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Week 08c - Weathered Hands (210220)

from Song A Week, Volume 6 by James Tristan Redding

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Co-written with James Milani.

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Bricks are just as strong as the weathered hand that lays them
And the plan for where they're gonna' go
Hammer and a level some work gloves and a pencil
And brand new double A's in your radio

I can build a house or I can tear it down
I can work a forklift or a crane
But thirty years of workin' only one thing's certain
That I never want to build again

Funny thing about time it changes your intentions
Turns your blueprints upside down
Built so many walls and it shifted my perspective
Wanna' turn 'em into bridges now

Jericho to China I'm not the only one
Puttin' borders round his heart
Golden Gate to Brooklyn the man that I've become
Wants to bring together what's fallin' apart

Funny thing about time it changes your intentions
Turns your blueprints upside down
Built so many walls and it shifted my perspective
Wanna' turn 'em into bridges now

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from Song A Week, Volume 6, released February 12, 2022

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James Tristan Redding Nashville, Tennessee

British-American songwriter, singer, audiobook narrator, studio player, Godin Guitars official artist.

Founded global collective www.SongAWeek.org, performance art experience The Under Over: tinyurl.com/uoxuo (song circle underneath a highway) and writing retreat www.TheNashville24.com (annual challenge: write 24 songs in 24 hours).

Cuts by Sarah Harralson, Eli Alger, Emma Gale, David Easterling
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