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It’s the life I lead
Yeah it’s the life for me
This life I lead
It’s the life for me
Cause I’m right here
You are near me
We are one I hear
the pace quietly drumming
just you and me
Standing closely
And you said you see
it’s a gift feeling whole.
CH: Cause I’m right here
And you are near
it’s music to my ears
a new song is playing
Today I saw you.
Today I hear two
you are green and I am blue
watch the river strumming
I love your voice my dear
it’s The war I can’t hear
We were living in fear
a symbol was burning
CH: Cause I’m right here
And you are near
it’s music to my ears
a new song is playing
BRIDGE: TO END
I am here
and you are there
forever in tune
I’m so glad to meet you
let it out
let it out
I want to hear
everything you have to sing
Let it out
the note was long
In time our eyes
will have grown.
Moving on
moving on
It’s just you and me
we are
Moving on
where we belong
It’s just you and me
we are Standing closely
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Rabbits Crooning
01:55
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FROM COLORADO TO THE BAYOU
THE AMERICAS, INDIA OR AUSSIE LAND
THE SAHARA TO THE PILLARS OF EGYPT
ISRAEL AT ITS FINEST TO ALL OTHER PLACES TOO
IN THE WATER HERE ON LAND
IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME TO ME
THIS IS MY HOUSE AND MY FAMILY
THERE'S JUST ONE GREEN PLACE
TO COME ON HOME
….then I heard someone say
CH:
SHARE THE LOVE MY FELLOWS
THATS EVERYONE INCLUDED
SHARE LOVE MY FELLOWS
THATS EVERYONE INCLUDED
INSTRUMENTAL
IN THE MOUNTAIN
WHAT A SIMPLE SOUL
WITHOUT A VOICE TO SPEAK
LIKE YOU AND ME
THATS ALL LIFE INCLUDED
WERE ALL PART OF IT
SHARING THIS PLANET
WITH EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING
….and then I heard somebody say...
CH:
SHARE THE LOVE MY FELLOWS
THATS EVERYONE INCLUDED
SHARE LOVE MY FELLOWS
THATS EVERYONE INCLUDED
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V1:
Tried to get the word out
this part of THE story
YOU all know
i should reached out
should of taken action
with no meaning
it was all for nothing.
CH:
no need to despair
Everything changes in our life
take down your weapon of self destruction
you are beautiful
for who you are
V2:
sought out the suffering
it was all in the name of fear
so we were told
tried to be all we could be
we could be anything
they said we were nothing, what about the suffering
CH:
no need to despair
Everything changes in our life
take down your weapon of self destruction
you are beautiful
for who you are
INSTRUMENTAL
V3:
so they brought out their lies again
and the people listened in on it.
a lesson in imagination
a crowd yelling over and over
it was was the beginning
the beginning of ending
CH:
no need to despair
Everything changes in our life
take down your weapon of self destruction
you are beautiful
for who you are
TAG END:
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. THAT’S WHO YOU ARE.
you are beautiful just who you are.
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6. |
The Garden Grew
05:07
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V1:
G
WE FLED TO THE GARDEN
Em
FOR SANCTUARY FROM THE PAIN
G
WE PUT OUR FEET IN THE GROUND
Em
TO HEAL US AGAIN
G
I FELT THE BREEZE AND A LEAF
Em
FALL IN MY SHOULDER
Em
FULL OF LIGHT
G
WE FLED TO THE GARDEN TO FIND A
Em
LIFE AGAIN WE WERE HAPPY TO LIVE
V2:
Am C G
IT WAS THE BEST THING. WE EVER DID.
Am C G
AND FINDING YOU IS THE REASON I DID
Am C G
THRIVING TOOK US A WHILE WE GROW IN TIME
D
AND I EMBRACED.
G Em
A LOVE I COULD NOT TASTE OR IMAGINE
C D G
I FELT THE GARDEN GROWING IN.
V3:>>>>>
Em G
THE CLOUDS BLEW AWAY.
Em G
AND THE LAND IT SWEPT OVER YOUR FACE
Em
THE COLD IT BURNS THROUGH ME
G
YOU KEEP ME WARM IN BED
Em
WHEN THE COLD
G
IT SWEPT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
V4:>>>>>>>
Em G
NOW THE DARK’S TOO MUCH TO BEAR
Em G
AND MY HOPE FLOATS IN THE AIR
Em
THEY REACH US IN TIME
G
THE DAY GROWS NEAR
D
REACH FOR THE SKY
G
HERE’S TO ANOTHER LIFE
Em
YOU AND I
C D G
AND THE GARDEN KEEPS GROWING IN.
