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1. Gentle Rebellion
(Prichett)

Its not about keeping silent
When you know there's something wrong
No one wants to start a confrontation
But it doesnt help to simply walk away
You might not be heard; 
that's a chance that you take
Somethings got to give
or else its going to break

You pray some gentle rebellion
will finally take a hold 
Gentle rebellion
so kind and so bold

We can change the guard again
but it all ends up the same
what is made from violent means
will come crashing down again
The secrets in our hearts
the locks on our front doors
Somehow rebellion still gets in

And it weeps for the troubles
we've been through
and it laughs for the joy
we could be
There is some gentle rebellion
waiting to be found 
gentle rebellion
no waiting at all

Do we let them convince us 
that the only way is war?
Does it all become a contest to be won?
We can lay upon the gears 
We can simply refuse
We make our way and keep our dignity
So much is gained in the day to day
so many willing to die 
but are we willing to live?

Like some gentle rebellion
we build with our lives
Gentle rebellion
one day at a time

2. Cemetery
(Decker)

I like walking in the cemetery
It's so beautiful there in the spring
buttercups are blooming everyplace
and the grass is thick and green
I appreciate the company of the dead
I heard it was Don Juan who said
keep death upon your shoulder
it will remind you to love

Sitting quiet with her heart 
a thought welled up in her one day
what if someone drops a bomb 
have I said all I must say
"No" her heart cried out to her
it really must be said
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you

I like walking in the cemetery
it's so beautiful in the summer
I throw a frisbee with a friend 
and we look at the sky and wonder
I appreciate the company of the dead
I think it was Don Juan who said
keep death upon your shoulder 
it will remind you to love

Complacent ice, hard and cold
protection from the fear
but like the sun that melts
a thought that helps
is that soon none of us will be here
is she ready for the time when the one
she takes for granted is dying?
remembering she holds a friend 
and whispers, 
"Thanks for this moment we're sharing"

I like walking in the cemetery
it's so beautiful there in the fall
the changing leaves fall from the trees
like they do from us all
I appreciate the company of the dead
I went and read the page where Don Juan said
keep death upon your shoulder
it will remind you to love

Considering the folks she hurts
while struggling to be happy
she hopes they find it in them to forgive her
and as far as she's concerned
when she reflects upon the ending
all will be forgiven
the strongest feeling is love

I like walking in the cemetery
its so beautiful in the winter
the cold contented tombstones 
sing the praise of friends and strangers
I appreciate the company of the dead
I thank Mr. Don Juan who said
keep death upon your shoulder
it will remind you to love

The cold contented tombstones
reminding me to love

3. Shantytown
(Zeiler/Prichett)

Gentle sun rising as you walk to school
who imagined a battlefield
It was only just a stone's throw away
everywhere broken glass
You know tales are told 
and spin doctors will spin
but no one can tell you 
what you've seen 
or where you've been
In Shantytown

A rising tide in Soweto
a wave of resistance brought us to our feet
I thought we were just reaching out
Don't look now
we're all in Shantytown
The nightly faces of resistance
children on the frontlines warriors
for Shantytown

Across the ocean we hear you 
over the years we've come to know you
so well

By the dawn's early light
come fill your mind with knowledge so precious that wars were waged
and don't let school prevent your education
check out those barricades
What side of the barricades were you on?
What side do we choose 
by what we do and do not do?
Defend your Shantytown

The night thinned our numbers
but steeled our resolve
we sang freedom songs
all night long
we knew that the hour had come 
when the blue line
just had to be crossed

Like a wave it came and washed our shores
and went back out to sea
We wait and watch and wonder
will the ocean bring another
Shantytown

4. Grey Girl
(Decker)

Hey my little addicted grey skinned girl, hold my hand
we're gonna try to find love
hey my little addicted grey skinned girl, don't despair
I think there's help out there
you need someone to rock you, girl
somebody to hold you up
I don't know nobody with arms that big
we've got to find someone with arms that big
hey my little addicted grey skinned girl, hold my hand
we're gonna try to find hope
I know its the blind leading the blind 
but I'll be your friend if you'll be mine
leave your hiding place behind 
show yourself, go for help, find hope
you can't hide behind me no more
and I won't be ashamed of you
put one foot in front of the other
searching for the magic that could heal this wound
hey my little addicted grey skinned girl, hold my hand
we're gonna try to find god
hey, my little grey skinned girl
searching for the magic that could heal this wound
hey, my little grey skinned girl
searching for the arms that could hold you 
oh, hold you

5. Endings
(Zeiler )

She told me his beauty was one
not to live without
twenty one isn't too young they'll marry
the baby already has his smile
Quietly, time slipped away
we lost touch, it seemed fine 
in its passing the years grew on
We are now too far along

chorus:
I want to fix all that's unfinished inside 
and still recognize your eyes on mine
before we let go 
I just want you to know 
that you will always
hold a part of me

Now you say ten years isn't too long
you speed through life 
things don't often reach you and 
neither did I
I'm a blur as you go by
We go through telephone lines not quite 
ringing true-but every song that 
I write has a part of you
a part of me I almost forgot

