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YMCA CAMP SEYMOUR
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Table of Contents The Kid.........................................................1
If I Had a Hammer.........................................2
Take My Heart...............................................3
Puff, the Magic Dragon...................................4
This Land is Your Land....................................5
It’s All Good..................................................6
Roll On Columbia...........................................7
Peace Like a River..........................................8
Starfish and Coffee.........................................9
Rise and Shine.............................................10
Relax Your Mind...........................................11
Lean On Me.................................................12
On the Loose...............................................13
We Come From the Mountains.......................14
Linger.........................................................15
Blowin’ in the Wind.......................................16
Amazing Grace............................................17
One Tin Soldier............................................18
Stand By Me................................................19
Shooting Star..............................................20
Make New Friends........................................21
Today.........................................................22
The Blanket Song.........................................23
One Voice...................................................24
Plant a Seed................................................25
I Know Where Love Comes From....................26
We Can Make it Happen................................27
Country Road..............................................28
Pass it On...................................................29
Together in Harmony....................................30
Waltzing With Bears.....................................31
Paradise......................................................32
Where Have All the Flowers Gone...................33
Good Riddance.............................................34
Cat’s in the Cradle........................................35
Lord of the Dance.........................................36
I’ll Meet You Right Here.................................37
1. THE KID
I'm the kid who ran away with the circus
Now I'm watering elephants,
But I sometimes lie awake in the sawdust
Dreaming I'm in a suit of light,
Late at night in the empty big top
I'm all alone on the high wire,
Look he’s working without a net this time
He's a real death defier
I'm the kid who always looked out the window
Failing tests in geography,
But I have seen things far beyond just the
schoolyard
Distant shores of exotic lands,
There are the spires of the Turkish empire
Six months since we made landfall,
Riding low with the spices of India
Through Gibralter, we're rich men all
I'm the kid who thought we'd someday be lovers
Always held out that time would tell,
Time was talking
Guess I just wasn't listening
No surprise, if you know me well;
As we're walking down toward the train station
I hear a whispering rainfall,
Across the boulevard, you slip your hand in mine
In the distance the train's last call…
I'm the kid who has this habit of dreaming
That sometimes gets me in trouble too,
But the truth is, I could no more stop dreaming…
Than I could make them all come true
2. IF I HAD A HAMMER
If I had a hammer, I’d hammer in the morning
I’d hammer in the evening all over this land
I’d hammer out danger, I’d hammer out a
warning,
I’d hammer out the love between my brothers
and my sisters
All over this la-a-a-and, Ooooooooo
If I had a bell, I’d ring it in the morning
I’d ring it in the evening all over this land,
I’d ring out danger, I’d ring out warning,
I’d ring out the love between my brothers and
my sisters
All over this la-a-a-and, Ooooooooo
If I had a song, I’d sing it in the morning,
I’d sing it in the evening all over this land,
I’d sing out danger, I’d sing out warning,
I’d sing out the love between my brothers & my
sisters
All over this la-a-a-and, Ooooooooo
Well I got a hammer and I got a bell
And I got a song to sing all over this land,
It’s the hammer of justice; it’s the bell of
freedom
It’s the song about love between my brothers &
my sisters
All over this la-a-a-and, Ooooooooo
3. TAKE MY HEART
(Michael McGinnis)
Take my heart, and let it fly,
Over the ocean deep and the mountains high,
Give it wings, and set it free
‘Till it comes to rest by Galilee
Chorus:
And let me walk beside still waters,
And lay me down in fields of green,
Set my feet in the paths of righteousness
Let me follow where the master leads
Take my heart, and let it fly,
Over the ocean deep and the mountains high,
Give it wings, and let it soar,
‘Till it comes to rest on Jordon’s shore
Chorus
Take my heart, and let it fly,
Over the ocean deep and the mountains high,
Give it wings, and set it free,
