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Approach the Moment
04:26
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The Dream is to Dream
03:39
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Misunderstand us
Get us wrong
Nobody planned this
It’s been this way so long
The dream is to dream
The perfect weather
To scrap a plan
Let’s work together
To do as little as we can
The dream is to dream
It’s been forgotten
We lost the sun
All the things we’re doing just to undo all the things that we have done
Did we forsake us
Are we alone
Where did we take us
This doesn’t feel like home
It’s been forgotten
We lost the sun
All the things we’re doing just to undo all the things that we have done
Please forgive us
We were wrong
We’ve been wrong
There’s a better way
And we all know it
Please forgive us
We were wrong
We’ve been wrong
There’s a better way
And we all knew it
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Take a break
You’ve been working too much
Big mistake
You don’t want to lose touch
With who you’ve been all these years
And who you’d like to remain
Don’t let them change you
Plant a tree
Wait a lifetime
There’s a tree
What do you plan to do beneath the branches you made
Shun the sun, tie your shoes in the shade
All for wandering
Under the stars of the daylight
That’s enough
You’ve got plenty
Count your stuff
Just how many pieces will you need to feel peace
And how will you carry each
When you’re wandering
Under the stars of the daylight
Under the stars of the daylight
Under the stars of the daylight
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4. |
Wide Eyes Wise Eyes
05:02
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You can have it all
So what?
You can rule the world.
Who cares?
‘Cause everything you do
Eventually is undone
The moon and the sun
And everyone
You can work a lot
Okay
Or you can choose to not
Okay
You can take the sun
I’ll be in the shade
We’ve got it made
We’ve got it made
Wide eyes at the sunrise
Wise eyes almost life size
Life size, almost.
You can feast on faith
Big deal
Can we dream of peace
You bet
Everything you do
Eventually is undone
The moon and the sun
And everyone
Wide eyes at the sunrise
Wise eyes almost life size
Life size, almost.
Wide eyes at the sunrise
Wise eyes almost life size
Life size, almost.
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5. |
Don’t Blame the Sun
03:33
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Don’t blame the sun
For what the clouds have done
The way they hang a shadow over everyone
You can’t finish things that you haven’t begun
So don’t blame the sun
When we emerge from hiding
We find ourselves deciding
To turn around and head back to our home
Our shiny outlook rusted
These people can’t be trusted
We might be better off on our own
Don’t blame the sun
Don’t blame the sun
For what the clouds have done
The way they hang a shadow over everyone
You can’t finish things that you haven’t begun
So don’t blame the sun
We’ll build a nest from rubble
And sleep inside this bubble
Floating on the surface of a stream
Avoid the day time trouble
Get back here on the double
Remember that the dream is just to dream
Don’t blame the sun
Don’t blame the sun
Don’t blame the sun
Don’t blame the sun
Don’t blame the sun
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6. |
Explore the Moment
01:52
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Waking up is easy to do
When waking up next to you
Open up the window shade
This could be our greatest day
Let’s go out, walk to town
See if any of our friends are around
Stop in here for a bite
I don’t have to speak, they know what I like.
And we’ve got food in our guts
And we’ve got love in our hearts
What more could you, what more could you want?
Aaaaah
These are the days we’ll look back on and say
Why can’t we live like that anymore
These are the good old days.
Look out!
Later on, outside at night
Look up at the trees lit by the fire light
Friends are singing, crickets are singing
Nobody’s thinking about what winter’s bringing.
And we’ve got food in our guts
And we’ve got love in our hearts
What more could you, what more could you want?
These are the days we’ll look back on and say
Why can’t we live like that anymore
These are the good old days.
Look out!
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8. |
What Shall We Preserve?
03:59
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Who will take care of the old gray house
Now that the family has moved away
Underneath the weight of its history
Underneath the limb of the favorite shade tree
What shall we preserve?
Who will record the lived-in years
Who will unearth all the memories there
Shrinking in the rain and cracking in the sun
One by one the bricks of a chimney undone
What shall we preserve?
What should we keep?
What should we keep?
What should we keep?
What shall we keep?
What should we keep?
And for how long?
And for whom?
Let the moss roll in let the vines grow wild
Let the earth reclaim its exhausted child
‘Til all that remains is the outline of the stones
A memory of itself in the woods all alone
What shall we preserve?
What should we keep?
What should we keep?
What should we keep?
What shall we keep?
What should we keep?
And for how long?
And for whom?
What should we keep?
What should we keep?
What should we keep?
What shall we keep?
What should we keep?
And for how long?
And for whom?
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In the middle of a hurricane
They stop and turned
And asked us questions
What’s the reason for these things you keep?
And why are you trying to save them?
And they didn’t lend a hand
We were fired into outer space
In a capsule aimed at a planet
To try to learn if we could stand the place
If there’s a language could we understand it
But we’ll miss the breeze
Watching the mercury climb
We’ll miss the trees waving leaves in the summertime
We’ll even miss the snow
Watching the heater glow
Hearing songs that we know on the radio
Hearing songs that we know on the radio
They had said we be the first ones to find out what it’s like
But we landed in the wreckage of a thousand former flights
We had bought into the story and we’re sorry that we did
But we’ll miss the breeze
Watching the mercury climb
We’ll miss the trees waving leaves in the summertime
We’ll even miss the snow
Watching the heater glow
Hearing songs that we know on the radio
Hearing songs that we know on the radio
Hearing songs that we know on the radio
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10. |
I'll Stay Behind
02:47
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If you don’t mind
I’ll stay behind
If it’s alright
I’ll stay in tonight
If you don’t mind
I’ll stay behind
You go ahead
I’ll be just fine
Go on your own
I’ll stay here at home
If you don’t mind
I’ll stay behind
I’d be no fun to anyone
Don’t want talk about anything to anyone that I know
Or don’t know
I’ll stay behind
I’ll stay behind
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11. |
Look Up
03:40
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We’ve been waiting all year long
Just to get where we’ve been all along
Look up, look up, look up
Look up, we’re here
Wake up, look up, wake up
Wake up, we’re here
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12. |
Embrace the Moment
04:03
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Henning Ohlenbusch Northampton, Massachusetts
Your friend and songwriter also found in the bands Gentle Hen, The Fawns, and Polaris.
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