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Roots Heart Rhythm
For the earth, for the healing!
Roots, heart, rhythm!
So now we’re tending
the soul of the people
We’re busy mending
our relation to the soil
And we’re mending
our relationship with oil
Our busy fingers,
To weaving once again
Weaving the fabric
Of care onto the loom
Cause we’ve forgotten,
Or all gone home to soon
We’re building bridges
So reach outside the door
And hear the music
Of wild birds outside
Come and join us,
Come sit beside me by this fire
Roots, heart, rhythm
She’s a goddess,
She’s the maiden, mother crone
She’s legendary,
She’s our living, earthly home
We’re building bridges,
And singing redemption songs
That unite us,
For together we are strong!
Roots, heart, rhythm!
For the earth, for the healing!
Silk and Honest Pay
I hear that old language
I hear those old time ways
I see that star map blanket
I see those tall grass days
Woven in your song
Can I run along, beside you
woven in your song
I dreamed a dream tonight
Of silk and honest pay
A traveler there at faire
To trade hand goods we’d made
And oh, fine things we saw,
The beauty of the arts
And oh, the eyes, the skin
The voices from afar
Midsummer dance we did
Until the petals fell
The hands of dancers felt
In mine a happy spell
The music lifted me
To places none can tell
Come fruit in fall again
I’ll meet you by the well
And by the well, my friend,
The mother and the child
Can heal, alive and well
The husband and the wild
In sacred waters where
The mountain does provide
Come rain, come sun we sing
The dark again to light!
Satchel of Songs
I got a message from the gods
They say, When you’re full
And you’ve made a good killing
Just lie down like the lion
And rest your soul
Rest your soul
Don’t go looking
To seal your fate
Don’t go looking
Just lie down like the lion
And rest your soul
I got a satchel of songs
To say I’m sorry
To the Sami people,
Your family and lands
For pinning your animals
In to a corner
For spoiling the nature of
Life-giving waters
When we thought
We knew better than you
We were wrong, we were wrong
I got a basket of berries to say I’m sorry
To Lakota people, your family and lands
For stealing your children away to our schools
When we thought we were better than you
We were wrong, we were wrong
I got a jar of wild honey to say I’m sorry
To traveling people, your family and lands
For withholding lodging and food to your party
When you came through our town and
We were wrong, we were wrong.
Can’t you see, Dragonfly over the lake
Can’t you see, all Creation singing
Can’t you see?
Don’t go looking
Just lie down like the lion and rest your soul
Rest your soul
Rest your soul
Steady the Hand
Steady the hand that hovers off the trigger
War is so heavy
Can the people stand back and pray?
We people have a living chance
To end these wars we took and ran
Hold high this natural world alive
Go tend the garden in our minds
Damascus, City of Jasmine
Aleppo, ancient silk cross roads
Again, a war crushes to dust
These cultures five thousand years old
What does this mean, you ask, to pray
It’s to ask for guidance and clear the way
But most to thank this world for life
This mystery beyond our eyes
And if you have a sister,
Can you pray for her safety too
And for her strength and inspiration
In this world riddled with despair
And then, good man, you will have sung
What we can call a prayer
If no one taught you how to live
If no one taught you honor
If indeed someone hurt you instead
Just know you’re always made of earth
And fire brings your heart to birth
These elements don’t judge your life
It’s up to you to make it right
Steady the hand, steady the hand!
Maybe Easy (For Stace)
Maybe easy isn’t
What life’s supposed to be
Look, the winter birds keep singing
From a frozen tree
Injury and illness
Plague the human heart
Still we’re making beauty
Through our tears and hurt
All my memories
Of a missing friend
Come as prayer now
A song that never ends
Catch a glimpse of sorrow
Flapping on a windy tree
Wake up to remember
I’ve seen you in my dreams
One as you who gave so much
And only longed for love
You left your gifts here at our feet
And drifted out to sea
For every time you danced
And touched the earth to plant
For every time you sang
To start the circle chant
For every time you sheltered
Someone struggling on the land
For every time you said goodbye
With a loving hand
For every time you loved a child
And gave them magic with your smile
For every time you cooked a meal
Or planned a show or
Drove a mile
For every stitch Sun Sewn old style
From all of us you gave a home
From all of us, all of us, all of us
All our memories
Of a missing friend
Come as prayer now
A song that never ends
This love will last forever
This song, everyone knows
For everyone’s been touched by grief
Let’s walk each other home.
One Part Corn
One part corn
Three parts water
Say a little prayer
Give thanks to the mother
I was a child of the commons
No one owned the land
Where the medicine grew
Where I came to understand
Here in the garden
The majesty grew
Here in my garden
The sacred stories are true
Still while the sunlight
Shines upon my days
Here, before the Mystery
I bow, I pray for grace
One part corn
Three parts water
Say a little prayer
Give thanks to the mother
Simple, so simple
The needs of a man
Driven to excess
He’ll starve his own clan
I pray that he reign in
The horses of doom
I pray that he give back
All he’s brought to ruin
Listen, oh listen
I hear our mama call
Get down on our knees now
And sing that ancient song
One part corn,
Three parts water
Say a little prayer
Give thanks to the mother
Medicine woman
Medicine Woman
I was a child of the commons
No one owned the land
Where the medicine grew
Where I came to understand!
Turn Toward The Sun
There are footprints of ancestors falling all around
Turn toward the sun, remember who you are
Turn toward the sun, remember who you are
Let me tell you how I know, let this story here be told
Of when the buffalo came to save us all from DAPL
The vision had been seen by the protector, Geraldine
Ancestors would bring the old ones back
Great Tatanka’s gone so long their genocide is still a song
Of sorrow on the land where the great herds ran
But now the people gathered strong to face Dakota Access Pipeline on
The Standing Rock Lakota Reservation
Tribes came in from all around and peacefully, stood their ground
DAPL’s war machine could not cut them down
Corporate government chose not to help, but thousands came and risked themselves
To save the water for all sons and daughters
Tensions rose, and so I’m told, when winter fell on young and old
The confluence of waters there had not been spared
White Buffalo Calf Woman heard the prayer, and in the vision she looked over where
The people stood by day to protect the water
It was there, the sacrifice was made that first time the bison came,
One small herd running to stop the pipeline
But later in the winter, let it be known and remembered
Buffalo broke the fence and ran to Oceti camp
They were 30, 40 strong that day. The buffalo took the heat, they say
And I’m sorry to repeat, but they got shot
They laid down their lives, and many got shot!
They said, “Look here, you hired gun, We know this war’s an unjust one,
Take us instead, our blood is just as RED!!”
Thank you, noble buffalo, and thanks, courageous protectors
May you always stand up for what you know
And as for sister Geraldine, descendant of Sitting Bull, believe me,
She won’t forget the water or the vision she has seen
She won’t forget the buffalo or the sacrifice they bring
She says, Turn toward the sun, remember who you are
She says, Turn toward the water, remember who you are
credits
released May 31, 2019
On this recording, co-produced by Patterson and Roman Morykit, Rocker T recorded Diane's vocals and guitar, and Roman Morykit recorded his own electric guitars and fretless bass at his Sanctuary Studios. Morykit also mixed and mastered the track.
Cover art by Lindy Kehoe.
Cookfire
May my cookfire, my warming fire
Burn brightly, with all people, for all time
That all may be warmed and fed
May my needle, my spinning wheel
Spin beauty, with all people, for all time
That all may be finely clothed
May my shuttle, my warp and weft
Weave beauty, with all people, for all time
That beauty be woven strong
May my stories, my chant and verse
Speak beauty, sing beauty, with all people, for all time
That all remember their worth
May our good works, our sacred play
Carve beauty, forge beauty, dance beauty, grow beauty
With all people, for all time
That rain fall on holy earth
Somewhere There’s a Song Still Singing
Do you sing to the daughter of the sun?
Does Odin guard your shores?
Do you still follow the singing stones?
Reindeer Sami, wild Danes,
Sea Sami, stately Swedes,
I speak your names
Your song sustains
Your air remains
Come lay the land again
Come lay the land again
Somewhere there’s a song still singing
Do you sing of the jackal and gazelle?
So you winter on Persian shores?
Do you still migrate and celebrate?