V5:
Am C G
WE FOUND THE SCARS ON YOUR FACE
Am C G
THEY WERE WRITTEN SOME OTHER PLACE
D
DOWN DEEP INSIDE
Am C G
WE SAW THE ACHING OF YOUR BACK
Am
WE WISHED WE COULD HAVE DONE MORE
C G
TO HELP YOU REACH UP TO THE STARS
V6:
D Am C G
I know I KNOW WE’VE BEEN HAVING A HARD TIME
D Am C G
I know, I KNOW WE’VE BEEN HAVING A HarD TIME RECENTLY
D Am C G
I KNOW. I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN MISSING YOU, YOU’VE BEEN MISSING ME
V7
D Am C G D
:….AND I SAW……. THE SCARS ON YOUR FACE…..
D Am C G D
THEY WERE MADE….. BY RIVERS CARVING A DEEP
D Am C
ETCH ON THE CREVICE OFYOUR SOUL
G D
MY HANDS HAD FELT THIS PLACE
Am C
AND I SAW THE EVIDENCE THAT THE RAIN
G D
HAD POURED OVER YOUR FACE
BRIDGE:
G Em
AND….. THE LEAVES FELL IN BLOOM
G
AND….
Em
THE GARDEN GREW
G
AND
Em G
OUR DREAMS GREW US INTO THE SKY
Em
AND
G
WE CLIMBED THROUGH ROCK, SAND AND
Em
AND
G Em
THE RAIN BENT OVER OUR ARMS
V7:
G Em
AND THE WAVES BROKE AND CRASHED INTO
G Em
SOME UN RHYME-ABLE TUNE
G
WE CAN’T STOP HUMMING & TAPPING.
Em G
WHEN EVERYTHING…. JUST WORKS OUT
Em
LIKE IT SHOUlD, LIKE TREE WHEN YOU
G
SING IT TO SLEEP
Em
AND THE WIND IS SWEET
G Em
WHEN THE PEOPLE COME OUT AND THEY TALK FREELY
G Em
WHEN WE LISTEN INTENTLY TO EVERYTHING
G Em
IN THE MOMENT WE ARE GROWING AND WE FEEL
WE FEEL
Gm>>>>>>>>>>>>>End
WHERE THE GARDEN GROW
& WE KNOW
3X END
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OH I CAN BE BETTER
I WANT TO GET BETTER
I WANT TO BE BETTER
I CAN FEEL & BE WELL
I CAN BE BETTER
I WANT TO GET BETTER
I CAN FEEL & BE WELL
OH I CAN BE BETTER
I WANT TO GET BETTER
I CAN BE BETTER
I CAN FEEL AND BE WELL
I’M IN A WELL
IN MY MIND
I CAN FEEL
I CAN FEEL
ALRIGHT
IT’S ALRIGHT
YOU DON’T WANT TO FIGHT
SO WE HEAL OURSELVES TONIGHT,
WE CAN HEAL OURSELVES TONIGHT
I CAN BE BETTER
I WANT TO GET BETTER
I CAN FEEL & BE WELL (2X)
DON’T HAVE TO FIGHT
BUT IF YOU WANT TO CRY
THAT’S ALRIGHT WITH ME
THEN LET’S SEE
WHAT WE’VE BEEN MISSING
WHILE WE’VE BEEN BUSY GRIEVING
AND WE’RE LIVING
THE PAIN WE’RE FEELING
OH I CAN BE BETTER
I WANT TO GET BETTER
I WANNA BE BETTER
I CAN FEEL AND BE WELL
I CAN BE BETTER
I WANT TO GET BETTER
I CAN FEEL & BE WELL
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Morgan Velasquez - Shame
05:18
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I try to reach out but I can’t speak
all the pain is growing in me.
I call out but you’re not there
the fear is gliding through the air
My voice is loud and you’re not near
so you can’t hear that we’re living in fear.
You don’t hear me. You don’t see me
and my cries they go unanswered
I can’t sleep. My heart is weak
I’m falling fast, somebody please catch me.
So if I try to let go of all of my pain
So what If I do, then I never had anything to gain
My mouth is holding all the other words I should have made
We’re a world apart and you never have anything to say.
If I could follow a trail of your blood
would it still be you would you know us
If we found you safe and sound
would you still want me around?
