Pendulum Carousel
A pendulum… a carousel
Back and forth, up and down, round and round we go 
A hope is born… a promise dies
Now and then, here and there
It’s another life of lives untold

The reason….disappear 
the calling need not hear
The inner sound invite
The calling… disappear
 the reason need not hear
Awake the inner sight and know the inner light

Is it we, or is it me? Is it her, or is it he?
Am I blind, or do I see? Is it a trap or am I free?
Does it even matter to me? Yes… indeed…

A pendulum, a carousel
Back and forth, up and down, here and there, round and round…
An hour glass, the sand of time, now and then, here and there
Evermore… everywhere…

Stand
Stand up, it’s time to feel better
Time to clean up the monkey mind
Stand down, you muddy up the water
You can leave your despair behind

Let it go, set it free
Let it go and be free again

Stand out, illuminate the shadow
Be the light that you are
Stand in the loving you discover
That you feel in your heart

Let the world be the world it is
Find the life that is yours within

I’m talking to myself in the song I sing
And I’m listening
I overhear my heart in the messaging
And I’m taking it in
I receive, I retrieve, I believe, I know

Wake up and get yourself together
Shake the dust from your feet
Let it go, set it free… let it go and be free again

Stand still 

Let a light rain drench my droughty heart
Stand still
Let a moment touch eternity
Take it into the heart and see… and know
Stand still
See the light that glistens on the melting snow
Stand still
See the tiny flowers in the meadow… see them grow
Stand still
Feel the pulse of the morning as a birdsong flow
Take it into the heart and know

Stand up, illuminate the moment
In the life that is here
Stand tall and feel your belonging
From a knowing within so clear

Let it in, let it be
Let it flow and be ever free

Spring Weather
A lot of wild weather, a lot of wind and rain
We weather it together, and the days are getting long again
Got the sweater and the T-shirt, and I can go either way
New life is coming… new life today

It’s been a real cold winter, a lot of frosty days
The sun is taking over now, like it never went away
Take a walk by the river, or ride a sunset ray
New life is coming, new life this day

The sun, the rain… the clouds and blue sky
The wind and the stillness… cocoons and butterflies
New life is appearing, ever changing, never changing
Spring weather

A new beginning… let it go, let it in
A sweet transition when you’re rooted within
Breathe into the center, and ride on the wind
New life is coming, new life moves in

The Train
A twilight vision… superconscious dreaming in technicolor
What a strange dimension! Riding the train
And I know, this is a time to derail
Leave the tracks and raise the sail
And fly…. Fly!

On a train of time, on the tracks of legacy – FOLLY!
Gonna change my course, gonna blaze new trails
And I feel, this is a time to reframe
Make new rules and play a new game

I want to take this ride with you
Out on a road to ever-new
Sparking a trail across the sky
Feel our spirits fly
I can believe, when I’m with you
I can receive and know it’s true
I can retrieve what I once knew
Let it all go, man

No Words

The Release
I choose the release, I just let it go
Exhale into peace, inhale and know

Tick tock of the linear movement
Through days and through years
Skim across the peripheral moments
See them all disappear
Watching them all disappear

And I see through the myth, see through the story
See it’s not gold
Letting go, bring it home

I’m choosing a different direction
I’m turning within
I’m bringing the now into focus
As I slow the spin… As I release the spin

And I’m one with the sky, one with the land
One with the man I am
It’s here, right where I am

I stand in the peace of the evening, in the song of the birds
I see as the oaks are adorning, and there are no words

And I reach for the sky, align with the land, feel the man I am
I’m here, right where I stand

The Abyss
Can you imagine? Crossing an infinite sea
Finding a land where we reach and touch the love
That is all we ever really are

There’s an abyss, friend
We are dimensions apart
Still, we connect… waves of love, waves of love
And it’s all that we are

Sending again, love
Sending again and again
Sending the love that I am and the light that we are
Sending, receiving, listening and feeling
Offer, allowing, gratefully loving

There’s an abyss, love
We are dimensions apart
Still, we connect with waves of love
And it’s all that we are

Touching through kindness and love

Black Belt

Birthday
You ask how you might hold me, in this new year unfolding
I offer as my answer, a song that’s in my heart

