From the recording Where The Brave Begin
Inspired by history’s most defiant voices and the timeless folk tradition of Lee Hays, Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, "Where The Brave Begin" arrives this November as a rallying cry for our times. Melding classic 'zipper song' roots with modern anthemic singer-songwriter energy, the new single confronts overwhelming odds and political crossroads with unyielding hope. At its heart, "Where The Brave Begin" is an urgent call to awaken the hero within each of us and to speak our truth with radical love.
Lyrics
WHERE THE BRAVE BEGIN
I am sitting in your seat Rosa Parks Rosa Parks
I think of what you risked in that moment
I am sitting in your seat oh my dear Rosa Parks
It’s a seat I sit in to notice
I am looking through your glass Galileo Galilei
I think of what you risked in that moment
I am looking through your glass oh my dear Galilei
It’s a glass I look through to notice
CHORUS
Oh, the world is changed by the ones who dared
We hold the light that they left there
Let the heroes wake from the sleep within
And find the place where the brave begin.
I am writing with your pen Malala Yousafzai
I think of what you risked in that moment
I am writing with your pen oh my dear Malala
It’s a pen I write with to notice
I am marching on your bridge John Lewis, John Lewis
I think of what you risked in that moment
I am marching on your bridge oh my dear John Lewis
It’s a bridge I march on to notice
CHORUS
Oh, the world is changed by the ones who dared
We hold the light they left there
Let the heroes wake from the sleep within
And find the place where the brave begin.
Let the heroes wake from the sleep within
And find the place where the brave begin.