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1. |
Just For This Moment
03:46
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Baby's pretending she's dancing on the ceiling
Leaping over chandeliers
And reaching out her hands to touch the floor
And daddy's on his way home
Any minute
He'll be coming through the door.....................
And just for this moment
Everything is all right
I know it cannot last,
Cuz I've learned from the past
That we cannot stop the travels of time
But just for this moment...everything is fine.
Long ago, I read life would be better
If we could just let go
And let ourselves Be Here Now.
But you know it's not so easy
You get lazy
And distracted and forget, somehow.............
But just for this moment
Everything is all right.
And I know that it will end
And even the memories
Will slowly dim and fade
But just for this moment....everything's OK
Moments come and go, Love will ebb and flow
Children grow. And we won't live forever.
So I want you to know I love you so
And I'm so glad we're together
The way it is today "There...but for the grace"
Preys on my mind
Colors my thoughts constantly
But every now and then
My eyes will open
So I can see......................
And just for this moment
Everything is all right.
And I know that we'll move on
And this moment will be gone
And I wouldn't change that even if I could
But just for this moment....Life is ... so good
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2. |
Moms
02:11
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Moms are the ones who wake in the night
And turn on the light till the goblins are gone
Glasses of water they bring to your bedside
And tell you a story, or sing you a song
Moms have eyes in the back of their heads
They also have hearts of gold.
That all comes with the job, and I've heard it said.
That moms never grow old.
Moms are the ones who talk to the teacher
And help with the homework so you'll make it through
Moms listen to you when nobody else will
They listen to God a lot too.
Moms make you eat all your carrots and greens
They make you wear sweaters when they are cold
Their hair may turn silver; their eyes become weak
But moms never grow old.
Moms tell you truths you'd rather not listen to.
Their dreams for you never fade.
“I told you so." , though they usually did
Is something they try very hard not to say.
Moms try to give you whatever you need
They keep accepting you back in the fold
They cry when you fail and when you succeed
But moms never grow old.
People say love can play tricks on your eyes
So beauty is what they behold.
Moms grow more beautiful as years go by
But moms never grow old.
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You used to take my hand when we crossed the street
I used to be so sure how to guide your feet
Now you run ahead of me at superhighway speed
And I want to say to you as our one road becomes two
Chorus:
I believe in you. I trust in you
I know you can handle your life's situations
You are listened to You are cared for
And you're very, very, very important to me.
You'd never guess to hear me ten thousand times a day
"Hurry up now", "Where's your homework?", "Just be careful" is what I say.
They're all little substitutions for what I really mean
Why is it so hard just to say the words:...Cho
Bridge
I want to see you happy I want to see you shine
I want to see you reach your heart's desire
And so it goes full circle Parent down to child
A circle that's a wheel that is turning through time
And I'm learning through time
Verse
And I know that you are learning too from your own mistakes
When the road becomes uncertain sometimes it takes a leap of faith
And so I'm taking my leap. You have your destiny.
But before I let you go I just wanted you to know.
Chorus 2
I believe in you I trust in you
I know you can handle your life's situations
You are listened to. You are cared for
And you're very, very, very important to me.
You are very, very, very important to me.
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4. |
Simple Life
02:42
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Baby, let's go to Rolling Acres out on the River Road
Maybe we'll find a tiny cottage where the pines and the liveoaks grow
Far from the roar of traffic
Far from the ci - ty lights
We'll make a heaven livin' the simple life.
I've been banging my head on glass ceilings; you've been the corporate drone
Payin' 6-figure debts with 5-figure salaries; and never a dime or any time to call our own
Let's cut up this platinum plastic
Cut off the phones and the lights
Pack up the kids and head for the simple life.
Can you say you enjoy all these expensive toys
And the stress and the noise they create
Have you noticed any labor we've been saved
By devices worth less than we paid
Let's have a garage sale
Or give them to Goodwill
And head for the hills of Rolling Acres and make ourselves a home
With just enough space for us and the kids, and plenty of room to roam
Ripe tomatos out in the garden
Yellow roses and blue columbine
We'll make a heaven livin' the simple life.
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5. |
Everything to Me
04:02
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Don't seem like much that you cuddle up closer
When it's cold at night.
Don't seem like much that you rub my shoulders
When I come home tired.
But I don't know what I would ever do
If I had to live in the world without you.
Don't seem like much, but it’s everything to me.
