
One of my favorite songs by Hoosier &  Quaker, Singer/Songwriter Carrie Newcomer is Bare To the Bone. I couldn't find an embedable version,     
but here are the lyrics. Enjoy!    
    
Lyrics for:  Bare To The Bone    
From the album:  Betty's Diner: The Best Of Carrie Newcomer    
Songwriter:  Carrie Newcomer    
    
Here I am without a message    
Here I stand with empty hands    
Just a spirit tired of wandering    
Like a stranger in this land
Walking wide eyed through this world   
Is the only way I've known    
Wrapped in hope and good intentions    
Bare to the bone
There is nothing I won't show you   
Nothing I can hide    
Risked it all and dreamt it all    
And seldom questioned why
You took me in when I was hungry   
When my spirit ached and groaned    
Laid wide open and defenseless    
And bear to the bone
So, when I rise, I rise in glory   
If I do, I do by grace    
Time will wash away these footprints    
And we'll leave without a trace
Between here and now and forever   
Is such precious little time?    
What we do in love and kindness    
Is all that we leave behind
When my lights are slowly fading   
And my eyes is softly waning    
And the evening sun is setting    
And the world is barely breathing
Then your voice will call me   
And your hands can lead me home    
Like a newborn awed and naked    
And bare to the bone
So, when I rise, I rise in glory   
If I do, I do by grace    
Time will wash away these footprints    
And we'll leave without a trace
Between here and now and forever   
Is such precious little time    
What we do in love and kindness    
Is all we ever leave behind
Here I am without a message   
Here I stand with empty hands    
Just a spirit tired of wandering    
Like a stranger in this land
Walking wide eyed through this world   
Is the only way I've known    
Wrapped in hope and good intentions    
Bare to the bone
Wrapped in hope and good intentions   
Bare to the bone
© CARRIE NEWCOMER MUSIC
Completely unrelated except that it's also by Carrie is The Gathering of Spirits. Another of my favorites by her.
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