1. |
Love Never Ends
03:43
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An Instrumental 12 String Guitar Duet
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2. |
Healing Song
05:35
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She'd been alone for many years, kept herself apart
To try and mend her wounded pride, protect her fragile heart.
In her forest glade she'd found a place,
Where she could be cocooned and safe,
Insulated by her fear and thinking it was smart.
A friend of furred and feathered kind,
They calmed her grieving soul.
Uncomplicated, unconditioned love to make her whole.
Till the day a harper stumbled in,
Lost with wounds her art could mend,
Compassion outweighed caution,
As she reached out to console.
With the magic of her greenwood, gentle strength she shared.
His wounds she cleaned and bound,
Then withdrew the poison there.
And watched over him as he slept,
Her strange and silent vigil kept,
Wondering at how his fate had placed him in her care.
As days passed kindness he repaid, the only way he could,
Composing songs he'd play for her to echo in her wood.
The yearning heart she had ignored,
Was touched and shaken to the core,
The music held a magic which she had not understood.
In pain and terrified of love, for years she'd stayed alone,
Convinced her troubled heart that the risk should not be born.
The harper's tune unlocked and flew,
The butterfly was born anew,
His music taught her love should not be scorned.
She let go of the pain which had imprisoned her so long.
His gentle presence soothed her mind, her trepidation gone.
As the heart she thought could never mend,
Began to feel alive again,
The gift he gave within his healing song.
And she ever will be grateful for his gift of healing song.
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3. |
Like Running on the Moon
03:34
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Weightless and unbalanced as you bounce within yourself,
Certainty is juxtaposed with doubt.
Wonder at how long you kept your heart upon the shelf,
Scared and giddy hoping it works out.
CHORUS:
Like the feeling Armstrong must have had
As he danced among the dunes,
Love is just like running on the moon.
Dizzy and bewildered feeling just a bit absurd,
Trying not to act too spaced and dazed.
Try not to feel confused at all the dormant feelings stirred,
Intensity which leaves you quite amazed.
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Then a little voice inside assures you all is right,
Laying in a comforting embrace throughout the night.
Marvel how your once heavy heart feels so light,
Floating in the lower gravity of love in flight.
Just the sound of a voice and the butterflies will start.
Lightning at the memory of a kiss.
Trying not to count each of the seconds you're apart,
Helplessly unable to resist.
CHORUS
Yes love feels like I'm running - on the moon!
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4. |
Today
04:16
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Today I take your hand - Today I give my heart,
Today we promise we will never be apart.
Today we join as one, behold our future bold and bright,
Illuminate with love each other’s darkest night - Today.
Each of us has passed through the fire of deepest sorrow.
Today we soar the sky with the promise of tomorrow.
The missing puzzle piece in each other’s soul we have become,
Partners embracing destiny united as one.
Today I take your hand - Today I give my heart,
Today we promise we will never be apart.
Today we join as one, affirm our future bold and bright,
Illuminate with love each other’s darkest night - Today.
We ask the Grace of God to bless the union of our lives,
Witnessed by the ones who’ve seen us through our joys and strife.
May we be thankful every day for our love pure and warm,
As we share the strength we need to weather any storm.
Today I take your hand, Today I give my heart,
Today we promise we will never be apart.
Today we join as one, create our future bold and bright,
Illuminate with love each other’s darkest night - Today.
Today, our dreams, take flight - Today.
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5. |
Rejoice
02:53
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CHORUS:
Rejoice! The Lord and Lady are wedded.
Rejoice! Our houses and families unite.
Rejoice! Let us celebrate our glad fortune.
Let us tarry on our delight.
Thanks be to God, our most Holy Father,
Thank you kind Pastor for service divine,
Thank you dear family, friends, and attendants,
Musicians and crafters for creations most fine.
CHORUS
Now we retire to greet and mingle,
Soon we depart to take our ease.
Tonight we gather to feast and revel,
Till then God bless you and keep you at peace.
CHORUS
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Deep into suburbia the salesman wanders in,
With his chimera vacuum heading for his next victim.
