Loud as a Golden Gun

I was writing a post about what a marvelous group of days I just finished having, and what an amazingly surreal thing that is for me.

Then I heard a song on my iPhone and thought immediately of Kim, whose reality is a hell of a lot different than mine at the moment. Love ya, Kim. Hang in there.

I was going to embed the original album version, which is incredible, but I still favor her live version. (Note to self: Must see Beth Hart live…Bucket List add.)

Press PLAY. Then read the lyrics. (And yes, Kim. I know you recently publicly decried music, but still…)

Lifts You Up (by Beth Hart)

I stole the outside runnin’ into the sun

I ‘m alive, loud as a golden gun,

I killed my pride so once again I’d see

Live and learn

you’ve fallen one thousand times

I feel the burn

There’s fire from a crazy sky,

I sealed concern

So once again I’d be

It lifts you up, then it puts you down.

Then it feeds you life, then it lets you drown.

While it holds your heart, then it slowly tears you apart

And ya know life is what I mean.

If I could, ya know I’d stand on the rock

Where Jesus stood,

innocence and evil, bad and good

Walkin’ side by side

It lifts you up, then it puts you down.

Then it feeds you life, then it lets you drown.

While it holds your heart, then it slowly tears you apart

And ya know life is what I mean.

We got a way of makin’ up our minds

How could I run, just leave it all behind?

When it breaks me up inside

still I Refuse to hide

and it is just what it is

And that’s all right

CHORUS.