Song Of The Month: Sapphires In The Sky (Breen/Evans)

Here's a demo of a song I co-wrote with Francesca Evans for her last CD.  I think it turned out pretty cool.  I played all the instruments and sang the vocals.  Tim Ponzek arranged and played the synth string parts.  Just click on the song title below and it will open up the soundcloud page with the song.

 SAPPHIRES IN THE SKY (BREEN/EVANS)

Sapphires In the Sky
(McDermid-Evans/Breen)
When the stars light up the blackness
Like Sapphires in the Sky
Legend is they are the souls
Of children who have died
They don’t show it on the TV
They don’t show it on the news
Is it just too hard to face it
When these children are abused?

CHORUS
THEY ARE SAPPHIRES IN THE SKY
THEY ARE THE SHADOWS IN THE CORNERS
OF OUR EYES

From the young boys of Rwanda
Forced to take the gun
To the street girls of Calcutta
Sold into the slum
From the diamonds in Uganda
Mined with childrens’ hands
To the trafficking in India
Laos and Sudan
CHORUS
THEY ARE SAPPHIRES IN THE SKY
THEY ARE THE SHADOWS IN THE CORNERS
OF OUR EYES

It happens all around us
We just don’t know it’s there
And we’ve got to get together
Let the children know we care

CHORUS
BEFORE THEY’RE SAPPHIRES IN THE SKY
SHADOWS IN THE CORNERS
OF OUR EYES
BEFORE THEY’RE SAPPHIRES IN THE SKY
SHADOWS IN THE CORNERS
OF OUR EYES