1. |
Pile of Leaves
03:30
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Let's jump into this pile of leaves
Each one of us who still believes
In celebrating golden days
Before they all get swept away
Let's jump into this pile of leaves
Get broken bits stuck to our sleeves
The crumpled dreams to which we're bound
Still silhouetted on the ground
Jump right in, child
Jump right in, child
Know this day smiled upon you
In its way (rpt)
Let's jump into this pile of leaves
Let's kick it as the evening weaves
its mask of melancholy red
That signals what is still ahead
Let's jump into this pile of leaves
We beggars, borrowers and thieves
Let's recklessly toss to the sun
Our pile of promises undone
(Chorus)
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2. |
Bicycle Bell
02:47
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BICYCLE BELL
There are so many sirens, the serious sound
Of the absence of silence, the losing of ground
As I’m sleepless and sliding into a dark well
Out of the night rings a bicycle bell
Maybe you were expecting a clarion call?
Some grand reconnecting to rescue us all
From our reckless direction, the running pell-mell
Just stop, look and listen for the bicycle bell
The turn of the wheel
The release of the chain
The journey revealed
All the miles that remain
Where we are bound
Truly no-one can tell
But hope surely sounds
Like a bicycle bell
(Bicycle bell…)
I hear thundering injustice, deafening despair
The unsettling electrical buzz in the air
And a song playing for us that rises and swells
A strong, gentle chorus like bicycle bells
The turn of the wheel
The release of the chain
The journey revealed
All the miles that remain
Where we are bound
Truly no-one can tell
But hope surely sounds like a bicycle bell..
(Repeat). Last time:
But hope surely sounds.
I know hope surely sounds
Like a bicycle bell
Bicycle bell…
Bicycle bell…
Bicycle bell.
Music and Lyrics - Lynn Harrison
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3. |
Wind of Change
03:58
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Wind of Change
See it turning by the Lakeshore
Pretty pinwheel in the sky
Churning up all that we hope for
Light and power we can’t deny
Wind of change…
Rise up wind of change
See them dancing on the clothesline
Pretty pinstripes, bright and blue
As the windchime sings a love song
And my heart sails back to you
Wind of change…
Rise up wind of change
We are watching for tornadoes
As we scan uncertain skies
But a deeper part of me knows
That a healing wind will rise
There is somewhere we are headed now
There is much to rearrange
Wind of change,
Rise up wind of change.
As it lifts our fallen spirits
As it cools our tender skin
It is near and far beyond us
It’s outside and deep within
Wind of change…
Rise up wind of change.
(Chorus)
Music and Lyrics - Lynn Harrison
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4. |
You Rhyme With Me
03:01
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ou Rhyme With Me
You rhyme with me
You complete my phrase
Keep time with me
In your playful ways
You rhyme with me
Rhyme with me
You rhyme with me
You fit in this space
Unwind with me
Pieces fall in place
It's fine with me
How you rhyme with me
Other ones, they might do
Like other words not quite as true
I looked so long, but now I see
You rhyme with me
Rhyme with me
You stay with me
It's not an easy thing
When I disagree
Tangle up the strings
Pay no mind to me
Just rhyme with me
When you're here with me
You make things make sense
There is poetry
In our difference
Strange as it might be
You rhyme with me
Other ones, they might do
Other loves not quite as true
I looked so long, now I see
You rhyme with me
Rhyme with me
Rhyme with me.
Music and Lyrics - Lynn Harrison
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5. |
People Come and Go
02:47
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PEOPLE COME AND GO
People come and go, it happens all the time
One day they just don’t show, it isn’t such a crime
The one you thought you knew, who said it isn’t so
People just like you, people come and go (people come and go)
People turn away and not when you expect
They suddenly can’t stay, they leave you to reflect
On the one you thought you knew, who said it isn’t so
People just like you, people come and go (people come and go)
And it’s no big deal, no need to make a fuss
Time is just a wheel rolling over all of us
Like the one you thought you knew, who said it isn’t so
People just like you, people come and go (people come and go)
People run and hide, not knowing what they seek
It’s something deep inside that makes the knees go weak
And I could count to ten, go looking high and low
But you’d disappear again, cause people come and go (people come and go)
And it’s no big deal, no need to start a war
It’s pretty hard to heal when you’re beating on the door
Of the one you thought you knew, who said it isn’t so
People just like you, people come and go, people come and go…
- Music and Lyrics - Lynn Harrison, 2007
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6. |
Crossing Guard
03:32
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Crossing guard, I like your colourful coat
It’s like a little lifeboat in this cold rain
Crossing guard, I like the way you take note
Of me walking this road, now and again
As all of us are stumbling for the other side
Like chickens in the middle of the road
Frequently too blinded (frightened)
to look left or right ((to wait for that light)
As we are told.
