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Border Blood

from Lunar Songs by Andy Shea

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March 2016

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Sunset let me go,
sunrise on my mind.
I'm so tired of waiting
for someone to say to me,
"It'll be alright."

I am the voice inside my brain
whispering, screaming almost everything.
No one hears my words
or understands until
our hands can share the same.

I am not what you say I am.
I am a man who loves his blood
but bleeds because he needs
his kids to have a life
that you say I can't.

Isaiah 50:4-9
"The lord God has given me a well-trained tongue. That I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; And I have not rebelled, have not turned back. I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting.

The lord God is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame. He is near who upholds my right; if anyone wishes to oppose me, let us appear together. Who disputes my right? Let him confront me. See, the Lord God is my help; who will prove me wrong? Lo, they will all wear out like cloth, the moth will eat them up."

Sunburnt dirty hands
holding fast and praying.
Give me grace to love
the ones who hate me, Lord,
until they understand.

I am not what they say I am.
I am a man who bleeds
the same blood they bleed
and I'll keep on bleeding
as long as my legs let me stand.

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from Lunar Songs, released March 21, 2017

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Andy Shea

Singer/Songwriter with New England roots. I believe songs are meant for sharing. People make performances. Let's create something meaningful. Thank you for listening!

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