‘Till it comes to rest, at last, inside of me
Chorus
4. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called
Hona-Lee
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff
And brought him strings and sealing wax and
other fancy stuff
Chorus:
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called
Hona-Lee
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called
Hona-Lee
Together they would travel on a boat with a
billowed sail
Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff’s gigantic
tail
Noble kings and princes would bow whene’er they
came
Pirate ships would low’r their flag when Puff
roared out his name
Chorus
A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys
Painted wings and giant rings make way for other
toys
One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came
no more
And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his
fearless roar
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like
rain
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane
Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be
brave
So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his
cave
Chorus
5. THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
(Woody Guthrie)
This land is your land
This land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood forest to the gulf stream
waters
This land was made for you and me
As I went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
I roamed and rambled and followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
The sun came shining as I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds
rolling
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
6. IT’S ALL GOOD
(Michael McGinnis)
It’s all good
Some’s a little better
Life works good
If you loosen your grip and you let her
She’s a wild horse race
Everybody is a winner
So come on in and get washed up for dinner
Got cakes on the griddle, taters in the sack
Music on the guitar, the shirt on your back
Don’t let your brain give your heart attack
‘Cause it’s all good
7. ROLL ON COLUMBIA
(Woody Guthrie)
Roll on Columbia Roll on (2X)
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn
Roll on Columbia Roll on…
Green Douglas firs where the water cut through
Down her wild mountains and canyons she flew
Candian Northwest, to the Ocean so blue
Roll on Columbia Roll on…
Other Great Rivers give power to you
Yakima, Snak and the Klickitat too
Sandy WIllamentte and Hood River too
Roll on Columbia Roll on…
Tom Jefferson’s vision would not let him rest
An empire he saw in the Pacific Northwest
Sent Lewis and Clark and they did the rest
Roll on Columbia Roll on
At Bonneville now there are ships in the locks
The waters have risen and cleared all the rocks
Shiploads of plenty will steam past her docks
Roll on Columbia Roll on
8. PEACE LIKE A RIVER
1. I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like
a river, I’ve got peace like a river in my soul
(Repeat)
2. I’ve got joy like a fountain (x2)
3. I’ve got love like an ocean (x2)
4. I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got joy like a
fountain, love like an ocean in my soul
9. STARFISH AND COFFEE
Chorus: Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and
jam
Butterscotch clouds, tangerines,
And a side order of ham (clap! clap!)
And if you set your mind free baby maybe you’d
understand
Starfish and coffee
Maple syrup and jam
7:45 all in line to meet the teacher Miss Kathleen
First came Kevin, then came Lucy, third in line
was me
All of us were ordinary compared to Cynthia Rose
She always stood at the back of the line, a smile
beneath her nose
Her favorite number was twenty and every single
day
If you asked her what she had for breakfast this
is what she’d say
Chorus
Cynthia wore a pretty dress with different colored
socks
Sometimes I wondered if the mates were in her
lunchbox
Lucy and I opened it when Cynthia wasn’t around
Lucy cried, I almost died--You know what we
found!
Chorus
Cynthia wore a happy face just like the one she’d
draw
On every wall, in every school
(But that’s alright it’s for a worthy cause!) Keep
singing
10. RISE AND SHINE
Rise and shine and give God the glory glory (x3)
Children of the Lord
The Lord said Noah there’s gonna be a floody
floody (X2)
Get those children out of the muddy muddy
Children of the Lord
So Noah he built him, he built him an arky arky
(x2)
Made it out of hickory barky barky
Children of the Lord
The animals they came on, came on by twosy
twosies (X2)
Elephants and kangaroosy roosies
Children of the Lord
It rained and poured for forty daysy daysies (x2)
Nearly drove those animals crazy, crazy
Children of the Lord
The sun came out and dried off the landy, landy
(x2)
Everything was fine and dandy dandy
Children of the Lord
The animals they came off, they came off by
threesy threesies (x2) learned about the birds
and beesy beesies
That is the end of, the end of the story, story
(x2)
Everything is hunky dory, dory
Children of the Lord
11. RELAX YOUR MIND
Relax your mind
Oh, relax your mind
Makes me feel so fine, sometimes (Sometimes!)