Don't seem like much keeps people together these days
Just a miracle or two
But that's not enough, to hear some tell it.
And it sure don't seem to see them through
But in these tough and turbulent times
When love's so easily forgotten, still you don't forget mine
Don't seem like much, but it's everything to me.
So many drops fill an ocean.
So many stars fill the skies above
So many acts of devotion fill my heart with love.
So it means so much that you tell my you love me
Though we've had a fight
And it means so much that you say you're sorry too
Even when you're right.
It's just a minor detail in the master plan
'Cause I'm just a woman, you're just a man
Don't seem like much, but it's everything to me.
I don’t mean it's unimportant or any kind of slight
I just wanted you to know, you're doin' it right.
Don't seem like much, I know, but it's everything to me.
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6. |
Shores of Your Love
02:40
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Sometimes I feel lost at sea
Darkness swelling over me
Higher and higher
Rising onthe tide of anxiety
And just when I know for sure
It's gonna pull me under
That's when it breaks like a wave on the shores of your love
Sometimes I feel all alone
Perhaps I've never had a home
Moment by moment
Strangeness and danger appear to grow
And just when I'm thinking
My little boat is sinking
It comes to rest in the foam on the shores of your love
Your heart is my harbor
No matter where you are
And no matter how far I roam
Your love is my home
So whenever I venture out
And find myself tossed about
Lightning and thunder
Making me wander desert isles of doubt
I hear your gentle voice
Reminding me that I have a choice
And I turn hard to port and head for the shores of your love.
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7. |
No Such Thing as Freedom
02:28
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People talk about their bygone days of freedom
When they didn't have a care
A different port for every storm
Just for laughs and to keep them warm
Funny--how they seem to forget
How lonely that could be. There'd be
No such thing as freedom without you for me
You're like the arms I use to hold you
Or the heart that beats in me
Bred into my blood and bone
Woven through my soul
And if you ever left
I would be..........incomplete....No, there'd be
No such thing as freedom without you for me
If you think I miss those days
Well, honey, don't you worry.
I looked for your love all my life
And you're the whole point of my story.
And I'm stickin to it, and I'm stickin to you
Till body and soul fly apart
Not just cuz I said I would
Life without you'd be no damn good
And I got no regrets
I’m right where I should be. There'd be
No such thing as freedom without you for me.
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8. |
The Granny Song
02:55
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I still shop in the junior department
Just like I’ve always done
Still work for my money, and me and my honey
Still go out in the evening lookin’ for fun.
But last year our little girl married,
And this year guess what she did!
How can my baby, be havin’ a baby
When I’m still just a kid?
CHORUS
She made me a granny before my time.
How can that be when I’m in my prime?
My hair’s still shiny and my teeth are still mine
She made me a granny before my time!
Now grannies got aches and grannies got pains.
Grannies are slow when they drive
They roll down their stockin’s and head for the doc,
And they’re in bed by eight and they’re up by five.
Each time I pass by the mirror,
I check to see who’s there.
‘Cause I’m more ready for rock and roll
Than I am for the rockin’ chair.
CHORUS
She made me a granny before my time.
How can that be when I’m in my prime?
My knees still bend and I can see just fine.
She made me a granny before my time!
BRIDGE
Now the little one, he’s such a cutie
All those precious little fingers and toes.
But his mama was wearin’ the booties
Not so very long ago.
My honey says its only natural
He seems to take in stride
But I noticed he eats a little less for dinner
And last night he asked me if his hair had gotten thinner.
So I called up my mama to tell her..
And got no sympathy
Why should you cry? Why should you mind it?
Look what she’s done to me!!!!
CHORUS 2
I'm a great- granny before my time.
But I don’t care ‘cause i’m in my prime.
That’s how I know you’re gonna be just fine.
Tho she made you a granny before your time.
Yeah, she made me a granny before my time.
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9. |
Save Me a Place
04:11
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He used to come home late
He was her hard working man
And she would lie awake and gaze
Up from the pillow,her green eyes wide
I missed you so , she'd say
And he would take her hand
I thought about you all this day
I hurried home to be by your side.
