E   B      D    A  
Just because I’m depressed 
Doesn’t mean that things aren’t broken 
It may not mean, just take my pills 
Or give meaningless a positive spin 
  
When life falls like burning leaves 
w/ limbs twisted  as if lighting stuck 
rebuild, repair, maybe reverse engineer 
even if everything turns to dust 
  
Chorus:
   If we don’t try it’ll never get done 
   If we don’t ask the answer’s no 
   This life is not a waist 
   Love is the debt we owe 
  
Paul said, “Don't grow weary of doing good" 
That’s the way the race is run 
We will see visions – we will dream dreams 
We have yet to see what we will become 
  
If we don’t try it’ll never get done 
If we don’t ask the answer’s no 
This life is not a waist 
Love is the debt we owe 
  
Bridge:
           C#m7            C#m7
    Awe of God – The beginning of wisdom 
           C#m7            C#m7   
   Don’t hide the light – we are all travelers 
 
   E   B      D    A 
If we don’t try it’ll never get done 
If we don’t ask the answer’s no 
This life is not a waist 
Love is the debt we owe 
  
//: try, ask, live, love :// 
  
If we don’t try it’ll never get done 
If we don’t ask the answer’s no 
This life is not a waist 
Love is the debt we owe 
 
   E      E        E     E
//: shoe be doop ://  Bop bop

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G                  D
She was born in the fullness of time  
              C                    Em    A
she was conceived in commitment and passion 
       C         Em
Some say the Divine had this all planned  
  C                 D          G
I pray she live long and be loved  
  C                 D          G
I pray she live long and be loved  
  G                  D
La her by the door and walked off alone  
              C                Em  A
I wrapped her with a blanket and Bow 
       C         Em
I love this child and did the best that I could 
 C                 D        G
In time I think they will know 
 C                 D        G
In time I think they will know

              D                          C   G
    I'll travel the land and tell all about her 
                         D               G
    And quite often I'll quote her by heart 
           D                                  C   G
    I'll mix in stories of her brothers and sisters  
         C      Em          A    C D G
    And how each one got their start 
         C      Em          A    C D G
    And how each one got their start 

  G                  D
With Wonder you head for the door  
              C          Em  A
You heard the knocking twice 3  
       C         Em
Who would be out on a night so dark 
     C                 D       G
At the door you sink to your knees 
  G                  D
It's a child you cry and pull her inside  
              C     Em A
As you weep in disbelief 
       C         Em
She's a wonderful girl girl with short brown curls 
  C                 D          G
And you can see that her magic runs deep
  C                 D          G
And you can see that her magic runs deep

  Cm                               Em
I hope one day will have kids of Their Own 
   C               D G
Ripples in the sea of time  
  C                                Em
Each of my children are precious to me 
  C                     D           G
I'm proud to call each of them by mine

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Intro: Em   Cadd9  Em  Cadd9
 
     Em
Whenever there’s trouble, 
     C 
Wherever lighting strikes 
     Em
For the cloudy days of rain  
          C
When the wind blows like ice  
                  Em
When you’ve been down so long  
                   C
You can no longer cry  
 
Chorus:
              D                       C       
   There’s a spark, I know there’s a spark 
          D                        C 
   Sometimes it’s like a fiery arc  
               Em
   There’s a spark  
 
When you’ve gone blind,  
From staring into the night  
Alone on the road, Between the earth n’ sky  
When you lay down to die,  
But can’t find any rest  
You’ve been dragged on the ground  
There’s nothing left  
 
Chorus
 
Bridge:
      B          A       Em
   When there’s no big picture 
      B          A     Em 
   & there’s no details  
      B          A     Em
   When it make no sense  
      B          A     Em
   When there’s no trail  
 
Chorus 2X

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Intro: G  Em  C  G
 
    G           Em
The track ran through my town  
              C           G
I’d hear the train about sunset  
     G      Em
They never stopped back then  
                 C        G
And they’re not stopping yet  
   
They’re older than their wisdom  
They’re sadder than their tears  
They keep moving through the night  
And won’t slow down for years  
 
Chorus: x2
               Em        Em  
It’s the rumble of the train  
               G     G  
The rumble of the train 
   
But they’ll have to stop one day  
Be laid to rest on twisted backs  
In the meantime they’ll keep driving  
Although someone’s stole the tracks  
   
They rarely check their watches now  
They’ve been traveling for so long  
They know each place by the pain  
That won’t stop till they’re gone  
 
Chorus x2
 
Bridge:
         D          C         G   
   With clicks n’ clacks n’ rattles  
         D          C         G 
   It shutters and it shakes  
         D          C         G 
   There’s a long and lonely moan 
         D          C         G  
   As if it’s heart would break  
   
Late at night while I lie sleeping  
I heard that high sad whistle  
I dreamed I boarded that train  
And disappeared over a hill   
 
Chorus x4

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Em    Am      Em
Sometime I feel like a motherless child 
  Em    C    D   Em
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child 
And sometimes I feel like a motherless child 
А long, long way from home 
 
And sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone 
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone 
Sometimes I feel like I'm all alone 
А long, a long way from home 
 
Come on, come on 
Who's got a shoulder when I need to cry? 
I feel restless and I don't know why 
I cry for help but still feel alone 
Like a motherless child, a long way from home 
 
Lord, I'm lost, I can't find my way 
I'm dealing with the struggles in my day to day 
My soul is weak and I wanna be strong 
I try to run away but I've been running too long 
 
Sometimes I wish I could fly 
Like a bird up in the sky 
Oh, sometimes I wish I could fly 
Fly like a bird up in the sky 
Sometimes I wish I could fly 
Like a bird up in the sky 
Closer to my home 
 
Sometimes I feel like freedom is near 
Sometimes I feel like freedom is here 
Sometimes I feel like freedom is so near 
But we're so far from home

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