© 1984 Sarah Pirtle
I first heard this lovely song sung by my daughter Christina Muir in 1992. I learned it on the spot. The whale is just one of the many species which is threatened with extinction within my lifetime, but many creatures need our concern. I hope we all do what we can to preserve a quiet place, a home where each one can survive and thrive before it's too late. Thanks to Sarah Pirtle's song we can sing one of them home. (AMM)
Sometimes I feel like I am a whale
Guns and harpoons are closing on me
Trying to keep me from my home.
Chorus:
In that quiet place where nothing can harm you
In that quiet place we carry inside the heart of the world,
Heart of the world.
Sometimes I hope that there is an ocean
Hold her big arms open to me
And she whispers "You can rest."
Sometimes I hope that there is a whale
Calling me out to ride on her back
And we go rolling high and low.
That Quiet Place is recorded on the album Language of the Heart