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  wednesday

  PAINT WITH ALL THE COLORS OF THE WIND

  You think I'm an ignorant savage
  And you've been so many places
  I guess it must be so
  But still I cannot see
  If the savage one is me
  Now can there be so much that you don't know?
  You don't know ...
  
  You think you own whatever land you land on
  The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
  But I know every rock and tree and creature
  Has a life, has a spirit, has a name
  
  You think the only people who are people
  Are the people who look and think like you
  But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
  You'll learn things you never knew you never knew
  
  Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
  Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?
  Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?
  Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
  Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
  
  Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
  Come taste the sunsweet berries of the Earth
  Come roll in all the riches all around you
  And for once, never wonder what they're worth
  
  The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
  The heron and the otter are my friends
  And we are all connected to each other
  In a circle, in a hoop that never ends
  
  How high will the sycamore grow?
  If you cut it down, then you'll never know
  And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
  
  For whether we are white or copper skinned
  We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains
  We need to paint with all the colors of the wind
  
  You can own the Earth and still
  All you'll own is Earth until
  You can paint with all the colors of the wind.
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  Satanus

  The Beatles

  	Because Writer: Lennon; harmony lead vocal: Lennon, McCartney, Harrison Because the world is round it turns me on Because the world is round...aaaaaahhhhhh Because the wind is high it blows my mind Because the wind is high......aaaaaaaahhhh Love is all, love is new Love is all, love is you Because the sky is blue, it makes me cry Because the sky is blue.......aaaaaaaahhhh Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh....
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  FlyingHighNow

  Wednesday, what beautiful words. Thank you for sharing them.

  Satanus, I love the song: Because. And it was John who said, "Love is all you need." Now I have it playing through my head.

  Flyin'
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  FlyingHighNow

  Here is a song written about Woodstock. I used to think it sounded like the crowds who gathered to hear Jesus speak and to be healed by him.

  Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)

  Melanie performs this song with The Edwin Hawkins Singers(the group who did O Happy Day)Lyrics: (copied exactly from the album liner notes) chorus* lay down lay down, let it all down let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown lay down lay down, let it all down let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown* we were so close, there was no room we bled inside each others wounds we all had caught the same disease and we all sang the songs of peace chorus so raise the candles high cause if you don't we could stay black against the night oh raise them higher again and if you do we could stay dry against the rain chrous we were so close there was no room we bled inside each others wounds we all had caught the same disease and we all sang the songs of peace some came to sing, some came to pray some came to keep the dark away so raise the candles high cause if you don't we could stay black against the sky oh oh raise them higher again and if you do we could stay dry against the rain chorus One of my favorites. Flyin'
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  FlyingHighNow

  Here's an anti establishment/anti-war song. I guess sort of. This was done by Jefferson Airplane. Still a very good song to this day.

  Lather
  
  Lather was thirty years old today,
  They took away all of his toys.
  His mother sent newspaper clippings to him,
  About his old friends who'd stopped being boys.
  There was Harwitz E. Green, just turned thirty-three,
  His leather chair waits at the bank.
  And Seargent Dow Jones, twenty-seven years old,
  Commanding his very own tank.
  But Lather still finds it a nice thing to do,
  To lie about nude in the sand,
  Drawing pictures of mountains that look like bumps,
  And thrashing the air with his hands.
  
  But wait, oh Lather's productive you know,
  He produces the finest of sound,
  Putting drumsticks on either side of his nose,
  Snorting the best licks in town,
  But that's all over...
  
  Lather was thirty years old today,
  And Lather came foam from his tongue.
  He looked at me eyes wide and plainly said,
  Is it true that I'm no longer young?
  And the children call him famous,
  what the old men call insane,
  And sometimes he's so nameless,
  That he hardly knows which game to play...
  Which words to say...
  And I should have told him, "No, you're not old."
  And I should have let him go on...smiling...babywide.
  

