JULIE: NORTHLAND FOUNDATION IS UPPING ITS EFFORTS TO MAKE OUR REGION A MORE INCLUSIVE BASE.

WE HAVE AN UPDATE.

DENNIS: THE HOMEGROWN MUSIC FESTIVAL BEGINS THIS WEEKEND.

WE HAVE MUSIC FROM ONE OF THE FESTIVALS BAND TO GET JULIE: AREA BUSINESSES GEARING UP FOR THE SUMMER TOURISM SEASON.

WHAT TO EXPECT.

DENNIS: THOSE STORIES UP NEXT ON ALMANAC NORTH.

DENNIS: HELLO ONCE AGAIN AND WELCOME TO ALMANAC NORTH.

A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HOMEGROWN MUSIC FESTIVAL TO KICK OFF THE SPRING.

JULIE: IT'S ALWAYS A FUN TIME HERE TO LOSE.

LOTS OF BANDS AND VENUES.

WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT LATER IN THE SHOW.

DENNIS: LET'S BEGIN WITH THE HEADLINES.

JULIE: IN A RARE SHOW OF BIPARTISAN COOPERATION, MINNESOTA REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN PETE'S COPPER AND DEMOCRAT REPRESENTATIVE ANGIE CRAGG ANNOUNCED A BILL THEY ARE REINTRODUCING.

THE VOLUNTEER DRIVER TAX APPRECIATION ACT INCREASES THE FEDERAL TAX DEDUCTION RATE FOR VOLUNTEER DRIVERS WHO DELIVER MEALS AND PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR HEALTH CARE NEEDS.

UNDER THE BILL, THE MILEAGE RATE WOULD INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT $.14 PER MILE TO THE IRS BUSINESS RATE OF 65.5 CENTS PER MILE.

DENNIS: ROAD CONSTRUCTION WILL TEMPORARY CLOSE AND INTERSECTION ON HIGHWAY 53 NEXT WEEK.

THE NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND TURN LANES ONTO NORTH BOUNDARY ROAD WILL BE CLOSED AT 6:00 A.M. MONDAY.

THE CLOSURE WILL LAST SEVEN DAYS TO ALLOW REPAIRS FOR THE NORTHBOUND HIGHWAY 53 DRIVING LANE.

JULIE: CLEVELAND CLIPS HAS NO PLANS TO BRING NORTH SHORE MINING IN SILVER BAY AND BABBITT UP TO FULL CAPACITY THIS YEAR.

THE CEO SAID NORTH SHORE WILL REMAIN A SWING OPERATION AND INCREASE CAPACITY AS MARKET CONDITIONS DICTATE.

NORTH SHORE PARTIALLY RESTARTED OPERATIONS THIS MONTH, BRINGING BACK SOME WORKERS.

A ROYALTY DISPUTE IS STILL UNRESOLVED.

DENNIS: THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY BOARD DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO FLOOD DAMAGE.

THE DECLARATION MAKES THE COUNTY ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AND FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FUNDING ASSISTANCE.

NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED BY FLOODING THIS SPRING AND SOME ROADS INCURRED EXPENSIVE DAMAGE.

JULIE: THE NORTHLAND FOUNDATION IS EXPANDING ITS INITIATIVE TO INCREASE A FEELING OF BELONGING AMONG RESIDENTS IN THE SEVEN COUNTY ARROWHEAD REGION.

IT AIMS TO EMBRACE DIVERSITY IN THE REGION AND INCREASE EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

HERE WITH MORE IS 23RD ITCH, PRESIDENT OF THE NORTHLAND FOUNDATION.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> GREAT TO BE BACK.

JULIE: WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BELONGING AS A LENS THROUGH WHICH TO START VIEWING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND GRAMPS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATE OF OUR REGION, THIS SUNNY COUNTIES AND FIVE TRIBAL NATIONS IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, BEFORE IT FOCUSED ON JOBS.

THE GOVERNORS SLOGAN WAS, JOBS JOBS JOBS.

GREAT AT THE TIME.

NOW WITH THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT, BABY BOOMERS RETIRING, IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE PEOPLE PEOPLE PEOPLE.

WE NEED EVERYBODY THRIVING IN OUR REGION.

WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN OUR REGION.

THE SENSE OF BELONGING IS ABOUT ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO OUR REGION AND KEEPING THE PEOPLE HERE AS ENGAGED AS POSSIBLE.