His appointment is at six o'clock; he knocks upon my door,
With visions of a big sale and with no clue what's in store.
Three things see no end: The salesman's droning pitch,
His apparent lack of brain cells, and the cat's impatient twitch.
He comes, attachments flying, as he puts on quite a show.
Who knew vacuums can blend daiquiris?
And who would want to know?
We thought he'd be half-hour at most, but he's oblivious,
While we grow hungry and annoyed at his brash tactlessness.
Three things never anger if you want to make the sale:
The man who buys, the wife who guides,
And the cat who'll see you fail.
Our brindle tabby ambles in, with paws as black as soot.
A lithe young tom still fully armed, and blithely named Blackfoot.
A prince of ‘Ailuro-dom,' known few cats half as bright.
The fearless urban predator mauls vacuum beasts on sight.
Of three things be wary: a salesman's practiced charm,
A cat's look of innocence, and a woman's sense of harm.
The salesman grins in triumph as he spots a perfect ‘in.'
He says, "I see you have a pet, perhaps I should begin,
To show the thing your cat will love, this handy grooming tool."
We laugh out loud and roll our eyes and think, "Who is this fool?"
Three things never trust in: the sale that's in the hat
The budget that you think they have, and the patience of the cat.
I say, "Sure go right ahead, if you want to make him mad."
The VROOM of his machine drowns out half of what I said.
Blackfoot arches, hisses, spits, his fur stands straight as well.
His bonny highness clearly faced the Vacuum Beast from Hell!
Three things a clever cat can sense before most fools will flinch:
The food can sound, how latches turn,
And the dope who flipped the switch.
Blackfoot springs onto his hand and quickly climbs his arm.
Claws slice through his shirt and skin with ‘Ginsu master' form.
The fool screams bloody murder as the cat leaps on his head.
My wife states with a sharp steel tone, "You hurt my babe, you're dead."
Three things are most perilous: A mom-cat guarding kits,
A cat who has been cornered, and the claws with which they hit.
We save our prince, the fool has learned this sale will not be made.
Try to not snicker too much as we get him some band-aids.
We say it's time for him to go ... he heartily agrees.
He grabs his precious vacuum bits and out the door he flees.
Three things trust above all else: The partner at your side,
Door to door sales are full of crap, and the feline sense of pride.
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7. |
Velveteen
04:08
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8. |
Where Magic Hides
04:32
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Once upon a time there was magic everywhere,
And man and magic chose to coexist.
Then humans wanted dominance that magic would not give,
And they railed when the magic would resist.
For magic may cooperate if the power chooses to,
But if you seek subservience that's something it won't do.
CHORUS:
Magic never left, but where does it reside?
Did it find it needed to retreat in order to survive?
Till humanity remembered to look once again within,
To find the quiet places magic hides.
Some say all magic died away a long, long time ago,
Belief in magic losing its appeal.
Some say science killed it, not allowing it to grow,
Others claim that it was never real.
But I know magic hides in things it takes a heart to find,
Things which aren't revealed to a logic obsessed mind.
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Magic tells the dreamer that it's not impossible,
It's woven in the thread which forms the fabric of our soul.
Its silk reveals what only the heart has knowledge of,
Imagination, music, art and faith, and magic's found in love.
It is magic when an artist first puts paint to brush,
Bringing life the wonder of their visions.
It's magic when the first measures of music flow,
Composed from the heart of a musician.
It is magic when you're moved to tears by a poem or a song,
Or guided to your soul mate after looking for so long.
CHORUS
Just look into your heart and it is magic you will find.
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9. |
Forever She'll Be There
06:33
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I'm getting to know a woman that I'll never meet.
She passed too young to glory, and though her life was incomplete,
The legacy she left behind will never die,
In stories told and visions shared - a legacy of life.
And if the measure of a woman is the lives she touched,
Then Kim Marie is unsurpassed, she was loved so very much.
CHORUS:
The lives she touched, the dreams she shared,
The man she loved, the ways she cared,
Forever changed, forever she'll be there.
