This is a demonstration-quality (pre-release) of a special song that once sparked a new period of inspiration and musical creation for me. It is a mostly personal narrative which I hope you might relate to.
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Story behind the song
This song was written during a resurgence in my life during which my perspective became far more spiritual than ever and I suddenly became able to reflect on my life in a whole new way and to feel more interested, sensitive and connected with others - with people, life and the environment.
Lyrics
LONG, HARD ROAD
I was standing for justice -
Out there at the grounds -
With a power in numbers we came -
Feeling the spirit of hope all around -
We would win back our Freedom some day -
I have stood on the mountain -
In hunger and prayer -
For sending me some kind of sign -
It's a hard road we walk -
In this life that we share -
And we need all the hope we can find -
It's a Hard Road - Let's give all the love we can send -
What a Long Road - So make it worth every minute you spend -
I will walk down this road with you friend -
There's a spirit of hope in the life on this earth -
That some madness has hidden away -
Though she cares for the creatures she's nourished from birth -
You can feel her great sadness today -
How her beauty is fading - She's been under attack -
From the ones who are drowning in greed -
Who have taken and taken and not given back -
To the future, to children in need -
It's a Hard Road - To keep children safe as they grow -
What a Long Road - So be -there, wherever you go -
Just something I thought you should know -
It's a Hard Road -
What a Long Road -
I came back through the darkness, from out of the cold -
I thought that I had lost my way -
I came back to the point where I'd strayed from the Road -
And came alive with the light of the day -
I recaptured the hopes and the dreams of my youth -
And saw what I wanted to Be -
The road to my Freedom was paved with the truth -
And learning to live honestly -
It's a Hard Road - To trust and to love once again -
What a Long Road - But a Bridge we can cross at the end -
And it keeps getting closer my friend -
It's a Hard Road -
What a Long Road -
I will walk with you friend to the ends of the earth -
I will walk through the high and the low -
Til we're all realizing the value and worth -
Of this life that we're coming to know -
It's a Hard Road -
What a Long Road -
Scott Gordon - December 1992