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Leave the Light On

from She Walks the Stars by Mama Gina

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Meet Kam'ra, the girl who glows in the dark. Ava and Kam'ra both hold deep secrets, even from each other. Will their love survive both keeping and revealing who they really are?

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Leave the Light On
(c) G. LaMonte 2018

She sat on the bed and she lifted her head
She laughed like a child, ah, but this was no child
I reached for the light and the comfort of night
She gripped my hand, and there was fear in her smile

It's black in the void and the nights, they are long
Day's what you make it, but the monsters ain't gone
Call me a fool and I won't say you're wrong
Please, leave the light on

She let me take her, and she held her own
And then she wept like a child, oh, but this was no child
She might have run or she might have slept
But she stayed in my arms, trembling and wild

There are worlds out there where the suns never set
I want to die there so I can forget
What's under my skin that you haven't seen yet
Please, leave the light on

Ten days we slept, and made love in the light
Then she turned on a smile, ah, but that was no smile
I'm ready to show you what's under my skin
If you're gone in the morning, I'll understand

And with that she raised a hand and let the night in

She shone like the stars
Every brand, every scar
Marked her as a slave, ah, but this was no slave
A child of pain
She'd fought all the way
To land in my arms, 'cross the stars and light years away

Now, we walk the stars, her hand in mine
The path between suns, it's not a straight line
Call me a fool, but I love how she shines
When she turns the night on

Yes, it's black in the void and the nights, they are long
Day's what you make it but the monsters ain't gone
Call me a fool and I won't say you're wrong
Please, leave the light on

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from She Walks the Stars, released May 8, 2021

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Mama Gina Tampa, Florida

Award winning singer/songwriter & wanderlust ... fearless story-telling ... bluesy vocals ... humor ... straight-ahead, rhythmic, 12 string acoustic guitar ... djembe ... frame drums ... all weft and warp of the soul of this bard

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