© Maria Dunn, 2023

Arranged M. Dunn, S. Johnson, J. McDade, S. McDade

Please don't give up on me

I'm trying to get better

I'm out here on the road walking the miles

Please don't give up on me

My heart is hanging open

My spirit aching, hoping, alive

We are all connected

All the years we denied

We are reaping what we've sown

By centuries of lies

We heard the truth before

Known how much is wrong

But we let others bear the burden

While we just carried on

I've been wrapped up in my fear

And wants that I've been fed

And the myth that merely working hard

Means you get ahead

I accepted what they told me

Of those who cannot make the cut

Until I stumbled

And kindness pulled me up

Maria Dunn  vocal, acoustic guitar

Jeff Bradshaw  steel guitar

Dawn Cross  harmony vocal

Shannon Johnson  violin

Jeremiah McDade  acoustic guitar

Solon McDade  upright bass

Dana Wylie harmony vocal