THIS DREAM OF MINE
Sometimes the parallel river of our dream life runs below the
consciousness for years and years and never surfaces. But not your
dream river. Yours is probably flooding just outside of your door
right now.
And there is nothing you can do to stop the waters anymore. Let this
song wash over you and let your dream fly this time.
This Dream of Mine (written by Kara Millerhagen, arranged by Alisa Leonard)
Who was it that said no matter where you go there you are
Try to run from yourself, you don't get far
But I remember a little girl wishing upon a star
Big dreams at moon beams from a tree stump in my back yard And like a buoy in the water it keeps coming up
Gonna let it float this time
Gonna test my luck
(Chorus)
It's been beaten and bruised
eaten and boozed
Locked in boxes of don'ts and do's with
I'm so sorry, please excuse
It's been laughed and lied
pushed aside
Swallowed again and again instead of pride
But this time out it's gonna be tried
This dream of mine
Who was it that said it won't happen,
it can't be done
Killed a lot of dreams, but not this one
Cause I remember a little girl in the summer sun
Day dreams as sun streams down the dusty road she runs
Like the wind on the prairie, always blowin
Gonna catch a ride this time, find out where it's goin'
(Chorus)
She's calling to me from within
Back from places I have been
She waited for me even when
I through her dream into the wind
(Chorus)
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THE DAY I WAS BORN
There is no boring birth story. There is no such thing as an uneventful labor or a normal delivery. Every story is as riveting as the the next and each is followed by a life also unrivaled by any other. Give me all the details. Please.
The Day I Was Born (written by Kara Millerhagen, arranged by Alisa Leonard)
Tell me again how hot it was that summer
Tell me again how you were "out to here"
Tell me how the thought of two children
scared you to death reducing you to tears
Tell me how daddy said
"don't worry that's why I have two knees"
Tell me like you're telling me the first time, please
(Chorus)
Mother I want to hear about the day I was born
tell me everything then tell me more
Mother I want to know tell me again how it was so
don't forget the part where I broke your heart tell me
Tell me again about how it wasn't easy
but how it was all worth it in the end
And how you knew the minute that you held me
a thousand times you'd do it again
Tell me how daddy's eyes got misty
got down on his knees
tell me like you've told me a hundred times, please
(Chorus)
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RIGHT NOW
We hold the power of love at bay when we choose to control things ourselves. As soon as we say "No more" we are anchored in a deep resolve and then inundated with a litany of fear that says "now what?". "Right Now" has the answer to "now what?" Love wants to come. So let it come and let it fill up all those empty places, buoy you up and move you into the current of your real life.
Right Now (written by Kara Millerhagen, arranged by Alisa Leonard)
No more next times
No more tomorrows
No more somedays
No more
No more oh wells
No more que se ra se ra
No more too bad's
No more
No more it's okays
No more it'll go aways
No more doesn't matter anyways
No more
CHORUS
Love wants to come
in this time, in this place, in this moment, in this space
In this world, in this heart, in the wholes, in the parts,
right now.
No more lying
No more denying
No more trying
No more
No more silence
No more defense
No more sitting on the fence
No more
No more good enoughs
No more close but no cigar
No more less than who you are, no more
(CHORUS)
Open that door, the one that your afraid of
the skeleton in there has got something to say
open that door, remember what you came for
the child in there wants to come out and play
(CHORUS)
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GRANDMA'S SONG
Grandma's Song (written by Kara Millerhagen, arranged by Alisa Leonard)
Coffees not good, you show me how
and all the recipes you don't have written down
the bread that you have made,
the cornerstone you laid
the smile all the years cannot fade
When the garden's dying, you show me how
you show me again even when I've forgotten now
the clothes hung on the line the food at dinnertime
an attic full of treasures I thought were mine
(Chorus)
Thank God you went before me
to light the way
I would surely not make it through
hope lies in aged skin
and wisdom in the eyes
without them, what would I do and
there's a light on in the kitchen,
coffee on the stove
and all the love that anyone could ever hold.
When life gets hard, you show me how
raise the kids, keep a home, work past sundown
the nights you stayed awake
the sacrifice to make
never miss a Christmas gift or a birthday cake
(Chorus)
And there's blankets on the beds downstairs
brave goodnights and silent prayers
laughter, sweet dreams, and country air
And there's a light on in the kitchen
coffee on the stove
and all the love that anyone could ever hold
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CHRISTMAS IS HERE
All of the images in this song have the same underscoring. Let go of the past, pull in your fragmented mind and find the gift of the present. Christmas is Here. The star we seek is within us and waiting to illumine our inner treasure. The vast and infinite potential of every human being is made known in the light of that star even as it points to the humblest of beginnings. Merry Christmas.
Christmas Is Here (written by Kara Millerhagen, arranged by Alisa Leonard)
Gently wipe the residue
from the last year off of you
pull the worry out of the morrow
all that time is yours to borrow
Christmas is Here
Gently wipe the tears from your pillow
turn your will into a willow
raise up from the field of potter
stick to the present, find the water
Christmas is Here
Christmas is Here
Though it seems so very far
and your gifts so under par
follow the star
back to where you are,
back to where you are, and
Swaddle yourself so tightly
cradle yourself so lightly
see the miracle completely
in the manger,
sleeping so sweetly
Christmas is Here
Christmas is Here
Christmas is Here