I COULD EASILY FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU

Introduction

I tell you that I like you a lot.
You sit there smiling,
Looking so beguiling
But you don’t say a word,
Not a blessed word.

And now my head is feeling quite hot.
I’m getting thinner
Picking at my dinner
Like a little bird.

Love birds are in season
And I’m a sitting duck.
Without any reason
To hope for luck.

So may I give a penny for your thought?
Make that a twenty.
Here, I’ve got plenty,
But don’t be noncommittal.
Please don’t be noncommittal.

Since I met you, I’m so overwrought.
Please say that maybe
You’ll want my baby
Or just encourage me a little.

Lover’s Leap has danger,
And I won’t jump alone.
I’m not the Lone Ranger
Who likes it on his own.

I’m on the cliff
Waiting to know if
You would like to fall in love with me.
‘Cause

Refrain

I could easily fall in love,
Fall in love with you.
I could easily fall in love
If you wanted me to.

My heart is fluttering in my chest,
Jumping all around.
If you told me you like me best,
It would really start to pound.

These anti-gravity shoes
Are giving me the blues.
They make me walk on the air,
So what are you doing down there?

I’d run the gamut from A to Z
In ten seconds flat.
Sadly here I am stuck at B,
Wondering where you’re at.

I would gladly jump off my bed,
Flap my arms and fly,
Joining the tweety-birds ‘round my head
If I had a reason why.

I could go nuts very soon.
Oh, God, there’s a full moon!
I stay up nights counting sheep
So why are you able to sleep?

I could easily fall in love,
Fall in love with you.
I could easily fall in love,
Fall in love, fall in love.
I could easily fall in love,
Fall in love, fall in love.
If you wanted me,
If you wanted me,
If you wanted me
To.

 

THE TRUTH OF LOVE

Verse

You say that love is hard and blind,
And it can never last.
You only know the jealous kind
That’s hurt you in the past.

The truth of love is all around
Despite the dark of night.
And you will see it when you’re crowned
In its golden light.

Refrain

Shooting stars are love.
Falling leaves are love.
Flowers and bees and all that lives,
Earth itself is love.

Caring thoughts are love.
Gentle words are love.
God in heaven and God on earth,
You and I are love.

And when two people sense it between them, my! how splendid they feel.
But if it seems to fade like dreams, it wasn’t ever real.

All that’s true is love.
All that’s free is love.
Ev-’rything that’s meant to be is love.

And incidentally, I love you.

 

I’VE NEVER WRITTEN A LOVE SONG BEFORE

Verse

I always thought that it was hard to express the way I feel.
The feelings felt so real.
But words didn’t come out right.

I always thought if I could sing I would sing the whole day long,
And writing my very own song
Would be my heart’s delight.

Now something has changed and singing’s a breeze,
And poetry flows whenever I please.
I soar through the skies way over the trees,
And I think I could even write a love song.

Refrain

I’ve never written a love song before.
I never knew how.
I’ve never written a love song before.
But I can now.

Being with you makes it easy.
I know each word that I’ll use.
I’ll say I’m moonstruck and breezy,
And I’ll say good-bye to the blues.

I always thought that the love songs you hear are foolish and fake,
That true love never lasts more than a year.
Well, my mistake.

Our love will last till forever.
Oh, how the future will sing!
Now I will never say never,
For we two can do anything.

I’ve never written a love song before,
Because I’ve never been in love with you.

 

YOU’VE GOT ME

Ain’t got no fancy home computer
Or a shiny stereo.
But I’ve got something that is cuter
Than that Super Mario
And I’ve got something that is more
out of the world than ET.
I’ve got me, honey, I’ve got me.

Ain’t got no microwave oven
To heat things up real fast.
But my home-style lov-in’
For warmth is unsurpassed.
And to entertain you nights
Ain’t got no giant-screen TV.
But I’ve got me, honey, I’ve got me.

Ain’t got no DVR.
Ain’t got no brand-new foreign car
That’ll talk to you when you leave in the key.
Bu-u-ut if you want the best
In conversation and the rest,
You’ve got me, honey, you’ve got me.

 

I LOVE MY BOD’

I love my skin.
I fit right in.
And if I cannot get a decent tan, well, hell, is that a sin?
It keeps my guts from falling out.
I’m wild about
my skin.

