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Firefly by Sara Beth Go

Prologue

One of my favorites parts of this podcast is the music and the lyrics that are woven throughout. In this special “between-a-sode,” I wanted to interview the songwriter, Sara Beth Geoghegan, to learn more about what she captured in the song Firefly. Sara Beth was born and raised in New Orleans and came to Nashville in 2000 to attend college and pursue a career in music. She spent nearly 20 years in the music industry, writing and recording songs before deciding to make a career shift into mental health counseling. She is currently interning at a university counseling center as she completes a master’s degree. After her first play therapy course, she wrote this song, submitted it to American Songwriter, and her lyrics won Honorable Mention. I think it’s pretty special, too. She lives in Nashville with her boyfriend, Nathan Claygus, who added the instrumental and recorded the song, a talented duo indeed. You can find her work under her easier to pronounce her name, Sara Beth Go. Now, here’s the interview with Sara Beth Geoghegan…

Interview

[The interview portion of this episode was not transcribed. To listen to the interview click the episode link at the top of the page.]

Credits

Today we have a special treat. We are going to leave you with the whole song and all of the beautiful lyrics and music that Sara Beth has written. When I first heard Episode One, my response at the end was that I wanted to hear the entire song, and I wanted you, our listeners, to hear it, too. So, our audio engineer, Sheldon, suggested that we add the interview. This is why you should surround yourself with brilliant and talented people. I thought that idea was genius, and I’m so glad we were able to make it work. 

I hope you enjoyed this Between-A-Sode and that you have subscribed so you get Season 2 automatically delivered. Thanks to Sheldon Clark for working audio magic to make this a great listening experience, to Sara Beth for graciously sharing her time and talents, and to Cara Allison for hours of behind the scenes work launching the podcast, updating the website, checking the email, and getting me on Instagram. 

Play Therapy Across the Lifespan is made possible through the Lipscomb University Center for Play Therapy and Expressive Arts. 

If you have comments or questions, let us know at playtherapypodcast@gmail.com. We have links to Sara Beth’s music in the show notes for you and at the website playtherapypodcast.org. You can now find me on Instagram at play therapy with dr. denis, that’s D-R period, and my name is spelled without an e on the end. D-E-N-I-S (play.therapy.with.dr.denis).

 I hope you’ll join us next season as we talk about play therapy and expressive arts. Now, here is the song Firefly. I’m your host, Dr. Denis’ Thomas. Go play, create, and heal.

Firefly Lyrics

Firefly with a broken light

And a lot of big things on your little mind

You wonder when you’re gonna’ shine again

And make happy the night with your little light

You’ve got so much to say

And not a lot of words

I’ll come along and believe

That your light isn’t broken

Soon you’re going to see

That you’ve got what you need

To shine

Little bird with a broken song

And a lotta’ good things that just went wrong

you wonder when you’ll get your song again

And make happy the tree with the song you sing

I’ll come along and believe

That your life isn’t broken

Soon you’re going to see

That you’ve got what you need