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																			The Bright Road 
																						 
																					Words and Music by Randall Effner 
																						
																						
																						Vocals: Randall and Sara Effner 
																						
																						
																			Guitar: Randall Effner 
																						
																					Violin: Susanna Halden 
																	         
																		     
																		   
																	   
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																			"The Bright Road" recounts an allegorical spiritual journey and shows how mankind, while lost in delusion, will invariably go astray without proper guidance from higher principles. In this world, there are many ordinary roads, but only a Bright Road can take us where we truly want to go: back to that place of purity which is our true selves and our true home. 
																	   
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																				Lyrics: 
																				Climbing up Mt. History through the clouds and rain 
																				  
																				  Seems like ages that I've had to roam 
																				  
																				  Push ahead then trip and fall then get back up again 
																				  
																				  Looking for the way that leads back home 
																				  
																				  Looking for the Bright Road 
																				  
																				  Bright Road 
																				   
																				  
																				  
																				  Two roads diverged deep in the woods and I heard the poet say 
																				  
																				  Which one you choose makes all the difference 
																				  
																				  But when a flower greets the sun it can only bloom one way 
																				  
																				  And it's not a matter of coincidence 
																				  
																				  Bright Road 
																				  
																				  Bright Road 
																				   
																				  
																				  
																				  One road promised me delights 
																				  
																				  The other misery 
																				  
																				  But neither of those roads were bright 
																				  
																				  So they led to the same destiny 
																				   
																				  
																				  
																				  Trying to find a shortcut home, I crossed a living stream 
																				  
																				  But I slipped and fell while stepping on a stone 
																				  
																				  My wish to rise above it all seemed like a hollow dream 
																				  
																				  The icy water soaked me to the bone 
																				  
																				  Bright Road 
																				  
																				  Bright Road 
																				   
																				  
																				  
																				  The current took me down and down, it didn't help to swim 
																				  
																				  I felt anger, pride and jealousy and greed 
																				  
																				  The worldly pleasures I indulged on every passing whim 
																				  
																				  And I strove against my brothers to succeed 
																				  
																				  Looking for the Bright Road 
																				  
																				  Bright Road 
																				   
																				  
																				  
																				  The more I struggled to get free 
																				  
																				  The tighter were my chains 
																				  
																				  The way home kept eluding me 
																				  
																				  The more I sought to gain 
																				   
																				  
																				  
																				  The sun had gone down in the West, I sat down and cried 
																				  
																				  I realized I'd never be released 
																				  
																				  From the mess I'd made by doing things without a proper guide 
																				  
																				  Then a golden beam of light came from the East 
																				  
																				  Showing me the Bright Road 
																				  
																				  Bright Road 
																				   
																				  
																				  
																				  The Road to Life stretched out for miles, I wiped away the tears 
																				  
																				  It was smooth and straight but narrow as a thread 
																				  
																				  It was always right before my eyes, all those painful years 
																				  
																				  I couldn't see it for the notions in my head 
																				  
																				  Bright Road 
																				  
																				  Bright Road 
																				   
																				  
																				  
																				  Every road I thought was bright 
																				  
																				  Had a dark side too 
																				  
																				  Everything I thought was right 
																				  
																				  Turned out was just half true 
																				   
																				  
																				  
																				  Once you find the way back home no matter what transpires 
																				  
																				  Keep walking on that road and do not stray 
																				  
																				  Be truthful, kind and tolerant, restrain selfish desires 
																				  
																				  And choose a noble role in this great play 
																				  
																				  Bright Road 
																				  
																			    Bright Road 
																				     
																		   
																		 
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