Sometimes, you've got to relax your mind
Relax your mind
When the light (the light)
Turns green (turns green)
You put your foot on the gasoline
Sometimes,
You've got to relax your mind
Relax your mind
When the light (the light)
Turns yellow (turns yellow)
And you're feeling kind of mellow
Sometime, you’ve got to relax your mind
Relax your mind
Alternative colors and slogans:
Red-You put your foot on the brake instead
Blue-And you don't know what to do
Pink-And you don't know what to think
Periwinkle-And you've really go to tinkle
12. LEAN ON ME
Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain, we all have sorrow
But, if we are wise, we know that there’s
Always tomorrow
Chorus:
Lean on me, when you’re not strong
I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on
For, it won’t be long ‘til I’m gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Please, swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For, no one can fill those of your needs that you
Won’t let show
Chorus
Bridge: You just call on me brother
When you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem
That you’d understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Chorus
If there is a load
You have to bear that you can’t carry
I’m right up the road, I’ll share your load if you
just call me
Chorus
13. ON THE LOOSE
Have you ever watched a sunrise
Turn the sky completely red?
Have you slept beneath the moon and stars
A pine bough over your head?
Do you sit and talk with friends
Though a word is never said?
Then you’re just like me and you’ve been
on the loose
Chorus: On the loose to climb a mountain
On the loose where I am free, on the loose to live
my life
The way I think my life should be
For I only have a moment and the whole world
yet to see
I’ll be looking for tomorrow on the loose
There’s a road that I am taking
Just to see where it might go
Many places yet to visit, many places yet to go
So in following my footsteps I will live and I will
grow
On a road that’s waiting out there
On the loose
Chorus
So in search of love and laughter
I’ll be traveling ‘cross this land
Never sure of where I’m going ‘cause I haven’t
any plan
So in time when you are ready
Come and join me take my hand
And together we’ll live life out
On the loose
Chorus
14. THE MOUNTAIN SONG
We come from the mountains, we come from the
mountains
Go back to the mountains and turn the world
around.
We…come…from the mountains
Go back to the mountains and turn the world
around.
***Repeat with (we come from) the water, fire,
sky and then combo of all for last verse
15. LINGER
Chorus:
Mmm, I want to linger--Mmm, a little longer
Mmm, a little longer--Here with you
Mmm, it’s such a perfect night
Mmm, it doesn’t seem quite right
Mmm, that it should be my last with you
Mmm, and come September
Mmm, I will remember
Mmm, our camping days and friendships true
Mmm, and as the years go by
Mmm, I’ll think of you and sigh
Mmm, this is good-night and not goodbye
16. BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND
(Bob Dylan)
How many roads must a man walk down
Before they call him a man?
How many times must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they are forever banned?
Chorus:
The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind
How many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist
Before they’re allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head
And pretend he just doesn’t see?
Chorus
How many times can a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
How many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take ‘til he knows
That too many people have died?
Chorus
17. AMAZING GRACE
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind but now I see
‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
Through many dangers toils and snares
I have already come
It’s grace that brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home
When we’ve been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we first begun
Amazing grace has set me free,
To touch, to taste, to feel;
The wonders of accepting love,
Have made me whole and real
18. ONE TIN SOLDIER
Listen children to a story that was written long
ago
‘Bout a kingdom on a mountain and the valley
folk below
On the mountain was a treasure buried deep
beneath a stone
And the valley people swore they’d have it for
their very own
Chorus: Go ahead and hate your neighbor
Go ahead and cheat a friend, do it in the name of
heaven
You can justify it in the end, there won’t be any
trumpets blowin’
Come the judgement day, on the bloody mornin’
after
One tin soldier rides away
So the people of the valley sent a message up
the hill
Asking for the buried treasure tons of gold for
which they’d kill
Came an answer from the kingdom
“With our brother’s we will share
All the secrets of our mountain
All the riches buried there.”
Now the valley cried with anger
“Mount your horses, draw your swords!”
And they killed the mountain people
So they won their just reward
Now they stood beside the treasure
On the mountain, dark and red
Turned the stone and looked beneath it
“Peace on earth” was all it said
19. STAND BY ME
When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only
Light we see
No I won’t be afraid
No I won’t shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
Oh darlin’, darlin’, stand by me
Oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by me
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
And the mountains
Should crumble to the sea
I won’t cry, I won’t cry
No I won’t shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
Whenever you’re in trouble won’t you stand by
me
Oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by me
20. SHOOTING STAR
Please won’t you catch a shooting star for me
And take it with you on your way
Though it seems that we just met
You’re the one I won’t forget
Hope some kind wind blows you back my way
Chorus:
I was thinkin’ maybe somewhere later down the
road
After all our stories have been told
I’d sit and think of you
A dear friend I once knew
Shot through my life like a shooting star
Sometimes I know, that a part of you will show
Deep in my eyes or in my smile
They’ll always be some part of you deep deep
inside my heart
And I’ll know when just to let it show
Chorus
You are so dear, oh you’re my bright and shining
star
You brighten each and every day
You are so near, and yet soon you’ll be so far
So why not hold my hand today
Chorus
21. MAKE NEW FRIENDS
(Round)
Make new friends but keep the old
One is silver and the other gold
A circle's round, it has no end
That's how long I want to be your friend.
