Although the new year is well underway, I have found this song running through my mind as a way to face it with hope....
We have been weighed down by sadness like a stone
And we have yearned, we have yearned -
And we have sometimes felt so utterly alone
While we turn, while we turn -
We’ve been stricken by the wonder of it all
Stricken dumb, stricken dumb -
We have sometimes felt so faint we want to fall
Overcome, but all in all
We have been weighed down by sadness like a stone
And we have yearned, we have yearned -
And we have sometimes felt so utterly alone
While we turn, while we turn -
We’ve been stricken by the wonder of it all
Stricken dumb, stricken dumb -
We have sometimes felt so faint we want to fall
Overcome, but all in all
CHORUS:
I’d say this year in flight together has been fun
What say we make one more circle around the sun
We have raised our fists in anger and we’ve tried
To work it out, work it out -
That we need each other, we cannot deny
There is no doubt, there is no doubt -
Let us weave another dream in outer space
While we’re turning, while we’re turning -
On this planet home that holds our human race
We still are learning, but all in all
CHORUS
I’d say this year in flight together has been a good, good one
What say we make one more circle
One more circle
One more circle around the sun
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The audio file can be found at
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/www_publicradio/tools/media_player/popup.php?name=minnesota/news/programs/2009/12/26/dale_connelly_show/radio_heartland_20091226_128
at 14:46 - 18:57 . It is worth the few seconds it takes to get to the right spot... trust me... there are even bagpipes!
