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Michael's Song Lyrics
Recently-released singles -
Moment to Dream (2022)
Sitting on a swing - looking to a sky
Showing off the clouds as they float by
Possibilities
Far as you can see
This is a moment to dream
Don’t miss this moment to dream
Just the place to be dangling from a kite
Likewise for the birds as they take flight
Blossoms fill the trees
Full of honeybees
No harm in spreading your wings
Come take a moment
Take a moment to dream
Tell you how I feel - glad to be alive
Reasons number one two three four five…
Furnished with a key for all there is to see
How would you like to be free
Now take a moment to dream
How would you like to be free
Let’s take a moment
Take a moment to dream
Justice Day (2022)
Are you feeling blue
Don’t know what to do
Wonderin’ why you lost your way
How to go from here
To where the coast is clear
Intriguing case of foul play
Thought you’d never ask
Who to take to task
Forever is a long long wait
Glimmer of a dim horizon
Though it may seem far away
Sooner than you think the time comes
Justice Day
Flipping on the news
Want to sing the blues
Can you believe the world today
Hard to sympathize
With never-ending lies
Creating utter disarray
Rightfully you ask
Who’s up to meet the task
While others turn and run away
Would you concede it bears reminding
Not to look the other way
Sooner than you think the time comes
Justice Day
Without appearing rude
Or in an angry mood
Enough of being led astray
All that’s on the line
The future - yours and mine
Is nothing to be thrown away
Seems only fair to ask
That rules be hard and fast
You break ‘em - there’s a price to pay
Trust in what we must rely on
Though it may seem far away
Be nice to celebrate and why not
Proclaim a special holiday
Sooner than you think the time comes
Truth is marching on and then some
Sooner than you think the time comes
Justice Day
Want to Be a Flower (2022)
Want to be a flower in the morning sun
A gift to give to everyone
The power of a flower as a song is sung
Is the joy it brings to old and young
I want to be a flower - the fragrant kind
The best, nature’s yet designed
Plant me in the garden near that blushing rose
As a big black bear - trust your nose
Butterflies aflutter to and fro Quenching thirst - off they go Bees are bound to make their presence known
To them I’m just their ice cream cone
And before you know
Blossoms overflow
Want to be a flower in the morning sun
Awaking hope in everyone
The power of a flower as a song is sung
Is the joy it brings to old and young
Want to be a flower
Want to be a flower
Wonderful Lives (2022)
Who has words?
When all are under attack
Choose your words
But words aren’t bringing them back to their lives
Back to their lives
Back to being children leading wonderful lives
Back to their lives
Back to their lives
Back to being children leading beautiful, wonderful lives
Lovely words
Are no replacement to act
Conscience stirred
Can change laws and honor their lives their lives
Honor their lives
Honor these children leading wonderful lives
Honor their lives
Honor their lives
Honor these families who had children leading wonderful lives
Who has words?
Find some way to come back
Real nice words
But words aren’t bringing them back to their lives
Honor their lives
Honor these children leading wonderful lives
Honor their lives
Honor their lives
Honor these families with children leading wonderful lives
Opening Our Eyes (2022)
Look across this land
Where the future lies
Help us in opening our eyes
There they make a stand
Against violence out of hand
It’s land that belongs to them
It’s theirs to live their lives
Some are unconcerned
As honesty is spurned
We hold these truths to be inspired
Lessons that we’ve learned
From those who gave their lives Led to a freedom-loving country One to be admired
Look across this land
Where the future lies
Help us in opening our eyes in time to save their lives
Bounce Back (2022)
Way down on your luck
Wheels spun off the track
Soon the tow truck’s on its way as you bounce back
Scrap that long lost love
She’s not coming back
File away those memories as you bounce back
Grasp the inside track
Not a worry in the world When you bounce back
Step up to the front
Wanna lead the pack?