I love my feet.
I think they’re neat.
And wearing twenty-twos in orthopedic shoes is quite elite.
They take me where I want to go.
I love them so,
My feet.

I love my mouth and jawbone, too.
They let me say, “I love you.”

I love my bod’.
It ain’t no clod.
Oh, yes, it’s made with dust but just remember made with dust by God.
I love each nail and hair and pore.
I’m crazy for
My bod’.

I’m beautiful, it’s true,
And so are you,
And everyone else, too.

I love my bod’.

 

YOU ARE MUCH MORE

Verse

When you opened up your heart
And let me glimpse a secret part
You tried to hide
Deep inside,

Then I knew I had to know
The rest of you you rarely show,
And now my dear,
It is clear

Refrain

You are much more,
So much more than you’ve allowed the world to see.
As the ocean goes so far beyond the shore,
You are much more, and more and more you mean the world to me.

You are much more,
So much more than just a warm and friendly face.
You have strength like I have never seen before,
And yet a gentle grace.

You have love as great as heaven. You have feeling deep as earth.
You’ve had pain like you were dying, and the healing of rebirth.

You are fireworks in the summer. You are daydreams in the fall.
You are rainstorms in the springtime, and I want to know it all.

You are much more,
And together we will fill our days with life.
I can’t wait for what the future has in store.
We’ll be much more and more and more and more and more, forevermore.
Please be my wife.

 

MY FRIEND

Verse

I don’t know how to describe it.
Is there a word
I haven’t heard?
Or maybe it’s simpler than I thought.
Maybe it’s just

Refrain

She’s my friend. She’s my dearest friend.
And as each day goes by I love her more.
She’s my friend. She’s my truest friend,
A friend who knows what being friends is for.

I can say anything at all and she understands.
No matter what, she never judges me.
I can be silent when I’m with her and there’s no demands.
It’s all okay. I’m free to be.

This is new, but it’s also old.
It seems as if we’ve always been a pair.
This is old, but it’s also new.
We still surprise and find new things to share.

Sometimes we talk about the things we really care about,
And sometimes we laugh until we almost cry.
Sometimes we run around like kids. We play and skip and shout.
And sometimes we stand and look at the sky.

This is good. Sure, there’s problems, too,
But I know that I’ll be with her all my life.
She’s my friend, and much more than friend.
And now, aren’t I lucky? she’s my wife.

 

ODE TO WASHIN’ DISHES

Verse

Some think that a wise man lives in caves,
Never shaves,
And solemnly behaves,
While over dusty tomes he slaves,
Not havin’ earthly wishes.
But brother, they’re wrong, as I can show.
You wanna know
The way to go
To feel the spirit and get in the flow?
The way is washin’ dishes!

Refrain

Washin’ dishes!
Washin’ dishes!
Oh, it’s so much fun!
In the water of truth and the soap of life
With love you will be one.

Verse

You may ask what washin’ dishes does
That gives you a buzz
And gets out the fuzz,
And changes things from the way they was
When it’s worse than smellin’ fishes.
But of all true gurus now alive,
Four out of five
Mainly derive
The Force that makes them grow and thrive
Just from washin’ dishes!

Refrain

Verse

Feelin’ your hands in them soapy bubbles,
You lose your troubles
And your pleasure doubles.
Your soul comes clean as you rub-a-dub dubbles
All them dirty dishes.
So bless this ritual, my son.
Do not shun
What must be done
Or of nirvana, you’ll have none.
Remember, wash them dishes!

Refrain

 

A LITTLE SINNING

Verse

When you’ve been good,
Just as good as can be,
Done what you should,
Everything from A to Z,

(You’ve not touched pot or booze or sex or cards or any other nasty things.
In a day or two, you’d have sprouted wings.)

But then you feel
Like you’re going to burst.
You must conceal
Your desire to do your worst.

If you just let it out a bit at a time you’ll be so very awf’ly glad.
How good it is to be a little bit bad.

Refrain

For we need a little sinning to chase the blues away.
Just a little sinning to brighten up each day.
It’s amazing what some naughty words will do.
They can change your cloudy skies of gray to skies of blue, just one or two.

You need a little sinning to see you never frown.
Just a little sinning, so keep your sunny side down.
Yes, we need a little sinning to be carefree.
Just a little sinning, just a little sinning,
Just a little sinning for you and me.

