Tomorrow People

from Something to Hold by Sarah Pinsker

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lyrics

daniel
the poetry of a moment just escapes me these days
each one rides in on a mountain of dust
and then rolls out just the same
every inch of our good texas dirt is gone
and hitched itself to an eastbound wind
so I guess this is some farm from somewhere out west
that’s got my door blowin’ in

tomorrow people
tomorrow people say the dust will just blow out of town
tomorrow people
if wishes were like horses
I would saddle up and leave for firmer ground

daniel
when we put down roots here I swear they dug in deep
these days it’s just the stubborn ones like us
still scramblin’ for something to hold
we came drawn by a blanket of grass
tucked in at the corners of the sky
you’d think that such a precious thing
would’ve put up more of a fight

tomorrow people …

Daniel, the crops die quick but most everything else dies slow
on the days the dust settles
the sky might still sell us what it used to give for free
but the newsreels show breadlines
and busted men that ain’t any better off
and choking on my given land beats losing my pride to the city

yesterday the birds all dropped like they’d been shot out of the sky
behind them came a wall of dust two miles wide and high
if there was any place within five states
well that was the moment I would have run
but I just watched it come

daniel
you know what it’s like to wear your hopes down to the threads
and you just keep wearin’ them
‘cause you don’t know what else you can do
and I’d rather look to tomorrow than drown in this black dust
I’d rather make it to the other side than have this be what became of us

tomorrow people
tomorrow people say the dust will just blow out of town
tomorrow people say and who am i to bring them down
if wishes were like horses
i would saddle up and leave

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from Something to Hold, released July 30, 2021
Vocals - Kate Maguire, Claudia SanSoucie
Pedal Steel - Dave Hadley

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Sarah Pinsker Baltimore, Maryland

Sarah Pinsker is a singer/songwriter and fiction writer. Her rock dystopia novel A Song For A New Day won the Nebula Award in 2020 and her 50+ stories have been nominated for Hugos, Nebulas, World Fantasy Awards and more. She has two solo albums, one with her band, the Stalking Horses, and another on the way. She lives in Baltimore, MD with her wife and terrier. ... more

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