A Follow-Up from the "Ashes"

Back in January, I was contacted by a former Sing-Out South cast member, Morris Lovette (1969-1971). He had the lyrics to a Sing-Out/Up With People song he couldn't get out of his head, but he couldn't remember name of the song or the rest of the words.

After he told me what lyrics he could remember, I quickly identified the song as "Ashes," which was actually co-written by another former SOS cast member Cabot Wade, along with his former-wife, the actress Glenn Close, and another co-author named L. Reeder.

I got Morris and Cabot in touch with each other and then I shared on this blog (posting January 20, 2010) what Cabot remembered about how the song was written during an Up With People tour in Italy. You can check out the posting by looking through our site archives.

Morris asked if he could find the sheet music, lyrics or a recording of "Ashes?" How about two out of three?

Just recently someone under the name of SSchoonmaker visited this blog site and left a message on the comments section of the January 20 posting, including leaving the song lyrics (from the album Up With People III)


Ashes


Can you build a new world on the ashes of the old

If your heart is full of ashes and slowly growing cold?

Can you make other people want to care

If you're all burnt out from finding trouble ev'rywhere,

Trouble ev'erwhere!



Chorus

No there's a better way I know there's got to be

The weight is just too heavy and alone we'll never see

That world we could build together, nothing like before,

With new life to fill the emptiness forever,

With new life to fill the emptiness forever,

With new life to fill the emptiness forevermore.


Can you mold a new world with the red hot fires of hate?

Can you bring on peace when men cannot seem to wait

To tear down their enemies, then probably their friends,

To add to all the misery that never seems to end?


Chorus


While I haven't been able to find any sheet music, here's a recording of "Ashes" from the album "Up With People III"

Free music - Ashes

See, isn't technology a great way to take a trip back through time! Any other SOS/Up With People tunes someone wants to hear again or know more about? Just leave your request by clicking on remarks link below.