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My Mind's Eye
01:26
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I can hear the church bells ringing
I can hear the bagpipes cry
when I hear the church bells ringing
I can see you in the sky
And I can see you in the sky
I can see you in my mind’s eye
I can see you in my mind’s eye
I can see you in my mind’s eye
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2. |
The Visiting
03:15
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I suffer from insomnia, from loneliness I sleep;
in the midst of the talk and the laughter
all at once you are there -
Hour of waking up and writhing
with humiliation, or
of wishes answered before
one was aware of what they were.
And let me ask you this: the dead,
where aren’t they?
Hour when the ones who can’t rest
go to bed, and the ones
who can’t wake go to work –
Dark blue morning glory
I reach to touch, there is another world
and it is this world.
Then the light streamed in yellow
and blue through long windows, and blood
turned to wine in my veins.
Tears of wine
rode down my cheek.
It’s happening, I thought,
though it had never happened
before. I squeezed
my eyes closed, gazing into
a darkness all of light. The more
you tried to hold it back, the more
sweetly and irresistibly it arrived.
Then the light streamed in yellow…..
I suffer from insomnia, from loneliness I sleep;
in the midst of the talk and the laughter
all at once you are there -
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3. |
Hundred Parts of Heart
03:37
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I can hold you in the palm of my hand
I can hold you in my eyes
but I can’t hold you in my heart, sweet love,
‘til my heart comes back to life
I’m scattered all across the floor
like Humpty Dumpty’s shell
and I can’t seem to get me back together again
time will only tell
Got a hole in my soul
got a hole in my life;
I can’t start no new loving
with a hundred parts of heart.
I can’t begin to love again
with a hundred parts of heart.
Shakyamuni Buddha
Lord Jesus on Calvary hill
I can’t tell if it’s light or dark
pray tell if I ever will
I’m down upon my knees
picking up my broken heart
One. Two. Three. Forty-four pieces
time I guess I start
Got a hole in my soul…..
A hundred parts of heart
scattered all across the floor
when all of a sudden in a flash of light
you were standing in the door
I couldn’t quite believe my eyes
I must be dreaming. “Are you really there?
Back from across the river Styx
answer to my prayer?”
You’re holding out your hand
for all that I can see
there’s a hundred parts of my broken heart
you’re handing back to me
The night that you died,
I died a little too;
My heart broke into a hundred parts
not just in two.
Got a hole in my soul…..
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4. |
Too Many Memories
03:58
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5. |
Rosalee
03:56
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Rosalee, Rosalee
I can feel you looking down upon me
Rosalee
I can feel my heart pounding
I can tell you are near
I can feel your breath on me
I can tell you are there
Rosalee, Rosalee
I can feel you looking down upon me
Rosalee
I dreamt you were near me
I could feel you so close
and you wrapped your arms around me
then I awoke all alone
Rosalee, Rosalee…..
And I held you tight
as you closed your eyes
and I kissed your lips
as your breath ran out
and I covered your mouth
with my last dying wish
just to hold you tight
one last time tonight, and
to breath you in
and to hold your life
And to dance with you
and to sing with you
one last time
Rosalee, Rosalee…..
Rosalee, Rosalee
I can feel you looking down upon me
Rosalee
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6. |
Learning How to Live
04:22
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7. |
Love You Forever
03:58
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I’ll love you forever, forever ‘til the end of time
I’ll love you forever, now you’re forever on my mind
I’ll love you forever not just until death do us part
I’ll love you forever, now you’re forever in my heart
I’ll fall upon my knees, sing hosannas to the sky
without the sky the stars would cry
I’ll love you forever with all my heart
love you forever not just ‘til death do us part
Where you’ve gone, I cannot tell
but what you see is me staring through the flames of Hell
if the Lord has any mercy let his ever-loving light shine on you
I pray Dan Ba Lama brings your soul home to me when he’s through
I’ll fall upon my knees, sing hosannas to the sky…..
“No family secrets,” you always liked to say
the irony of it rings like a bell all through my head
so I climbed up on the mountain
to turn that prayer wheel again
and raise up your soul to the place it began
I’ll fall upon my knees, sing hosannas to the sky…..
I dreamt I was awake but when I awoke I found that I’d been asleep
I dreamt I met your soul there now forever your soul I shall keep
I’ll love you forever, now I wonder what forever really means?
So I sat by a bubbling stream, forever means “through everything”
so I sat by a bubbling stream, forever means “through everything”
I’ll fall upon my knees, sing hosannas to the sky…..
I loved you forever from the very start
I’ll love you forever with all my heart
with all my heart
all my heart…..
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I dared to love you as you loved me
I dared to swim the cold, cold sea
I dared the sun set in the east
I dared to love so faithfully
I loved you so easily –
I saw the future through your eyes
I lived a life time in my disguise
I’d never known to be afraid
It’d never rained on my parade
I loved you so easily
baby blue, baby blue
How can you not honor a given fate
the transmigration of souls or heaven’s gate
the setting of the stone beside the pond
where I’ll dream of you and the great beyond
I loved you so easily
I love you so easily
So easily -
baby blue, baby blue
I felt a hand upon my heart
quench the flame that lit my life
and called out my name
and you sang a song as you flew away
I heard it clear as a bell you sang,
“I’ll love you ‘til we meet again”
Baby blue, baby blue
So I’ll put another log upon the fire
I’ll close my eyes and I’ll dream awhile
I’ll dance with you among the stars
and we’ll play our song on my guitar
I loved you so easily
I loved you so easily
So easily -
baby blue
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9. |
Angels of September
02:52
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It’s the Fourth of July down by the river
I woke up this morning I’ll forever remember
it’s the Fourth of July down by the river
brimstone and fire lit up the blue morning sky
It’s the Fourth of July in September and forever
I woke up this morning, I’ll forever remember
freedom burns brighter the eagle’s in flight
It’s the Fourth of July in September and forever
it’s the Fourth of July in September and forever
It’s morning in America
it’s mourning in America
it’s morning in America!