DENNIS: WHAT'S THE HISTORY OF THE NORTHLAND FOUNDATION?

WHY WAS IT STARTED?

>> WE STARTED IN THE EARLY 1980'S.

DOWN TURNING OF MINING AND TENDER.

THE MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION FROM THE 20 SAID -- TWIN CITIES WENT AROUND ALL OF MINNESOTA AND SAID, WE WANT TO INVEST IN RURAL.

THEY STARTED UP SIX INITIATIVE FOUNDATIONS.

JULIE: YOU MENTIONED THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THE REGION AND CREATE THIS SENSE OF BELONGING.

WHAT KIND OF RESEARCH WENT INTO REALLY IDENTIFYING WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE THAT THE REGION NEEDS TO DO AND ACCOMPLISH SO THAT ALL PEOPLE DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS THEIR PLACE AND THEY HAVE A PLACE AND A PURPOSE WITHIN IT?

>> ON ONE LEVEL, IT'S EASY.

ON THE OTHER SITE, IT'S COMPLICATED.

MOST COMMUNITIES NEED TO PLAY TO THEIR STRENGTHS.

FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT STARTS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE GOING AWAY AFTER THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT'S TRUE.

I THINK THAT'S OK. WE WANT PEOPLE TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND BRING THEM BCK.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY INNOVATION HAPPENS.

NOT EVERYBODY WILL COME BACK.

WE KNOW THAT.

WE NEED TO ATTRACT PEOPLE INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND THEY WILL LOOK AND THINK DIFFERENT THAN US.

LOOK NO FURTHER.

WHEN I GREW UP ON THE IRON RIDGE , WE HAD TERMS FOR PEOPLE WHO MOVED IN.

WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO COME.

SAME WITH IN DULUTH.

THEY ALWAYS ASK YOU, WHERE DID YOU GO TO HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE TO DO A MENTAL SHIFT.

THE PEOPLE THAT WILL COME HERE WILL LOOK DIFFERENT THAN US.

DIFFERENT COLOR SKIN, RACE AND ETHNICITY'S, THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.

WE NEED TO BE WELCOMING OF THOSE IDEAS.

JULIE: WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS THAT PEOPLE FACE COMING INTO THE REGION?

>> WE TAKE SO MUCH PRIDE IN BEING FROM NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

IT TIPS OVER TO, WHY ARE YOU HERE?

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THE FOOD THAT THEY ARE USED TO IN THE GROCERY STORES, BARBERS THAT WILL CUT THEIR TYPE OF HAIR.

IT'S BASIC ISSUES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE TO.

THEN A GENERAL SENSE, DO I HAVE VALUE IN THE COMMUNITY?

LIFTING UP FOLKS.

MAYBE PEOPLE BELONGING, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT NEW PEOPLE.

IT'S PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR GENERATIONS WHO FEEL THEY HAVE BEEN HELD BACK BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH MONEY THEY MAKE.

WE NEED EVERYBODY THRIVING TO MAKE SURE THINGS MOVING FORWARD.

WE KNOW THAT GROWING REGIONS IN AMERICA ARE DIVERSE REGIONS.

ETHNICALLY AND RACIALLY DIVERSE REGIONS.

PEOPLE MAY HAVE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS BUT THE DATA IS CLEAR.

THE MORE DIVERSE YOU ARE, THE BETTER.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY BECAUSE THAT'S A STRONGER ECONOMY WHEN YOU HAVE MORE DIFFERENCE THERE.

IT'S THE SAME WITH PEOPLE.

YOU NEED A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO STRENGTHEN YOUR COMMUNITY.

DENNIS: THE NORTH ON FOUNDATION BEGAN HOSTING THE NORTHLAND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT?

>> THAT'S A PIECE OF THIS WORK.

WE KNOW THAT WE WANT OUR BUSINESSES OWNED AS LOCALLY AS POSSIBLE.

WE WANT TO START UP NEW BUSINESSES IN OUR REGION.

THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER IS THERE FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA TO PROVIDE FREE BUSINESS CONSULTING TO FOLKS WHO WANT TO START OR GROW THEIR BUSINESSES.

WE TOOK IT OVER BACK IN 2019.

WE HAVE BUSINESS CONSULTANTS LOCATED ALL ACROSS THE REGION WHO CAN HELP FOLKS TO DO THIS WORK.

