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Bridges

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Rani Arbo (c. 2011, Jinn Mill Music)

In August of 2011, I was in Palo Alto, California at my brother’s wedding, watching footage of Hurricane Irene ripping through some of my favorite New England towns, including Shelburne Falls, MA, Brattleboro VT, and Rochester VT, where Irene literally broke the bridge that connected two sides of town. Around the same time, some dear friends chose to split up their two-decade marriage. Those losses flooded together in this song.   – RA

 

Build a bridge where the river flows
Build a bridge where the river flows
On the bank where the sweet gum grows

Build a bridge with your sweat and labor
Build a bridge with your sweat and labor
But when it floods like this, nothing can save her

And I want to walk to you
I want to come over the raging river
And I want to walk to you
I want to come over

Build a bridge, watch it tumble down
Build a bridge, watch it tumble down
Watch it split the heart of this tiny town

Build a bridge, watch it break apart
Build a bridge, watch it break apart
Build a bridge, watch it break your heart