1.Bright As Yellow
The Innocence Mission---Bright As Yellow
And you live your life with your arms stretched out.
Eye to eye when speaking.
Enter rooms with great joy shouts,
happy to be meeting.
And bright,
bright,
bright as yellow,
warm as yellow.
And I do not want to be a rose.
I do not wish to be pale pink,
but flower scarlet, flower gold.
And have no thorns to distance me,
but be bright,
bright,
bright as yellow,
warm as yellow.
Even if I'm shouting, even if I'm shouting here
inside.
Even if I'm shouting, do you see that I'm wanting,
that I want to be so
bright,
bright,
bright as yellow,
warm as yellow.
2.My Waltzing Days Are Over／Minta's Waltz
Lyricist：Karen Peris
My waltzing days are over
Thank you just the same
I wouldn't want to embarrass you
You are so kind
And I will remember this night
For years to come
I am no fool
I have no romantic notions in my head
At my age, I'm content to watch
So go on, go on
My waltzing days are over
Thank you just the same
I wouldn't want to embarrass you
But you are so kind
And I will remember this night
For years to come
3.What A Wonderful World
Lyricist：Robert Thiele, George David Weiss
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and for you
And I think to myself
'What a wonderful world'
I see skies of blue, clouds of white
The bright blessed days, the dark sacred nights
And I think to my self
'What a wonderful world'
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying, 'How do you do？'
They really say, 'I love you'
I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They'll learn so much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself
'What a wonderful world'
And I think to myself
'What a wonderful world'
4.Flags
Lyricist：Don Peris, Karen Peris
I have seen your garden growing madly
There I find you, hands in the earth
I have heard you talking with your children
On your level, never talking down
And I don't know how you cannot see
Where your gifts may be found
You say you know no tricks, have no talents
Isn't everyone supposed to have their own？
Yes, but few are obvious
Few draw notice to those who possess them
Like flags waving themselves
And you wonder how, how I can say
That your gifts do abound
I don't know how you cannot see
Where your gifts may be found.
Do you understand when I say
That your gifts do abound
5.Someday Coming
Lyricist：Don Peris, Karen Peris
My someday coming child
I name and I re-name you
I make up memories for you of melodies
And friends from books I want to give you
And horse and buggy sounds outside
But of the someday coming world
I don't know, I don't know
There is so much I would keep you from
lf I, if I could
The heroes, selfish fools they only want their freedom
The hero makers' greed prevails
And we are all shock numb
And watch the shock increasing
And shame is something old, outgrown
And of the someday coming, world
I don't know, I don't know
There is so much I would keep you from
lf I, if I could
Oh, maybe you won't see
My too self-conscious tumblings
My running from the phone, my fears
Because I can be very strong
Say I can, say I can
There is so much to believe in
There are angel words to teach you
There is hope, my daydream child
6.Joan
Lyricist：Don Peris, Karen Peris
So, I see their easels at the water from the window
I know his is not as his is never with them
Seven years I've watched them sadly
Watching with them, understanding
Joan, my head hurts, my head hurts
Joan, I must close the curtain
They will come back in the evening
See the way the sky is changing
Can you see the colors？
He would say to me
Well, of course, I see the colors
Sea is silver, red and white
And no, you don't look, you don't see
No, you don't look, you don't see
In the squares of sun
Slanted on the floor
Slanted over my feet, Joan
This is how he painted me
A halo round me like our lady
Bathed his brush in sun
And blurred my faults away
Joan, the sunlight the sunlight
Joan, I must close the curtain
7.Every Hour Here
Lyricist：Karen Peris
We ride our bikes around the circle in the cemetery weaving
I wave up to You on the Cross
Am I to come upon You suddenly like this forever？
Happy, relieved that You are here and I can see You
I can feel You
You are like the ticket-half
I find inside the pocket of my old lead-raking coat
There all the time, all the while forgotten
I so often seem to leave You in churches and other islands
And on my beads where I can see You, I can feel You
I take the ticket-half and put it on the table saying
This is God and He's here through my comings and my goings
But I walk past the ticket-half, I walk past the ticket-half
I walk past the ticket-half just as I've walked past the Cross
on our wall
Our self-importance grows so dazzling we don't see You
But gentle Jesus, aren't You always？
Aren't You every hour here？
8.Now In This Hush
Lyricist：Karen Peris
Oh, bless me, am I going silent now？
Oh, have I overnight been emptied？
If I could call these thoughts to come, to stand on this paper
I could read what I mean, may I？ May I？
Oh, bless me, now I seem to come apart, to sink
Inside this overwhelming, what can I do？
What have I made of all of these new days？
And forgive my despair
Where is color this hour？ Where is music this hour？
Are they still going on somewhere？
But where now, in this hush？
Where are words in this hush？ And what am I？
Oh, bless us for we give our hearts to fear
For so we give our minds to worry.
