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Holy City

from LynLake by Gary Ruschman

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Be sure and do your duty
and don’t you shirk your part
Don’t look for a holy city
Make your own inside your heart
The peace you seek is in you
It’s not something apart
Don’t think it comes from outside
Look inside your heart

We sometimes take on problems
Based on other people’s fears
We sometimes find bad answers
Inside each others’ tears
Ain’t a dog-eat-dog existence
Unless we make it so
We all lose out when one is lost
And folks refuse to grow


The things that separate us
(Or make us think they do)
Are often just a fallacy
And aren’t near ever true
Ask yourself: “Who stands to gain?”
or “Who paid for that time?”,
That corporate sponsorship of junk
To occupy your mind.

No one wants to think it's them
That causes others’ pain
But you’d better take a closer look
In the mirror once again:

'Cause Life is pain and sorrow
Life is joy and smiles
Life is being close at times
Life is distant miles, miles, miles, miles, miles

The same moon shines upon us all
No matter where you’re from
It looks down on executives
And beams down onto bums
Every person is a person
it’s always been the same
Don’t teach your children differently
That’d be a shame

Be sure and do your duty
and don’t you shirk your part
Don’t look for a holy city
Make your own inside your heart
The peace you seek is in you
It’s not something apart
Don’t think it comes from outside
Look inside your heart


©2022 Gary Ruschman (ASCAP)

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from LynLake, track released February 1, 2022
Cara Wilson - fiddle
Gary Ruschman - vocals, acoustic and electric instruments

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Gary Ruschman Minneapolis, Minnesota

Called "Terrific" by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Gary Ruschman performs across the globe as a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. He recently appeared on legendary animator Phil Tippett's Mad God soundtrack, and has had scores featured by BBC Two, C-SPAN, Minnesota Opera, and Madison Square Garden. ... more

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