 

DOW JONES BLUES

Verse

If you’re down in the dumps
‘Cause the market slumps
And your partner jumps
Out the window,

Don’t feel blue.
What’s happened to you
Is like the flu
Or stubbing your toe.

Refrain

When you’ve lost your money and most of Daddy’s.
When the bull has gone and left you patties.
Don’t despair lassies and laddies.
It’s just the Dow Jones blues.
It’s just the Dow Jones blues.

When there’s runaway triple digit inflation.
When banks are failing across the nation,
And you are feeling desperation.
It’s just the Dow Jones blues.
It’s just the Dow Jones blues.

And if life gets to be beyond endurance,
Remember that is why you bought life insurance.

But when your lawyer takes you aside
And says the answer is suicide,
Don’t forget you’re just paying your dues
With the Dow Jones blues.
It’s just the Dow Jones blues.

SNAP OUT!

Introduction

I’d been on the couch for days, slouching in a haze.
Informercials on the tube, Ben and Jerry’s on the floor.
Then this guy comes waltzing through the door.

He said, “Let’s get off our heinies.
I’ll take you out for Chinese.”

I said, “Who are you? Go away, boo!
I’ll scream, I swear. Oh, what do I care?

“My brain is fried, my goldfish died,
I’m all alone, they turned off the phone.

I’ve nothing to give, no reason to live,
Get me a knife! I hate my life.”

“I know, I know. You’re feeling low.
But it’s all right. You’ll see the light
If you let me give you the lowdown.
And, for effect, I’ll sing it in Motown.”

Refrain

Snap out! Snap out! Snap out of that funk!
Snap out of that funk right now! (Twice)

Verse

So what’s this you say that you’re wasting your time,
You should give up ‘cause you’re not good enough?
That’s just some old sludge from the primeval slime.
Kid, the truth is you’ve got all the right stuff.
And I say

Refrain

Snap out! Snap out! Snap out of that funk!
Snap out of that funk right now!
You’re smart! You’re good! You don’t need that bunk! Snap out of that funk right now!

Verse

I know that you’re feeling that you ain’t got love
But all your friends are crazy for you.
That’s only a tape coming up to let go of.
Just love yourself and you will get through.
It’s time to

Refrain

Snap out! Snap out! Snap out of that funk!
Snap out of that funk right now!
You’re cool! You’re hot! You’re really a hunk!
Snap out of that funk right now!

Verse

Kid, I’m your best friend and I’ll always support you.
Whatever happens I will be here.
And when all the world seems to trouble and thwart you
All you gotta do is look in the mirror
And I’ll say

Refrain

Snap out! Snap out! Snap out of that funk!
Snap out of that funk right now! (five times)

(As fades out, spoken to mirror) Hey, baby, I love it when you smile. Yeah. You’ve got a beautiful smile. Did anyone ever tell you that?.…

 

SUNRISE

Sunrise,
Every day a new one.
And I’d say you’re due one.
Stand all alone
In your very own

Sunrise.
When life feels so tragic,
It reveals the magic
And melts your care
Into thin air.

No revelation,
But there’s a clearer view.
No grand sensation,
Yet life comes new.

Sunrise,
With the flow of healing.
What a glowing feeling!
The dawn of you.

TODAY
A Children’s Song

In the morning when I rise
Sunlight dances in my eyes.
Beauty sings from ev-’rywhere.
There’s a stillness in the air.

I hurry out the door
And through the wind I soar
So glad to be alive today.

Dewdrops glisten their good-bye
To the stars above the sky,
While the sun shines its hello
To all living things below.

I’m part of what I see,
And it’s all part of me.
I’m glad to be alive today.

 

SPIRIT OF THE NIGHT

Verse

Darkness comes and stillness falls. The moon begins to rise.
Heaven’s hand enshrouds the earth in gleaming starry skies.
In the softness of the wind, the branches stir above.
Deep within my secret place, I stir with love.

Refrain

Oh, spirit of the night! Sky of black, moon of white.
Oh, spirit of the night! I feel your heart. I feel your heart.

Verse

Daytime embers cool and die as cities dim their lights.
Evening fires inflame and blaze as loving warmth ignites.
In the closeness of this hour, I hear an angel’s song,
Silently my soul awakes and joins along.