22. TODAY
Chorus:
Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I’ll taste your strawberries, I’ll drink your sweet
wine
A million tomorrows will all pass away
Ere I forget all the joys that are mine
Today…
I’ll be a dandy and I’ll be a rover
You’ll know who I am by the song that I sing
I’ll feast at your table, I’ll sleep in your clover
Who cares what tomorrow shall bring
I can’t be contented with yesterday’s glories
I can’t live on promises winter to spring
Today is my moment and now is my story
I’ll laugh and I’ll cry and I’ll sing
23. THE BLANKET SONG
Should your blankets be torn
May your breezes blow warm
May your treasures be what you find
May the burdens you bare
Like your bounties be shared
May you leave something good behind
Should the sky and the land
Rise to your command
May your senses cut like the knife
Live in peace with the Earth
As in death as in birth
May you prosper and lead a good life
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na
24. ONE VOICE
This is the sound of one voice
One spirit, one voice
The sound of one who makes a choice
This is the sound of 1 voice, this is the sound of 1
voice
This is the sound of voices two
The sound of me signing with you
Helping each other to make it through
This is the sound of voices 2, this is the sound of
voices 2
This is the sound of voices three
Singing together in harmony
Surrendering to the mystery
This is the sound of voices 3, this is the sound of
voices 3
This is the sound of all of us
Singing with love and the will to trust
Leave the rest behind, it will turn to dust
This is the sound of all of us, this is the sound of
all of us
This is the sound of one voice
One people, one voice
A song for every one of us
This is the sound of 1 voice, this is the sound of 1
voice
25. PLANT A SEED
Take a seed and plant it in the earth.
And with lots of sun and rain you give it birth
And with loving care,
it grows and grows
And you’ve got a great big tree before you know
And from your tree, come lots of seeds,
They are scattered far and wide by the birds and
bees,
And with loving care, they grow and grow
And you’ve got a forest of trees before you know
Chorus:
Now anyone, can plant a seed,
But loving care is what they need
So let’s pretend, that we’re all seeds
And I will care for you, you care for me
I will care for you, you care for me
This little song is a kind of seed,
You can sing it anytime you need,
When you are alone, or in a crowd,
You can sing it to yourself or sing it out loud
Chorus
And if you’re blue, and you can’t get free,
Go out in the forest and hug a tree
And remember this, from a seeds-eye view
There’s really not much difference between you
two
Chorus
26. I KNOW WHERE LOVE COMES FROM
(Michael McGinnis)
Chorus: I know a secret I will share with you,
I know where love comes from.
I’m not one to spoil a secret but what harm could
it do,
I know where love comes from.
Love won’t come when you call it the way your
old dog does.
A king’s ransom cannot buy it and that’s simply
because
There’s no way that you can sell it, although
some people try.
Love is surely much too pure for anyone to buy.
Chorus
Love won’t always look exactly the way you think
it might.
It comes in different sizes, it won’t always dress
just right.
But if you look beneath the surface,
And you read between the lines,
You’ll find that when you’re done, there’s only
one
True love that really shines
Chorus
I’ll give you a clue that helped me get off the
shelf
If I was doin’ the lookin’, I’d start by lookin’ at
myself
You’ll laugh ‘cause it’s so simple, you hardly have
to try
It’s right before your nose but you can’t see it
with your eye
You have to look down deep inside yourself,
And that’s kinda hard for some
But when you find the part they call your heart.
You’ve found where love comes from
And there’s one more secret I’d like to share with
you.
