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Dreaming
04:15
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In a dream, on empty streets, I walk alone.
Street lamp lights push back relentless dark
From deep within a vision bursts and startles me.
Visions in darkness.
Visions in darkness.
Brilliant but somehow dark.
Visions in darkness.
Real but eluding touch.
Visions in darkness.
I have become a bird of prey soaring high.
Cloud veiled moon illuminates the prairie snow.
Far below a tiny mouse looks up at me.
Power and weakness.
Power and weakness
dissolve into nothing at all.
When seen as two parts
of an ever-evolving one.
Power and weakness
From a dream I awaken next to you.
Moonlight falls across your sleeping face.
From deep within emotion stirs and rises high.
Awakened by silence.
Silence awakens
love hiding deep within
Silence awakens
love to be free again
Silence awakens.
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Today is the Day
03:54
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For just 3 minutes I could sing you a song
and sing it from the heart.
Not worry if I sing in perfect pitch
or play each chord just right.
For just 3 minutes I look up from the road
and see where it’s taken me
Look at all this baggage I’ve got
figure out what I need to keep.
Today is the day to make the minutes count
And not carry on about how these minutes ran away
Today is the day I take a moment to be.
I said today is the day to take a second to see
Just what this life means to me.
For just 3 minutes watch the river flow.
See it finds it’s way
‘round rocks and trees and on to the sea
by the laws of gravity.
For just three minutes put my worries aside.
I take your hand in mine
Look back at the past and see no matter what,
it all turned out just fine.
Today is the day to make the minutes count
And not carry on about how these minutes ran away....
Today is the day I take a moment to be.
I said today is the day to take a second to see
Just what this life means to me.
INSTRUMENTAL
Today is the day to make the minutes count
And not carry on about how these minutes ran away....
Today is the day I take a moment to be.
I said today is the day to take a second to see
Just what this life means to me.
Just what this life means to me.
Just what this life means to me.
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Heart Song
03:17
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My eyes open slowly in the morning.
Radiant sun breathes warmth in my room.
Love of my life breathes so slowly.
Her beautiful face sets my soul singing…
Singing Doot n Doot n doo….
Sweat pours from the father’s brow.
She’s been here in labour 18 long hours.
Now a little baby girl has just been born.
The family celebrates love’s fire glowing.
Singing Doot n Doot n doo….
Nervous looking guy at the airport gate.
If he holds those flowers any tighter he’s gonnna crush them.
They see each other but she is trapped in customs.
All she’s got to declare is in her heart song.
Singing Doot n Doot n doo….
Here we are a bunch of friends together.
Leaving life’s burdens on the doorstep.
Let’s make a little magic that will lighten our hearts.
Learn this little tune and sing along.
Singing Doot n Doot n doo….
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I Lean on You
03:48
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What do you do when you’re angry,
hands tremble in rage.
Feel like the world’s gone crazy,
you’re a lion just pacing the cage.
What do you do when you’re tired,
of fixing everything that is broke?
You’re trying to find that old fire,
a miracle or some kind of hope.
Some people pray to Jesus.
Some ease their mind with drink.
Some will run, some will tell us how to think.
But Baby... I lean on you.
Can’t promise I’ll act like Angel,
when demons sneak in the back door.
They’ll bring it all back, all the crap from the past,
stabbing my soul to the core.
Sometimes I feel I can take it.
Sometimes, blindsided, I crash.
Sometimes I feel like I made it,
but find that it’s still a big mess.
Some people use meditation.
Some doctors swear by medication.
Some will seek, a little peace in copulation
But Baby, I lean on you.
Don’t know why you hung on.
Don’t know why you stayed.
Just know that I’m so grateful
that I could lean on you.
What do I do when I’m angry,
hands tremble in rage.
Feel like the world’s gone crazy,
I’m a lion just pacing the cage.
What do I do when I’m tired,
of fixing everything that I broke?
I’m trying to find that old fire,
a miracle or some kind of hope.
Baby I lean on you. Baby I lean on You
Don’t know if it’s fair
but I'm so glad you're there
Baby I lean on you.
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Beyond Your Grasp
03:32
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All her life she was told she would fail.
So it hurt so much more when she fell
But a voice in her soul told her
“ Just push on through,
and soon your big dreams will come true “
Faith was hard to find in her soul,
when mountains made her feel small.
Oh how sweet at the long journey’s end
to know she gave more than her all .
Every morning he went off to work
never minding his boss was a jerk.
His family came first. Expected no lucky breaks
knowing so much was at stake ....
Hope was hard to find in his heart.
Like a grain of sand he felt small
Oh how sweet at the long journey’s end
to know he gave more than his all
You know a life that matters
doesn’t happen by chance.
It’s not a matter of circumstance.
It’s by reaching beyond your grasp
When we falter, when we feel weak.
When nobody hears when you speak.
Go back to the things that impassion your soul
And please don’t forget to just breathe.
Love can be hard to find in your heart.
Down on your knees you crawl
But oh how sweet at the long journey’s end
to know you gave more than your all.
But oh how sweet at the long journey’s end
to know you gave more than your all.