Crossing guard, y’know I almost got hit
I almost got kicked down to the curb
Crossing guard, I don’t understand it
The thought that I’d slip, did not occur
(Chorus)
Crossing guard, you remind me to wait
In this typical state of in-between
You say isn’t so hard, you’re not running so late
To appreciate the turning green.
(Chorus)
Music & Lyrics Lynn Harrison (2005/06)
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7. |
The Things We Throw Away
03:33
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The things we throw away
We take them to the lawn
Send them on their way
By Friday they'll be gone
The things we throw away
We leave beside the road
Things we don't believe make
Such a heavy load
Truck is coming early today
Wonder what the neighbours will say
'Bout the things we throw away
All of the things we throw away
The things we're giving up
The things that we refuse
Every gift we got
We didn't ever use
The things that fell apart
The things all broken down
Everything discarded
In every part of town
Truck is coming early today
For the stuff that gets in the way
All the things we throw away
Things we throw away
We hide them in a bag
We seal them in a bin
We don't ever look back and
We don't dare peek in
The things we throw away
The blessings and the curse
Things we try to cling to
That just makes it worse
The things we said we loved
But now we wonder why
All those things are piling up
In mountains to the sky
Truck is coming early today
Under clouds so heavy and grey
With the things we throw away
All of the things we throw away
The things we throw away
The things that we let go
Things we say goodbye to
Til we say hello
To everything we need
That's right here at our feet
As we watch that truck go
Rumbling down the street
Truck was coming early today
Now we're stuck here
Come what may
With the things we throw away
All of the things we throw away
Music and Lyrics - Lynn Harrison
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8. |
Stuff
02:45
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STUFF
It’s getting pretty dark and it’s so hard to see
The way our life together is supposed to be
There’s so much standing in between the two of us
Stuff that doesn’t matter and stuff that does
Stuff that we brought with us when we moved in
Stuff that we get rid of that comes back again
Stuff that we don’t look at even though we must
Stuff that doesn’t matter and the stuff that does.
We go up and down the ladders looking for that buzz
But I’m every bit as baffled as I ever was
The planet is in tatters and it’s all because
Can’t tell the stuff that doesn’t matter from the stuff that does
Stuff that doesn’t matter from the stuff that does
We could turn around and we could change our ways
Sanctify the ground and simplify our days
Unless we’re blown away in a big cloud of dust
Made of stuff that doesn’t matter and stuff that does
Thank you all for coming yeah you’ve been so kind
To listen to somebody still dumb and blind
I had something to say, I don’t know what it was
Could be stuff that doesn’t matter or stuff that does
We go up and down the ladders looking for that buzz
But I’m every bit as baffled as I ever was
The planet is in tatters and it’s all because
Can’t tell the stuff that doesn’t matter from the stuff that does
Stuff that doesn’t matter from the stuff that does
Stuff that doesn’t matter from the stuff that does.
Music and Lyrics - Lynn Harrison
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9. |
Planet in a Plastic Bag
03:08
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PLANET IN A PLASTIC BAG
Don’t have time to take it nice and slow
I’m in a hurry, I’ll get that to go
Heading home and feeling so jet-lagged
Need my planet in a plastic bag
I got some things I need to get wrapped up
A handle on important stuff
Take a look at this fantastic swag
I got this planet in a plastic bag…(x2)
Holding on through thick and thin
Giving it a certain spin
Betting that I’m gonna win
Hold on tight… I’m climbing in…
I’ve got a strategy that’s so air-tight
I know The Secret of my heart’s delight
I keep on moving in a cool zig-zag
I keep my planet in a plastic bag…
I did not want it in a paper sack
I went forward, I did not look back
I lit up and took a nice long drag
On my planet in a plastic bag (x2)
Holding on through thick and thin…(etc.)
It was handed down to us, my Dear
Like a present given free and clear
We were fine until we hit that snag
And put our planet in a plastic bag
If you carry it away with me
We’ll display it so the stars can see
Send it flying it like a big red flag…
Planet in a plastic bag…planet in a plastic bag
Holding on through thick and thin…(etc.)
