Gaze Up Yon the Stars, NWMF 062124

Gaze Up Yon the Stars
Composed & Performed by: Laurie Jarski ©2024
Performed at National Women's Music Festival, 062124.
This song speaks to the unfolding of a lifetime from a moment that I shared with my father a long time ago
Verse 1
We lay upon the ground & we set our gaze
up yon the stars we placed our hopes.
And no one would ever be the same again
Verse 2
I learned of the song of a motherless child
I wept so long and the years passed us by
When you remarried I became one without you
Chorus 1
I'm somehow without words
I'm somehow without the words
Instrumental with Vocalizations
Verse 3
And my hope was all but washed away
Like a wormhole bore in brain & in heart
it's an excavation site where my heart once was
Verse 4
We laid upon the ground & we set our gaze
up yon the stars we placed our hopes renewed
Just before you left, our hearts were full again
Chorus 2
I held your hand
I held your hand
Outro
I held your hand