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The Keep Going Song: Live from our Home at the End of the World

by The Bengsons

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Shabbat 00:53
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This is the Keep going Keep going Keep going on Keep going on song I am Abigail and this is shaun And we’re so glad that you’ve turned this on and Welcomed us into your home And you are welcome into our home We’re in Dayton ohio! We’re at my parents house! We’re at Shauns parents house We were in Louisville when the shit hit And we packed our three year old into a car And drove kind far We drove here And we’ve been so lucky and blessed to be safely here And we thought wed be here for like Ten days. Tops. What did we know? What did we know? We thought we knew a lot We thought we knew a lot Keep going Keep going Keep going on Keep going on song And we’ve been mostly healthy Are you ok? Are you alright? Are you ok? Are you alright? I hope your body is whole tonight And if your heart is breaking I hope its breaking open And if your breath is shaking I hope its breaking through And I hope that you’ve watched a lot of really great television Like a lot of it And I hope that you find a hand lotion that actually makes your skin feel better And I hope you have enough to eat I Hope you’re getting enough sleep And I hope you have enough good company Or enough good memory to last for a long time Keep going Keep going Keep going on Keep going on song Lets bring some joy into the room! Why not? We could try it! We could try it! Or some rage. Or some grief, and relief I pray my I pray my rage is a fire that cleans my mind out and Makes me ready to listen I pray my pain is a river that flow to the ocean that connects my pain to yours And I pray my happiness is like pollen That flies to you And pollinates your joy Oh boy Is that possible? I don’t know! I don’t know! We are making this up as we go! WE have to make it upas we go The keep going song The keep going song oh Were making it up We’re making it up as we go Keep going Keep going Keep going on Keep going on song And I pray that when we meet again That the world has changed Into the world that we are imaging now together And I pray that the world has become the world that we are planting inside of ourselves for each other And for our ancestors and for our kids And we’re gonna start We’re gonna start This is rough beginning Thats ill I’ve got is a rough beginning to offer you W’ere just gonna start by singing some songs We’re just gonna sing some sings for you In this tiny space together And we hope that when you hear them You will feel a little bit less alone And we will feel little bit less alone In the work And in the hurt And we will be together tonight Somehow wherever this is whenever this is We will be together tonight For the Keep going Keep going Keep going on Keep going on song
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Hard Times 03:56
The first time I saw you Third shift had just begun The sky grows dark And it’s over run All I had was in my pockets All of the leaves were new You weren’t stopping Just passing through Those hard times Those hard times Come knocking at your door I won’t let nothing No, nothing Worry you no more Smart money’s on Donnie He had the legs to run His eyes grow dark And he’s overcome When you passed me by
I became your lonely one My body started breaking It’s still not done Those hard times Those hard times Come knocking at your door I won’t let nothing No, nothing Worry you no more We lie Just by trying Annie always told me Love has no wings to fly It leaves you broken Just passing by So get the kids and do the laundry Try not to split in two Kid there’s not much more That you can do Those hard times Those hard times Come knocking at your door I won’t let nothing No, nothing Worry you no more
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I want money coming in And a good thing to happen Oh god I know you don’t want any trouble Oh god you might not like what Ive got too say But nothing is happening like its supposed to I’m about to file a complaint I got the baby in my hands lord And I’m working every day I need some good news coming in lord I know what you’re gonna say You’re gonna say The good news is everywhere Gonna say The good news is yours for the taking Yah alright I know I know You’re taking about Sun rises Sun falls Trees grow Flowers bloom There was once a light and now its dark but there will be a light again Is that what you’re saying? You’re saying Time is a n ocean and all time lives at once We feel the heat and then the cold But every plan is unfolding at the same rate That we can’t see but can feel As ripples though our solar plexus Meaning what happens next is Beyond our comprehension And already begun Beyond our comprehension And already begun The good news is everywhere The good news is yours for the taking I want money coming in And a good thing to happen Could you put in a less metaphysical way? I got work to do I got bills to pay I guess Jesus wasn’t rich But he seemed that way He was born into royalty Is all I’m gonna say He was born into royalty Is all I’m gonna say
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When the worst come howling When the congregations scowling In the pews, daggers at you Just think of the Great Miami Washing Through the Church And rest your head under the red River Birch As the waters rush through The vestry, narthex and pews Baptize the air that stilled in there And let the breath of bird song Light the weary eves And rest your head under the red birch trees Hold me up, help me to stand Walk me to that holy land Where my God speaks Words I can understand I can understand When the people claim to Know what God wants from you Feel their fear, hold it near And see the humans under The weight of the church And rest your head under the red River Birch Hold me up, help me to stand Walk me through that holy land Where my God speaks Words I can understand I can understand I can't bear to stay here And I can't bear to leave The stares fall down, batter my crown I want to stand by god But could he possibly stand here In the hateful eyes that criticize Hold me up, help me to stand Walk me through that holy land Where my God speaks Words I can understand Words I can understand I can understand When the worst come howling When the congregations scowling In the pews, daggers at you Just think of the Great Miami Washing Through the Church And rest your head under the red River Birch
