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Bread You'll Break

from What I Heard, What I Saw by Kristen Mark Westwood

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lyrics

Bread You’ll Break

I was hoping you would say,
“Come and rest your weary self
Against my heart, upon the ground
And we won’t speak or make a sound”
We’ve been walking now for days
And we rowed across the sea
Hungry as the burden beasts
With nothing left to eat
Oh how we limp upon our need

And there’s nothing here for miles around
Better look out for your own
So take your brother down the city road
Buy your bread and spend your gold
Would you listen to me now?
You can send the crowds away
We are poor and we are weary, Lord
Let them work and earn their pay
Oh I’ve given all I can today

This is all that I can carry, Lord
Just the bread that’s in my hands
Not enough to feed the hungry, there’s
A meal for me and my own friends
But you can take it from my fingers now
And you can break it like a stone
And when you raise it up to heaven
Speak the words that make it grow
Oh give us bread and feed our souls
Give us bread and feed our souls

Lift the pieces up to heaven
And though you whisper, speak aloud
The bread you’ll break, the prayers you’ll shout

The bread you’ll break
The prayers we’ll shout

6.30-44

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from What I Heard, What I Saw, released June 20, 2019
Written by Kristen Mark Westwood
Produced by Murray Pulver and Kristen Mark Westwood
Recorded at Signpost Music and Unity Gain Productions, MB
Engineered by Don Benedictson and Murray Pulver
Additional editing by Roman Clarke
Mixed by Don Benedictson at Unity Gain Productions
Mastered by Peter Letros at Wreckhouse Mastering

Performed by:
Kristen Mark Westwood - vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
Murray Pulver - BGV’s, electric & acoustic guitars
Don Benedictson - bass
Daniel Roy - drums, percussion
Mike Little - organ

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Kristen Mark Westwood Guelph, Ontario

Kristen Mark Westwood is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator and producer based in Guelph, ON.

Photography by Jen Squires, 2019.

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