Who's to say you've lost your way when you bounce back
It's one thing to talk
Something else to act
When it's time to walk the walk now you bounce back
Fast ball, take a crack
No no, no one’s stopping you
When you bounce back
Whatcha got to lose
Make that zero
Hi ho, it’s off we go
Some go by the book
Others round the bend
After all it’s still your call
How you bounce back
Grasp the inside track
Don’t see no one stopping you
When you bounce back
Last call to relax
You know what you oughta do
What I’m trying to say it’s true
No no, no one’s stopping you
When you bounce back
One Man's War (2022)
What a place to be on these darkest nights
No one’s on the street - the bombs are falling
Hear their urgent pleas on your home TVs
Freedom’s under siege, and the fight is for survival
Sirens break their silence
One man’s war brought about this blight
One man’s war mustn’t be his right
Where to go to sleep when they’re forced to flee
What can be foreseen for their sons and daughters
One thing that they need is to live in peace
If freedom cannot be then the fight is for survival
Time to break your silence
One man’s war brought about this blight
One man’s war mustn’t be his right
Said A Father (2021)
Said a father to his son
Lad, your life has just begun
Long to teach you all I know
There is much you don’t outgrow
Walk on water all you like
Spread your wings and off you’ll fly
Far and fast as time will go
There’s still much you don’t outgrow
Shone my mother’s warmest love Proud to be my father’s son
Just as they knew now I know There’s so much you don’t outgrow
Rain or Shine (2021)
When the time is over, what is left behind?
How to put it into words, the questions on my mind?
What is ours, remind me - is it yours or mine?
Or is love a magic wand, to wave in wonder, rain or shine
Each loss, a bolt of lightning besets a towering pine
Hope or fear? What to keep, what to leave behind?
Once a heart is broken, where does comfort lie?
When, a willing sky allows a clearing for the sun to shine?
Love is why we're living; how does that get lost?
Faster than last summer left and came the winter frost
Short our time together, pictures in the drawer
There you'll find my mother's gaze, too soon she left us wanting more
When the time is over, what is left behind?
Well advised to blaze a trail while we still have time
What is ours, remind me - is it yours or mine?
Or is love a magic wand, to wave in wonder, rain or shine
Try It On (2021)
Try it on
Will the shoe fit
Try it on
The prince better come quick
That's if it fits
Try it on
No harm in searching far
Let's find out who you are
You are a star
Try it on
As dawn is signing on
Sun rise you welcoming light
Shine bright shine bright
Try it on
On with the marathon
The race is ready to run
Your time has come
Try it on
Does the shoe fit
Try it on
The prince came lickety-split
No ifs
It fits
It fits
HOW LONG IT TAKES
How long it takes
Drives me crazy
Waiting all this time
Life slips away
Lacking time enough to say goodbye
How long it takes
Getting on with what we all are called to face
Lifting our gaze
As those who've taught us
How to live a life of grace
How long it takes
How long it takes
How long it takes
Can we be patient
After waiting all this time
Better Future
Someone wants to place a bigger crown upon his head
Long ago we changed the way our country would be led
Make our greatness real, what we long to feel
Drawn to where a better future lies ahead
One of high ideals, hopes and dreams
There a better future lies ahead
The founding of America took place through blood and toil
Had the battles not been won, no nation would be born
In that hard-fought way it is ours today and tomorrow if we have our say
Find out how greatness feels, speaking truth that heals
Our much better future cries out
Let a better future rise ahead
We've come a long long way to make this home today
And tomorrow if we have our say
There within our reach - respect for each
Our much better future cries out
Proud steps forward leaving no doubt
It's true, a better future lies ahead
Love
Love
Love lights every face
Maps out the mission through outer space, unfazed
Love leads everyplace
Longing to hold us in full embrace, always
Feel the love we are part of
From the start of time
Spread the word ‘round the whole wide world
With sun’s rays of light
Love, our saving grace
Abiding each moment through time and space, all our days
Be the love, we’re all part of
The light in darkest hours
Love works wonders
Spring, spread your flowers
Love
Love lights every face
Love, our saving grace
Love leads everyplace
Love
How Much More
How much more is yet to come – and left us wanting more
More than watch – so, get involved
How much more it’s going to take mistakes to answer for
How much more of wait and see, before we say: No more
How much more, it’s up to us – to make a better choice
Sound out, now nice and loud
Many voices joined as one – so long waiting for
Being heard and not just hard of hearing anymore
Being heard and not just hard of hearing anymore
How much more is now enough, to liberate the cork
Twist… pop… when to pour
Not yet time for sweet champagne – a lot more work in store
Wonder once we get this right, how loud becomes the roar
Being heard, no more need for fearing
Fans are on their feet and how they’re cheering
Being heard and not just hard of hearing anymore
Singles from the new CURIOSITY album...
