I wrote this song on September 12, 2002. I wasn't able to write anything about 9/11 until then. This is what happened when I finally felt ready.

The Almost Live Sessions

The Current

LINE IN THE SAND is available for licensing. Email LisaBeth for inquiries: create@lisabethweber.com

Line in the Sand © July 17, 2004 – LisaBeth Weber

There’s a line in the sand, where the journey once began
To tell the glory of the story of a long time ago.
And I will never understand all the wars in all the lands
There’s a point of no return and you’d think by now we’d learned.
There are people in power causing battles by the hour
And they live up in a big house in Washington
And they tell us it’s for freedom and that we should stand behind them. 
But how can I believe them, who’s the killer now?

Chorus……
Where is the truth, the responsibility
Isn’t anyone accountable 
to you and me, the citizens, of this democracy
What will it take to make up for the past with the future at stake

I don’t want to believe everything they say’s a lie
I don’t want to believe that any more will die
But I have seen the news one too many times
Wish that I could understand the reasons for the crimes.
And I beg of them to stop telling all these lies
While they live in their glass houses we lose innocent lives
Haven’t we learned from the past that war will not cause peace
All that I ask is when will the killing cease?

Chorus…..

I don’t know if there’s a god but I find myself at odds
With all that put their faith in him, some may think my way’s a sin
But all the fighting, all the war, why would god want that for
All his children in the land fighting in a box of sand
There’s a line in that sand, where the journey once began
To tell the glory of the story of a long time ago.
And I will never understand all the wars in all the lands
There’s a point of no return and I beg of them to learn.

The Fire Tower Sessions

Line In The Sand

This song was inspired by the movie CHRISTMAS IN THE CLOUDS, filmed at Robert Redford's Sundance Resort.

EVERGREENS is available for licensing. Email LisaBeth for inquiries: create@lisabethweber.com

Evergreens © LisaBeth Weber

It's so beautiful up here
It's so great to see you here
I thought you were someone else
And we almost didn't catch up with each others hearts I guess
Were just broken emptiness
Until you came along
I thought everything was wrong
Chorus:
And high up in the evergreens I see
There's a hawk that follows close to me
He is the road that leads you home
So you will never be alone.
There's a pattern in the sky,
and not always knowing why
Like a river running north,
and a love that's back and forth
For the lovers swim upstream,
in a rapid running scene
And they almost missed their mark,
but they found light in dark
Chorus
Bridge:
Picking up where they leave off,
in circles 'round each other
For the right one to be true,
there cannot be a doubt,
and I've found you
Chorus (2x)

Evergreens

I wrote this song in 1994 after visiting the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC.

FACES ON THE WALL © 1994 lisabeth weber (available for licensing)

I hold a candle to you for, 
All that you've been through and more. 
And it's a goddamned shame, it's a godforsaken game...
That in a half a century, there's still those who are not free. 
We see their faces on the wall, we hear their photographic call. 

(chorus)
I've listened to their stories. 
I've walked through their museums. 
I'm even their religion, but it's not the same to me. 
'Cause all I see is killing, and all i see is war. 
If god is what you're fighting for, is it worth it anymore, 
Is it worth it anymore? 

Sometimes I think I'm dreaming, 
'Cause I don't understand...
Those who say it never happened are the scariest at hand. 
And 6 million minutes later, we've lived 11 years. 
The challenge of a lifetime for those who persevered. 

(chorus). 

So you cry religious freedom, you cry all night long. 
For those who are not with us, for those who are long gone. 
But if there is divinity, i wish that i could plainly see, 
‘cause right now all i see is warfare for all eternity. 

(chorus). 

I went to Washington DC to see a piece of history.

Farmhouse Sessions

Faces On The Wall

A song inspired by the movie, The Life of Pi, and written in honor of the victims and survivors of the Boston marathon bombing. When I wrote it, I could "hear" it being recorded by Peter Gabriel or U2 with Daniel Lanois producing. Hey, a gal can dream, right? Lyrics below.....

I WILL REMEMBER © 4/17/13 LisaBeth Weber, capo 5 & 7 (w/dadgad capo)

It's like a silhouette across your face.

It's like a cry across the human race.

Hey.......

You are the one with all the gifts.

You are the heart that lifts us up on high.

Hey......

It's like a mystery, how all this came to be, and what we're living for.

From the open sky to the infinity of your very core.

I will remember. I will remember. I will remember. I will remember.

Taste the water from the life we lead.

Feel the fire from the heat we need.

Hey.......

When you run across the precipice.

