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To the Other Side
02:56
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To the Other Side
Up is where you’re going, on a wind that’s blowin
Everything is showing the day you’re born and the day you die
By a bed, love all around, we sing songs music fills us
Just a game, a life lesson, passing through without fuss
Up is where you’re going on a wind that’s blowin
Everything is showing the day you’re born and the day you
Lift your arms above you, let go of all that’s not true
I will always love you, from here and now and to the other side
You held me, now I hold you, everything ends in this
Everything you ever showed me, led to this final kiss
Up is where you’re going on a wind that’s blowin
Everything is showing the day you’re born and the day you
Lift your arms above you, let go of all that’s not true
I will always love you, from here and now and to the other side
Lift your arms above you, let go of all,
Angels here on earth have come to take you home, final call
Up is where you’re going on a wind that’s blowin
Everything is showing the day you’re born and the day you
Lift your arms above you, let go of all that’s not true
I will always love you, from here and now and to the other side
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Hitting My Stride
04:08
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Hitting my Stride
When, will I pass my prime, cause I feel like I’m hitting my stride?
Who, comes along for the ride, be by my side? Well that gets me thinking
Why would I have a day when everything goes right?
Why would I have a day when I cry through the night?
Where do my nerve endings end? They are leaving my body, going right round the bend
And what, are we made of, is it stardust and love, or flesh and blood?
Why would I have a day when everything goes right?
Why would I have a day when I cry through the night?
When I am thinking, I’m always thinking, I can’t stop thinking…..
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Sparrow Parable
04:27
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Sparrow Parable
Oh little sparrow flies like an arrow from the grasses by my feet
Fly the straight and narrow like the stave of the pharaoh
you are a true sign so discreet
And the seeds will grow, simple straw builds a home for the sparrow
Is it true all we need lay before us? Let’s get this work done
You were the witness by crucifixes, raising spirits of mere mortals there,
Small and wild, mighty, meek, mild, defeat the cougar fox and bear
And the seeds will grow, simple straw builds a home for the sparrow
Is it true all we need lay before us? Let’s get this work done
Oh dandelion yellow light in Zion, shines like the diamonds on the sea
Brief moments in May soon fade away, not much time, yet you work with great speed
The power’s in numbers waking from our slumbers, symbols of the strength we need
So the seeds will blow simple straw to build the home little sparrow
It is true all we need lay before us, let’s get this work done
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Let it Go
03:31
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Let it Go
You frown you fret; all your dreams haven’t come true yet
wake up and wipe the sleep from your eyes
Let it Go
You moan and groan, pick up your feet, keep going
tomorrow there will be blue skies
You know, you know you know we’re travelling the same road
You know, you know, you know, we’re carrying a heavy load,
you know you know you know learning to let it go
The destination is not the point, it’s midnight dancing in some jukebox joint
In your hometown, or on a distant shore
And further down the line each one of us gonna know about dying
Why won’t they make love not war
So don’t be shy, show your heart, where it comes together where it falls apart
Oh there is love for all you are
Your friends and your family, at your side may they be,
to catch your hand when you stray too far
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Keep this in Mind
04:04
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Keep This in Mind
Well the older I get it seems the less I know
Maybe its wisdom starting to show
Gotta keep rolling gotta go with the flow
Hope my time left moves long and slow, ohhohhohh
Hope my time moves long and slow
High on the mountain in the valley below, never found an answer anywhere I’d go
Sure I’m a seeker yet I’m cautious to throw
All my seeds to the wind and hope the flowers grow, oohhh
I hope some cosmos grow
I have sorted the truth from the lie felt the day go slow and the moment fly
Some say just try
If I die before I’m done hope I did enough good and helped someone
I keep this in mind
Everyday life is how we spent the years climbing up the ladder of a long career
We want to be ready when the end appears
See beauty in our eyes and hear the music in our ears, oohhh
Let’s hear some music in our ears
All is uncertain when we take a stand
Its only human to put your hand in the hand
Even though I’m singing and it seems I understand
God only knows the grander plan, ooohhh
God only knows
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Despite the News
03:39
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Despite the News
Well the snow came early this year
Just like it did way back in seventy six, when I got my kicks in school
When I took the long way back home
All along the tops of snowbanks growing so tall with each snowfall that year
I knew it would be alright, despite the weather I could learn to take flight
Now I’m on some snowplowed sidewalk
See faces worried so down in the mouth
The convoy moves south
And I hear the hearts thump
As we check the news briefs on our old blue screens it’s as bad as it seems and it sells
I know it’ll be alright despite the news we can learn to take flight…..