Love at First Sight
Might as well admit it
I’m the one who did it
Went and fell in love
What was I thinking of?
Hold on just a minute
Seems only fair to share the blame
You’re beautiful, admit it
A sky that has no limit
Starlit, big and bright
Every night
Can’t see no harm in it
Nothing quite like love at first sight
Soaring high go you and I
Far to fly, ‘cross the sky
Don’t know why it feels just right
Right as love, at first sight
Soaring high go you and I
Far to fly, ‘cross the sky
Don’t know why it feels just right
Right as love, at first sight
Might as well admit it
More smitten by the minute
Floating on a cloud
Is that allowed?
Don’t see no harm in it
Nothing quite like love at first sight
Soaring high go you and I
Far to fly, ‘cross the sky
Don’t ask why it feels just right
Right as love, at first sight
Sweet Dreams
Fine feast, where to start to eat?
Taste Thanksgiving, sweet home cooking
Still a ways to easy street
Heaven help us make ends meet
Each day that’s given, here’s to living
Large, grand, dreamland… Such sweet dreams
Break free, from what used to be
Time for new things, unwind kite strings
Grateful for a rainy day
Marvel at the Milky Way
Strike some real gold, lo and behold this
Large, grand, dreamland… Such sweet dreams
Kind deeds, meet uncounted needs
Stands to reason: ‘tis the season
Yearning for a world at peace
Learning what our lives could be
All audition for your mission to
Large, grand, dreamland… Such sweet dreams
Large, grand, dreamland… Such sweet dreams
Flying
A lifetime seems short, our time incomplete
The journey toward home, must it be bittersweet?
Picture the sky spring into life
Songbirds are headed our way
Fly free, far as can be
What are the sights you’ve been longing to see?
Fly me over the sea
No better time to go flying
Drawn to the sky, we rise to new heights
The rush of bright feathers stands out in the light
When you combine the song with the sight
Time to get carried away
Fly free, far as you please
Well worth a try, floating by on the breeze
Fly free over the sea
What better time to go flying?
Doubt cast aside, dare we to dream?
Wake to a view unlike you’ve ever seen
At dawn a new light, awaits in the sky
Time to be flying away
Fly free, far as can be
Behold the sights you’ve been longing to see
Fly free over the sea
No finer day to go flying
Now is the time to go flying
More songs from the CURIOSITY album...
Grab a Hold
Raise your hand, Peter Pan
Off we go to wonderland
Yours to hold, a pot of gold
Rainbows, left and right
Pretty soon we’re flying
Grab a hold of life
Cast a spell, Tinker Bell
Wings of wonder serve us well
Full faith and trust in fairy dust
and magic carpet rides
Have no fear of flying
You strike gold in trying
Grab a hold of life
Umm hmmm
Mmmm hmmm hmmm
Mmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
Mmm hmmm hmmm
Poor Captain Hook, the path you took
Well, something went awry
Crocodiles catch pirates
Don’t float off in silence
Grab a hold, grab a hold of life
Umm hmmm
Mmm hmmm hmmm
What Gives
Loss out of hand
I just don’t understand
What gives someone with gun or knife
the right to take another’s life?
Car sped too fast
Made this child’s breath its last
What gives someone who doesn’t care
a license used to spread despair?
Oh, what gives?
Why is this?
All we have is what we give
When will this end?
Where’s our common sense?
Hopes and dreams, big and small
They belong to us all
Oh, what gives?
