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BLESSINGS ©2002 by Rob Tobias

We're coming alive, alive, and it feels all right
As we celebrate the birth of something new
We're coming alive, alive, lighting candle lights
Sending blessings and best wishes out to you

CHORUS
And may the moon and stars light the way
When darkness falls upon the road you're on
May the bright sunshine warm your heart
And love surround the path you walk upon

Shine on, shine on, there's a party going on
And we're celebrating here just for you
Shine on, shine on, be healthy and be strong
May your dreams and intuitions all be true

CHORUS

NARROW BRIDGE / TREE OF LIFE ©2001 Traditional / Rob Tobias

All the world is just a narrow bridge, just a narrow bridge, just a narrow bridge (repeat)
And above all, above all, is not to fear, not to fear at all (repeat)
Yay dy dy, yi dy dy, yi da di di di… (ect.)

Breath in, breath out, breath in
Breath out, breath in, breath out
Etz Chaim, Tree of life Etz Chaim
Etz Chaim, Tree of life Etz Chaim

What the tree breathes in I breath out
What I breath out, the tree breathes in
Etz Chaim, Tree of life Etz Chaim
Etz Chaim, Tree of life Etz Chaim

And I reach and I turn, I teach and I learn

I'm reaching for the highest branch I see
I reach and I turn, I teach and I yearn
I'm reaching for the branches of that tree…

Breath in, breath out, breath in
Breath out, breath in, breath out
Etz Chaim, Tree of life Etz Chaim
Etz Chaim, Tree of life Etz Chaim

WHERE IS THE PEACE? ©2003 by Rob Tobias and Rich Glauber

When the world is turned upside down and no answers can be found
Where is the peace? Where is the peace?

When you're taking on too much stress Feel like an alien to the rest
Where is the peace? Where is the peace?

Each of us holds the key, in our collective wisdom and our humanity
We just need a few to make that shift, from where we are to where the spirit lives

There's too much information, Not enough appreciation Where is the peace?
When it's hard to see beyond our selves and love is hidden in our shells
Where is the peace? Where is the peace?

We can all sense our unity, but when do we ever just let it be?
It's so easy to fall into despair and not to see the joy that's there

Now they're making war overseas, They say they're killing for you and me
Where is the peace? Where is the peace?

Iraq and Afghanistan, Where is the justice in this land?
Where is the peace? Where is the peace? Each of us holds the key…

There's spice in our very soul but there's some more that I'd like to know
Where is the peace? One day! Where is the peace? One day!

PRAYERS GIVEN WINGS ©2002 by Rob Tobias

The rulers heart has hardened again, blood has spilled on the land
Armies are massing to fight over something, no one can understand
Wealth and power asserting their will and others are forced to obey
But the struggle for freedom in the face of oppression is never going away Remember

Miriam danced by the water’s edge shaking her tambourine
Delivered from danger with joy in her heart, her prayers given wings
Dance, dance, dance, let your soul sing Dance, dance, dance, like prayers? given? wings

With soldiers coming to kill and enslave, people have little choice
Walls are built and limits are set, who will hear our voice
With death and destruction coming our way, how can we hope to survive?
With heart and courage to pierce through the veil, joy will keep us alive! Remember

Miriam danced by the water’s edge, shaking her tambourine
Delivered from danger with joy in her heart, her prayers given wings

Dance, Dance, Dance Let your soul sing
Dance, Dance, Dance Like prayers, given wings Ly, ly, ly, ly, ly, ly…

WHOLE WORLD ©2001 by Rob Tobias

CHORUS
Whole world, whole world, world round
Whole world, whole world in this town

And there are people dying, there are children crying
Now the pain is so great, for some it’s too late
Tell me what your thinking, this water’s not fit for drinking
Bitter taste growing, ugly face is showing
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No one else to blame, for the blood in my name
From distance it seems small, or I don’t see it at all
Still I know it’s certain, many people sure are hurtin’
Change comes from the heart, at least a place to start
CHORUS

I know, sometimes I can be wrong
Completely blind to what's going on
I know sometimes it don't seem real But truly free I can not feel

Want to live so isolated, then we wonder why we're hated
Even in community, fences between you and me
If one is oppressed, surely brings down the rest
Without a sense of sharing, there can be no repairing
CHORUS

I know it's midnight for the earth, and every rock has it's worth
What's happening in another land, is not separate from my hands