If you pass around the love you’ve found,
True love comes back to you
27. WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN
Sometimes life is simple, sometimes life is tough,
Sometimes there is plenty, sometimes there’s
never enough
Sometimes the road is narrow,
And we can’t tell night from day,
Alone there is no answer, but together we can
find the way
Chorus: We can make it happen, we can make it
happen,
We can make it happen, if we try,
We can make it happen, You, and God, and I
Life is filled with choices, but sometimes we can’t
decide
We get stuck in indecision, and our lives begin to
slide,
Well we’re in this thing together, or we’re not in
it at all,
So take your neighbor by the hand, and let’s all
heed the call
Chorus
Every single one of us has something we can
share,
So give your fears to God and let new freedom fill
the air
Chorus
28. COUNTRY ROADS
(John Denver)
Almost Heaven…West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains…Shenandoah River
Life is old there…older than the trees
Younger than the mountains…growin’ like a
breeze
Chorus: Country Roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain Mama
Take me home, country roads
All my memories gather round her
Miners’ Lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye
Chorus
I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And drivin’ down the road I get a feeling that I
should have been home yesterday…yesterday
Chorus
29. PASS IT ON
It only takes a spark to get a fire going
And soon all those around can warm up in its
glowing
That’s how it is with our love,
once you’ve experienced it
You spread the love to everyone,
you want to pass it on
What wondrous time is spring, when all the trees
are budding
The birds begin to sing, the flowers start their
blooming
That’s how it is with our love,
once you’ve experienced it
You want to sing, “It’s fresh like spring,” you
want to pass it on
I wish for you my friend, this happiness that I’ve
found
You can depend on me, it matters not where
you’re bound
I’ll shout if from the mountaintop,
I want the world to know
The lord of love has come to me, I want to pass
it on
30. TOGETHER IN HARMONY
Chorus: Together in harmony,
Together in harmony,
Let us come together in harmony.
Together in harmony,
Together in harmony,
We will sing together in harmony
Life these days in America,
Can be five lanes going each way
Everybody driving just as fast as they can
Tryin’ to drive their cares away.
Pay no attention to the car next to ya
Just some fool tryin’ to do damage to ya
Just step on the gas, cut’um off at the pass
Ya got to be somebody today
Chorus
Kids walkin’ round with their earbuds in
Just pumpin’ their heads full of bass
Only thought in mind is to look real cool,
And escape from the human race.
But we’re not made to be livin’ in fear
We’re designed to be happy and free.
We’ve been called to love one another
Even if we don’t agree
Chorus
And all the wooden angels, they are standing in
the forest,
They are singing out the chorus to the glory of
the lord,
They are echoing the song, that is aching to be
strong
In all the hearts of the people in the world.
Chorus
31. WALTZING WITH BEARS
(Bill Stains)
I went to his room in the middle of the night
I crept to his bed and turned on the light
But to my surprise he was nowhere in sight
My Uncle Walter goes waltzing at night
Chorus:
He goes wa wa wa wa wa waltzing, waltzing with
bears
Raggy bears, baggy bears, shaggy bears too
There is nothing on earth Uncle Walter won’t do
So he can go waltzing, wa wa wa wa wa waltzing
Wa wa wa waltzing, waltzing with bears
We bought Uncle Walter a new coat to wear
But lately I’ve noticed several new tears
And when he came home it was covered with hair
I’m sure Uncle Water goes waltzing with bears
Chorus
We told Uncle Walter that he should be good
And do all the things that we told him he should
But I know he’d rather be off in the woods
I’m afraid we’ll lose Uncle Walter for good
Chorus
We begged and we pleaded “Oh please won’t you
stay?”
And managed to keep him home for a day
But the bears they all barged in and took him
away
Now he’s dancing with pandas
And he won’t understand us
And the bears all demand at least one dance a
day
Chorus
32. PARADISE
(John Prine)
When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents
were born
And there’s a backwoods old town that’s often
remembered
So many times that my memories are worn
Chorus: And Daddy won’t you take me back to
Muhlenberg county
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay?
