Belfry from Ready Reckoner by Courtney Hartman

belfry (courtney hartman)

i am no speaker, i fumble all of my words
when something needs saying
only makes it worse

i heard you calling and i turned the other way
there was nothing left that i wanted less
than to say what you said to say

send out a light from the belfry
send out a light from the ivory towers
send out a light from the belfry
telling the hour to go

he was no prophet no proper lineage
just a herdsman out working
a sower of the sycamore fig

they called him amos, giver of the word
when something needed saying
he put it into verse

crying send out a light from the belfry
send out a light from the ivory towers
send out a light from the belfry
telling the hour to go

if i falter, when i fall along the way
let the laughter cover up the doubter
i don't need the doubter weighing in

and send out a light from the belfry
send out a light from the ivory towers
send out a light from the belfry
telling the hour to go

• Folk
• acoustic
• americana
• guitar
• songwriter
• Eau Claire