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King Solomon

by Hayley Sabella

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1.
Backbone 02:52
There’s fire in my lungs There’s some things I want to say Still I don’t know how to tease them out of me There’s a way to strike your stride In a way that’s all your own Still I’m stepping in footsteps set out for me Do I have the courage to be disapproved of Have I got the backbone to say what I mean I don’t know There’s a garden of unknown Fruit in me that’s sown Have I got the patience I need to taste of it in its day Will I wrestle and walk limping Will I jump out and not fly Do you recover from touching Him who doesn’t die Do I have the courage to be knocked down hard Have I got the backbone to fall and not die I don’t know But I’ll walk on and on and on, oh As the days go by, I’ll walk on and on and on I’ll walk on and on and on, oh Till my breath goes back to the God who gave it Till the day I die, I’ll walk on and on and on Even if I’m limping I’ll walk on
2.
Small Things 03:35
The cedar cabinet holds your favorite coffee cup It’s collected debris from spiders and other small things The small things, oh the smaller things that creep beneath below between That hide behind the glitter sheen of the important stuff And when found collected in your favorite coffee cup It was the hardest indication That we aren’t really we And you aren’t really me But now that I’m not really you too, You too are set free The angle, the degree of your mouth when you smile And the squint of your eye when you think of what to say Are the small things, the smaller things that make me wonder what has changed Have you lost interest when we talk abut “important stuff” Cause when you stopped drinking with me from your favorite coffee cup It was the hardest indication
3.
Farm Fingers 02:52
These farm fingers are weary These cracked callouses, cracked callouses Go tough-tough break, soft Far too soft, tough again Break again, break again, I broke again These strong shoulders are heavy Like roots of a tree, roots of a tree Their tangled up underneath Tangled up underneath Underneath, underneath, oh underneath When I say I need rain From heaven, I need rain When I say, I need rain Oh my God-- I need rain Love is a labor, this labor is my love I'll try to savor sweat as the flavor of my… Love is a labor
4.
February 04:22
I’m tired of being cynical, I’m tired of seeing grey I’m tired of February I’m done with being critical of things I cannot change I’m finished with this log in my eye But will you walk with me, march through April and May And maybe this frozen ground will let the lonesome give way Walk with me till it’s warm enough to really live Put a kettle on the stove and a log on the fire, I know we will survive A cold wind is blowing and its wearing me right out It’s making my feet feel too numb to step But it won’t keep me from dreaming of sunny old July I’ve yet to forget you Mrs. June As the calendar pages I change and stay the same Change, and stay the same, I change and stay the same It don’t matter how far away our star is from these parts, There’s still nothing new under the sun Before the moon and stars have darkened And the clouds come to rain again And the guards are outside trembling And the strongest backs are bent Before the windows have dimmed and the doors are shut tight And desire has failed and the songs are brought low Before the silver chord has snapped And the golden bowl has broken And the pitcher has shattered at the fountain And the wheel has broken at the cistern Before the dust returns to the earth as it was And your spirit returns to the God who gave it Remember your Creator, remember your Creator Remember, remember
5.
King Solomon 03:18
They say an honest man is difficult to find Especially in this troublesome day in age But honey I’m inclined to take a different mind set Oh, hear me when I say, it’s always been this way And King Solomon said Oh King Solomon said There is nothing, nothing new under the sun Once I knew a man who told so many lies He went by a different name each time he shook a hand So I took him aside gave him the chance to change But I guess I don’t decide who someone else is gonna be With each day the sun rises And with each night the sun sets It don’t matter whose beside me I still sleep with myself They say an honest man is impossible to find Especially in this troublesome, dark day
6.
Child's Play 04:42