So it is
All we have is what we give
New Horizons
Walk with me, won’t you please?
Count our silver linings
Watch the birds flying free
Finding new horizons
Like the first sight of spring
Morning’s sun is rising
Every day it’s New Year’s Eve
Finding new horizons
Finding new horizons
Spare a noble word and deed
How can we be silent?
Won’t we help those in need
Finding new horizons
Finding new horizons
Joy
What comes next?
It may surprise you
Nonetheless, trust what’s best
Joy takes many shapes and sizes
More than one soon realizes
Noise won’t stop us
This we know
Joy has come to steal the show
Recognize the real McCoy
Make this day an ode to joy
What comes next?
It may delight you
Fall in step, not to fret
Fear will find no place to hide
Joy is here to walk beside you
Noise won’t stop us
Now we know
Joy has come to steal the show
Recognize the real McCoy
Make this day an ode to joy
What to Be
Yet to be decided what is coming next
How to know until you leave the nest?
What to be?
Oh yes, let’s be our best
When it’s time to go
Give a seed the chance to grow
Go be Michelangelo
But please come back and say hello
Do you ever wonder what this life is for?
Want to be a kid inside a candy store?
You and me
Oh yes, aren’t we so blessed
Welcome on a journey
But to where unknown
A little more enlightened with each stepping stone
Go in peace, oh yes
Someone needs your tenderness
Someone needs your tenderness
When it’s time to go
Leave behind a lasting glow
Like a sunset, fading slow
Won’t you come back and say hello
Take Your Time
Time to relax, pull up a chair
Find a balloon to fly, we’ll float on air
Yesterday’s long gone, so long
Let’s play on
Nothing to fear, take your time
Waves rolling in from the ocean
Each one awaits in its place in line
Think of the view as a gift to you
Your lucky day
Take your time
Anyone willing to volunteer?
Who’s in the mood to come and save the day?
Would it be, should it be, could it be you?
Want to?
How do I thank you?
Be my guest: take your time
Will we come through?
If only I knew
Check with an expert who hasn’t a clue
No need to lose your composure
After a shower the sun will shine
Pause for a snooze if you so choose
No rash conclusion, mass confusion
And take your time
Morning View
Morning view, new day’s surprise
Wouldn’t have it otherwise
Rising sun or falling snow
Right at home, a golden glow
So much more there is to know
than time allows, yet even so
Morning view, today’s surprise
I would not want it otherwise
Morning view, our time has come
Rise and shine, bang the drum
Just like Matthews’s winning smile
Go and run the extra mile
So much more there is to know
than time allows, yet even so
Morning view, new day’s surprise
I wouldn’t have it otherwise
Hello There
Hey, hello there
Hold it right there
Feel the fanfare
This rooster’s crowin’
Hesitation step aside
You’re more than welcome on this ride
River flowin’
Grass is growin
Wind’s-a-blowin’
This heart’s not slowin’
Know you got me feelin’ fine
Doesn’t matter, rain or shine
Just what I’ve been waiting for
All my lonely days
You are more than beautiful
Let me count the ways
Mmm hmm, mmm hmm
Mmm hmm hmm
Mmm hmm, mmm hmm
Mmm hmm, mmm hmm
Just what I’ve been waiting for
All these rainy days
You are more than beautiful
Let me count the ways… 2,381
Mmm hmm, mmm hmm
Mmm hmm hmm
Mmm hmm, mmm hmm
Mmm hmm, mmm hmm
Oh yes you do
Have the world’s biggest smile
Lights up the sky like it’s Fourth of July
Whooosh
Say, hello there
Pardon my stare
Feel the fanfare
This rooster’s crowin’
Hesitation swept aside
You’re more than welcome
You're more than welcome on this ride
Oh look at you
With the world’s biggest smile
Not even close
You win by a mile
And then some
Hey, hello there
Hold it right there
Oh you got me feelin’ fine
Excited
Make believe, just for fun
Your new song goes number one
Plan to be excited
Thousands cheer to hear the song
Can hardly wait to sing along
Sure you're all excited, yeah!
