Til the Dam Begins to Break (Live)

from Tampa Sessions (Live) by Penn Johnson

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lyrics

take your time to grow
honor the journey you chose
live the story you wrote
may these arms cradle us
on the long road back to home

when there’s nothin more to give
lay your body in the soil
and as your soul begins to lift
let the tides draw you in
reborn in a new place
with another tough mission

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i will hold here till the dam begins to break. i’ll patch it with more promises and moments that i make. and when the waters come i’ll dance with them downstream till the world begins to fade and i drift back off to sleep

empires rise and they fall
everything changes
and someone drops the ball
but it don’t land on us all
the ones it hits we sacrifice
to continue standing tall

but when all the oil’s been burned
and the sea’s in shambles
and there’s no more singing birds
we will start this once again
moving toward a new light
and a higher vibration

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we’ll need more than just songs
let us protect what’s sacred
and move beyond the rights and wrongs
tend our gardens and rebirth what’s been lost. teach our children better than we did the time before

build our homes from the earth. find where we went wrong and repeat this endless curse. someday we shall understand. from the road of pain to healing give thanks for the time you have

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from Tampa Sessions (Live), released June 1, 2019

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