When you fly across a life like this.

Hey......

It's like a mystery, how all this came to be, and what we're living for.

From the open sky to the infinity of your very core.

I will remember. I will remember. I will remember. I will remember.

Oh beautiful, for spacious skies. For amber waves of grain and for those precious lives. 

I will remember. I will remember. I will remember. I will remember.

I WILL REMEMBER

I wrote this song at the home of Sonny Ochs. The rest of the gang wanted to take a walk, and all I wanted to do was to sit by the beautiful stream with my guitar. This is the result of that.

WHERE THE SKY MEETS THE GROUND © MAY 2005 LisaBeth Weber

I remember what you told me just before I had to go
It was the mention of a rainbow and you whispered it real slow
And now when I’m thinking of you, when I’m many states away
I hear your voice inside me
Everything will be OK

CHORUS:
I see the colors all around 
and if you listen very close you’ll hear the sound
There’s a little piece of heaven right here 
where the sky meets the ground

And the water falls around me like an endless piece of rain
Never stops moving and it never stays the same
In the middle of the mountain, in the middle of the day
With you here beside me, everything will be OK

CHORUS

Bridge:
And when the sun comes out to play
It’s like a blanket on my back to keep me warm
And I hope that we can stay
Any place that keeps us safe from the storm

So we can see……
the colors all around 
and if you listen very close you’ll hear the sound
There’s a little piece of heaven right here 
where the sky meets the ground

Where The Sky Meets The Ground © LisaBeth Weber

I wrote this somewhere in Carversville, Pennsylvania. 

MORNIN’ LIGHT - © 10.23.06 LisaBeth Weber

They say God willin’ and the creek don’t rise
I could hardly believe my eyes
When I woke up in the morning to a big surprise
You were standin’ outside my door
It was a cold brisk October day
The kind you wanna just jump in the leaves and play
And I’d like to invite you in to stay
Like I wish I had before

On a small town Saturday night. 
Where the stars are grinnin’ shining so bright
I wish I may and I wish I might
Stay wrapped up in your arms till the mornin’ light.

Later on that very same evenin’ 
We were talkin’ ‘bout how you should be leavin’
At the same time neither of us could conceive it
Cuz we were havin’ a hell of a time
But life is short and the days are long
Nothin’ this good could ever be wrong
While I’m just a sittin’ here singin’ my song
Could you pour another glass-o-wine

CHORUS

It was a beautiful night down on the farm
We were dancin’ arm in arm
When I was cold you kept me warm
And we talked the whole night long
About a little bit-o-this and that
Republicans and Democrats
The state-o-the world and where it’s at
Why can’t we all just get along

CHORUS

There’s another place that I used to go
Where time stood still and life was slow
There was no one there that you didn’t know
Around about every bend
But now everybody’s movin’ fast
They think if they’re not first, they’re gonna be last
If they don’t watch out, their lives’ll be past
Gotta start all over again……….

Morning Light

When the relationship doesn't work out and you have to say goodbye to the love of your life, sometimes you write a song about it.

NO REGRETS © February 8 & 9, 2012 LisaBeth Weber

No regrets, you were the best time I ever had
No regrets, you were the reason my heart was full
And I won’t forget all that you did for me
You opened up my eyes to see

No turning back, look at tomorrow for what could be
No turning back, if I could borrow history
Then you could follow to your heart’s content 
And honor those who came and went

Oh but I……I just can’t help myself
Is it so wrong, to just believe in faith
As a miracle to me
And you…..were the road less traveled on
We found the gold to shine upon
The smiles inside the songs
The miles we drove along

This is just a test, it’s not an actual emergency
A time of rest, to see what’s meant to be
All for the best, or that’s what some of them keep tellin’ me
And all I’m lookin’ for is serenity

No regrets, you can’t stop the hands of time
No regrets, you filled my heart with a cup of wine
And I won’t forget to look for the tell tale signs 
And how to read between the lines

CHORUS

No regrets, you were the best time I ever had
No regrets, you were the reason my heart was full
And I won’t forget all that you did for me

Summer Sessions

In 2013, I was asked by Robert Drake to give a testimonial about Gene Shay for WXPN. It was my honor to do it.

Photo by Lisa Schaffer - Philly Folk Fest 2019.

LisaBeth Gene Shay Testimonial WXPN

Writer, Musician, Artist, previous Board member at Playing for Change Foundation, TEDx speaker, font designer, previous Sundance Film Fest Theater Manager. www.lisabethweber.com

Line In The Sand

LisaBeth Weber

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