Hold On

from BE HERE NOW by The Mynabirds

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January 29 - 30, 2017
I wrote this song as the airport protests raged around the U.S. in response to Trump’s Muslim ban. In the wake of the ban, I watched so many people hide behind religious reasons to deny humanity and compassion to innocent people and refugees of war-torn regions all over the world. Nebraska is a beacon for refugees — the state has welcomed more refugees than any other in the country. I was honored to have my friends in Omaha who run a non-profit call the Refugee Empowerment Center put me in touch with the director of the Umoja (“Unity”) Choir of Burundian and other African refugees to sing on this song.

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It was meant to be simple 
The way that we love each other
 It was mean to be simple
 Just one golden rule

If I’m caught in the river
 Tell me what would you do?
 If you can see that I’m drowning  
And reaching out for you

HOLD ON 
HOLD ON TO ME

You ever thought of the language  
The one that we all speak? 
The golden weight letters —

I hear your fear and your anger  
But can you hear my heart break?
 It could be simple 
If you would just listen when I say

HOLD ON 
HOLD ON TO ME

You ever think of my fingers  
When you join your hands to pray  
Cause I’m singing your hymns  
When I’m crying

HOLD ON
 HOLD ON TO ME

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from BE HERE NOW, released August 25, 2017

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The Mynabirds Los Angeles, California

American singer-songwriter Laura Burhenn is a shape-shifter who can’t sit still. Since 2010 she’s worked under the moniker The Mynabirds, releasing three critically acclaimed and stylistically different albums on Saddle Creek: What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood (2010) and GENERALS (2012), both produced by Richard Swift, and Lovers Know (2015). ... more

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