♪ Shake me loose ♪ ♪ Leave my always certain heart a bit confused ♪ ♪ You look like the kind of trouble I could use ♪ ♪ So won't you stir me up ♪ ♪ And shake me loose ♪ (woman) "Prairie Musicians" is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and the citizens of Minnesota and by the members of Prairie Public.

[playing a slow country blues beat] ♪ ♪ Spring came early this year ♪ ♪ Or came late I can't tell ♪ ♪ Oh I hardly know what day it is ♪ ♪ Anyway ♪ ♪ You could hold a calendar in front of my face ♪ ♪ I'd press my finger to some square ♪ ♪ Declare with confidence it's this one ♪ ♪ Maybe?

♪ ♪ There's a weirdness and a wildness ♪ ♪ And a heaviness to every moment lately ♪ ♪ And I feel a little comfort ♪ ♪ Knowing you probably feel these same things too ♪ ♪ So even if we're far apart ♪ ♪ I can still be with you ♪ ♪ ♪ The weeks are flying by the hours are just limping along ♪ ♪ My heart can't settle on a song to fit the mood I'm in ♪ ♪ Which is a restlessness like I've never known ♪ ♪ I've paced each inch of my kitchen floor though my doors aren't locked ♪ ♪ And there's an open road if I had the inclination ♪ ♪ There's a bitterness but a sweetness too and a darkness ♪ ♪ And a light that finds me daily ♪ ♪ And I feel a little comfort ♪ ♪ Knowing you probably feel these same things too ♪ ♪ So even if we're far apart ♪ ♪ I can still be with you-oo-oo ♪ ♪ And I'm not sleeping well ♪ ♪ So I'm rarely awake but I end each night ♪ ♪ With a prayer for strength ♪ ♪ And the wisdom to take this time this space ♪ ♪ To root down ♪ ♪ And trust one day I will bloom out ♪ ♪ Again ♪ ♪ And I feel a little comfort ♪ ♪ Knowing you probably feel these same things too ♪ ♪ So even if we're far apart I can still ♪ I can still oh I can still ♪ ♪ Feel a little comfort knowing ♪ ♪ You probably feel these same things too ♪ ♪ So even if we're far apart ♪ ♪ I can still oh I can still ♪ ♪ Be with you-oo-oo ♪ ♪ ♪ Be with you-oo-oo oo-oo ♪ ♪ ♪ You-oo-oo oo-oo ♪ ♪ Oo-oo ♪ Hi I'm Sarah Morris, I am from Shoreview, Minnesota.

I'm here to sing some songs that I wrote and have a good time.

I always loved singing.

Since I was a very little girl I found ways to sing-- talent shows and in choir, in musicals, and I went to college and studied opera.

I got bit by the country music bug and so I moved to Nashville, Tennessee where I learned about songwriting and harmony singing, then I moved back home to Minnesota, and I've been singing ever since.

I started writing songs 20 years ago now, but I didn't write very consistently, until I had my second child, and I really wanted to make songwriting something I put more energy into.

I joined a group of people on Facebook where every Sunday they receive some sort of prompt just to inspire our song, and we have a week to write a song inspired by that prompt.

Usually when I get a prompt I spend some time writing about it in my journal.

Once I kind of have an idea, I go on a run and I tend to run singing to trees usually one line over and over again till it is right, then I move on to the next line.

And that is how I stumble my way through most songs.

