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from She's Folks! by Elizabeth Morgan

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Times like these I’m troubled by the chill that coats the words that people say
Reminds me why we live so far away
Yet I feel my heart strings pulled by ties that I have yet to understand
By my birth I am a child of that land

And I’m goin’ back home
I need to go home
Only for a few days, but let’s go home
We’re on the road
It knows where to go
Take me to the only land I know

Home is where I learned of love and kindness
To do right by your fellow man
Am I missin’ somethin’? Help me understand.
With my eyes closed I know these roads just like the back of my own hand
Still I’m a foreigner in my own native land

And I’m goin’ back home
What am I lookin’ for?
They don’t recognize me any more
Cuz I’ve been gone
Maybe too long
But it’s still the place I go when I go home

My Cup is empty and I’m losin’ my resolve
I need to hold a familiar hand
The night is darkest when it’s just before the dawn
So follow me into that verdant land

I wore my heart like a badge of honor all those many years ago
They didn’t like it, they made sure to let me know
Yet we stood together singin’ songs just like “This Little Light of Mine”
They pick and choose the lights that they allow to shine

My Father’s hearth my Mother’s wise and loving smile
Will keep us safe and dry and warm
Together we will walk the hard and rugged mile
Our love’s a fire in this lonely storm

Scripture whirls around them forming stony walls of callous cold denial
The weary meek and poor still sufferin’ all the while
Do you recall, “Love one another even as I have loved you?”
Yeah, this old sinner can still read the Scripture, too.

And that’s back home
Still I’m going back home
If home is where the heart is they need me back home
I won’t be thrown like so many stones
Back home is where we’re headed lets’ go home

See you in a few days I’m going back home
I’ll see you in a few days I’m going back home

credits

from She's Folks!, released November 14, 2017
Elizabeth Morgan: Songwriter, Lead Vocals
Alex Newkirk: Music Direction, Vocals
Tyler Thompson: Vocals, Banjo
Ted Kitterman: Fiddle
Tyler Core: Percussion
with Daniel Fager: Guitar

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Elizabeth Morgan Chicago, Illinois

Elizabeth Morgan was born and raised in rural Ohio. After college, she hightailed it to Chicago where she performs her show She's Folks alongside her band as a love letter to the country from a kid who couldn't wait to leave.

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