SAW 2021 Collabs

SAW 2021

Copyright Erin Wolf 2021

Week 1 Prompt - Top of the List
Instruments featured: Acoustic guitar, mandolin

watching the snow fall to the ground
the silence it brings always abounds
feeling lonely amid all this cold
remembering the summer nights i felt bold

still i'm waiting for you to call
i've been holding hope since the fall
hope is for the birds or so they say
i don't care - for you i'd wait all day

i want to love you like Pablo Neruda would
loving you wholly without even knowing i could
just as you are, no mask, no facade
raw, bared, exposed, perfectly flawed

and i'll put your name at the top of the list
somewhere it can't be missed
but i could never forget your face
where we first met in our secret place

i want to love you like Pablo Neruda would
loving you wholly without knowing i could
just as you are, no mask, no facade
raw, bared, exposed, perfectly flawed

watching the snow fall to the ground
the silence it brings always abounds

Pablo Neruda

A Capella cover of "Stand in that River" by Moira Smiley
Performed by Jordie K.

*daughter-mama duet cover coming soon*

Come and stand in that river
Current gentle and slow 
Send your troubles down water
Down on that water flow

When you stand in that river
Angels sing in your head
Secrets beyond any worry
Dreams beyond any dread

Tell me sister, brother,
Where does that river flow?
It flows down to that great water
Where soon my people will go

Come and stand in that river
Current gentle and slow 
Send your troubles down water
Down on that water flow

Stand In That River (a capella cover by Jordie K)

Copyright Erin Wolf 2021

Week 2 Prompt - Mercy Mile
Instrument featured: Mandolin
*Note: Lyrics contain some mature imagery & language.*

listen to them now
calling for a mercy mile
they won't give an inch
what a rich pile of
flaming hot shame is what
they should be dining on
have they no dignity 
no i'm sure they have none

ain't no room or time left here
burning flags all drenched in fear
crawling from the hell unleashed
mercy mile won't save you now
go ahead with your final bow
is your power lust finally pleased

holed up in their hallowed cages
quaking in their steads
down below as the mob rages
calling for their heads as
the gallows
the gallows watch on
these empty calls for unity
nothing more than a f***ing con

ain't no room or time left here
burning flags all drenched in fear
crawling from the hell unleashed
mercy mile won't save you now
go ahead with your final bow
is your power lust finally pleased

ain't no room or time left here
burning flags all drenched in fear
crawling from the hell unleashed
mercy mile won't save you now
go ahead with your final bow
is your power lust finally pleased

listen to them now
calling for a mercy mile
they won't give an inch
what a rich pile of

Mercy Mile

A Capella duet cover of "Stand in that River" by Moira Smiley
Performed by Jordie K. & Erin Wolf

*daughter-mama duet, as promised*

Come and stand in that river
Current gentle and slow
Send your troubles down water
Down on that water flow

When you stand in that river
Angels sing in your head
Secrets beyond any worry
Dreams beyond any dread

Tell me sister, brother,
Where does that river flow?
It flows down to that great water
Where soon my people will go

Come and stand in that river
Current gentle and slow
Send your troubles down water
Down on that water flow

Down In That River (duet cover with Jordie K)

Copyright Donna Piano & Erin Wolf 2021
Lyrics: DPiano (@donna-piano)
Music: EWolf (@erinwolf)

*Written in loving memory of Donna's mother*

Virginia on that warm December day
A memory that never fades away
We knew the day would come
When I'd have to be the strong one

A mother, a daughter, and a wife
You didn't always have an easy life
My best friend and a friend to everyone
Living each day as the last setting sun

You taught me meaning of life
And not to be afraid to die 
Told me not to cry
It's okay to say goodbye

I know that you'd be proud 
Of what I'm doing now
You were my biggest fan
And still are somewhere in heaven

When I was twenty two
To help me with school
She cried and apologized for not saving money
I said it's ok, followed by something funny 

I remember you crying, smiling
I remember you through the years
I remember you a heart worth more than gold
I remember, I remember, I remember you

You taught me meaning of life
And not to be afraid to die 
Told me not to cry
It's okay to say goodbye

I know that you'd be proud 
Of what I'm doing now
You were my biggest fan
And still are somewhere in heaven

You were my biggest fan
And still are somewhere in heaven

Somewhere In Heaven (with Donna Piano)

A tremendous thank you to @deborah-kelly-676260696's imaginary and incredibly talented friend @erinwolf for bringing my lyrics (and suggesting minor edits to them) to life (and for contributing the guitar to this track).

Erin's Version: https://soundcloud.com/erinwolf/cross-this-bridge-into-the-unknown

Lyrics:

I’ll never forget the night we met,
When the winter sky was painted with stars,
We didn’t know it then,
God had a plan for us way back when.
 
With this bridge here before us,
Do we cross into the unknown?
We don’t know exactly what lies ahead,
There’s no one else I’d rather have beside me than you.
 
I confess sometimes I’m lost easily,
And I don’t always know the right way to go,
But every time I followed the stars,
They would lead me back to you.
 
With this bridge here before us,
Do we cross into the unknown?
We don’t know exactly what lies ahead,
There’s no one else I’d rather have beside me than you.

We’ve never been apart this long before,
I feel closer now more than ever,
And whenever we meet again,
It will feel as no time has passed at all.
 
With this bridge here before us,
Do we cross into the unknown?
We don’t know exactly what lies ahead,
There’s no one else I’d rather have beside me than you.

Erin Wolf & Anoki ReChord - Cross This Bridge (Into The Unknown)

Copyright Anoki ReChord & Erin Wolf 2021

Lyrics: Anoki ReChord (https://soundcloud.com/anokirechord)
Music: Erin Wolf

Check out Anoki's version here: https://soundcloud.com/anokirechord/cross-this-bridge

I’ll never forget the night we met,
When the winter sky was painted with stars,
We didn’t know it then,
God had a plan for us way back when.

With this bridge here before us,
Do we cross into the unknown?
We don’t know exactly what lies ahead,
There’s no one else I’d rather have beside me than you.

I confess sometimes I’m lost easily,
And I don’t always know the right way to go,
But every time I followed the stars,
They would lead me back to you.

With this bridge here before us,
Do we cross into the unknown?
We don’t know exactly what lies ahead,
There’s no one else I’d rather have beside me than you.

We’ve never been apart this long before,
I feel closer now more than ever,
And whenever we meet again,
It will feel as no time has passed at all.

With this bridge here before us,
Do we cross into the unknown?
We don’t know exactly what lies ahead,
There’s no one else I’d rather have beside me than you.

Cross This Bridge (Into The Unknown)- (with Anoki ReChord)

Faith of a Mustard Seed
by Erin Wolf, Laurie & David Easterling © 2/1/2020 Little Chute, WI and Oak Ridge, TN
Prompts: Strange light, Seeds
Instrument featured: Mandolin

I been praying every morning
But my soul’s worn thin
Trying to reach out to you
From deep within

A strange light grows 
Filling up my mind
And I realize 
You’re not hard to find

CHORUS:
My Creator called 
A failure like me  
Said all I need is the faith 
Of a mustard seed
A mustard seed
A mustard seed
All I need to succeed 
Is the faith of a mustard seed

I looked across the valley
Once filled with dry bones
I see the lilies blooming
Far and wide they grow

That’s the miracle
When I step out of the way
And let you breathe your life
In me today

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE:
Rebuilding these ancient ruins
Releasing this weary prisoner
Binding up the wounds 
Of this tattered soul
Where you send me 
I will go 

REPEAT CHORUS

Faith Of A Mustard Seed (with David & Laurie Easterling)

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