[playing in folk-rock rhythm] ♪ ♪ ♪ Come back ♪ ♪ I see you out there wandering come back ♪ ♪ Oh I missed you so come back ♪ ♪ Whenever you are ready ♪ ♪ Come back rest a while before of course again ♪ ♪ You go oh ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Come back ♪ ♪ Tell me all your stories ♪ ♪ Come back show me the world through your gaze ♪ ♪ Come back I'll gladly lose track of the hours ♪ ♪ Come back I swear I will not ♪ ♪ Count the days ♪ ♪ ♪ Come back If you'd like I could hold you ♪ ♪ Come back my arms soft as they are strong ♪ ♪ Come back I have prepared my shoulder ♪ ♪ Come back for the weight of you to press in and then ♪ ♪ Pass over ♪ ♪ ♪ The whisper of a dream that you'd belong to me ♪ ♪ Any longer than a moment ♪ ♪ The notion you'd be satisfied with stillness ♪ ♪ For any stretch of time ♪ ♪ Those illusions are not mine ♪ ♪ Oo-oo oo-oo ♪ ♪ Oo-oo ♪ ♪ ♪ Come back less a plea more a promise ♪ ♪ Come back no strings the terms made clear ♪ ♪ Come back should you grow weary of constant motion ♪ ♪ Come back my darling I will be ♪ ♪ Here ♪ ♪ Here ♪ ♪ Here ♪ "All Mine" is the title track off an album I released in 2020.

It was inspired by the word cards.

I like to say about that song that I wrote it for my future self.

I was thinking about all the different ways my life has turned out differently than I would've imagined when I was a little girl but how some of those little side journeys are like the richest experiences I've had.

Fast forward a few months after the album came out when I thought I'd be sharing the album with the world in an interesting sense, I really wasn't.

I listened to the lyrics, and I was like, oh, I think I wrote that song back then because I needed to be reminded now that things will always be different than you anticipate, and there's always something to untangle some of those things that often can be positive.

