Sing Us Through These Times
Singing carries and uplifts us.
Words and music by Sarah Pirtle © 2021, Discovery Center Music, BMI
Lyrics
1. There’s a high voice ringing just above the trees.
Sing us through these times.
And a low voice lifts us up from our knees.
Sing us through these times.
Songs give us words we could not say.
Sing us through these times.
And return us when we feel pushed away.
Sing us through these times.
Chorus:
Sing us through these times. Sing us through these times.
Bring us close together.
Sing us through these times.
2. Some people get lost in the fire of hatred.
Sing us through these times.
Come and show us what is sacred.
Sing us through these times.
Songs of grief shake to the bone
Sing us through these times.
And songs from the sky carry us back home.
Sing us through these times.
3. Fist to fist we can’t keep going.
Sing us through these times.
Face to face something starts growing.
Sing us through these times.
Can you feel my hand in this stormy weather.
SIng us through these times.
What will it feel like to work together?
Sing us through these times.
A song can bring a tender word.
Sing us through these times.
A song cries out what must be heard.
Sing us through these times.
Songs step in and they remind us.
Sing us through these times.
There’s a circle that has come to find us.
Sing us through these times.
About This Song
Song comes in on a river. These days nourishment comes from online singing. Washington Revels and Carpe Diem Arts offer Daily Antidote of Song at noon Eastern time. Emma’s Revolution gathers singers Sundays. When Holly Near appeared as a guest with Maggie Wheeler and Emile Hassan Dyer, she closed with these words ... we will sing us through these times. That is when this song was born.