"Rise Up" genre: Alternative General
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	Moody, fiery and sparkling gospel-tinged rock
	MP3.com CD: Lost In California - buy it! CD: Lost In California   Label: Stolen Hat Records Credits: Copyright 2003, Gentry Bronson
	Story Behind the Song The idea for this song came while walking over California street one morning, past many of San Francisco's picture postcard landmarks: the trolley cars, Grace Cathedral, the Fairmount Hotel, and down into Chinatown. The San Francisco Bay Area was in the middle of its capitalist dot-com mire, and I felt like my spirit and the City's spirit was being stolen. "Rise Up" is about rising and falling, and finally climbing up to take your spirit back. Lyrics 1 I saw you on the street Monday Lonely & broken down You were reading the newspaper headlines Your head bent low to the ground Bent so low to the ground 2 You looked much worse than I ever remember Like a princess losing her crown I wanted to take your hands with my hands And pick you up Pick you up from the ground Chorus So rise up little angel Rise up from the ground Rise up like the sun in the morning Rise up from the ground 3 These people 'round here they drink too much They smoke and they fight and they eat and they cuss Living alone on these tombstone streets Will bring you down Bring you down to your knees Chorus C Section Bears and misfits Freaks & slaves Wait for your rise Like the swell of a wave You can shiver with the addicts And dance with the snakes But the smoke will clear And the clouds will break Solo 4 It's been seven years since you got here Where the hills all slump in shame And though nobody writes about you The children all sing your name All sing your name Chorus

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