[playing softly] ♪ ♪ A hint of the grand design ♪ ♪ A peek at the master plan ♪ ♪ A whisper that the cards I need are already in my hand ♪ ♪ A couple neon signs ♪ ♪ Shaped like an arrow saying right this way ♪ ♪ To the path I'm meant to travel ♪ ♪ A bit of confirmation ♪ ♪ I belong where I am at ♪ ♪ I could use some of that ♪ [playing in bright country rhythm] ♪ Oh I've been stumbling around a little blind ♪ ♪ I miss the forest every time ♪ ♪ But I can tell you the secrets ♪ ♪ Of a single pine ♪ ♪ I get lost but I don't mind ♪ ♪ As long as the story I find ♪ ♪ Is all mine ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Tonight I will repair what's slowly come apart ♪ ♪ Revel in the comfort of my quilted heart ♪ ♪ Put some brand-new strings on this old guitar ♪ ♪ Sing my way through another false start ♪ ♪ If I'm lucky ♪ ♪ The words will come out right ♪ ♪ ♪ In phrases at once simple ♪ ♪ And sublime ♪ ♪ ♪ And as long as they are true ♪ ♪ I don't care if they rhyme ♪ ♪ But wouldn't that be nice ♪ ♪ Oh I've been stumbling around a little blind ♪ ♪ I miss the forest every time ♪ ♪ But I can tell you the secrets ♪ ♪ Of a single pine ♪ ♪ I get lost but I don't mind ♪ ♪ As long as the story I find ♪ ♪ Is all mine ♪ ♪ ♪ The miles and miles of right wrong turns ♪ ♪ The lessons I've tried hard to learn ♪ ♪ Each beautiful scar I have earned ♪ ♪ All mine ♪ ♪ Oh I've been stumbling around a little blind ♪ ♪ I miss the forest every time ♪ ♪ But I can tell you the secrets ♪ ♪ Of a single pine ♪ ♪ I get lost but I don't mind ♪ ♪ As long as the story I find ♪ ♪ Is all mine ♪ ♪ All ♪ ♪ Mine ♪ ♪ Oo oo oo ♪ ♪ Oo oo oo ♪ ♪ Oo oo oo-oo ♪ ♪ Oo oo-oo oo-oo oo ♪ [playing in country blues-rock rhythm] ♪ ♪ Still and settled on the surface ♪ ♪ Not a whisper of a wave ♪ ♪ ♪ Picture blue water ♪ ♪ On a sunny summer day ♪ ♪ ♪ All calm and collected ♪ ♪ Exactly as expected oh ♪ ♪ I know how to behave ♪ ♪ ♪ Throw a stone into the river ♪ ♪ You'll watch the ripples run ♪ ♪ ♪ When you blew in here tonight ♪ ♪ The stream became a flood ♪ ♪ ♪ A chemical attraction begins a chain reaction ♪ ♪ Where I start to come undone ♪ ♪ Oh stir me up won't you shake me loose ♪ ♪ Leave my always certain heart a bit confused ♪ ♪ You look like the kind of trouble I could use ♪ ♪ So won't you stir me up ♪ ♪ And shake me loose ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Tip-toe on a straight and narrow line ♪ ♪ Oh I do that all the time ♪ ♪ ♪ But I lose my sense of direction ♪ ♪ When you put your lips on mine ♪ ♪ My hands are getting restless ♪ ♪ Let's put this thing to bed ♪ ♪ I wanna leave my cares behind ♪ ♪ Won't you stir me up ♪ ♪ Won't you shake me loose ♪ ♪ Leave my always certain heart a bit confused ♪ ♪ You look like the kind of trouble ♪ ♪ I could use so won't you ♪ ♪ Stir me up ♪ ♪ And shake me loose ♪ ♪ ♪ I-I-I dot all my I-I-I's ♪ ♪ And cross my T's ♪ ♪ I aim to please ♪ ♪ You oo oo ♪ ♪ Ignore every rule ♪ ♪ And that might be just what ♪ ♪ I need ♪ ♪ Won't you stir me up ♪ ♪ Shake me loose ♪ ♪ Leave my always certain heart ♪ ♪ A bit confused ♪ ♪ You look like the kind of trouble ♪ ♪ I could use ♪ ♪ So won't you stir me up ♪ ♪ And shake me loose ♪ ♪ Ooo ♪ ♪ ♪ There there ♪ ♪ It didn't work out like you wanted ♪ ♪ Once again your heart is haunted ♪ ♪ By the ghost of a dream ♪ ♪ That might have been we've all been ♪ ♪ There there ♪ ♪ Holding a bad hand from a raw deal ♪ ♪ Certain no one knows how lost you feel ♪ ♪ 'Cause if they did wouldn't somebody ♪ ♪ Be looking for you ♪ ♪ Oh our best laid plans ♪ ♪ Won't always come to fruition ♪ ♪ Or we'll find we cannot bear ♪ ♪ The true cost of admission ♪ ♪ We grow dizzy from the constant stream ♪ ♪ Of contradiction ♪ ♪ So it only makes sense ♪ ♪ When we fall down ♪ ♪ Then you get a bit of sweet ♪ ♪ To tame the sour ♪ ♪ Or you stumble on a single match ♪ ♪ In the middle of your darkest hour ♪ ♪ Oh an answered prayer rarely looks like ♪ ♪ A wish come true ♪ ♪ There there ♪ ♪ I've made that mistake too ♪ [playing in smooth rock rhythm] ♪ ♪ Now what I think you pull yourself together ♪ ♪ Trust me in the end it's better♪ ♪ If you're the one to take the strings and tie the bow ♪ ♪ Oh our best laid plans ♪ ♪ Don't always come to fruition ♪ ♪ Or we'll find we cannot ♪ ♪ Bear the true cost of admission ♪ ♪ We grow dizzy from the constant ♪ ♪ Stream of contradiction ♪ ♪ So and never surprise when we ♪ ♪ Fall down ♪ ♪ And then we get a bit of sweet ♪ ♪ To tame the sour ♪ ♪ Or you stumble on a single match ♪ ♪ In the middle of your darkest hour oh ♪ ♪ An answered prayer ♪ ♪ Rarely thinks it a wish come true ♪ ♪ There there ♪ ♪ I've made that mistake too ♪ ♪ I've sworn it was the last time ♪ ♪ When I knew I'd just begun ♪ ♪ I've promised to stick around ♪ ♪ Even as I've turned to run ♪ ♪ I've kept my head beneath the sand ♪ ♪ While longing for the sun ♪ ♪ You're not the only one ♪ ♪ You're not the only one ♪ ♪ ♪ Then you get a bit of sweet ♪ ♪ To tame the sour or you ♪ ♪ Stumble on a single match ♪ ♪ In the middle of your darkest hour ♪ ♪ Oh an answered prayer ♪ ♪ Rarely makes it a wish come true ♪ ♪ There there ♪ ♪ I've made that mistake too ♪ ♪ There there ♪ ♪ I've made that mistake ♪ ♪ Too ♪ ♪ Oo ♪ ♪ Oo-oo-oo ♪ ♪ ♪ Ba-dum ba-dum ba dup-pa-pa da-da-da ♪ ♪ Dum ♪ ♪ ♪ Ba-dum ba-dum ba dup-pa-pa da-da-da ♪ ♪ Dum ♪ ♪ Hm mm mm-mm ♪ ♪ "Here's to You," I'm really excited about the song.