If I remember every heart ache
one thing we never did was break.
Our love runs deep then why can’t we
Seem to speak to one another
You don’t hear me. You don’t see me
and my cries they go unanswered
I can’t sleep. My heart is weak
I’m falling fast somebody please catch me.
So if I try to let go of all of my pain
So what If I do, then I never had anything to gain
My mouth is holding all the other words I should have made
We’re a world apart and you never have anything to say.
If they hadn’t touched my skin and burned deep
These old scars they’re the kind that breathe
and My shame put me in the closet
shut the door and then she locked it
threw away the key and buried me
in my own prison, which I still live in.
You don’t hear me. You don’t see me
and my cries they go unanswered
I can’t sleep. My heart is weak
I’m falling fast somebody please catch me.
they won’t let me sleep. My body bleeds
I’m falling fast somebody please catch me.
So if I try to let go of all of my pain
So what If I do, then I never had anything to gain
My mouth is holding all the other words I should have made
We’re a world apart and you never have anything to say.
You don’t hear me. You don’t see me
and my cries they go unanswered
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Gentle Voice
03:59
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V1:
YOUR GENTLE VOICE IS IN THE AIR
AND I FEEL FROZEN BY YOUR SOUND
YOUR GENTLE VOICE IS IN THE AIR
IT’S PUSHING DOWN ALL MY WALLS
V2:
YOUR GENTLE VOICE IS IN THE AIR
AND I’M STILL HOLDING TO THIS SOUND
I CANNOT COAX MY EYES FROM WHAT’S IN FRONT OF ME
MY FEET WON’T MOVE ACROSS THE GROUND
CH:
CLOSE MY EYES AND WHAT DO I SEE
YOUR LOVELY FACE STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
I JUST CAN’T SEE THE MOVE
I’M SUPPOSED TO MAKE
CAUSE YOU’RE THE ONE THAT I’D NEVER WANT TO BREAK
INST:
OIC
V3:
I OFTEN HEAR YOUR VOICE LIVING IN MY HAIR
I CRUMBLE IN YOUR EYES
YOUR TEARS ARE ACHING INSIDE OF ME
I CAN’T STAY AWAY FROM YOUR SMILE
CH:
CLOSE MY EYES AND WHAT DO I SEE
YOUR LOVELY FACE STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
I JUST CAN’T SEE THE MOVE
THAT I’M SUPPOSED TO MAKE
CAUSE YOU’RE THE ONE THAT I’D NEVER WANT TO BREAK
V4:
THE GUILT WAS LAID OVER MY EYES
IT’S DEMANDING I SERVE TIME
SO I FORGET THE GAMES WE KNEW
IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE LOST THE MORE WAS GONE AS WE GROW
CH:
CLOSE MY EYES AND WHAT DO I SEE
YOUR LOVELY FACE STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
I JUST CAN’T SEE THE MOVE
I’M SUPPOSED TO MAKE
:YOU’RE THE ONE I’D NEVER WANT TO BREAK: (2X)
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PART 1
THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW AT MY FINGER TIPS
FILLING MY PAGES WITH THEIR INTENSE PIGMENTS
MY ATTEMPTS SEEM FERTILE
GROWN AND BORN OUT OF
BUBBLE GUM MADNESS
I’M A DARKNESS THAT LIVES ON THE OUTSIDE
WAITING BY THE FRIGID AIR
I’M MY OWN BEST FRIEND
IN TOMORROW’S UNDERWEAR CLING CLOSER
THAN I AM REMINDED
TO STAY OPEN IN MY BRAIN
THIS LIFE
IS A COLOR FILLED A COLOR FILLED, A COLOR FILLED WAVE
IT’S A COLOR FILLED WAVE
THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW
AT MY FINGER TIPS
PART 2
:INSTRUMENTAL:
WE WERE SINGING DANCING AND
HATING THE OUTCAST WITHIN
OUTCAST I AM THE MAIN CLASS
I SEE WAKING MINDS IN THE STREET
TO THE BEAT OF A NEW DESTINATION
MY WEALTH AND HEALTH FLIES ON ABOVE ME
PART 1
THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW AT MY FINGERTIPS
PART 2
:INSTRUMENTAL:
WASHING WALLS
AND KILLING HALLS
GO FAR TO GET SOMEWHERE
WHERE I AM
IS HOW I HAVE MANIFESTED A DREAM
AND IDOLIZED PEACE
AND LOVING AND SOWING
MY SOUL I TRIP EYES SWELL
I’VE NEVER SEEN HELL
JUST CREATED MY OWN
SELF IN TOMB
WAITING AND GIVING MY LIFE
A SECOND SPOT
ANOTHER CHANCE
WORTH LIVING FOR
TO BE 100%
OPACITY ON AND SATURATED WITH ALL THE
PART 1
COLORS OF THE RAINBOW AT MY FINGERTIPS 2X
FILLING THESE PAGES WITH THEIR INTENSE PIGMENTS
COLORS OF THE RAINBOW AT MY FINGERTIPS
FINGERTIPS, FINGERTIPS 2X
THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW AT MY FINGERTIPS
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Into the Earth
08:11
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Tell the story of my life
and the salt in my eyes is churning
I don’t want to be this way
but the chain keeps on weighing me down
I can’t break out of this shell around me
I’m in deep so keep me
posted on what’s going on with you
What’s going on with you is what I look forward to.