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When you called She was already gone Face all wet I put my good news on For you I don't want to tell you I don't want to tell you 
She’s so big
I watched her walk into the world I stayed home I’m an ordinary girl But you I don’t want to tell you It’s gonna make it true Flowers come Oh everyone is sorry in the mail Frame her face With a hammer and a nail I smile I lie for a while I lie for a while Remind me Who are the stories for The sun goes down
And it casts her light across the floor
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THERE IS A LINE OF FATHERS JUST BEHIND MY SHOULDERS I CAN FEEL THEIR BREATH ON MY NECK THEY'RE MARCHING TOWARDS THE BORDERS FROM THAT WORLD TO THE NEXT GETTING YOUNGER GETTING YOUNGER WITH EVERY STEP CAN I COME IN, THEY ASK I REMEMBER THE TASTE OF APPLES I REMEMBER THE SOUND OF RAIN
 CAN I COME IN? THEY ASK I REMEMBER THE LAP OF MY MOTHER I'VE FORGOTTEN MY MOTHERS NAME BY THE TIME I CAN SEE THEM THEY HAVE BECOME CHILDREN WHO'VE FORGOTTEN ALL BUT THE WATER IN THEIR MOUTHS YES I WILL WALTZ WITH THE LIVING YES I WILL WALTZ WITH THE DEAD WHEN I LIFT HIM UP WHEN I SMELL MY BABY'S HEAD CAN I COME IN, THEY ASK I REMEMBER THE SOUND OF THUNDER I REMEMBER THE FEEL OF THE RAIN CAN I COME IN? THEY ASK I REMEMBER THE LAP OF MY MOTHER I'VE FORGOTTEN MY MOTHERS NAME THE LINE IS SO LONG IT'S A CIRCLE AND THE CIRCLE'S SO DEEP IT'S A WAVE AND THE WAVE'S MOVE INTO YOUR BODY GIRL THAT'S HOW A BABY IS MADE CAN I COME IN? WE ASK THIS IS WHAT I CARRY NOT A BABY BUT A WORLD CAN I COME IN? WE ASK THIS IS WHAT I CARRY IN THIS BODY OF A GIRL CAN I COME IN THEY ASK THIS IS WHAT WE CARRY YES THE FUTURE YES THE PAST WALTZING BRIEFLY IN A MOMENT IN A FEVER THAT CANT LAST THERE IS A LINE OF FATHERS JUST BEHIND MY SHOULDERS I CAN FEEL THEIR BREATH ON MY NECK
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These Roads 03:48
I WOULDN'T EVER I'D NEVER THINK I WOULDN'T EVER I'D NEVER THINK I WOULDN'T EVER I'D NEVER THINK ALL MY LIFE I'VE DRIVEN THESE ROADS IN THE SUMMER, I'VE KILLED MANY THINGS WITH MY BODY I'M LEAVING BEHIND ME THE SOULS OF A THOUSAND AND ONE SMALL THINGS I TAKE IN A BREATH AND I EXALE THE CARBON THAT BROKE UP WITHIN ME I'M LEAVING BEHIND ME
THE SOULS OF A THOUSAND AND ONE
SMALL THINGS I'VE DRIVEN THESE ROADS IN THE SUMMER I HEARD YOU THERE BREATHING BESIDE ME I HEARD SOMEONE SPEAKING ABOUT ALL THE GIFTS OF THE GARDEN I DRAPED THEM UPON ME THE BODIES THE BODIES OF MANY A SPIRIT I'M LEAVING BEHIND ME THE SOULS OF A THOUSAND AND ONE SMALL THINGS I WOULDN'T EVER I'D NEVER THINK I WOULDN'T EVER I'D NEVER THINK I WOULDN'T EVER I'D NEVER THINK ALL MY LIFE EVEN IN MY YOUTH OH EVEN IN MY YOUTH I WAS EATING OF THE FUIT I WAS EATING THE FRUIT OH I ATE IT ALL UP I THREW AWAY THE SEEDS I'VE DRIVEN THESE ROADS IN THE SUMMER, I'VE KILLED MANY THINGS WITH MY BODY I'M LEAVING BEHIND ME THE SOULS OF A THOUSAND AND ONE SMALL THINGS THE BONES OF THE OLD ONES TURN INTO THE OIL THAT SHAKES UP THE GROUND IS THERE WAITING TO BURN UP TO BURN UP THE WHOLE WORLD AROUND I AM LIVING THE LIFE OF 
THE ASH OF THE FIRE THAT STARTED IN CLEVELAND THE HUSK OF THE RIND OF THE FACTORY LINE OF OUR HENRY FORD, OH EVEN IN MY YOUTH OH EVEN IN MY YOUTH I WAS EATING OF THE FUIT I WAS EATING THE FRUIT OH I ATE IT ALL UP I THREW AWAY THE SEEDS
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Joy & Grief 02:25
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Joyfully I am a woman Joyful My hands Joyful My throat Joyfully I am a woman God gave me this body When she made my body To look like her body To be like her own Oh joyfully I hold my body My holy land My sacred throne Joyfully I hold my sorrows
My skin, my spine And holy I am Within my choosing It is mine And I am mine Holy is the priest Who picked up the phone, who prayed with me And holy is the guard who walked me in, who walked me in Oh holy is the doctor Who was kind and clear with me Holy is the knowledge That could set a body free
 Joyfully I hold my sorrows 
My skin, my spine And holy I am Within my choosing It is mine And I am mine And Holy is the woman Who put on her suit Who stood in the courtroom And told the truth Of the light and the dark Of the world as it is 
Of a white room And a friend in white Of a small table And a small white light A holy space A holy space I am a holy space A holy space Holy I am a woman
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everything i held is falling everything i held is falling i thought i knew oh what i thought i know i thought i knew but everything i held in my hands is falling and when i tell the truth when i tell the truth it catches in my hand and in my throat it shakes my bones until i can not stand let it fall
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We created this as a visual album with the Actors Theatre of Louisville, the full visual album can be seen at Broadway on Demand. (livestream.broadwayondemand.com/keep-going-song/)

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released August 14, 2020

All songs written, performed and produced by Shaun & Abigail Bengson
Recorded at Shaun's parents house in Dayton, OH
Mixed & Mastered by Ian Kagey

Special thanks to Robert, Emily and the whole Actors Theatre of Louisville crew, to Erica and Ian, to our families, and to Louis's Meemaw Diane and Peepaw John for making any of this possible.

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