There's no goin' back now / Let's not get this one wrong
Let's work on our tomorrows / Let's keep on movin' on
We only have tomorrow / If we keep on movin' on
So look ahead my brother / My sister take my hand / It is with truth we see a change / All across the land
And as that circle widens and goodness starts to flow / Voices speak of better things, and truth is all we know...
And as that circle widens and the goodness starts to flow / As voices speak of better things / And truth is all we know
(Can we vote on whether or not we want Let's keep movin' on repeated in the chorus? See comments please.)
Didn't meet a stranger there / But different points of view
Met familiar people there / And some that came on strong
Yeah we felt the happy / We felt the sad
We saw the goodness / We saw the bad
Let's do the work / Let's think it through
I looked back and said goodbye / Then I moved forward strong / Sang it out to the people there / Said let's keep hanging on
I looked back and I said goodbye / Then I stepped forward strong
Remembering those better times / The smiles, the laughs, the place
We all know what it feels like to wanna give up / When the news gets so heavy and you feel like enough's enough
I seek the wild ones now / To learn a trick or two
/ Coyotes mate for life / Not like we mortals do
I can't accept this fate / Is this my destiny /
This unforgiven man / Wandering endlessly
(I hear some kind of ahhh-eww at the end or something to howl into the abyss.)
I'm far, so far from home, But I can see the light
/ I go to meet my own / She disappears from sight
Her beauty pulls me in / Transported by the light / I turn from my past sin, believing love’s alive
(Merilee cred for transported)
Her beauty pulls me in / I walk there towards the light
I turn from my past sin, believing love's alive
My hazy, blushing, bride / I shake my head and squint
Is all this just mirage / Or somewhere that we've been
The morning brings a vision / Oasis on the crest / Forgiveness rides the desert breeze as her beauty takes my breath
A vision there upon the crest / Her beauty beating in my chest / The wild ones hushed, they still don't see / Forgiveness on the desert's breeze
Could this be a vision, there atop the crest
A beauty worthy of the light that shines upon my breast
The wild ones hushed in silence, they still don’t see a thing
I seek the oasis, the forgiveness that it brings
The truth wins out most every time / Let this not be my plight / Sun-kissed girl, bring forth your grace and save me from this night
The truth will out most every time / Let this not be my plight
She is my only saving grace from this wretched night
The morning brings the sunlight, the heat, coyote's rest / But will it bring redemption from my love's bequest
The morning brings the sunlight / The heat, coyote's rest / The echo of a lover's song beats within my chest
The desert cries at night / Until the sun is risen /
My tears dry up inside / From my one bad decision /
I walk this path alone / It's lonely like a prison /
I broke my true love's heart / She left me unforgiven /
I walk this path alone / It’s lonely like a prison / I broke my true love’s heart / She left me unforgiven
(Fun fact: Coyotes mate for life.)
I walk this path alone / It’s lonely like a prison / I broke my true love's heart / She left me bare and unforgiven
I walk this path alone / It's lonely like a prison / This destiny's my home / Bare and bleak and unforgiven
They don't grant me/us mercy /They gut me/us with precision / The judgement's all been squared and done / As I/we lay here unforgiven
(I'm coming at this from an environmental slant. If so, it would change "my soul" etc., from the second verse to "our souls." Mother Nature's mad! If I've confused you, sorry!)
He knows I'm here and knows I'm near but doesn't let it show / He's waiting in the cold night air for the frozen kiss of snow (It does snow in the desert! Unforgiven!)
Will you be emailing a link for tomorrow's live stream?
Say all the things that we need to say
To get through this the best that we can
But I'm missing things...
Let go of the whys, what ifs and goodbyes
Just to be with you while I can
But I'll be missing things...
And I need to let your know
That I'll be doing the best I can
But I'll be missing things...
While I search for the whys, what ifs and goodbyes
That I just don't understand...
All we've got is the here and now
And I've never felt alone
You've always been home to me
And as I watch the light fade away from your eyes / I'm searching for whys and what ifs and goodbyes / Love only gets stronger the farther you go down the line...
And I'm missing things / And it feels like everything
And grief is just love with nowhere to go / But you're here right now and I hope you know / The love of a mother is a love we never outgrow
Yeah, I'm missing things / And it feels like everything
I'm searching for whys and what ifs and goodbyes /
As these memories are welling right up in my eyes /
And you drift in and out of the here and the now with me...