Find someone who loves you back
Won’t bring on a heart attack
Oh, to be excited
Sharing something wonderful
It’s sometimes hard, but never dull
Look who’s all excited, yeah!
Take the field, get the ball
Score the goal that wins it all
You got me excited
What a rush, your applause
Makes me feel like Santa Claus
Yes indeed, would you believe
You got me excited, yeah!
From the WAKING UP album...
Morning Song
Light has come, the day is young, early birds abound
Curtain’s rising, sun is up
Time to hit the ground running… around
Yes indeed, last night was fun, but what a price to pay
Out the door, the morning brings
Another song to play, rushing… around
Fill my breakfast bowl
Love those Cheerios – on the GO!
Come and fly a kite with me, get this off the ground
Welcome on the ferris wheel --
Merry go, merry go, ‘round, whirling all… whirling all around
Up and on your toes
Strike a victory pose – on your mark, get set – go-go-GO!
Grows a Tree
Grows a tree, and we to wonder
How on earth to climb so high?
Tiny seed to towering tree
Pause in awe, then proceed
to praise the music, scale the heights
There grows a tree
in song and season
Dare to dream and you grow tall
Tree ever growing, climb so high
Grows a tree, inviting me
aboard, to journey toward the light
At attention, then at ease
Floating off on gentle breeze
Awake your music, paint the sky
There grows a tree
in song and season
Dare to dream and you grow tall
High Road
Make it a promise to keep, man to the moon, one giant leap
No giving up on ideals, proceed to the route, stop spinning our wheels
Say, do you know, where’s the high road?
Precious the promise of peace, a dove in the hand our children release
You got the power to lead -- want to be fair or more about greed?
Oh, would you know, where’s the high road?
Mama taught me right from wrong
Stand up, what is it we’re waiting for?
What’s a better time than just right now?
There’s a high road
What IS the source of our strength -- weapons of war or freedom of speech?
Picture a pathway of hope, insight and love, well within reach
Deep down you know – there’s a high road
Life reveals our time not long
Wake up, what is it we’re waiting for?
What is wrong if all of us… ALL of us belong?
There’s a high road
Deep down you know: there’s a high road
Oh yeah, you know: there’s… a… high… road
What Were You Dreaming?
What were you dreaming before it was light?
What special place did you go for the night?
Off on a trip of my own, who knows where
What a surprise, awaiting me there
There stood my father, again, in his prime
Little had changed after all of this time
Honor the past, thought I’d learned this by now
But how to thank him, I still don’t know how
Live to dream, rest in peace, wake to wonders that never cease
How do you, how did he, make the moment a masterpiece?
My father, the artist, his dreams came true
The paintings he left me, I have just a few
My brother and sister, might well feel the same
If not for our lives, he’d have surely found fame
What are you dreaming, what did you decide?
Which new horizons are opening wide?
Welcome a glimpse of a face you’ve known well -
someone who helped you stand up when you fell
Live to dream, rest in peace, wake to wonders that never cease
How do you, how did he, make the moment a masterpiece?
You Smile
Take your pick, any prize, what will it be?
Oh, to hit the jackpot, and be worry-free…
Been to many places in my life ‘til now
Browsin’ a thousand faces lighting up a crowd
and asked: IS that smile for me?
Cookies full of fortune, have they brought me luck?
Raised my expectations, watched ‘em self-destruct
and then, you smiled at me. Then, you smiled at me. Filled my heart with glee
Work a lot of hours, take ‘em one by one
Time for celebrating when the job gets done
and then, you smile…
And then, then you smile at me
You might say I’m mesmerized, quite a little bit
Like the prince who found the slipper finally would fit
Surprise: you smile at me! When you smile at me (ever so kind of you to be issuing a)
lifetime guarantee
Wave to Mona Lisa on a gallery wall
Was it really Helen, fairest one of all?
Not when, you smile. No frown on file. First prize: you smile at… me!
