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Free Ride

from Story Songs (2002) by James Hersch

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I made this song for a video piece showing how music changed the feeling in places I visit with college students, and changed us in the process.

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Old faces look at me
Tell me how it used to be
In some old memory that makes me sad
Of a lover who died too young
Or a song left unsung
Tangled up and lost among
The dreams you had

I’ll sing for the old faces
And bring them old places
Unlock the amazing graces
They won’t hide
They run where their heart races
And laugh in the dark places
And live in the open spaces
And it’s a free ride

Young mother, where’s you smile
Forget about your cares awhile
Your spark in in your child you can be sure
See the way she sings along
Bet it hasn’t been that long
Since you sang this very song so softly to her

So lets sing to the small faces
And bring them good places
Unlock the amazing graces
They won’t hide
They run where their heart races
And laugh in the dark places
And live in the open spaces
And it’s a free ride

Now it’s a long, long road
So easy to feel alone
So many things I wished I’d known but I had to learn
There’s a lot of ways to live your life
But if you’ve got the best of you locked up tight inside
Let it go, you will find it all returns

And let’s sing for the old faces
And bring them old places
Unlock the amazing graces
They won’t hide
They run where their heart races
And laugh in the dark places
And live in the open spaces
And it’s a free ride

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from Story Songs (2002), released June 30, 2003

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James Hersch Minneapolis, Minnesota

I live on this piece of prairie. I'm passionate and dedicated to writing songs in hopes of singing them for people. I don't think I could continue without both ends of that process. Create then hope. It's here I write songs, and here I wait to sing them for others. ... more

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