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There’s something I must tell you now
Let love be your guide
The longing of the human heart knows how to
Let love be your guide
I stood among you and I knew
Let love be your guide
It was clear what you were here to do
Let love be your guide
Be your guide when you’re weary
Be your guide when you’re unsure
The winds of change are on your side
Let love be your guide
History tells us this is not new
Let love be your guide
Yesterday’s lessons still hold true
Let love be your guide
The nightmare it was deep and long
Let love be your guide
Now the wind is troubled with the sweetest song
Let love be your guide
Be your guide when you’re weary...
I may not be with you when the day is done
Let love be your guide
But I know you’ll be marching ’til the peace is won
Let love be your guide
Be your guide when you’re weary...
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2. |
Open Windows (Here I Am)
03:51
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Open Windows
The sun is shining on my face and hands
Open Windows
Here I am
Open Windows
The sun is shining on my face and hands
Open Windows
Here I am
Well, let me clear my throat
And jump on the mic
’Cause I’ve got something to say
Here’s a little something I hope you’ll like
I’m going to sing it in my own way
I’m going to sing like the rain
I’m going to sing like the breeze
I’m going to sing like a horse in a race
I’m going to sing out loud and sing out proud
Can’t you see the smile on my face
Open Windows...
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Long Hot Summer Nights
03:25
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Every ray of the sun tells you it’s endless
But the clouds in the sky say, “No it won’t last.”
So take the cool morning dreams when you would lie awake
In thoughts of a better time
Don’t let them pass
Try and hold on
And remember
When September comes
Think of all the laughter and the songs we’ve sung
Through the long hot summer nights
When all the neighbors took their chairs outside
And I could see the stars in your eyes
Through the long hot summer nights.
Now it’s work and it’s school, no time to linger
As the nights grow cooler and they’re gone too soon
Take the joy that you felt when you were dancing
Let it shine, let it shine like the midnight moon.
Can you hold on
And remember
When September comes
Think of all the laughter and the songs we’ve sung
Through the long hot summer nights...
In my heart, it’s true
I believe in August and I believe in you
When you’re down and it’s cold
There’ll be somebody you can have and hold
Someone you can turn to
Someone who knows about the long hot summer nights...
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Seasons change, the world is turning / Ki Lè m’ap wè ou anko?
Through every day the heart is learning / Ki Lè m’ap wè ou anko?
Anko / Ki Lè m’ap wè ou anko?
When Autumn leaves are slowly falling / Ki Lè m’ap wè ou anko?
The hunger of the earth is calling / Ki Lè m’ap wè ou anko?
In Winter when the snow is scheming / Ki Lè m’ap wè ou anko?
Below the ground the roots are dreaming / Ki Lè m’ap wè ou anko?
Anko / Ki Lè m’ap wè ou anko?
In Spring the dreams will bloom and wonder / Ki Lè m’ap wè ou anko?
And lift the spell that we’ve been under / Ki Lè m’ap wè ou anko?
The gold of Summer’s for the spending / Ki Lè m’ap wè ou anko?
Knowing that these days are ending / Ki Lè m’ap wè ou anko?
When? The sun is asking
When? The rain is asking
When? The moon at night wonders
When will I see you again?
Seasons change, the world is turning / Ki Lè m’ap wè ou anko?
Through every day the heart is yearning / Ki Lè m’ap wè ou anko?
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Coming Down
04:39
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Can you see it coming down?
Can you see it coming down?
Can you see it coming down?
Someday we could all be free.
White supremacy / coming down
Bars of oppression / coming down
Hierarchies / coming down
Someday we could all be free
Militarism / coming down
Capitalism / coming down
Patriarchy / coming down
Someday we could all be free
Police departments / coming down
Voter suppression / coming down
Isolation / coming down
Someday we could all be free
The sun will shine and the rain will fall
The world will turn and bring the morning to us all
One way or another we will choose to love
Muros y fronteras basta ya (walls and borders coming down)
Las deportaciones basta ya (deportation coming down)
Familias separadas basta ya (separated families coming down)
Un día seremos libres (someday we could all be free)
Injusticias... basta ya (injustice coming down)
El racismo basta ya (racism coming down)
El odio basta ya (hate coming down)
Un día seremos libres (someday we could all be free)
There’s a dance tonight, are you coming down?
There’s a dance tonight, are you coming down?
There’s a dance tonight, are you coming down?
Someday we could all be free
Someday we could all be free
Un día seremos libres
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6. |
New Beginnings
02:59
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Everybody’s talking ’bout New Beginnings
New Beginnings / New Beginnings
Everybody’s talking ’bout New Beginnings
Don’t you want to go?
Well everything is broken now…
All out in the open now…
Who’ll be right on time?
Who’ll be there in line?
Who’ll be left behind?
Who’ll come running?
Don’t you know that they’re coming?
Open up your heart to...
Together we can walk through...
There’s a moaning in the midnight...
A running to the daylight...
Dancing to the rhythm of...
Moving to a new love...
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In These Troubled Times
03:23
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God give us the eyes
To see that storm on the water
To see that storm on the water
In these troubled times
God give us the ears
To hear that storm on the water...
In these troubled / in these troubled times
God give us the heart
To feel that storm on the water...