JULIE: AS YOU LOOK AT THIS BELONGING INITIATIVE, THERE ARE THREE ASPECTS TO IT.

THE PLACE, RACE, AND CLASS.

HOW DOES THAT LOOK, WHEN YOU OVERLAY THAT ON THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDING?

WILL THERE BE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES?

ARE THERE NEW PROGRAMS THAT WOULD BE COMING IN?

GIVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE ACTUAL IMPACT WOULD BE.

>> WE KNOW THE DIFFERENCES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND BELONGING ARE ON THOSE THREE AREAS AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE DISPARITIES.

PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RACES, BUSINESS STARTUPS AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, RACISM HAPPENS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE HAVE THE FIFTH LARGEST CITY IN OUR REGION.

86,000 PEOPLE.

THE NEXT LARGEST COMMUNITY IS HIBBING, 60 NINTH PLACE.

PLACE MATTERS.

MAKING SURE FOLKS HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED.

SO MANY FAKE FEDERAL AND STATE RESOURCES ARE BASED ON POPULATION.

HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU SERVE?

SMALL TOWNS CAN'T MAKE THAT STRONG CASE TO GET RESOURCES BECAUSE THEY SERVE LESS PEOPLE IN A LESS DENSE AREA.

THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INCOME, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CLASS.

WE KNOW THAT OUR REGION IS TRAILING BEHIND PER CAPITA ON INCOME.

WE ARE LOOKING AT, WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS WE CAN ATTRACT?

HOW CAN THE SUPPORT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES?

DENNIS: THE NORTHLAND FOUNDATION PROVIDES EARLY LEARNING SCHOLARSHIPS.

WHAT ARE THEY?

>> THE STATE HAS A PROGRAM RIGHT NOW THAT WILL HELP SUBSIDIZE LOW INCOME FAMILIES TO AFFORD CHILDCARE.

SO WE ARE TO WITH ADMINISTERING THAT FOR OUR REGION.

THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE AROUND CLASS ON INCOME.

WE KNOW THAT CHILDCARE IS A BARRIER FOR ALL FAMILIES.

IN PARTICULAR, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO AFFORD IT, THAT WILL SET YOU BACK.

YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO GO TO WORK.

THE STATE PROVIDES RESOURCES.

WE ADMINISTER THAT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES TO AFFORD CHILDCARE.

JULIE: A LOT OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL RESOURCES ARE BASED PRIMARILY ON POPULATION.

ARE YOU FINDING THAT THE BIG FOUNDATIONS THAT SUPPORT YOUR WORK ARE LOOKING MORE FOR THAT DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION PIECE OF THE PUZZLE?

THAT THEY WANT TO FUND PROGRAMS LIKE THIS?

>> WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ACCESS SOME RESOURCES FROM LARGER FOUNDATIONS FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR REGION.

SO MUCH FOCUS HAS BEEN ON RACE AND RIGHTLY SO.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF NONPROFITS AND OTHERS THAT ARE LED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR IN OUR REGION.

WE HAVE TRIPLED THE FUNDING WE'VE GIVEN TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIGENOUS ENTITIES.

TRIBAL ENTITIES, THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF NONPROFITS THAT ARE RUN BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

WE ESTABLISHED A PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE WE ARE FUNDING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK.

THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS, MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE IN CHANGING THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS TO MAKE SURE THEY FEEL MORE WELCOME.

JULIE: MAYBE GETTING SOME MORE PARTNERSHIPS ARE LONG AWAY?

ARE YOU FINDING NEW ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH YOU?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S A MATTER OF BEING OPEN TO DOING THINGS DIFFERENT.

WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE BECAUSE OF HOW WE'VE DONE THINGS.

WE PROBABLY HAD GOOD REASONS TO DO IT THAT WAY.

IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE WAY WE DO THINGS TO ATTRACT PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE STAY.

JULIE: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN AND EXPLAINING THIS TO US.

THANKS FOR THE WORK YOU DO.

♪ DENNIS: IT'S TIME NOW FOR VOICES OF THE REGION WHEN WE HEAR FROM AN AREA JOURNALIST ABOUT STORIES MAKING NEWS.

THIS WEEK, OUR GUEST IS MARSHALL HELD BERGER.