Well my limbs are soar, but my heart is quiet Sleep will come easily tonight There were no fireworks, there was no parade But settledness can be so good for you This is child’s play, child’s play Child’s play, child’s play When I look in truth inside this heart of mine I can see in simplicity I am a worshiper Hungrily, greedily, anxiously, I can chew through these idols I’m no child cause I can see through them quicker now When I’m listening I can hear Him whisper on the wind: Take it day by day
7.
Up & Away Go 03:49
You swept in fast and swept out faster And I cannot account for the state you left me in What does the shore have to say to the ocean’s waves? “You were here and then you weren’t, you came and then you left” And that is all Up and away go, I’m pretty used to Flying solo any how Up and away go, my own adventure Is calling me now I didn’t know your absence until I knew your presence How could you be so lost from me You whom I did not seek You swept in fast, I hardly saw your face But lover please don’t be lost from me forever Up and away go, I’m fairly used to Flying solo any how Up and away go, I have things to do Here without you anyhow At least for now
8.
I’ve been proud and tight fisted Always shifting my weight around To have things the way I’d like them I’ve been oddly particular And isn’t it peculiar how One becomes rigid and lifeless If my days were made of dough, I’d have kneaded them so long They’d yield bread hard and over handled Revising, revising till I have trouble recognizing Who I once was, who I’m meant to be Revive me, revive me, oh won’t you revive me, Holy One Cause I’m tired, it’s tiring pretending I don’t want to do it anymore I’m a coward, it’s cowardly this acting These tactics are exhausting, & Costing me more than I will pay I’ve been trying to pry open My own white knuckled fingers as they Greedily grip onto nothing Moving too quickly Speaking over wise voices As they warn me to slow it down Devising, devising a way to make every eye see Exactly the way that I see Deliver, deliver, oh won’t you deliver me, Holy One
9.
Stop, see: this is just not what you were created for Stop, breath: take a breath for the first time as a child, as a child Oh Speak to me so loud, You drown out all of the noise, all of the noise Cause I’ve been far too proud, Trading the truth for poised Expressions of something like it Oh Speak to me so loud, cause if you don’t, someone else will Speak to me so loud, cause if you don’t, I’ll hear someone else Oh
10.
Vanity 05:23
Hear now the rooster crow, you’ve made your last confession Stopped plows, the Queen Anne’s lace is dried brown bone decoration Summer’s hot rag is wrung out for the season The calendar day drag left droplets there, still steaming You’re a man now, now you are a man A girl whose name was Violet gave up her dandelion She said, “Here, Miss, you can wish on this” She said, “Here, lady, take my flower” Like a coward-girl I took the stem but made no declaration Just pushed out one strong empty breath, I sent the seed a-flying Just one strong, meaningless breath, they scattered off at random I’m a lady now, now I am a woman The remedy for a heart tied up might be to say “I’m sorry” But I don’t feel much like apologizing, don’t feel much like apologizing I know bitterness is an ugly trait, in a bitter bed the bitter lay But I lost the child who once I was, you can’t blame me for grieving That child is alive no more, and I know you ‘ve lost yours too So be a man now, now you are Go now where the wind blows Where the rocks make piles of salty caves Climb down with your brothers Find your homes, come into your own You got skinned knees, and red cheeks Pay no mind, you’ll be fine So make some trouble, make some noise Make some trouble, make your noise Shout loud at the ocean Declare who you are, with firm feet stand tall I said shout loud at the ocean Say you are the sea, but I am a man Oh, you might be the sea, but I am a man! Say, “this is who I am” Because that is who you are Oh this is who we are
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Brother 03:56
Oh my brother, battle fighter Your burdens are burning low Oh my brother secret keeper Your currents run deeper than we know Oh my brother, tip toe higher Away from it all Open your eyes broken hearted Healing will come from below Below your doubts, beneath the mouths Of those who try to tell you that they know Tip toe higher, sing it low

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released April 18, 2014

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Hayley Sabella Plymouth, Massachusetts

Hayley Sabella is a singer-songwriter / local farmer / earnest truth-seeker / independent woman / dork, who originally did her thing in her hometown of Plymouth, Massachusetts and is now doing her thing in other places, too.

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