Then I really got to thinking
what mess we’ve made of things
and my question is
Will we be able to lift us higher (I don’t know)
so that we may sing (yeah)
will we be able to lift us higher (yes we can)
so that we may see
It might best interest to go ahead shut up now.
But forces compel me
to just let it all out
the story of my life
It’s like a garden that grows and dies
and then is born every season
and it is born with every season
I am born in every season
here comes the rain
and it rains and rains and rains and rains 2X
Take me to the garden
take me to the garden
take me to the garden
take me to the garden
I always wanted to go down
into the earth
I see my birth
down in the dirt
I feel life move
up through my nose
into my toes
and my eyes are my own
why can’t we let it go on and on and on
why does it have to be Done
because we need, because we need
to start over start over sometimes
over in time
everything is over in time
and so it begins in its own time again.
and watch it grow in it’s own time
grow in your own time again.
LIFT ME UP
PUSH ME DOWN
FEED ME LIGHT
FREEZE ME NOW
I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT YOU
YOUR COLD TOUCH
THAT GETS ME INTO
OH ALL OF YOU2X
V1:
LIFT ME UP AND PUSH ME DOWN
FREEZE MY HEART INTO THE GROUND
ICY COLD BURNS MY SKIN
OH I LOVE YOUR PUNISHMENT
V2:
YOU AND I WILL NEVER PART
YOU LL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART
EVERY DAY THAT YOU’RE AWAY
I MISSING YOUR COLD EMBRACE
YOUR COLD EMBRACE
INST
CH:
LIFT ME UP
PUSH ME DOWN
FEED ME LIGHT
FREEZE ME NOW
I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT YOU
YOUR COLD TOUCH
THAT GETS ME INTO
OH ALL OF YOU2X
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These are the best 4 chords in the world
they are the best four chords in the world
they inspire change time to rearrange
the way we’ve been living.
Mix the minor with the major
It's life’s scale it’s an art
follow the sound of who you are. these are
the best four chords in the world
I’VE BEEN WONDERING why.
Up one half and down a whole
the arrangement of partnerships
Is the key role
You plus me equals we
and us together becoming one
with the mission we’ve been set on.
We don’t have a choice
we can’t let us lose our voice.
singing loudly, and make it about peace;
I still stand here, WE will be here for all eternity.
TheY are best 4 chords in the world
They are best 4 chords in the world
they remind me why I’m in this place
to find a pace and BRING LIFE together
seeking something I know but can’t remember.
Here for a reason to this place love again
to Love again
remind me to Love again
To Love again
INSTRUMENTAL
These chords are the fuel
that life and love thrive on best
We have the right to choose
Which side of the ground we live on.
which side of the choice we will loose
which will we lose
my love he said babe
I’ve been feeling down and I don’t care
about any of that news that we heard of yesterday
It all comes down to the same problems
we’ve been living in our trash and
swimming with dreams inside our bodies.
We’ve got to change
we’ve got to change
we’ve got to change
we’ve got to change, let’s move away
Let the spirit in you move
Hear it in your voice growing louder
feel it in your stomach
now let your mind grow higher.
Lift your soul Higher
First our spirits moved
We were living in the pipes
of our reality.
We yelled so our voice was heard
And then we got the fear to make it
more than make believe
When we arrived at this place of mine
we could realize and live life inspired
by these four chords
they are the best four chords.
they are the best 4 chords in the world
they are the best 4 chords in the world.
when that elephant put their ring around the moon.
so many stopped to listen we were all so moved.
and when I start to live life in tune.
there’s nothing that can stop me
from singing and playing this song.
