by Bob Franke
There are songs that never ask you anything
There are strings that beat against the wood
There are songs that ease the singer’s heart to sing
And that’s good
But there are words that change the way you look at things
There are sounds that silence idle talk
And there are songs that circle in your mind
And seek your heart & find itAnd seize it like a hawk
There’s a pain here that slowly slips away.
There’s a love here that’s leading us from darkness into day
There are stars here that fade against the light
They fall but it’s all right
There is a healing in this night
There are trials that trick you into loneliness
There are tears that burn until their fall
There are needs that tear you when you turn away
When they call
But there are hearts to hold you when you’ve done your best
For the love you leave within their lives
And there are friends to hear if you should cry
To pray if you should die
And there are songs that sing us all
There’ve been times when working for my sanity
In my mind I’ve seemed the only one
There’ve been days when no one seemed to understand
What I’ve done
But there are ears to hear me in my softest voice
There are hands to hold and point the way
And there are men and women on this path
To laugh if I should laugh
To find me if I stray
© 1989 Robert J. Franke, Telephone Pole Music, BMI. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
On his “In This Night” album.