Qashquai people, Allah’s people,
Centuries on the land,
I speak your names
Your song sustains
Your air remains
Come lay the land again
Come lay the land again
Cross mountains and rivers, nature the giver
Danger now clearer
Hasten to her side
Her world lay burning
Ancient and modern
Born to resist this
Your hungry ghosts so vicious ride!
On to Valhalla
Courage to love us
We sing your praises
Warrior of the rune and the candle, ride!
Howling winds of
Change at your heels, now,
Tighten your reins and
Sing to my memory
You are the one to ride!
Somewhere there’s a song still singing
Do you sing to the rocks and hills?
Does a songline give you life
Do you still echo your ancestors’ voice
Honey ant clan
Pintupi
Dreamtime singers
I speak your names
Your song sustains
Your air remains
Come lay the land again
Come lay the land again
Somewhere there’s a song still singing
Somewhere there’s a singer singing songs
Where Are We (Rumi)
An invisible bird flies over but casts a quick shadow
What is the body
That shadow of a shadow of your love
That somehow holds the worlds inside
A man sleeps heavily though
Something blazes in him like the sun
Like a bright fringe sewn up under the hem
Any image is lie
He turns under the covers
A clear, red stone tastes sweet
You kiss a beautiful mouth
And a key turns in the lock of your fear
A spoken sentence sharpens to a fine edge
A mother dove looks for her nest
Asking where, ku?, where, ku!
Where are we, where are we?
Where the lion lies down
Where any man or woman goes to cry
Where the sick go
When they hope to get well
Where a wind lifts that helps with the winnowing
And sets the ship sail
Where anyone says
Only God is real
Where are we, Where beyond where?
A bright weaver’s shuttle flashes back and forth
East, west, where are we
Like the sun saying where are we
As he weaves with the asking,
Open Road Lyrics
Rogue River Highway
This river, this road, this place I know home
I know the elders and the trees,
Sing for the rain in the summer heat
I greet the sun most every day
Sing for the children where they play
But I don’t know if I’d live a day
If I was forced to go away
From Rogue River Highway
I’m calling out to the refugees
I know you love your homeland
I know you’ve had to leave your home
I know they’re waging war on your home
They want to build a pipeline through your home
May your journeys be swift and safe
May you be welcomed with warmth and grace
May your angels guide you well in flight
Rogue River Highway
I don’t know if I’d live a day
If I was forced to go away
But I would pray for a miracle with the good people in flight
Yes, I pray with the refugees, strong as I might
May all come good, come safe, tonight
Rogue River Highway
You’re the light as you weave across the valley
Carry us on home
You’re the light as you weave across the mountains
Carry us on home
You’re the light as you weave across the grassland
Carry us on home
You’re the light as you weave across the waters
Carry us on home
You’re the light as you weave across the desert
Carry us on home
Spliff Song
Don’t judge me while I smoke this spliff
It’s been crazy, just remember this,
Sacred chances are, good people rise again
Dead branches fall down in the wind
Everybody gotta stand in their own body
I got to stand in mine
Everybody gotta stand with the Water
Where true power lies
Take me skyward on that grey ghost dance
Then dive I naked on the earth I stand
True purpose burns with grief and praise
Just live this day before it melts away
Take me willingly to stand on the front lines
Cause I’ll die free before I’ll let you leave me behind
Sacred Stone Camp burns an ember bright
Be kind, stay in prayer, stay non-violent
If There Are Words
If there are words to help me love my feminine form,
Let me speak them
If there are words to help me love more,
Let me sing them
If there are words to help me heal my body and mind,
Let me speak them
If there are words to help me open my heart,
Let me sing them
Words have power,
Words have might
Words can build or
Words can fight
Words of love are here to teach
Words can help the lonesome meet
If there are words
If there are words to help me nurture a child,
Let me speak them
If there are words to help me defend the wild,
Let me sing them
If there are words to help me march on,
Let me speak them
If there are words to help me dance along,
Let me sing them
Words have power, Words have might
Words can build or Words can fight
Words of love are here to teach
Words can help the blind ones see
If there are words
Full Moon
Full moon, I’ll be home soon
To bright eyes and lullabies
Whenever I dream
Coming home is a bittersweet
Of labors, loves across the sea
And searing sunrises
Teaching the soul of me
All my prayers but one were met
On a journey I took to myself
Sparking the life in me
Waking me, setting me free
So I can be
Home to this warm fire
Full moon
Hearts bloom
Songs fly
Good spirits rise
Whenever I see
Take me down to the river
Where we swim in the summer
What will the river tell me now that
All’s been broken
And set free
Take me out to Table Rock
Where the Old Ones live
I gotta give my mana back to them
Full moon, I’ll be home soon
Baby Loves Love
Baby baby, you love me so good
Baby you love me just like you should
No matter what danger in this crazy world
My heart is quaking for you, bearded girl
Baby!
Baby loves love
Baby!
I cry and cry like a dove
When you whistle for me I come running
Because you love me like no one has done it
Jealous fools are watching, they don’t matter
Look outside at the times we’re chasing after
We were born, mysterious one
In a love song, with a war raging on
I wanna know your mind
Like the land knows the Sun
Come and warm me, babe
With honey words from your tongue
All the pretty girls want you
Cause you’re crazy and kind
But when you strap on that thing
We’re gonna close all the blinds
Raven
by Marca Cassity
I am craving flying with the raven
Cause she takes me between the two worlds
She’s got magic in her dark wings
In her heart lies the blue pearl
I am hungry and I got some honey
And it feels good in my mouth
Mama needs some loving and communion
But I’m left hanging here too far south
So I breathe in the air
Invoke the water
Honor the earth
Burn in the fire
Well, it’s ok that it turned out this way
Cause I can always use time for myself
Time to develop self-love as a habit
Cause you sure can’t get that from noone else
I hang out with my diseases, I can sure them good as Jesus
When I find my own true self
Well, that makes people nervous, but I do it nonetheless
Cause I think it’s what we came here for
We came to breathe in the air
Invoke the water
Honor the earth
Burn in the fire
Sometimes I feel like an angel, sometimes I feel like a devil
Sometimes I am free, sometimes I am bound
I have been recruited, and I’ve persecuted
And it just seems to keep coming round
I am not afraid of the man today
Cause he revealed himself in a past life interaction we had
Make no mistake, he burned me at the stake
But it did not hurt that bad
Because I breathed in the air
Invoked the water
Honored the earth
I burned in the fire
I am craving flying with the raven
Cause she takes me between the two worlds
She’s got magic in her dark wings
In her heart lies the blue pearl
Eagle Feather
Hey yea yea yea
Lift an eagle feather to the sky
Lift a long bow of your mind’s eye,
Draw that bow back,
Let that arrow fly,
Landing like a lullaby
Like a waking dream in your mind’s
Like a vision streaming from the star world
To my own world
It’s a prayer in flight
Healing like a lullaby
Peaceful warrior
You are the brave one
Standing out on the edge
Balancing on the ledge
Open that crack like a wedge
And step through
Watch your bright dream coming true
And when the women rise up
In this world
They’re moving forward for peace now
In the twelfth hour
It’s a psychic might
Bouncing off the mirrors or their minds
Open Road/To Corral
Little boog sitting on a hill
Watching all creation
Jig and Reel, Jig and Reel
Watching all creation
Jig and Reel, Jig and Reel
Starlight, sunrise, living on an open road
Rainfall, hoof fall, living on an open road
Moonlight, mare’s wine, Living on an open road
Over high mountain pass
Following an endless sea of grass to corral
With songs in our throats and stories of old, told
Living on an open road
Altai magtal
Living on an open road
Swallow’s flown, seeds sown, living on an open road
Bird song, moving on, living on an open road
River song, while I’m gone, living on an open road
Over mountains and seas now,
Following songs, on our long ride home
Because every ride out is a long ride home
Living on an open road
Altai magtal
Living on an open road
Shape of Your Sorrow
What is the shape of your sorrow?
Scars that heal with time and scars that don’t heal
Scars that go away and scars that stay
What is the shape of your sorrow?
Where were you that night when shots rang out in Orlando?
Where were you when the queens and kings of Pulse
Died on the dance floor?
Where were you, and was your hand on the trigger too
Because you hadn’t separated your hatred from your fear?
Where were you when loneliness and shame took a young man’s heart?
Where were you when loneliness and shame turned him into walking sorrow?
What is the shape of your sorrow?
Tears that fall on your guitar
What is the shape of your sorrow?
