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Slender Thread of Faith

from Innerweather (1991) by James Hersch

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Written with David Lee Brown

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There's a little corner grocery store
Where Murphy spent most of his sixty four years
There's a dollar hangin' by the door
The first dollar that little store ever cleared
Now the neighborhood has changed
There's a big food market just down the way
But Murphy smiles when Murphy sees
That first dollar bill, he still believes

He's hanging by a slender thread of faith
He's sheltered from the bitter wind, the fickle winds of fate
Far above the greedy and the trouble they create
He's hanging by a slender thread of faith

On an Easter Sunday morn
See the minister pray for words to inspire
His flock of thirty four
The trumpets don't{ play, there is no choir
The church right down the block
Has a TV show and a giant flock
But the Lord will bless them both the same
All that gather in his name are

They're hanging by a slender thread of faith
He's sheltered from the bitter wind, the fickle winds of fate
Far above the greedy and the trouble they create
He's hanging by a slender thread of faith

I know that sometimes it's hard to hang on
But this thread is guaranteed
To be just as long and just as strong
As you will ever need


There's a boy at the edge of town
With a rusty old bike and second hand clothes
But he's happy just to be around
Where he gets that smile, I don't really know
But sometimes when I'm not right
I sit by my window and wait for the sight
Of that penniless boy with the priceless face
He can put my troubles in their place

He's hanging by a slender thread of faith
He's sheltered from the bitter wind, the fickle winds of fate
Far above the greedy and the trouble they create
He's hanging by a slender thread
He's hanging by a slender thread
He's hanging by a slender thread of faith

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from Innerweather (1991), released August 20, 1991

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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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