Wishing Chair: Music and Lyrics

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To honor Miriam's grandparents and the thousands who came to America through Ellis Island

In a worn photograph
on the table in the hall
proud and silent
a monument to all

they call my attention
it’s the look in their eyes
they ask me to follow
down the stairs and to the right

3 doors

Verse 2.
Though the chalkmarks have faded
they still bear the signs
of hunger and danger
of standing in line
a white and blue prayer shawl
a black signet ring
the hopes that they carried
was all they could bring
3 doors

a dream of America
a place to live free
to work hard and prosper
to change history

in a worn photograph on the table in the hall