Tears that fall on your guitar
What is the shape of your sorrow?
Mine is shaped like a heart bent into a tear drop
Falling on the dance floor
Mine is shaped like a heart bent into a tear drop
Falling with the souls, and the blood, and their bodies
Mine is shaped like a heart shaking on the dance floor
Mine is shaped like a heart, simply free,
Simply you, simply me
What is the shape of your sorrow?
What is the shape of it?
Tears that fall on your guitar
Nonviolent revolution
Tears that fall on your guitar
We’re here, we’re queer
Tears that fall on your guitar
Black lives matter
Tears that fall on your guitar
El pueblo unido
Tears that fall on your guitar
Jamás será vencido
Tears that fall on your guitar
Nonviolent revolution
Come on Rain
Come on rain, come on down
Come on dance upon this ground
Come on rain, come on down
Come on, make that holy sound
Come on rain, liquid life,
Come on, kiss your earthly wife
Let your love skin tru her skin
Come on, quench her thirst again
So many days and nights out praying
Down on my knees in the desert like child
Alone, running wild
All of those days and nights out praying
Looking for rain and forgiveness for a child
Alone, running wild
What have I done I asked of my mother
What have I done, I cried of my father
I’m just a child alone running wild
I’m child of earth alive in a body
Gazing into the embers of a fire
Singing, I’m not alone
I’m a child of earth awake in a body
Gazing into the loving eyes of Gaia
Singing I’m not alone
We are children of earth awakened in body
Gazing into this circle made of love
Singing, We’re not alone
Resolved
I keep on thankin the holies for the power to stand up
Magical and medical, political and spiritual
I keep on thankin the holies for the courage to stand up
There’s healing in diversity that’s bringing out the best in we
On a summer day, I’m like a castaway
On a lonesome forest hill listening for songs
Spilling over the landscape, songs
I’m quiet and the wild’s living all around me
And the voices of machines disperse, dispell, in silence
The sister of divinity, silence
And I’m naked there, sharpened in the fire
In the absence of a prescribed notion,
That’s where I’m going
I got a meetin with my maker, I’m going
I’m resolved to honor the happiness in everything
So I honor the earth
There’s a little ending to a really big suffering, ending
So I stand with you in healing and forgiveness
With waterbirds and fishes, buffalo and eagles
For slowing down the war machine, eagles
For slowing down the war machine in me
For slowing down the war machine in me
I’m resolved in silence
I’m resolved in chaos
Resoved
Build a Bridge Lyrics
Choose the Long Road
I brush my fingers on the lute
For me, there is no substitute
To hear that dounbek, skin on skin
To see the whirling dance begin
To feel the Friend come closer in
Letting go
Not long ago
The life that held me in a golden cage
All went up in flames
Now I’m alone on this road like a wild horse
Galloping from town to town
No one can claim me
I’m a smoldering incense, burn me up
I’m just a subtle essence, just some ashes in a cup
Letting go, e la allah allah Letting go
There’s so many songs and so many voices
So many roads to take and seek the holy ones
Choose the long road
Letting go
I throw down my heart on this spot
Giving every ounce of all I got
Like a holy grail, full me up
Deliver me well, sacred cup, drink me up
To the foot of your altar, to your holy sandal straps
To the dust that lifts in flurries by your sacred sufi dance
Letting go
Holy Land
For timeless souls, just one, a billion
The tavern master winks, then listens
Speak your heart, oh simple pilgrim
Let devotion send your visions
You, peace-seeking, traveling lover
Have no fear to love another
Lift your song upon this bridge
That spans to every holy land
Let there be love and light
And we’ll wander through those swinging doors
Where wild birds can then fly through
Those swinging doors to me and you
Build a bridge, this is holy land
Build a prayer, it’s all holy land
Build a bridge to holy lands
With open hearts and healing hands
Where love is simply traded clean
For love and care and healing things
Build a bridge just rocks and bones
And simple things that stack and hold
Like memories of loving times
And words that kindle and inspire
Build a bridge of eagle wings
And condor eggs and fragile things
Just strong enough to hold us well
So we can all still break the spell
So wild birds can still fly through
Those swinging doors to me and you
It’s all holy land through the pilgrim’s eye
Where every rock and tree’s alive
It’s all holy land cause we’re waking up
And every drop is in a sacred cup
It’s all holy land!
The soul has come through the jade screen
To wander in this world of dreams
It’s all holy land.
The Lamp
I have lit that lamp that needs no oil
I have eaten from the pot that needn’t boil
On the Way of the Wind, the light where soul begins
Designers, dancers, friends, we circle round again
So good to see your face again
It’s new moon night, and the dark is growing deeper
A time to dream for open-hearted warriors
Floating on the sea, in a ritual of dreams
The world is not ours, the world is us.
I have lit that lamp that needs no oil
I have become that flame that needs no fuel
Rejoin the ritual of planting seeds and dreams
On mountains, fields and streams
In the spirit of the trees
The force, the heart that leads
And loves and needs and bleeds
Look into my eyes, good friend
We’re on this journey to the end
Open the way for the warriors
Open the way for the warriors of the heart
See we can see in the dark
Open the way for the warriors of the heart
Restore Me
Restore me to health,
My body and my mind
Like earth and sea and sky
Let me run free, let me crawl free
Let me swim free, let me fly free
Let me breathe deep of the highest Intention of our time
Show me the way To the Mystery
Restory the song of this land, the bird call, the waters fall
The whisper of rain on the farms that remain
And though the little guy’s been undercut
Some continue no matter what
I live in the arms of this fragrant land
No matter the name of the town I’m in
Tobacco and sage bless relations and places
The cycles, the changes and phases
So let this journey be long
Cause I’m continuing on and
I fly over
With the seasons and songs
The celebrations that guide we
And just like rain through a swail
May we travel this trail
Where the prayer trees still bend
In the sharp autumn wind
And if there’s a wall, a roadblock on my path, my love
On my way to work, to my garden
On my way to the water well, well
I fly over
If there’s a wall between us when we speak my love
I wanna hear what you’re dreaming of, so
I fly over
If you’re in pain, cause every man’s burden is the heaviest,
you got to offer that pain up and say
I fly over
And if you’re afraid, cause the way you been living is all changing
You know, you just let go, cause it’s all gotta change, you know, say
I fly over, make your own peace, say
I fly over
Restory the song in our hands,
What it looked like on that day when
we all sat down in peace
Cause the peace was made.
Cause we all sang, I fly over
I fly over
Shall We Rise/ Occupy!
Give thanks to the fire, give thanks to the fire
For keeping the flame alive,
Occupy!
Well we’re living in a world where Occupation is war
But peace is the vibe we’re creating and What we’re living for
So, what is this movement and What shall we occupy?
Well I say, where are our hearts?
And I say, where are our minds,
and Where are our bodies, and
Are we really in them?
What are our stories and
How do we choose to live them?
Occupy!
Some say the commons have been privatized
And the banks own it all
Well, this is bigger than it looks
And tyranny is bound to fall
So we’re waking up to strategize
And some gots the visions in our eyes
So don’t let that old pepper spray
Take the goodness all away
We’ll keep our eyes glued to the prize
And when the world is watching,
We’ll rise, rise, rise, rise, rise
Good vibrations
We’ll rise, rise, rise, rise, rise
Good relations
We’ll rise, rise, rise, rise, rise
Woooooooo!!
Because we’re rocking and rocking and rocking and . . .
Rockupy!
Babababababaababab
Good morning town, the train’s whistling through
American progress, the world’s watching you
Which way are we gonna go,
Further down the profit trap door
Which way are we gonna go
Further down, or shall we rise
Decolonize
Shall we rise? Decolonize!
Value life, give respect, human rights, decolonize!
Now we’re taking this healing rhythm to the streets,
Occupy!
Shall we rise!
