Let It Be Small

from Gold Rush Town by Kate Isenberg

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Morning has broken, like an egg
Crushed under the weight of all the other days.
You would not believe the freight.
But before the dawn broke, the dew fell on the park,
Sparkling with newness and a feeling:
There is something left to do, so much left to do.

But if it's small, let it be small;
Let it be almost nothing at all.
Small will do; make do with small.

New Year's: should old acquaintance be forgot,
Reacquaint myself with doing less than I had thought.
Mind the space.
Happy New Year is an old fool,
Dancing at a wake where others cry for what is gone.
Cheers to what is here; cheers to what's still here.
Cheers to being here.

And if that's small, let it be small;
Let it be almost nothing at all.
Small cheer; cheers to the small.

Let us now praise famous men
Who won over the blankness of the page and made us wonder,
Is there something left to say?
But who's brave? Is it the famous,
Or a no one who would dare to make a mark upon the page
And to say something, say one thing?

And if that's small, let it be small;
Let it be almost nothing at all.
Cheers to the small. Cheers.

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from Gold Rush Town, released April 1, 2010

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Kate Isenberg Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles-based Kate Isenberg’s lyrics recall Joni Mitchell; her alternate-tuning guitar riffs, the dexterity and accessibility of John Mayer. On stage, Isenberg captivates audiences with an emotionally direct presence akin to Sufjan Stevens or Laura Veirs.
Her albums have received critical recognition and nationwide radio play. She has toured top songwriter venues around the U.S.
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