Echoes of Amazing Grace

from SONGS OF HOPE by Carolyn Harley

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Even when our life seems at its most difficult - there is a connection to a higher power that is available to us. Often the connection is through music. There is hope.

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ECHOES OF AMAZING GRACE

‘ Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me

On a barstool in a tavern sat a woman
The years had etched their mark upon her face
In her glass ice was slowly melting
By request the band began ‘Amazing Grace’

People just kept talking about their troubles
The band was aching for some rock and roll
When the woman on the barstool started singing
From the deepest reaches of her soul

Above the sounds of mumbled conversations
Scraping chairs and laughter sharp and loud
Rose her voice and she turned the room to silence
As that song touched every person in the crowd


Head held high she sat upon the barstool
She sang the song as if held in a trance
One by one the people stopped to listen
To a woman sing of yet another chance

The final note still echoed in the barroom
And faded like a ghost without a form
Silence rushed in before the thunder
Like hope rushes in before the storm
Like hope rushes in before the storm

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
That saved a wretch like me


© Carolyn Harley,
harleys@shaw.ca

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from SONGS OF HOPE, released January 6, 2023

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Carolyn Harley Calgary, Alberta

I have been writing songs since I was a young mother and continue to write and record.

The muse in me is unrelenting and I love the opportunity to work with talented people who take my music to the next level.

I felt a strong connection to the 'great beyond' while writing these songs!! ... more

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