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Thread #79408   Message #3672949
Posted By: Joe Offer
30-Oct-14 - 02:01 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Quilt Project / Names (Cathy Fink)
Subject: DT Correction: Names (Cathy Fink)
I listened to the Fink/Marxer recording over and over again while I was proofreading the new Rise Again Songbook. This is what I hear, which is just a bit different from the DT version and the excellent transcription posted above by Susanne.
Who's singing lead on the Fink/Marxer recording? Her voice is wonderful.

NAMES
(Cathy Fink)

A patchwork of thousands of precious names
There must be someone that you know
Woven together in a quilted frame
Names the loved ones won't let go

CHORUS
And I know that my name could be there
And I feel the pain and the fear
And as human love and passions do not make us all the same
We are counted not as numbers, but as names

We grieve for the lovers and the families
And I pray they'll meet again some day
But until that time I will carry the flame
As the numbers grow we'll not forget their names

A lover, a carpenter, a father, a friend
A sister, a minister, a mom
Each quilted piece holds a memory
Each memory helps us to go on
NAMES (DT Version)
(Cathy Fink)

A patchwork, thousands of precious names
Must be someone that you know
Woven together in a quilted frame;
Names the loved ones won't let go

CHORUS:
And I know my name could be there
And I feel the pain and the fear
And as human love and passions do not make us all the same
We are counted not as numbers, but as names.

We grieve for the lovers and the families
And I pray that they'll meet again some day.
But until that time I will carry the flame
As the numbers grow we'll not forget their names.

A lover, a carpenter, a father, a friend,
A sister, a minister, a mom
Each quilted piece holds a memory
Each memory helps us to go on.


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEGqSZvTCiE