Just Before the Helpers Come – Full Album

ANYWAY

People are unreasonable,
Illogical, and self-centered.
LOVE THEM ANYWAY

When you do good, people may
Accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
DO GOOD ANYWAY

And when you are successful,you think you win.
False friends are true enemies.
SUCCEED ANYWAY.

The good you do
Will be forgotten tomorrow,
DO GOOD ANYWAY.

Honesty and frankness
Make you feel vulnerable.
BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY.

What you spent years building
May be destroyed overnight.
BUILD ANYWAY.

People really need help
Some may attack you when you help them
HELP THEM ANYWAY.

Give the world the best you have
Though they hurt you yesterday
GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU HAVE ANYWAY.
Give the world the best you have
Though your dreams seem far away
GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU HAVE ANYWAY
GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU HAVE ANYWAY

Run to the edge of darkness
To see if the light is real
Search in the place where nothing is
Can you feel? What do you feel?

Try to erect a barricade
By piling word upon word
Rage at the crashing silence ,
Where nothing can be heard

Always the same crippling question
Oh why? Tell me why
Always the same splintered images
What am I? Who am I?

When you grow tired of trying
To gather the empty night
When you grow tired of crying
When your hollow tears are drying
When you’ve had your fill of dying
Turn around Turn around Turn around
And face the light!

Warriors in the Rain. Warriors in the Rain.
Warriors in the Rain. Warriors in the Rain.

Oh my sisters and brothers
There’s medicine for the pain
Listen in the ears of your heart
There’s warriors in the Rain
Some Spirit Warriors falling in the rain

The man said, “I’m coming back through the clouds”
Bridging faith, releasing doubt
He said, “I’ll be back with the glory through the clouds”
There’s warriors in his reign
Warriors calling in the rain

Oh I heard the old Chief say
Nothing will be Iss-Ta-Hay
Nowhere will be too far to go
When you’re thirsty dig a little hole
For there’s warriors coming in the rain
Some spirit warriors calling in the through the rain

So when you feel the waterdrops
Falling upon your head
Be open it just may be one of love
Fighting with you not against you in the rain
And the desert shall bloom
And the desert shall bloom
And the desert shall bloom
And the desert shall bloom again
Come Spirit Warriors in the Rain

Seems like we’d finally found each other
Yeah we had some karma in the dharma way
I never knew how much I am your brother
Till this morning when you flew to another day
Till this morning when you flew to meet another day

Strange how in life we rarely notice
What’s giving life till it seems to slip away
Strange how in life we barely notice
What’s giving us dreams for another
What’s giving us dreams for another day

I thought I knew how much I really love you
And the way your love heals inside
To the Spirit World you’re onto
In another day’s dream your loving beside
In another day’s dream your loving beside

Strange how we choose prisons of darkness
Where prisms of light gracefully abound
Strange why we would choose prisons of hatred
When there’s prisms of love for all going up and around
When there’s prisms of love for all going up and around

Seems like we’d finally found each other
Yeah we had some karma in the dharma way
I thought I knew how much I am your brother
Till this morning when you flew to another day
Till this morning when you flew to greet another day
Till this morning dawning when you flew to meet another day

What are you going to do when the big shift
Hits the fan? How do you feel
About what you’ve done with all you can?
How ready are you to run? How ready to take a stand?
Do you trust the feelings in your soul and in your hand?

Life’s not an onion
Bringing nothing but tears
It’s an artichoke heart
It’s just getting past the hairy part(s)
It’s Just breathing through the hairy part(s)

Can you hear the sky calling within your mind?
Would you care to see where you’re blind?
Will you relax again where you feared to perceive?
Do you accept yourself changing
When it’s changing what you believe?

(Chorus)

What are you gonna do when cash
And your end of the world stash runs out?
How are you gonna find your faith again
When you’ve got some more reasons to doubt?

(Chorus)

So why does it seem easier when we have someone else
To blame? Or will we just be ourselves
Respecting all lit by the flame?
Can we really take it breezier this way
That the winds have blown? Or will we
Show true colours finding nature as we hone?

(Chorus)

Can you hear the ancient lands calling
Whatever state you’re in?
Will you just give yourself now
Knowing that better place to begin?
And would you care to see where you’re blind?
Will you listen to your heart now deep deep in your mind?

(Chorus)

WHEN I WAS A CHILD

When I was a child so small
I dreamed of a mountain very tall
I flew so high till I had to fall
Back to you
Each child’s face I’ve seen since then
Reminds me heavens singing
In my heart and within
I within yours

Mother Earth she’s just like you and me
She loves sing sweet melody
Be dancing in great harmony always
Give her your respect my friends
Live her life like yours depends
Someday we may begin again inside
Inside her heart Sacred Heart

Down the river flowing in your eyes
To the ocean door of the skies
Where everyone is sure to know night’s light
Stars fall in the evening blue
Your eyes shine in mornings dew
Grace fills every part of you with Love
In the snake the eagle and the mourning dove

Once in springtime I was sown
Then in summertime I was grown
Now in awe time I have blown away
To Mother Earth who made me
And Father Sky who sets us free
In the One Great Spirit
We come from and go home to
Home anew

When I was I child so small
I dreamed of a mountain very tall
I flew so high till I had to fall
Back to you home through you
Each child’s face I’ve seen since then
Reminds me heavens singing
In my heart and within yours
I within yours
Now we’re coming through the doors

He’s coming like a thief like a thief in the night
Just before the break of dawning day
He’s coming like a thief like a thief in the night
He’s going to steal back the way

He’s coming like a thief like a thief in the night
Like Robin Hood he”ll be stealing for the poor
Turning master keys to eternal delights
Everyone will know why he’s called the Door

Hurt not the earth I heard John the Revelator’s angel say
He’s coming like a thief in the night to steal back the way
Hurt not the earth and we may only have heaven to pay
He’s coming like a thief in the night like a thief in the night

He’ll come when we feel like the night will never end
Like there’s nothing more that we could pray
He’ll come like a thief though for the earth her friend
And steal back the way and sacred ways

Hurt not the earth I heard John the Revelator’s angel say
He’s coming like a thief in the night to steal back the way
Hurt not the earth and we may only have heaven to pay
Hurt not the earth Hurt not the earth Hurt not the earth Hurt not the earth
Hurt not Mother Earth and we may only have Heaven to pay

He’s coming like a thief like a thief in the night
Turning swords to ploughshares and the mighty to pray
He’ll come in the heart held holy in the light
To guide us as we would be guided through that night to that Day
Hurt not the earth and we may only have Heaven to pay
Hurt not the Earth Hurt not the Earth Hurt not the Earth Hurt not the Earth
Hurt not the Earth and we may only have Heaven to pay
He’s going to steal back the way and sacred ways
Hurt not Mother Earth and we may only have Heaven to pay
He’s coming like a thief like a thief in the night
Just before the break of dawning day

TYGER, TYGER

TYGER,TYGER burning bright
In the forests of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry

In what distant deeps or skies
Burned the fire of thine eyes
On what wings did he aspire
What the hand dare seize that fire

And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart
And when thy heart began to beat
What dread hands and what dread feet

What the anvil what the chain
In what furnace was thy brain
What the hammer what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp

When the stars through down their spears
And watered Heaven with their tears
Did he smile his work to see
Did he who made the Lamb make thee

TYGER,TYGER burning bright
In the forests of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry

Well I guess I’m geing older
All the good times have gone bad
Lost the rainbow around my shoulder
Lost the only job I had
I can see through cloudy windows
How the sky is rearranged
And the world I used to count on
That whole wide world has changed

And then there’s you
You make it all worthwhile
There still is you
With your beautiful smile

I’ve been looking at the headlines
And the news just turns me cold
We’re one step away from breadlines
And I never could save gold
Do I tremble for the future?
Do I worry in the night?
Will we live to see tomorrow?
Will it still turn out all right?

And then there’s you
You make it all worthwhile –
There still is you
With your beautiful sweet smile
You’ll see me through
And even help me smi1e
There still is you
You make it all worthwhile

It’s a world of oxymorons(so shut your mouth and eat)paradox in your face(wireless cable)
You always were an older child no matter what your place(in a family of black sheep)
The real phonies have a raging smile(uhh, that’s not foolproof)
Though they look extremely balanced they’re looking for a unilateral compromise(that’s no small crowd)
And it’s a world of oxymorons in your face(trying to control chaos)

No, it isn’t rational thinking to say militaristic intelligence
Making holy wars in the Nameless Name(with numb feelings)
It’s no typical anomaly. Things are regularly this weird.
And it’s no magic trick when the real movie’s on.
It’s a world of oxymorons in your face.(does this sound strangely familiar)

Now it’s a well-known secret there’s many idol gods
Manipulative love and even are the odds
We’ll all have to remember to forget some honest lies
When the awfully good old news means completely nothing(and you know why)
Now it’s a world of oxymorons in your face(even on a working vacation)
It’ s a world of oxymorons whatever you face(and you’re never finished cleaning)

Fear attracts a living death before eternal time
And a foolish wisdom through unconscious choices(like urban renewal)
It’s still your energy that matters when you’re forced to make a choice
About which one is your real dream(especially with mandatory options)
It’ s a world of oxymorons all over the place(Utah! Jazz?)
It’s a world of oxymorons lost in time and space(That’s pretty ugly, smart ass)

Yes, remember what is still moving and the unheard sound
All the resident aliens at the lost and found with mutual differences
And know no one’s partially whole. “Not this. Not that,” says the Soul
Be aware of man made miracles absolutely relative to your goal.
It’s a world of oxymorons in your face(That relationship felt so safe it was scary)
It’s a world of oxymorons all over the place(True story)
I heard the silence screaming until I heard its song(you become nothing)
Maybe only confused understandings all along(It’s a definite possibility)
Yeah we’re constantly changing and strangely rearranging
It’s no easy problem to relax all the tensions(not for the light weight)
Now it’ s a world of oxymorons all over the place(My assistant supervisor said that’s a original copy)
It’s a world of oxymorons all over the place(I was only speeding slowly)

Emotional security… use some intuitive thinking… eat some junk-food(fat free donuts)…naturally made(that’s not the same difference)
We live alone together on a guaranteed pension listening to rap music in the new age(forever young)
Eating Jumbo shrimp… going to Rapid City, South Dakota(Paradise Motel)
It’s a world of oxymorons in your face(I’m almost certain that exact estimate is an objective opinion)
It’s a world of oxymorons all over the place(You’re a patient in a hurry. This is a professional practice.)
It’s a world of oxymorons whatever you face.(What? You’re a wounded healer who does hand-on healing from a distance)
It’s a world of oxymorons in your face(with tight slacks..long shorts..limited sovereignty)
The odds are really even paradox is going to win the race(Peace force)
It’s a world of oxymorons in your face(buy and save)
Slow down…to keep up with the quickening pace

SWEETEST DREAMS BE THINE

SHALOM L’CHAH MAY PEACE BE WITH THEE
AHATI O BABY MINE
CHAL-MAH DUV-SHAH CHAL-MAH DUV-SHAH
MAY SWEETEST DREAMS BE THINE

THEY SAY A STAR SHINES BRIGHT IN THE HEAVENS
TO GLORIFY A NEWBORN KING
BUT SLEEP, MY JOY
LET NOTHING DESTROY THY BLISSFUL SLUMBERING

WITH GEMS AND GOLD, WITH MYRHH AND FRANKINCENSE
ALL IN PRAISE CAME TRAVELERS THREE
I WONDER WHY I WONDERED WHY
THET CAME IN PRAISE OF THEE

SHALOM L’CHAH MAY PEACE BE THEE
AHATI O BABY MINE
CHAL-MAH DUVSHAH CHAL-MAH DUV-SHAH
MAY SWEETEST DREAMS BE THINE

THE GREAT PEACE TREE

Have you ever heard a tree who talks
Through the silence with many sounds
Have you ever listened to a tree
And felt your own roots beneath the ground

Would I have been a tree
Oh I’d be peaceful in my place
With springtimes songs
And summers grace
Autumns leaves
And winter’s face

Have you ever heard of a tree who dances
Whose spirit moves with the seasons
Have you ever moved in to see
Your finger little branches turn to weaving time
Through time

Have you ever heard of a tree who dreams
Of times when mountain lions lay with lamb seas
Have you ever listened to a tree
Then heard your own song singing in the breeze

Would I have been a tree
Oh I’d be peaceful in my place
With spring love songs
And summer’s face
Autumn’s leaves and winter’s grace
Oh I’ll be gracing
I’ll be gracing up and down
I’ll be gracing up and down
Have you heard THE GREAT PEACE TREE

JUST BEFORE THE HELPERS COME

It’s funny how sometimes we think we’re done
Just before the helpers come
Funny how we try to run inside
Where there is no place to hide

You came into my life on time
I was kind of hanging on the vine
Funny how we push away the love divine
And hope to pull it back in another time

It’s funny how we make ourselves up
When we fill and empty our cup
Funny how much we push and pull
When the cups half empty and half full

You came into my life on time
I was kind of hanging on the vine
Funny how we push away the love divine
And hope to pull it back another time

Funny how we tell ourselves it’s fine
When we’re crossing over our own line
Funny how we think we have the smarts .. still
When we haven’t yet opened up our hearts will
To know gratitude in the half full glass
And that half empty discontent
The beautiful and ugly medicine of truth
Surrenders true intent

It’s funny how sometimes we think it’s done
Just before the helpers come
It’s funny how sometimes we think that’s it
Just before we find the perfect fit

You came into my life on time
I was kind of hanging on the vine
Funny how we push away the love divine
And hope we can pull it back another time

Funny how sometimes we really think we’re done
JUST BEFORE THE HELPERS COME
JUST BEFORE THE HELPERS COME
We’re JUST BEFORE THE HELPERS COME
We’re JUST BEFORE THE HELPERS COME