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SPARKLE IN THE EYE (1993)
It takes time to master anything
Just give me a moment, see what the morning brings
I'm feeling tired and sore, but I'm ready for more
Cause the sun is shining in my back door
It takes love to conquer hate
It takes patience to learn to wait
It takes endurance, to go the long run
You've got to care about the boy
if you want him to put down the gun

I wanna ride across these waters, see the steam rise up
Roll on over the country, see how my friends have all grown up
I wanna see the sparkle in the eye of my baby asking me why...
Why does the big bright sun keep shining in the big blue sky?

One lonely day, a voice spoke to me
With the sprinkling of a golden dust... a child's honesty
I felt the weight on my shoulders, scatter to the wind
I felt the breath of a new day about to begin

I wanna ride across these waters, see the steam rise up
Stand at the edge of a lifetime and fill my cup
I wanna see the sparkle in the eye of my baby asking me why...
Why does the big bright sun keep shining in the big blue sky?

SALMON BOY (1997)
Return, return, return, turn, turn Return, return, return, turn, turn

In a village by a river a boy went fishing for his dinner
He caught a salmon and he took a bite,
didn't like it spit it out in the night
He threw the bones in the fire with no respect for the salmon choir
Next day he went for a swim, he went down didn't come up again

Salmon Boy, swim, swim, swim
Don't forget to come back again
Return, return, return, turn, turn...

The drowning boy lost his skin, but in it's place he grew some fins
Now he's gone to Salmon school
to learn all about mother natures rules

Salmon Boy, swim, swim, swim Don't forget to come back again
Return, return, return, turn, turn...

His journey was hard with many twists and turns
To find his way home, many lessons learned
Back at the village he lost his scales,
sat down by the fire, and told a salmon tale

Salmon Boy, swim, swim, swim
Don't forget to come back again
Return, return, return, turn, turn...

Now every year when the salmon run,
the people come down and get them some
They build they're fires by the river banks
Place the bones in the water and say their thanks
Thanks for returning, creatures, plants and trees
The sun and the wind and the air that we breath
Thanks to the earth, and all that you give
We show our respect with the lives that we live

Salmon Boy, swim, swim, swim
Don't forget to come back again
Return, return, return, turn, turn...

RAISE IT UP (1996)
It's time to lift up that first glass of wine
Drink to healthy bodies and consious minds
Raise it up, Raise it up, A little bit higher, Raise it up now

I hear the stories of our inhumanity
We've got to lift up every spirit if we want to be free
Raise it up...

You wanna talk about modern day slaves
How about that minimum wage
Raise it up...

You're feeling whipped n' cut, battered and bruised
Got to get out and live the life you choose
Raise it up...

It's time to lift up another glass of wine
Nobody can oppress a liberated mind
Raise it up...

Oh you just got to think about raisin it up just a little bit higher,
Raise it up now

ROOTS (1994)
Roots, Roots, Roots Roots, Roots, Roots
Roots, Roots, Roots, Roots in heaven
Roots, Roots, Roots (Where I'm coming from)
Roots, Roots, Roots (Where I'm going)
Roots, Roots, Roots, my ancestors

And the world turns and we see how we're all connected
How it's all right here, all time, long before we were born...
It's just one source, one well, a channel running through everything
We've got to stop, tune in, take a drink, see where we're come from

Oh oh oh, here we go again, we're on that same road back home
Oh oh oh, here we go again, we're on that same road back home

Roots, Roots, Roots...

We live in a promise land, a holy land, walk it everyday
Where the earth meets the sky
It¹s all a great circle, going round and round again,
I feel it in the roots deep inside

Oh oh oh, here we go again, we're on that same road back home
Oh oh oh, here we go again, we're on that same road back home

Roots... Roots Roots without end
Roots Roots circle again
Earth below heavens above
Round and round in a circle of love
It¹s a circle, circle of love

Roots, Roots, Roots...

YOU'RE AN ANGEL (1994)
We go walking through the shute of time,
lift the veil and we're feeling fine
You're the one who takes me there,
you're the answer to my prayers

You're an angel (Angel), You're an Angel
You're an angel (Angel), You're an An‹gel

You go flying through heaven¹s gate
You got no lines, you got no wait
You go directly through, that's what you were made to do

You're an angel (Angel), You're an Angel
You're an angel (Angel), You're an An‹gel

And you're flowing like the water (water)
Bringing life to all you touch
Come and wash me in the water (water)
You know I need you so much

You come to me in a dream and that's as good as it's ever been
When the world is looking bleak, you're the one, that I seek

You're an angel...

