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My God and My
04:54
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So you’ve come here to condemn me
Well take that beam out of your eye
Real love is hard to come by
And it’s between my god and my
You tell me I’ve got it wrong
You tell me I don’t belong
Focusing on my salvation
While your own heart grows cold
As I make my way to heaven I will answer for my soul
You know vengeance is not yours for the bible tells you so
To thine own self be true I owe no homage to you
No I can’t live that lie and it’s between my god and my
Love sweet love love sweet love
Help us all rise above
and keep the focus on ourselves
War drugs crime disease pollution
The world is screaming to be saved
But you set your sights on my world
And who is sleeping in my bed
Well I ain’t hurting anyone
Consenting adults deep in love
And real love is hard to come by
And it’s between my god and my
Love sweet love love sweet love
Help us all rise above
And keep the focus on ourselves
It’s between my god and my love
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2. |
Look How Far You've Come
03:16
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I used to hide when I was just a child
Behind my Momma’s knees
And every time I’d feel I was gonna cry
When a stranger looked at me
There still are days when I don’t wanna play
It’s easier to stay at home and hide
I tell myself it’s gonna be o.k
Come on give it one more try
And look how far you’ve come
Stepping out the door and having fun
Look how far you’ve come able to say hi to everyone
For several years I listened to my fears
They told me not to go
But staying here I quickly disappear
Deeper within my hole
I cannot lie I’m petrified just two days before the show
What have I done too late to run come on baby just let go
And look how far you’ve come
Stepping out the door and having fun
Look how far you’ve come able to say no to anyone
Am I crazy will there ever be a time I’m not afraid
Yes this will change me
If I lose myself I trust that I will find me again
And look how far you’ve come
Stepping out the door and having fun
Look how far you’ve come able to say hi to everyone
Look how far you’ve come
Standing on the stage and having fun
Look how far you’ve come ya your life has just begun
I used to hide when I was just a child
Behind my Momma’s knees
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3. |
Superhero
03:24
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Once upon a time I used to be a superhero
Trying to save my baby from the storm
But I was busy cause my baby didn’t like the sun
and chased down every cloud she came upon
All of those years I spent wasting my life
thinking things would change
Well I lost myself bad
I finally had to be the one I had to save
Now I’m doing what’s right for me
you’re doing what’s right for you
Now here we are together and the skies so blue
Your doing what’s right for you
I’m doing what’s right for me
Ain’t it sweet to be happy
Well you had visions of your own
With the love you knew back then
Trying to save them from their storm
But we finally let them go
Watched them drifting out to sea
Happy in their misery
When we finally turned around
and discovered each other we could see
That we didn’t have to lose ourselves
to save the world so we could feel complete
Now I’m doing what’s right for me
You’re doing what’s right for you
And here we are together and the skies so blue
Your doing what’s right for you
I’m doing what’s right for me
Ain’t it sweet to be happy
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4. |
Lone Rider
04:18
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Driving down this road again
with a screen of dust behind me
I’ll keep running ’til no one ever finds me
My heart is trailing a few paces back
And it can stay there ’til it don’t feel no more
The Lone Rider slowly makes his way through town
Everybody stares at him as he smoothly looks around
They all have visions of being free and being wild
As they go back to their warm homes with their loved ones
I don’t wanna be a desperado I don’t wanna make it alone
Camouflage my heart and be someone that nobody knows
All your life you fight your way to the top
One day you look down and everybody’s looking up
They all adore you even though they do not know you
Your intimacy staggers
You’re a misfit in your personal matters
I don’t wanna be a desperado I don’t wanna make it alone
Camouflage my heart and be someone that nobody knows
I stop and look back as the dust settles down
I see my beaten heart laying on the ground
A trail of pieces as far as I can see
I pick it up and hold it close to me
I’m going back to the ones that love me
“Cause I don’t wanna be a desperado
I don’t wanna make it alone
Camouflage my heart and be someone that nobody knows
I don’t wanna be a causeless rebel I don’t wanna make it alone
Cauterize my heart and be someone I don’t even know
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5. |
Do What You Love
03:48
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It’s never too late to do what you love
I was thinking that life caught me blinking
And passed me right on by
Too many years accumulated too late why even try
Downhearted and nearly departed a vision came to me
It was a beautiful wise old woman as gentle as can be
She said “The deeper you knows what to do”
And it’s never too late to do what you love
It’s never too late to do what you love
Now I’ve been riding my pony for so long I lost my way
I kept passing the same disasters out of tune and out of play
The wise old lady said loosen up the reins
It sounds strange but give your pony his head
He knows where to go he’ll take you all the way home
Be his partner instead
The deeper you knows what to do
