Jim Proctor Sings (you A Song)

[Lyrics/music credits: Arlo Guthie; adaptation credits: Paul Stookey] Woke up this morning with my head in my hand, Come on, children, come on, The snow had fallen all over the land, Come on, children, come on. I don't know but you know that I've been told, Come on, children, come on, That the streets of heaven have all been sold, Come on, children, come on. (Refrain) Come on, children, all come home, Jesus gonna make you well, Come on, people, now it's time to go, Go to where we all can dwell. The sun come up while I was singin' this song, Come on, children, come on, To remember me that this time won't be long, Come on children come on. (Refrain) Come on, Gabriel, and blow that thing, Come on, children come on, All God's children got to dance and sing, Come on, children come on. All God's children got to dance and shout, Come on, children, come on, Ain't no one here's gonna kick you out, Come on, children, come on. One of these days we'll all be there, Come on, children, come on, Watching them wheels way up

[Lyrics credits: Michelle Arya] I know who I am when I stand by your side, But tell me, who am I when I stand alone? I know who I am when I lie in your bed, But tell me, who am I when I lie here alone? (Refrain 1) Tell me, 'cause I'm looking for the answer, Tell me, I don't know just where to turn, I don't hear it in the music, no book gives me a clue, It must be deep inside me, still I turn to you. I know there's a story in the set of each sun, But tell me, how will I know when the book is done? I waste so much time trying to fit in your plan, So tell me, why is my life about just one man? (Refrain 1) I know there's a voice buried somewhere inside, So tell me, what do I hear when I'm all alone? It says to give others the love that I hide, It tells me, living true makes my soul all my own. (Refrain 2) Tell me, 'cause I'm looking for the answer, Tell me, I don't know just where to turn, But you'll hear it in my music, if you're looking for a clue, When I find it deep inside of me I'll share it all with you.

[Lyrics credits: Michelle Arya] The day has worked its way, To a golden moment of perfection, Hours lead up to a time of tender light. Silvery gold gauze, Softening 'round the edges, Gentle light shining in wedges. Then twilight gives day (way) to night: (Refrain) Why can't time stay, In its golden hour of perfection? Night always falls like a shade drawn on the sky. Why can't we hold on, To love and all its dreaming? Twilight so fleeting like love each day it dies. Morning shines its light, On the wrinkles and the cracks, Of a love that's hard to bend. But for those who will see, And for those who will wait, Afternoon gives way to late. And the cycle starts again: (Refrain 2x)

Say goodbye, say goodbye. Let it lie, let it lie. Moving down this freeway, California fading away. Heading home, heading home. Kingdom come, kingdom come. Over mountain valley, silent sound I'm bound to be free. Over mountain valley, lost or found I'm bound to be free. Running circles 'round me, no wonder why I've never found me. Who was I? Who was I? Did I cry? Did I cry? Moving down this freeway, fear and flowers fading away. Moving down this freeway, frozen [golden] hours fading away. Moving down this freeway, California fading away. Running circles 'round me, no wonder why I never found me. There's a ribbon pathway, Back to birth from this day, Walk on down you've surely found your way.

[Lyrics/music credits: Procol Harum] "All hands on deck, we've run afloat!" I heard the captain cry, "Explore the ship, replace the cook, Let no one leave alive!" Across the straits, around the horn, How far can sailors fly? A twisted path, our tortured course, And no one left alive. We sailed for parts unknown to man, Where ships come home to die. No lofty peak, nor fortress bold, Could match our captain's eye. Upon the seventh seasick day We made our port of call, A sand so white, and sea so blue, No mortal place at all. (Instrumental) We fired the gun, and burnt the mast, And rowed from ship to shore. The captain cried, we sailors wept: Our tears were tears of joy, Now many moons and many Junes Have passed since we made land, A salty dog, this seaman's log, Your witness my own hand.

In one moon, all so soon, Turn a bend, reach the end, Shake your head, pretend it's dead, Start anew; find what's you, (Chorus) But I can't help believing a handful of moons Is all that we need to shed enough light. If you could only believe in a handful of moons If you could only believe it will pass, this long night. But in one moon, that painful June Burns no more; close the door. Lock it tight with all your might, Hear no sound; don't turn around. Still I can't help believing a handful of moons, Just a handful of moons I just have to believe. If you could only believe in a handful of moons, Just a handful of moons, then it's okay to leave… But not one moon, it's much too soon, Bodies still yearn, fires still burn, Eyes still meet, hearts still beat, Souls still touch…it's all so much. So I can't help believing a handful of moons Is all that we need to shed enough light. If you could only believe in a handful of moons, If you could only believe it will pass, this long night.