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My Lady and Me
03:40
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My Lady and me
Go together like the shore and the sea
Water flooding in.
Sand castles swept away in the tide.
My lady and me
Go together like the wind in the trees
Air and leaves encounter.
Wind and bough dance softly in the sun
( Instrumental )
My lady and me
Go together like the sweet harmony
Interwoven notes set free
Singing words of joy in the sun
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How We Used To Dance
01:48
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Went On Home
03:50
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Climbed high in the mountains.
Thought I heard God’s voice in the breeze.
But when I turned around there was nothing there
But this narrow path winding up from the trees
So I went on home went on home.
Saw a world of wonders, but I went on home.
I haven’t seen anything that felt as true
as going home to be close to you
Worked a long while in the desert.
Thought the desert people wanted cool cool shade.
But when I turned around, it was water they sought.
I had nothing to give and nothing to trade.
So I went on home went on home.
Saw a world of wonders, but I went on home.
I haven’t seen anything that felt as true
as going home to be close to you
Pushed my canoe into the river.
A summer to find my place in time.
And as the river flowed, the secret it showed :
Our place in time cannot be defined
So I went on home went on home.
Saw a world of wonders, but I went on home.
I haven’t seen anything that felt as true
as going home to be close to you
^ In empty rooms I wrote my songs.
Hoping to share a common point of view.
Wondered if I sing, would it mean anything
But when the songs were done, I came home to you
So I went on home went on home.
Saw a world of wonders, but I went on home.
I haven’t seen anything that felt as true
as going home to be close to you
as going home to be close to you
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Discover Yourself
04:17
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Looking up at the mountains.
They seem etched on eternity.
But gentle rain and years return
the mountains to the sea.
Warm your face in the sunshine.
Hear the birds in the trees.
Waste of time to be worried about
all those you want to appease.
You are created with love in your heart
and so you are not like anyone else.
So discover yourself.
Discover the family of man
and I will discover me with you.
( Instrumental )
Leaves in the breeze are dancing.
Celebrate this summer day.
Let go of the things you were made to believe
Today we find a new way
( Instrumental )
We are created with love in our hearts
and so you are much like everyone else.
So discover yourself.
Discover the family of man
and I will discover me with you.
You are flowing and growing, sorrowing and laughing
because of people you love and people you hate.
They’re all people who will help you…..
to discover yourself.
Discover the family of man.
and you will discover me with you.
( Instrumental )
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Wheels
04:43
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Morning fog filters the rising sun
as I stare, clear eyed, into white circle of light.
Purest light of dawn reminds me of larger cycles
which have eluded my night narrowed vision
Now I see wheels within wheels.
New light grows out of darkness.
Are these collisions of circumstance
or designs too huge to comprehend
In these wheels within wheels ?
The precision of seasonal cycles
pulse the wheelworks of nature through time.
Yet, in abhorrent arrogance we seem to be so primitive.
Dazzled by shiny trinkets and blinded
to these wheels within wheels.
Treasures within poverty.
Are these collisions of circumstance
or designs too huge to comprehend
in these wheels within wheels ?
In the vortex wheel of chaos,
we’re swept along like leaves in fall.
In our fear of so much we can‘t control,
open hands are soon withdrawn.
Where flood, and fire and storms destroy,
time and nature soon reveal
wheels of pain within wheels that heal.
Wheels of earth within wheels of sky.
Face thrust upward in baptism of rain.
Lightning looks like cracks in this dark cacoon of sky.
Oh brilliant light, from somewhere far beyond,
brings tears of joy that fall into pools of rain at my feet
Forming wheels within wheels.
Moving through all time.
Sparks from collisions of circumstance
swirl in designs too huge to comprehend
In these wheels within wheels.
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Moonrise
04:09
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See the moon rising. Burning so bright in the darkest night
See the moon rising. Burning so bright in the darkest night
Peaceful light, pierce my heart and soul
See the moon rising. Burning so bright in the darkest night
See the moon rising. Burning so bright in the darkest night
Peaceful light, cleanse my heart and soul
( Instrumental )
See the moon rising. Burning so bright in the darkest night
See the moon rising. Burning so bright in the darkest night
Peaceful light, fill my heart and soul
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12. |
Just Want To Sleep
02:30
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4 am, I’m driving.
Tired.
Dropped my kids along the way.
Man we had a good time.
Gone too fast.
But now I just want to sleep
These last miles seem to last
forever.
Alone , it’s hard to stay awake.
The road was long and sometimes
hard and rough.
But now I just want to sleep
I’ve nothing left to give. Gave it all along the way.
Got us lost but we found our way.
Of all the beauty seen and all the stories made
My family shone brighter than it all
( Instrumental )
Edge of dawn on the horizon
One more mile and I’ll be home.
No thought about tomorrow's worries
‘cause now I just want to sleep
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Paul Bezooyen Parksville, British Columbia
Hi Folks,
My musical career has revolved around songwriting and studio work. For many years I've enjoyed
producing my own music and & the music of others at my record label "The Hermit's Music". My joy lies in creating and collaboration. I Hope you enjoy my work & the work of other artists on our record label, (see link below) and that you might consider purchasing and sharing some of it. Cheers !
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