Soul Song (6:48)

SOULSONG
Curious one, ragamuffin child,
grew up where houses are small and the kids run wild
Playing tag, steal the flag, Little League,
Down by the creek catching crawdads
But as the seasons changed
So did the rules of the game
You learned that hearts can be broken
Spirits tried to be tamed
Taunted and used, broken and bruised
Left you confused as to your Holy name
Your Sacred Temple became a storehouse for shame.
So you’d retreat to the peace, the sweet release,
When you’d dance and sing
You’d let it all out, you felt you were really something.
And then a Voice within began to filter through you
It was the Melody of your Soul- singing You

CHORUS
I’ll sing your Song to you (when you’ve forgotten it)
I’ll show you your Beauty (See what I see)
I’ll call you by your name (when you’ve forsaken it)
I’ll sing your song

As you grew you knew there was more to explore
So you opened every door you came before
You found Jesus, you found Faith,
You found the weight of your Father’s fist against your face.
You found Hope then you lost it
You found a way out then you double-crossed it
You found a Hail Mary then you tossed it,
Fumbling to find your feet,
Stumbling feverishly
Blindfolded and searching for something you’d lost
So you hitchhiked the YellowBrick road
with a sign that said, “Oz or Bust.”
And all the masks you wore
Trying to find out just who you really are-
A student, a starlet , a philosopher,
A credit card carnie and a dime a dance girl,
High School President,Hollywood Rock Chick,
Catholic, Charismatic, avid Agnostic,
A nanny, an Extra, a Actress, a waitress,
A wailing widow and a Guru’s secret
And though your heart would break 1,000 times
You still came back for another try
All the while you were being drawn
by the siren call of your Soul

CHORUS

Close your eyes you will find
I have always been right here
Still your mind you can design
Anything on this blank canvas
Let a hush fall upon your lips
Let your heart tell you who you’ve always been

Open eyes root to sky, I say, all my heart, all my life
(navel to 3rd eye, root to crown, throat, heart & solar plexus)

When you no longer awoke with the weight of your lack
A rose bloomed inside your chest
Awakened by the grace of a Great Mystery
You beat the odds
and bet it all on a mystic's dream
set your sights on the clearest gods
And Relentlessly pursued the Truth
from the teachers and the poets and all the Holy Books
it was then , that began, your Hero’s Quest
the writing of the pagesof your Sacred Text.
You saw that Life is the instrument and you -the Troubadour
"The priviledge of a lifetime is to become who you are." Joseph Campbell
You fell back into Music’s arms and haven’t stopped singing along
You became the reed for your Soul Symphony

CHORUS

Open eyes, root to sky, I say, all my heart, all my life