NORMAL SOON

Written by: Mary Gauthier, Dan Egan, Hannah Green, Karen Lewis Brownell, DaMarcus Baymon, Sophonie Bernard

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We were called hero’s, admired and revered
Then we were seen as contagious, removed and feared
We took care of our patients, and our family too
Now we wanna know is normal coming back soon?

We couldn’t embrace, we lived in PPE
In day-to-day chaos like you see on TV
Our old ways of coping were all but removed
Now we wanna know is normal coming back soon?

Hugs and laughter family and friends
Loved ones at the bedside, with hope again
No more facetime no more zoom
We wanna know is normal coming back soon?

Our faces are scarred from N-95’s
It’s one year later and vaccines have arrived 
Springs in the air, Boston’s in bloom
We wanna know is normal coming back soon?

Hugs and laughter family and friends
Loved ones at the bedside, with hope again
No more facetime no more zoom
We wanna know is normal coming back soon?

Written on 3.29.21 through collaboration songwriting with the Emergency Room staff at the Brigham and Women's Hospital / Boston, MA

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Normal Soon

BREATHE

Julie Silva, Joseph Maloof, Marie du Vivier, Patrick Shea, Terrance Brady, Darden Smith

www.frontlinesongs.com

I could’ve walked away but I had no choice 
It makes my day just to hear your voice
So breathe, breathe
It’s been a long ride in a helluva year
We made it trough the darkness anxiety and fear
So breathe, breath

Days turn to nights turn to days like a dream won’t end
Hoping that we / you never have to live / fight through this again
Holding onto you holding onto me
Together we can breathe

When we are alone at the end of the rope
All we want is love, all we want is hope
To breathe
Looking in your eyes I can see the fear 
I want give you strength till the path is clear
To breathe, breathe

Days turn to nights turn to days like a dream won’t end
Hoping that you never have to fight through this again
Holding onto you, holding onto me
Together we can breathe

All the songs you should sing
The joy and tears
All tomorrows that you should see
We’ll make it there you and me

Days turn to nights turn to days like a dream won’t end
Hoping that we never have to go through this again
Holding onto you holding onto me
Together we can breathe
Written in March, 2021 through collaboration songwriting with the respiratory therapy department at Spaulding Hospital Cambridge / Cambridge, MA

Breathe

DEMASIADO

Alleny Ramos, Eduardo Palacio, Gloria Jerez, Ingrid Maritza, Dalisa Morales, Oswald Mondejar, Radney Foster

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Demasiado, Demasiado
All these fears I have, Estará aqui con migo
Destos miedos, destos miedos
Anciosa here inside mi Corazon
Demasiado

No puedo ayudar o compartir
I can’t lend a helping hand
Impotente y frustrante
Fears running all across the land

Aun no lo creo pero es la verdad
I feel so much relief
Veremos la luz al final de tunnel
I’ve still got something to believe

Demasiado

This song was cowritten by the staff at Spaulding Hospital Cambridge in Cambridge, MA in March 2021

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Demasiado

THIS IS WHAT I DO

Words and Music by Alanna Collins,RN  Jennifer Best, PCA, Lisa Grover, RN, Patricia Manniquis, RN, And James House

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Turning the corner Staying the course
Pushing through 
 time was I thought I couldn’t
Take any more
Read my daughter stories
Keep me from losing myself

Talk to my patients
12 hours a day
They are happy to have someone there
To hear what they have to say
They know more than me 
Cause I don’t watch the news

Chorus
This is why I’m here
This is what I do
When life isn’t fair
  You’ve got everything to lose
I’ll be there
I will care for you

34 years that I’ve seen everything
But this was different and pain it would bring
Tested my faith but made me strong

Can’t imagine not ever being a nurse
Can’t shake off at the end still carry the hurt
Just need to unwind
And Watch some mindless show

Chorus

Last Verse
Felt like I was going to war everyday
Hopefully this will be just memory on the way
 A story to tell my grand children
Just a dark spot in my mind

Never take for granted life before this began
Just want everyone to be safe hope you understand
And that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel
We’re gonna be alright

Written by James House along with the nursing staff at Spaulding Rehabilitation Brighton in Brighton, MA in March 2021

This Is What I Do

PRIDE

Eva Mbui, Pauline Clarke, Emmeline Aroush, Carmen Lew, Meghan Caggiano, Alyssa Roach, Henry Klatz, Darden Smith 

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Pride, Pride
For the work that I do and the heart that I have inside
Hope, big hope
That today is gonna get me to tomorrow and the sun will shine
The rock that I stand on so I can face the fear
The life that waits on the other side of tears
Cannot be denied
Pride

I’m amazed, so amazed
We made it through the struggle and the doubt of the endless days
Time, it took a long time
But the Covid tunnel call light is starting to fade away
When it started all we wanted to do was turn and run
All of that uncertainty we have overcome
We made it to the other side
Pride