Refrain

Oh, spirit of the night! Sky of black, moon of white.
Oh, spirit of the night! I feel your heart. I feel your heart. I feel your heart.

 

PRAYER

Oh Star of Stars,
May the song of my heart
Ascend to you
On silvery wings,
Meeting your passionate glance with grace and resonance,
Blending with your music
And returning to touch the earth with pure joy.
Amen.

 

THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD

Long ago,
Long ago,
Someone did something to someone else, who
Did something to someone else, who
Did something to someone else, who
Did something to someone else, who
Did something to someone else, who
Did something to someone else, who
Says revenge is sweet?

 

CHRISTMAS STAR

Verse

There is a time in December when hearts grow warm and bright.
If the season’s cheer
Grew throughout each year
All the world would fill with light.

Refrain

Whether you celebrate Hanukah or Christmas, or even nothing at all,
Whether you’re black or white, Irish or Italian, four feet or seven feet tall,

It couldn’t matter less.
We’re all one family.
And if we just love and bless,
We’ll live in harmony.

So this year, do your part bringing peace and beauty,
Starting wherever you are.
Watch it spread heart to heart, lighting up the earth
Like a Christmas star.

 

JOSEPH’S DREAMS

In the first dream, it was a day like you’ve never seen before:
Bright as summer, calm as winter, colorful as autumn, and fresh as spring.
Everything glowed with a tingling light
As if at once it was day and night.
The wheat shimmered gold. The sky glimmered blue.
A gleaming hummingbird flew.

We were all together in the field, binding sheaves of wheat, and singing.
All of a sudden, my sheaf arose,
And took off like a dancer on the end of her toes.
It circled around us and flew through the sky.
Then it alighted, standing high.
And your sheaves gathered around,
Bowing to the ground.

In the next dream, it was dusk.
The sun had not set, but the moon and eleven stars were already out.
As I walked slowly into the horizon, the sun and the moon and all of the stars
Fell from the sky and lay at my feet. Then I woke up.

 

DATES AND HONEY

Verse

I wonder what time it is.
It’s so hard to tell.
Only a shaft of light coming through.
I wish I had something to eat.
Some dates, some dates, some dates and honey!

Refrain

Dates and honey would be so nice.
Worth the money at any price.
Dates and honey to sweeten my lot.
Sweet and sunny when life is not.

Cheese and bread
Would instead
Be fine, of course.
Leg of lamb,
Even ham,
Or wine, of course.

But dates and honey would be so nice.
Dates and honey, dates and honey.
Isn’t it funny
How nice dates and honey would be?

 

TO BELIEVE IN DREAMS

Maybe it is foolish to believe in dreams,
For what are dreams
But restless schemes?
Maybe all my visions are just make believe,
Just make believe,
And I’m naive.

But you have to have a vision
Or your time on earth
Between death and birth
Is merely dying.
And if you make the decision
That you’ll live your heart,
You give your heart,
Or you’re not trying.

So maybe it’s not foolish to believe in dreams,
And your dreams just may come true.

 

DO NOT COUNT THE DAYS

Verse

At first it’s hard. At times you feel
Your soul will crack, your mind will reel
But then your friends, the earth and rain
Receive your tears, absorb your pain.

To those you love, your missives fly.
At night, the moon brings their reply.
You learn to trust that there’s a reason you’re apart
And you do not lose heart.

Refrain

Do not count the days.
At night you’ll peacefully slumber.
Months are short and years are swift
When days are given no number.

Do not count the hours
When laboring in the garden.
Working hard and with a song,
Not holding back, and feeling strong,
Bring peace when day is done.

You are not a slave despite the way it seems.
May you learn soon, my friend,
This is not the end
Of dreams.

Live your precious days.
Don’t drag yourself to your sunsets.
Stand up high and count the things that count.

Count the stars. Count the love.
Count the blessings from above.
Stand up high and count the things that count.

 

JOSEPH, THE SHEPHERD’S SON

Verse

You purchased him for a garden slave a year or two ago.
At first he seemed like a waste of gold. His work was poor and slow.
Then suddenly he came to life and did the work of two.
So I made him lord of the garden, and a bumper crop he grew.

Refrain

Joseph, the shepherd’s son. That is what they call him.
I made him lord of garden, and a bumper crop he grew.

