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Alchemy
04:05
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Alchemy
Fill me with your sweetness
Show me how love is born
Teach me all that I need to know
I may not speak your language
But I'm pretty sure
You can turn this lead heart into gold, Into gold
Like diamonds from coal
Pearl from sand
I know you can, I know you can
And just one dance with me
Thus begins the alchemy
Love will lay down like a lion at our feet
Your eyes tell the story
That your words can't hide
Open up your heart and you will see
It turn to gold
Like diamonds from coal
Pearl from sand
I know you can, I know you can
Do you believe in alchemy?
Cause I believe, yeah I believe.
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2. |
What the Poets Know
03:28
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What the Poets Know
Where would the poets be without the moon and the stars?
No bright night jewels to compare the lover’s eyes to
No twinkling company to light their dark hours
No early morning crescent to mark their dreams and moods
And if the sun always shone?
No melancholy gray
To condense their thoughts like fog
Or hot breath on a window pane
Where would the poets be without the rain?
To wet their skin
Let them begin to sprout their seed
Make them believe
Cause words pile up and hang around
Linger near the feelings where they fell
Waiting for someone to write them down
Waiting for someone with a story to tell
But there's no melody without silence
There's no rhythm without the spaces in between
What some may say is beautiful
Others think is obscene
The poets know what I mean
I know the poets know.
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3. |
Dancing Again
03:45
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Dancing Again
All the broken hearts
Strewn around our feet
Make it hard to move
Make it hard to speak
So grab yourself a broom
And we'll make our selves some room
And when we've cleared the floor
We'll try the dance of love once more
I can hear the music in my mind
Seems like it's been there all the time
Round and round we go
How long it lasts ain't nobody knows
But I'm happy just to be dancing with you
You've built your hopes so high
And me afraid of heights
But the more that time goes by
The less I need to fight
And all the mildew and the dust
From all those lonely nights
Has settled on my trust
Has clouded up my sight
But I don't need to see to dance
And I'm still willing to take that chance
So let me have your hand
Right here where we stand
I'm happy just to be dancing again
I said I'm happy to be dancing
So happy to be dancing
I'm happy to be dancing again.
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4. |
Red Umbrella
04:40
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If I had a red umbrella
Maybe I wouldn't feel so blue when it rains
You know I'd splash in every puddle
Every puddle that came my way
Mamma I know you like the feel of mud between your toes
Cause darling I feel the same
We could share my red umbrella
Dance barefoot in the rain
So I won't complain
When those dark clouds roll on in
Cause we can lay all day
Making love in my single bed
Just like Bob Marley said.
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5. |
Plenty
04:24
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Plenty
Roll with me till we're dizzy down these green grassy hills
We'll lay at the bottom
And watch the clouds spin
Get up, run to the top
We'll do it all again
There is plenty, There is plenty of all we need
Sunshine on our backs
The sweet air we breathe
Ain't no hurry
There's no place I've got to be
Just right here loving you
Yeah with you loving me
Climb with me up this apple tree and we'll sit a while up there
Just to see what we can see
Come on I double dare you
I'll pick the best fruit just for you
And I'll rub it till it shines
Let your legs dangle down and we'll talk about
What ever is on our minds
There is plenty
There is plenty of all we need
Sunshine on our backs
The sweet air we breathe
I'm not worried
There's no place I'd rather be
Just right here loving you
With you loving me.
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6. |
My Queen
03:14
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Hey old lady why you treat me so mean?
The meanest old lady that I've ever seen
You know if meanness was royal
Baby, you'd be the Queen
And I could be you jester
Hey old lady why you treat me so bad?
Meanest old lady I've ever had
I try to make you laugh it's only making you mad
Your sign must be Do Not Enter
Oh my Queen
Won't you, please, won't you, please
Won't you, please, Love me
You sell a kiss for a nickel
Two for a dime
Four for a quarter
If you’re a friend of mine
You know I want your love I got to get in line
Stand and place my order
Low cut dress and those high heel shoes
You paint your face and you give me the blues
I had to rob a bank just to pay your dues
Please let me cross your border
Hey old lady why you treat me so mean?
Meanest old lady that I've ever seen
You know if meanness was royal
Baby you'd be the Queen
And I could be your jester.
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7. |
God's Breath
04:55
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Do you know why your here?
Do you know from where you've come?
Do you know what you came to do?
And leave behind you when you’re gone?
Life's song is a skeleton
Rhythm skull and bones
It's your voice that fills the flesh in
It's God's breath that gives it soul
Don't want to cry for what might have been
Don't want to hope for what might be
Just want to wake in my own skin
And feel you here right next to me
Life's song is a skeleton
Rhythm skull and bones
It's your voice that fills the flesh in
It's God's breath that gives it soul
Yeah it's God's breath that gives it soul.
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8. |
No Anchor
04:45
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I'm not looking for an anchor
Know you only feel the current when you try to stand still
And I'm not looking for an answer
You can search all you want
But you never will touch down on ground
But I will love
And I will speak my truth, yeah
I will love, I will love you
I've walked these streets empty handed
Not knowing where I'll lay my head
But you know I've never felt abandoned
Cause the moon is my pillow
And the stars are my bed
So lay down on this ground
And we will love
We will share our truth yeah
We will love, we will love
Cause we are love
Love. Love. Love. Love.
Yes we are love
I toss my thoughts on scraps of paper
Never mind that I am lost
Some day I'll bring it all together
And pass it on before I cross
On down into the ground I will love
I will share my truth yeah
I will love, I will love you.
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9. |
Jar of Pennies
03:52
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You've had food on your table
A roof over your head
You’re willing but unable
to explain the tears you shed
Fortune smiles on you God's child
Through all your trials you've not stood alone
Now you say you'll be on your way
Just point you in the direction home
And you judge yourself
Like no on else
You say it can't be helped
Who else is there to blame?
Took your jar of pennies to the wishing well
And dropped them in one by one
You watched each one as it fell
Stood there waiting for your wishes to come
As time went by you'd forgotten why
You stood there and what it is you wished for
When your wishes came your wish had changed
You didn't want them anymore
And the wanderlust still grips you
Takes your trust and trips you
Tell me who's gonna miss you
When you’re gone?
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10. |
Day By Day
05:01
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Hear the wind in the cottonwoods
The rustle of the leaves
The sigh of the breeze
And all the kids in the neighborhood
Out playing in the streets
Into the warm night you wander
Just to feel your feet on the ground
Cross the bridge over from silence
Singing just to hear the sound
All the girls go by on their bicycles
Bouquet of flowers in one hand
And your heart feels just like an icicle
Dropped in a frying pan
Into the warm night you wander
Just to feel your feet on the ground
Cross the bridge over from silence
Singing just to hear the sound
La la la...
And all the postcards that you wrote
All got washed out in the rain
And everybody wants to know
How long are you going to stay?
Take it day by day
You'll say La la la...
Forest Sun © 2001
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Forest Sun San Francisco, California
San Francisco Bay Area troubadour and award winning songwriter, Forest Sun has regaled audiences around the globe with his
wealth of songs and stories, all sung and told with back porch ease and bonhomie. Sun's music has been compared to everyone from Jack Johnson, The Avett Brothers and John Mayer to Van Morrison and Bob Dylan, but his unique style is entirely his own.
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