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Season of Letting Go
04:12
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What was I before I was me?
Was I shimmer in the shimmering sea?
Was my heart inside a falcon’s chest?
Bold, fearless
With the sky as my breath
With the sky as my prayer
Where will I go when it’s my time to depart?
Will the lights dim?
Will we really be apart?
Who will I be after I’m me?
A mountain, a shadow, the sweetest honeybee
A mountain, a shadow, the sweetest honeybee
Baby, everything has a season
Just like everything has a reason
But it’s the season I fear the most
Cuz it’s the season of letting go
But you live in the deepest part of me
You live in the deepest part of me
Sometimes life is the scariest
Cuz everything, everything is precarious
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Wide Open Skies
02:59
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I drove my car, up the mountain
To be alone and heal from you
I lit some candles, I burned a letter
I slept beneath the shivering stars
You, you don’t belong to me, you belong to the sea
And I, I don’t belong to you, I belong to the sky
Wide open skies, it’s wide open skies that I belong to
The hurricanes are getting stronger
From a warming ocean, that’s all our fault
And the seasons are getting stranger
While we dig our pipelines and we build our bombs
You, you don’t belong to me, you belong to the sea
And I, I don’t belong to you, I belong to the sky
Wide open skies, it’s wide open skies that I belong to
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3. |
We'll Be Alright
04:20
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What if I were the cloud that carried water to you in the drought?
What if I were the hand reaching out in unfamiliar land?
Though they may bury us
Deep inside the earth
We’ll realize our true nature:
We’ve been seeds since before birth
We’ll be alright
We’ll be alright
I’ll follow the buffalo
Right into the storm
Where miracles are born
No, it won’t be easy
And yes, you’ll lose the light
We all will make mistakes, love
But let’s stay in the fight
We’ll be alright
We’ll be alright
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4. |
You Are the Place
04:40
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When I die, when I die
Honey don’t you cry
I’ll be ready for it
‘Cuz the love you’ve given me
Has shown me
Just what paradise is
We sang Wild Mountain Thyme
We sang Wild Mountain Thyme
Well I’ve known love
I’ve had love
But none like this before
You are the place where I stand on the day when my feet are sore
You are the place where I stand on the day when my feet are sore
If it’s wise, If it’s wise
Then you’ll roll with the tides, you’ll roll with the tides my love
If it hurts, if it hurts
Then you’ll find what it’s worth, then you’ll find what it’s worth my love
We sang Wild Mountain Thyme
We sang Wild Mountain Thyme
With my feet on the ground
And head in the stars with you
Mo sheasamh ort lá no choise tinne
Mo sheasamh ort lá no choise tinne
Mo sheasamh ort lá no choise tinne
Mo sheasamh ort lá no choise tinne
Well I’ve known love
I’ve had love
But none like this before
You are the place where I stand on the day when my feet are sore
You are the place where I stand on the day when my feet are sore
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5. |
Song from the Trees
02:58
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The waters may be rising
The fires are burning too
But I’m lookin’ out from my leaves
And children, I’m tryin’ to talk to you
Don’t give up/ Don’t give up
The sapling, the willow, and the redwood
Our roots as deep as they are tall
When storms push against our bodies
We take root, we will never fall
Don’t give up/Don’t give up
Move slower, my beloved humans
Listen to songs inside your heart
Support is all around you
We will never be apart
Don’t give up/Don’t give up
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Long ago, arrogant men
Decided to split the atom
Ever since, we’ve been tasked
To put it back together again.
Balance disrupted
Must be restored
Piece by piece
Floor by floor
Beauty walks in many forms
She moves slow
Her hands are warm
When the clouds cast shadows on the land
This is how they show their love
When the buffalo move as one
This is how they show their love
When the caterpillar moves so slow
This is how she shows her love
When we march and we sing together
This is how we show our love
When the grandmothers link their arms
This is how they show their love
When we say no more poison power
This is how we show our love
When we say no more wars, no more weapons
This is how we show our love
When we say no more separating families
This is how we show our love
Balance disrupted
Must be restored
Piece by piece
Floor by floor
When the clouds cast shadows on the land
This is how they show their love
When we march and we sing together
This is how we show our love
When the sunflowers filter our toxins
This is how they show their love
When we put the atom back together
This is how we show our love
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7. |
Visitors
04:56
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Be in love with every breath
Don’t worry what’s coming next
Speak softly to the trees
It’s one way I know to be free
We are visitors here
We are visitors here
Sorrow may endure through the night
But joy comes with morning light
Can I hold my tender heart open
In the face of all that is broken?
