Tanzania

So my inner being has wanted to listen to music a lot lately. Because a song can evoke all of these feelings that we bottle up SO darn well! But I'm tired of the songs about love and heartbreak... they aren't relevant to me right now. The secular music has gotten old and all sounds so monotonous. But I found this song while listening to Pandora and felt content with my choice of music for the first time in a while and these lyrics have played through my head all day.

Tanzani
by Alli Rogers
It’s eight hours later in Tanzania.
When Jen lays down
Mary’s just opening her eyes.
Her child’s feet land on the ground
and dirt scatters,
And she feels left out in the open,
always left out in the open.
She says, “son, wear my shoes to school today”.
He turns and smiles and walks away,
and she thinks to herself…

Someday I will wake
where the earth is clean and safe.
My children have a place to play,
not here in Tanzania.
And someday I will live
in a house that’s built by
hands that hold the world.

It’s eight hours earlier in Chattanooga.
Mary sits down and Jen’s just put the coffee on.
Katie Couric is talking news and fashion,
and Jen feels pushed into a corner,
always pushed into a corner, she says
“Baby I know what girls at school are like”.
And her daughter rides off on her bike,
and Jen thinks to herself…

Someday I will wake
where my children get a break,
And there are chances that they’ll take,
not here in Chattanooga.
Someday I will live
in a house that’s built by
hands that hold the world.

Well it’s hard to be mother,
and it’s hard to be a woman,
and it’s hard to live in Africa sometimes.
It’s hard to be mother,
and it’s hard to be a woman,
and it’s hard to live in America sometimes.

But someday I will wake
in a body that won’t break,
On ground that doesn’t shake, not here.
And someday I will live
in a house that’s built by
hands that hold the world.

Comments

  1. why did you leave me here at whitman all by myself? people are clearing out and i'm going to be lonely soon--thanks alot. :) thanks alot for sharing that song with me tonight. love you so much tina. ~Emily

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  2. i will have to listen to this when I'm at a computer that can actually make that happen... and I'm not about to run to a rehearsal for a movie.

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  3. This song made me think of you Tara and Nick, wish I could visit Chattanooga on my way to India:)

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  4. WOW... this song was awesome. We all live worlds apart, but its hard in both worlds much of the time. This song was beautiful. It'll be great when we can all live in houses built by hands that hold the world. I'm gonna make a station on my pandora for this girl. I liked it alot. HOpe India welcomes you safely Tina

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