<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ad43ab54-3129-4efa-b3d4-93a5a21d13ec/8F2EB429-26AB-44C8-B309-5A1070F319DD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95781731&sc=nl&cc=sod-20090326" href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95781731&sc=nl&cc=sod-20090326" style="font-size: 11px;">www.npr.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95781731&sc=nl&cc=sod-20090326"><H1>Tracy Chapman: The Weary And The Innocent</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95781731&sc=nl&cc=sod-20090326"><DIV class="listenblock"> <P class="listentab"> <A class="play" href="javascript:NPR.Player.openPlayer(95781731, 95736178, null, NPR.Player.Action.PLAY_NOW, NPR.Player.Type.STORY, '0')">'Sing for You' by Tracy Chapman</A> </p> <P class="listenlinks"> <A class="add" href="javascript:NPR.Player.openPlayer(95781731, 95736178, null, NPR.Player.Action.ADD_TO_PLAYLIST, NPR.Player.Type.STORY, '0')">add to playlist</A><SPAN class="pipe">|</SPAN> <A class="purchase" href="javascript:toggleEcommerceDiv('075678982125', '95736178', 'Our Bright Future', '1');">purchase music</A></P><DIV class="ecommerce"><DIV class="commPopWrapper closeDiv" id="ecommerceDiv075678982125_95736178"><DIV class="commPop"><DIV class="header"><H3>Purchase Featured Music</H3><A class="close" href="javascript:toggleEcommerceDiv('075678982125', '95736178', 'Our Bright Future', '1');"><IMG height="13" width="39" alt="close window" src="http://media.npr.org/chrome/close_ecomm.gif" /></A><DIV class="spacer"> </DIV></DIV><UL class="left"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">"Sing for You"</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">CD: Our Bright Future</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Artist: Tracy Chapman</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Label: Atlantic</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Released: 2008</LI></UL><UL class="right"><DIV id="load2_075678982125_95736178"><IMG src="http://media.npr.org/images/small_loading.gif" />Loading...</DIV><SPAN id="VendorLinks075678982125_95736178"></SPAN><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A id="itunesartist_tracy+chapman_itunesalbum_our+bright+future_itunestrack_1" href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=tAyEACrv36k &offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewAlbum?i=292026999%26id=292026879%26s=143441">iTunes »</A></LI></UL><DIV class="spacer"> </DIV><DIV class="note">Your purchase helps support NPR Programming. <A href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. 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