Verse

Then I gave him all the cattle, too, and how they multiplied!
So now I thought it was time to try him on a job inside.
The other slaves all love him and for him they do their best.
It must be some sort of magic, for each thing he does is blessed.

Refrain

Joseph, the shepherd’s son. That is what they call him.
It must be some sort of magic, for each thing he does is blessed.

 

THE TALE OF ABRAHAM

I tell the tale of Abraham, the servant of God most high.
He sat one night beside a fire and gazed at the summer sky.
All the stars were like shimmering gems in a crown
And the wind was as soft as the finest down.
The night had never felt so warm.
And Abraham trusted God.

Then God said unto Abraham, “Take Isaac, whom you love,
And offer him upon a mount that I will tell you of.”
“If God asks me to do it, then it must be done.
I will give Him my Isaac, my only son.”
The night had never stung so cold.
And Abraham trusted God.

They journeyed for three days until they reached the appointed spot.
And Isaac said, “My father, is there something that you forgot?
We have rope and a fire, but I don’t see a lamb.”
“My son, God will provide it,” said Abraham.
A fire never burned so hot.
And Abraham trusted God.

Then Abraham bound Isaac on the altar that he had made.
He put his knife to Isaac’s throat. His son now he would have slayed
When the angel of God called out “Abraham
Do not offer your son. Give instead this ram.”
A voice had never rung so sweet.
And Abraham trusted God.

“Since you did not withhold your son, great blessings will I bestow,
And through your seed all nations will be blessed in the overflow.
Never shall you again human offerings give
For it pleases God not that men die, but live.”
A man had never been so blessed.
For Abraham trusted God.

 

NEVER HAVE I SEEN SUCH A ONE

Never have I seen such a one who glimmers like the dawn.
Never have I seen such a one as tender as a fawn.
Never have I seen such a one so like a waterfall.
Yet she is like none of these things, like nothing I recall.

She’s not like silk. She’s not like a bird.
She’s not like rain. Oh, where is the word?
She’s not like spring. She’s not like the sky.
But if she’s not, I know not why.

Her hair is gold. Oh, yes, it is gold.
Yet something more, a thousand fold.
Her eyes are green, like no other green.
Are they em-’rald stars, or merely Ondine?

Never have I seen such a one who gives me this warm glow.
Never have I seen such a one so unlike those I know.
Never have I seen such a one so like no one at all.
Yet somehow I know who she is, though why, I can’t recall.

 

COME WITH US

Come with us! Oh, Sabrina, come with us, dearest friend!
We shall be your new fam-’ly, sister and brother until the end.

In our grand, noble castle looking out on the sea,
All our days will be happy, safe from harm and adversity.

Our lives have been bound together from the start.
Let us join them together now so that nothing can pull them apart.

Come with us, dear Sabrina, home.

 

THE GARDEN OF YOUR SOUL

Verse

There’s a place beautiful beyond compare.
Everything longed for is there.
It’s not a spot you can reach by car,
Nor does it orbit a distant star.
It’s not on a mountain that you’ll reach soon,
Or over the rainbow, or on the moon.

But there’s a place of shining grace,
Where rivers flow, and dreams can grow,
Where hearts can heal, and learn to feel,
A place made of pure truth and love.
Can you see it? Can you hear it?
Can you feel it, in the stillness where you are?

Refrain

When you wake up from a dream
And know that everything’s all right,
That things aren’t what they seem,
And that the morning’s not the night,
That the monsters on your wall
Were only shadows after all,
You’re sitting in the garden of your soul.

When, on a sunny day,
You are gazing at the view,
And what’s petty fades away,
And the flowers all look new,
When the mists of restless memories
Are lifted from the trees,
You’re standing in the garden of your soul.

It’s a place where you are free,
And you can soar,
Going anywhere you see
To explore.
The problems that need your care,
The feelings you need to air,
Are more clear
‘Cause you are here
In the garden.

When you know things no one taught you,
And remember what you know,
When you feel that what life brought you
Just helped you learn and grow,
When understanding more
Brings you peace where there was war,
You’re walking in the garden of your soul.

When a moment lasts forever,
And the hours disappear,
When you’re working and you never
Want to stop creating here,
When you want to write a song
For everyone who comes along,
You’re living in the garden of your soul.
You’re living in the garden of your soul.