I'm missing things / And it feels like everything...
But were sitting here now / And I realize / There's light in your eyes
/ With your hand in mine / And this / Feels like home to me / Making sweet memories...
(Not sure about the memory line as that's what she's missing. ? But... that's what he's hanging on to. ?) Complicated.
And I'm searching for whys and what ifs and goodbyes
And I'm missing the light that once shone in your eyes
I feel lost... what do I do... without you
Yeah I'm missing things, And it feel like everything...
I remember you lifting me up so that I could reach
The first time I placed that gold star on our Christmas tree
Do you remember my prom and how nervous I was that whole day
I’m missing you now, but I’m right here and holding your hand
On the edge of the bed, trying to understand
I'm missing you now, but I'm right here and holding your hand
We still have the star from the top of that Christmas tree
I remember you lifting me up so I'd be able to reach...
I still have those trains, your grandsons now play with them
When they're older, I'll give them that picture you keep by your bed
I remember you laughing in the kitchen most every night
With dad looking on, back when everything was alright
I remember you laughing in the kitchen most every night
Dad would smile too as he looked on at you back when everything was alright
I remember the first time you slept in your big boy bed
Almost made it to morning but awoke up to your sleepy head,,,
Dad and I smiled...
And I'm feeling lonely right now, and I'm feeling scared
We're both searching for whys and what ifs and gooodbyes
That we don't understand
Yeah...
I feel alone right now and I'm feeling scared
We’re both searching for whys and what ifs and goodbyes
That we can’t explain
Yeah…
I feel alone right now
And I'm feeling scared 'cause you're feeling it too
We're both searching for whys and what ifs and goodbyes
That we can't explain
Yeah...
I feel so lonely now
And I can see in your eyes that you feel it too
We're both searching for whys and what ifs and goodbyes
But we're not ready yet...
Yeah we're both missing things
I feel so lonely... and you're looking lost
And the fear is so real when the memory's been tossed
And the heart starts to break but it still feels the love
When you it wakes...
(Can't stop adding a line. Sorry. Not sorry!:))
And it makes me feel scared
When I see in your face that you’re in the same pain as me
The names and the places, familiar faces, and the times we shared…
(I took the liberty of adding an extra line.)
And it's makes me feel scared
When see in your face that you're in the same pain as me
The names and the places, familiar faces, and the times we shared...
(I took the liberty of adding an extra line. Oops!)
The blanket was blue 'cause you and dad knew who I'd be
And I see you struggling now with that sweet memory, it's me
Yeah, we're missing things...
Your tears hit the glass, our newborn in your lap and I knew
You just couldn’t bring up her name but you knew that she loved you too
And now your…
Your tears hit that glass washing over the past and I knew
You just couldn't bring up her name but you knew that she loved you too
And now your...
You held on so tight and I was left holding a dream
Precious new life, the best thing that we'd ever seen before
Now we're missing things...
You were holding yourself, I was left holding a dream
Precious new life, sweetest thing we'd ever seen before
Now we're missing things
You hide it away thinking that pain's gonna end / But it always comes back and you'll never lose track of a love like that...
As you sat on the edge of the bed not letting me in
Something had changed and you just weren't the same woman then
Let's break on through... there's no going back
We've done this before and that's a fact
Come with us now... where love can be found (I'd sing LOVE on an up note)
In the American underground...
So hold on tight and take my hand / We'll need all we can get / Yeah everything is broken down but it's not over yet... No... it's not over yet
And we can't turn this pain around if we can't take the wheel / And we can't turn the underground into something everyone will feel... (Goes softer on next 2 line musically/vocally) Unless we come together / Practice what we preach / Take back all the goodness that was made for you and me...
We have to start to teach again / To make the good more clear again / To quell the greed that only seeks to help itself to thrive
So hold on tight and take my hand / We'll need all we can get / Yeah everything is broken down but it's not over yet...
It takes more than a village, it takes more than one hand / It's gonna take a lot of us to fix this broken land
And we've been pushin' goodness hard against this broke machine / Don't you dare avert your eyes or silence voices as you sing...
A single seed well planted / Can move a lot of dirt
The anger feeds the tension/It pulls hard on both sides
But if you pay attention/You'll see the clear divide
...the toys and the yachts that the rich are playin' in (See comment below - this is a second couplet to Merilee's line)
I'm sitting here and I can't believe all the same lines they're still throwing at me
Right up and left while left held on tight
How did we ever end up in this fight
Right isn't left and left sure aint right
How did we ever end up in this fight
How many generations, how many people die
How many children take the loss as greed goes marching by
(Title idea) Where's The Door?
