Kristin Lems Marynell
Marynell, I did not know you very well Marynell hello, how have you been? Now nine years later here we sit To hear this singer tell of it And all those years drift back to me again. I was lonely, you were probably lonely too But in those days, I never would have known High School kept us all apart And we did not know how to start To cut through the defenses we had grown. The earliest of stirrings were already born inside That, later on, would grow to greater length We marched against the war, and Dr. King had not yet died But we had not begun to test our strength. How strange it passed, all those changes came so fast As each new action burned upon our souls It was a time to raise your voice, to try and make a moral choice With freedom and equality our goals. Marynell, I still don't know you very well But we're part of something greater than ourselves. Those restless days not far behind, You at your school and I at mine We took home more than books now on our shelves I have the same convictions that I first knew back in school Though quieter, they're with me everywhere Though days of rage are silent now, these times are no less cruel Tell me Marynell, do you still care? Tell me Marynell, do you still care? words and music by Kristin Lems c MCMLXXXIII Kleine Ding Music (BMI)