Can you hold your tender heart open
In the face of all that is broken?
We are visitors here
We are visitors here
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8. |
Towards the Sun
03:22
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Pour your honey
Slow
Into my mouth
Don’t give me an easy way out
Honey
I been growin’ these flowers
Inside my chest
Givin’ you some
And savin’ the rest
Growing towards the sun
Towards the sun, honey, always
Growing towards the sun
Towards the sun, honey, always
Honey I been here and there
Honey I know you really don’t care
Cuz it’s here and now
It’s the here and now
I’m with you here and now
I would take you there
I been growin’ this garden
Inside my chest
Givin’ you some
And savin’ the rest
Growing towards the sun
Towards the sun, honey, always
Growing towards the sun
Towards the sun, honey, always
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9. |
Move On
03:32
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Lay me down honey, lay me down
And cover me, cover me up
Lay me down honey, lay me down
And cover me, cover me up
‘Cuz I can’t take the pain
No I can’t the pain
And I wanna give up
I got dirty jeans
And my lips won’t sing
Your name anymore
This achin’ heart is killin’ me
It’s much too heavy for my weak knees
Move, Move On, Move, Move On
Through and through, you undo me
Through and through, you undo me
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10. |
Get Quiet
03:42
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Get quiet, settle in
This body’s the only one we get to travel in
You’ve been so worried
And overwhelmed
The mountains have been speakin’ to you
But you can’t tell
So get quiet, be still
The cup that you thought was empty
Soon will fill
When trouble comes your way
When you’re heartbroken,
battered and don’t know what to say
Just get quiet, settle in
This body’s the only one we get to travel in
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11. |
The Hole in the Ground
03:31
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Come gather ‘round
I’ll tell you about the hole in the ground
It’s a hole in the ground
Where we bury our secrets
Deep, deep down
See, we all want
To look up, not down
That’s the problem with the hole in the ground
Nobody sees, nobody cares about the hole in the ground
Then men in suits, the scientists
They say don’t worry about all of this
They just want to keep making bombs
And doing the things they’ve been doing all along
So shhhh! Just go back to sleep
Your water is fine, there’s nothing to see…
Nothing to see…
Oh it takes courage
Oh it takes wisdom
Oh it takes patience
To look at the hole in the ground
To see what is buried deep down
To clean up that hole in the ground
See up on the hill, they’re looking down
They don’t care what’s buried underground
So it’s time that the people come together now
Oh it takes courage
Oh it takes wisdom
Oh it takes all of us
To look at the hole in the ground
To see what is buried deep down
To clean up that hole in the ground
So it’s time that the people come together now
So it’s time we face our demons and clean up that hole in the ground
So it’s time to let the light in and clean up that hole in the ground
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12. |
Keep Your Head Up
04:26
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People will be cruel
Call you a fool
They don’t know who you are
But I know who you are
Like a tree rooted deep
When the winds blow in spring
It will only make you stronger
Heartbreak will come your way
Cloudy day after cloudy day
No matter what people say
You’re perfect in every way
Keep your head up, keep your head up
Honey darlin’
In the name of morning light so tender and strong
In the name of impossible life which goes on and on
In the name of darkest night right before dawn
Keep your head up, keep your head up
Honey darlin’
Oh you can’t please anybody
So you got to please yourself, please yourself
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Eileen & the In-Betweens Albuquerque, New Mexico
Eileen & the In-Betweens is a social justice indie folk group based in Albuquerque, New Mexico with extensive touring experience across the U.S and Canada.
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