And you're flowing like the water...

You come to me in disguise to separate the truth from lies
Just when things are caving in, you can make em right again

You're an angel...

THE AVENUE (1996)
Sitting up here, watching the flow
People passing by below on the avenue, crazy avenue
Every kinda species moves on by
They look so fragile from way up high above the avenue
Glad that I'm here with you

Sun is shining, oh what a scene, my oh my
A dirt road flows with humanity watch em go now
I could stay here all day long cause...

I know (I know), I know (I know), I know how this love feels,
I tell you that I know, I know, this love is real

They say that it takes, it takes all kinds
You never know, what you'll find on the avenue, that crazy avenue
One minute it's sweet, everything smiles
Next your toe to toe with a crocodile
Down on the avenue, good thing I'm here with you

The tatoo man wears a skirt, my oh my
The black leathered blond, has got eyes that burn
Watch her flirt now
All I can do, is keep my eyes on you cause

I know (I know), I know how this love feels
I tell you that I know, I know our love is real

SILVER MOON (1994)
For many years I've known you were there,
a guiding spirit, and a solid rock
I never thought one day you'd be gone,
and we couldn't sit down and have a talk

You were a friend in the neighborhood,
out on the corner chewing the fat yeah!
You said, "This use to be all orchards when you were a boy,
Riding your pony, imagine that"

I dug it when we got on the same wavelength,
You use to slip me some piece of advise.
I dug it when you came home from your travels,
You had that certain look in your eye

I'm gonna miss it, I want to say goodbye...
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Silver Moon (Silver Moon) Silver Moon (Silver Moon)...

I may not have known you very well
I wouldn't say that we were all that close
But you were always an open book
I just wish that I¹d picked you up more yeah

CHORUS

You brought that tire swing over for the boys
Always took time for the joys in life
Sometimes people just leave too soon
and you find yourself grasping at the shadows of the moon

CHORUS

Don't take the moon for granted, that's all I can say
Don't take your moons for granted, they might be gone some day

Silver Moon (Silver Moon) Silver Moon (Silver Moon)...

(for Kenny)

GET INTO THE RHYTHM (1994)
Check out the people walking in step now
Right foot first, then the left yeah
Moving like clocks and we don¹t even know it
Feelings masked, we don't know how to show it
Ahhhhh, Can't you feel the heartbeat
Ahhhhh, We're moving to a backbeat

Sounds of thunder in a parking garage
Footsteps quicken and I'm dodging cars
A door crashes open, there¹s a man in a black coat
His eyes are on fire as he¹s staring at my throat Ahhhhh...

Yes I know that we¹re almost ready
There's a cultural void and the grounds unsteady
This evolution gonna change our way of living
We're gonna get into the rhythm hey, hey, hey...
Get into the rhythm

Clear my head and clean my desk now
Forget about what the television said yeah
We all just lay there like it¹s holy ground
Praying to the God of Surround Sound Ahhhhh...

CHORUS

You know that rhythm surrounds us in our daily lives
From our shifting moods to the shifting tides
In the body of a women and the music we make
To a knock on a door and a friendly handshake

CHORUS

PIECE OF SOUL (1996)
I heard the news, I heard it loud and clear
Somebody thinks they can make some money here
From what I¹ve seen, it's nature we must defend
Nothing more will matter in the end

They come to this place with profit on their mind
For jobs and money the city fathers go blind
They want to cover the earth and turn our waters gray
If this is progress, I wish they¹d go away

Cause it's a piece of soul
And it's here for us to know
If we let it go
Watch out now, watch out now
What's here today
Might be gone away
Come on and have your say, hey, hey, hey

We know they'll be change, but which way should we go
We can nurture what¹s here, help it to prosper and grow
Or go searching for big money and a corporate mentality
Get phoned, and zoned and cabled permanently

It's a piece of soul.... It's a piece of soul... Don't let it go
It's a piece of soul... Don't let it go It's a piece of soul...

Listen to the news, but read between the lines
Cause what those headlines scream could be a lie
We've got to think for ourselves and open up those blinds
They can't fool everybody all the time

It's a piece of soul... Don't let it go
It's a piece of soul... It's in the land
It's a piece of soul... It's in our hands
It's a piece of soul... Don't let it go

THE OCEAN (1994)
The ocean is a very beautiful sight
The ocean is a very beautiful sight
Across the ocean we sail
Across the ocean we sail
Across the ocean we sail

I met her by the ocean side
Our hearts were opening wide
We walked deserted beach
Where twisted minds don't reach
We swam into the sun that night
In blue water and golden light and...