I look out the window but I'm not sure what I see...
And when the threat is gone and we carry on looking towards a new horizon / Taking all our pain into this refrain to make it a little lighter... 'Cause only love...
And when the threat is gone and we're safe from harm and with each other / Let us stand together take the next contagious step together
And somewhere deep inside of this pain we'll find our hearts still beating / We'll look back at our mistakes and try not to repeat 'em...
And when this storm is over / And when the coast is clear / We won't forget the ones we lost / They'll always be right here...
Together we can change this / We can rearrange it
Heart to heart is where we stand...
(Heart to heart credit to Keith Curtis!)
But the darkness looks much brighter as we go... (Morgan, just my two cents - when I sing your melody and sing "in the chaos," taking it lower, it sounds really cool to me and punches up the hook.) IMO. Thanks!
When you cannot hold your loved ones / When you cannot touch a hand
When the front line heroes find their way back home / When we take that breath and no one's left alone
Let it be courageous / And wrap us in its arms
When you cannot hold your loved ones / When you cannot touch a hand / When you're feelin' lost and lonely / And you don't quite understand
What if we turn this all around / turn this heartache upside down / to save us/ then make it contagious
One chance for a brand new start / In one world living heart to heart
(Second line is Keith's with permission) Nothin' like last minute lyrics! ?
One chance for a brand new start / Living in one world / Living heart to heart...
One chance for a brand new start / Living in one world / sharing heart to heart (Heart to heart from Keith with permission.)
As we take that breath and no one's left alone / And the front line heroes have found their way back home
As we take that breath and no one’s left alone / And the front line heroes have found their way back home / (keithcurtis with permission) As the best and worst of mankind has passed us by / Remember the good you've seen, never let it die / We're one world... (I'm gonna do a recording that's close to Terry's melody)
One wish that we can see come true / One world waiting for me and you
One wish all across these lands / For one world were we live hand in hand
One world where we see eye to eye / one goal where we agree to try
And when the new dawn shines bright / when we all get through this fight / we might see a brand new light as...
We find a way to hold on here at home / We cheer the front line as they stand alone / the heroes in this fight, stay strong both day and night / for you and me
We find our way to hold on here at home / We cheer the front line as they stand alone / the heroes in this fight, they stay strong day and night / for you and me
One world... / we are sisters we are brothers / One world... / we are reflections of each other / One world... / we are the sweetest melody/ we are made of many colors / we are deeper than the sea / One world (I have used lyrics from Rosiebell and Paul Bryon Bellamy here) I'll try to sing it. (Sheltering alone! I've lost it!)
And though we're far apart / we're together heart to heart
How can so many people feel alone / when it comes down to it we all share the same home
We're all in this but we feel all alone...
And maybe this will open a door / To somethin' that we've never seen before / We're all in one world...
The things that weigh the most
And when you're safe back home and the sunlight crashes through / Let that remind you that I'll always... yeah I'll always...
And if you ever find yourself alone out in a storm / My love is strong enough to carry... you back home
If you find yourself alone out there and caught up in a storm / Just call my name and I will come and carry you back home...
And if you ever find yourself lost out in a storm / Reach out brother, call my name / I will bring home...
And if you ever feel alone / or if you've lost your way / If the silence ever gets too loud at the dimming of the day / Brother you know I'll reach out for you if you should start to fall / I'll pick you up and carry you just like I did before...
I will catch you if you fall / I'll be your saving grace / I'll lift you up and carry you any time and any place / Brother please believe these words 'cause each one holds the truth / Yeah I will catch you if you fall / I'll always carry you...
You set me free / like the bird flies in the sky / like the last note in a song / You knew that I would carry on / and carry you... I carry you
You set me free like the singing of a song after all the words are gone you still hold the melody / You carried me / And I will carry you
You set me free when you carried me along / Like the singing of a song soars before the words are gone
And we'll never be apart / 'Cause you're right here in my heart / And you always get me through / I carry you...
I can feel you on my skin as the sunlight dances in /
And in my smile you show up too /
I carry you...
Like the ocean holds the tide / Like the love you hold inside / For the ones that always seem to get you through / I'll carry you
Like a newborn in your arms / Like a small boy's lucky charm / Like the first kiss two young lovers hold onto / I'll carry you...
In everything I do I will carry you
So I would know just how big this world could be, back then it was just you and me, but now you're gone...
You come back home~ and it feels strange~ / You walk around tryin' to find your past but everything's changed
Soldier I know how you feel / I've been down that road before / I can see it in your eyes / It's a heavy, heavy, load / That you carry...
Soldier I know how you feel / I've been down that road
I can see it in your eyes / It's a heavy, heavy, load
Brother I know how you feel/ I've been down that road before
When everything comes crashin' down around you / And you've lost sight of everyone as the cold dark night surrounds you
And in our stolen moments, rain washing us in bliss, we laugh at darkness as we seal our own world with a kiss
We gently brush the shadows as on the light they gather, stolen moments call us to the happy ever after
But storms come back around, they knock us to the ground and leave us out here crying in the cold
In those hearts we find / A little piece of mind / (an') Stolen moments that we tucked away
And waiting there in shining light / Are stolen moments in the night / That take us to the reason we endure / Those diamonds that we hide away / They keep the darkness safe at bay / Those stolen moments take my breath away
In the depths of the pain, on the brink of insane, we reach for the pulse in our hearts
When the pulse of the night repeats its soiled plight and we're reaching for something we can hold
Tucked away inside my heart / Hidin' out there in the dark / Waitin' for a light to spark your memory
From this window I look down / Onto this dark and lonely town
If I see tomorrow, I will leave my sorrow... ( a beat/pause here and then goes down) Behind / (three beats to pick it back up) And I'll say the... (I'm pausing for a second here and going to a lower key on "behind" for affect. I think it gives the last chorus something a bit different and lifts the chorus even higher going in.) ? Confusing?
Every heartbeat reminds me / that you're here beside me
Every heartbeat reminds me / of all that's behind me / But I'll meet tomorrow without any sorrow knowing you're here by my side
The past is behind me / I'll meet every tomorrow without any sorrow weighing my happiness (or tenderness) down
And every sweet smile I will seal with a kiss
Hold you much tighter so you won't forget
That tide it teases, it does what it pleases /
It can all wash away, we've all got feet of clay /
When that wave comes crashin' on down
The tide keeps on turnin' and what I've been learnin'
It can all wash away, we've all got feet of clay The ocean can take with her bow (or - anyhow)
The tide keeps on turning and I keep on learning / It can all wash away, we've all got feet of clay in the end
Yeah, we're back to back / against a wall together / I'll cut your slack / if you'll give up this fight / Face the fact (or Join the pack) / You don't wanna be left behind / So maybe let me change your mind / You know I'm gonna try, try, try... / Am I ever gonna change your mind...
(Concept by keithcurtis) You tear my heart / Into little pieces / Toss them all / into the sky / I take a breath / Releasin' all the tension / I cry... / Cause I'm never gonna change your mind ... But I try, try, try... Why...? / 'Cause I really wanna change your mind...
I can feel the change / you seem a little lighter / Rearrange the damage that was done / Get on this page / the story's gettin' brighter / If - I've - changed - your - miiiiiind...
Let's try to fan this flame / up a little higher
Cast no blame / from either side
End this game / 'cause there's nothing that I haven't tried
Like a tiny spark / begging for a light / Reaching in the dark / The notion...
"Lives" a tiny spark /waiting to ignite /Shining in the dark (Cred - JennRiley, Renee814) I think! :)
Waiting in the dark / Crying for the light / Just enough to spark / The notion that I might
Is a gentle part / in a brighter light / (that) strikes the spark of / the notion that I might…
There's a softer part / there's a brighter light / Makes me wanna start / the notion that I might...
There's a softer part / There's a brighter (or warmer) light
(So) I'll take your hand / Show you where the light is / (I'll) Keep my stand / Expose all the lies / The promised land / Is really not that hard to find
So get over here / This is too important / The whole damn world / Is fallin' apart / Show your face / You used to look me in the eye / And maybe I can change your mind / At least I'll try, try, try
Let's try a little give and take / Let's find a little harmony / With a whole lotta world at stake / It's bigger than just you and me (or) It's a bigger thing than you and me (or) Let's find a place where we agree (?)
Come over, take a walk with me / Let's talk it over side by side / Let's find a little harmony / Or know we really, really truly tried
What we got here is a real hard line / (But) it doesn't have to be this way / If we soften up the edge real fine / Well we both might find a better way, yeah
(And then...) Let's lighten up this heavy load... ?
