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Tired and Poor

from An Hour Before Daylight by Rob Williams

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Give me your tired and your poor
I’ll open up the door
Give me your huddled masses yearning to breathe free
I’ll lift up my light
Let it shine all through the night
And be the hope I hope the world someday to be

Yes, we’ll open up this land
I know you’ll understand
Your father’s father’s father before
Needed a new home
From the one he’d always known
When the old one didn’t want him anymore

He and the girl that he loved
Saw mountain majesties above
Worked the land from sea to shining sea
Drove the highway ribbon wind
Sang this land is yours and mine
Fought the wars to keep the whole damn world free

(Repeat Chorus)

He worked until the work was done
Up an hour before the sun
His calloused hands knew no better way
Told of a city on a hill
Went and found it for himself
Lived it, worked it, breathed it each and every day

So if the light begins to fade
Hearts become afraid
Of the tempest tossed knocking at the door
Keep your faith undeterred
Lest these words become just words
Be the light that shines to every distant shore
(Repeat Chorus)

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from An Hour Before Daylight, released October 27, 2017

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