Songs of my Heart

I've been feeling some very strong feelings around these two songs as of late and I just wanted to share the lyrics, because not everyone memorizes songs as I do, and they couldn't understand for their own sakes what I was talking about it. So here, with proper credit, are the songs that i'm listening to.

Bare Naked Ladies - Call & Answer

Words & Music by Stephen Duffy & Steven Page

I think it's getting to the point

where I can be myself again, I think

it's getting to the point

where we have almost made amends

I think it's the getting to the point

that is the hardest part.

If you call, I will answer

and if you fall, I'll pick you up

and if you court this disaster

I'll point you home

I'll point you home

You think I only think about you

when we're both in the same room, you think

I'm only here to witness

the remains of love exhumed

You think were here to play

the game of who loves more than whom

If you call, I will answer

and if you fall, I'll pick you up

and if you court this disaster...

You think it's only fair to do what's

best for you and you alone, you think

it's only fair to do the same

to me when you're not home

I think it's time to make this something that is

more than only fair

So if you call, I will answer

and if you fall, I'll pick you up

and if you court this disaster

I'll point you home

But I'm warning you, don't ever do

Those crazy, messed-up things that you do

If you ever do I promise you

I'll be the first to crucify you

Now it's time to prove that you've come back

Here to rebuild.

The other song that is on my mind, is a little harder to sing, remember and understand. However it also fits the bill to a "T" and I work hard on it every day. Following here are the lyrics to this timeless classic.

Words & Music: Stephen Stills

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

Performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young @ Woodstock

It's getting to the point where I'm no fun any more

I am sorry

Sometimes it hurts so badly I must cry out loud

I am lonely

I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are

You make it hard

Remember what we've said and done and felt about each other

Oh, babe, have mercy

Don't let the past remind us of what we are not now

I am not dreaming

I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are

You make it hard

Tearing yourself away from me now, you are free

And I am crying

This does not mean I don't love you, I do, that's forever

Yes, and for always

I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are

You make it hard

Something inside is telling me that I've got your secret

Are you still listening

Fear is the lock, and laughter the key to your heart

And I love you

I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are

You make it hard... hard

And you make it hard

And you make it hard

Friday evening

Sunday in the afternoon

What have you got to lose

Tuesday morning

Please be gone, I'm tired of you

What have you got to lose

Can I tell it like it is

Help me I'm suffering

But listen to me baby

It's my heart that's suffering

Help me, I'm dying...

It's dyin' and that's what I have to lose

... to lose

I've got an answer

I'm going to fly away

What have I got to lose?

Will you come see me

Thursdays and Saturdays

What have you got to lose

Chestnut brown canary

Ruby throated sparrow

Sing a song, don't be long

Thrill me to the marrow

Lacy lilting lyric

Ring around the moonlight

Asking me, said she so free

How can you catch the sparrow

Lacy lilting lyric

Losing love lamenting

Change my life, make it right

Be my lady

Que linda me la traiga Cuba

La reina de la Mar Caribe

Quiero solo visitarla alli

Y que triste que no puedo vaya

O va, va

{How beautiful it would be to bring me to Cuba

The queen of the Caribbean

I only want to visit you there

And how sad that I can't go

Oh go, go!}

I want to personally thank Stephen Stills, Stephen Duffy & Steven Page for writing these songs that say exactly how I feel and allow me to express my sadness, my frustration and my new will to carry on with a medium I love to use. I sing them to myself wherever I am. They are not only deeply meaningful songs but also catchy and will drive themselves into your brain. I want to share my sympathy with the three Steve's. You guys must all have had some nasty breakups to have been able to write these songs.

On a different note, now that I have these lyrics posted, I'm going to post my own analysis of these lyrics based on my new understanding of Taoism, The 4 Agreements and personal experience.

Look for these songs, get them, and really listen to them hard. You'll know where I am when you do.

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Friar Greg