Reach For The Morning
by Miriam Jones
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album12-song, 12" Vinyl with gatefold sleeve featuring artwork by GC Myers ("From a Distance") and printed lyrics, along with a CD disc with on-body artwork tucked inside.
Includes unlimited streaming of Reach For The Morning via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 3 daysedition of 500£22 GBP or more
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumIn a simple, plastic wallet which shows off the glorious on-body and sleeve artwork of NY painter Gary Myers; sleeve opens out containing original lyrics by Miriam Jones.
Includes unlimited streaming of Reach For The Morning via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 2 days£10 GBP or more
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Who Will Buy?
03:50
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Friend & Fire
03:52
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chase the shadows of a doubt would stand me still along the road
check the waters that erode a steady will, my course to throw
send the sun Lord I asked of thee
send the sun send it high for some heat
I burnt the backs of my whip-worn knees and I stumbled many days
every step I go
you are with me, friend and fire both
stay the chaos on the borders ever near and pressing in
there’s no keeping at a distance what you will use for your ends
send the rain I did raise the sky
send the rain, I am caked and I am dry
I could not swim but I did not die though the waters round me rose
every step I go
you are with me, friend and fire both
every breath I know
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Room In My House
04:05
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I’ve got room in my house for you
I’ve got room in my house for you
it goes up and down and sideways too
I’ve got room in my house for you
there’s a room on the second floor
and another with a large armoire
there is a carpet underneath your feet
and a fire putting out the heat
I’ve got a room for all of the folk I know
but every room inside of my heart be freezing cold
I’ve got windows that are big and wide
all my windows let in all the light
all of the world there reach your hand outside
all of the world gone when you close the blinds
oh and the sun shine from the south on mine
but my heart is dark as the dead of midnight
I got ceilings right up in the sky
all my ceilings give you room to fly
feel like a castle when you step inside
feel like a castle where a queen reside
I’ve got all these spaces above my head
but no space at all in my heart for your loneliness
I’ve got room in my house for you
I’ve got room in my house for you
there are places in the rafters too
and a cellar for the wine and food
yes I’ve got a room if that’s what you’re looking for
but there ain’t no room in my heart so you’re being warned
with all of my rooms what am I gonna do
when there ain’t no room in my heart to welcome you
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my life goes on in endless song
above earth's lamentation
I hear the sweet though far-off hymn
that hails a new creation
above the tumult and the strife
I hear its music ringing
it sounds an echo in my soul
how can I keep from singing?
what though my joys and comforts die
the Lord my Saviour liveth
what tho' the darkness round me close
songs in the night he giveth
no storm can shake my inmost calm
while to that refuge clinging
if Christ is Lord of heaven and earth
how can I keep from singing?
I lift my eyes, the cloud grows thin
I see the blue above it
and day by day this pathway smooths
since first I learned to love it
the peace of Christ makes fresh my heart
a fountain ever springing
all things are mine since I am his
how can I keep from singing?
