Faith Lives Next Door

The music for this song was supposed to be a “jam” tune. So, there can be a lot of space for that in this tune. The “B” and “C” parts are easily expanded for jamming. Months after the music was in place, the story showed up.

A new tenant moved into a cabin that shared my driveway. Her name was Faith. She was a delightful person and we became friends over time. I was getting a Rolfing / Hakomi session from my friend Jules one day and I mentioned my new neighbor. The next thing Jules said was “ So….. Faith lives next door?” We immediately heard a song in that moment. At the time, I was in the midst of transitioning away from a 36 year marriage and part of that experience eventually became the story line.

I believe it is part of this song that a jam tune lined up with a song about relationships. They have a lot in common.

This song still helps me “let go of the why’s” and stay in the present.

Thanks for Fred Kosak on guitar.

• Faith Lives Next Door Lyrics

  Faith lives next door, never too far
  Doubt moved out no longer in charge
  Too long to figure this out
  Too much benefit of the doubt
  
  Searching for love where it was before
  Just to discover not there any more
  Busted heart, broken soul
  
  CHORUS:
  Learning to let go of the why's
  Next thing I knew faith arrives
  With a smile
  
  Needed a good friend to pull back the shades
  Allow light to shine on decisions I had made
  Turns out, matter of mind
  Turns out, trust in time
  
  CHORUS
  

  Anchor adrift with me in tow
  Gravity takes over one place to go
  Sense of trust settles to my core
  After moving Faith lives next door
  
  CHORUS

  
  C -2012 Geoff Wolf