The Size of Sound

10 Apr 2007

Belting out the Beatles, Dylan and the Byrds
Singing for his life although he doesn’t know the words
It echoed through the darkness when the power died
I can hear him singing now; I believe he’s still singing

That rhythm always came to her clear and strong
Jumping all over Kingdom Come
She brought this hard world right down to its knees
I can hear her singing now; I believe she’s still singing

Heard it in the thunder, heard it in the rain
Drift through the fences, roll across the plains
Hum through the airwaves and rumble underground
Tell me what could be (what could be)
What could be the size of that sound

Squeezing out the hope in each half-remembered line
Waging war with his fingers and a whiskey-soaked mind
The straight story served with a bad attitude
I can hear him singing now; I believe he’s still singing

Puts her babies down to sleep with a song all her own
Borne across the ocean to this Appalachian town
The sound of harmony, the sound of home
I can hear her singing now; I believe she’s still singing

CHORUS

When he sang hallelujah in that dry and dusty place
Were the very stones shaken by that most amazing grace
The feast for famine, drought for the flood
I can hear him singing now; I believe he’s still singing

CHORUS
C/Am/F/C
C/Am/F/G
Am/F/C/Am
G

Am/F/C/F
Am/F/C/G
Am/F/C/Am
C/G
G/C