September 4, 2022

Big Yellow Taxi

By Joni Mitchell

They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot

They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
Then they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot

Hey, farmer, farmer
Put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot

Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot

Be Where You Are

By Birdtalker

My friend, have you lost hold again
Do you feel like somebody else?
Have you got fire in your mind
That keeps you up at night?
I watch you run 'round, head down
And disregard it

I see you running from your shadow
How can I ask you please to stay?
You can run 'til you've got nothing left
We'll still end up face to face

Be where you are
Be where you are

Don't be afraid of how you feel
Don't look for life in past or future
Look right at it dead in the eye
After this moment there's a new one

Be where you are
Be where you are

I know that gets lonely and dark
And it feels hard
And I know that you want to close off your heart

Have you been using all the noise
To avoid meeting your mess
You don't have to work so hard
Just stop and take a breath

Be where you are
Be where you are

Be Here Now

By Ray Lamontagne

Don't let your mind get weary
And confused your will be still, don't try
Don't let your heart get heavy
Child, inside you there's a strength that lies (lies)

Don't let your soul get lonely
Child, it's only time, it will go by
Don't look for love in faces, places
It's in you that's where you'll find kindness

Be here now, be here now
Be, be here now, be here now

Don't lose your faith in me
And I will try not to lose faith in you
Don't put your trust in walls
'Cause walls will only crush you when they fall

Be here now, be here now
Be, be here now, be here now

If You’re Here (Chris Tripolino)

Keep on moving
Keep your head up
I’ll keep my ears open and try to keep my mouth shut

Keep your dreams
But keep your grip loose
They say today’s got a day’s worth of issues

We’ve all felt some hard times
We’ve all found ourselves on hard trails
But those hard times and hard trails
Have brought us all right here and now

If you’re here you are home
If you’re here you are home
’Cause we, we, we are family

Keep on breathing
Keep on pushing
You might find that what’s happening is surprising
Keep that back strong
Keep that front soft
Keep that wild heart of yours beating

If you’re here you are home
If you’re here you are home
’Cause we, we, we are family

We’ve all felt some hard times
We’ve all found ourselves on hard trails
But those hard times and hard trails
Have brought us all right here and now

If you’re here you are home
If you’re here you are home
’Cause we, we, we are family

Home is more than hat hooks
Family’s more than blood
Life is more than slowly dying
We’ve got space to make it good

If you’re here you are home
If you’re here you are home
’Cause we, we, we are family

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