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What For

from Bound to Love by Jess Klein

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I lived my life safely
Makin' steps like a baby
Til I sat in an old car
Pushed the petal to the floor

I chased the hawks through the windshield
I knew my heart was well concealed
Til I came to an open stage
Where I'd open the cage
And soar

What for we open our minds
Let our strange obsessions in
What for we dare to be kind
Though they've beat us to our shins
What for we give them what for from our tough as tender cores

All the times I felt beat up
Or been I told I should I shut up
All the times I told someone
They could save me or enslave me

But your rare soul example
Gives a night flyer ample
Fuel for the burning
And the turning up
For more

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When you think
I'll be the beacon you could come to
On these waves we're tossed
But your struggle makes me humble
And when you feel blind
I will see where you could run to
Cause we are all in this together
And if you take my love
You'll never want for more

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from Bound to Love , released January 1, 2009

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Jess Klein Hillsborough, North Carolina

Rochester, NY native Jess Klein is known for staking out brave lyrical and musical territory with such albums as Wishes Well Disguised (1998), Draw Them Near (2000), Strawberry Lover (2005), City Garden (2006), Bound to Love (2009), Behind A Veil (2012) and Learning Faith (2014) which Folk Radio UK calls “unquestionably the finest album of [her] impressive career.” ... more

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