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Elizabeth's Song

from Horsetamer by Julia Ecklar

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about

Sheila Willis wrote this song for a sweet, wonderful woman named Elizabeth Burnside. I never met Elizabeth, but I came to know her through Sheila’s stories, and through the beautiful imagery of this song which carries her name.

But this version of the song isn’t really for Elizabeth. Instead, I’m singing it for a woman named Ann.

Ann Cecil was my friend, my mentor, my teacher, my inspiration. Ann was intelligent, generous, honest, and independent. She taught me to be a better writer and a better person. She showed me that you were never too young to reach for what you wanted, and never too old to take on something new. Everywhere Ann went, she encouraged people to be creative and interested in others. She could make a friend at the bus stop, and still get Christmas cards from that person a decade later. For nearly thirty years, she was my touchstone for how to be myself. Even when we were swirled about in our separate worlds, I knew she was out there. All we needed was an email, or a five minute phone call, and it was like no time had passed at all.

The world lost Ann on January 11, 2011. She’s missed by so many people. She left her imprint not just on those of us lucky enough to have been taken under her wing, but on all the people we will ever mentor, all the bus stop friendships we will strike up, and all of the songs that will ever be written or sung in her memory.

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Please give to me
The world you see.

I look to Heaven’s height,
I only see clouds.
You look to Heaven’s height,
Dragons abound.

So please paint for me
The colors you see when you dream.
I long to know
The hues and the shades of your soul.
It seems to me
You see the world quite differently.
What magical key
Unlocks your reality?

Please paint for me
The world you see.

I hear a song,
I hear words and notes;
You hear a song,
And you hear more than both.

So please sing to me
The music you hear when you dream.
I long to know
The symphonies sung in your soul.
It seems to me
You hear the world quite differently.
What magical key
Unlocks your reality?

Please sing to me
The world you see.

I have known joy,
Sorrow and pain.
You’ve felt them, too,
But it’s not the same.

So please give to me
The passions you feel when you dream.
I have to know
The echoing heights of your soul.
It seems to me
You feel the world quite differently.
What magical key
Unlocks your reality?

Please give to me
The world you see.

Please, give to me…

credits

from Horsetamer, released April 6, 2013
Piano: Michael Moricz
Acoustic Guitars: Dale Cinski
Violin: Irene Cheng
Viola: Jennifer Gerhard
Cello: David Premo
Distant Voices: Julia Ecklar

Song © 1985 Sheila Willis

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