John Gorka - Zuly

^CAnd the good earth shook, the day that ^FJesus was reborn In ^CAnchorage, March the twenty-seventh, ^Fnineteen sixty-four When ^Ghe came back this time though, it was ^Eas a baby ^Amgirl Her ^Fparents said her ^Cmission was the ^Gsame, to save the world

^CGod looked down and said, "Oh, the ^Ftimes they are a'changing. I will ^Csend my only daughter, as soon as I^F complete the staging" ^GAll the land shook and rolled and ^Esplit, there was no ^Amwarning Except ^FGabriel had ^Ctold the mom, she'd ar^Grive Good Friday morning

And ^Cso it came to pass, that her ^Fparents named her Zuly A ^Cbright and happy child, also ^Fwilful and unruly The ^Gbirds would come and visit her, they wished ^Ethey could take her ^Amwith them When they ^Fleft their roosts for ^Cwinter, ^Gshe would always miss them

^FZuly won a scholarship, though the ^Fmclasses mostly ^Fbored her ^A7 She loved the other students though and the ^Ateachers all adored her ^Dm "We learned more from her" they said,^G "than we could ever teach her But, ^E7there were times when we just could not ^A7reach her" ^{F G}

She said, "^CWe are here to love each other, that is ^Fall" And ^Corganized religion, that's com^Fparatively small" ^GNot that I don't love all those ^Eso-called holy ^Amones" ^FWhy are there so ^Cfew daughters a^Gmong the leaders of my sons?"

^CNow she runs a charter boat on ^FResurrection Bay She takes ^Ctourists to see the wild creatures, ^Fevery summer's day In ^Gfall she teaches bush kids, at the ^Eboarding school in ^AmSitka ^FOn those long De^Ccember nights, ^Gshe is the light of winter