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On Sacred Ground

from Tell Me More by The Open Hearts Trio

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This song was written in 2006 for an American soldier in Iraq.
His father served in Viet Nam.

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I see you're standing On Sacred Ground
And it's right where your father stood.
A field of rice or a field of sand,
He'd be there with you if he could.

There's the truth, and there's injustice
and then there's this American way.
They say in time it will get better,
But that the time is not to-day.

I'm asking when can this be over.
Who takes a life and calls it whole?
A circle drawn complete, half empty,
As every pawn must play its role.
As each black night we hold our ground
And watch the darkness change to day.
A line is drawn where no one crosses.
No one can bear to show the way.

I see you're standing On Sacred Ground
And it's right where your father stood.
A field of rice or a field of sand,
He'd be here with you if he could.

credits

from Tell Me More, released April 19, 2008
Bobby Lee (composer, ASCAP) - pedal steel
John Reese - vocals
Nancy Freitas - guitar

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