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Say Yes

by Laura Zucker

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1.
Say Yes 04:25
Turned off my TV, threw my paper away There’s no good news today Another fire, another flood, another global power play My blue sky is turning gray I find myself so weary with no solution near me The world is crying Where’s the upside? It’s in the sweep of a steeple spire In the breath of a gospel choir It’s in the miracle of cells dividing In the way we want to put an end to fighting It’s in this heart beating in my chest I just want to say YES, say YES, say YES, say YES Feels like everyone is running faster It’s not clear just what we’re after The sound of fear is drowning out the laughter Are we the slaves, and money the master? I find myself so weary with no solution near me The world is crying Where’s the upside? It’s in a morning waiting to be broken In a kind word waiting to be spoken In the chance so near you can taste it It’s in the shimmer of a reachable oasis It’s in this heart beating in my chest I just want to say YES, say YES, say YES Our wounded world can be healed If we look to where the YES is revealed It’s in the flight of the flock that’s turning In desire that keeps on burning It’s in the running rivers flow It’s in the bud that breaks through the snow It’s in this heart beating in our chests Don’t you want to say YES, say YES, say YES
2.
The Fox 04:00
Quiet flow the river and the stream Slowly go the ripples on the sea The surface may belie what’s underneath And hides the murky secrets of the deep I rode my last excuse into the ground Despair is close behind, trying to track me down Stealthy fear could strike without a sound So I run I run Like the fox runs from the hound I could find convenient truths to tell If I never dipped below the water line But if I’m bound to drown in the deep dark well I hope to enter one toe at a time I rode my last excuse into the ground Despair is close behind, trying to track me down Stealthy fear could strike without a sound So I run I run Like the fox runs from the hound I know grief and pain will find me in the end And claim me like a long lost friend Me- white knuckles on the bumpy ride Holding hope for the other side I rode my last excuse into the ground Despair is close behind, trying to track me down Stealthy fear could strike without a sound So I run I run Like the fox runs from the hound
3.
Driving the highway of shadow and doubt It’s a desperate desolate long stretch of road And that hole in your pocket let your dreams run out And left you with nothing to hold If your well has run dry If it needs some filling Know that I am able and willing When it feels like you have no more tears left to cry I’ll fill you up if your well has run dry So many promises, so many lies So many people but not enough ties All that they left you was empty and cold And they left you with no one to hold If your well has run dry If it needs some filling Know that I am able and willing When it feels like you have no more tears left to cry I’ll fill you up if your well has run dry Stay with me. I’ll be your oasis Till you see that this is where your place is If your well has run dry If it needs some filling Know that I am able and willing When it feels like you have no more tears left to cry I’ll fill you up if your well has run dry
4.
Haven 04:08
I never see what’s right there before me I’ve got pictures in my head and a chorus leading me So my gaze grazed right by that heart upon your sleeve As I prepared to leave If you wavered you never let me see Like you knew a secret door and you held out the key You blew on the ember and it grew bright And I finally saw the light Now we walk together No more alone I call you haven I call you home I thought I knew what I needed Oh sweet irony While I was out there looking Your sweet love found me What you gave me is live beyond compare Solid as bedrock stone and lighter than air My eyes have been opened, my heart has too Sharing this life with you Now we walk together No more alone I call you haven I call you home Now we walk together No more alone I call you haven I call you home [ x3]
5.
Sea Glass 03:25
I am broken, I am a shard Life caught me looking and hit me hard Tried to pick up the pieces and puzzle them back But they scattered too wide and too far Throw me into the sea Let the turbulent waters tumble me Wear me down, humble me Smooth my sharp edges and I’ll be reborn I’ll be somebody’s treasure after the storm The further you’re carried the softer you get So look for me high on the sand But for now leave me down by the waters edge I’m close but I’m not done yet Throw me back to the sea Let the turbulent waters tumble me Wear me down, humble me Smooth my sharp edges and I’ll be reborn I’ll be somebody’s treasure after the storm If by chance the tides pass me by Or bury me deep in the ground I'll accept my fate, I will wait and trust that time Will tell when I’m to be found Throw me back to the sea Let the turbulent waters tumble me Wear me down, humble me Smooth my sharp edges and I’ll be reborn I’ll be somebody’s treasure after the storm
6.