Carry Your Ancestors
Carry your ancestors like a
Brightly woven blanket bundle
Lay it down for singing or loving
Wrap your shoulders when you’re cold
Carry your bight bundle well, now
Carry through till you grow old
If you feel like someone’s done you wrong
Don’t forget your bundle, walk along
See the moon come ripe as a harvest song
Know the road you’re walking on
Let forgiveness rise up and set you free
In your fullness you shall be
Broken Heart is Open Heart
Let Love Take Your Broken Heart
Broken Heart is Open Heart
Know the Road You’re Walking On
Let the dawn light tear you open wide
Break your heart open from the inside
Let the healer look inside your mind
Let her songs erase the time
Sacrifice upon your altar
Any voice of doubt you find
Ebb and Flow
Ebb and flow, wax and wane
What once was here is gone again
Silver streak across the sky
I can’t just sit and wonder why
Simple wisdom guide me home
To the heart I call my own
Circling prayer beads, turquoise, red
Earth and sky turn all to bed
If This Train
All the rocks and trees of Sweden
All the red and yellow houses
Lakes and rivers, slender forests
Keep on passing by
In my mind the miles stretch me
All the stories to unwind
Living for the peaceful moments
In between, they’re hard to find
In this aching place I’m hungry
but it’s truth alone can feed me
Watch the blue sky teach me vastness
Though my heart heart contains such sadness
Soon I get my bags and guitar
To the show, they’re waiting for me
Celebrate the love of life,
The land, the road all singing with me
If this train just keep on driving
I’ll never have to get off
I’ll just keep on staring at the infinite sky,
I’ll never have to stop
This train
All the rocks and trees of Sweden
All the red and yellow houses
Lakes and rivers, slender forests
Keep on passing by
In my mind the miles stretch me
All the stories to unwind
Living for the peaceful moments
In between, they’re mine to find
Great Goddess chant
Great Goddess, I am so thankful
To have you guiding me,
protecting me, I am
Always
Everybody wanna tame the wild gypsies
Everybody think they really can
Everything I know come from in my soul
I had to dig down there to understand
Centuries of traveling through this world
In every state and every land got me
Always looking for a safe place
To park my bed
And a warm heart to lay my head
And when I fall down on my pillow deep
Wild dreams come into my sleep and I’m
Always looking for a new place to park my bed
And a warm face to inspire my head
Always, always
Goodbye, till it’s hello again. Always
Everybody wanna tame the wild gypsies
Everybody think they really can
‘Oh won’t you come and stay in our home,’
They say, ‘Get yourself on solid land . . .
Be a part of our family.’
Oh, but they don’t understand
See, I’ll sing by your fire side
All through the night
When my soul wakes in the morning light
Ill take my songs out on the road
I’ll light my fire when and where I choose
I’ll never answer to any man
Any man try to win me, he just lose
Always, always, always
Everybody wanna tame the wild gypsies
Everybody think they really can
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, la casa Pura Vida!
(Costa Rica, the home of pure living)
Punta Mona, roots! permaculture
(Punta Mona, permaculture farm on the Caribbean)
Stephen’s smoking fish just right
Sarah’s got the beans and rice
Spirits of the afternoon are
Flowing through the heart of time
Slowing us down to a Caribbean beat
Singing so soft with their silent feet
Incantations of peace on earth,
Good vibrations,
What is love worth
Just listen, we’re circling in the kitchen
There’s nothing missing
Getting well, we’re just blissing
Costa Rica
La casa, Pura Vida!
Punta Mona
Roots! permaculture
Benja’s got the permaculture rap
Earth care, people care, what’s the haps?
Sharing abundance the natural way
Watching the mama earth day by day
She’s the one that makes it all real
Talk to me, friend, tell me how you feel
The problem’s an opportunity
Inspiration’s washing over me
I gotta get my hands in the dirt
I gotta wash my own stinky shirt
Come here to change my life, find out
I’m just fine
And happiness is a state of mind
El corazón is lleno de contestas
La cabeza as llena de preguntas
The mind is full of questions
The heart is full of answers
So, where do you want to be?
Viva! En el corazon.
Live in the heart.
Costa Rica!
I Like Your Style
I like your style, I hope you can stay for a while
By my side, sometimes I ride alone
But for this one, will you come along
I like your style
If I tell my story, will you lend a listening ear
I was a queen of one, but now of many
I open my eyes, now you’re here
I like your style
Take my heart, it’s already been broken
Broken open and free
Take my love, it just keeps on returning
Like a bee to the blossoming tree
That’s how they make that honey
I like your style
Take me out to the record store
Take me out for a beer
Take me in, and throw me in bed,
Cause I just want some love without fear
I’m gonna find it right here
I like your style
Singing love songs all night long . . .
Teach, Inspire, Be Real Lyrics
Song of Time
Jah guide I
Jah spirit keep me strong
Jah guide I
Jah spirit give me strength
and love
What is this whole is the universe
In my mind
What is this break in the holy verse
Of all time
There’s a pattern in my mind
I think it’s been there for all time
It’s like a geometric prayer
I can just barely sense it there
Under the layers of illusion
And all this colonized confusion
It’s so perfect that I see you now
You shimmering tree of life, I bow
You holy one, you ancestor
You song from where I still come from
You sparkling wave to cure my heart
Of violence that’s been a part
Of human history’s poisoned dart
Release this killing art
And come back to the song of time
Love love love love
Ancient ones that fill my body
Listen I to what you tell me
Sing that song of time that’s written
Only in a seed or cell
Only in migration of a sand hill crane,
A spiral shell
Seeds that whisper, seeds that grow
On sacred trees from masters sown
Ancient ones, I sit beside you
Silent in the fading light
Pull the poison from my brothers,
Sisters, lovers, human plight
Take the anger and the blaming
Take the shame that now lies slain
Sing us on and feed the fire
Healed up by the morning light
There's a Medicine
There’s a medicine in the way the wind blows
Medicine in the way
There’s a medicine in the way the tide flows
Medicine in the way
There’s a medicine in the way we stumble
Medicine in the way be humbled
Medicine in the way we sing so
Light up light up light up
Let this fire warm up thy cold heart
Let this fire made of all that’s fallen apart
There’s a soul stealer
Reaching for the land
It’s a nuclear game going bad
Oh mama ocean I feel your pain
We need a magic potion
To make it whole again
Teach, Inspire, Be Real!
Come and let it grow
Teach, Inspire, Be Real
Oh the people got to know, yea
Teach, Inspire, Be Real
Come and let it grow yea
Teach, Inspire, Be Real
Maiden the Flower
Maiden the Flower
Mother the Fruit
Grandmother is the seed
In every elder lives a library
Of knowledge and history
So let them plant their seeds in you
That you may be a wise one, too
And if an elder takes a moment
To share a tale or two
Just listen closely for experience,
The gift they give to you
In every child lives in innocence
Unbound before this world
So let them live inside the magic
Of imagination’s swirl
And don’t you ever take advantage
Of these open eyes on you
Teach by example to respect all life
And speak only love true
In every mother-father-adult
At the peak of sacred life
We see a mountain goat of will
To build the temple up on high
So let the mothers-fathers-adults
Find the sacred in their work
To soon bear fruit and let it fall
Fall to bless up all
Maiden the Flower
Mother the Fruit
Grandmother is the seed
Ripe and full and juicy and round
Just like the goddess in springtime
And my grateful tears fall to the sound
Of the river wild and free
Wild is the Way
Wild is the Way
And wild we shall stay
Give to the living things
Receive from the source of all life
17 years protecting the buffalo
Original family of this land
This tune is dedicated to the BFC
For years of good work to keep the bison free
They taught me
Wild is the Way
And wild we shall stay
Give to the living things
Receive from the source of all life
Faith, hope and charity are the human duties
Humbly walking this land we see beauty
Creator gave us hands so we can do great things
So we can lift a heavy burden
Or lay a burden down
Down on the ground where
Wild is the Way
And wild we shall stay
Give to the living things
Receive from the source of all life
Wild is the Way
And wild we shall stay
Give to the living things
Receive from the source of all life
Love and Revolution
What would you say
if you knew it all ended tomorrow?
We don’t know
How would you play
If you knew it all ended tomorrow
We don’t know
But we know this sweet world
Is not going to end
Because it’s always returning to beginning again
And tomorrow is one great mystery, my friend
So let it be good right now
Let it be good good and how
Let it be love right now
Let it be love love love love
Love and revolution
What if you knew that
Your actions determined the outcome
Of everything
How would you play
If your actions determined the outcome
Of everything
What if god stood before you
With her hands on her hips
And she said, “I’ll accept none
But loving words from your lips”
And she said, “Everything changes
With conviction like this,
I need you to be good right now
I need you to be good good and how
I need you to love right now
I need you to be love love love love
Love and revolution.”