Save me a place beside you
Save me a place in your heart
If you'll be waiting for me
Wherever you are, I will find you. (darlin’)
You have a place beside me
No matter where I am
When my work is through
I'll come on home to you
Save me a place
Back when they first wed/He'd had to go to war
He was somewhere over there/When their first child was born
Then his letter came/He said, don't cry anymore
I thought about you every day/AndI'm coming home to be by your side. So...cho
Bridge
Now anyone can take the good times gracefully
Only some can face the hard times and still believe
Real love turns the bitter into sweet
Then she went away/He said, Goodbye Sweetheart
And though he's never been one to pray/He talks to her sometimes.
I've missed you so, he'll say/And tho the waiting's hard
I know I'll find you one sweet day/Save me a place,a place by your side.
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10. |
Only Human
03:14
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I came out here because the night is clear and cold
I feel like I can see beyond Andromeda
Everything is still, and I should seek
The will of G-d behind it all.
But my toes are frozen
And my nose is swollen
And after all
I am only human
I came out here to tell you I’ve forgiven you
I feel like you can hear me say I’ve finally understood
I’ve grown enough to see it from your point of view
I know you did best you could
But your life was tough
And you hurt too much
And after all
You were only human
I know you once believed you could do anything
And everyone around you believed it too
The stories they tell make me wish I’d known you then
Before winter came for you
But everyone fulfills their perfect destiny
Whether by fate or faith or chance
The snowflakes pirouette into the icy trees
And the stars revolve in their stately dance
And the time keeps passing
And life keeps happening
And after all
We are only human
After all
We’re all only human
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11. |
Kiss That Baby
02:24
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Mom:
Who knows where the time goes
Up in the attic with the baby clothes maybe?
Tucked away with the blankets and bows…
Kiss that baby goodbye
Doesn’t fit in her rockin’ chair
Jeans and tee shirts are all she will wear
And knit caps on her beautiful hair
Kiss that baby goodbye
CHORUS
Kiss that baby, she’s almost gone
Kiss that baby, you can’t hold on
Kiss that baby, now don’t you cry
Just kiss that baby goodbye
Daughter:
I don’t think that this is fair
She won’t let me put purple dye in my hair
And you should see what she wants me to wear
Mom, kiss that baby goodbye
CHO
Mom:
Let me introduce you all to my girl
I had her so she could save the world
Daughter:
Let me introduce you all to my mom
She had me just so I could sing this song!
Daughter:
Pretty soon I’ll be a grown-up too
Mom:
You’ll still be my baby when you’re 92
Both:
No matter what I’ll still love you….
But kiss that baby
Kiss this baby
Kiss that baby goodbye
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12. |
The Reason
04:10
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I am descended from people who died for their difference
And I am descended from the brave ones who came to these shores
And I am the child of folks who worked hard for their living
And I'll bet every one of them wondered sometimes what for
Through trouble and tribulations,
The rise and fall of civilizations
Every generation dreams of a better life
So we are the reason for their journey
They are the reason for ours
Love is the question posed by our children
Love was the answer
Given to us.
Those great grandmothers sure must have loved their babies
‘Cause I am a mother and I know it’s hard to let go
And those great grandfathers must have believed in the future
‘Cause those sons and daughters were their vessels of hope
Through trouble and tribulations,
The rise and fall of civilizations
Every generation dreams of a better life
So we are the reason for their journey
They are the reason for ours
Love is the message we pass to our children
Love was the message
Given to us.
Looking at each of your faces
I see my own face in yours
United in aspiration
You make me see
What a gift it is to be born
Love is the treasure we will to our children
Love is the treasure given in trust to us
Love is the reason
It always was.
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13. |
To Give Us Peace
02:33
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In the chasm
Of our sorrow
Let us not forget
We are all believers
In a truth stronger than death.
Grant us healing
For the suffering
And comfort for the comfortless
Let us choose the light that built the dream
To give us peace.
In our pain and
In our anger
Let us still recall
We are each of us a stranger
But we are kindred all.
As we find ourselves in heroes
So we'll also find our flaws.
Let us find the strength that we will need
To give us peace.
In the anguish
Of our losses
Let us not despair.
While the light of freedom shines
Let us choose our course with care.
Let us leave the wheel of vengeance
Forsake the path of fear,
And let us seek the road to the true victory:
To give us peace.
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Jan Seides Austin, Texas
Singer/Songwriter Jan Seides (sigh-deez) writes and performs original, lyrics-driven, award-winning songs that combine uptown sophistication with down-home truth. They have been presented with style and spirit in prestigious venues in the U.S., the Middle East and Europe. ... more
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