From the Sky
Land of the free, home of the brave
Just as large as can be are these gifts that they gave
Mountains can move in the wink of an eye
Land on your feet when you fall from the sky
Where do you turn with so much to confide?
Ever longing to share what is hidden inside
Why would you think there’s no walking on air?
Crossing a field is a song everywhere
Who claims defeat -- won't put up a fight?
What does it mean, by the dawn's early light?
Mountains they move – it can take quite a while
Land on your feet when you fall from the sky
Waiting To Be Born
Friends, prepare a toast
Raise this glass to my host
Katie, Tom, Ben,
Paul and John do
make me feel happy
just to be making this song for you
Bet your mother is proud
She and Dad spent their lives devoted to
how that daughter turned out
It's hard to accept that families change
Sometimes it upsets me
But it's the way things all work out
Thank you then -- and now
Hey you sweet-hearted gal!
Won't you take me back to the girl next door
Can't you just imagine what could be
waiting to be born?
Waiting to be
Waving to me
Waiting to be born
I Ask You
Who is going to bang on the bass drum?
Poised to play the part with pride
Who’s about to march with that head held high?
Is it up to all of us or just the other guy? I ask you…
Where is this parade to take us?
Over yonder, rain or shine
What would make the home town crowd so proud
and save a special place in line?
Who’s prepared to give this their best shot?
Leaving all regrets behind
Who would rather encore than say goodbye?
Was an airplane possible or never going to fly? I ask you…
Where is this parade to take us?
Starting point through finish line
Who is going to sound the big, bass drum?
It seems to me you’ll do just fine
Stand and Cheer
Stand and cheer, the baby’s born, crying out in bed
Soon a chance to coax a smile. First, let’s get her fed
Open up your arms, oh yeah
This is how you stand and cheer
Stand and cheer a baby boy, crawling here and there
‘fore you know, he’s all grown up and moves like Fred Astaire
Open every door you can
Then he’ll walk on air. This is where we stand and cheer
Warm wind blowing; guide them growing
Stand and cheer your children on, toes and fingers crossed
Theirs to build a better world. Don’t let them get lost
Open up your heart, oh yeah
Off to Disneyland, cue the marching band
This is where we stand and cheer
How?
How to calm the storm that lies within
and to stay on course through thick and thin?
Don’t you lose your will
on the climb uphill
Stunning views are on the way
Getting out from under
with a shout in wonder
Start anew today
How to find what’s lost when you’ve grown apart
and restore the love deep inside your heart?
It was built to last, wait
Not so fast,
It is hard work every day…
I’ll be with you all the way
Sing Your Song
Get this show on the road: Sing your song
Ready? Rhyme! Curtain time, all day long
Hello, Mr. Chickadee! You hop to -- from tree to tree
Attaboy, spreading joy: Sing your song
Spill the beans, eat your greens: YOU -- be strong
Much-maligned, never mind, whereupon
Hug the priest, tame the beast, first forgive to say the least
On your toes, thar she blows: Sing your song… Hey Hey!
Do it right away! No cold feet, trick or treat
Look who’s in the driver’s seat
Take the show, on the road: Rise and shine!
Tap your feet, to the beat, yours and mine
Fall in love, do it right, roll on out our wedding night
No remorse, stay the course: Sing your song… Hey Hey!
Do it right away! Ditch the fad, work like mad
Thanks a million, Mom & Dad!
From the PICTURES album...
Take a Picture
Take a picture of us all
Place it proudly on the wall
Then to offer thanks again
Wish the good times never end
Prize the fountain of all youth
Pledge allegiance to the truth
As a summer day is long
We come together in this song
Take a picture of us all
Smile and make a curtain call
May the memory never fade
Come taste the best dish ever made
Golden Gate Bridge
I’m in love with you know who
You remind me of a movie star, the camera’s rolling
I, like you, know two goes better than one
Do you agree? We’re free to take our time
Golden Gate Bridge twinkles tonight
Sun sets, moon rises, mom was right
Catch a good night’s sleep, leaves me wide awake
There’s a second chance; it’s a brand new day
No use trying to be someone that I’m not
just going to preach or ask for money, honey
Make a silly face as we realize all we got
The best is free, the rest is over-priced
When I make it big I won’t forget to send
thousand dollar bills to all my long lost friends
No, but don’t thank me, that’s what friends are for
If your ship came in, you would give me more – you would!
