Season

Sometimes I am overcome with hubris and attempt to do things I probably should not. Below is my take on Ecclesiastes Chapter 3... which you have probably have heard as Pete Seeger's "Turn, Turn, Turn". Obviously I'm not Pete Seeger.

I wrote this after a long, long Yom Kippur day after having attended a break-the-fast on the Eleventh Day of Tishri, 5768 [2007]. I suppose that some time I will repost a essay about that particular day... but not today.

You can find a passable Mp3 recording of the song HERE [My Google Drive]

It is played in an open E tuning

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A Season is Set for Everything

CHORUS  
    A season is set for everything
    a place and time for every deed
    For above and below Heaven
    A place and time for ev'ry need

There's a time for bein' born
and a time to pass away
A time for us to sow our seeds
and a time to clear the weeds away

There's a time for taking life
and a time for hurts to heal
There's a time for tearing down
and a time to build what we feel

There's a time for us to weep
And a time to share our joy
There's a time for us to wail in sorrow
And a time to dance once more

    A season is set for everything
    a place and time for every deed
    For above and below Heaven
    A place and time for ev'ry need
  
There's a time for us to sling a stone
And a time to gather together stone
There's a time for us to embrace
and a time to stand alone

There's a time for seeking
and a time to lose our way
There's a time for keeping
and a time for casting away

There's a time for ripping cloth
and a time to mend the break
There's a time for silence
and a time to speak for Heaven's Sake

    A season is set for everything
    a place and time for every deed
    For above and below Heaven
    A place and time for ev'ry need

There is a time for us to love
and a time for hostility
There's a time for making war
and a time for loving serenity

    A season is set for everything
    a place and time for every deed
    For above and below Heaven
    A place and time for ev'ry need
   
    Repeat 2x and fade

Written the Eleventh Day of Tishri, 5768

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