Gravity | Love

Bets gave me Sandra McCracken's "Gravity | Love" CD for my birthday, and I've had it in my CD player for about a month now. I listen to it in the mornings when I get sick of NPR. Sandra's got a nice mellow voice, but what I really love is her songwriting. The American Songwriter Magazine says "Sandra McCracken is adept at writing songs that span the abstract and the tangible - songs that beg for repeated listens and imaginative reinterpretations." And I think it's absolutely awesome that she's married to one of my favorite artists, Derek Webb.

"Long Way Home"
It’s not what we expected
it's not what we had planned
but maybe it is better
than we can understand

like finding a good reason
in a bottle on the shore
everything will have it’s season
nobody’s keeping score

this is not how I thought that it would be
waiting on some circumstance, to make me feel complete

innocence, we pass it down
like corduroys with the knees worn out
i wanna take the long way home
the long way home

i’m driving in slow motion
on streets of might-have been’s
put to rest my reservations
A new day to begin

this is not how I thought that it should go
drag me around and around the things I thought I should know

love is not efficient, but even if it was…

innocence, lost and found
like corduroys with the knees worn out
i wanna take the long way home