Walls Fall Down
My heart burst through this tight-wound chest
Now life and love my blood refresh
My castle walls have fallen down
And here sit I on sacred ground
The living nature all around
and none to miss the walls
Walls fall down, thank god they always do
Walls fall down
And so I wander like the tide
Here and there with songs I find
To greet the unknown where I roam
To meet the faces in their homes
To share abundance where there’s lack
Expecting only friendship back
And none to miss the walls
Walls fall down, thank god they always do
Walls fall down, for centuries they stand then too
Walls fall down, thank god they always do
Walls fall down
If folks come far to seek the light
We can share it is alright
What’s a life but reaching far
To give and share of who we are
Before young thieves are want to find
Themselves in lack, our walls to climb
Oh none to miss the walls
Walls fall down, thank god they always do
Walls fall down, for centuries they stand then, too
Walls fall down, thank god they always do
It takes a heart with wings to see that
Walls alone can’t set us free
Walls fall down
Not one, no one, none, None to miss the walls
Why high walls
None to miss the walls
At Night You Fly
At Night You Fly with the birds of the dark
Burning spark
They tell me when you were so young
You killed a woman
Fate turned and that was long ago
Now you’re a man
Decades of life without parole’s
Not kept you down
Your poet’s pen carries your voice
Across the land
Makes of you a living man
You’re not just a prisoner, not just a prisoner
Your family’s just a memory in photographs
You ran across the desert sand,
Watched trains roar past
Long gone, that innocence of youth
You as a child
Now all these letters that you write
Your realness shines from solitude
Through the night
You’re not just a prisoner, not just a prisoner
At night you fly with the birds of the dark
Burning spark
Northern Ireland, South Africa
Guantanamo
Sisters and brothers behind bars
Anonymous
In dark worlds of injustice and crime
And razor wire
When will humanity rejoice in human life
In every soul as someone’s child
You’re not just a prisoner, not just a prisoner
No one can make the apple grow faster on the tree
Johnny Cash still wears black till we’re all free
At night you fly with the birds of the dark
Burning spark
Forgiveness
I am older than the mountains
Wider than the sea
I am stronger than this bitter wind
That’s blowing thru and spilling me
I am truth seeking thru
And I don’t need eyes to see
I am born of flesh and fire
From water to the air
I am spirit into skin I am just barely fitting in
Brown and tan, black and cream
Mother’s milk, human need
You are rain on this sullen field
All exhausted from confrontation and
unlearning and tribulation
All virgin soil, come till me
Plant the seeds of forgiveness deeply
And rain, rain, rain
Gentle rain, rain, rain
Come and rain on my desire
Let smoke rise from our touch
We’ll go rising up to rebirth
And circling down to mother earth
In this life, in this spark
In this hunger
Soul Window Warrior
I could die today in peace
But I want to live
I wanna love you good woman,
Wanna love this land
I wanna savor the juice of life
Like drops of gold
And if I’m singing in your arms,
I’m not afraid to grow old
I wanna feel your love
If I’m sinking in pain and
Celebrate life all over again,
My friend
My soul window warrior, my friend
My mirror, love traveler my friend
We could dream here all our lives,
But let’s go out and live
Before the autumn leaves hit
The ground, we got to ramble
I wanna walk those ancient roads
To understand
I wanna sail those seas with you,
My heart in your hands
I wanna feel your love
If I’m sinking in pain and
Celebrate life all over again
My friend
My soul window warrior, my friend
My mirror, love traveler my friend
My soul window warrior, my friend
My healer, love traveler, my friend
All who wander all not lost,
My friend
Stars
Hokulele
Come breathe in this light you are
Come soak in the stars
And remember
Love lives everywhere
Though it’s not always seen
Sing that song of ages told and
Wrap your words around me here
Sing so soft because you are my
Muse and whisper in my ear
Let these words on
Swiftly beating wings
Fly on across the universe
And land with love’s precision
To uplift our hearts as one
Hokulele
Take your worries
To the crystal stream
Where rushing water breaks
In rainbow waves
To bathe your weary mind
And heal you from inside
We are a spiral within a spiral
With no beginning and
Never ending
Sing Softly
To bring in the day
Just be yourself
No one can take this away from you
Sing
World Awake Lyrics
High Sierra Morning
High Sierra morning and all we ever hoped for is the dawn
We have to keep on
One foot before the other, place it in the hands of the mother, Earth
Oh, precious worth
So we let go of the shore and let our fears recede into the night
It's gonna be alright
We are our own leaders now and
No one else can tell us how to live, or what we can't give
We are honoring the First Nations and
Learning from the ancient ones of life
Oh, precious life
We are standing with the living trees, for salmon runs and healthy seas
and peace, Oh, speaking peace
Evolutionary breezes, scooping up the prayers we make
Doorways open to other ways, and dragonfly say
This could be a good time.
All the men are pitching in, to raise the divine feminine in all
We can't afford to stall
All the village, teach the youth, to see the sacred and truth, and share
All we need is here
We release our praise and grief, and see the ancient world becoming new, it's all inside of you.
Aloha
Meet me at the gathering place
Share the air, share the space, that’s aloha
Old friends and kids from school
It’s Earth Day, and everybody’s so cool
Different stokes for different folks
Say, We’re all one, now the music’s begun
That’s Aloha
A local band is on the stage, neighbor kids bump and sway
Then everybody takes a break in the waves
Hitch a ride, or find your own way
Meet me at the gathering place
Share the air, share the space, that’s aloha
I have to tell what’s hard to say,
I have to feel safe and feel ok
And I’m safe because you love me unconditionally
And I’m safe because I love me unconditionally
If I forget .... when I forget.
No doubt, breathe in breathe out
To dispell doubt, breathe in, breathe out
That’s Aloha
After sunset on the beach
Fire spinners and the lovers retreat
Roll around on the sand to the drum beat
Sacred space, full of grace, just you and me
Give thanks, in peace
Come on baby, love me baby baby,
Meet me at the gathering place
Share the air, share the space, that’s aloha
Ua mau ke ea o ka aina ika pono o Hawai’i
Esselen People (Live)
Spirits to sea, hands to the rocks, ocean cave, cypress tree
Living on a cliff on the edge of the world, otters in the mist, I’ve heard
And they were soaking up the holy, healing waters
They called it Taki Tak*
Esselen People
Working on the land, feet on the ground, healing with heart, healing with sound
Science of the soul, opening our minds, stretching out our bones,
A place to call home
And now we’re soaking up the holy, healing water
Esalen people
Dancing with the wind, journeying shaman,
People of the earth, celebrate the season
Looking deep inside, asking all the questions
Listen to the elders, listen to the youth!
Showing up for process, speaking our truth
Soaking up the holy, healing water!
Forever Esselen People
Healing with the land, re-indigenize the people!
Honoring the Chumash, Dine, Lakota
Aboriginal wisdom, Pomo, Cherokee, Sami
Tibetan, Miwok
Aligning with the Haida, Ohlone, Salish,
Inuit, Oneida, Huichol
Solidarity with Mayan, Yaki, Africa, Fulani,
Hopi, Shipibo, Druid, Takelma, Masai people!
We are all of the holy, healing water
Esselen People
Drumming the World Awake
Last night it rained and rained and rained
Like it hadn't rained in too long
We'd prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed
And prayed for rain
I'd grown afraid, afraid afraid afraid afraid
Id have to leave this wonderful place
And I'd be gone, gone, gone like the deep blue skies
And the star-filled nights of just ten years ago
I'm afraid of this haze, in the sky and in the brains
Of whoever's in those planes
Some one explain, explain, explain
So many questions remain.
I'm gonna talk to the Tiki, and the Tiki's got a drum.
We're taking it back to the first heartbeat, fir consciousness,
First woman, first man, first child
Taking it back to the strength emerging in the
First separation of earth and sky, breath of life,
Dark and light, first being, first waking
There's a part of me that's always drumming the world awake
There's a part of me that's always taking a long, slow breath of life
There's a part of me that's always singing for the air and sky
There's a part of me that's always praying for steady, gentle rain.
Cause we're in a crisis of consciousness!
We're taking it back, drumming it back, singing it back, talking it back!
