"Lullaby for a Weary World" genre: Indie
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	A lullaby for all of us in these turbulent times. This track is from Julia's "Divine Intervention" CD, available from www.prometheus-music.com/buy/divine.html .
	CD: Divine Intervention   Label: Prometheus Music Credits: Song by TJ Burnside Clapp.
	Story Behind the Song One of the prettiest songs ever written, and a good tonic to the darkness and violence of many of the other songs on the album. I just thought it was a beautiful thought to go out on, now even more than then. Lyrics I wonder how my world can live With all the hate she harbors. (Sleep, my weary world.) And I'm scared of all how long it may last, And just how soon it all may end, And I wish the power to stop it all Could rest within my hands. I've seen her people dying for Such bold and bloody causes. (Sleep, my weary world.) And the bodies of the innocent Just wash up on the lengthening shore While the rising tide of history Just ebbs and flows again. Oh, make me a cradle to rock my weary world. Make me a gentle voice, to soothe her when she weeps. Make my arms strong enough to hold her when she wakes, And make me a lullaby so sweet and fine That I can sing my weary world to sleep. I wish that I could soothe away Her jagged shards of hatred. (Sleep, my weary world.) And, though my hands may bleed and burn, I'll hold my broken world to me, Until her ugly scars are healed, And peace may reign at last. Oh, make me a cradle to rock my weary world. Make me a gentle voice, to soothe her when she weeps. Make my arms strong enough to hold her when she breaks, And make me a lullaby so sweet and fine That I can sing my weary world to sleep. If her fighting will not stop, Then I'll hold her that much closer And sing my lullaby above the noise and pain of war. And if her bleeding I can't staunch, I'll bleed along beside her. But I will not let her go, No, I'll never let her go. When the stars have all burned out, I'll sing to her in darkness. (Sleep, my weary world.) And I pray a tender God may find me, Huddled in the dark and cold, And grant the weary world I shelter One more chance to live. May God grant my precious world Another chance to live. Oh, make me a cradle to rock my weary world. Make me a gentle voice, to soothe her when she weeps. Make my arms strong enough to hold her when she breaks, And make me a lullaby so sweet and fine That I can sing my weary world to sleep.

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