(chorus)

I can't find anymore of my old 
friends they changed their names
they moved off to the suburbs
new friends again. 
the paint isn't even dry on the wall
Life holds so many of our stories
remembered dreams.
All I can hope for is to be here presently
I can hold my wishes in my hands


6. Gardener
(Decker)

It's really hard not to go where my whims urge me to go
but I know what sort of person I'm longing to become
if I want to help anybody in the world before I die
if I want the suffering all around me to subside
I have got to be more conscious of the things I do and don't do
every little seed in time will flower
plant the ones that lead me down a path towards really helping
I am the garden but I'm also the gardener

In this very moment I reap fruit from choices past
choices for the future are made now
certain habits, deeply rooted, flourish in the heart of me
repetition, like the seasons, comes naturally
some of it's good, some of it's not
right now this is all I've got
but that doesn't mean it's all I'll ever be
choosing which part of me to act from 
is easier when I know what I want to become
I am the garden but I'm also the gardener

This planting of seeds is more subtle than it first appears
its not just about a dollar to the homeless man
it's about perceiving what's happening in this very moment
and then deliberately choosing to extend love 

It's really hard not to go where my whims urge me to go
but I know what sort of person I'm longing to become
if I want to help anybody in the world before I die
if I want the suffering all around me to subside
I have got to be more conscious of the things I do and don't do
every little seed in time will flower
plant the ones that lead me down a path towards really helping
I am the garden but I'm also the gardener

7. Fiddler's Creek
(Zeiler)

Tell me where are you going
and I will go with you there
See I've left all my worries behind
and I'd like to lay down my cares

Fragile as the morning
as it reaches to uncover the night
Lonely as my heart
When we say goodbye

Teach me softly how to walk with you
I will listen as I go beside
And I will show you
how I wanted to touch you 
alongside Fiddler's Creek tonight

(chorus)

Patience taught me about wisdom
Wisdom showed me what little I knew
But now I know enough to be here
through these awakened moments
walking through life with you

8. Sweet Reminder
(Zeiler/ Prichett)

I was there so close 
I almost lost myself
perceiver and perceived
Then when you finally slipped away
I knew you couldn't have gone too far
So I looked to the clouds and they told me
and the birds sang songs of life
and I wondered how you would speak to me 
from the other side

Sweet Reminder-be enough
bring me back to my senses
bring me back to a higher mind

I get all caught up in surviving
trying to do what I must do
Sometimes I forget what I'm here for
Sometimes I forget what I want
I pray for divine intervention
and It  always seems to come
It might not be just what I wanted 
but it's always what I need

Be my beacon be my light
bring me back to my senses
bring me back to a higher mind

maybe you're a breeze that's blowing
maybe you appear in a child's dream
maybe youre the timing of the seasons
right now everything is sacred to me

She thinks I am getting spongey
cause I'm always looking for signs
Some message from the great beyond
some evidence to prove
we're not alone
So if you find me talking to spirits
don't let it scare you away
It's something I do to remember
sweet reminder light my way

Sweet Reminder be enough
bring me back to my senses
bring me back to a higher mind

9. Look Away
(Zeiler/Prichett)

Collin can't sleep
He awakes about three
and he waits for the morning to come
and just getting through 
all the parts of his day
so he can return to his waiting
Look away

She is leaving for Georgia
she said, "That's enough"
and her bags were already packed
She said the job's done 
her heart left
and as far as she sees
there's no reason to stay here
Look away

Chorus:
Struggle and strive and try, try again
it's a never ending wait
boxing these shadows and 
punching these walls
Why don't we feel free?
Look away

Yearning to know love 
and all she requires
to look in the face of love
the promise, the pain
the ultimate aim is to know her
Look  Away

Well you did work too hard 
and you claimed it was bad
that the point lost it's point long ago
there was nothing to do 
but just weather the storm
and in time
we'll try again
Look away

(chorus)

Old habits die hard 
and the years take a toll
and we learned to love the rain
still I'm always impressed 
by the love that we share
when we don't 
look away

10. You Bring Me
(Decker)

Everything changes
even hearts riddled with fear
slowly grow stronger
with patient warmth over years
my veiled eyes newly open
guarded ears newly willing
I saw you cross the bridge to me
I heard the depth that you were singing

You bring me music
you bring me flowers
you bring me poetry
and when I talk you listen closely
like I'm a fortune telling gypsy
someone sees the magic in me
and I can lean in
cause I see the magic in him

Everything changes
grief fades to love quietly
its been near by forever
but now loves descending into me
fear lurks and shoots
but it doesnt kill
if anyone can hasten its retreat
you will

You bring me honest 
you bring me patient 
you bring me hopelessly sincere
and when you talk I listen closely
cause you say things I want to hear
I can see the wisdom in him
and he can be free 
cause he sees the wisdom in me

You and I and dragonflies
suspended
blue green between us
are one with the lake and the day
the uncertainty and the yearning

