Knocking from Shifting Winds by Stefanie Potter

Tracklist

3.	Knocking	4:45

Lyrics

Two pretty girls
Born into the world
With big dreams
They both loved to sing

One got to learn
While the other went to work
Out begging on the streets
So she could buy herself something to eat

One had a sister to play
The other’s was sent away
When mama couldn’t pay
To keep them both alive

But I’m sorry I am too poor
To help you stay alive
But look now I am rich enough
To improve my life
But if you were my neighbor
I’d love you as myself
And if you were my sister
I’d lay my life down
But you’re not here
Although you wish you were
You’re not here

But if you knocked on my door
Would I want to help you more?
In this accident of latitude
If you told me your name
Oh would I feel the same?
In this accident of latitude
And my own prideful attitude
Is keeping me from living
A life of dependence as it really is
A walk of faith

Two pretty girls
Go into the world
While one would walk to think
The other would walk 3 miles to find a drink

One fell in love
While the other had enough
Her body being used
By any man who thought that he could choose

Now one still had a dream
While the other caught a disease
While one would write a song
The other one wouldn’t last too long

You are not the other
You’re my sister, You’re my brother
You’re my neighbor, You’re my Lord
And you are knocking on my door
Disguised in his most distressing form
May the meal that I serve you
Never be lukewarm
Never be lukewarm, because

‘Cause you’re knocking on my door
And I want to help you more
In this accident of latitude
You told me your name
And I don’t feel the same
In this accident of latitude
I took my prideful attitude
And threw it out the window
Of opportunity to love you
In a walk of faith

Two pretty girls born into the world
With big dreams
They both loved to sing

Credits

from Shifting Winds, released October 10, 2014

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