Lyrics

Leavened Heart
(I Tumble Down)
written by: keith johnston

A leavened heart
And these two hands
And I’ll be a suture maker
Must be a suture maker
I’m a tiny man
A wee tiny man
Staring down
Between these limbs

I climb the oak
Up autumn’s hope
When I tumbled from
A bow that broke
I tumbled down
I’m forever falling, but
If you don’t reach above
You might not ever know
Where we tumbled from
To find a leavened heart
I’m holding on
And can’t let go
I tumble down
Up again I go
I tumble down
Back up there I go

Let’s understand
This leavened heart
Must be a mercy maker
Must be a peaceful shaker
Are we tiny men?
Are we tiny men
Too helpless to these
Circumstances.

This life’s a fire
It needs a breath to burn
This life’s a fire
It needs the will to burn
This life’s a fire
It needs the wind to dance
This life’s a fire
It needs the heat to rise
This life’s a fire
It needs a soul to warm
This life’s a fire
It needs a Leavened Heart..