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Brighter Day

from Cardboard Boat by David Berkeley

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Track 8 from David Berkeley's Cardboard Boat, his newest album. This is the album that accompanies his novella of interweaving short stories, The Free Brontosaurus. Sara Watkins sings background vocals.

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By the time the fruit was tasted the fall was long in the cards
By the time the earth was shaking we all were rattled hard.
My oh my it’s been like this for too long. It’s why we pray.

That there is a brighter day.
Can you see it coming close, my love.
Wait, please don’t run away
tell me what is it we’re so scared of

Cause I have tried to look for God in the cracks before the sky.
And in the eyes the lost and lonely attract. It’s why we pray

That there is a brighter day.
Can you see it coming now, my love.
Wait, please don’t run away
what is it that we are so scared of

Bridge: Wo oh oh…oh oh, oh oh…

Lord, you know the hardest gift was a heart that’s never whole.
And so we search the farthest reaches and parts. It’s why we pray. It’s why we pray. It’s why I pray.

That there is a brighter day.
I can see it coming now, it’s love.
Look there’s a brighter day
don’t you see it coming now it’s love
I can see it coming now, my love.
I can see it coming now it’s love.

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from Cardboard Boat, released September 25, 2015
Straw Man 2015 ASCAP

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David Berkeley Santa Fe, New Mexico

The San Francisco Chronicle calls Santa Fe-based songwriter and author David Berkeley a “musical poet,” and the New York Times praises his “lustrous, melancholy voice with shades of Tim Buckley and Nick Drake.” He was a guest on This American Life, and has released 7 studio albums and 2 books. He is also half of the wildly creative Trans-Atlantic costumed duo Son of Town Hall. ... more

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