I was raised, and still live, on 30 acres outside Salem, OR. My father was a well known regional artist. I paint with words rather than a brush. Nature is wha
I was on my way home from choir practice from Salem to Monmouth. It was around 9:30 pm and as I crossed over the Independence Bridge with the moon shining above. The lyrics wrote themselves.
Lyrics
Independence BridgeBy Lisa Lee, 1988
I am crossing over another bridge tonight
The river shines like silver in the quarter moonlight
A pale reminder that a new moon will come
Just as a new day will dawn with the sun
CHORUS:
Crossing over the Independence Bridge
Trying to reconcile life is the way it is
Trying to keep my sights from setting in the west,
Get through one more day and just forget the rest
One day at a time, one moment’s happiness
Just one more cross over the Independence Bridge
I have often wondered where-in the future lies
The path of becoming the pain of last goodbyes
A new life is waiting around the river bend
Where new waters flow and old hurts will mend
CHORUS:
BRIDGE: DoDoDoDo, Etc.
I am crossing over another bridge tonight
A day of reflection has turned out the light
I’m learning from the journey to listen from within
And with every morning beginning again
CHORUS:
