Modern Appalachia
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I heard the sound of Dolly sing
And I breathed in every note
Stories told through melody
With equal pain to hope
It was modern Appalachia
So ancient, so free
It began to sew the fabric of me
Then I heard the voice of Mahalia
And I beamed with a childish grin
She sang to me about her Jesus
And I wanted to know him
It was modern Appalachia
So old, so new
When the sacred met the sorrow
I knew it was true
Finding out who we are
We're finding out who we are
Every day we're finding out
Then I heard the sound of Bill Frisell
I stopped right there and wept
Without a word, just notes he played
And painted pictures on the fret
It was modern Appalachia
So ancient, so free
Speaking straight to every color in me
Then I heard the voice of Paul Brady
And every hair did rise
I wondered how a sound so pure
Was this side of the skies
It was modern Appalachia
So old, so new
It became part of the landscape of you
Finding out who we are
We're finding out who we are
Every day we're finding out
Finding out who we are
We're finding out who we are
Every day we're finding out
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