You can hold with me a vision of some transcendent heaven
That is the Spirit family that has brought us here together
That connects us when we’re parted
That continues when we are no longer

It shines beneath the shimmer of flickering emotions
Distracting with enticement, deluding with estrangement
Hold with me a vision of an omnipresent touching
That bridges the abyss of isolation that is otherwise between us
In this place

We don’t forge our way to the inner light
We don’t accomplish the inner light
We release into the inner light
We allow the inner light to become

Allowing the moment to be what it is
Is not focusing on what it is
We release into that freedom
That allows us to be present with our heart’s desire

So hold with me the vision of some transcendent heaven
An omnipresent touching, and indelible belonging
Where you, and me, and we, are truly one

How old am I? I am one

The Breath of Life
Let it all go – expectation, indignation – let it all go, man
Let it all go – disappointment, misunderstanding – let it all go, man

Be free, be clear, be whole, be now

Now let it in – aspiration, realization – let it all in, love
Letting it in – appreciation, the bigger picture – letting it in, love

It’s the breath of life – in and out
It’s the dance of love – it’s in the rhythm
It’s the spark of life – it’s on, it’s gone
It’s the heart of love – it’s all there is

Just let it go – disillusion, it’s just what it is – let it all go, man
Now let it in – joy becoming, the love of the heart – Let it all in, love

The Music of the Moment
Letting go is not pushing away
Letting go is not resisting
Letting go is not giving up, or running away
Letting go is allowing what is to be what it is

Letting go is not losing heart
Letting go is not surrender
Letting go is being here, being present
Letting go is being free
Letting go is allowing what is to be
So be it

Let your cork float, get your head above water
Let your train rise, get out of the trees
Let your boat float down the ever-lovin’ river
Get your head clear, it’s good to feel free
It’s good to be free

This song is like walking
My feet are the rhythm
The birds, the breeze, light rain 
The rustling of the leaves, the gurgling of the stream
And weaving them together…

This is the music of the moment
Now this one… now this one… now this one…

Still walking, rise up into a clearing
Gaze down and see the river overflowing with spring rain
And it carves a mountain canyon
There is a spacious drama, a depth in living color

Letting go, and letting in
Is being in the moment, the ever-changing moment
The ever-new joy…. Letting go

Another Spin
Take another spin, spinning on the carousel
Get another groove on, the dance of the pendulum
Back and forth, round and round, in and out, up and down
That’s why I came, that’s how I came
Now I’m going out of body

Going to the afterglow, move into the everglow
Come into the radiance, the Inner Light
I don’t have to die for the journey
I come alive in the journey

Take another spin, spinning on the carousel
Move into the center, where the ride is better
I release into the freedom that allows me to be present
With my heart’s desire

Go Fourth
Go forth in all the four directions
For living, for laughing, for loving, for leaving
For adventure, for a good time, fore-playing, forever
Go forth!
Forgiving, forgetting, for living, for laughing
Foretelling, for knowing, for loving, forever
Go forth!

For me, for you, for us, for now
Go fourth… and take the fifth

The Process
I’m less interested in getting things done
I’m more interested in just having fun
I bring my focus to being in the process
When I’m in the process, things get done
And I’m never done

The moment is… the moment is becoming
The moment appears… the moment is expanding
The moment is always here

There is nothing beyond the moment that is becoming
There is everything in the moment that is unbounded
Endless and free

The moment is all there is

What the Buzz
What the buzz – have you heard?
What the buzz – did you see?
What the buzz – everybody talkin’ ‘bout it…
What the buzz – and the polls say…Wait! 
That’s right! I don’t need to have an opinion about that
So glad! I don’t need to have an opinion about that

Lotsa buzz – I’m not listening
News and videos – I’m not watching
Polarization – not in my house
Agitation – I pet my cat

That’s right! I don’t need to have an opinion about that
So glad! I don’t need to have an opinion

Go direct – not hearing no sermon
I go direct – not reading no scripture
Go direct – not asking for permission
I go direct 

When I follow my bliss, ain’t nothin’ I need to dis
When I follow my bliss, I get this. Watch this!

Go direct – make my connection
I go direct – commune with the Muse
Go direct – clear out the clutter
I go direct!

Reprises