Coming up this Saturday ... Jim Gleason's Little People - Part 2

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Where do we go from here?  I want to run away and 
hide.
Escape is never near enough, When they’re closing 
in on every side
I’m stuck between the land and the sea

But who’s is the voice I hear, saying, “Let’s go to the 
other side”?
“Abandoning all your fear why don’t you just jump 
inside?
And finally get this boat out to sea.”

     That sense of solidness
     Now sloshing underneath my feet
     And just some drifting wood
     Protecting me from the deep
     Now that my anchor’s up
     I can finally taste the free
     And the salt and the wind
     Now they begin
     To cleanse me

Now it all seems so clear, The rhythm of the tide
The heat of the sun burns near, that burns away all 
that I hide
How much sweeter could life possibly be?
What on this earth could shake me?

     That sense of fluidness
     Now solid underneath my feet
     And just a little faith
     That plunged me into the deep
     But where is my anchor now?
     I want to stay still and sleep
     And salt and the wind,
     Now they begin
     To sting…..

     And the waves are crashing over the edge
     I cannot believe that you ever convinced me
     To get inside of this boat, it’s my death
     And you’re there just sleeping in spite of it
     So, Wake Up! I’m drowning!
     Wake Up! Why are you still sleeping?
     Wake Up! And find me!
     Wake Up! And take me to the other side!!!

And with just one word, these killer waves subside.
And faith seems so absurd, yet my doubting heart 
confides
And I can finally see, the Other Side
You are taking me, to the Other Side

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