Reason To Believe

If I listened long enough to you

 I'd find a way to believe that it's all true

 Knowing that you lied straight faced while I cried

 Still I look to find a reason to believe

 Someone like you makes it hard to live

 Without somebody else

Someone like you makes it easy to give

Never think of myself

If I gave you time to change my mind

I'd find a way to leave the past behind

Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried

Still I look to find a reason to believe...
--lyrics from the song, Reason to Believe by Tim Hardin

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I took these photos last week while on the road to Texas--a state I'd never visited before. It was a very long road trip through parts of old Route 66 and smaller state highways where bits of the old and forgotten were everywhere. On the trip back, this quiet radio program called Hand Crank Radio in Arkansas played a song written and sung by Tim Hardin and somehow, the passing scenery paired with his sweet sadness stayed with me long after it ended. So I'm including it to go along with this little series.

girl country

The Riot's Gone

Santigold

Video by Pippilotti Rist

i've been waiting for a chance to share this video and today is international women's day--so it's perfect. please watch it many times. :)) 

As a woman, I have no country.

As a woman, my country is the whole world...

--Virginia Woolf