Name: Egypts To Leave
Duration: P00H03M44S
Description: This song is about the Jewish holiday Passover and how it applies to all of us.

Egypts To Leave

by Mark Aaron James

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This song is about the Jewish holiday Passover and how it applies to all of us.

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It's not about rebuilding time, or just "Let my people go."
That's history, that's theatre, that's not always life
It's about what you believe.
We all have our own Egypt to leave

Don't turn away the stranger, for now you know the stranger's heart
From history, from theatre, hey, that's life
It all comes down to what you believe
We all have our own Egypt to leave

CHORUS: We look back in order to look forward
We see that we are among redemptions,
Acts of freedom, births of possibility
That we might not have seen.
& we all have our own Egypt to leave.

Why is it this way, why on this night,
Why not that way, why not upright
Because of what he did for me.
And to show him we believe.
We all have our own Egypt to leave

CHORUS: We look back in order to look forward
We see that we are among redemptions,
Acts of freedom, births of possibility
That we might not have seen.
& we all have our own Egypt to leave.

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released May 1, 2007

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Mark Aaron James New York, New York

Raised in FL, schooled in TN, polished in NYC & just back from 3 years in London, Mark Aaron James is an acoustic powerhouse. Often playing solo with his guitar & innovative loop pedal, Mark holds the crowd in his hand whether playing critically acclaimed originals or one of 500 popular covers. His quirky, humorous take is firmly in place along with a striking voice and clever wordplay. ... more

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