God give us the joy
To dance like a storm on the water…
God give us the strength
To be that storm on the water...
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For the Long Night
04:17
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Sister, here’s a song for the long night
Sister, here’s a song for the longest night
Sister, here’s a song for the long night
And I’ll sing with you ‘til the morning comes
Brother, here’s a prayer for the long night...
And I’ll pray with you ‘til the morning comes
Mama, here’s a dream for the long night...
And I’ll dream with you ‘til the morning comes
Father, what’s your wish for the long night...
And I’ll wish with you ‘til the morning comes
Neighbor, here’s a hand in the long night...
And I’ll build with you ‘til the morning comes
We will sing / we will pray
We will dream ’til the morning comes
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The Bridge
03:14
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If you can’t see me what do you see?
If you can’t see me what do you see?
I’m a Black Queen through and through
It’s clear in every little thing I do
If you can’t see me what do you see?
If you can’t hear me what do you hear?
If you can’t hear me what do you hear?
I sing a song of golden light
Shining through the darkest night
If you can’t hear me what do you hear?
If you can’t feel me what do you feel?
If you can’t feel me what do you feel?
Can you tell what’s going on?
We’ve been in this storm for far too long
If you can’t feel me what do you feel?
Somewhere there’s a bridge to be crossed
Leading to the friendships and the love that was lost
But there’s a cost!
If you can’t see me what do you see?
If you can’t see me what do you see?
I’m a Black Queen through and through
It’s clear in every little thing I do
If you can’t see me what do you see?
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See how the flags are flying / Reparations is a must
While the old ways are quickly dying / Reparations is a must
And the fireworks in the night sky / tomorrow’s poisoned dust
Parades across the nation
Oooo / Reparations is a must
The statues and the glory...
The story behind the story...
All the children in their classrooms / and the teachers they’re asked to trust
Can write it on the whiteboard...
Through every park and byway...
Through every crowd that blocks the highway...
And the good word from the news team / work it out or bust
And the wind that shakes the barley...
At the barbeques and clambakes...
Through the laughter and the milkshakes...
And the sunburns on the front porch / no time to fight or fuss
You all know what to do now...
We’ll count our footsteps / elevate our gaze
Clear our path / and find another way
Throughout the halls of power...
The song grows by the hour...
But if they can’t sing and they won’t dance / how can they earn the trust
And be invited to the party-o...
Now who needs facts to ponder…
Just grab a map and wander…
If you listen, you’ll hear clearly / it was never meant for us
But if you sing This Land Is Your Land...
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Hold On
03:38
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When the shadows come / Hold on
When the shadows come / Hold on
When the shadows come bringing the midnight
There’s a darkness before the dawn
Hold on / Hold on
As the candles burn…
As the candles burn down in the window
And the ways of the night seem so long
Hold on / Hold on
In the great unknown...
In the great unknown we’ll still be singing
Will you add your voice to the song?
Hold on / Hold on
Though we’re far apart...
Though we’re far apart here in our weakness
Together we know that we’re strong
Hold on / Hold on
Someone’s calling out...
Someone’s calling out down in the shadows
Trying to find their way home
Hold on / Hold on
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Arriba Means Up!
02:13
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Arriba means up! / Abajo means down!
Arriba means up! / Abajo means down!
Now move your hands in a circle and go around and around and around
And then take the wheel (take the wheel)
And drive all through the town
And while you’re out there taking a ride / look out!
You might get tickled on your side!
...And if you’re driving and you have a wreck, look out!
You might get tickled on your neck!
...And while you’re driving here and there, look out!
You might get tickled everywhere!
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13. |
Two Different Worlds
03:16
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Two different worlds / we live in side by side
Two different worlds / we can’t pretend
We can’t run and hide or turn away
There are no better days
If we can’t look and say
It’s two different worlds
Two different worlds / I just could not see
Two different worlds / dividing lines right in front of me
Somehow I turned
Lessons were unlearned
But love has to be earned
It’s two different worlds
Two different worlds / can we move across the line?
Two different worlds / can we find our way
Through these changing times and rise above
The tears that tell us of the challenge to our love
In two different worlds
The weight of the history behind us
The truth of the story today
The ties that now bind us were put here to pull us apart
And keep it that way
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Two different worlds (so many miles)
We walk them hand in hand (between you and me)
Two different worlds (can’t turn away)
In fire we’re born, in ashes we will stand (there’s so much still unseen)
And look ahead (the pain is real)
To where the heart is led (and we need to heal)
To another life instead of two different worlds
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14. |
Star Time
03:49
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Another day is winding down
Well, just take off your heavy coat and dig this sound
Can you feel it? I wish you would
Yeah, the band is here and the jazz is good
And it’s star time / Yes, it’s star time
The curtains of night are pulled back
And they all shine
City lights shine out on the sea
The saxophone has wings and tonight she’s free
And the drummer paints with the deepest blues
While the trombone sings her tale of love to you
And it’s star time…
Well, a crowd arrives / just how far they've come
They came to hear of the musical dreams that could rise with tomorrow’s sun
The lights grow dim / and silence falls
The stage is slowly filled with life and you’re a part of it all
And it’s star time…
And it’s star time…
And you shine.
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