Topic: OUR LADY BY MARCALAN
Well, my fellow Americans, what can I say about this one? I hear this all the time out here. You're either going to be offended or uplifted, which is my intention. I find this a very lamenting, patriotic song that might make us wake up to what is happening to our country. This one woke me early one morning. And has been a challenge as I searched my soul for what I really believe. And the first draft was much more hostile as some could attest. THESE THINGS NEED TO BE SAID NOT HARBORED
I like to use a bass line walk down from the G to the Em in the second verse but it doesn't work all the time. Fancy it up any way you like. Hope y'all enjoy. marcalan
Our Ladyby M. McVicker 2008
[G]On this pier I step[D] ashore;
with my[C] wits and not much more.
[G]Among this crowd, [Em]I’m pushed along;
[Am]Many faces, foreign [D]tongues.
[C]I saw the lady as we sailed to [D]sea,
[G]I thought her light not as bright, as it [Em]used to be.
[C]And as the fog swept her [D]breast,
[C]disappointment filled my [D]chest,
as we [C]steamed [D]from Ellis [G]Island.
Oh [Bm]those that came and [Am]we that leave.
Sure we [Bm]all know [Am]what we grieve.
All the [C]greatness at such a [D]cost;
as I [C]remember, the [D]ghosts, of Ellis [G]Island.
[G]And the thousands that came to [D]die for her
[C]the land, their blood, [G]inters.
[G]The pride of many, [Em]the hopes of all;
as we [Am]watch our loved ones fall.
[G]She was there when we left the [D]yard.
Her eyes were [C]closed, not to [G]see.
[G]With the book held, in [Em]high regard.
She [Am]almost, took the breath from [D]me.
[C]Now with hope, I stand on another [D]stage.
Ancestral [G]land I have [Em]engaged.
With so [Am]many who leave in [D]disgust;
the [C]land given in[D]trust
to [C]those who would [D]stain her [G]page
Oh those [C]that came and we that [D]leave.
Sure we [G]all know for those we [Em]grieve.
Their [Am]lives were lost, for which we [D]stand.
And it is [C]we, who became, the [D]ghosts, of Ellis [G]Island.
I thought ; If I had one idea,
and took it from beginning to end.
I would try another.
and took it from beginning to end.
I would try another.
