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I Am Willing (by Holly Near)

from World Brand New by Mouths of Babes

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I AM WILLING
Written by: Holly Near
Genre: gospel (non-denominational), Americana, soul, folk
Tempo: Mid-tempo
Mood: hopeful, soulful, celebratory
Similar to: Aretha Franklin,
Backstory: What better to pull all of the threads of the album together than a Gospel reimagining of the Holly Near classic “I Am Willing”? With a mini-Gospel choir arrangement by Motown veteran and Tonight Show Band alum Vicki Randle, we used Near’s anthem to close the album and offer an answer to the questions posed by the preceding 9 songs: “I am open and I am willing / To be hopeless would seem so strange / It dishonors those who go before us / So lift me up to the light of change.”

Hopefully by the time the choir sings the final chords, the listener feels like they’ve been through something and have come home — a bit worn, but hopeful and ready for what’s next.

lyrics

I AM WILLING
(Written by Holly Near © Hereford Music / ASCAP)

I am open and I am willing
To be hopeless would seem so strange
It dishonors those who go before us
So lift me up to the light of change

There is hurting in my family
There is sorrow in my town
There is panic in the nation
There is wailing the whole world round

I am open and I am willing
To be hopeless would seem so strange
It dishonors those who go before us
So lift me up to the light of change

May the children see more clearly
May the elders be more wise
May the winds of change caress us
Even though they burn our eyes

I am open and I am willing
To be hopeless would seem so strange
It dishonors those who go before us
So lift me up to the light of change

Give me a mighty oak to hold my confusion
Give me a desert to hold my fears
Give me a sunset to hold my wonder
Give me an ocean to hold my tears

I am open and I am willing
To be hopeless would seem so strange
It dishonors those who go before us
So lift me up to the light of change

credits

from World Brand New, released October 6, 2023
Ingrid Elizabeth – lead & choir vocals.
Ty Greenstein – vocals, acoustic & electric guitars.
Michael Connolly – Hammond organ, piano, upright bass.
Sean Trischka – drums, tambourine.
Vicki Randle - choir arrangement and vocals
Melanie deMore - choir vocals

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Mouths of Babes Sebastopol, California

With more than a dozen albums and over a thousand shows between them, Ty Greenstein and Ingrid Elizabeth of Mouths of Babes are no strangers to the indie folk music scene. For years, their bands Girlyman and Coyote Grace captivated thousands of loyal fans as they criss-crossed the country. Now, as Mouths of Babes, they've distilled the very best of their previous groups into a new folk power duo. ... more

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