The ocean is a very beautiful sight...

The boat was comfortable
And we were getting along
We were singing songs but...
Somehow it all broke down
Like waves crashing on stone
I was walking all alone but...

The ocean is a very beautiful sight...

I still love the ocean
I love the shifting sea
I can dream at the ocean
Dream she's with me
Building sandcastles again
Seeing ghosts, remembering when

The ocean is a very beautiful sight...

WANDERING DOG (1994)
I heard he went back east to ring a Philly belle
Or was it down in Texas, you never can tell
That low down dog is always on the run
They said he wasn¹t hungry and he sure was clean
I bet he had a gig down in New Orleans
If I ever catch that hound, I'm gonna tie him down

He's a wandering dog He's a wandering dog
Wandering dog, when you gonna wander back home

Went down to Hollywood and wandered on a set
Snuggled right up to some starlet's pet
She took to him and he followed her home
He lapped up her love like mothers milk
Swimming in the pool, sleeping in silk
But when she tried to tie the knot, he was on his way

He's a wandering dog He's a wandering dog
Wandering dog, when you gonna wander back home

Riding on a Mississippi river boat
Trailing some good lookers coat
Out in the open air, that boy can charm
But once he gets her down below,
and finds out all that he needs to know
He's gonna jump in the river and he'll be gone

He's a wandering dog He's a wandering dog
Wandering dog, when you gonna wander back home

Rain is falling on your camp tonight
You¹ve made it now, not a soul in sight
Way out here with your head in the dirt
Do you ever think about the hearts you¹ve hurt?

Well now I hear he's Seattle bound
Sniffing out the scene, checking out the sound
If anybody knows the grunge, I swear it's him
He's a son of a gun, and a loveable squeeze
A free spirit wind blowing through the trees
If I only had the guts, I'd go track him down

He's a wandering dog He's a wandering dog
Wandering dog, when you gonna wander back home

WALK THE BAGEL (1994)
When hunger creeps up and the futures unclear
A little bit of heaven is always near
It's in the dough, It's in the whole
It goes around and it comes around
It's the bread of life, our destiny
It's all right here, in the bagel

Walk the bagel, Talk the bagel
Reach out your hand, it's mannah from heaven
In the shape of a bagel there¹s a lesson to learn
All things pass but then they return
Can't ya see, life's a bagel

Walking around the desert with an aching thirst
Seems like life can¹t get much worse
But look around, there¹s plenty for all
Moses got the word, "We'll all be fed"
Next day it rained that holy bread
Don't ya worry, just grab a bagel

Walk the bagel...

It feeds the hunger of the body, and the hunger of the soul
So come on let's eat that holy roll
Source of life, our daily bread
Just like matzah led em out of slavery
Gave em the strength to cross the ol Red sea
Behold, it's the bread of freedom
Walk the bagel...

STANDING ON HOLY GROUND (1995)
Everybody's searching for those high places
Everybody's looking for that holy ground
But right here where we're standing is
All the joy that can be found
We're standing, Standing on Holy Ground
Standing on Holy Ground
We are standing, Standing on Holy Ground
Standing on Holy Ground

Moses walked through the desert, he was trying to unwind
He saw a burning bush, was he losing his mind?
An empty valley is what it seemed to be
But when he looked closer he could see...

He was standing... standing on holy ground...

Well you sat down to dinner and then you got up
Did you notice the miracle you just ate up?
That holy macaroni from the chain of life
Takes on a whole new magic when you realize...

You¹ve been standing... standing on holy ground...

Sometimes you'll meet a person, they're truly very wise
They know the daily grind is just a disguise
So many moments we just dance around
Forgetting our intentions to really get down

Where we're standing...standing on holy ground...

WATER (1998)
Water, oh water that flows to the sea
Are you the same water that flows right through me?
From the gentle spring rains to the tears in our eyes
We drink from your fountains all the days of our lives

And we need you, to keep flowing on and on
Yes we need you, sing a water song
From you, flows every living thing
From your rain pools, bubblin' up from your spring

Water, oh water, giver of life
We're married to you like a husband to wife
You flow to your children, the plants and the trees
Make mighty the rivers, for all creatures to be

And we need you...

Water, oh water, burst from the sky
Make forests on mountains and never run dry
From the darkness of rain clouds you light up the land
Bring color to oceans, break waves on the sand
And we need you...

Water, oh water that flows to the sea
Are you the same water that flows right through me?
From your gentle spring rains to the tears in our eyes
We drink from your fountains all the days of our lives
Yes we drink from your fountains all the days of our lives