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Every Leaf
04:07
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Every leaf upon the tree
If that leaf had eyes to see
From where it sways upon the wind
That leaf could hardly understand
The perspective of another
Leaf whose view is wholly other
So the leaves hang in the breeze
Each one seeing what it sees
So you and I within our stations
Cultures, religions, families, nations
Might find our vision incomplete
In regards to those we meet
But what we need is understanding
What we need is room to be
Conformity is too demanding
You be you and I'll be me
For every leaf upon the tree
Adds to the beauty that we see
As they sway upon the wind
It's much better to be friends
For we're all in this together
And we can ride the stormy weather
One great family branching out
Rooted firmly in the ground
The ground is true humanity
That feeds our lovely family tree
And the storms that roughly blow
They can help us grow also
So every leaf upon the tree
I'll help you and you help me
Accepting one another's hues
Respecting one another's views
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2. |
The Unseen Garden
04:23
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The universe is a flower
Blooming in the unseen garden
From the budding of the big bang
To her slow decay and parting
On a hedgerow of universes
And this realization is just starting
A trillion other universes
Have flowered and have faded in the dirt
And trillion more will blossom
We are neither last nor are we first
Underneath an unseen sun
And the nourishing of hidden cloud bursts
And who is the gardener
And does the gardener have a name?
Does the gardener have a family--
Do we and the gardener look the same?
Is the universe of the gardener
Just another flower in a chain?
We can't see to our own stem
All we can do is speculate
But it seems certain that we're here together
So isn't it useless to hate
As we await the falling petals
That will accompany our mutual fate?
The universe is a flower
Blooming in the unseen garden
From the budding of the big bang
To her slow decay and parting
On a hedgerow of universes
And this realization is just starting
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Shaman Song
03:59
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I saw the tree of life
Growing on the shore
Of the cosmic ocean
I did not think twice
Though I know it sounds
Like a crazy notion
I picked the fruit of it
There at the root of it
My eternal fate was
set in motion
I drank the chalice
Which the angel handed me
At the midnight crossroads
I Cannot describe the bliss
That one sip of that nectar
On one does bestow
This is the only time
I will not try to rhyme
I wish I would have drank
The whole thing down
and gotten drunk
These visions come to me
As my shaman music
Pierces through the veil
Ecstatic reverie
Busting skyward from
An underground river
Through this well
I sing of them to you
What else can I do?
Maybe they will edify you,
Who can tell?
Who can tell?
Who can tell?
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Verse 1:
Navigating on the breeze
The para-glider came to me
I caught it twixt index & thumb
As in my ears the wind did hum
And watched it tug that way and this
And closed my eyes to make a wish
Verse 2:
But before I did I thought
About the breeze that this seed brought
About the engineer's design
That caused this seed to sail so fine
God, nature, or another name,
An intelligence all the same
Chorus:
The intelligence of the dandelion seed
The intelligence of the dandelion seed
Verse 3:
And so I began to wonder
Whose power this small seed was under
Had the breeze brought this seed here
Or did the seed through the breeze steer?
Did this tuft plot its own course
Through some consciousness or force?
Chorus
Bridge:
So is the zebra white & black
Or is the zebra black & white
Which came first, the bee or flower?
Behind our thoughts, the unseen power
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5. |
Reality Dreams Reality
02:57
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Verse 1:
And on the day that you were born
Reality was torn
You could not see the space
Left within its place
Now you're used to it somehow
Your hand is on the plow
You've bought the clothes they sold
And believed what you were told
Chorus:
You have all that you need
Buried deep within
You can withstand the wind
Tearing up the street
You cannot taste defeat
You're allowed to dream and feel
Your dreams are just as real
As the earth beneath your feet
Verse 2:
You are eternal as the light
You shine just as bright
You are a holy spark
Hidden in the dark
You don't need to be afraid
Of the universe you've made
It is a house of mirrors
You are your own worst fears
Chorus
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6. |
Life's a Dream
05:00
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Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream
Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream
Life's a dream that we dream together
Life's a dream, it doesn't last forever
Life's a dream, we can make it better
But we need to decide whether
We want to spend the time we have
Fighting and crying or learning to laugh
Learning to laugh
I'll make you smile if you'll do the same for me
Let's make this dream the best it can be
I'll make you smile if you'll do the same for me
Let's make this dream the best it can be
Life's a dream that we dream together
Life's a dream, it doesn't last forever
Life's a dream, we can make it better
Life's a dream, are you having a good one?
Live it while you can, son
Come on, daughter
You know you oughtta
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There is an Ocean
02:43
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There is an ocean mysterious & deep
That rolls in our hearts and its tide does not sleep
The waves are electrical, charged with a light
But they find no shore so they roll day and night
And the ocean in you is the ocean in me
And the ocean's in everyone but some don't see
And the ocean in you is the ocean in me
And the ocean's in everyone but some don't see
Some try to dam it with rules & theology
But it is what it is and that's what it ought to be
And some turn their back 'cause they can't comprehend
But the deep overwhelms even them in the end
And the ocean in you is the ocean in me
And the ocean's in everyone but some don't see
And the ocean's below and the ocean's above
And the ocean is peace, but most of all love
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On the rainy doorstep of Holy Cross
Saw a man dancing with his eyes closed
An umbrella in his hand
Julie Andrews from a boom box
And I heard him talk as I approached
Said he was Mother Mary dressed in drag
Wanted to tell him of Meister Eckhart
Who said we're all Mothers' of God
Christ is born in us each day
I could tell he had a troubled heart
People were looking at him odd
He wouldn't get it anyway
Then he looked up at the cross
And said, "What are you gonna do?"
He asked it over and over
And as I walked off to the bus
It made me feel a deep, dark blue
I hope the two of them find closure
Why didn't I call the police?
Why do think? This is Portland
They use their brute force, damn the cost
That's the last thing that he needs
He needs solace and redemption
Maybe he'll find it at Holy Cross
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9. |
Freda Love
03:56
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Chorus:
I'm free to love, free to live
Free to accept and to forgive
I'm free to help, free to smile
Free to carry the extra mile
I'm free to live, free to love
Choose to embrace & not to shove
Verse 1:
If we work together we can build many things
But if we work for ourselves we just end up walled in
Competition can be fun when done with sportsmanship
But too many captains and no crew will only sink the ship
Chorus
Verse 2:
We must hang together or we'll all hang separately
Symbiosis is the way forward for you & me
Chorus
Bridge:
Hung up on independence
You only missed one thing
This is a joint existence
And that is why we sing
That is why we sing
Oh, yeah!
Chorus
Verse 3:
No one says you have to be so greedy and so selfish
The pedals only move the bike when they both act selfless
Chorus 2x's
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Lance Eads Portland, Oregon
Portland-based singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist
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