♪ REPORTER: WE ARE REPORTING ON THE RECENT PROTEST OF THE LATEST DRAG SHOW PERFORMANCE IN ERIE WHICH WAS THIS PAST SATURDAY.

IT WAS THE THIRD VISIT BY A DRAG PERFORMER FROM FLIP PHONE EVENT TO ERIE IN THE PAST YEAR.

THEY'VE PLAYED TO FULL HOUSES EACH TIME.

THIS TIME IT WAS A DISNEY THEME SHOW THAT PACKED THE HOUSE FOR TWO SHOWINGS.

ONE DESIGNED FOR ADULTS AND THE OTHER FOR ALL AGES.

SOME AREA RELIGIOUS LEADERS WEREN'T HAPPY ABOUT THE SHOWS, PARTICULARLY THE ONE THAT WAS OPEN TO CHILDREN.

THEY ORGANIZED A PROTEST ON SATURDAY TRACKING ABOUT 30 PEOPLE WITH PICKETS WHO STOOD NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE LODGE.

IT WAS A COLD DAY.

THEY WERE BUNDLED UP.

IT WASN'T EXACTLY A NICE DAY TO BE STANDING OUT THERE.

THE ORGANIZERS WERE FROM CHURCHES IN THE AREA AND COOK AREA.

STAY FOCUSED THEIR COMMENTS ON THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT EXPOSING CHILDREN TO DRAG PERFORMANCES.

THE PROTEST IN THE END TURNED OUT TO BE PRETTY UNEVENTFUL.

THE PROTESTERS WERE FRIENDLY AND FOLKS ATTENDING THE DRAG SHOW GAVE THEM LITTLE ATTENTION AS THEY CAME AND WENT FROM THE PERFORMANCES.

OPPOSITION TO DRAG PERFORMANCES HAS RAISED THE IRE OF MANY ON THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT IN RECENT MONTHS, ACCUSING PERFORMERS OF SEXUALIZING KIDS.

SOME STATES HAVE OUTLAWED DRAG PERFORMANCES.

THAT COULD IMPACT THIS COMPANY ANY ERIE.

A REPORTER WHO ATTENDED THE ALL AGES PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY SAID HE DIDN'T SEE ANY SEXUAL MATERIAL.

A FEW OF THE COSTUMES WERE SUGGESTIVE.

♪ WE ARE REPORTING ON THE VIRTUAL ABSENCE OF A SPRING HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SEASON SO FAR THIS YEAR.

POSTPONEMENTS DUE TO LINGERING SNOW AND POOR FIELD CONDITIONS AREN'T UNCOMMON DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHEDULED SPORTS LIKE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL.

WE ARE NOW IN OUR THIRD WEEK WITHOUT ANY LOCAL PLANE BECAUSE THERE IS STILL SMALL -- NO WHICH HAS KEPT PRACTICE MOSTLY INDOORS SO FAR.

HIGH SCHOOL GOLFERS HAVEN'T HAD IT ANY BETTER.

THEY'VE HAD A FEW HIT WEEKS -- WEEKS HITTING BALLS.

IT'S NOT CLEAR WHEN LOCAL GOLF COURSES WILL BE STARTING OUT OPERATION.

THERE IS STILL SNOW IN PLACES BUT THERE'S HOPE IN THE FORECAST THAT THEY COULD START OPENING UP POSSIBLY SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.

A FEW SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SCHEDULE GAMES AT SOME OF THE NEWER BALLFIELDS.

THEY NOW HAVE ARTIFICIAL TURF AND CAN KEEP THEIR FIELDS PLOWED.

SNOW ISN'T THE ONLY FACTOR COMPLICATING THE SITUATION FOR AREA ATHLETIC DIRECTORS TO GET THERE'S ALSO AN UMPIRE SHORTAGE THAT'S COMPLICATING GAMES SCHEDULING AND THE CONSTANT JUGGLING OF THE SCHEDULES MAKING TRANSPORTATION DIFFICULT TO ARRANGE, NOT TO MENTION FINDING OPPONENTS WHO CAN MAKE IT AT THE SAME TIME.

ERIE'S BASEBALL SEASON WAS SUPPOSED TO GET UNDERWAY ON APRIL 11 BUT THEY'VE YET TO PLAY THEIR FIRST GAME AS OF MID WEEK.

THEY HAD PLANNED TO PLAY A COUPLE GAMES IN THE TWIN CITIES LATE LAST WEEK BUT THOSE GAMES WERE RAINED OUT.

