Holly Near

Thirty-five years of social change music.

www.hollynear.com



Show Up: Holly Near's latest work

Holly Near sings her own work as well as songs by Jackson Browne, Jane Siberry, Laura Love, Cheryl Wheeler, and others. "I Am Willing" is a powerful hymn of hope and tradition.



I Am Willing

I am open and I am willing

For 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 a panic all around the nation

There is wailing the whole world round



May the children see more clearly

May the elders be more wise

May the winds of change caress us

Even though it burns our eyes



Give me a might oak to hold my confusion

Give me a desert to hold my tears

Give me a sunset to hold my wonder

Give me an ocean to hold my tears