[Lyrics credits: Jean Carlson] Hey there, I know what you're thinkin' about. I see you staring at me, sure looks good. But that smile hides something you're not looking at, Go face your own fears, and cry your own tears. Don't trust the man in you that's based on my response. (Refrain) I don't want to be your man-fantasy, Don't want to serve your midlife lust. Stop fishing for dreams about yourself in me, That's not something I can trust [repeat 1x]. You like my cooking and you think of me in bed. Is that the comfort game a women plays for you? My ambition is a thing you have come to dread. You've got ideas of me? Skirts above the knee? Boy, you're missing all the riches that I've got. Come together, that's the only thing that satisfies. What's the point if it's just about yourself? Give me solid love, raging deep inside. Not a story book, love based on a look, Don't waste my time with stupid songs to steal my heart. (Refrain) I don't want to be…lust. You've got to show me where your soul runs deep, Before I

[Lyrics credits: Jean Carlson] Sweet child, did you dance when you were young? Tutus, taps, and grass skirts, Was the costume half the fun? Did you relish the performance, Or were you torn by your mistakes? Was mommy there? Do you remember? Did you dance? Young girl, in her dance she was a star. Shut the door, play the music, Then her dreams would take her far. Does she dance like that in public, Or guard the glimmer in her eye? Is she wild? Is she free? In her dance? (Bridge) First love, once a union was her fantasy, Lost hope, the dance ends in catastrophe. In the passion of encounter, She takes a man as her partner, They seek a common rhythm, But their movements seldom rhyme. Hit the floor, shut the door. It's a risk to trust your partner in a dance. In tears, will my best dance be alone? When I move with another, My feet turn into stone. Yet even in my own dance, I extend as if to touch. Without words, beyond ideas, in a dance. Dance love, blend the rhythms of our hearts 'Til we're one with the music, And

Too many memories, Hill where the fire burned, Awaiting our return To this place in the river time. Thirty and three years, Meaningless distance, Zero resistance As we stand in this river time (Refrain:) Time time is a river, Flowing around me But I'm standing still, Far downstream all those memories, But they still surround me, They always will, River of time (3x) Dreams of a childhood, While building a new home, Far and wide I'd roam From this place in the river time. Maybe it's crazy, But Canyonville's calling, So here I go falling Down this river of stone in time. (Refrain) (Brief bridge) [1st 3 lines credits: Van Morrison/Brown Eyed Girl] Hey where did we go, Days when the rains came, Down in the hollow, Playin' games with this river time. Floatin' together, No one on dry land, So hold onto my hand, We'll remember this river time. (Refrain 2x)

The west is in her eyes, The sun is going down. And deep inside he cries, He felt this coming round. But he just can't seem to let her go, no. Do do do do do do do do… It's funny how much time He gives to being sad. It sure is hard to find A reason to be glad. Yet it was strong so long ago, no. Do do do do do do do do… And he doesn't know what to say anymore, And the memories haunt him of ages before, Yet today love is so unsure. A million tiny mirrors Are slowly losing form. A weary chandelier Now shatters in the storm. And his crystal heart is broken so, no. Do do do do do do do do… And he doesn't know what to say anymore, And the memories haunt him of ages before, Yet today love is so unsure. Well this world is no place for a crystalline heart, Cause it only takes love to break it apart, And I wonder just where to start?

Come gather 'round lonely hearted, With your loves departed, With love barely started, That's okay we can play pretend, We know love's neverending. Tomorrow she's calling you, He'll be following you, Just a bit overdue, So today we can play pretend, We know love's neverending. (Bridge) Don't forget the snow in Sequoia, Do you remember that night in Big Sur? The future's bright, it's you and me just like we were. (Vocal) Someday soon, she'll admit the error, He'll come around to his senses again, Give it time you'll find your way through thick and thin. Let's be the eternally faithful, Forever grateful, Never hateful, never stray, Let's just play pretend, We know this love will never end.

Tell me your name, I'd love to know you, But confusion reigns inside and out, We struggle to hear ourselves shout who we are. (Refrain) Shine, Show us that flame burning inside, We can end this night but we need your light, It's you alone who can shine, No one's the same, so no one can hide, In these days so dark we all need your spark, It's you alone who can shine. This broken world, It needs our comfort, Let's heal ourselves outside and in, Remember this journey begins where you are. (Refrain) (Bridge) Much more than mere duty to share, You have so much beauty to share, You are the light of the earth, No bushel can hide what you're worth if you… (Refrain)

Our love has taken its first breath, With past loves breathing, You must be frightened half to death, I'll soon be leaving. This flame that's kindled in our hearts, Sets bridges burning, What happens when we come apart? There's no returning. No crystal ball have I to glimpse eternity, But come and feel the way you move inside of me. (Refrain) And you make me tremble; come feel me tremble. So now with shaky steps we stand, And walk together, But past roads seem so close at hand, They may forever, My love, we cannot turn around, There's just tomorrow, The painless path is never found, With joy comes sorrow. The past is always certain, the future always dim, Our only guide the longing that we feel within. (Refrain)

Go to a graveyard and look for some life, Feel my heart beating again, So why worry and worry just laugh in a lake, That's more or less how it begins. Search through the city of brotherly love, Sister my heart's like a rose, Then you're smiling, we're happy, it's all okay now, Finally off with our clothes. (Refrain:) It's freckles and moles, Weaving our lives, Bodies and souls, Freckles and moles, Healing our lives, Filling the holes, Freckles and moles. (Vocal break) Walk through this mystery, travel through time, We'll never know I suppose, But what others may question we've answered deep down, Surprising ourselves as it goes. It's freckles and moles, Weaving our lives, Bodies and souls, Freckles and moles, Mixing two lives, Spoons and some bowls, Freckles and moles, Making new lives, Maybe fillies and foals, Freckles and moles, Weaving one life, From bodies and souls, Freckles and moles.

