Re- chanting..
"but" the last line-


not all the time darkness
brings pain & foreboding,
sometimes it brings -
intuition & healing.

not all the pain brings
sorrow,grief & regret,
sometimes it begets-
fortitude, fearlessness
and self healing.

far away from the moon
my music,chanting -
of woes & longing,
wishing with all of me,
I can be, where I wanna be.



http://youtu.be/BUCe3j9d8Lc

Do u sometimes watch the moon?
I do.
When things are not right
in my world,
I always watch the moon.
Watching it, engulf in the
coldness of the night
always brings me comfort
& hope.

It is funny that as I get older
I still end up with
the moon.
Hangin' around with the moon
seems crazy to other people,
but I truly find it peaceful.
Almost meditative.
Almost.

But even the moon sometimes
are hidden in the clouds:)





Rainy Days & Mondays - Carpenters

Talkin' to myself and feelin' old
Sometimes I'd like to quit
Nothin' ever seems to fit
Hangin' around
Nothin' to do but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

What I've got they used to call the blues
Nothin' is really wrong
Feelin' like I don't belong
Walkin' around
Some kind of lonely clown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

Funny, but it seems I always wind up here with you
Nice to know somebody loves me
Funny, but it seems that it's the only thing to do
Run and find the one who loves me (the one who loves me)

What I feel has come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about
Hangin' around
Nothin' to do but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

Funny, but it seems that it's the only thing to do (only thing to do)
Run and find the one who loves me

What I feel has come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about
Hangin' around

Nothin' to do but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down
Hangin' around (hangin' around)
Nothin' to do but frown

Rainy days and Mondays always get
Me down

http://youtu.be/HopFNfdoRSE

Hi Jane,

(For someone I love with all my heart).

My father's eyes, Eric Clapton

Sailing down behind the sun,
Waiting for my prince to come.
Praying for the healing rain
To restore my soul again.

Just a toerag on the run.
How did I get here?
What have I done?
When will all my hopes arise?
How will I know him?
When I look in my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
When I look in my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.

Then the light begins to shine
And I hear those ancient lullabies.
And as I watch this seedling grow,
Feel my heart start to overflow.

Where do I find the words to say?
How do I teach him?
What do we play?
Bit by bit, I've realized
That's when I need them,
That's when I need my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
That's when I need my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.

Then the jagged edge appears
Through the distant clouds of tears.
I'm like a bridge that was washed away;
My foundations were made of clay.

As my soul slides down to die.
How could I lose him?
What did I try?
Bit by bit, I've realized
That he was here with me;
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.

My father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes

Michael Stanley - Last Good Nerve

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSsUn-mfO7U

There's a haze on this highway
And I got blood on my hands
Just a fool flying blindly
And I don't know where I'll land

But if God's in His heaven
You're gonna get what you deserve
'Cause all you keep doing
Is working my last good nerve ...

I ain't taking no prisoners
I ain't counting no coup
I just make one reservation
and I made it for you

But if God's in His heaven
You're gonna get what you deserve
'Cause all you keep doing
Is working my last good nerve ...

And you can say what you want to
it don't mean a damn thing
'Cause there's a whirlwind a comin'
Gonna see what it brings

But if God's in His heaven
You're gonna get what you deserve
'Cause all you keep doing
Is working my last good nerve ...
'Cause all you keep doing
Is working my last good nerve ...

Michael Stanley - I Am You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPl31kjUz0Q

I have seen the skyline burning
And I have watched the deals go down
Lost myself in seasons turning
And I have walked on sacred ground
Lived through nights that never ended
I have had belief suspended
Through and through
But after all is lost and won
After all is said and done
I am you...

I have taken foolish chances
I have watched my leaders lie
Fallen hard for love's advances
And walked away when I should have tried
I have filled my heart with hate
Cast it out 'fore it's too late
What else can you do?
Times like these you must remember
No quarter, no surrender
I am you...

I'm gonna hold on and see how this plays
Brother to brother till the end of my days
And that song you've been singing
Well it pulls me on through
I am you...

I have stopped instead of started
And I have watched my children grow
Stood by graves of friends departed
And found out just how much
I do not know
Followed when I should have led
I have left too much unsaid
Sad but true
And after all is lost and won
After all is said and done
I am you...

I'm gonna hold on, gonna see how this plays
Brother to brother till the end of my days
And that song you've been singing
Well it pulls me on through
'Cause I am you...