  Flyin'
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  bigboi

  Tupac Shakur~ Unconditional Love

  What y'all want?)Unconditional Love (no doubt)
  Talking bout the stuff that don't wear off
  It don't fade
  It'll last for all these crazy days
  These crazy nights
  Whether you wrong or you right
  I'm a still love you
  Still feel you
  Still there for you
  No matter what (hehe)
  You will always be in my heart
  With unconditional love
  
  Come listen to my truest thoughts, my truest feelings
  All my peers doing years beyond drug dealing
  How many caskets can we witness
  Before we see it's hard to live
  This life without God, so we must ask forgiveness
  Ask mama why i got this urge to die
  Witness the tears falling free from my eyes
  Before she could reply
  Though we were born without a silver spoon
  My broken down TV, show cartoons in my living room (hey)
  One day I hope to make it
  A player in this game
  Mama don't cry, long as we try
  Maybe things change
  Perhaps it's just a fantasy
  A life where we don't need no welfare
  Shit with our whole family
  Maybe it's me that caused it
  The fighting and the hurting
  In my room crying cause I didn't want to be a burden
  Watch mama open up her arms to hugging
  And I ain't worried bout a damn thang, with unconditionl love
  
  
  In this game the lesson's in your eyes to see
  Though things change, the future's still inside of me
  We must remember that tomorrow comes after the dark
  So you will always be in my heart, with unconditional love
  Just got the message you've been calling all week
  Been out here hustling on these streets, ain't had a chance to speak
  But you know, with you and me it's on G
  We could never be enemies, cause you been such a good friend to me
  Where would I be without my dogs
  No wonder why when times get hard
  Cause it ain't easy being who we are
  Driven by my ambitions, desire higher positions
  So I proceed to make Gs, eternally in my mission
  Is to be more than just a rap musician
  The elevation of today's generation
  If could make 'em listen
  Prison ain't what we need, no longer stuck in greed
  Time to play and strategize, my family's gotta eat
  When we make somethin out of nothing
  No pleasure in the suffering, neighborhood would be good
  If they could cut out all the busting
  The liquor and the weed the cussing
  Sending love out to my block
  The struggle never stops (unconditional love)
  
  
  I'll probably never understand ya ways
  With everyday I swear I hear ya
  Trying to change your ways while gettin paid at the same time
  Just had a baby with the same >>>eyes<<<
  Something inside, please let me die these are strange times
  How come I never made it
  Maybe it's the way the played it in my heart
  I knew one day I gotta be a star
  My hopes and all my wishes
  So many vivid pictures, and all the currency
  I'll never even get to see
  This fast life soon shatter us
  Cause after all the lights and screams
  Nothing but my dreams matter
  Hoping for better days
  Maybe a peaceful night, baby don't cry
  Cause everythang gonna be alright
  Just lay your head on my shoulder
  Don't worry bout a thang baby
  Girl I'm a soldier (huh)
  Never treated me bad, no matter who I was
  You still came with that, unconditional love
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  bikerchic

  Hey, Kate, that Fat Bottomed Girls, the other song on that 45 was a consciousness raising song, too. It said to us, "Hey, dudes: them fat bottoms is sexy, too." I liked the song they did for the movie Highlander. Was it Who Wants To Live Forever?

  Looking forward to your 60s songs now.

  LOL Flyin, believe it or not I sorta got sick of Fat Bottomed Girls........it was played way too much at the biker bars, well them was the days I was hanging out in biker bars.

  So you wanna here my 60's songs, oy vay you may regret this but here goes just for a warm up:

  The original version is the one I grew up with by The Guess Who a band from Canada and was co written by Randy Bachman of Bachman, Turner Overdrive, or BTO I could only find Lenny Kravitz remake of it which I really loved and bought his CD just for this song:

  American Woman ( Guess who / Austin powers Soundtrack )

  Huh!
  American woman Stay away from me
  American woman
  Mama let me be

  Don't come hanging around my door
  I don't want to see your face no more
  I got more important things to do
  Than spend my time growin' old with you

  Now woman Stay away
  American woman Listen what I say
  
  American woman Get away from me
  American woman
  Mama let me be

  Don't come knocking around my door
  I don't want to see your shadow no more
  Colored lights can hypnotize
  Sparkle someone else's eyes

