keep the Devil in you still
It’s hard to walk the strait and narrow Oh Lord I know I stray
Because these little jewels of wisdom are so easily mislaid

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from A Bird's Heart, released January 1, 2008

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Joni Davis California

Joni Davis is a Northern California based musician, cook, baker and teacher. She has self-released two albums , written music for two independent films , and has played her music around the west coast of the United States, England and the Netherlands. Joni's music is inspired by being uncomfortably human on this magnificent planet. ... more

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