173. Ribbon 5: Going

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Lyrics ​& Links to the original episodes for the songs in this ribbon.

 

3. Woyaya 

Words & Music by Sol Amarifio (title in the Ga language of Ghana)

​Composed in 1971

 

We are going, 

heaven knows where we are going, 

but we know within.

 

And we will get there, 

heaven knows how 

we will get there, 

but we know we will.

 

It will be hard, we know, 

and the road will be muddy and rough,

But we'll get there, 

heaven knows how 

we will get there, 

but we know we will.

 

Wɔyaya, Wɔyaya, 

Wɔyaya, Wɔyaya.

 

 

80. Go Dark

Words from Wendell Berry

Music ​by Kate Thomas

 

To go in the dark with a light

is to know the light.

To know the dark, go dark; 

go without sight,

and find that the dark, too, 

blooms and sings,

And is traveled by dark feet, 

and dark wings.

 

 

72. Unknown (Finding Home)

Words & Music​ by Anni Zylstra

 

​Finding home

in all that is unknown.

Release

​what is gone.

 

 

143. Love Stays

Words & Music by Laszlo Slomovits

 

Change comes and goes, love stays.

Change comes and goes, love stays.

Life is filled with such mysterious ways.

​Change comes and goes, love stays.

 

 

29. Hope Lingers On

Words & Music​ by Lissa Schneckenburger

 

1. My mother, when love is gone (2x),

in our darkest hour, hope lingers on.

My father, when peace is gone (2x),

in our darkest hour, hope lingers on.

 

Chorus:

I will not hate, and I will not fear;

in our darkest hour, hope lingers here.

 

2. My sister, when equality’s gone…

My brother, with tolerance gone…

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3. My love, when honor is gone…

My country, when justice is gone…

 

 

58. When We Are Gone

Words & Music by ​Starhawk and Anne Hill

 

When we are gone, they will remain:

wind and rock, fire and rain.

They will remain, when we return;

the wind will blow and the fire will burn.

 

 

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