and it’s never too late to do what you love
It’s never too late to do what you love
Pick up your staff get yourself on the move
Look to your dreams find what you want to do
It’s never too late to do what you love
Hell ya I’m fifty eight and ready to participate
I ain’t no fool I know I’m late
But I stumbled at the starting gate
Early years plagued by fear
The last seventeen I’ve been a caregiver
A butt load of therapy I’m finally doing what’s right by me
Oh ya I’m like a tortoise many many years from rigor mortis
Taking it slow watching it flow
I found my porpoise
No justifying my existence
A whole lotta fun and a little persistence
All I really gotta do is do what I love
The deeper you knows what to do
Look to your dreams find what you wanna do
If it don’t work try trying something new
It’s never too late to do what you love
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6. |
Shifting Sands
04:38
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I remember you
When you remembered me
You said of course you do
Now I always dreamed that I
Would come home to see
You so proud of me
But time had other plans
So here I stand on shifting sand
Now as you drift away
You’re already gone
Your way of moving on
Yes time slipped through my hands
And I still stand on shifting sand
I remember when
I gave you all my praise
You said I made your day
So now I’ve changed my plans
On shifting sand
I’ll make my stand
Cause you’re a part of me
I’ll carry on your legacy
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7. |
Man the Manipulator
04:23
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Outside in my garden lies paradise
Nature is singing beating with life
All of God’s creatures in wave with the light
Sweet harmony so free touches me tonight
Out in my garden there lies my plan
Sterile symmetry perfect to man
But there’s some intruders I must make my stand
Weed out the heathens that dare graze my land
Man the Manipulator
Dropped the reins of co-creator
Man the Manipulator
Dropped the reins of co-creator
And we’re all holding on
Until the source inside it sets us free
And we’re all holding on to what can be
Man the Manipulator
Man the Manipulator
Dropped the reins of co-creator
Deploy the weapons toxic to man
Chemical treason carcinogens
Dressed to annihilate the enemy
Unknowing innocence
I never asked them to leave
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8. |
Are You Ready For Love
03:32
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Are you ready for love
It’s ready for you
Are you ready for faith
It’s shining through
Are you lonely I’m lonely too
Are you lonely well I feel it’s true
So many times i’ve seen loves doubled edge
Instead of setting us free
It takes hostages
I don’t wanna play that
If you wanna be free
I won’t cage your spirit cause it’s bigger than me
Are you ready for love
It’s ready for you
Are you ready for faith
It’s shining through
Are you lonely I’m lonely too
Are you lonely well I feel it’s true
So many times I’ve seen people changing their tune
Becoming something their not
Til the ones they desire love them too
I don’t wanna play that to thine own self be true
And the right ones to love will come running to you
Are you ready for love
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9. |
Family Tree
04:36
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Tending to the family tree with all it’s roots and all the leaves
One by one I try to catch but nothing I do will bring you back
I get to see you when I’m gone I’m moving on
Too much information passed on through generations
I’m shaking down the family tree
From the Scottish to the English, Norwegian and the Swedish
To the land of opportunity
Lifelong loads of memories
People, places, travesties
Forgotten and time won’t tell
Notes from war, notes from Spain
Love letters left in vain I’m root bound and overwhelmed
I get to see you when I’m gone
I’m moving on
I keep coming up with questions that beg for your attention
They’re reminding me that you’re not here
All the things I could of done, I wish I would of should of done
Sifting through the wasted years
Wandering these empty rooms trying to do what’s right by you
Scared of what the future brings staring at the end of things
Brave enough to roll the dice all the things they sacrificed
I understand your overwhelm one child left to carry on
If I could figure all the facts maybe I could have you back
The sorrow it comes in waves and I’m way over my head some days
Petrified family tree I stopped growing my own leaves
Calling on your memory you say to do whats right by me
Like the air, the sun, the earth, and the fun
I get to see you when I’m gone
I’m moving on
Worlds will come and worlds will go
We’re all here to make it so
All the things we’ve learned this life
Are not for naught, the knot survives
I get to see you when I’m done
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10. |
Lullahi
02:53
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As you fall asleep there’s so much to see
On the other side I will be your guide
I will see you home you are not alone
And you’ve been here before
There is so much more
Dream within a dream
It’s not what it seems
Not a lullaby but a lullahi
It doesn’t matter anymore
Your ship is at the shore
She waits for you to be through
And when
The last grain it leaves your hand
You will finally understand
That all your fears and worries are not true
As you fall asleep
You will soon be free
On the other side you will feel alive
I have died before
There is so much more
On this other side
No longer bound by time
Not a lullaby but a lullahi
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Karyn Michaelson Seattle, Washington
A rootsy, soul-fueled mix of pop-folk/americana
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