From the recording The Song is a Consideration
This was the prompt:
The Song Is ____________ fill in the blank with a noun
This is the first line of a chorus to be repeated three times—at the opening of the song and after first and second verses.
Write two verses that speak to someone you have in mind—may be an intimate partner, old or new friend, a parent, a public figure, a person from history, a pet, a neighbor, a boss, a beginning songwriter. The verses should give this person advice.
Thanks to Richard Putnam for dressing up the song with his organ playing.
Lyrics
The Song is a Consideration
The Song, a Consternation
What to lose and what to keep
What to sow and what to reap
The Song, an Obligation
The Song is a Lamentation
The Song, a Consolation
What is Truth, what is Lie
What will pass, what will abide
The Song is a Revelation
Who’s to say, the wind don’t carry every high and lonesome wail?
Who’s to say that crumbs don’t lead to a child’s fairy tale?
Who’s to say the blues ain’t holy and tears don’t sooth your soul?
That the song don’t bring the mercy that heals and makes you whole?
The Song is a Constellation
A Mystical Observation
When the evening stars appear
When infinity comes near
The Song is Illumination
The Song is a Consecration
The Song, a Celebration
A soaring dove, an outstretched hand
Unending love, the Promised Land
The Song is Sweet Salvation
Blessed be the bells that ring and
Blessed be the ones that sing
Blessed be the rhyming words from every song you ever heard
Blessed be each beating heart
Every ending, every start
Blessed be the melody and blessed be the harmony . . .
Each Song is a Consideration // Lamentation // Constellation // Sweet Salvation