The years she had were fewer than they should have been,
Yet she saw the gift and inspiration, finding joy within.
She loved one man with all her heart and soul,
And many stories of their life so often are retold,
Of cats and friends and feelings, her spirit and her spark,
Her faith, her hope and humor, not diminished by the battle fought.
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
For the cancer never beat her, although it took her life.
It never broke her will to live, no matter what the pain and strife.
As the end drew near she worried, more for him than for herself
She knew dying's not as hard as going on all by yourself
She didn't want him to die with her, and though she knew he'd grieve
His dreams were still within his reach if only he believed
She knew it would take time but told him - start your life again,
Once the pain has eased enough to let somebody else come in.
CHORUS
The man she loved grieved deeply, then slowly began healing.
And as she wished one day he found another heart with which to sing.
I wonder what she'd think of me and if she'd understand,
I think she does and sometimes I think I feel her take my hand.
An artist and craftswoman, her creations fill our home
And though we never met in life, her heart to me is not unknown.
And I will know her through his eyes,
A love I never want disguised,
And I will keep him warm at night,
And know she's smiling . . . in the light.
I'm getting to know the way she lived,
The ones she loved - the things she dared.
And we're forever changed, forever she'll be there
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10. |
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Does it seem like yesterday - Your carefree college days,
When you met the woman who'd become your wife?
To marry you ran away - Your families were dismayed,
Did you know how much this man would change your life?
CHORUS:
Yesterday Today and Tomorrow,
The love you share has seen you through
The laughter and the sorrow.
When you met so long ago, there was no way you could know,
You'd have fifty years of watching your love grow.
Years were lean, you saw them through,
Watched as your children grew,
Skinned knees and school and Scouts, filled up the years.
Your sons before you stand - Your children now fine men,
The futures once imagined are now here.
CHORUS
Now grandchildren run to you - Oh, the time, how fast it flew,
You're Elder Scouters looked to for advice.
So today we celebrate - A union five decades great,
Still basking in the glow of love's warm light.
BRIDGE:
As you look to years ahead, happy times with many friends
Like the tide moving the waters,
Your influence flows in waves of gentle inspiration.
And as tomorrow writes more chapters,
Recall where your lives have led,
A hope filled legacy that never ends.
CHORUS
Here's to fifty years of watching your love grow.
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11. |
Because I Have You
03:58
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Together we're much stronger, than we ever were apart.
We'll share our hopes and struggles,
Like we shared our hearts . . .
It was so damn difficult; I struggled ev'ry day.
Life seemed a complex game I didn't know how to play.
Used to have big dreams, tried to let them go.
Thought it wasn't in me - Better did you know.
It's easier (It's so easy) Because I Have You.
So much better (I am better) Because I Have You.
You're my inspiration, you're my guide.
Can't imagine you not by my side.
Belief and confidence…you gave to me and more.
My dreams are here to stay, and they're bigger than before!
So much stronger (I am stronger) Because I Have You.
So happy now (I am happy) Because I Have You.
BRIDGE:
Now I'm not sure what to do; got struggles of my own.
Problems ganging up on me, my peace and strength have flown.
It's okay, you'll overcome, there's no doubt, you see.
I'll lift you up…inspire you… like you do for me!
And it'll be easy…Because I Have You.
Yes it'll be easy…Because I Have You.
Much better now…Because I Have You.
So hopeful now… Because I Have You.
Much stronger now…Because I Have You.
So happy now…Because I Have You.
Because I Have You.
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12. |
Thinking of You
04:30
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Improvisational Instrumental Bonus Track.
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Cat Greenberg St. Louis, Missouri
Cat Greenberg is a writer and singer/songwriter from the St. Louis, MO area where she lives with cats, a dog and her youngest child, Aidan. Alone, With Friends is her first solo album. Her 2 previous albums are: Romancing the Filk, with her late husband, Bari, and Accidental Filk Band, with their band The Unusual Suspects. Cat also works with Canticles Productions (www.canticlesproductions.com) ... more
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