I'm gonna hold on, gonna see how this plays
Brother to brother till the end of my days
And that song you've been singing
Well it pulls me on through
I am you...

I am you...

I am you...

Michael Stanley - If Anybody Could

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUBtXUL8Zt0

Well I've been thinking 'bout tomorrow
I've been running from the past
And I've been tryin' to find a moment
A moment that might last
And I'm tired of waiting, anticipating
So tired of being alone
I've been looking for a lover
Who's gonna make this house a home...

And I'm here to tell you baby
I think you're the one who would
You're the one could make it better
If anybody could...

And the more that things keep changing
Well the more they stay the same
And lonely is still lonely
By any other name
But I'll take my chances
Knowing that romance is
A game that never ends
And you could walk that road forever
And where you stop it just depends...

And I'm here to tell you baby
I think you're the one who would
You're the one could make it better
If anybody could...

Now I'm tired of waiting, anticipating
So tired of being alone
I've been looking for a lover
Who's gonna make this house a home...

And I'm here to tell you baby
I think you're the one who would
You're the one could make it better
If anybody could...

And I'm here to tell you baby
I think you're the one who would
You're the one could make it better
If anybody could...

Michael Stanley - Let's Get The Show On The Road

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kTOt5rnrc&index=13&list=PLCFLQdMrkFMQ3AHg4uSDTKNMR9B1rKXvC
Links to the album as a playlist

Let's get the show on the road, babe
At the curtain, take a bow
New Haven, just a rendezvous to take you to
a lover--who was then, but never now
Susan played the lady
who called the players' songs
Just a figurine of stagehand reveries
Guess up-and-coming can't be that wrong...

Let's get the show on the road, babe
The spotlights on the stage
Somehow it seems I've heard these words before
Did you forget to turn the page?
And remember what they told you
about how 'the show goes on'
How can you come back, if you've never gone away?
How can you sing without a song...

And today's for sale
And it's all you can afford
And by your own admission
The whole thing's got you bored
And the Lord uses the good ones
The bad ones use the Lord...

Let's get the show on the road, babe
Won't you take a look around
One thing to remember
when you're climbing to the top
You'd better know the way back down...
I can't believe you'd really stumble
But then, I always knew you'd fall
It seems so easy, to say 'I knew you' when
I'd rather it was not at all

And today's for sale
And it's all you can afford
And by your own admission
The whole thing's got you bored
And the Lord uses the good ones
The bad ones use the Lord...

Michael Stanley - Nothing and Everything to Prove

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o47QX8HNv0w&index=1&list=PLCFLQdMrkFMRdexhy14vDzgpqt9AOsnHP

And the sun rises over the promised land
Shining on the home of the brave and the free
But sometimes we just don't shine like you know we can
Sometimes it just not the way it ought to be...
And now we've got the great divide
But everybody's on this ride and...

(chorus)
Right now, we got nothing and everything
Nothing and everything to prove...ooh, ooh, ooh
I said, right now, nothing and everything
Nothing and everything to prove...ooh, ooh, ooh
Right now...

There's a time and a place for every little thing
And the time and the place is now
Everybody's got a song they wanna hear ring
Comin' down to a question of how
And everybody's chosing sides
But everybody's on this ride and...

(chorus)
Right now, we got nothing and everything
Nothing and everything to prove...ooh, ooh, ooh
I said, right now, nothing and everything
Nothing and everything to prove...ooh, ooh, ooh

Right now, we got nothing and everything
Nothing and everything to prove...ooh, ooh, ooh
Right now, nothing and everything
Nothing and everything to prove...ooh, ooh, ooh
Right now...

Take your phony hallelujahs and put 'em all away
'Cause what you reap is what you sow
Gonna take a whole lot more come the judgment day, yeah
When you're one on one with the great unknown
Forget about your foolish pride
'Cause everybody's on this ride and...

(chorus)
Right now, we got nothing and everything
Nothing and everything to prove...ooh, ooh, ooh
I said, right now, nothing and everything
Nothing and everything to prove...ooh, ooh, ooh

Right now...