Sunrise, Execution Rock, See how far the makes walk (siyavuka). Sad dove songs and rooster crows, Squeaky wobbly wheelbarrows (siyazama). (Refrain:) Step by step the morning run, Magic Kingdom meets the sun. Kombis struggle with their weight, While Beemer boys accelerate (siyahamba). Asphalt ends in hard red earth, No more tourists, little worth (kutemali/asinay'imali). Step by step the morning run, Magic Kingdom's never won (Solo) (Bridge:) Beauty breaks at every turn, But all I see is heaven burn. Black man guards the white man here, Gini index framed in fear (siyesaba). Ezulwini's not there yet, Some find heaven, some just sweat (kujukula/siyakhala). Step by step the morning run, Magic Kingdom meets the sun. Step by step the morning run, Magic Kingdom's never won. Step by step the morning run, Magic Kingdom comes undone.

Livin' in California, Goodbye to New Mexico. Rabbits and sage in the desert, We left them so long ago. Livin' in California, Back to the human race. It's drivin' out on the freeway, Fightin' to get some space. Do do do… Livin' in California, Livin' beside the Bay. Me and six million people, Get in each other's way. Livin' in California, Livin' a life urbane. They seem to find it thrilling, I think it's all insane. Do do do… Livin' in California, Livin' in California, Livin' in California.

Brother can you spare a lie? Running rare as dimes these days, Oval Office piles them high, Need them for their warring ways. Fighting takes a lot of dough, Weapons of deception too, Turn our conscience white as snow, Turn the other black and blue. (Refrain) I want a President who tells the truth (repeat 3x) Red or yellow, left or right, Lies and money run both ways, Tell me you know day from night, I tell you I know heat from haze. Bet you'll paint the White House gray, Complications intervene, You and wealth in disarray, Now we know that gray is green. (Refrain) Sister can you spare a hand? Runnin' rare as hope these days, We don't see no Promised Land, But can we see us through this maze? Let's go visit Uncle Sam, Poor old guy he's so confused, Let the lion meet the lamb, Will doublethink be disabused? (Refrain 2x)

Walking by the road in the darkness last night, And you the same direction, just on the other side, You said you'd go your own way, so I left you alone, You never saw me, Laurie. In all these years of dreaming, you never appeared, I guess you're still in Philly, and I'm way out here, We fancied life together, then you ran away, When I said lady, Laurie, won't you come out and play? Were we on different roads back when you said goodbye? This talk about connecting, was that just a lie? I'm sure you've told your story, but never to me, Will you tell me, Laurie? My story comes from dreaming, though it's been quite a while, I was searching for you, and you were a child, Something sent you hiding, so what could I say, I said I'm sorry, Laurie, won't you come out and play? Well you came out from hiding at the end of that dream, But that was such a long time, and you've never been seen, I wonder if our journeys are now as close as last night, Can you see me, Laurie? By now I'm sure you'll never cross that road to my

That strange old man I met down in Mahamba, My dear friend Nellie from the nursing home. Their rivers reached a sea that they share, They're joining hands and resting out there, Floatin' (bobbing on the blue), Floatin' (watching me and you), Floatin' (don't you see 'em too?), Floatin'. Elise and her friend Maggie in the photo, And Clark who Joy put on her mortarboard. The tragedies my daughters have known, The young ones whom we'll never see grown, Floatin' (wait for mom and dad), Floatin' (we may all be sad), Floatin' (for them it ain't that bad), Floatin'. You'd think this song's about some happy subject, But then the words come out and you're down. Don't think I've missed the pain that you feel, I've cried myself I know it's for real, Floatin' (an ocean full of tears), Floatin' (a loved one reappears), Floatin' (to watch us through our years), Floatin'. My dad he slowly swam way down that river, One moment here, the next Mom was gone. They always did things gradual and fast, But either way together at last

Is one love elusive? Are you my true love? A world of such beauty, Rush in you fools. Go out and breathe deeply, The many loves touch you, Then go home to your love, Where restlessness rules. Refrain: Maybe no one said love lasts forever, But I don't want you to slip through my hands, Or is this the price I pay as a passionate man? You say I'm unfaithful, Though I've never cheated, But passion adds color, There's less black and white. These rings are a promise, To mingle our passions, But truth cuts you both ways, Then my heart takes flight. (Refrain) For one love to matter, Then all loves must enter, Please show me your passion, Can you trust my passion? To love life is passion. (Refrain) Maybe fear is what freezes your passion, If you'd just show me then I'd understand, It's the greatest gift you'd give to this passionate man.