Jodie Manross Darfur Song (Strength in Peace)

Recently I saw a powerful documentary, The Devil Rides on Horseback, which is about the genocide happening in Darfur. I was inspired to write a
song about it.

Strength in Peace (Darfur song)
music and lyrics by Jodie Manross

Can I buy into this life
rent the air with my voice
for those whose life has seen suffering
and not enough joy

Open fields are burning
smoke filled skies
silence is haunting
so many have died

Chorus:
A heart that hurts
comes with a voice that chokes
and a life that can't complete its work
Can we finally be free of all these hurtful things
find strength in peace, strength in peace

Can I bring change
to so much is wrong
to a woman who has lost her husband, daughter, her son
this violence unsettling, it breaks my heart unending
can we get past where we've failed before

chorus --A heart that hurts
comes with a voice that chokes
and a life that can't complete its worth.
Can we finally be free of these hurtful things
find strength in peace, strength in peace

Strength in peace,
equality and justice,
Strength in peace,
equality and justice

Strength in peace

Strength in peace.


Jodie Manross
jodiemanross@hotmail.com
http://www.jodiemanross.com
http://myspace.com/jodiemanross

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Darfur
• peace
• music
• activism
• politics
• Jodie
• Manross

[citythatneversleeps5]

you have a beautiful voice:)

[lachlanownsboy]

u have the voice of an angel : )

[theclockstickin]

check out the official darfur music video located under my account

[qwertyuser121]

Was'nt as bad as thought wud be Maybe u should post the lyrics too..

So we can all sing.

[Punxluv0]

That was very beautiful. The lyrics are great, they brought tears to my eyes. Its so horrible whats happening in Darfur, thanks for raising awareness this way.

[lukastoy]

nice voice and lyrics i support you in the awareness of the crisis in darfur.

[joejenks80]

Hey you have a great voice. I have written a song for darfur myself but because I am a crap singer I haven't taken it further - maybe if I sent you you could record it?

Joe