(to fade)

Sniff N The Tears - Love/Action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN4ndmi2Ee0&index=10&list=PLNP8V1EntH_ebdhEot84jWZOAIPQSsJv5

I didn't break my back upon the chain gang
but it doesn't mean that I don't care
she found me without holes in my shoes
and with a heart without despair
I'd just been gently swimming my way
out to sea against the tide
and she threw out a line to me
said hey you could have died

Chorus
She give me love - action

No more faking papers
no more lighting fires
no more playing hide and seek
with my feelings and desires
I traded my ticket on the gravy train
to sing one part harmony
and I'd still be waiting for that train in vain
to shine it's light on me

Chorus

Bridge
The higher up you climb then the further you fall
did you see the message written on the pad in the hall
it said - you're bound to fall - you will that's all
did you see the message written on the pad in the hall

So no more TV dinners
maybe no more TV
no more wondering why the hero
never looks like me
I'd just been gently swimming my way
out to sea against the tide
and she threw out a line to me
said hey you could have died

Chorus

Sniff N The Tears - 5 & Zero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVGcocdGhd8&list=PLNP8V1EntH_fudUymJpMOLgSbxd8MMMUt&index=7

The wheel was spinning away my earnings and
the bets had stopped
across the table she smiled to herself
with her eyes dropped - a little
she put her winnings on to five and zero
then she looked my way
this was the moment that I had to angle to
make my play

My heart was thumping as I bought my chips
and then I placed them next to hers
the room was hazy and the tension building
as I looked across at her
as the ball dropped into the slot at zero
she smiled a secret smile
my hand was trembling as I reached for my winnings
then gave her back a pile
and if it's alright
I think I'll run and hide
run and hide

As I followed her into the soft moonlight
I said you brought me luck
she said It's no fun when you're losing or
giving up
So I held her to me and I breathed the fragrance of her
breathtaking perfume
and the croupier said les jeux sont faits
as I saw she'd left the room
and if it's alright
I think I'll run and hide
run and hide

Chorus
Zero - 5 and Zero

Sniff N The Tears - Snowblind Lovers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxCJXknvcC8&index=4&list=PLNP8V1EntH_cY0GRIx379LG1xmHdST8PG

Wake me when the train has left the station
don't even need to know which train I'm on
some folks seem to know their destination
me I just need to know I'm gone

Snowblind lovers
I can't see but I can call your name
snowblind forever
come with me we will feel no pain

Kiss me so you know that I'm still breathing
talk to me of nothing much all day
dazzle me with gifts for my surrender
cause all I want to do is drift away

Snowblind Lovers
I can't see but I can call your name
snowblind forever
come with me we will feel no pain


Sniff N The Tears - Is It Any Wonder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlT48dx1Rso&index=7&list=PLNP8V1EntH_cY0GRIx379LG1xmHdST8PG

IS IT ANY WONDER

Walking down the road
I'm feeling so fine
is it any wonder
she says she's a friend of mine

Driving in the country
feels like I'm flying
we could take forever
she says she's a friend of mine

Feelings in the moonlight
I don't mind trying
is it any wonder
she says she's a friend of mine

Walking down the road I'm
feeling just fine
is it any wonder
she says she's a friend of mine

Sniff N The Tears - Bride of the Wind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDLp-M6KwPA

BRIDE OF THE WIND

Don't worry about him now
he's gone away
love don't come easy
so tell me about him now
what did he say
and why does it hurt to tell me

The queen of China told me how
mountains fall into the sea
and fools and lovers fade somehow
and you'll come back to me

Throw caution to the moon
everythings changed
less from despair than yearning
fly me through the night
my bride of the wind
we could be home by morning

The queen of China told me how
mountains fall into the sea
and fools and lovers fade somehow
and you'll come back to me

Bride of the wind
won't you come back to me
you are my destiny
my bride of the wind
bride of the wind
listen you'll hear me call
you are my one and all
my bride of the wind
bride of the wind
naked and white she flies
sleeps in my troubled eyes
my bride of the windbride of the wind
awake from this reverie
you will come back to me
my bride of the wind

Sniff N The Tears - Looking For You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWhBxYsFbXU&index=11&list=PLNP8V1EntH_d6fve2SrCehBqBziP786x3

LOOKING FOR YOU

The tables were clean where the fine foods had been
the servants had turned all the lights off and left for the day
what could I do
the limousines gone with the wealth and the fame
of the people who lived with a view from their window
that we never knew

Chorus
We all know that the time for the wealthy is through
the key to the future is held by the people like you
people like me - people like you
come on out if you're hiding in there
I'm looking for you

To follow the call to a masquerade ball
where the players would never be seen with their masks off
a place in the sun
a legacy there for the whole world to share
a splendour to pamper the eyes of the rich
paid with a gun

Chorus

So look to the east from the ruins of the feast
from the builders who built in the pay of the Roi Soleil
say that you knew
that the cause of Danton was not truly won
that the hearts of the people cried out for an empire and who?
Napoleon.