And forever we’ll remember
the Angels of September
In our American hearts,
we’ll remember forever,
Amen
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10. |
River Wide
05:17
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Down upon my knees, kneeling down in prayer
praying for dear life, praying to be free
of this busy world, of this busy life
down upon my knees, begging to be free
Standing at the counter, counting out my change
change is for the better, they say, but I’m begging just to please, please
please set me free of this busy world
down upon my knees begging to be free
Bring me some water from the river wide
I think I can see now to the other side
bring me some water, a ray of hope
sing to me softly as I walk home
There’s a ringing in my ears, so easy to forget
father’s are also sons, no simple arithmetic
there’s a thirsting on my lips, there’s an aching in my heart
bright light on the horizon, been there from the start
Bring me some water from the river wide…..
Knowing when to die, like a firefly
blinking off-and-on, on a summer’s night
knowing when to die, like a skipping stone
at the water’s edge, slipping out of sight
Bring me some water from the river wide…..
He’s got the whole world in his hands
he’s got blood on his brow
there’s a bright light on the horizon
I think I see him now
Bring me some water from the river wide…..
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11. |
I Will Follow You
03:18
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I will follow you
through the green fields of our dreams
I will follow you
along the high meadow streams
I will follow you
I will follow you
And you’ll call to me
like a bird song on the wing
and you’ll call to me
through the golden aspen leaves
and you’ll call to me
and I will follow you
And I’ll still dream dreams
of our faraway youth
and I’ll paint rainbows
of my life with you
in colors true
I will follow you
I will follow you
to the pristine mountain lakes
I will follow you
down the trails where we raced
I will follow you
I will follow you
And I’ll still dream dreams
of our faraway youth…..
And you’ll call to me
your blond hair in the breeze
and you’ll call to me
your body pure and free
and you’ll call to me
And I will follow you
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12. |
Just In Time
05:08
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She just stands there
talking quietly to herself
replaying the ups and downs
of a lifetime
standing on the shoulder
of the road
a hitchhiker with her thumb out
in the night
Searching her heart to remember
the choices in love she had made
praying a set of headlights
would surrender
for a hitchhiker alone
in the rain
Just in time
just in time
just in time
She got three kids and a man
who adore her
but Papa John got sick and died
in spring
now Marijane just can’t
seem to get over it
and her brother lost his job
again
Then out of an open door she heard
“Where you headed?”
“I’m headed to my hopes
and life’s dreams…”
“I’m going in the same direction,
let’s get started…”
And the headlights played a rainbow
in the rain
Just in time…..
An she’s standing in the midst
of fading memories
trying to read the signs
she left so far
behind
she can’t even remember
how or when she left
the well traveled road
and struck out
on her own
Just in time…..
And the desert road stretched on
forever
covered in a mist
and full moon
with all the hopes and the dreams
of a lifetime
reflected in her eyes
she turned home
reflected in her eyes
she turned home
reflected in her eyes
she turned home
Shanti, shanti, shanti
Om…..
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13. |
Love You Just The Same
04:05
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Mi Dieu perdona
Mi Dieu perdona
Mi Dieu perdona
Mi Dieu perdona
I woke up in the early morning
heard you call my name
I ran down the hallway
found the flowers in the vase
Saw the light behind the door
full of Angels in the air
on wings I flew to the water’s edge
and found you resting there
What were you dreaming
sweet child of dear life?
Where have you flown
my darling
where did you call
my name
on the other side of daylight
I’m crying
“I’ll still love you just the same.”
I covered your mouth
as your soul breathed out
and parted on the wind
broken hearted I could not bear
to see a new day dawn again
The rock divides the river
into streams that rush apart
they will join again forever
in the sea’s unbroken heart(*)
What were you dreaming
sweet child of dear life?
Where have you flown
my darling….
“I’ll still love you just the same…..”
(*)”Fair Ladies at A Game of Poem Cards” by Monzaemon Chikamatsu (Japanese Playwright,
1653-1725, famous for writings on ‘love suicides’)
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14. |
My Mind's Eye II
06:39
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I can hear the church bells ringing
I can hear the bagpipes cry
when I hear the church bells ringing
I can see you in the sky
I go ah, ah, ah
I go ah, ah, ah
I can feel your arms reach out for me
when I turn out the light
I can feel your arms reach out for me
from across the other side
And I go ah, ah, ah.....
And I can see you in the sky
I can see you in my mind’s eye
And I can see you in the sky
I can see you in my mind’s eye
I am drowning in the water
all bottled up inside
I’m beginning to lose your memory
from across the other side
And I go ah, ah, ah…..
And I can see you in the sky
I can see you in my mind’s eye
And I can see you in the sky
I can see you in my mind’s eye
And I can see you in my mind’s eye
and I can see you in my mind’s eye
I can hear the church bells ringing
I can hear the bagpipes cry
when I hear the church bells ringing
I can see you in the sky
And I go ah, ah, ah…..
And I can see you in the sky
I can see you in my mind’s eye
And I can see you in the sky
I can see you in my mind’s eye
And I can see you in my mind’s eye
and I can see you in my mind’s eye
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