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This is a song about finding hope at the end of despair.

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I was driving downtown in January
The cold all around had come inside me
I had just stopped for coffee,
But nothing could warm me.
So I got in my car and headed for home

I was driving along past a cemetery
The stone on the ground like
The heart inside me
What doesn’t die just gets buried alive
Lost my hope in the cold
On these streets in the snow.

And if You are the way,
Why are You so hard to find?
If You are the truth,
Why don’t I believe You sometimes?
If You are the life,
Why do I feel like I’m dying?
If You are the Light of the World
Open my eyes.

You can take a black tree in a cemetery
With ten-thousand dead leaves
And turn them into blackbirds
And You can take ten-thousand blackbirds
Scatter them across the sky
And turn them in Your hands
I am resting in Your hands

I was driving downtown in January
The cold all around had come inside me
I had just stopped for coffee,
But nothing could warm me.
So I got in my car and headed for home
Found my hope in the cold
On these streets in the snow

Found my hope in the cold
On these streets in the snow

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from Act I: A Bird Began to Sing, track released January 1, 2006
Mackenzie Chester-vocals, piano
Randy Chester-bass
written by Mackenzie Chester

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Randy and Mackenzie Chester Georgia

Randy and Mackenzie Chester (formerly 4 and 20 blackbirds and The Josephine Knot), are a husband-and-wife duo from northeast Georgia. With instrumentation including piano, guitar, bass, accordion, Irish whistle, and melodica, (to name a few...), their music is full of surprises. Their songs are characterized by strong melodies, interesting chord progressions and arrangements, and fresh lyrics. ... more

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