When We Gather Here – Warm Folk Song About Grassroots Advocacy Groups (Re-Upload)

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The prompt to this song was inspired by the Citizens Climate Lobby
Check out their website (https://citizensclimatelobby.org/) and youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@CitizensClimateLobby)

This potted plant is not affiliated with CCL and not sponsored by CCL

Song and image were AI generated
No copyrights to the song, do with it what you will 👍


Lyrics:

First time I walked in, shaking like a leaf
Name tag stuck crooked on my sweater sleeve
Coffee in paper cups, folding chairs in rows
Felt so small then, but that's how knowing grows
Someone reached out their hand, pulled up a seat
Said "We've been waiting for you, make our circle complete"
And something in me changed, watching faces light
When passion filled the room and made everything right

We become family when we gather here
Singing out one voice, year after year
Our hearts beat stronger when we stand as one
Till the work is done, till the work is done

Letters piled on tables, ink still wet with hope
Phone calls made with trembling hands, learning how to cope
But you showed me courage lives in quiet ways
In the steady pulse of people choosing to stay
Now I see the power in a gentle wave
Of hands raised together, determined to be brave
And though the mountain's tall, we climb side by side
Every step forward fills me up with pride

We become family when we gather here
Singing out one voice, year after year
Our hearts beat stronger when we stand as one
Till the work is done, till the work is done

Every signature, every meeting night
Every conversation helps to make it right
(Ooooh, we rise together)
(Ahhh, we stand forever)

We become family when we gather here
Singing out one voice, year after year
Our hearts beat stronger when we stand as one
Till the work is done, till the work is done

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