Afterword

A Thesis Project original. A lament for the brick & mortar bookstores we've known and loved, with special love to Acres of Books and our Long Beach Borders.

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Written by Robyn & performed by Thesis Project (Shar Higa - lead vocals, Robyn Javier - organ, guitar, vocals)
with special guests....
Stan DeWitt: lead guitar, vocals
Stephen Higa: vocals
Abby Bolin: vocals
Bruce Ford: vocals
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Pressing my face to the window
How many bookstores have closed
Friends shed a tear as they're leaving
Wand'ring slowly with no place to go

The scent and the feel of the pages
Linger so soft in my mind
Doorways so often we'd enter
Now locked for the very last time

Oh Lord above, if you're list'ning
Please hear my prayer, let me know
Give me a sign, won't you tell me
That the bookstores in heaven never close.


Shelves that are empty and broken
Aisles that are silent and still
Pages someone could've written
A future that now no one will

Oh Lord above, if you're list'ning
Please hear my prayer, let me know
Give me a sign, won't you tell me
That the bookstores in heaven never close.


Hemmingway, Shaw, Twain, and Dickens
Vonnegut, Joyce, and Voltaire
Living forever without them
An eternity I could not bear

Oh Lord above, if you're list'ning
Please hear my prayer, let me know
Give me a sign, won't you tell me
That the bookstores in heaven never close.

Oh Lord above, won't you hear me?
We've got it so wrong down below.
Won't you give me a sign, Lord, and tell me
That the bookstores in heaven never close.
Tell me the bookstores ... in heaven ... never close.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• bookstores
• borders
• acres of books
• books
• long beach
• reading
• Thesis Project

[scsolutions]

grew too big too fast. Bad management causes this. Course the ipad and technology in general didnt help.

[tinkerbellah60]

This breaks my Heart! And just to think, today I was fussing at my 13-year-old for insisting on checking out SIX novels at one time from the library! It truly is such a Blessing that my lifetime love of reading (born from a need to escape from chiildhood trials) has been imparted to both of my children ~ thankfully for them born solely out of the Joy of reading. I'm saddened to imagine what the likes of Kindle & iBook, and the need for immediate gratification will do to the bound book industry.

[Tanadue]

Beautiful, and so moving! I hadn't let myself feel how much it hurt, but you forced me to sit with the sadness. You guys rock!!!

[jillyjack5]

wow Shar! You had me in tears!!