Peace Corps Song: The Rest of the Story By Anna Huckabee Tull

On the Peace Corps 2 yahoo group, someone posted the following link: http://www.customcraftedsongs.com/content/therestofthestory-storybehindthesong/

The link takes you to folk singer Anna Huckabee Tull’s website. She has written a song entitled “The Rest of the Story (Katie’s Peace Corps Song)”.  The song is about Katie, a Peace Corps Volunteer in China.  I downloaded the song from the site…and it’s wonderful.  Anna has an amazing voice! I will definitely be adding it to my ipod to take to Africa. I sent Anna an email regarding the song, and she responded almost immediately! Check out Anna’s site for more info, and while your there, drop Anna a line and let her know how great the song is.  Hey, if you know Katie’s blog site…let me know and I’ll add the link here.

 Lyrics to The Rest of the Story (taken from Anna’s site above) By Anna Huckabee Tull

I got on a plane and I came here
Well hardly one damn thing is the same here
You take a whole wild life, you sell off the loose pieces and
Squeeze the rest into too few bags

You look back on the life that you’re leaving
Well good god, keep walking, keep breathing
Don’t forget where you’ve been, let the meaning seep in, but now
Carry it forward and keep moving doorward and

Open to rest of the story
And hold to the parts that feel real
And know that it’s the power and wonder and glory
I tell you it’s me: That’s what I’m gonna let myself be

Well it hits me, or rather it floors me
I’m not scared, not scared any more, see
Small shiver, slight breeze and I’m down on my knees
And I’m free to believe what I’m here to believe

And I came here to live what I’m missing
Teach a man how to fish and he’s fishing
I will hold out my hand in a whole different land
I will open my mind and I’ll find what I find ‘cause I’m

Open to rest of the story, and I’m
Holding to the parts that feel real
And I know that its the power and wonder and glory
I tell you it’s me: That’s what I’m gonna let myself be

Now I don’t know what’s up in the road there
But I know that I’m going to go there
There’s a groove yet to find and I’m calling it mine
Watch me dance like a dervish and sing with a purpose
And sing with a purpose, and sing with a purpose I’m

Open to the rest of the story, and I’m
Holding and it’s feeling so real
And I’m flowing with power and wonder and glory
So glad to be me
So glad I let me set myself free…

 (c) 2008 Anna Huckabee Tull