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This Is My Time
03:50
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I'm closing the door on all my worries
'Cause this is my time, my only time
To sit right back and slowly unwind
To take a deep breath and call it mine
This is my time to float my blues away
I've taken care of business and answered all the questions of the day
Now this is my time, my only time
To play with rubber duckie, oh he's so fine
Blowin' bubbles to my toes, it's so sublime
This is my time to float my busy-ness away
My only task at hand is to let this be my time
To ride this wave, float in this sea,
Simply be
I light a candle
Pour the tea
Get naked
Grab the Oprah magazine
Slide in
I've got my music, my loofah and my bath oil
This is my time, my only time
To sit right back and slowly unwind
To play with rubber duckie, he's so fine
To soak my feet and rub them kind
To love this body and call it mine
This is my time to float my evening away
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The woman on the TV set
is clutching both her great big breasts
and she sure looks like she is having fun.
In purple plastic pantie she is writhing,
she is dancing, and it's plain to see
she really turns her on.
But this is MTV you know
and that is how the music goes
and all the male guitarists think she's great.
They believe that girls like this
actually do exist and secretly we all love to gyrate.
Well, pardon me but I have never
done a thing I can remember
that remotely looks like this at all
except for once at Girl Scout camp
when several bees got in my pants
and one of them flew in my training bra.
Maybe these are fantasies.
Maybe you have a right to these
Baby I'll just break this gently:
There's no such thing as girls like that.
The catalogs of lingerie
come to our houses everyday
with women who have mostly nothing on.
My favorite is the one who sits
and drinks her coffee in her kitchen
wearing just a silk robe and a thong.
Well, let's be real here, let's just say
my kitchen any given day
is not exactly somewhere you seduce.
Between the cat hair and the crumbs
your nakedness might make him numb
and even worse he might begin to puke.
And if you're gonna wear a thong,
you might just find the cat hair's gone
to places you don't want cat hair to be.
And besides you know the facts:
a thong just rides right up your ass
and serves no earthly purpose I can see.
Maybe these are fantasies.
Maybe you have a right to these
Baby I'll just break this gently:
There's no such thing as girls like that.
Lastly I will say to all
the boys who make the Barbie Doll
that I think Barbie's really cute and fun
but if Barbie were a real live chick
her waist would be 12 inches thick
her bra-size would be close to 41.
So by the age of 53,
those things would be down to her knees
with osteoporosis on the way.
So, after having said all that,
I'll leave you with this simple fact:
my favorite girls are women that
are not afraid to cry and laugh
and eat some food that's high in fat,
can change your oil, fix your flat,
can say some prayers and blaze a path,
and I'll just say on their behalf:
There's no such thing as girls like that
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3. |
Coming Home
02:18
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Coming home, Coming home
To this me that is now in all her glory
Coming home, Coming home
I will be the first to fully claim my story
Coming home
Opening, Opening
To receive this bounty here within my keeping
Opening, Opening
I will not hold back in fear for this sweet coming
Opening
Coming home, Coming home
To this me that is now in all her glory
Coming home, Coming home
I will be the first to fully claim my story
I will be the first to call this journey holy
I will greet me at the door with arms wide open
Coming home
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4. |
Bodies
03:46
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I have a physical body
But I am more than my physical body
I have legs, lips and toes, fingers and elbows and nose and
Soft belly, round hips, sleek shoulder line, warm breasts
But I am more than these and all the rest
Yeah
I have an emotional body
But I am more than my emotional body
I feel happiness, sweet joy, bitter sadness
and I can be annoyed, pissed off
I feel my fears, I have an enormous capacity for love
But I am more than these and all the rest
Yeah
I have a mental body
But I am more than my mental body
I'm open-minded, I brainstorm
to give my dreams a shape and a form
Stretch my creativity and I just located my lost keys
But I am more than these and all the rest
Yeah
I have a spiritual body
But I am more than my spiritual body
I am awake in the now simply opening petal by petal
I'm passionate, free to play,
I center down in the quiet to pray
But I am more than these and all the rest
Yeah
I have a soul connecting every piece
Making me more than the sum of all of these
Orchestrating this dance of me:
Sweet mystery
Yeah
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5. |
What If
04:53
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What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
How free would you be, how deep would you love, dear?
What would you hear if you listened to your beautiful heart?
What if you lived with your soul as your pilot?
What skies would you fly, how wide would you open?
What would you sing if you gave voice to your beautiful heart?
Self-punishment does not lead to self-compassion.
Self-compassion opens to self-compassion
Opens to compassion for all
Opens to love
Be gentle with you.
