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Lucy and Sarah

from Lifeboats for Atlantis by Heather Styka

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Guitar, violin, accordion. The all-too-common story of one woman's struggle through depression, as narrated by her neighbor Sarah, who recognizes the need to reach out a hand.

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Lucy and Sarah

Lucy had the farm next door, she lived there with her husband / I was her closest friend although she was the quiet type / Her kids had all moved out, she spent mornings in her garden / And though her roses bloomed so rarely, Lord knows that she tried // One day I drove past Lucy's farm, she was standing in the doorway / Facing the fields, but her gaze was far beyond / There was something lost from that stubborn face that looked like hope receding / and though I wanted to pull over, I kept believing she was fine / Her eyes said // CHORUS: Pray for me, Sarah / I don't know what to do / It's getting hard to wake up in the morning / No one's really noticed / except for maybe you / But something's changed in a bad way in me / Pray for me // This year her garden was smaller, weeds grew up around the house / I called Lucy and asked if she was feeling well / She said she was fine as ever but there was a message in her voice / What it was I didn't know, seemed too hard to tell // One day Lucy came over as I was fixing dinner / saying she had something she'd been meaning to give me / It was her mother's crystal vase, where Lucy always kept her roses / I didn't feel right about this kind of charity / Her hands said // CHORUS // After she left I called her house and her husband answered / I asked if Lucy came home yet and told him to look around / He checked the bathroom cabinet and the sleeping pills were missing / So I got in my car to see if she was somewhere on the farm // I found her in the farthest field with a bag of pills beside her / But she was sitting there unharmed, I thanked the Lord for that / I brought her in my car, we drove together to the doctor / I held her hand the whole way there / How quietly she said // CHORUS // Seems like despair is never over, Lucy's working at it every day / but if she can see the hope in her roses once again / I'll know we're getting somewhere and the seeds of joy will grow / and as she walks this lonesome valley, I'll walk beside her as her friend / She said // CHORUS: Pray for me, Sarah / I'm trying to get through / It's oh so hard to wake up in the morning / Few have really noticed / but I'm grateful to you / And something's changing for the better in me / Pray for me

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from Lifeboats for Atlantis, released October 4, 2011
Heather Styka - vocals, guitar
Jordi Kleiner - violin
Rob Clearfield - accordion

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Heather Styka Chicago, Illinois

Though rooted in folk and Americana, Chicago singer-songwriter Heather Styka's songs are as fresh as they are memorable, chronicling the human cycles of despair and redemption, and analyzing the importance of places and relationships. Touring nationwide and having received airplay globally, Styka is a familiar face in the Chicago music scene, at venues including Schubas and the Old Town School. ... more

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