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1.
Can't Get Yourself Out of Love (5:50)
You've gotten yourself out of trouble
'Cause you're a born diplomat
You crew and cajole, you're so subtle
You can smooth ruffled feathers like that
But here's one for the books kiddo
'Cause whenever push comes to shove
You can't for the life of you
Get yourself out of love
You've gotten yourself out of harms way
You swerve not a moment too soon
Jumped out of the path of an oncoming bus
With the speed to make others swoon
But those reflexes don't count much here
'Cause whatever you're made of
Can't give you what you need
To get yourself out of love
Well there's no one on the receiving end
No warm body there when your arms extend
No tender little messages left on the phone
But still you can't believe your out of love
You've gotten yourself out of things to do
Cleared your calendar in a clean sweep
A master of time and delegating yourself
Control never sleeps
But the one thing you wouldn't cancel, postpone
Move no one above
Left you hangin' now
You just can't get yourself out of love
You can't get yourself
Can't get yourself
Can't get yourself
Can't get yourself
Can't get yourself out of love
Oh you can't get yourself
Can't get yourself
Can't get yourself
You just can't get yourself out of love
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2.
Missy Ma'am (4:26)
I�m not thin�never have been
I�m not fat�though some might dispute that
I�m not rich, I�m not quite poor, don�t like to hang out in a store
That�s what I�m not, here�s what I am: I�m just Missy Ma�am
Missy Ma�am, that�s who I am
Got a purpose, got a plan
Got my Chinese to go so I can scram
Never a dull moment�when you�re Missy Ma�am
Gave a 20 to a homeless guy, looked him right in the eye
Freed a seagull trapped in rope, watched him float away with hope
Bugged a cop who was bugging a kid
Said he ought to better, and you know, he did
I�m neither an angel, nor on the jam�I�m must Missy Ma�am
Missy Ma�am, that�s who I am
Got a purpose, got a plan
Got my Chinese to go so I can scram
Never a dull moment�when you�re Missy Ma�am
I keep my mind sound, I just like to look around
There�s too little ways that I can liven up the day
A word, an action, maybe a smile, I�ll prob�ly help you out after while
It�s my calling, it�s my pleasure, it�s no scam�to be Missy Ma�am
Missy Ma�am, that�s who I am
Got a purpose, got a plan
Got my Chinese to go so I can scram
Never a dull moment�when you�re Missy Ma�am
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3.
What Luck's Been Up To (4:21)
A semi ran me off the road, left my car for dead
Yet I walked away with a few stitches and an aching head
Lumps and bumps, all benign, scars on face and hands
And heaven know what I escaped by a simple change in plans
You don�t even know how many time you dodged the bullet
Almost caught in crossfire, something foreign down your gullet
A silent dark infections in a line all up your arm�
Yet here we sit tonight, less by wisdom than by charm
So here�s to all the near misses
Let�s pretend we made good choices
Time to hand out hugs and kisses and raise our grateful voices
The scaffolding that collapsed two minutes after you passed beneath
The forgotten item that brought you home to the flaming Christmas wreath
The rock that tripped you right before youd�ve stepped on a hornet�s nest
The wave that slammed you into shore, then washed out with the rest
So here�s to all the near misses
Let�s pretend we made good choices
Time to hand out hugs and kisses and raise our grateful voices
What if luck�s just the path we choose or the sense to go or stay
What if luck�s just the dance of things getting in and out of our way
Some say luck�s the meeting of opportunity and desire
Some say the residue of design�but I say luck�s no liar
Good luck will always take you higher
So here�s to all the near misses
Let�s pretend we made good choices
Time to hand out hugs and kisses and raise our grateful voices
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4.
Ubumama (5:25)
Out of the dark waters of the Mother sea, we all have journeyed
Into this world of pain against all logic, life comes churning
She who must carry us, be us in time must be cherished
She who is vessel and ocean alike must know there are hands to catch her
Tossed by the storm of birth
We will transform the earth
Out of the dark waters of the Mother sea, we all have journeyed
Into this world of pain against all logic, life comes churning
She who must fall to the rhythm and the call of our coming
She dances with hope and with death in the same breath
She honors the ancestors’ courage
As we must honor now
Our part in the ancient vow
Out of the dark waters of the Mother sea, we all have journeyed
Into this world of pain against all logic, life comes churning
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5.
I Don't Know (4:05)
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6.
Meelie's Waltz (3:08)
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7.