Every year gets more lean, threats of weather extremes
Too wet too cold too hot in our boiling pot
And every worry’s blowing at me
As I make my way along Bank street downtown, dodging frowns
And I hear a whispering angle, sends me a message bout this light in my heart, that’s a good start
We know it’ll be alright despite the weather, we can learn to take flight together…..
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A Little Mercy
02:31
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A Little Mercy
How will we bridge the distance
Across the divide
There is so much resistance
ignorance and pride
The news goes on and on
Until it brings me to my knees
I seek right from wrong
And a little Mercy
Maybe we’ll find a teacher
Help us hear the call
Poets prophets preachers
Bring lessons to us all
There are few words
And many wounds to ease
Speak and be heard
With a little…Mercy
If we keep on working
Peace may have a chance
Bells start ringing
When justice is our stance
There will be redemption
Once everyone believes
no unjust exemptions
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All Together Now
02:47
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All Together Now
Millions and billions of humans, inhabit the earth
Black and white and noisy, we keep on giving birth
Born to you born to me, we’re lucky to see, how to live
All together now
Millions and billions of stars shining tonight (2 million billion to be a little precise)
Shine white and silent and they shed their light
Shine for you and shine for me, we’re lucky to see, across the universe
All Together now, all together now….
Millions and billions of trilliums are blooming today
Bloom white and silent, soon they’ll fade away
Bloom for you, and they bloom for me, we’re lucky to see three petals near the ground
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Bend the Rules
03:59
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Bend the Rules
I was sitting here, minding my own business
never expecting, anything like this
if I could I surely would take hold of the opportunity
Why do fools fall in love so easily?
God, let me bend the rules
I was lying there, living my defeat
I never expected to press play, and then play this on repeat (
And if I could I surely would grow wings for arms and fly far away
Why do birds stop their song at night but sing all day?
God, let me bend the rules
Isn’t this why you made them? We abide and then we break them then we stop
God let me bend the rules
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Here's My Song
02:24
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Here's My Song
I write songs with no major keys
I’m a singer in the minor league
Write on with no reward, I’m a singer - here’s my song
The time has passed like it always will
Ticking onward year by year
Too slow too fast, full enough to spill
I’m a mother - even that won’t last
All these songs, all these notes all these spaces between
Stepping far, coming close I will always be....
It’s not my ears it runs through me, generations, at my heels
silence hears all the secrets I am nothing I’m a singer
All these songs, all these notes all these spaces between
Stepping far, then coming close I will always be the song
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Never too Late
03:04
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Never Too Late
Don’t get me started, don’t get me started
I’ve never had self control over my whims
Once everything is darkening
I take shelter in fifths of gin, it can get grim, until the...
Sun’s moving past, my window wide
Clouds roll on by, its windy outside
The weather may change, it’s never too late
I’m nobody’s fool, but my own
I have I, all alone
It’s love or its hate, it’s never too late
Time to shine a light in the dark
See the state of all our hearts
Sweep up this mess and let the brightness grow
I’m not lonely, I have great wealth
I have I, and myself
no time to waste, it’s never too late
Time to shine a light in the dark
See the state of all our hearts
Sweep up this mess, that’s how the light gets in
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Christine Graves Ottawa, Ontario
Sublime & vulnerable vocals, wordsmith poetry and everyday life are captured on recordings and performances by Christine Graves. A unique voice in Canadian folk songwriting.
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