"She Carries The Morning©"
Lyrics by M. S. McKenzie | Performed by Songs Across America, Protected by Copyright
"She Carries The Morning"
Original Song Lyrics: Written by M. S. McKenzie, All Rights Reserved
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
She rises late in a fourth-floor walk-up
With sunshine through the blinds
A cup of coffee, a broken heal
A dozen dreams got left behind
She laughs at bills on the kitchen chair
Says the world can wait another day
Ties a ribbon round her windblown hair
And lets 5th Avenue lead the way
[Pre-Chorus]
She's never learned to travel straight
She often gets lost and calls it fate
Every wrong turn opens up a door
Always believing there's something more
[Chorus]
She carries the morning in her heart
Rain or shine, down New York streets
She's always humming a musical tune
Every stranger is someone she might meet
Oh, she carries the morning in her heart
Even after the night has left its scars
She may stumble through the hard days
But she always knows brighter days aren't far
[Instrumental Turnaround]
[Verse 2]
She misses trains and loses keys
Changes plans a dozen times
She'll spend her last ten dollars
On a street musician's tired rhymes
By a window near the East River
She draws tomorrow on a paper page
Says every life is just a story
And tonight we get to choose the stage
[Pre-Chorus]
She has cried when no one knew
But still finds something kind to do
Every bruise becomes a lesson learned
Every dead-end is another road to turn
[Chorus]
She carries the morning in her heart
Rain or shine, down New York streets
She's always humming a musical tune
Every stranger is someone she might meet
Oh, she carries the morning in her heart
Even after the night has left its scars
She may stumble through the hard days
But she always knows brighter days aren't far
[Instrumental Breakdown]
[Bridge]
At times I've seen her come undone
Then gathers up all the broken pieces
She never tries to hide the cracks
And lets the light shine through the seams
And I know that loving her means learning
Not to ask where she has been
She was never made for cages
But somehow she still lets me in
[Full-Band Rise]
[Final Chorus]
She carries the morning in her heart
Rain or shine, down New York streets
She's always humming a musical tune
Every stranger is someone she might meet
Oh, she carries the morning in her heart
Even after the night has left its scars…
She may stumble through the hard days
But she always knows brighter days aren't far
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, She carries the morning deep inside
And when I forget how hope begins…
She finds me somewhere in the silence
And lets all that New York City sunlight in
[Outro]
She carries the morning
Wherever she goes…
She carries the morning
More than she'll ever know
[Instrumental Outro]
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