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21 Nov 14 - 04:38 AM (#3678845) Subject: ADD:Still Small Voice (Bob Franke) From: Joe Offer I guess I feel a connection with Bob Franke because he's an Episcopalian ex-seminarian, and I'm a Catholic ex-seminarian. The years of training give a certain insight that I think is a valuable contribution to this world. His songs aren't overtly religious, but they have strong ties to religious language and tradition. I like this one, which has ties to the story of Elijah hearing thunder and other loud and majestic sounds, but finally finding what he sought in "A Still Small Voice." STILL SMALL VOICE (Bob Franke) In a still small voice in the middle of the night Brother Martin heard the simple truth And he followed its pleading though it led to a crossroads Parting in the days of my youth From the heart of my city came a single scream And I heard it through all the white noise And the papers told us me that they'd killed the dream But they never killed the still small voice All the lies come at you in a million ways Some you hear and some you tell yourself And they say that virtue is a pile of gold And that weapons are a nation's wealth But when kings stand naked in their ugly schemes Will the poor of this world rejoice? Will they sell their children down a bloody stream Or will they listen to a still small voice? Now the one-eyed bandit in your living room Will convince you that you have no time It will swear to take you on your one free ride While it's looking for your last dime But the light of heaven is a simple gift You can see it when you make that choice It will shine like riches in your inmost heart But it will speak in a still small voice. Oh the sky will open when the trumpet sounds And the thunder will shake these walls And these stones so silent as they ring us 'round They will shatter when they hear that call And these chains will clatter when they hit the ground And the people make a joyful noise But when my Lover comes to call me home It will be in a still small voice. Bob Franke On his Brief Histories, Charlie King Food Phone Gas Lodging In Bob Franke SB, SO 34:1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qsMSUU0XU4 ...to be included in the upcoming Rise Again Songbook. |
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21 Nov 14 - 11:14 PM (#3679116) Subject: RE: ADD:Still Small Voice (Bob Franke) From: Elmore Beautiful song. Great to hear it again. Thanks Joe. |
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22 Nov 14 - 12:42 PM (#3679211) Subject: RE: ADD:Still Small Voice (Bob Franke) From: GUEST,Pete from seven stars link Nice one joe, like the accompaniment too. |