You be you and I'll be me / Maybe we can do this hand in hand / We got a lot of history / And I never wanna see this friendship end (And then maybe... ?) No, I'm never gonna change your mind / But maybe I can change your heart...
We can still walk side by side / You can look me in the eye again / We can close this great divide
/ We got a ticket for the whole damn ride my friend
Yeah I could call you out / Try to win you over / Scream and shout / Show you the light / Take your hand / Lead you back to better times / (BNC) If I'm ever gonna change your mind
Yeah I could call you out / Try to win you over / Scream and shout / Show you the light / Take your hand / (BNC) Maybe lead you to a brighter side / (mwriley2 & BNC) If I'm ever gonna change your mind
Yeah I could call you out / Try to win you over
Scream and shout / Show you the light
Touch your soul / When you remember what’s wrong or right
But am I ever gonna change your mind
Yeah I could call you out / Try to win you over
Scream and shout / Show you the light
With no doubt / Lead you from the dark of night
But I'm never gonna change your mind
Yeah I could call you out, show you by the numbers / Scream and shout, beg you to try / With no doubt, I could make you wonder why / But I'm never gonna change your mind
Yeah I can call you out, show you all the numbers / Scream and shout, point out all the lies / With no doubt, pull those ideas under with time / But I'm never gonna change your mind
Maybe that's the reason why
You say I’m never gonna change your mind / With your feet firm on the ground / But if the moon can turn the tide / Baby you can turn around (When I sing this, applying vocal modulation (?) it is 10/9 10/9 - O-N and GROU-OUND - TUR-URN and TI-IDE - TUR-URN and AH-ROU-OUND.)
You say I'm never gonna change your mind / But there's something you should know / If the moon can turn the tide / There's no telling where the wind might blow ( I know the syllables are sketchy but I'm singing MOON and the end of TURN with what I technically call "ruffles" which to me, gives those words an extra syllable.) :)
You say I'm never gonna change your mind / With your feet firm on the ground / But if the moon can change the tide / Baby you can turn around
I'm never gonna change your mind / You've always been the stubborn kind
You say I'm never gonna change your mind / But if the moon can change the tide
You say I'm never gonna change your mind / So I might as well not even try
I'm never gonna change your mind / Unless I show you the reason why / Like the stars in a clear night's sky / Like the smell of the Jasmine as the wind blows by... (I think I just got on a "save the planet" kick) :)
Well I'm never gonna change your mind / but I'm sure as hell gonna try
An' I learned about the truth / lovin' you girl / and there ain't...
An' I learned about the truth / that was you, girl / and there ain't...
It's been a long time since I've seen you / Sometimes I wonder how you've been
Man it's been a long time since I saw you / sometimes I wonder how you've been
I think you'd like her if you met her / she can tell a good joke too
The burn you left is still here healing
Ain't one kiss I'd take back girl (Marla) / Ain't one moment from the past girl / 'Cept for that (one?) night I went off the tracks
There ain't one kiss I'd take back girl (Marla) / ain't one sweet smile from the past girl / I mighta changed around my act / if I'da had more time
Underneath that Texas sky we said goodbye...
Even though it fell apart you touched my heart / and there ain't one kiss...
That was the first night I kissed you / but it wouldn't be the last
Long blond hair is flippin' forward / got my hand there on your back
Higher and higher, we rise / Hope shinin' brighter, we rise - we rise/ Holdin' on tighter, we rise/ Together we rise
Higher and higher, where the future looks brighter/ Holdin' on tighter, together we rise
The twilight holds a promise/ there's hope in sight
Hope rains down like diamonds now/it's a glorious flight - Out of the darkness/ and into the bright sunrise
Hope raining down like diamonds now/ it's a glorious flight
Bearing hope for weary souls/ it's a glorious flight
We all sing a melody as we look to the sky
the words that we sing/ begin to take flight/ the dark night eclipsed/ as the voices join in/ the hope shining brightly again
The words that we sing/ begin to take flight
As the words that we sing / they begin to take flight / And they touch every heart / that shines in the night / And the pieces that once were forsaken / Are warmed as they heal from the aching
With our voices we sing as our hearts take flight
Morgan Myles commented on MariaJack's lyric:
"😀"
(more)"My love letter... Is speaking my language now / Feels like an old and favorite sweater Keeping me warm in these hard times"