There's a part of me that's always learning the ways of aloha,
Walking in step with the aina, walking in step with my mother,
Father, my brother, sister, Grandmother, Grandfather,
Walking in step with me uncles and my aunties
Ohana, Ohana, aumakua, ohana
Let's go down to the river and pray,
Let's go down to the ocean and pray,
Pray, for steady gentle rain
Cause we're in a crisis of consciousness
There's a part of me that's always drumming the world awake
There's a part of me that's always taking a long, slow breath of life
There's a part of me that's always swimming in the sacred pools
There's a part of me that's always praying for steady, gentle rain.
And singing back the sandalwood
Praying steady
I'm gonna talk to the Tiki and the Tiki's got a drum!
Take it to the Mountain
Put it in the mountain, take it to the mountain
Follow it there
Sacred stone people where the world began
Where the dragonfly guides home or to the other side
I’m listening in to the rhythm of the feet
Bouncing off the rocks where the people did retreat
High up on the mesa, up above the valley floor
Where the heron soars, it’s just like walking through a door
To an ancient world where the Old Ones live
A cathedral, standing stone to honor flesh and bone in the mountain.
Take it to the mountain
Look into the fire as the spirits start to dance
Make an offering that’s yours and you’ll surely have a chance
To hear the sacred song as it travels on the wind
Feel the gentle call as it brushes past your skin
It’s a song of love, acceptance and truth
Forgiveness and compassion that will heal you in your youth,
So take it all in
Let the healing begin
Let the waves crash down on your deepest shore,
Washing you clean as you hear the ocean roar
And when you’re back on land
You’re a brand new soul
And you’ve never been hurt, or traded, or sold
You’re your own man now, each choice you make it yours
So take the high road home, to honor flesh and bone in the mountain
Take it to the mountain.
Take your prayers and your visions, take your hopes and your dreams
Take your stories and your memories, take your ‘not as it seems’
On the longest walk to your highest self
It’s your own determination and will
Gonna take you up the mountain
Take it to the mountain
And when you touch down on the highest spot
You take a look around with the eye of the hawk
You see other peaks and valleys and places you’ve been
You see worlds and generations and seasons and winds
You see four directions and above and below
You see your own self inside is the true place you climb up the mountain
Take it to the mountain.
Put it in the mountain
Follow it there.
Coming down from the mountain
The River (Live)
I am a river, soy un rio
From the mountains, to the sea
De las montanas, al mar
Flowing day and night, I sing
Fluiendo siempre, canto
Agua clara traigo, clear water, I bring
Regalando a las cosas vivas
El rio nunca se contiene
Giving, giving, a gift to the living things
The river never holds back
We're on a journey, estamos viajando
Learning to love completely,
Aprendiendo el amor total
And we're dancing round the oak trees
Bailando entorno a los robles
Waking up in ecstasy, Despertarse in ecstasy
Regalando a las cosas vivas
El rio nunca se contiene
Giving, giving, a gift to the living things
The river never holds back
Furthur (Live)
In these times, shadows falling around my head
Taking nothing for granted now,
looking furthur instead
Letting go is the magical secret of
Catching dreams that you need to live,
Truly live in your skin
One by one they fall,
Lessons of the old world gone!
Taking flight, astral travel to distant lands
Inspiration to seek the love, only love in this life
Spiral dance is the answer and
Sacred plants invoke the dancers who
Play the song brought for liberation
Winding labyrinth, quest for freedom
Sacred chant!
Walk the Path
I walk the path of faith and trust, ever on
By night and day, come what may
By and flow, by friend or foe
This much I know
Deep seeds I sow
I walk the path of faith and trust, see beauty in all
By compassion's eye, by beginner's mind
By simplicity, by divinity, by all I grow,
Certainty I sow
We are born, we birth/rebirth
I've got skinned up knees from all my leaps of faith
Sometimes I feel like I'm running a race.
I'm holding the vision and seeking direction
I don't have all the answers, so I pause, I pause for reflection
Everything's changing, it's always rearranging
Like earth moves through seasons and fruit trees drop leaves
I'm like spider, I'm catching love in the webs that I weave
I'm spinning and weaving, hiding and shining
I'm loving and learning, my bold feathers flying
There's a bridge I cross on as I let go of safety,
Come back to my core, and just sit inside me.
Slowly I've learned that it's just about sharing,
My voice, my art, my ideas, my real caring
To own my own gifts, to nurture and grow them
To fearlessly share them, to sing them, bestow them
It's not about perfection, or winning a race
It's just to be me, with some style and grace
To risk it all, and yet, risk nothing
Birth myself into being
Walk the path
Hip the Hip Lyrics
Ceremony
We circle in the meadow to beckon the spirits
And welcome the loved ones
Prayer stick passes hand to hand
And heart to heart
We weave a spell of healing for this union
Time now stands still as we move in to ceremony
We turn the earth upside down
We toil and sweat
Sowing dreams, seeking deepness, eyes wide open
Ritual music, great spirit bless this sacred passion
Time now stands still as we move in to ceremony
Circle in, ever in to ceremony
The essence of love made, soft and strong
Not yet a memory, it still warms upon the open heart
Good Friday
Prisoners of conscience waste their desperate lonely lives away
Just like Jesus Christ, they’re tortured till their broken hearts’ demise
All across the globe, these silent deaths replay Good Friday’s tale
Revert I shall be, for all that’s past shall pass again today
What better day to pray for justice now than Good Friday?
Jesus lost his life for his love and belief he was god’s son
If he came again, what would our stinking CIA say?
How can Sunday save us when so many die this way?
What better day to pray for justice now than Good Friday?
Children carry guns. They shoot to kill in concrete jungle wars
Greedy like their gods and fathers who’ve left nothing more for them
Dying every day until love and compassion reign supreme
What better day to pray for justice now, than, Good Friday?
Turn down the lights, turn down the noise, feel the silence of the dead
Turn down the lights, turn down the noise, hear the cry of tortured souls
Seed Song
A tiny seed is cast upon the wind to fall on fertile land
This seed will find a bed, this seed knows no fear
This seed knows no fear, for fear has no place in this path
This path of life and death, life and death
Death and life again, ever turns the wheel
Turn, turn, turn
A tiny seedling struggles through the soil to try and reach the sun
This seed will reach the sun, this seed knows no fear ...
This seed knows no fear, for fear has no place in this path
This path of life and death, life and death
Death and life again, ever turns the wheel
Turn, turn, turn
The mystery of the land, the mystery of the wind and rain
The mystery of the heart
The mystery of the partnership, you and strong
But no stronger than me, except when I need you to be
A tiny flower struggles to unfold to try and feel the wind
This flower will feel the wind, this flower knows no fear
This flower knows no fear, for fear has no place in this path
This path of life and death, life and death
Death and life again, ever turns the wheel
Turn, turn, turn
The mystery of the land, the mystery of the wind and rain
The mystery of the heart
The mystery of the partnership, you and strong
But no stronger than me, except when I need you to be
One Drop/Shakti Love Chant
One drop of water, is that all that’s gonna be left
Who’s gonna get to drink it, can’t you see it,
All the big men at the table, fighting over one, one drop of water
When all the rivers are long since gone
Spirit of eagle is looking on, spirit of eagle, Spirit!
Abundance, deep river carve the canyon
Freedom, and eagle soars over lush life
Justice, a balance in this life
Life follows death answers life calls death
A balance in this life
May the wild winds blow, let the wild water flow,
I return to let this passion in my burn
A giant whale dives deep in crystal water clarity
Endless ocean, breathless motion, carry me
Jazz and blues conceive, blending aural ecstacy
Mystical drumming, shakti woman, marry me
Woman Strong/Peace Time
I am a woman, strong! I’ve always known how to get along
Who woulda thought those sick days could set me back so far
But now it’s me and this mess I’ve fallen in
Holy days come and go but no soul for me
No one to call on my cage door, an empty plate’s fallen on my floor
What is to be done, what is to be done?
Another woman strong, the true tale of 25 years onna move
Who woulda thought Philadelphia would dare to go so far
But now it’s me and these cell walls closing in
Philly police will someday know the pain, the pain they’ve cause today
I keep on working for my freedom, long live Ramona Africa
What is to be done, what is to be done?
And of a woman, strong, peaceful and brave, she locked her body down
Who woulda thought those deputies would dare to go so far
And now there’s no justice in the pepper spray trial
Court case come and court case go but police still terrorize
She wants to free all old growth trees so that Mother Earth is free to breathe
What is to be done, what is to be done?