Well I’m sorry my son but you’re too late in
askin’
Mr. Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away
Well sometime we’d travel right down the Green
River
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snaked and we’d shoot
with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all that we’d kill
Chorus
Then the coal company came with the world’s
largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the
land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was
forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of
man
Chorus
When I die let my ashes float down the Green
River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam
I’ll be half way to heaven with Paradise waiting
Just five miles away from wherever I am
Chorus
33. WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them, every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone?…
They’ve gone to the young men, every one
Where have all the young men gone?…
They’ve gone to soldiers, every one
Where have all the soldiers gone?…
They’ve gone to graveyards, every one
Where have all the graveyards gone?…
They’ve gone to flowers, every one
Where have all the flowers gone?
34. GOOD RIDDANCE (TIME OF YOUR LIFE)
(Greenday)
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to
go
So, make the best of this test and don't ask why
It's not a question but a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable but, in the end, is
right
I hope you had the time of your life
So, take the photographs and still-frames in your
mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth, it was worth all the while
It's something unpredictable but, in the end, is
right
I hope you had the time of your life
INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE
It's something unpredictable but, in the end, is
right
I hope you had the time of your life
It's something unpredictable but, in the end, is
right
I hope you had the time of your life
35. CAT’S IN THE CRADLE
(Harry Chapin)
A child arrived just the other day,
Came to the world in the usual way,
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay,
He learned to walk while I was away
He was talking before I knew it and as he grew
he said:
"I'm going to be like you Dad, you know I'm
going to be like you."
And the cat's in the cradle, and the silver spoon,
Little Boy Blue, and the Man in the Moon,
"When you coming home?"
"Son, I don't know when,
We'll get together then, son - you know we'll
have a good time then."
My son turned 10 just the other day,
Said, "Thanks for the ball now c'mon let's play
Will you teach me to throw?" I said, "Not today,
I've got a lot to do," he said, "That's ok."
And he walked away and he smiled and he said,
"You know I'm going to be like you, Dad, you
know I'm going to be like you"
He came from college just the other day, So
much like a man I just had to say,
"Son, I'm proud of you, won't you sit for a
while?"
He shook his head and said with a smile,
"What I'm feeling like, Dad, is to borrow the car
keys,
See you later can I have them please"
I've long since retired and my son's moved away
I called him up just the other day "I'd like to see
you, if you don't mind,"
He said, "I'd love to Dad, if I could find the time
You see my new job's a hassle and the kids have
the flu
But it's sure nice talking to you, Dad, it's been
real nice talking to you"
And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me
He'd grown up just like me, my boy was just like
me
And the cat's in the cradle, and the silver spoon,
Little Boy Blue, and the Man in the Moon,
"When you coming home?" "Dad, I don't know
when,
But we'll get together then, dad, you know we'll
have a good time then"
36. THE LORD OF THE DANCE
I danced in the morning when the world was
begun
I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun
I came down from Heaven and I danced on Earth
At Bethlehem I had my birth
Chorus:
Dance, dance wherever you may be
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!
And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be
And I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said He!
I danced for the scribe and the Pharisees
The would not dance, they wouldn’t follow me
So I danced for the fishermen James and John
They came with me and the Dance went on
(Chorus)
I danced on the Sabbath and cured the lame
The holy people, they said it was a shame!
They whipped and stripped and then hung me
high
Left me there on a cross to die!
(Chorus)
I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black
It’s hard to dance with the Devil on your back
They buried my body and they thought I’d gone
But I am the Dance and I still go on!
(Chorus)
They cut me down but I leap up high
I am the Life that will never never die!
I live in you if you live in me
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!
(Chorus) x3
37. I’LL MEET YOU RIGHT HERE
(Aaron “Doc” Keating)
Gentle the day falls to night
As our song is sung
And old friends draw near
The fire once bright now burns low
And with each spark slowly disappears
CHORUS:
For each moment passes, and embers turn ashes
Though a week can feel like a year
Tell the friends who have found you
And all those around you
Next summer I’ll meet you right here
Bright the stars glimmering light
Takes place of the sun
Now new friends draw near
Our time has been flowing by
And with each day slowly disappeared
Chorus
Quietly now moonbeams bright
Shine down on the cove
And good friends draw near
Joined by the heart for though
We may part our love never disappears
Chorus
Seasons may change but the memories
Remain through the weeks
That make up a year
To your spirit remain true and blessings upon you
Next summer I’ll meet you right here
Chorus
I’ll meet you right here…