Zamboanga the Movie

For your listening pleasure and to whet your appetite for the album, we give you “Miracle,” written by Kansas City musician Barclay Martin from the “Zamboanga: Poverty, War, Music” CD.

This song will be played at the CD release concert on Nov. 8, 2009, in Kansas City. Learn more about the concert here.

The CD will be available with a donation to the CFCA Scholarship Program beginning Nov. 9. Sign up for the Zamboanga eNews to receive updates.

Miracle

Won’t you take the time to know me well?
The constant music of the mission bell
And you decide
As days go by
Won’t you take the time to know me well?

Can you see a mother’s hands get worn away?
The balance and the beautiful array
And her bones
Can’t bear the cold
Can you see a mother’s hands get worn away?

The miracle lay sleeping in the dark
And the soldiers at the checkpoints all remark
No one can see
We still believe
The miracle lay sleeping in the dark

Ooh….

Won’t you step inside my humble home?
Til kindness is the only thing we know
My father’s face
A mother’s grace
Won’t you step inside my humble home?

Did you hear the sound of crying in the night?
The solitude of monumental light
And in us all
Do you recall
The sound?

Can you hear the song of children all around?
And the messages of mercy still resound
A mother’s prayer
Suspends the air
Can you hear the song of children all around?

Ooh…