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The Year

from Soul Searching by Ricky Kendall

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The year came through like a winter storm
My heart was so cold but my hands were warm
so I thought of a way I could get everyone's attention
My pen was a gun
It was full of rounds so I shot off my mouth
til the sun went down
and I took out my passion on anyone who'd listen.

On my own, I just get it wrong.
With empty threats
empty singing songs.

The year sank deep and it took me down with it.
All of my songs at the time were counterfeit,
void of a love that I once called my salvation.
My heart was a lock and I had no key
I deserted my lover and ran to me
so releasing my passion
was nothing but condemnation.

On my own I'm a sorry thing.
I was writing songs that would never sing.
Once I spoke of a harvest day.
Now I can't think of words to say.

Tear me away from these songs.
Show me where I've been going wrong.
Tear me away from myself.
Give me some truth that I can tell.
Give me truth to make me well.

The year has loosened it's grip on me.
I'm taking in air that I've never breathed.
You've lifted my burden and taken me from my tension.
My passion is clean and my heart is pure,
the people are turning their hearts to yours
and I'm filling my lungs with the
songs of my redemption.
Redemption song.

Seeds I've sown are growing into trees.
They're sowing wisdom back into me.
Friend and foe, I have been the two.
But friend, alone, is the word for you.

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from Soul Searching, released September 11, 2011
Ricky Kendall-Guitar/Banjo/Vox

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