Chorus

Scorpions - Always Somewhere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRKL8P6nYjk&index=3&list=PL_MOqpRUDd9H6ttZ7Ylx5Fl4Ou9IflARg

"Always Somewhere"

Arrive at seven the place feels good
No time to call you today
Encores till eleven then Chinese food
Back to the hotel again

I call your number the line ain't free
I like to tell you come to me
A night without you seems like a lost dream
Love I can't tell you how I feel

Always somewhere
Miss you where I've been
I'll be back to love you again

Another morning another place
The only day off is far away
But every city has seen me in the end
And brings me to you again

Always somewhere
Miss you where I've been
I'll be back to love you again

Scorpions - Animal Magnetism

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joAvvGeCCxs&index=9&list=PL_MOqpRUDd9Ea5y3efjahEfeW5YdTLHKg

"Animal Magnetism"

You get me loose
I want ya, that's all I do
You leave me loose
I want ya, that's all I do

Make love to me right now
Love me till I'm down

You make me groove
I want ya, that's all I do
You let me groove
I want ya, that's all I do

Make love to me right now
Love me till I'm down

Who are you?
Your magic is strange and new
Who are you?
I want ya, that's all I do

Make love to me right now
Love me till I'm down

Make love to me right now
Love me till I'm down

Scorpions - When The Smoke Is Going Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amOgekqbcgE&list=PL_MOqpRUDd9Ec0QJqZFDg1io3on1_rnAj&index=9

"When The Smoke Is Going Down"

Just when you make your way back home
I find some time to be alone
I go to see the place once more
Just like a thousand nights before
I climb the stage again this night
'Cause the place seems still alive
When the smoke is going down

This is the place where I belong
I really love to turn you on
I've got your sound still in my ear
While your traces disappear
I climb the stage again this night
'Cause the place seems still alive
When the smoke is going down

I climb the stage again this night
'Cause the place seems still alive
When the smoke is going down
When the smoke is going down
When the smoke is going down

Scorpions - Still Loving you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD8ztD_OF8c&list=PL_MOqpRUDd9GODvgah-Nk6_bwZXWrYzv-&index=9

"Still Loving You"

Time, it needs time
To win back your love again
I will be there, I will be there
Love, only love
Can bring back your love someday
I will be there, I will be there

I'll fight, babe, I'll fight
To win back your love again
I will be there, I will be there
Love, only love
Can break down the wall someday
I will be there, I will be there

If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Your pride has built a wall, so strong
That I can't get through
Is there really no chance
To start once again
I'm loving you

Try, baby try
To trust in my love again
I will be there, I will be there
Love, our love
Just shouldn't be thrown away
I will be there, I will be there

If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Your pride has built a wall, so strong
That I can't get through
Is there really no chance
To start once again

If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Yes, I've hurt your pride, and I know
What you've been through
You should give me a chance
This can't be the end
I'm still loving you
I'm still loving you, I need your love
I'm still loving you

Scorpions - Rhythm Of Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFAf_29KYTs

"Rhythm Of Love"

Let's spend the night together
I know you want it too
The magic of the moment
Is what I've got for you
The heartbeat of this night
Is made to lose control
And there is something in your eyes
That's longing for some more
Let us find together
The beat we're looking for

The rhythm of love
Keeps me dancing on the road
The rhythm of love
Got the groove that hits the bone
The rhythm of love
Is the game I'm looking for
The rhythm of love
Is the heartbeat of my soul

Let's reach the top together
One night will never do
An exploding shot of pleasure
Is what I've got for you
Why don't you close your eyes
And let your feeling grow
I make you feel the taste of life
Until your love will flow
Let us find together
The beat we're longing for

The rhythm of love
Keeps me dancing on the road
The rhythm of love
Got the groove that hits the bone
The ryhthm of love
Is the game I'm looking for
The rhythm of love
Is the heartbeat of my soul

Let us find together
The beat we're looking for

April Wine - If I Was A Stranger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKsO5VTfqU0

"If I Was A Stranger"

If I was a stranger, lookin' for love, standin' in the rain
And if I needed some help from above
Would consolation be enough
Would you remember, could we forget

If I was a stranger, would you let me in
Find a place inside your heart, wash away my loneliness
If I was a stranger, would you let love begin
Right from the start, to the end