IF IT ISN'T SNOW, IT'S THE RAIN.

♪ AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS AT THE LEGISLATURE WITH INTEREST AND SOME CONCERN, PARTICULARLY ABOUT A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD ALLOW HOURLY EMPLOYEES WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION OVER THE SUMMER WHEN THEY ARE LAID OFF.

THIS WOULD AFFECT STAFF LIKE BUS DRIVERS, FOOD SERVICE WORKERS, JANITORS, AND AIDS.

THAT'S LIKELY TO ADD UP FOR A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE BUSINESSES HAVE TO PAY THEIR COST OF UNEMPLOYMENT THAT GETS PAID OUT BY THE STATE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LAID OFF.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE LENDING TO MAKE UP FOR THE COST BUT THAT WOULD APPARENTLY NOT BE ALLOWED UNDER THIS LATEST PROVISION.

WE TALKED TO KIM JOHNSON, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SHE PREDICTED THE MEASURE COULD BANKRUPT A LOT OF DISTRICTS.

IT'S NOT ALL BAD NEWS FOR SCHOOLS.

THE LEGISLATURE IS ALSO LOOKING AT A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE PER-PUPIL FUNDING FORMULA WHICH IS IN A SURPRISE GIVEN THE STATES ESTIMATED $17 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS.

♪ ♪ JULIE: WHAT STARTED BACK IN 1999 AS A TWO DAY BIRTHDAY PARTY WITH FIVE BANDS HAS GROWN INTO A WEEKLONG FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF LOCAL MUSIC AND VENUES.

THIS YEAR IS HOMEGROWN NUMBER 25 FEATURING MORE THAN 100 BANDS AT DOZEN OR VENUES.

ONE OF THE BANDS IS NEW SALTY DOG WHICH PERFORMED ITS SONG IN OUR STUDIO EARLIER TODAY.

♪ >> WE ARE NEW SALTY DOG AND THIS SONG IS CALLED ONE LINE.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ONE LINE AT A TIME AT A TIME ♪ HEAD IS FULL OF THOUGHT ARE YOU REALLY GIVING IT ALL YOU'VE GOT ♪ ♪ GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT OR GIVE MY GOOODBYE ♪ ♪ JULIE: THE NORTH 103.3 FM AND PBS NORTH WILL HELP YOU GET READY FOR THE FESTIVAL WITH THE HOMEGROWN MUSIC TUNEUP FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY WINDSONG SOUVENIR AND NEW SALTY DOG.

WATCH THE SPECIAL TONIGHT AT 9:00 P.M. WITH A REPEAT SATURDAY AT 11:00 ON PBS NORTH.

DENNIS: SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.

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SOUNDS LIKE A RAINY WEEKEND AHEAD.

THAT CAN ONLY LEAD TO SPRING FLOWERS.

JULIE: THAT'S TRUE.

I'M EXPECTING YOU TO BRING ME A BOUQUET ANY DAY NOW.

DENNIS: WE WILL LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH MORE MUSIC FROM A GROUP THAT WILL PLAY HOMEGROWN THIS WEEK.

THIS IS WOULD SONG SOUVENIR.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY AND BE KIND.

♪ >> ♪ HEAD ON DOWN TO THE OLD FARM TRACK BIRCH TREES WHISPER IN ASPEN TOWN A STORY OF LOVE AND LOSS HONEY FILLS THE WISHING WELL EVENING SUN SHINES DOWN ON YOU IT'S CALLED THE GOLDEN OUT ANCESTRAL LUCK SEEN IN HER EYES HER STRENGTH, WILL, AND HER POWER YOUNG LOVE BURNS LIKE AMBER COLES FOREVER YOUNG WILD AND BOLD HELD ONTO TIGHT WHEN I'VE BEEN SMOKE NOW HER HEART IS BROKE MORNING CAME WITHOUT MUCH SLEEP TWO TIRED NOW FOR REST PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER JUST KEEP GOING THAT'S WHAT'S BEST TIME CAN HEAL A BROKEN HEART LET'S WALK TOGETHER TAKE MY HAND DON'T FALL APART FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE REST EASY NOW MY DARLING SWEET WE WILL BE ALL RIGHT MOONBEAMS SIGN ON LIGHT.

MOONBEAMS SHINE ON ME ♪