Sarah's Song Lyrics
Sarah's Song
[SARAH]I was never gonna find myself
On the blank white page
It's a patchwork
Of loose threads
Best laid plans
Unmade beds
I was never gonna lose my way
In the middle lane
Drivin' upstate
Brake lights
Missed calls
Sleepless nights
I was just tryin' to spread my wings
Free as the song the bluebird sings
Thought I was flyin' away
Turns out I was only circlin'
That little brown house you raised me in
I could never have stayed
But it's a piece of me I wouldn't trade
I have never had to give myself
To the wrong gods
Facin' high seas
Fault lines
Fire smoke
Danger signs
I am alive and I'll take my share
Of the wild fruit
Cause it's ripe now
For pickin'
With new roots
Alive and kickin'
I'm a flower bloomin' vivid red
The salt of their tears, the blood they bled
Is runnin' in me
I am the story I choose to tell
And however it ends I'm gonna tell it well
Cause the buds on the tree
Burst bright without apology
Their choices coursin' in my veins now
Those choices I choose to claim now
With their fury fuellin' my flame now
I turn my face to the light
I make my heat from their embers
I plant my feet and remember
We all lived beneath this sky
But I am free to decide
[SHONA, JEAN]
Sail around the ocean
[BETTY]
Hush little darlin' don't say a word
[CAIT]
Ye need not weep for me she cried
[SHONA, JEAN]
Sail around the sea
[BETTY]
Mamma's gonna buy you a mockin' bird
[CAIT]
Ye need not weep for me
[SHONA, JEAN]
Think of handsome Molly
[BETTY]
And now that mockin' bird don't sing
[CAIT]
Fir had I no slain ma ain wee babe
[SHONA, JEAN]
Wherever she may be
[CAIT]
This day I would not see
[SARAH]
I am a flower bloomin' vivid red
[ALL]
The salt of their tears, the blood they bled is runnin'
[SARAH]
In' me
I am the story I choose to tell
And however it ends I'm gonna tell it well
[ALL]
Let the bud on the tree
[SARAH]
Burst bright for all the world to see
Who knew I would find myself in the future
Arms wide
Open
Empty hands
To hold my hope in
Bare foot, I will walk myself to the water
Clear head
Awake now
This choice
Mine to make now