Magic music maker, won’t you spin a tale for me
Of a future present swinging in the peace time tree
We’re just a swingin’ in the peace time, ringin in the peace time
Singin in the peace time tree
Swingin in the peace time, bringin in the peace time
Believin in the peace time tree
We are the peace time
Calling it in to our hearts, in to our minds
Come on peace time!
Come on peace!
Are U Ready
Are you ready, to see what’s inside, are you ready to see what you hide
Are you ready?
Go on and cover up every square inch of dirt you see
And process every last living tree
Oh, and then, when the blazing sun is the only natural thing you see
Then you’ll find, that you’re the last one to go
Here comes your moment in the sun
Are you ready?
I see you, you think it’s crazy when I say, we should boycott the chemicals
But you’d think twice if your child was born lame
I see you, you think it’s silly when I say, we must save the waterfall
But you too, you’re gonna burn when there’s only the thirst
Here comes your moment in the sun
How many ways can we cry out for the land, just to save her, just to save her.
How many days must we cry out for the land just to save her, just to save her
Just to save, save, save the Mama Earth
I see you, multinational interest could decide everything you do, if you like
If only you knew what has to be done
Oh, they operate on manipulation and misunderstanding
But you too, you can grow some soul food of your own
Here comes your moment in the sun
Are you ready, to see what’s inside, are you ready to see what you hide
Are u ready:
How many ways can we cry out for the land just to save her,
How many days must we cry out for the land just to save her,
Just to save, save the Mama Earth?
Ballad of Big Mountain
Did you ever wonder what happened to the old coal mines
And to the mighty miners, with their hard hats and their sooty faces
Oh, I’ve seen traces, in the legends and the places,
Where they worked until they died, or they lived among the side effects
Of all the angry land that lay misplaced inside a man
And grew a bigger rage than coal could ever power
But the coal mines look so different, It’s all on the surface now,
It’s even bigger now, somehow, and the mine I’ve seen
Can now be seen from space
What a disgrace they’ve made, these modern day coal miners
Oh their ivory towers, they’re getting richer by the hour
And they’re tearing up the land for coal power
For the power we must pay, but some just piss it all away
To light Las Vegas and a million LA billboards
I’ve seen their coal hoards, in giant piles all around,
Moving in tunnels on the ground,
They slurry coal with water stolen from the people
Yes, there are people.
They’re living out on a vast land, they build their homes with their own hands
They’re making prayers for their dead, some by uranium mined there years ago
Where does the time go?
Now it’s coal the man is after, and the People forced to scatter
To the four winds, some resisting relocation.
They’ve built a nation. Call themselves the Diné people
Herding sheep and weaving freedom,
They sing their songs around the ancient altar, the Diné altar,
It’s the land where they’ve lived for a thousand years,
Still giving up their blessings, and their Sundance up on Big Mountain
And that’s not countin, the Anasazi there before them, their ancestors’ dreams before them
Still live on though the land is slowly dying
The earth is crying, say the elders on that land
They say the coal mine’s greedy hand is stealing the water and the land
From the people who were born there to guard it
And they’ll guard it with their lives, planting the corn now it still thrives
For all humanity they pray up on Big Mountain
Up on Big Mountain
Hey, Corporate Rule
Hey, corporate rule, that’s all they ever taught us back in school
Well, there’s mathematics for my taxes, and history is grinding axes
Science is soulless, even art is controlled, lest the people get a taste of some real freedom
I just wanna chill and hear the sound of my own breathing
Yea!! Freedom!! Come on, Freedom!!
What’s the meaning of this thing that we call freedom?
Is it freedom to buy the new product line?
Or is it freedom to rally out and speak my mind
On November 30, 1999, I think the people got a taste of some real freedom
The whole world was shaking and Seattle was quaking
And the people got a taste of some real freedom
Yea!! Freedom!! Come on, Freedom!!
Yea!! Freedom!! Come on, Freedom!!
Our minds are trained by ads and shows
The food is all chemicals and old horse bones
Our brains are all dead, hungry or overfed
I think it’s time we leave the mall and get some fresh air
Addicted zombies in there looking with a blank stare
Yea!! Freedom!! Come on, Freedom!!
Yea!! Freedom!! Come on, Freedom!!
Oh, Mother Take Me Home
Oh, mother, take me home to that place, Mother oh where I belong
Listen to the mother, listen to the mother, listen to the mother call me home
My soul roamed the emerald islands long ago
When the earth she was an innocent maiden, not yet a victim of greedy profiteers
We were One with the Mother, then, One heart beating, one vast love,
One fire on the mountain and glistening on the sea
Then came the oppressor to try and drag me down
But my soul danced away into the cosmos, Back to the one heart beating
Oh, mother, take me home to that place, Mother oh where I belong
Listen to the mother, listen to the mother, listen to the mother call me home
Thank you mother for this heavenly body, human birth
I’m burning with the fire, like the water, inside me
Blissing this chance to be woman and man in one hand
We are One with the mother now, One heart beating, One vast love,
One fire on the mountain and glistening on the sea
No more dis-ease, no more violent hearts cannot push me round
My soul is dancing to the hand of the Divine
Seeking the Union with the One heart
Oh, mother, take me home to that place, Mother oh where I belong
Listen to the mother, listen to the mother, listen to the mother call me home
Home come to me, speak right through me, Love’s vibration, generations
Reaching skyward, healing your words,
Patient, generous, good intention
Loving, letting go, absolution,
Oh, Mother take me home
Climb Down
I carve you this ladder, that you can climb down in your kiva
Down, down in your prayer well
Stay close to the fire, until the dreams come, in perspire
I give you this ladder and let go your hand
And you go down, down, down to your core
It feels like the rush when the wall fell in Berlin
Love and longing, desperation pouring out of a round spout
Spilling over in a rush, a quickened heartbeat
And then nothing stays the same.
Impossible distances no longer, now part and pride, now will and fire
And then over the wall
Opening and boiling, bees in the hive,
the royal joining, east meets west and night meets day
Surrender
Climb down dear, let me hold your head in my hand
Surrender
Climb down dear, stop this crazy war in your head
It feels like the hush when the doubt come creeping in
Tongue-tied dreaming, you and I on a small ship tossed on a wild sea
Sunken secret buries me, you in the background
And then waves come crashing down
Impossible conversation, anger, now separation
Now indignation, and then the moment is gone
Now my heart spins skyward, sunrays and blue
The revolution in my blood’s bleeding out on you
Surrender
Climb down dear, let me hold your head in my hand
Surrender
Climb down dear, stop this crazy war in your head
Down to the Water
I know a man, he seeks only the bad times
He seeks the bad in every human interaction
But they say eventually that we get what we’re asking for
And one way or another, you’re gonna find what you are looking for
Why not go down to the water and fill your cup?
I met a woman, she doesn’t understand love
She thinks love is made for everyone who thinks like she does
She thinks love is a contract between a male and female
But love is deeper than the ocean, it covers a lot more ground than that
Why not go down to the water and fill your cup?
There are good-meaning people, they’d lock us up to save our souls
They’d lock us up in jail cells, idiologies and paradigms
But a healthy soul is free to be
And a group of free souls, we call a community
Why not go down to the water and fill your cup?
Box of Change
Leadership of every nation, listen to this song of peace
Struggle seems to strengthen us, but folks just don’t have what they need
Freedom from fear !! A basic human right, we see it just in sight
Freedom from want !! I give thanks for what I’ve got, and I know I got a lot
I got unity, universal family
Unity, unity can set us free
Unity, we can dream a new reality
Unity, we gotta open up the box
Box of change, Open it up and turn the page
Box of change, Open it up and let it rage
Grandmas led the march today, with signs and banners all for peace
We turned missiles into music, holding up our hearts we sang,
Unity, uni set us free
Unity, we can dream a new reality
Unity, we gotta open up the box
Box of change, Open it up and turn the page
Box of change, Open it up and let it rage
And hip the hip!
Hip the hip, tell your trip, you can use your lips, yea
Hip the hip, write a note, cast your vote
Hip the hip, priority, concerning me, now
Hip the hip, open up the box, box of change
Sacred Space
I wanna go there, wanna go there, wanna go there, I wanna go where
Love is everywhere!
My people wage peace in the forest and on the street
On the beach, in the desert, in our great big hearts
And for the sky, way up high and for the sky
Way up high and for the sky
I wanna go there, wanna go there, wanna go there, I wanna go where
Love is everywhere!
