This one is all by Trisha Watts and is from the collection, Sanctuary.
Obviously based on Ecclesiastes it is wisdom in song. One could add that for an individual these “times” may be at the opposite pole to those for people we encounter, such that our need for stability, for example, rubs up against someone else’s need for renewal – hence liturgy wars!
You can purchase the sheet music at Willow and this time there is a sound clip. She takes it at a lively pace, but my backing is a bit slower and tries to be more meditative. I had no idea there were all these Trisha Watts treasures in the archive at Willow.
Chorus
There is a time for ev’ry season under heaven.
There is a time for ev’ry season under heaven.
1 A time for birthing, a time for dying,
A time for uprooting, a time to plant.
A time for killing, a time for healing, a time for ev’rything.
2 A time for weeping, a time for laughing,
A time for mourning, a time to dance,
A time for searching, a time for losing, a time for ev’rything.
3 A time for tearing, a time for mending,
A time for silence, a time to speak,
A time for loving, a time for hating, a time for ev’rything.
© 2003 Trisha Watts