1. |
The Forest For The Trees
03:06
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Been a long, cold winter
Made of short, dark days;
Half the world is waitin’
For the sun to change its ways.
There's a south wind blowin'
Haven’t felt it since the fall.
Now the ice is breakin'
And the umpire says "play ball."
Hey, I can read it Yes, I believe it
Every time the days start to extend
Oh, I concede it Well, I’ll just leave it
See the forest for the trees again.
[Solo]
Still the days go slowly
While the years turn fast,
And the future beckons
From the frozen past.
There's a resurrection
Just around the bend;
Time to start things over
Bring the dead to life again.
Hey, I can read it Yes, I believe it
Every time the days start to extend
Oh, I concede it Well, I’ll just leave it
See the forest for the trees again.
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2. |
So Fearless
02:53
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I keep on losing things you give me,
Things you’ve made or bought for me to wear;
And there are some I have recovered
When I’ve retraced my steps with care.
But there are more that have escaped me,
Those that I have lost for good.
No, not for good but for forever,
And I have never understood
How a man could be so careless
With the tokens of such love.
Or how you could be so fearless
To entrust me with that love--
To entrust me with your love
But there are more that have escaped me,
Those that I have lost for good.
No, not for good but for forever,
And I have never understood
How a man could be so careless
With the tokens of such love.
Or how you could be so fearless.
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3. |
Hold On To Me
02:17
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Things are messed up, things are crazy, and I can’t get them right.
Times are wild and times are hazy, and I can’t see the light.
So hold on to me, just take my hand.
Hold on to me, help me to stand.
Winds are blowing, sands are shifting, and I can’t hold the line.
Fear is falling, dreams are drifting, and I don’t know what’s mine.
So hold on to me, just take my hand.
Hold on to me, help me to stand.
Hold on fast.
Hold at last.
This will pass.
All around us, life is scattered like October’s leaves.
All around us lies what matters if we can believe.
So hold on to me, just take my hand.
Hold on to me, help me to stand.
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4. |
This Broken World
03:41
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This broken world don't move me like it used to;
This broken world don't move me like before.
This broken world needs all the love within us;
This broken world just moves me more and more.
Though the world is hungry
There is food enough and more.
This broken world needs all the love within us;
This broken world just moves me more and more.
This life of mine don't thrill me like it used to;
This life of mine don't thrill me like before.
This life of mine world connects to every other life.
This life of mine just thrills me more and more.
Though the world is angry
Peace can win the day, I'm sure.
This life of mine world connects to every other life;
This life of mine just thrills me more and more.
[solo]
This time we share don't hold me like it used to;
This time we share don't holds me like before.
This time we share needs all the care within us;
This time we share just holds me more and more.
Though the time is fleeting
We have found time before.
This time we share needs all the care within us;
This time we share just holds me more and more.
This broken world just holds me more and more.
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5. |
Hearing the Moon Rise
03:12
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Counting the raindrops, counting the time;
Feeling the pain stop, feeling just fine.
Counting the raindrops, counting the time.
Holding the morning, holding the line;
Heeding the warning, heeding the sign.
Holding the morning, holding the line.
It’s just like touching a birdsong;
It’s just like tasting the skies.
It’s just like seeing the wind, and
It’s just like you are hearing the moon rise.
Losing your worries, losing your fear;
Waiting to hurry, waiting all year.
Losing your worries, losing your fear.
Watching for mystery, watching for grace;
Knowing the history, knowing the place.
Watching for mystery, watching for grace.
It’s just like touching a birdsong;
It’s just like tasting the skies.
It’s just like seeing the wind, and
It’s just like you are hearing the moon rise.
La la la la la, la la la la,
La la la la la, la la la la,
La la la la la, la la la la,
It’s just like touching a birdsong;
It’s just like tasting the skies.
It’s just like seeing the wind, and
It’s just like you are hearing the moon rise.
La la la la la, la la la la,
La la la la la, la la la la,
La la la la la, la la la la.
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6. |
The Iowa River
03:41
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The Iowa River is singin' its song;
Sweet lazy river, just a-rollin' along,
Down to the big muddy father of waters,
On to the sea, right or wrong.
