Seed on a Stone
from Planting in a Drought by Tom Smith
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I wrote this song to honor Nelson Mandela. Of course, it also applies to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Seed on a Stone
by Tom Smith (ASCAP)
© 2020 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)
There was a man who had a dream
The kind romantic fools and visionaries dream
That all people are deserving of
A rule of law founded on love
But when dreams meet power
Those in command will own the hour
Into prison he was thrown
A seed on a stone
They did not understand
That seed contained the hope of women and of men
Hope that would not be denied
When restraints had been untied
Its root forged a path
That split the rock in half
The impossible was done
By a seed on a stone
Now that he has gone away
Why can’t we walk the path he showed us yesterday
“Once in a lifetime” pundits cry
“A man and circumstance collide”
When I despair
I seek the fruit his life did bear
From the tree that has grown
From a seed on a stone
by Tom Smith (ASCAP)
© 2020 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)
There was a man who had a dream
The kind romantic fools and visionaries dream
That all people are deserving of
A rule of law founded on love
But when dreams meet power
Those in command will own the hour
Into prison he was thrown
A seed on a stone
They did not understand
That seed contained the hope of women and of men
Hope that would not be denied
When restraints had been untied
Its root forged a path
That split the rock in half
The impossible was done
By a seed on a stone
Now that he has gone away
Why can’t we walk the path he showed us yesterday
“Once in a lifetime” pundits cry
“A man and circumstance collide”
When I despair
I seek the fruit his life did bear
From the tree that has grown
From a seed on a stone
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from Planting in a Drought,
released March 27, 2020
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Tom Smith Boston, Massachusetts
“Folk music is still a living tradition that feeds on new songs that speak of people’s wants, needs, struggles and triumphs. Tom Smith is a man who writes songs that seem like they’ve always been there. There are very few songwriters working today that I would call folksingers, but I would call Tom Smith a true folksinger.” – Dave Palmeter, WUMB-FM Boston ... more
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