Keep On - Smiley, Moira / Singing The World Awake (2022-2023)

Season	2022-2023
Performance Date	May 12, 2023
Performance Year	2023
Performance Time	7:30PM
Location	Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN
Performance Title	Singing The World Awake
Composer	Moira Smiley
Country	United Stated
Year Composed	2023
Timing	4'30”
Performers	VocalEssence Singers Of This Age, Moira Smiley
Notes	Written for Vocal Essence - VESOTA, Minneapolis, Minnesota Premiered May 12, 2023
Text Translation	They killed another innocent one (Keep on, keep on walking) Too few with too much power hurts everyone (Keep on, keep on walking) And you know hate is so lazy! (Keep on, keep on walking) No matter how hard, no matter how crazy (Keep on, keep on walking) Chorus Under the sky we are living together. No one knows why. Not the wind, not the weather. So just be kind, kinder than you ever knew you could be! (Be) Kinder than you ever knew. Power wants to make us enemies (Keep on, keep on walking) If we see this, we can stop this, you & me (Keep on, keep on walking) And you know hate is so lazy! (Keep on, keep on walking) No matter how hard, no matter how crazy (Keep on, keep on walking) Chorus You pull me up (when I’m down) (Keep on, keep on walking) You are my luck (oh, look around!) (Keep on, keep on walking) Trouble in my mind (Keep on, keep on walking) Gotta put it behind me and keep on walking (Keep on, keep on walking) Chorus Keep going keep going, Oh-oop! Who can I carry for a while? Give me that weight for a while Keep on, keep on walking I’ll take that weight! —Moira Smiley
Categories	World Premiere US Premiere Midwest Premiere VocalEssence Commission

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