In the ceremony of friendship, that’s where we meet
Burn our herb and play music, we make love,
In this sacred space we fly, way up high
Way up high, we fly
I wanna go there, wanna go there, wanna go there, I wanna go where
Love is everywhere!
Holy Days of Winter Lyrics
Ancient Starlight Dance
Cymbals ringing, rounds we’re singing
Circling, ancient starlight dance
Longest night of the year, we journey
Priestess drum beat, lovers entranced
Along the leylines of earth, we travel
Come to the ancient temple throne
Sacred hag carved over the doorway
Touch her yoni, touch the source
Move through the passageway of birth
Into our mother’s ritual womb
In to the shrine, to the mead, to the smoke
Creating healing the seasons invoke
Sunlight streams on solstice morn
Enters the chamber and lights up the orbs
Then through death is born new light
Peace on earth is born this night!
Cymbals ringing, rounds we’re singing
Circling, ancient starlight dance
Longest night of the year, we journey
Priestess drum beat, lovers entranced
Holy Land
For timeless souls, just one, a billion
The tavern master winks, then listens
Speak your heart, oh simple pilgrim
Let devotion send your visions
You, peace-seeking, traveling lover
Have no fear to love another
Lift your song upon this bridge
That spans to every holy land
Let there be love and light
And we'll wander through those swinging doors
Where wild birds can then fly through
Those swinging doors to me and you
Build a bridge, this is holy land
Build a prayer, it's all holy land
Build a bridge to holy lands
With open hearts and healing hands
Where love is simply traded clean
For love and care and healing things
Build a bridge just rocks and bones
And simple things that stack and hold
Like memories of loving times
And words that kindle and inspire
Build a bridge of eagle wings
And condor eggs and fragile things
Just strong enough to hold us well
So we can all still break the spell
So wild birds can still fly through
Those swinging doors to me and you
It's all holy land through the pilgrim's eye
Where every rock and tree's alive
It's all holy land cause we're waking up
And every drop is in a sacred cup
It's all holy land!
The soul has come through the jade screen
To wander in this world of dreams
It's all holy land.
Your Own Christmas Song
You gotta write your own Christmas song
Because no one can tell ya, what’s in your song
And though the holidays are joyful times and loving times
Expectations are running high and
Love’s what allows us to thrive or die in this town
So we gotta find the love in this town
Love for the lonely and broken-hearted
Love for the children as they get started in this town
And we gotta make the peace in this town
Amidst all this fussing and profiteering
Peace in the heart is the cure for the greed and cruelty
So we all have what we need, we sing,
Hallelujia baby! Santa’s coming down, to our town
With the love, the love that we’ve found
And it’s all around, Yes it’s all around
Oh, this love
You gotta write your own Christmas song
Because no one can tell ya, what’s in your song
And if your family’s torn apart or lost at sea
And your poor heart’s broken open wide
Cause all the pain that’s been locked inside
Comes pouring down, pouring down
We sing,
Hallelujia baby! Santa’s coming round, to our town
With the love, the love that we’ve found
And it’s all around, Yes it’s all around
Oh, this love
Singles Lyrics
Somewhere There's a Song Still Singing
Somewhere there’s a song still singing on
Do you sing to the daughter of the sun?
Does Odin guard your shores?
Do you still follow the singing stones?
Reindeer Sami, wild Danes,
Sea Sami, stately Swedes,
I speak your names
Your song sustains
Your air remains
Come lay the land again
Come lay the land again
Somewhere there’s a song still singing
Do you sing of the jackal and gazelle?
So you winter on Persian shores?
Do you still migrate and celebrate?
Qashquai people, Allah’s people,
Centuries on the land,
I speak your names
Your song sustains
Your air remains
Come lay the land again
Come lay the land again
Cross mountains and rivers, nature the giver
Danger grows clearer
Hasten to her side
Her world lay burning
Ancient and modern
Born to resist this
Your hungry ghosts so vicious ride!
On to Valhalla
Courage to love us
We sing your praises
Warrior of the rune and the candle, ride!
Howling winds of
Change at your heels, now,
Tighten your reins and
Sing to my memory
You are the one to ride!
Somewhere there’s a song still singing
Do you sing to the rocks and hills?
Does a songline give you life
Do you still echo your ancestors’ voice
Honey ant clan
Pintupi
Dreamtime singers
I speak your names
Your song sustains
Your air remains
Come lay the land again
Come lay the land again
Turn Toward The Sun
There are footprints of ancestors falling all around
Turn toward the sun, remember who you are
Turn toward the sun, remember who you are
Let me tell you how I know, let this story here be told
Of when the buffalo came to save us all from DAPL
The vision had been seen by the protector, Geraldine
Ancestors would bring the old ones back
Great Tatanka’s gone so long their genocide is still a song
Of sorrow on the land where the great herds ran
But now the people gathered strong to face Dakota Access Pipeline on
The Standing Rock Lakota Reservation
Tribes came in from all around and peacefully, stood their ground
DAPL’s war machine could not cut them down
Corporate government chose not to help, but thousands came and risked themselves
To save the water for all sons and daughters
There are footprints of ancestors falling all around
Turn toward the sun, remember who you are
Turn toward the sun, remember who you are
Tensions rose, and so I’m told, when winter fell on young and old
The confluence of waters there had not been spared
White Buffalo Calf Woman heard the prayer, and in the vision she looked over where
The people stood by day to protect the water
It was there, the sacrifice was made that first time the bison came,
One small herd running to stop the pipeline
But later in the winter, let it be known and remembered
Buffalo broke the fence and ran to Oceti camp
They were 30, 40 strong that day. The buffalo took the heat, they say
And I’m sorry to repeat, but they got shot
They laid down their lives, and many got shot!
They said, “Look here, you hired gun, We know this war’s an unjust one,
Take us instead, our blood is just as RED!!”
There are footprints of ancestors falling all around
Turn toward the sun, remember who you are
Turn toward the sun, remember who you are
Thank you, noble buffalo, and thanks, courageous protectors
May you always stand up for what you know
And as for sister Geraldine, descendant of Sitting Bull, believe me,
She won’t forget the water or the vision she has seen
She won’t forget the buffalo or the sacrifice they bring
She says, Turn toward the sun, remember who you are
She says, Turn toward the water, remember who you are
Love & Revolution (Live)
What would you say
if you knew it all ended tomorrow?
We don’t know
How would you play
If you knew it all ended tomorrow
We don’t know
But we know this sweet world
Is not going to end
Because it’s always returning to beginning again
And tomorrow is one great mystery, my friend
So let it be good right now
Let it be good good and how
Let it be love right now
Let it be love love love love
Love and revolution
What if you knew that
Your actions determined the outcome
Of everything
How would you play
If your actions determined the outcome
Of everything
What if god stood before you
With her hands on her hips
And she said, “I’ll accept none
But loving words from your lips”
And she said, “Everything changes
With conviction like this,
I need you to be good right now
I need you to be good good and how
I need you to love right now
I need you to be love love love love
Love and revolution.”
Restore Me
Restore me to health,
My body and my mind
Like earth and sea and sky
Let me run free, let me crawl free
Let me swim free, let me fly free
Let me breathe deep of the highest
Intention of our time
Show me the way
To the Mystery
Restory the song of this land
the bird call, the waters fall
The whisper of rain on the farms that remain
And though the little guy's been undercut
Some continue no matter what
I live in the arms of this fragrant land
No matter the name of the town I'm in
Tobacco and sage bless relations and places
The cycles, the changes and phases
So let this journey be long
Cause I'm continuing on and
I fly over
I fly over
With the seasons and songs
The celebrations that guide we
And just like rain through a swail
May we travel this trail
Where the prayer trees still bend
In the sharp autumn wind
And if there's a wall, a roadblock on my path, my love
On my way to work, to my garden
On my way to the water well, well
I fly over
If there's a wall between us when we speak my love
I wanna hear what you're dreaming of, so
I fly over
If you're in pain, cause every man's burden is the heaviest,
you got to offer that pain up and say
I fly over
And if you're afraid, cause the way you been living is all changing
You know, you just let go, cause it's all gotta change, you know, say
I fly over, make your own peace, say
I fly over
Restory the song in our hands,
What it looked like on that day when
we all sat down in thanks
Cause the peace was made.
Cause we all sang, I fly over
I fly over