Hey, hey, hey, hey I think we’re gonna be ok
Trust in each other, trust all that we know
We’re all in this together, on the rollercoaster ride
Speaking our truth, with our head up high
Kicking butt, taking names with pride

The dark, when you were in the dark
I stood by your side with the light of a nurses heart
I would stand, hold your hand
Listen to your story from the end back to the start
When you were lost in the middle of the night
I was that voice saying it’s all right
And we made it through the rising tide
With Pride

Pride, Pride
For the work that we do and the heart that we have inside
Joy, so much joy
On discharge day and we see that the sun shine’s bright
The rock that we stand on is all about love
When it falls apart we just rise above
With the strength that we have inside
Pride

This song was cowritten by Darden Smith and the nursing staff at Spaulding Hospital Cambridge in Cambridge, MA - March, 2021

Pride

By Edith Davis, Laura Dodd, Deborah Jones-Midgett, Wayne McKenney, Robert Nason, Denis Querrard, Clint Strong, Carolyn Wheeler, and Ron Hirschberg


Peelin’ the onion, One layer at a time
I’m gettin’ off my treadmill 
Climbing out of the spinnin’ wheel
Finding the treasure within my mind

Ridin’ my bike, one mile at a time
Looking for that sign that gives me peace of mind
Like the stroke of the brush, What a rush
I am in my own zone, makin’ my new home
And like the Loons on the lake, we’re callin’ their mates
I got the weight of the world lifting off me
In water there is no gravity

Peelin’ the onion, One layer at a time
I’m gettin’ off my treadmill 
Climbing out of the spinnin’ wheel
Finding the treasure within my mind
Finding treasure and it’s my kind

This is what I’m buildin’
With this sweet sense of time 
I’m usin’ all the nectar
Catch all the honeycomb I can find
So my quilt is stitched, and the hive is set
The open road seems more clear
Paintings are on the pages, some were dripping with fear
And the breeze meets the lake
The gliding I can take
The sounds bouncin’ off the water

Finding treasure…within my mind
Finding treasure…and it’s my kind

Loons on the lake, we’re callin’ their mates
I got the weight of the world coming off of me
In water there is no gravity

We’re peelin’ the onion
One layer at a time
I’m gettin’ off my treadmill 
Climbing out of the spinnin’ wheel
Finding the treasure within my mind
Finding treasure and it’s my kind


This song was written on September 18th, 2021 in Guilford, NH

Treasure

HOPING FOR A CHANGE OF HEART
Maria Borri, Giulia Heiden, Dr. Nick Gilpin, Holly Simkow, Stacey Wiggins, Nicole Fabiilli, Brad Lukas and Darden Smith
www.frontlinesongs.com

With thanks to Susan Grant, Chief Nursing Officer / Beaumont HealthCare.
Many thanks to Bonnie Barnes at the DAISY Foundation, and Dr. Jeanette Ives-Erickson, nursing leader for the support of our mission and for all you do...

BEAUMONT HEALTHCARE
DETROIT, MI
1-24-22


High level anxiety
Frustration and tears
Try to heal the pain I’m up against a wall
Of doubt anger and fear
The wheel just keeps on turning
Sometimes the words don’t rhyme
But I’m still here trying
To save one life at a time

Hoping for a change, hoping for a change of heart
Wondering if today is the day I can finally start
Hoping, hoping for a change of heart

Feel like we’ve been riding
On a runaway train
Chaos to quiet and back again
We’ll never be the same
It’s the wheel that just keeps spinning
We still don’t have control
And I wonder when we’re gonna hit bottom
How we’re gonna heal our soul

Hoping for a change, hoping for a change of heart
It doesn’t have be this way if everybody does their part
I keep hoping, hoping for a change of heart
Hoping, hoping for a change of heart

A little less division a lot more soul
Understanding and peace
These times have shaken me to the core
We all need a little relief

I keep hoping for a change, hoping for a change of heart
Hoping that today is the day we can finally start
Hoping, hoping for a change of heart
Hoping, hoping for a change of heart

© 2022 Darden Smith Music (ASCAP) / Frontline Songs Music (BMI)

Hoping For A Change of Heart

In this podcast, Dr. Ron Hirschberg discusses the genesis of Frontline Songs along with Darden Smith and Sharon Corbitt that begin at Boston Hope Field Hospital in 2020. Fast forward to Detroit, MI in January 2022 where a team of nurses, doctors, environmental service managers, rehab therapists and others come together to co-write with Darden Smith the song, "Hoping for a change of heart."

Song written by:
Maria Borri, Giulia Heiden, Dr. Nick Gilpin, Holly Simkow, Stacey Wiggins, Nicole Fabiilli, Brad Lukas and Darden Smith

© 2022 Darden Smith Music (ASCAP) / Frontline Songs Music (BMI)

A Frontline Songs Podcast - Hoping For A Change Of Heart - Beaumont Health - Detroit, MI

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