Things change, things rearrange Things fall apart Spun free, just me Holding my heart It’s not on my sleeve It doesn’t know which way to go or what to believe Fraying at the edges Bursting at the seams Alien landscape Waking from a dream Excavated amber frozen in time It took me by surprise when life passed my heart by Always so sure, seeing no more than what’s in front of me then life turns, and though my heart yearns the path no longer leads to the life that I’ve wished for so now - what do I exist for Fraying at the edges Bursting at the seams Alien landscape Waking from a dream Excavated amber frozen in time It took me by surprise when life passed my heart by I guess I took some things for granted A lesson too late to learn Some things don’t bloom where they’re planted And the sun sets while the world turns Fraying at the edges Bursting at the seams Alien landscape Waking from a dream Excavated amber frozen in time It took me by surprise when life passed my heart by
7.
Sealed Over 03:50
I want you to know as I watch you go off into the new horizon Blue skies in your eyes You don’t have to say We’re better off this way Still I feel a seismic rise and fall down deep inside Where my heart touched your heart it’s sealed over, it’s sealed over Where we pulled apart it’s sealed over, it’s sealed over now It’s not just the time When you were mine all mine It’s the breathless close the most I’ve ever been alive Where my heart touched your heart It’s sealed over, it’s sealed over Where we pulled apart It’s sealed over, it’s sealed over now Our hearts still beat the same no matter where you are Do you still feel the flame behind the scar Where my heart touched your heart it’s sealed over, it’s sealed over Where we pulled apart it’s sealed over, it’s sealed over now
8.
I told you this time we are gonna do it my way And if you don’t you’re gonna hit the highway I don’t know what all this fussing and fighting is about Because I can’t read your mind and I don’t want to have to figure it out First time I met you I thought you were so intriguing And at first you had me believing That this was heaven—this was what I’d waited for But now my eyes are wide open - and they’re looking at the door You said you’d serve a heap of love hold the drama But I was starving on what was in the palm of your hand You said you’d serve a heap of love hold the drama But I was starving on what was in the palm of your hand So if you’re certain that we’re not done yet Hand me the reins and we’ll ride into the sunset I have had it with fussing and fighting there’s no doubt Because I can’t read your mind and I don’t want to have to figure it out
9.
What are we for There must be more than meets the eye And though I might try I can’t quite figure it out If we are stardust If we are golden But we’re kept from the garden by holding on Can we dig as one in this sacred dirt And cultivate a garden here on earth How can I be Something that’s free from mortal ties While I’m alive my spirit moves in me If we are stardust If we are golden But we’re kept from the garden by holding on Can we dig as one in this sacred dirt And cultivate a garden here on earth I can’t see through the mist of this mystery Could it be I’m not supposed to know Just sit back and watch my garden grow? If we are stardust If we are golden But we’re kept from the garden by holding on Can we dig as one in this sacred dirt And cultivate a garden here on earth
10.
My Dad grew up in two rooms behind the grocery store He wanted his kids to have a little more We learned by his example the lessons he taught He couldn’t give us everything, but this is what we got A little bit of shyster An eye for the absurd A heart that’s always open and A love for all the world As the leaves on my own mighty oak begin to fall I see the things my father gave me Weren’t things at all. There were those cowboy boots I coveted when I was seventeen He bought me my first outfielders’ glove The B210 when my first car was smashed to smithereens Each less an act of commerce than of love We got A little bit of shyster An eye for the absurd A heart that’s always open and A love for all the world As the leaves on my own mighty oak begin to fall I see the things my father gave me Weren’t things at all. I have a thousand punchlines living in my head He was A little bit of shyster Had an eye for the absurd A heart that’s always open and A love for all the world As the leaves on my own mighty oak begin to fall I see the things my father gave me Weren’t things at all.
11.
This Boat 03:43
This boat is steady This boat is sure When you’re ready Climb aboard When you’re ready grab an oar This boat will carry us to the farthest shore We all know hardship We all know pain But nothing ventured, nothing gained And every rainbow needs the rain You’re not alone, try again This boat is steady This boat is sure When you’re ready Climb aboard When you’re ready grab an oar This boat will carry us to the farthest shore Even if you’ve been tempest tossed Even if you feel that all is lost You’ve heard the thunder roar Took a look at heaven’s door If you’re sinking like a stone This boat will carry you home This boat is steady This boat is sure When you’re ready Climb aboard When you’re ready grab an oar This boat will carry us to the farthest shore In this boat there’s nothing we can’t do together No matter the weather No matter that the charts aren’t ours We will navigate by our stars This boat is steady This boat is sure When you’re ready Climb aboard When you’re ready grab an oar This boat will carry us to the farthest shore

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released June 25, 2017

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Laura Zucker San Francisco, California

Singer-songwriter Laura Zucker wins audiences over with a hard-won perspective and a positive spin. The powerful imagery of her songs and stories ring so true you might think she’s read your diary - and you’ll find yourself humming her infectious melodies for days to come. ... more

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