Ought to take the time to take the TV out of the house
I sit and get so fat and lazy, baby
Want to take you out, enjoy the evening dancing about
We’ll shake our hips ‘til they reduce in size
Pick me up, lift me off the ground
If it makes you dizzy simply spin me ‘round
With some fancy feet and a quick tip toe
I forgot to ask, did you like the show?
Once Upon a Time
Smile on a face
time won’t erase
Not for a good long while…
Once upon a time in your dreams
arrives a prince on a fine white horse
Lifts you up as unfolding wings
reveal a glimpse of abiding love
Once upon a time in your dreams
a bedtime story told long ago
Right on target, or so it seems
to be the arrow from Cupid’s bow
Answer well this wake up call
as glad you’d gaze at a crystal ball
Crown this prince the proudest king
Behold how beautiful is his queen
Once upon a time in your dreams
arrives a prince on a great white horse
Magic calls as your spirit sings
and brings you happiness evermore
TRY!
Try taking a risk, sailing a ship, making a splash
Fresh catch of the day, reelin’ it in, anchors away
Onward toward a distant shore, sea to shining sea
Yonder lies a land of hope, peace and harmony
Try baking a cake, bask in the fine mess you can make
Fastball, swing and a miss, wave to the crowd, blow ‘em a kiss
Deck the halls like Santa Claus, smile the extra mile
On your toes as grandpa goes, dancing down the aisle…
Onward toward a distant shore, sea to shining sea
Happy ever after all, why not try to be?
Try, try to believe, sure as a squirrel climbing a tree
No wish to curtail, living the dream, large as a whale
Try to find where greatness lies, search from A to Z
Many million miles of stars shine for all to see…
Surprise!
Surprise -- fresh flowers, a big bouquet!
Ghosts and goblins fade away
as fragrant flowers burst into bloom,
spreading joy across the room
and out beyond this open door
What more surprise may lie in store?
Surprise on which to feast your eyes,
still life dreams of butterflies
Each pastel shade – pink, purple hue,
bright this rainbow shines for you
Allow the wonder fill your eyes
in waves of color-swept surprise
So how does love first come to be?
Ask a dancing bumblebee
in faithful flight from bloom to bloom,
wishing well the bride and groom
that love like never felt before
may rise to where the angels soar
Surprise -- fresh flowers!
Hannah Rosie
Hello, Hannah Rosie!
Heaven knows
you’re the cutest thing ever born,
from head to tiny toes
Smile, Hannah Rosie!
How you’ll grow -- kind and smart,
say sweetheart, you got a grin that glows!
Hello, Hannah Rosie!
Precious rose
you’re a bloom in pink, don’t you think
your daddy loves you so
Smile, Hannah Rosie!
How you’ll grow -- wise and smart,
say sweetheart, you got a grin that glows!
Hello, Hannah Rosie!
Heaven knows
you’re the cutest thing in the world
and we all love you so
Smile, Hannah Rosie!
How you’ll grow -- kind and smart,
say sweetheart, you got a grin that glows!
IF AT FIRST
Hold this child, warm and close
Love and guide each way she grows
Sweetest song of long ago
Grateful gardener, tend this rose…
If at first you don’t succeed
or have yet to find your way
and you are not sure which way to turn
Be not led astray
When the climb becomes too steep
at a price not nice to pay
Never once are you alone
Help is on the way
If at last you don’t succeed
then at first, try try again
Stand behind what you believe
and if at first you don’t succeed
we’ll make ourselves a better plan
Do you know who can do it?
Well, YOU CAN!
Clear Blue Sky
Sing a song with me, here we go
From the fine first light of dawn, like a rooster crow (cock-a-doodle-doo!)