  Now woman Get away
  American woman Listen what I say
  
  Huh!
  American woman I said get away
  American woman
  Listen what I say

  Don't come hanging around my door
  Don't want to see your face no more
  I don't need your war machines
  I don't need your ghetto scenes Colored lights can hypnotize
  Sparkle someone else's eyes

  Now woman Get away
  American woman Listen what I say
  
  American woman
  Stay away from me
  American woman
  Mama let me be

  I gotta go
  I gotta get away
  And I gotta go
  I wanna fly away
  
  I'm gonna leave you, woman I'm gonna leave you, woman
  I'm gonna leave you, woman
  I'm gonna leave you, woman Bye bye, bye bye
  Bye bye, bye bye American woman
  You're no good for me
  And I'm no good for you American woman
  I look you right straight in the eye
  Tell you what I'm gonna do
  American woman I'm gonna leave you woman
  You know I gotta go
  
  I'm gonna leave you woman
  I gotta go
  IIIIII gotta go
  I gotta go american woman yeah

  I'm a huge Motown fan!

  Ball Of Confusion

   by: The Temptations People moving out, people moving in, why? Because of the color of their skin. Run, run, run but you sure can't hide. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, vote for me and I'll set you free. Ohh, brother, rap on. Well, the only person talking 'bout love my brother is the preacher. And it seems, nobody's interested in learning but the teacher. Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration, activation, humiliation, obligation to the nation. Ball of confusion, that's what the world is today. The sale of pills are at an all-time high, your folks' walkin' 'round with their heads in the sky. Sad is a flame in the summertime, awwwwww, and the beat goes on. Evolution, revolution, gun control, sound of soul, shooting rockets to the moon, kids growing up too soon. Politicians say more taxes will solve everything. And the band played on. So, 'round and around and around we go, where the world's headed, nobody knows. I say, oogie boogie can't you hear me talkin' to you? Just a ball of confusion, that's what the world is today. Fear in the air, tension everywhere, unemployment rising fast, the Beatles' new record's a gas, and the only safe place to live is on an Indian Reservation. And the band played on. Eve of destruction, tax deduction, city inspectors, bill collectors, power going to the man , population out of hand, suicide, too many bills, hippies moving to the hills, people all over the world are shouting "end the war." And the band played on. I say oogie boogie can't you hear me talkin' to you? Say, a ball of confusion, that's what the world is today. Lemme hear ya, lemme hear ya, lemme hear ya, lemme hear ya say Ball of confusion, that's what the world is today.

  The formating is all messed up......I'll post more later.

  Kate
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  FlyingHighNow

  How many caskets can we witness
  Before we see it's hard to live
  This life without God, so we must ask forgiveness
  Ask mama why i got this urge to die
  Witness the tears falling free from my eyes
  Before she could reply
  Though we were born without a silver spoon

  Bigboi, this sent a chill down my spine thinking about what was going to happen to Tupac. Passionate and deep, thank you for sharing.

  
  Fear in the air, tension everywhere,
  unemployment rising fast, the Beatles' new record's a gas, and the only safe place to live is on an Indian Reservation.
  And the band played on.

  Kate, that song could be about today if you change Beatles to something current and record to CD. Andy and I love that song. I'm also a huge Motown fan.

  American Woman, I wonder if he means Lady Liberty in a sarcastic way. I prefer the Guess Who version.

  Biker bars. I never went in one. I did used to date a guy who would give me rides everywhere on his sportster though. I have a feeling those biker mammas would have kicked my a$$. But you never know. I might have been their little mascot.

  Share some more, Kate and everyone. This is interesting.

  Flyin'
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  Cicatrix

  Dust in Wind Lyrics
  Kansas
  
  
  I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
  All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity
  Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.
  Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
  All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
  
  Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
  
  [Now] Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
  It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy.
  
  Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
  Dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind.
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  FlyingHighNow

  Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.

  This line makes me think of Proverbs and the striving after the wind scripture. How life is like striving after the wind.

  Thank you, Cic. Beautiful song. Beautiful arrangement, too.

  Flyin'