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Us This Day

from Gorgeous Morning by Tanya Davis

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a song about religious tolerance

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Us this day

give us this day, our daily baked good
or whatever it is that makes us feel good
if you kneel to pray on slats on wood
and i walk streets at break of day to see what i could
is this not the same, so long as we all worship as we should

give me the earth and all of her daughters
and you can have yours, your son and his father
i'll worship my idols, you burn candles at your altar
and we'll all get along just like our gods wanted

give me some wine, sure, but i'll take mine chilled
and i'll try not to get too drunk, on your hymn books spill
i'll sing your songs for the harmony and the thrill
this building with its organ and this congregation's will
lilting voices and the rafters that they fill

give us this day and pray if you want to
to each our own way that is all that i want from you

give me the peace that you have been dying to have
and i will give you respect and i will expect it back

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from Gorgeous Morning, released June 17, 2008

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Tanya Davis Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island

Tanya Davis is a writer and artist living on Epekwitk / Prince Edward Island. She writes poems, songs, monologues, speeches, and other things.

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