You bring me water
you bring me questions
you bring me picnics under the sky
and when I talk you listen closely
like I'm the one who'll tell you why
love you see the brilliance in me
I'll open to you
cause I see your brilliance too

11. A Time Of Slowing Down
( Zeiler 1999)

Spring's come early on my street
Rain keeps dropping down
Everything smells so sweet
Windows are opened up in my room
The moon and stars 
are tucking me in, too

Chorus: 
Between the love and the giving
The shadows are long
Even when my eyes are closed
I can see you are listening

Some days my thoughts fly all around
other days I'm standing
with both feet on the ground
Sometimes I stumble when it's my turn
I have to slow down 
to take care of all I've learned

(chorus) 

If summer's late I don't mind
Dreamers and poets they always slow down the time
You look at me -a smile in your eyes
laughing at how people keep on surprising me

12. Close As I've Ever Come
(Zeiler/Prichett)

Just how alone it feels
when you're not there
hand to guide me
love to steer me by

chorus:
You are as close as I've ever come
as close as I've been 
and I don't know
if I'll ever come that close again

Love that truly loves never breaks
it only changes 
If we could recognize its face 
and see the possibilities
and never lose our love

(chorus)

May you love one day
complete and without restraint
may the wisdom of love 
help you know your way
let it heal the tender places

(chorus)

Maybe I will know again 
the calm of love's embrace
so close to my soul
so close

It's sure to be fine 
given time 
everything comes out right
for awhile
That's the nature of change 
We're all subject to change
each morning

13. Sing To The Angels
(Decker)

When I was a little girl, lying in my bed
mother came to turn out the lights and every night she said
sing with me daughter, sing till you fall asleep
we will sing to the angels little girl your soul for to keep
grew to be a woman found that life can be so cold
does anybody really give a damn?
It's a dog eat dog world
I remember when I was a girl singing for the angels to hear
I would sing with all my heart to keep the angels near

Chorus:
Sing to the angels
sing loud and clear
sing to the angels
maybe one day they'll appear
yeah yeah yeah.

Alice fell through a hole right into wonderland
kept her eyes open and made her way through 
a world she could not understand
things got scary things got strange, Alice she stayed strong
She knew someday she'd make her way back 
to the place where she belong
I know you Alice, I know just how you feel
every morning I wake up and wonder just what I'm doing here
I will not go back to the place I left behind 
but I will sing to the angels find some peace of mind

(chorus)

The other night I walked into the Anarchist Cafe
wondered to myself just what's an angel anyway
the artists and the activists, the teachers and the cooks
every act of love must go down in the angel books
I walked up to the microphone and I began to sing
to everyone who works for change and to forces unseen

14. Borrowed Clothes
(Prichett)

These borrowed clothes
have seen some places
that I will never see
These borrowed clothes
show every rip and tear
These borrowed clothes been everywhere

This blanket came from a thin old man 
who said this one he didn't need
the shoes and shirt came from a box 
on the side it said "free"
I slept last night in People's Park 
and this morning it looks like rain
If it weren't for Food not Bombs
I'd go hungry again

(chorus)

Well I'd like to be comfortable
but please don't let me be
so well fed and tended
that I forget another's need
No meal ever tasted as good 
as the one I thought I'd never see
no coat ever kept me as warm
as the one you gave to me

These clothes have seen some better days
but surely we can mend
don't give up on them just yet
we can wear those clothes again
In this world of give and take
there is one thing I've found
borrowed clothes go on forever
borrowed clothes come back around

15. Every Living Thing Is Vulnerable
(Decker/Zeiler)

Created with care over thousands of years
beauty lurks in the eyes and the hooves of a deer
but beauty's not seen by a pack of dogs
who chew off your ears while you scream
now you lie in the creek as still as the rocks
I watched you drown and I did not stop you
you were on your way and it seemed to me
to be kinder than the man with the gun

But I sang for you
though you did not hear
and I sang to the tree spirits
asking them to release your fear
every living thing is vulnerable
I'm powerless to change that
Still I sing for you

The child comes to school all battered and bruised 
by our culture's obsession with things
learning young not to look for peace in his heart 
but in what the external world brings
now you sit in the classroom, facing the wall
headed straight for disaster
we're letting you fall
You'll bring down a piece of our world when you go 
So I offer you one of the liferafts I know

And I sing with you
though you may not hear
we sing for your spirit
may it rise above fear
every living thing is vulnerable
I'm powerless to change that
Still I sing with you

My mind runs wild as water
and the pain in me goes deep
sometimes I lash out at those I love 
and cry out in my sleep
if I hurt you, please forgive me
when I'm crying, will you hold me 
when I'm dying and on the day I die

Will you sing for me
though I may not hear
because if I do
you will comfort my fear
I don't care if you're in tune
the kindness in your voice comes through
will you sing for
every living thing is vulnerable
I'm powerless to change that
will you sing for me?

16. Stand Tall
(Prichett )

Stand tall
by the water
know no fear
or lonliness
let this love 
cross you over
Let this song bid you

Well I can recall the love you give
Well I can recall the time
Well I can recall the love you give
Well I can recall the time