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Are You Listening?

from Dawn by Barclay Martin Ensemble

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so it goes that you lost control
of the words that kept you from feeling whole
and you try to decide
and you ponder a time
when you were young

so tell me what are you fighting for
and the battles rage as it was before
and the curious king got lost in
religion of war

please won’t you say
that there’s a better way
to lead the world to freedom
are you leaving this place
better than you found
there’s blood on the ground
but is it yours
tell me
are you listening

find your way back home
singing hymns
while all your castle walls are crumbling
but who will you let
inside the halls of the pearly gates
rest on litigations and masquerades
no, they won’t complain
no, they came here to be entertained

brother don’t you know that it’s a sin
is this how understanding can begin
when the fighting subsides
we’ll all live in the color of night

please won’t you say
that there’s a better way
to lead the world to freedom
are you leaving this place
better than you found
there’s blood on the ground
but is it yours
tell me
are you listening

find your way back home
singing hymns
while all your castle walls are crumbling
but who will you let in

so find a way
to let go
of what you say
do you recall
it was all that we could do
to think an honest man of you

can you hear me

are you listening?

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from Dawn, released May 14, 2014

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Barclay Martin Kansas City, Missouri

A blend of singer/songwriter folk, pop, and world music, his songs are a celebration of culture that could only come through traveling the world.

Through his love of music and the gift of travel, Martin realized the role that music has to play in celebrating work that uplifts us all. Music can serve as photographs of who we are as people—it can also serve as a reminder of how connected we are. ... more

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