Break down the walls of country, from space you can see
Borders artificial, lines between you and me
Politics and revolution, when will it be time
Peaceful evolution, all in a state of mind
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HATE KILLS ©1993 Green Marble Music (Three Track Mind)

CHORUS
Hate kills there is no doubt
Hate can kill you from the inside out
Hate can kill you from the outside in
Release the hate and let love in (repeat)

Hey, hey, hey, I cry                  Look the innocents have died
Hate, hate, hate, I say              Hate has killed them in so many ways
La, la, la, I sing                       Seasons changing and it's going to bring
Love, love, love I pray              Let?s live to love each other every day

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Let love (Let love)   Let love (Let love)   Let love (Let love) Let love in
Try, try, try I shout                  Try to love you from the inside out
Peace, peace, peace I see      Peace through love that is our destiny

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Let love (Let love) Let love (Let love) Let love (Let love) Let love in

CHILDREN OF THE EARTH ©2003 by Rob Tobias

CHORUS
Children of the earth go down to the water
Children of the earth go down to the water and heal… heal…
Children of the earth go down to the water
Children of the earth go down to the water and heal… heal…

Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, yeah
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, yeah

Hey now tell me where are you going, on that dusty road
Hard times have come now, where are we going to go? Go down… Go down…

CHORUS

As you’re traveling down the road, with your healing hands
I know you want to make a better world, anyway you can
You can heal it, change it, fix it, shake it, just try and do your best
And then go down, go down to the water and let your body rest
And heal… heal… heal… heal… (solo)
Hey now, hey now, hey now, yeah Hey now, hey now, hey now, yeah

Just like the Israelites in times of old… got to go down to the water,
got to let your body go Just put one toe in at a time, It's going to feel all right
You can do it one day at a time Every day and every night
Go down… go down heal… heal… CHORUS

Mayim, mayim, mayim, mayim, mayim, mayim, mayim (water)

ONE WORLD ©2002 by Rob Tobias

CHORUS
One world, is all we've got               One love, but that's a lot
If you want peace, in our time           Together, is the bottom line

The bottom line is justice or there can be no peace
A home for the homeless, food so the hungry ones can eat

CHORUS

Now's the time to express yourself, try to get your message through
Cause every day, we get a chance to say, I'm just the same as you, and you, you, you

CHORUS

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you join us and the world will be as one

CHORUS

You know there’s just one world, if we go messing it somewhere
It's gonna come back on us
You can try and isolate yourself for awhile but
It's going to come on your side of the fence one day
Talking about peace, talking about justice
There can't be no first world, can't be no second world
Can't be no third world, There's just one world

CHORUS

LOVEBIRDS ©2003 by Rob Tobias

Two lovebirds up in the tree, one could be you, one could be me
Oh those lovebirds make such a pair, away from the others without a care
In the light, and their love, in the sky high above
In this life, on this day, two lovebirds flying away____

Two lovebirds wing to wing, filling the air with their song as they sing
Oh those lovebirds so naïve, living a dream in which they believe
In the light and their love in these trees high above
In the sky in your eye in the song lovebirds sing as they fly_____

Two lovebirds together in flight, swooping and slanting they make such a sight
Oh those lovebirds, off on their own, no one will follow until they feel
The light, or the love, or the moments they're dreaming of
With their love, and their light, two lovebirds into the night

In the light and the love, in these trees high above
And they fly, and they wing, and the lovebirds sing
In the light, and their love, in the sky high above
In this life, on this day, two lovebirds flying away____

SPIRITUAL WAVE ©2003 by Rob Tobias

And I'll be riding on a spiritual Riding on a spiritual Riding on a spiritual wave
I'll be riding on a spiritual Riding on a spiritual Riding on a spiritual wave

They're rolling in big today, rolling in sets I slip into the waves with great respect
I can feel the power, I can feel it in my chest It picks me up and puts me to the test
And if I look around and see who’s here, and try to let go of my fear
I can be a healer, I can draw the angels near…

And I can ride on a spiritual... CHORUS

Sometimes people are not too nice, they say hurtful things and not think twice
But I know in my heart, it's not my pain to keep, I got to let it roll into the deep
And if I ask myself why I'm here and angels whisper in my ear
You’re much too strong to let the current take you out to sea, listen to me
You can ride on a spiritual... CHORUS

Sometimes I swim out too far, I forget where I am and where you are
And the waves get so big, well they could take me down below
I try and relax and go with the flow
And if I see that eagle fly or a dark wind blowing across my sky
It’s just the rise and fall, the very breath of life, that keeps me
Riding on a spiritual… CHORUS

