Track 1: "Delta and Dawn"

A news story about two humpback whales, mother Delta and baby Dawn, inspired my song. The whales were swimming up the Sacramento River away from the ocean. Rescue attempts were headline news for about 3 weeks in 2007.

Lyrics

Delta and Dawn
© 2007 Michele Fairbairn
Delta and Dawn
Will the oceans breathe on?
Delta and Dawn
Were you the ocean’s prayer?
Did we forget that God is there?
Did he send
Delta and Dawn
To make us care?
They did their part.
They touched our heart.
Like the fish that swallowed and spit Jonah up,
Did they wake us up
To clean up
What we’ve messed up?

Delta and Dawn
Will the oceans breathe on?
Delta and Dawn
Did we save
Delta and Dawn?
Or are the whales God’s new song
So the planet,
So the planet
Breathes on?

Delta and Dawn
Will the oceans breathe on?
Delta and Dawn
Did we save
Delta and Dawn?
Or are the whales God’s new song
So the planet,
So the planet
Breathes on?

Delta and Dawn