I've been waiting all of my life, for love to arrive
Now that I found you, my soul is alive
This dedication will survive
I still remember, that night we met

If I was a stranger, would you let me in
Find a place inside your heart, wash away my loneliness
If I was a stranger, would you let love begin
Right from the start, till the end

I've been waiting such a long time
For this love to come along
True devotion is so hard to find
Could you give your heart again
Wash away my loneliness

Would you remember, could we forget
If I was a stranger, would you let me in
Find a place inside your heart, wash away my loneliness
If I was a stranger, would you let love begin
Right from the start, to the end
If I was a stranger, would you let me in
Find a place inside your heart, wash away my loneliness
If I was a stranger, would you let love begin
Right from the start, to the end




April Wine - Driving With My Eyes Closed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEdzrXzmA8w

"Drivin' With My Eyes Closed"

You can shake that thing
If you don't know your place, it could cause a scene
But now it's up to you
We could work it out, or we could say we're through

Girl I just got to know, when the cold wind blows
That you're trying, I've been dyin', to see you again
Drivin' all night, with my eyes closed
Oh, I'm thinkin' it over

But I'm a man of means
When boys will be boys, and girls still agree
But I'm a dreamer too
For what it's worth, I see it through

Girl I just gotta know, of your decision
So tonight, it's alright, to see you again
I've been drivin' all night, with my eyes closed
Oh, I'm thinkin' it over

When something's lost
We pay the cost, that's all that means
And now I wish I may
I wish I might, see you tonight

But girl I just gotta know, when the cold wind blows
That you're trying, I've been dyin', to see you again
Drivin' all night, with my eyes closed
Oh, I'm thinkin' it over
I've been drivin' all night, with my eyes closed
Oh, I'm thinkin' it over

Drivin' all night night, we're drivin' all night night
I've been drivin' all night night, I've been drivin' all night night

April Wine - I'm A Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuxvzRMyqYU

"I'm A Man"

Well my daddy sent a message, got these whiskers on my chin
I never had no problems, and I always play to win
I ain't got no time for lovin', my time is all used up
I just sit around creatin', for that groovy kind of love

I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so, oh no
I'm a man, right as I am, I just can't help but love you so, oh no

Well if I had my choice of druthers, I'd rather be content
Bein' closer to the devil, from where my mind is at
While related to each other, how good it all could be
Assistin' in their problems, with each groovy chick we see

I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so, oh no
I'm a man, right as I am, I just can't help but love you so, oh no

Well, I gotta keep my image, while standin' on the floor
If I got down on my knees, with these people I don't know
You think that I'm not human, and my heart is made of stone
But I never had no problems, cause I made it on my own
Well if I had my choice of druthers, I'd rather be content
Bein' closer to the devil, from where my mind is at
While related to each other, how good it all will be
Assistin' in their problems, with each groovy chick we see

I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so, oh no
I'm a man, right as I am, I just can't help but love you so
Love you so, love you so, love you so

My daddy sent a message, got these whiskers on my chin
And I never had no problems, and I always play to win
I ain't got no time for lovin', cause my time is all used up
I just sit around creatin', for that groovy kind of love
Well I got to keep my image, while standin' on the floor
I won't sacrifice my needs, with people I don't know
Who think that I'm not human, and my heart is made of stone
But I never had no problems, cause I made it on my own

I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so, oh no
I'm a man, right as I am, I just can't help but love you so, oh no
I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so, oh no
I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so
Love you so, love you so, love you so



April Wine - Look Into The Sun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og3qyBnn0NA

"Look Into The Sun"

You were a friend of mine, you stalked me time after time
You really worked me over
You smelt just friend, not foe, but how was I to know
You're glad (you're glad), you're gone (you're gone)

Sooner or later, sooner or later it comes
It's easier to face the light than look into the sun
I know that you're crazy, that's easy to see
Don't lay your darkness over me

You were a friend of mine, you hit me from behind
Or was it slight of hand
I just might strike you back, the best defense is attack
And I just might rip your heart out

Sooner or later, sooner or later it comes
It's easier to face the light than look into the sun
I know that you're crazy, that's easy to see
Don't lay your darkness over me

You always talk too fast
Like a snake, you crawl across the grass
But you're really nothin' at all (at all)
Some people deserve to win, while others fall

Sooner or later, sooner or later it comes
It's easier to face the light than look into the sun
I know that you're crazy, that's easy to see
Don't lay your darkness over me