I wanted to celebrate friendships and women that I had been friends in my life where sometimes relationships change, and that can be hard.

Sometimes the change is necessary and the change can be like here's to this goodness that we had together and how glad I am that you were in my life for this period of time even if it's not forever and ever.

[playing softly in slow tempo] ♪ ♪ ♪ Pin up your hair ♪ ♪ Kinda fancy like ♪ ♪ The nape of your neck ♪ ♪ On display ♪ ♪ Slip on a dress with a skirt ♪ ♪ That sways ♪ ♪ At your knees ♪ ♪ ♪ That plays ♪ ♪ In the early autumn breeze ♪ ♪ The one that's saying everything ♪ ♪ Everything everything everything's ♪ ♪ Changing ♪ ♪ ♪ In subtle shifts and also ♪ ♪ With grand rearrangings ♪ ♪ ♪ Everything everything ♪ ♪ Everything everything's changing ♪ ♪ ♪ Let's mark the passing of time ♪ ♪ Please raise your glass against mine ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh I've had this bottle ♪ ♪ For who knows how long ♪ ♪ Do layers of dust work like rings in trees ♪ ♪ It's been waiting for years ♪ ♪ So we'll let it breathe ♪ ♪ Open up ♪ ♪ I've decided that we ♪ ♪ Have earned the good stuff ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Everything everything ♪ ♪ Everything everything's changing ♪ ♪ ♪ In subtle shifts and also with ♪ ♪ Grand rearrangings ♪ ♪ ♪ Everything everything ♪ ♪ Everything everything's ♪ ♪ Changing ♪ ♪ Let's mark the passing of time ♪ ♪ Please raise your glass against mine ♪ ♪ Oh we were something weren't we ♪ ♪ Yes I think so ♪ ♪ Too ♪ ♪ So here's to me my love ♪ ♪ But mostly ♪ ♪ Here's to you ♪ ♪ It's been my privilege ♪ ♪ To learn the language ♪ ♪ Of your passing clouds your furrowed brows ♪ ♪ Your tiny laughs your shoulders back ♪ ♪ Your million different smiles ♪ ♪ Could you stay a little while ♪ ♪ A little longer ♪ ♪ A little while longer ♪ ♪ If ♪ ♪ Everything everything ♪ ♪ Everything everything's ♪ ♪ Changing ♪ ♪ ♪ In subtle shifts and also with ♪ ♪ Wild rearrangings ♪ ♪ ♪ Everything everything ♪ ♪ Everything everything's ♪ ♪ Changing ♪ ♪ ♪ Let's mark the passing of time ♪ ♪ Please raise your glass against mine ♪ ♪ Oh we were something weren't we ♪ ♪ Yes I think so ♪ ♪ Too oo-oo-oo oo-oo-oo-oo ♪ ♪ Here's to me my love ♪ ♪ But mostly here's to you ♪ ♪ Oo oo oo ♪ ♪ Oh here's to you ♪ ♪ Oo-oo oo oo-oo ♪ ♪ ♪ (woman) "Prairie Musicians" is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and the citizens of Minnesota and by the members of Prairie Public.