Who would you be if you came out of hiding?
What name would you claim; will you rise for your entrance.
How would you dance to the music of your beautiful heart?
What if you bathed in an ocean of roses?
What if you swam in a river of joy?
What if you breathed in the notion of forgiveness?
What if you opened to an ancient flow of Love?
Be gentle with you.
What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
How high would you fly, how deep would you love, dear?
What would you hear if you listened to your beautiful heart?
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Water, river, spirit, grace
Sweep over me, sweep over me
Re-carve the depths your fingers traced
in sculpting me,
in sculpting me
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7. |
Light of the World
02:48
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You are the light of the world
You are the light of the world
So shine, shine shine where you are
You are the light of the world
You are a candle in the dark
You are a city on a hill
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8. |
Come to the Edge
04:08
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Once was a valley surrounded by beauty
Rivers and love flowed through
Mountains would frame the glorious sunsets
Seen by only a few
Now in the valley there lived a sweet fragrance
Dancing through water and air
All who have smelled it are filled with great wonder and
Dance with Life that lives there
Once came Pilgrim seeking Life's meaning
Searching for love and for peace
Troubled in heart and tired in spirit
She sought a joyful release
“Come to the edge! Life said.
“Come and swim in my joy!
Laugh! Play! Let your fears melt away.
Come to the edge today!”
The pilgrim was frightened by the words Life spoke
And said to Life, "I am afraid
My feet want to stay here on this solid ground,
The path that I've known all my days.
But my ears have heard of all you can offer –
And my eyes have seen your great ways.
My soul wants to taste in the brilliance for itself and
My heart wants to dance and play!
My heart wants to dance and play! Play!
”
“Come to the edge! Life said.
“Come and swim in my joy!
Laugh! Play! Let your fears melt away.
Come to the edge today!”
The Pilgrim sat at the edge for a little while
and wiggled her toes in the sand.
She she splashed and she played in the Life
and she took a breath,
and she flew
“Come to the edge! Life said.
“Come and swim in my joy!
Laugh! Play! Let your fears melt away.
Come to the edge today!”
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Bedtime Chimes
00:46
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You Can Rest Now
01:14
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You can rest now
You can rest now
Open your heart to the stillness
You can rest now
Let your fears go
Let your mind ease
Let your thoughts fade
Let your breath rise
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Night Embracing the Moon
03:01
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O God, surround me as the night embracing the moon
Hold me fierce and tender as a babe in her mother's womb
Dance me to the song the cosmos has sung to all her children
O God, surround me as the night embracing the moon
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Blessing to the World
03:21
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You are the heart
You are the hands
You are the voice of Spirit on Earth
And who you are and all you do
Is a blessing to the world
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All is Well
04:46
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Come into this forest deep and dark
Walk along this path that's winding through
Gaze into each shadow that lies silent
And waiting and watching, watching you.
Though the forest seems so dark and still
Unpenetrated by the smallest light
Soon the path continues up the hill
And opens under starry, starry night.
And all is well
And all is right
All is well
There is safety in the starry, starry night
Untie the boat and slip out un the stream
Into the mighty current deep and wide
Up above a storm is gathering
The shore is growing farther from my sight
Though the river runs so cold and fast
Unchallenged by this tiny boat I row
By and by the rapids all are passed
And there is comfort in the gentle river's flow.
And all is well
And all is right
All is well
There is peace upon my river, homeward bound
Come into this house so filled with light
And walk among these people here today.
Everyone is sharing this flight
Everyone a traveler on the way
Hand in hand, a caravan of hope*
Together we will journey through these fears*
We look inside ourselves to find the strength
And when we listen with our hearts we always hear
That all is well
And all is right
All is well
There is healing in the starry, starry night
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14. |
How Could Anyone
04:12
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How could anyone ever tell you
you were anything less than beautiful?
How could anyone ever tell you
you were less than whole?
How could anyone fail to notice
that your loving is a miracle?
How deeply you're connected to my soul.
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15. |
Grandmother Moon
02:56
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Oh, Maiden Moon, shine down on me
Fresh as spring rain
, lush and wild and free
Come as the dawn in purity
Grace me with your heart
Simply opening
Oh, Mother Moon
, shine down on me
In river-deep fullness carry me
Fertile caress, coax me to the dream
Pull me to your breast,
Enfolding me
Grandmother Moon
, shine down on me
In silver strands curling 'round the seas
With your sweet breath
, whisper tales to me
Winter stillness now,
Bring me your peace
Oh, faithful moon,
shine down on me
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16. |
Returning
05:14
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Returning
Returning
Returning
To the mother of us all.
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