Begin a life with less suffering.
so many paths to lose to many roads to walk on.
With the best 4 chords in the world
gets in my DNA and
now I’m changed.
one thing remains the same
We hear the bells again
it’s the same song we’ve been playing.
I feel it in my chest again.
the drive to keep on standing
where I belong
this world that I live on
sound and the light
that’s really what we’re made of
I can feel it in my heart I can feel it in my blood
let us live in the music
You Lead the way and bring us back home
Bring us back Home
Lead the way Home
Bring us back home.
we’ll be playing these best four chords in the world
till we’re old and gray and there's nobody left to care for us.
Singing these same old songs, making up rhythms and
telling about the one that brought us closer.
A life lived even longer
our love even stronger for these
4 chords.
play a song for me.
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WILL YOU FLY WITH ME
I KNOW WELL MAKE OUR WORLD OK
well talk about the good LIFE so IT NEVER FADES AWAY
Will You lift me up in the air where I can breathE.
I’ve been questioning if what I’m doing, for me,
is productive and fluid like fish or the trees
I’ve been living a dream
that I created on stealth
I looked to the future
and placed all bets on health
Its winning in me. it's constantly growing
PAUSE WITH INSTRUMENTAL
There are times when I think
maybe that no one here likes me
but i know that’s just my inner vision,
twisted, vindictive and frightening.
I find it within myself,
through trusting no one else.
This is a manifestation
of my greatest and worst attempted version of my health
something else,
just a vision ahead and road to fall on,
walking the path that I came here to dwell on.
I wish I were better and smarter and that the lyrics came more easily.
If I was eloquent and written they’d read my blog
and say oh damn I see” But I don’t have one.
Maybe I’d take another trip in your honor.
belittled and humble and awkwardly somber.
I’ve had no visions and walked far from the edge,
too timid to look over too rigid to bend.
If night is so dark when daylight keeps breathing,
can this be shut down everything that I’m seeing.
Please take it upon me to, notice my flaws.
I’ve got them in spades and I have no formal god.
My drama is few though I dream of iliberation,
a wonder a picture that would give me
a waking moment, joy to live strong and move on,
one meal of satisfactory knowledge
that cannot be forgotten
I’m waking I”m breathing
I just want to look up and realize that I’ve made all my dreams come true.
It could happen to you….
If it happened to you what would you do?
If you suddenly found that your thoughts
had come true.
If it was laid down brightly and begging for connection
what would it take to make a selection.
I look to myself for the answers I”m seeking.
But life sweeps me up it a shame I’ve been feeling
and eating and hating too much.
this throat builds obscenities
that never get launched.
I’ve choked on my peace and let sicken my war.
I’ve baited myself for that monster I wore.
too lazy to get up, I am uninformed
I will open that door and move freely among them
with strength that is knowledge
I will tear the whole wall down.
WE LIVE IN THE SKY
the secret is thoughts
the kind you feel on the inside
LOVING, vivid dreaming and happiness that resides
in the heart of the individual
in your being and every particle
nothing super complex
and nothing too simple.
just words, thoughts and feelings
that I’ve recently to let go.
another me , dancing, speaking freely.
a rhythm of life that grows only farther
this journey I’ve laid out. with you we can fly even higher.
higher and higher we fly
we live in the sky
making our day come to life.
You held me up so I could breath 2X
WE CAN FLY EVEN HIGHER
COME TRUE 2X
higher and higher we fly
we live in the sky
making the day come to life.
You held me up so I could breath 2X
I JUST WANNA LOOK UP AND REALIZE I MADE ALL MY DREAMS
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF IT HAPPENED TO YOU
IF YOU SUDDENLY FOUND THAT YOUR THOUGHTS HAD COME TRUE
IF IT HAPPENs it happened it could happen to you
higher and higher we fly
we live in the sky
making the day come to life.
You held me up so I could breathE
higher and higher we fly
we live in the sky
making the day come to life.
You held me up so I could breathE 5X
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Sweet Radish Antonito, Colorado
Independent husband & wife folk group formed in 2010 with roots in agricultural and industrial folk. We produce music from our Off-Grid Organic Permaculture Farm Animal & Wildlife Sanctuary. Profits from music sales and live performances go to our animals. Our music is produced using Solar Power. We love humanity, animals and nature! We write songs about our home, pain, healing, life and love. ... more
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