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Rescue You
03:31
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when the wonder stops
and it’s all too new
I’m gonna rescue you
when all the little shocks
done shook your mood
I’m gonna rescue you
when you ain’t got words
to make your worry plain
I’m gonna ease your pain
when your need awakes
like a hurricane
I’m gonna ease your pain
when the wind gets up
and it blows right through
I’m gonna rescue you
when you’ve done enough
but enough won’t do
I’m gonna rescue you
when you’re short on strength to make your move
when your life has left you all confused I’m gonna rescue you
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Lord Protect My Child
04:10
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Holy Spirit
02:50
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Holy Spirit! light everywhere
I am a temple, hear my prayer
the valley, the shadow, my death drawing near
Holy Spirit reach me here
Loving Spirit, friend I have known
far I am fallen from heaven and home
what a thing to lose the providence
I don't know if I sweat or I bleed
hard to be human all impulse and need
what a thing to watch the evidence
Holy Spirit, pulse in the blood
bread for the altar and boat for the flood
where is the ram caught in the thicket now
Holy Spirit I stutter and stall
how could this happen, why happen at all
I am the lamb caught in the thicket now
I am the lamb caught in the thicket now
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Reach For The Morning
03:17
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shame is a shadow and a blight
the devil uprooting your beautiful life
we eat with the angels who return to pick a fight
reach for the morning every night
the weight of a millstone to the mud
for the bullies of faith and simple trust
waiting on God is not like waiting for a bus
reach like the children that you love
a child who plays in the kingdom
a child who plays for the kingdom
come find your place in the kingdom
savor the fire in your blood
the pain when you cannot block it out or shut it up
looking for love is every reason, it’s enough
to reach for the morning like it’s all you want
desire your way to the kingdom
desire a place in the kingdom
don’t hide your face from the kingdom
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Down From There
03:24
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where were you when I was up my tree
carving out a sung identity
where were you when I was blossoming
filling up with shame and subtlety
‘cause I needed you to call out come down from there
I’ve been looking everywhere
your song circlin’ higher and gone
where were you when I was up my tree
drowning out the devils I’d heard speak
invisible, braced inside the bark
‘cause I needed you to call out come down from there
I’ve been looking everywhere
your song circlin’ higher and gone
come down I’ve been watching you all along
bird of this paradise crying to me
precious and prized for your golds and your greens
I can see everything from the top of this tree
no sooner you’re seen then you fly
and I’m falling…
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Red-Wing
02:39
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red-winged painted blackbird
swaying on a reed
swallow in the eaves
dropping like a fighter
tipping on the breeze
red-winged painted blackbird
spying from a tree
starlings on a steed
shimmer in the sun
and scatter like the leaves
rain falls through the rafters
battering the tin
bluebird coming in
gathered in her wings
a shower for my sins
I dream of places I’ll never see by my will
skies only God can fill
and grounds to alight and be still
blackbird with your red wing
dipper in the creek
water to your knees
dancing on the stones
and slipping underneath
dancing on the stones
dancing on the stones
and slipping underneath
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11. |
Laid In Earth
02:46
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when I am laid am laid in earth
may my wrongs create
no trouble, no trouble in they breast
remember me, remember me, but oh
forget my fate, remember me
but forget my fate
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Glory To His Name
03:44
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down at the cross where my Savior died
down where for cleansing from sin I cried
there to my sin was the blood applied
glory to His name
glory to His name
glory to His name
there to my heart was the blood applied
glory to His name
I am so wondrously saved from sin
Jesus so sweetly abides within
there at the cross where He took me in
glory to His name
oh precious fountain that saves from sin
I am so glad I have entered in
there Jesus saves me and keeps me clean
glory to His name
come to this fountain so rich and sweet;
cast thy poor soul at the Savior’s feet
plunge in today, and be made complete
glory to His name
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credits
released June 17, 2022
Engineered and Produced by Miriam Jones in the rectory-home basement 2021.
All instruments Miriam Jones except additional percussion by Hamilton Lee (tracks 2, 9, 10) and handclaps by Jez Carr (track 6).
Cover Art "From a Distance" by GC Myers (gcmyers.com)
Design by Amy Birks
Mastered by Nick Robbins
Engineered and Produced by Miriam Jones in the rectory-home basement 2021.
All instruments Miriam Jones except additional percussion by Hamilton Lee (tracks 2, 9, 10) and handclaps by Jez Carr (track 6).
Cover Art "From a Distance" by GC Myers (gcmyers.com)
Design by Amy Birks
Mastered by Nick Robbins
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Miriam Jones Victoria, British Columbia
Management: miriamjones.tumblr.com/contact
"Quite apart from that this album is extraordinary on its
own merits there are few artists willing to expose their talents to such a sparse instrumental background, and you need to listen to it and discover its beauty for yourself."
- Tim Martin, FATEA Magazine
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