The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. --Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
The ocean doesn’t want me today
But I’ll be back tomorrow to play
And the stranglers will take me
Down deep in their brine
The mischievous braingels
Down into the endless blue wine
I’ll open my head and let out
All of my time
I’d love to go drowning
And to stay and to stay
But the ocean doesn’t want me today
I’ll go in up to here
It can’t possibly hurt
All they will find is my beer
And my shirt
A rip tide is raging
And the life guard is away
But the ocean doesn’t want me today
The ocean doesn’t want me today
I built my house here
long side this mountain
This rugged mountain that stands so tall
I’ve had a good life
Above the lowlands
It’s more than I asked for, but less than I dreamed
I’ve often heard a voice call down to me
If you’d climb higher you’d find wondrous things to see
But the way is steep
And a storm may come…
For such a time as this
Isn’t it much to great a risk
I’ve never flown from the edge of a cliff
Never walked on the water
But if I turned away
How would I know what I have missed
Have I waited all of my life
For such a time as this
I’ve been content to not ask those questions
That stir the waters and move the waves
The windless waters are so much more peaceful
They calm my spirit in silent song
I’ve often wondered what’s eluding me
The yearning’s meant to free me from complacency
But the way is steep
And a storm my come…
For such a time as this
Isn’t it much to great a risk
I’ve never flown from the edge of a cliff
Never walked on the water
But if I turned away
How would I know what I have missed
Have I waited all of my life
For such a time as this
What did you think
I would do at this moment
When you’re standing before me
With tears in your eyes?
Trying to tell me that you
Have found you another
And you just don’t love me no more
What did you think
I would say at this moment
When I’m faced with the knowledge
That you just don’t love me
Did you think I would curse you?
Or say things to hurt you?
Cause you just don’t love me no more
Did you think I could hate you?
Or raise my hands to you?
Now come on, you know me too well
How could I hurt you
When darling, I love you
And you know… I’d never hurt you
What do you think, I would give at this moment?
If you’d stay I’d subtract twenty-years from my life
I’d fall down on my knees
Kiss the ground that you walk on
If I could just hold you again
I’d fall down on my knees
Kiss the ground that you walk on, baby
If I could just hold you…again
How very special are we
For just a moment to be
Part of life’s eternal rhyme
How very special are we
To have on our family tree
Mother Earth and Father Time
He turns the seasons around
And so she changes her gown
But they always look in their prime
They go on dancing their dance
Of every lasting romance
Mother Earth and Father Time
The summer larks return to sing
Oh what a gift they give
Then autumn days grow short and cold
Oh what a joy to live
How very special are we
For just a moment to be
Part of life’s eternal rhyme
How very special are we
To have on our family tree
Mother Earth and Father Time
I don’t know you
But I want you
All the more for that
Words fall through me
And always fool me
And I can’t react
And games that never amount
To more than they’re meant
Will play themselves out
Take this sinking boat and point it home
We’ve still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice
You’ll make it now
Falling slowly, eyes that know me
And I can’t go back
Moods that take me and erase me
And I’m painted black
You have suffered enough
And warred with yourself
It’s time that you won
Take this sinking boat and point it home
We’ve still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice
You’ve made it now
Falling slowly sing your melody
I’ll sing along
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