Can't take the barges, the tugboats or steamers;
This one was made for the paddle-wheel dreamers:
Kids in canoes, and lovers close by;
stars in the water that fall from the sky.
The Iowa River is singin' its song;
Sweet lazy river, just a-rollin' along,
Down to the big muddy father of waters,
On to the sea, right or wrong.
Passin' the corn, not a stone's throw wide;
Windin' its way through the green countryside;
Under the bridges of timber and stone,
Shinin', but no longer clean as a bone.
The Iowa River is singin' its song;
Sweet lazy river, just a-rollin' along,
Down to the big muddy father of waters,
On to the sea, right or wrong.
They say that it carries the soil away;
Carries the poisons so slow to decay;
Somehow a flood seems a righteous thing;
And somehow the river continues to sing.
The Iowa River is singin' its song;
Sweet lazy river, just a-rollin' along,
Down to the big muddy father of waters,
On to the sea, on to the sea, on to the sea, right or wrong
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7. |
Out On 52
03:03
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Heading out on 52
With a hole in my shoe
I got nothing to do, but just move.
I got songs in my head,
Got the ground for my bed,
I got nothin' to dread or to prove.
There's been a big load lifted
Like a weight from my mind.
Now my thoughts have been sifted
And I have drifted on down the line.
May looked good in Minnesota,
Oh but May looked fine in Illinois.
Now I'll see June in South Dakota,
Headin' out west from the St. Croix.
Takin' 90 in stride,
Gonna cross the Great Divide,
It has been a long ride, but we're through.
I'll be takin' my time,
I got mountains to climb,
I got nothin' that I'd rather do.
here's been a big load lifted
Like a weight from my mind.
Now my thoughts have been sifted
And I have drifted on down the line.
May looked good in Minnesota,
Oh but May looked fine in Illinois.
Now I'll see June in South Dakota,
Headin' out west from the St. Croix.
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8. |
Cross Your River
02:54
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Well I walk on ‘cross the river,
Two times most days I make my way;
The same river flows by you together,
Flows round your island today.
It ain’t been that long ago
When we all walked on its bank;
Now you’re wrapped in its endless flow,
I hope you hear as I breathe my thanks
For your lives and for your giving
For all the sacrifice you made;
And for all of the life you put in living,
All of the love you conveyed.
It ain’t been that far away,
Where we all crossed on the boat;
Felt the wind on that sunny day;
Close now together, but ever remote.
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la la la.
Well I walk on ‘cross your river,
Two times most days I make my way;
The same river flows by you together,
Flows round your island today.
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la la la.
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9. |
Let's Be Indivisible
02:36
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We are indivisible if we speak up;
We will be invincible if we stand up.
We won’t be invisible if we show up;
Let’s be indivisible.
Day by day and hour by hour we’ll fight
Hell to pay and truth to power, that’s right.
We are indivisible if we speak up;
We will be invincible if we stand up.
We won’t be invisible if we show up;
Let’s be indivisible.
Power is not absolute, you see
If anyone’s oppressed, no one is free.
Day by day and hour by hour we’ll fight
Hell to pay and truth to power, that’s right.
We are indivisible if we speak up;
We will be invincible if we stand up.
We won’t be invisible if we show up;
Let’s be indivisible.
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10. |
As The Stars Catch Fire
03:59
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The sun is down, but the daylight is hangin’ round the trees
The sky is darkening, but something still illuminates the leaves
In the alley now the streetlight glows
Right before your eyes the children grow.
And you know this time is sacred now
So you make yourself a silent vow
To live inside the here and now
As the stars catch fire.
It’s all for sale, every single second of the year:
Your world, your time--especially in terms of what you fear.
But the evening light reveals a sign
As it softly scatters warm and fine.
And you know this time is sacred now
So you make yourself a silent vow
To live inside the here and now
As the stars catch fire.
One by one; each a sun.
Each in turn, see them burn the sky
In the alley now the streetlight glows
Right before your eyes the children grow.
And you know this time is sacred now
So you make yourself a silent vow
To live inside the here and now
As the stars catch fire.
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Brethren Bones Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bethren Bones: Lyn Pulsifer, Ritchie Two Bulls, and Tim Gustafson are friends from the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis.
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