What are you Waiting For?

from Let in the Light by Emily Barnes

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You can keep collecting rocks but
One by one they'll weigh you down
You can keep each penny tossed that's
Spinning round and round
The dreams you have are many so don't
let them fade
They'll disappear just as quickly as they're
Being made

And the birds don't wait for the snow to fall
and the sun don't quit for the rain
and the flowers they still bloom
Even through all your pain
So what are you waiting for?
Oh the birds they're heading North
They're weathering through this storm
So tell me
What are you waiting for?

You can spend your whole life building
That house of sand
One gust of wind could come and
Rip it from your hands
Stability is slipping through your
Fingertips
You can never get back all the
Time you've missed

And the birds don't wait for the snow to fall
and the sun don't quit for the rain
and the flowers they still bloom
Even through all your pain
So what are you waiting for?
Oh the birds they're heading North
They're weathering through this storm
So tell me
What are you waiting for?

Oh the birds they're heading North
They're weathering through this storm
And tell me
What are you waiting for?
Tell me
What are you waiting for?

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from Let in the Light, released March 10, 2017

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Emily Barnes

Tucked away in a town so tiny it isn't found on most maps, singer-songwriter Emily Barnes can be found sitting on the stone steps of her 200 year old home stitching together the latest melody from the fabric of her mind. T

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