Wisconsin Country (5:06)
Traveling through Wisconsin Country
Winter’s coming on and the leaves blown down
The trees stand starkly and the corn’s turned to brown
The wind winds through them with a lonesome sound
The farms lie peaceful after summer’s labors
The fields await their blanket of snow
The air’s got a flavor of things that go
It causes a trembling way down low
Some say it’s Indian ghosts on the wander
In the howl of the wind when the first snow flies
Who rage and thunder eternal goodbyes
To their once wild lands under these gray skies
And the soul cries with them, all filled with sadness
It forgets the family and forsakes the best
And in its’ madness and the snow’s caress
It would lie and take its last lonely rest
Traveling through Wisconsin country
Roused from the magic that sought the soul
And the shivers come gladly in the late day cold
As the body is lifted from the strange land’s hold
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8.
Sea of Love (3:33)
Oh, you can say it was the moon
You can say it was the full moon
You may insist that little Gypsy tune
Made you dance till who knows when
But that does little to explain
The sudden blessing of a fleeting rain
The burst of laughter as you dove once again
Into the sea of love
And you can talk about a heart
How it fills and swells and breaks apart
How it mends and leaves a tender start
That warns not to fall again
But I was watching from the side
I clearly saw the system override
Right back to go you were consent to ride
And glide across the sea of love
Ah yes I know the story well,
The dark longing and the lunar spell
The bodies pulsing as the passions swell
For it was you in my arms
So don’t you say it was the wine,
Or the planets, that’s an old line
For some reason, dear, it’s merely time
To fall into the sea of love
Haven’t we heard it all before,
We’ve lead and followed from that misty shore
Beheld the dander yet returned for more
Ensorcelled by a million charms
So flip your coin and call the moon
Or summer shower or familiar tune
I’ll meet you somewhere, someday, maybe soon
Adrift on the seas of love
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9.
If All Goes Well (5:45)
The broken pieces all are gathered
Things quietly waiting to mend
In every corner that pain demands
Until its timely end
If all goes well, if all goes well
We will find the strength to make them whol again
If all goes well…
The sorry state of an angry heart
Poisons the landscape of desire
And it slams the door on every cry
To turn and face the fire
If all goes well, if all goes well,
We will open up and reach once more
If all goes well…
If all goes well, the darkness gives us time to hear
If all goes well, we’ll find the will and the way to make love real…
So we’ll hand our charms over the threshold
Whisper blessings each time we cross
Mend what we can and with the rest
Accept inevitable loss
If all goes well, if all goes well
We will travel on to a wiser place
If all goes well…
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10.
Tree of Dreams (2:12)
1. There is a tree, a tree of dreams
Some dreams, so big, some dreams, so small
2. Some dreams, far away, some dreams, not far at all
3. Birds singing in the tree, dreams swinging from the tree
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11.
Promising Sky (2:56)
Every step we take is on sacred here (under a promising sky)
Someone or something lived and died all around here
(under a promising sky)
Promising sky, we’re walking under
Promising sky, lightning and thunder
Promising sky, here comes the sunshine
Promising sky, it’s your and it’s mine
So we breathe out the past and breathe in tomorrow
Today’s just a moment’s taste of joy and of sorrow
Promising sky, we’re walking under
Promising sky, lightning and thunder
Promising sky, here comes the sunshine
Promising sky, it’s your and it’s mine
The ancestors’ voices try to call us home
But the cries of the children won’t leave us alone
Promising sky, we’re walking under
Promising sky, lightning and thunder
Promising sky, here comes the sunshine
Promising sky, it’s your and it’s mine
So we’re caught between the earth and the heavens above
The best we can do is fill the space with love
Promising sky, we’re walking under
Promising sky, lightning and thunder
Promising sky, here comes the sunshine
Promising sky, it’s your and it’s mine
You are an angel when you open your heart
You don’t need wings to make a brand new start
Promising sky, we’re walking under
Promising sky, lightning and thunder
Promising sky, here comes the sunshine
Promising sky, it’s your and it’s mine
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12.
Make Peace (4:24)
What will it take to make peace?
Let’s do what it takes to make peace!
You cannot make peace from your sour sorrowful place
You can want it and need it but it won’t come near
Till your personal pain is a thing of the past
And no one can banish it but you, my dear
Walk out your door, you’ve struck a bargain with the day
You can’t take it back without damage done
Reach out your arms or hold them up to hid your heart
A man among friends or a lonely one…
What will it take to make peace?
Let’s do what it takes to make peace!
It will take some courage just to make these small choices
And maybe no one to tell you if you’ve lost or won
Just the hum of your heart or the sigh of your lover
Or the cry of a bird in the rising sun…
What will it take to make peace?
Let’s do what it takes to make peace!
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13.
We'll Be Together Again (4:52)
