Boundless Gratitude: Songs of the month
It's a New Day
(Boundless Gratitude)
Music and lyrics by Hassaun Ali Jones-Bey (ASCAP), copyright 2005
This song of the week for the second week in July 2008 appears on the Storming the Castle CD and was written back in 2005 when the thought of teaching in high-need schools first occurred to me, and I imagined somehow getting those children to achieve as high or higher on standardized tests than students in more affluent districts. The recording is a little on the rough side. That's because I was having too much fun when I made it.
It’s a new day, sun is shinin’ today
Gonna sing, gonna dance, gonna work, gonna play.
It’s a new day, it’s a brand new day
Gonna laugh out loud, jump and shout hooray
It’s a new day, chase the clouds away
Gonna cry my tears, gonna have my say!
It’s a new day, the news is you today
Lift every voice and sing, ‘cause it’s a brand new day
It’s a new day, and I’m alive today
Gonna get up, get out and make my way
It’s a new day, I’m gonna try a new way
Gonna discover the love of my life today
It’s a new day, I’ve got my smile ready
I’m gonna touch somebody’s heart today
It’s a new day, the news is you today
Lift every voice and sing, ‘cause it’s a brand new day
It’s a new day, what do you say, what do you say?
Come on and help me create a New World today
It’s a new day, open your heart today
Spread your light and your love throughout the Earth today
It’s a new day, come on baby
Mama Earth is singing, won’t you dance with me?
It’s a new day, the news is you today
Lift every voice and sing, ‘cause it’s a brand new day