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Mon Aug 3, 2015, 04:49 PM Aug 2015

Lowcountry Voices join James Taylor on stage during concert to sing 'Shed A Little Light'

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) -- Earlier this week, a Charleston choir found themselves on stage with legendary performer James Taylor.

"I want to introduce some really remarkable singers from Charleston, South Carolina," Taylor said as the Lowcountry Voices filled in behind him and the crowd cheered. "I want to introduce this beautiful choir who have helped us all so much to begin as much healing as possible following the tragic events at Mother Emanuel."

Talk about a joyous noise:



Shed a Little Light"
Let us turn our thoughts today
To Martin Luther King
And recognize that there are ties between us,
All men and women living on the Earth.
Ties of hope and love,
Sister and brotherhood,
That we are bound together
In our desire to see the world
Become a place in which our children
Can grow free and strong.
We are bound together by the task
That stands before us
And the road that lies ahead.
We are bound and we are bound.

There is a feeling like the clenching of a fist
There is a hunger in the center of the chest
There is a passage through the darkness
And the mist
And though the body sleeps
The heart will never rest

Shed a little light, oh Lord,
So that we can see,
Just a little light, oh Lord.
Want to stand it on up,
Stand it on up, oh Lord,
Want to walk it on down,
Shed a little light, oh Lord.

Can't get no light from the dollar bill,
Don't give me no light from a TV screen.
When I open my eyes I want to drink my fill
From the well on the hill,
Do you know what I mean?

Shed a little light, oh Lord,
So that we can see,
Just a little light, oh Lord.
Want to stand it on up,
Stand it on up, oh Lord,
Want to walk it on down,
Shed a little light, oh Lord.

There is a feeling like the clenching of a fist,
There is a hunger in the center of the chest.
There is a passage through the darkness
And the mist
And though the body sleeps
The heart will never rest.

Oh, Let us turn our thoughts today
To Martin Luther King
And recognize that there are ties between us.
All men and women living on the Earth,
Ties of hope and love,
Sister and brotherhood.
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Lowcountry Voices join James Taylor on stage during concert to sing 'Shed A Little Light' (Original Post) ehrnst Aug 2015 OP
Thanks for posting. malokvale77 Aug 2015 #1
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