Music and Lyrics - Lynn Harrison
April 11, 2007)
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10. |
Slow Me Down
03:41
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40 tons of metal
Shiny silver steel
I am heavy on the pedal
all my weight upon the wheel
Riding high above the highway
Up above the rules
I am late for my delivery
Burning up my fuel
Slow me down, slow me (x 4)
I don’t know how it happens
But every time I drive
Suddenly a hundred
Turns into one twenty five
Just like twenty turned to thirty
In the blinking of an eye
And now I’m pushing fifty
As the miles go clicking by
(Slow me down…)
Funny how it happens
As you pick up speed
The things you put behind you
Are the things you really need
You can see them in the mirror
In the twilight glow
They are always on your shoulder
Never mind how fast you go
(Slow me down...)
Well they say I’ve got it in me
Everything I need
To keep these wheels in motion
As I regulate my speed
I know I could activate it,
It’s just something I don’t do
Darling, if we’re gonna make it
Then I’ve got to turn to you, to
(Slow me down…etc.)
Music and Lyrics - Lynn Harrison
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11. |
A Little More Like June
02:42
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A Little More Like June
I feel a kinder breeze
A sweetly warming sun
It’s like a hand that reaches
Out to everyone
On this April afternoon…
That feels a little more like June
The sun extends a smile
That lights the city skies
It shines on us awhile
And soon we realize
So much is now in bloom…
It looks a little more like June
A little more awake
A little more alive
More willing to create more room
Til everyone’s embraced
And this old world survives
To see a day a little more like June
We’ll drive away the chill
That lingers in the air
Compassion and goodwill
Burn brighter than despair
Oh, the time is opportune…
To be a little more like June
If I raise my voice
I dare to make it strong
If you and I can join to
Right another wrong
Then this humble little tune…
Might sound a little more like June
A little more awake
A little more alive
More willing to create more room
Til everyone’s embraced
And this old world survives
To see a day a little more
Like what we’ve all been waiting for…
To see a day a little more…
Like June.
Music and Lyrics
Lynn Harrison - April 26, ‘07
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12. |
The Thistles
03:08
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THE THISTLES
In the year nineteen-oh-seven
Our hockey game was young
The Stanley Cup was something
Just the lucky few had won
The eastern teams retained it
‘Til Montreal went down
At the hands of seven skaters
From a tiny Western town
Other teams played dirty
The Thistles kept it clean
And the players they were swifter
Than the League had ever seen…
Right here in Kenora
Just a hundred years ago
You could hear the roar
Above the hills of ice and snow
Listen to the story
That we all can call our own
The Thistles rode the wind
The day they brought old Stanley home
The Thistles rode the wind…
McGimsie, he played centre ice
With Ed Giroux in goal
The Captain, Philips, on the left
And on the right, Beaudro
Artie Ross the point man
He went on to finer things
Tom Hooper and Si Griffis played
With Joe Hall in the wings
They flew across the surface
Those young boys from the sticks
They cleanly won that contest
Four to two and eight to six…
(CHORUS)
Today I watch him skating
Right here in our backyard
My grandson grabs a stick
He finds the puck, he shoots it hard
The ice is like a mirror
Under January skies
And I can see my father
In that little champion’s eyes
Right here in Kenora…
We still hear the roar…
We listen to the story
That we all can call our own
The Thistles rode the wind
The day they brought old Stanley home…
The Thistles rode the wind.
Music and Lyrics - Lynn Harrison
January 18, 2007
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13. |
Pillow
03:26
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When the night wears thin
You take me in, my pillow
When the fabric of the world
Is frayed and torn
Oh I cling to you
I need you more than you know
Cause you’re the place
Where all my dreams are born
When the day grows cold
It’s you I hold, my pillow
When the story winds its way
Down to a close
Still I talk to you
I open up my windows
The part of me
Only my pillow knows
These are hard times Love
These are hard times Love
And I’m falling down
But I won’t break tonight
Oh Pillow my heart’s tucked in tight
When our time runs out
You’ll hear me shout, my pillow
And I’ll turn to you with tears
Upon my face
I may say goodnight
But I won’t ever let go
I’ll never lose the love
Of your embrace
These are hard times Love
These are hard times Love
And I’m falling down
But I won’t break tonight
Oh Pillow my heart’s tucked in tight
Music and Lyrics - Lynn Harrison
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Lynn Harrison Toronto, Ontario
Performing songwriter Lynn Harrison is known for beautifully memorable songs that celebrate life, love and the human spirit. With a voice that is "right up there with the best ballad singers of the past" (Americana Highways) and sparkling guitar work, Rev. Lynn (also a Unitarian minister) brings warmth and wisdom to every concert stage. www.lynnharrison.ca ... more
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