Flash that something special, a winning smile
It’s a warm day, with a cool breeze and a clear blue sky
Hang on to a dream (do-do-do-do!), don’t let go
Keep your eyes on the prize, you can make it so
What we got is freedom, just walk outside
on a warm day, with a cool breeze and a clear blue sky
Sing your song to me (do-do-do-do!) and many more
May your friends around the world let out a mighty roar
You’re nothing short of beautiful, don’t be shy
on a warm day, with a cool breeze and a clear blue sky
on a warm day, with a cool breeze and a clear blue sky
Go for Gold
When the job to do must be done just so
King Kong come and get to work gung ho
How about a ring-ding-ding, and the truth be told
Tame the greed or forsake the gold
That’s the way it goes
Honest work will keep you on your toes
Wouldn’t dare fall flat on the welcome mat
Best to make your mark more like an acrobat!
Been a while. How you been? How you been?
What you say we go for a spin? Come on in
There’s a graveyard movie show you’d adore --
unlike an evening ever spent before
Picnic time on the lawn, on the lawn
Got an urge to break into song, in the throng
Hail an all-star cast on the silver screen
invite a ghost to join in, sight unseen
Mr. Moon presides in the sky, that’s the guy
with a smile on his face,
as to say, “Here’s looking at you…”
Hey there, Bogie, how do you do?
They were huge in the day, in the day
Valentino, Fairbanks -- the rage, all the rage
May they rest in peace and eternal grace
All welcome to their final resting place
Go for gold, but behave, I should say
Not by greed be led to the grave, not today
As the moon will shine and the West was won
Hey, thanks to you know who is having fun
Mr. Moon up high in the sky, king size
Keep that smile open wide
May your conscience serve as your guide
Mr. Huston, thanks for the ride…
My Friends
My friends arrived; they’ve come to town. This horse just won the Triple Crown
Make no secret who to thank. Take your winnings to the bank
My friends came by; they brought balloons. Can’t wait to sing our favorite tunes
You, the highs; I, the lows. We might just hit it on the nose!
Thanks my friends, love you all, patient tree grow straight and tall
My friends are kind, full of fun – you’d think I’d hit a hole in one
They’re always jumping up and down – cheer you up, play the clown
What makes two people friend or foe? I tell you, I’d sure like to know
No dice living in the past, to find the future’s come too fast
Thanks my friends, sound the call…
My friends arrived. They’ve come to call. That’s them grinning, one and all
Pleasant dreams to each of you, peace of mind, long overdue
Would-be actors crash the show, flub their lines -- whoosh, off they go
Then again there’re those like you. We’re granted each a precious few
Thanks my friends, love you all, no good deed can be too small
Floating on Air
Floating on air; it comes with a view
Wide open spaces are calling to you
Take time to greet them and taste the fresh air
Proceed with kindness and care
Savor the feeling of floating on air
Floating on air, like love at first sight
Oh, to be dreaming of holding you tight
Would I trade places with some billionaire?
Never, no way, not a prayer --
not for this feeling of floating on air
Floating on air; great clouds on display
wave as the sun sends them off on their way,
until the sky is now nothing but blue
One little thing left to do:
All that remains is to say I love YOU
Spring
Say! So spring has sprung!
The morning rain clouds passed through
Thank you for the sun
and what will grow
to make this old fruit basket glad to overflow!
Save your biggest smile
to welcome all those good things
growing on the vine --
soon to be ripe,
to make our all-time favorite
fresh-baked berry pie!
Hip Hip Hooray! Let’s sing this song (indubitably do!)
in praise of all those friends like YOU
who spur me on
You’re very nice
You show the way to make this world a paradise!
This Far
We have come this far on board a star,
to be born once more each day
As a bird, arise, come greet the dawn
Long last yawn make way
Come along and share what’s in your heart,
in emerging hope and joy
We have come this far on board a star,
to be born once more each day
We have come too far to lose our way,
when you think of all they gave --
to devote their lives advancing ours,
each and every day
Now in song we long to breathe new life --
that song, an ode to joy
We have come this far on board a star…
to be born once more today!