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The Waking Hour

from Book of Sparrows EP by Tracy Grammer

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"The Waking Hour" © David Francey / Laker Music (SOCAN)

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i wake to the radio morning news
just as the day is dawning
and i watch from the window while a passing cloud
dulls a hopeful morning
and i wonder will the girl i love
come back with the morning
but the omen crow at the wakin hour
has given me fair warning

and the heart that’s breaking never makes a sound

she was once my heart’s delight
my need and my desire
she was my day, she was my night
my water and my fire
and i was once the same to her
when we still walked together
but the heavy heart of the wakin hour
is expectin heavy weather

and the heart that’s breaking never makes a sound
and the heart that’s breaking never makes a sound

i know love, i’ve seen love’s face
and i understand its sorrow
for every love i’ve ever had
has always met tomorrow
though i am wednesday’s child of woe
i try not to be ungrateful
but i was born at midnight black
with a heart that can be hateful

and the heart…

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from Book of Sparrows EP, released November 6, 2007

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Tracy Grammer Greenfield, Massachusetts

Writer. Actor. Storyteller. Singer. Multi-instrumentalist. Former head cheerleader, now a fearless navigator of the heart.

“One of the finest pure musicians anywhere in folkdom.” - Boston Globe

“A brilliant artist.” - Joan Baez

“Her gifts as a musician are like that of a painter who is a master of chiaroscuro, offering light and shadow at every turn.“ - Mary Chapin Carpenter
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