1. |
Greet the Dawn
02:33
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instrumental
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2. |
Healing Road
04:07
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when I was a child
I lived with my suitcase by the door
I don't live like that anymore
my roots are growing
ever since I was young
I wanted to know where I came from
I wanted to know who I am
where I belong
I've carried water and I carry my scars
but tonight I walk the healing road
beneath a sky of stars
on the healing road...
at my first pow wow
I could feel the drum
my beating heart within me
alive and young
I was full of power
and something like love
I learned to move with rhythm
and felt the warmth of the sun
I've known trouble
and freefalls in the night
but I'm coming home on the healing road
one step at a time
on the healing road...
Oh my children
let's give thanks beneath the stars
the prairie wind is warm tonight
and from these hillsides
you can see so far
I never dreamed such a sight
on the healing road...
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3. |
On The Train
03:20
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I could see the boxcars from Cherry street
those trains through our town left a mark on me
I'd ride my bike to see the locomotives pass
I'd wave to engineers as they'd wave by
they were on the train, they were ridin' on the train
I was watching one day when they ground to a stop
"hey son, you want to ride the next couple blocks?"
and I smiled as we passed my father's grocery store
his jaw dropped as I waved on by
though I am grown when the train whistle blows
I want to get on my bike and go
and stand near the tracks and feel it go past
Oh the glory of the Dakota railroad!
I want to feel the train
I want to hear the train
I'll park the car off a gravel road
roll the windows down and close my eyes
I'll listen for trains and hear meadowlarks
along the Milbank line
some days the freighters come rumbling
through an ocean of prairie grass
in my mind I'm with them rolling
in the evening breeze on the endless tracks
on the train...
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4. |
Are You Listening?
03:56
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I believe we could get along
I believe we could make a change
do you?
I do.
I know this is a small town
but you can still have big dreams
I do.
do you?
I think I'm coming to some kinda clarity about
who I am and what could be
it took me a while to find my voice
but now it's here, are you listening?
I'm putting down my phone to breathe the fresh air
I was born to feel the wind in my hair
this world is for me it's also for you
do you know that? do you know that?
the other night at the park
we were together
nothing between us but the volleyball net
oh, gave me ideas about what's possible
about what happens next, what happens next
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5. |
Mary Ann
05:42
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You are shifting gears in your black Chevrolet
we are cruising the hills on a Sunday afternoon
I am riding shotgun, my hand in the breeze
that's my favorite memory of you
you have your camera and your sketch pad
I've got my head up in the clouds
it is summer and we're together
I can almost get there now
but, oh, Mary Ann when I dream my best dreams
you are with me on the wide open prairie
oh, sister let us go find another gravel road
won't you be sure to make haste and meet me
and we'll drive
your hands grip the wheel
as you pull to the side of the road
near an old abandoned farm
you are sitting on the hood your hair blows in the wind
as your pen glides along you sketch out the barn
I imagine all the stories of everything that happened here
of a wedding in September the birth of a baby
all the laughter and tears
I've made for you a wreath of flowers
for you to wear your upon your head
sister, let's be free and roam the hills now
and watch the clouds come and go, shadow on the bluestem
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I will tell you of the azure sky
of the endless prairie
air and space
how the breeze feels
how the grasses and flowers smell and sound
as they move in the wind
how it feels to be small again in the best way
to be yourself and nothing more
don't even think about it out here
you could even throw your head back and laugh
I will tell you about moments spent looking close to the ground
the nearest delight ordinary magic
and then the next moment
your gaze is drawn to the far reaches of vision
each hill invites you to climb and see
on and on farther each time
I will tell you what it's like to share a moment in the sun
with your daughter
seeing it through her eyes for the first time
to watch her walk the trail with her head up shoulders back
the energy of joy the peace of being
we are together
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7. |
Coyote Star Dance
04:16
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8. |
La Vida Junta
03:26
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mi familia esta aqui conmigo
pero no fue siempre asi
y la vida que hacemos juntos
es un regalo bueno para mi
(my family is here with me
but it wasn’t always that way
and the life we make together
is a good gift for me)
Trabajo todos los días
por la tarde vuelvo a casa contigo
y la vida que hacemos juntos
en nuestra casa es muy feliz
(I work every day
in the afternoon I come home to you
and the life we make together
in our house is very happy)
in this small town we make a new life
mis manos están abiertas para ti (my hands are open to you)
hello my neighbor we need not be strangers
you bring your life and I’ll share mine
la vida junta (the life we make together)
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9. |
Under the Same Sky
04:54
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we drive the same highway
but our lives travel different roads
let us share this stretch together
and see where it goes
under the same sky
Can I walk a mile in you shoes?
Can I rest on your front steps?
Can you teach me a new song?
For the healing of the land
Under the same sky
There is always something to celebrate
And always something to grieve
Broken hearts behind every door
We are yearning for healing and peace
Under the same sky
What do we really have in common?
Except our human hopes and dreams
And the way we miss our loved ones
The way tears feel upon our cheeks
Under the same sky
God bless the ears that listen
God bless the hands that heal
God bless the voices that our singing
God bless the hearts that still feel
Under the same sky
Come Eagle on the wing so holy
Come Cattle on a thousand hills
Come horses thunder in the valley
Come red tailed hawk and white tailed deer
Come children see it well with clear eyes
You are not the first and you will not be the last
Your treasure is this present moment
Between future that you make and the past
under the same sky
From my bed I hear the church bells ring the Lord’s prayer
And down the street I hear the heartbeats of the drum
And in their song the singers sing for power and healing
And I say Amen, let the future come….
under the same sky
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