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C
You say you want to go back,
Dm C
change what has been done,
F Em
But experience is fixed and as
Dm Bb
unyielding as the sun.
2.
C
You'd like to look ahead into
Dm C
tomorrow afternoon,
F Em
But potential times lay hidden like
Dm Bb
the dark side of the moon.
3.
C
You're running from the present.
Dm C
Moment still keeps flying by.
F Bb
Now's the only place to work in.
Eb C
Here's the only time to try.
4.
Am G
The present, past and future are
F C
but three links in a chain.
Am G
Our future's pleasures lie in hope
F Bb
of escaping living pain.
5.
C
Eventually we're born.
Dm C
We have to leave the womb behind.
F Em
Eventually we see ahead,
Dm Bb
the tomb is all we find.
6.
C
The past is pain we can't escape.
Dm C
It pushes us ahead.
F Bb
That's why we build for what we know
Eb C
comes after when we're dead.
7.
Am G
But now is all you have today
F G
you have to drink the cup,
Am G
And hope your past has prepared you
Bb C D3sus
for... what is coming up.
Performed in Mindful Webworkshop #4
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B Bb
You... can...
Eb
Spend your time in meditation
Db
Spend your time inside
Eb
It can be a kind of education
Db
Or a place to hide
Eb
Spend your time in thinking, reading,
Db
Talking while alone
Eb
Until you're through with all you are
Db
and everything you've known
Eb
And when it's not enough
Db
then you will come out of your cave
Eb
The first thing you will
Db
hear is how you're
C B
going to have to shave
2.
Bb
You can
Eb
Spend your time in social service
Db
Trying to do good
Eb
Some will say you just unnerve us
Db
Others say you should
Eb
Spend your time in work and trouble
Db
Worry with your friends
Eb
Until you're through with each idea
Db
Fraying at the ends
Eb
And when it's not enough
Db
Then you'll retreat and contemplate
Eb
The first thing you will
Db
hear is how you
Eb Db Eb
almost were too late.
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My life is in such awful shape! The reason is because My life is based on Murphy's Law: Whatever can go wrong does!
Not only does it all go wrong, it goes wronger every day! And it doesn't all just go wrong, it goes wrong in the very worst possible way!
Each choice invokes catastrophe! Doesn't matter what I do! On the left path lies disaster! Disaster lies on the right path, too!
Some people just have a talent, a gift, that sets them above the throng. My God-given gift is ability to be perpetually, totally wrong!
Performed, spoken, in Mindful Webworkshop Episode #10, 2016 Oct 14, with a simple musical progression of A-G-D-A.
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1.
G
It's my birthday -- I'm doing the dishes
Em
And thinking of the birthday wishes
Am G
that I've received from friends of mine
F D
I think my friends are really fine
2.
G
I'm twenty-two, and the storm rages on
Em
Which distracts me from my askin' where have all the sages gone?
Am Bbdim
And the wisdom of the ages handed down from man to man
Em G
Amounts to "here's your planet, just do what you can."
3.
G
It's my birthday, for what it's worth
Em
Counting off day by day from my birth.
Am G
Without a sense of the truly great
Am D
There would be no higher purposes I could appreciate
Mindful Webworks | Best of Spirits | 22 August Song, page 2
4.
G
It's my birthday. The rippling thunder
Em
underscores my sense of wonder
Am Bbdim
That even though I sit alone, I'm not completely on my own
G
There's so many helping me go through my changes to be grown
5.
G
Another cycle is passing me by
Em
But I don't have time to think about the one where I may die
Am G
Because tomorrow can't top today
Am D
Although it's just like yesterday in almost every other way
6.
G
Today's my birthday. I'll do what I can
Em
To serve my Father in Heaven and my fellow man
Am G
And 'though we're far from our final ends
Am D G
I'm so glad that we have learned to live and love as friends!Performed in Mindful Webworkshop #3
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