REFLECTIONS IN A PHOTOGRAPH ©2002 by Rob Tobias

Looking back on some photographs, remember all the good times that we had
Our hair was long and our pants was loose, that youthful spirit was a shining through
Oh… how does it feel, now that some time has passed
Change, slow and surreal, reflected in a photograph

Revolution and revelations coming together with some good vibrations
Culture clash and misunderstandings, the end of the Beatles and lunar landings
Change, does come slowly, if it comes, comes at all
But each moment can be holy, rising high, or in free fall

Since we were babies all aglow and the world crashed down on our angel soul
Our hearts have yearned to believe, there’s more to the world than what we see
Hearts know joy and sorrow and hearts do forgive
Hearts leave tomorrow, for the precious moments where we live

Looking back on some photographs, forever young we had some laughs
Now we struggle just to make it new, sometimes it’s me, sometimes it’s you
Change, does come slowly, if it comes, comes at all
But each moment can be holy, rising high, or in free fall

When we were young, to right now, shining through, trying to make it new
Oh how does it feel, now that some time has passed
Change, slow and surreal, reflected in a photograph

SHINING THROUGH ©2002 by Rob Tobias

Your eyes, your eyes, twinkling in the twilight
Your eyes, your eyes, shimmering with love light

And when I think about your eyes, shining through, shining through

Your face, your face, blessed with expression
Your face, your face, filled with compassion

When I think about your face, shining through, shining through… CHORUS

I remember how you picked yourself up, even when life got tough
Oh and it was hard, but we shared so much
Now the tears will flow, I’m gonna let them show
For the love that you gave to me, such joyous memories

Your spirit, your spirit bigger than a mountain
Your spirit, your spirit flowing like a fountain

When I feel your spirit, shining through… CHORUS

I remember the very first day, when you came my way
the days we had in fun, going swimming out in the sun
You showed it all to me, how love can set us free

Now I know your spirit's strong, forever on and on and on CHORUS

MAMA ©2002 by Rob Tobias

Sitting in the yard, just mom and me, birds are singing up in the tree, mama, oh mama
Well mostly things are not too bad, sometimes she gets a little sad, mama, oh mama

I remember the other way around, when I came home feeling down
And she let the tears fall beside her
She said, “The world’s not always fair, but I’ll will try to be right there,
and you can let your heart take you where you want to go”

She kept a clean house and a garden too,
she made me wear those rubber boots to school, mama, oh mama
Well now I live kind of far away,
But when I smell those flowers in the month of May, mama, oh mama

House to house when she would move, she always took her rosebush too
And loved those blooms like her babies
Roses red and violets blue, on cloudy days and skies of blue
I can feel her love all around me

So listen to the birds go tweet, tweet, tweet,
And try to make each moment sweet, mama, oh mama
Time is short but the bond is strong,
Let the love flow on and on, mama, oh mama

SIMPLE RULES ©2002 by Rob Tobias

CHORUS
Just a few simple rules that we can live by
Reminders how good this life can be
With just a few simple rules to live by
We can find the harmony

Never judge a day by the weather
The best things in life aren't things
Tell the truth, there'll be less to remember
Walk softly but wear a loud shirt

CHORUS

Loosen up, if you don't aim, you can't miss
The one who dies with the most toys, still dies
Age is relative thing
Cause when you're over the hill, you pick up speed

CHORUS

There are two ways I can think of to get rich
Make more money or require much less
Looks don't matter, cause beauty is on the inside
No rain, you don't get rainbows

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PEACE TRAIN / SALAAM (Cat Stevens / Sheva)

Now I've been happy lately, thinking bout the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun

Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming bout the world as one
And I believe it could be, someday it's going to come

Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
Oh peace train sounding louder, glide the peace train
Come on the peace train

Od ya-vo shalom alenu Od ya-vo shalom alenu
Od ya-vo shalom alenu V' al ku-lam

Salaam (Salaam) Alenu v'al kol ha-o-lam
Salaam, shalom

I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating? Why can't we live in bliss?
Get your bags together, go bring your good friends too
Cause it's getting nearer, it will soon be with you

Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
Oh peace train sounding louder, glide the peace train
Come on the peace train

Od ya-vo shalom alenu Od ya-vo shalom alenu
Od ya-vo shalom alenu V'al ku-lam

Salaam (Salaam) Alenu v'al kol ha- olam Salaam, shalom
Salaam (Salaam) Alenu v'al kol ha- olam Salaam, shalom