Babe Why Don't You

from Canyon Drive by Lisa Marie Claire

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Music and lyrics by Lisa Marie Claire.
Produced by Lisa Marie Claire.
All musical parts performed, engineered, and mixed by Lisa Marie Claire except: pedal steel performed by Randy Neal.

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Babe why don’t you shine your light on me?
Babe why don’t you shine your light on me?

They say the night is sacred
It’s when the world goes still
The moon leaves not a trace upon my faded window sill
And though I’m hot and thirsty
When the sun is out
Even though I’d ramble just to find the shaded route, oh

Babe why don’t you shine your light on me?
Babe why don’t you shine your light on me?

Sometimes I can see the stars
At four o’clock AM
Where does darkness end and the sparrow song begin?
Morning is for daffodils
And children and cartoons
But God is in my garden cutting everything that blooms

Lord I try to earn my place
Still I get no sign of grace
Please don’t leave me howling at the moon

Time will paint the picture
And the highlights in your hair
Nothing twice as bright could put that silver there
It’s hard to be remembered
And it’s harder to be missed
The years will pass like shadows til my hope has been eclipsed

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from Canyon Drive, released August 25, 2020

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