If I could brush this sorrow dust from off of our faces
And see our joy again, may I？ May I？
Oh, let us make a joyful noise resound
Oh, let us make a noise and hear it
9.Beginning The World
Lyricist：Don Peris, Karen Peris
I was home by the winter
I was home from the school town, undecided.
And questions came, like,
What did you say you're doing now？
Well, I, I had hopes for my music and I imagined their faces
said
Well you can't do that, you silly thing
God, He gave me a brave heart
But God, He gave me a chicken head and I felt I'd failed
I am always beginning the world
Beginning the world
Aren't you bursting with butterflies on the fourth of September？
Like you'll have to get on the bus in your tartan dress, with
your lunch box.
Though your body is twenty-nine, though your mind is an old
thing.
I mean, don't you ever get sigh
I am always beginning the world
Beginning the world
I am always beginning the world
Beginning the world
Always the same underdog stance
Under the same happy sad sky
Eternally crying, am I still shy？
I am always beginning the world
Beginning the world
I am always beginning the world
Beginning the world, beginning the world
10.Evensong
Lyricist：Don Peris, Karen Peris
The day is over and still so heavy on the mind
In flew glowing, smiling mother, butterfly in yellow
To join the frowning cactus crowd
Finding flowers even there to flutter round
I thought, isn't mother grand？ The way she flies and flies
Into the sting of the cold and the prick of the barbed wire
Isn't mother grand to gladly fly and swiftly fly
Into the sting of the cold and the prick of the barbed wire
The day is over and still goes passing through the mind：
In came glowing, smiling mother, sure and kind
To rouse us, to give ourselves out and to cry
Birth to warm intentions, worthless otherwise
Oh, the lives that brush against us, pass us by and by
The friends who may or may not come if we would first invite
Oh, to open doors, to always gladly fly and fly
Into the sting of the cold and the prick of the barded wire
11.Umbrella
Lyricist：Karen Peris
I am going out now, darling
Pass me my umbrella, darling
I wear it like a crutch to the ground
Like a shade and nothing comes down on me
I walk along beside the drivers
However do they drive so bravely？
When I still hear the bang
Sudden bang in my head
And the scar runs on my face
And on my hands, they held the wheel
And on my mind it was distracted
And saved from scarring anybody else
I'm lodged between the could haves, could haves
I want you to be proud of me, proud of me, proud
And how can you be？
When I wear my umbrella like this
When I dwell on myself like this
When I need to be reassured like this
You dance around with my umbrella
You dance around the obvious weaknesses
Around the room with my umbrella
You dance around the room with me
I see us in the mirror going by look at my happy face
See what you do for me
12.You Chase The Light
Lyricist：Karen Peris
You get out of my head now, honey
You got out of my head
You and your colors, you and your painting
I can forget you, probably
You stay out of my way now, honey
You just stay out of my way
This is my grace coast, this is my homeland
You're always coming and going
But I always come back
I am drawn to this place
As I'm drawn to you, as I'm drawn to you
As I'm drawn to light, a moth to the light, to the light
Let's talk about your freedom
Talk about my lack of it
Let's talk about my feelings
Talk about your lack of them
You preach such beauty, you miss the point
You go down with your friends every day
You go down to the sea
Light on the water, for the light on the water
I work the whole day, you chase the light
Look out there
Can't you see what I see？
Go paint the ladies on the beach
They mean nothing to me
They are part of the scenery
I don't know why you go this way
With crinolines and parasols
To shade their beautiful faces
From the sunlight that you love so well
I love you more, I love you more
Isn't that funny？
No, I don't think that's funny
I think it's funny
So, you get out of my head now, won't you？
Just stay out of my head
Move down the coastline
Move to a new town
And don't say you love me
What does that mean？
I don't want to keep you bottled in my glass
You are a free moth, go, chase the light
13.Over The Rainbow
Lyricist：Harold Arlen, E.y. Harburg
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of once
In a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true
Someday, I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds
Are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh, why can't I？
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh, why can't I？
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh, why can't I？
14.Stay Awake
Lyricist：Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman
Stay awake, don't rest your head
Don't lie down upon your bed
While the moon drifts in the skies
Stay awake, don't close your eyes
Though the world is fast asleep
Though your pillow's soft and deep
You're not sleepy as you seem
Stay awake, don't nod and dream
Stay awake, don't nod and dream
15.Once Upon A Summertime
Lyricist：Eddie Barclay, Michel Legrand, Eddy Marnay, Johnny (eng Lyr)
Mercer
Once upon a summertime, if you recall
We stopped beside a little flower stall
A bunch of bright forget me nots
Was all I'd let you buy me
Once upon a summertime, just like today
We laughed the happy afternoon away
And stole a kiss in every street café
You were sweeter than the blossoms on the tree
I was as proud as any girl could be
As if the mayor had offered me the key to Paris
Now, another winter has come and gone
The pigeons feeding in the square have flown
But I remember when the vespers chime
You loved me, once upon a summertime
16.Sorry And Glad Together
Lyricist：Karen Peris
This flurry of plans is over, over
And I'm sorry and glad together
Our bustling house is sane now, sane now
And I'm sorry and glad together
Didn't it go by so quickly, Mary？
I am missing our sewing in secret
Making up his holiday
It's finally come round
It's been a long time, a long time
And I'm sorry and glad together now
Now we watch out of doors for May
And the travels of summer ahead with
What will we bring？
Thoughts of trains, thoughts of sea
Will they come？
And what will we say？
How possible everything is in this wondering
Endless wait and how sure is joy and safe
In May I will say, 'I am sorry and glad together now'
17.Mercy
Lyricist：Don Peris, Karen Peris
There is my kite caught around a signpost
The sign says, â½You are almost thereâ
So I was right, there is a Heaven
Very near, very near
There are no fires of hell
There is only mercy
There are no fires of hell
There is only mercy
Some days my kite goes where I cannot see
And I feel happy for its freedom
When it's tangled in trees and wires
I know it's my own fault, all my fault
There are no fires of hell
There is only mercy
There are no fires of hell
There is only mercy
One day my kite will escape forever
And I will jump to catch the trailing string
Wishes and wants will fall from my pocket
As I wave, full of peace
There are no fires
There is only mercy
There are no fires of hell
There is only mercy
There are no fires
There are no fires
There is only mercy
There is only mercy
Mercy, mercy
There are no fires
There is only mercy
18.Revolving Man
Lyricist：Don Peris, Karen Peris
Ah, revolving man, don't you ever get ahead？
All your days are spent in catching up the rent
Ah, revolve, revolve, don't you ever get a Sunday
To read the paper and jump into leaves or water？
You're laughing
Of course I'm laughing, I'm happy
To revolve around my children
To revolve around my love
Ah, revolving man, don't you ever want to cry？
All your nights are spent in catching up your breath
And the children need well, they're always needing something
Growing out of clothes they grow into yesterday
You young ones don't believe in nothing
But freedom from yourselves
Where are you getting ahead to？
It's I who am sorry for you.
And God is in His heaven
All's right with the world
19.Medjugorje
Lyricist：Don Peris, Karen Peris
So I took a plane to Medjugorje
To be with you
Mother Mary, Mother
Filling up this place with hope of peace
Are you, are you here？
You're everywhere
Everywhere
Everywhere
Everywhere
20.Come Around And See Me
Lyricist：Don Peris, Karen Peris
Here I am, a sort of prisoner, my body is the cell
And, perhaps you are the cell key
I have all day long to sit here and all day is a long time
But my legs don't want to move me now
Please, all I ask is that you come around
Please, all I ask is that you come around
Please, all I ask is that you come around and see me
The game shows in the mornings do their best to entertain
And the news does it's to worry me, I don't know why I watch it
But I like the way the TV fills the room with human voice
And sometimes it is amusing, sometimes
Please, all I ask is that you come around
Please, all I ask is that you come around
Please, all I ask is that you come around and see me, see me
Please, all I ask is that you come around
Please, all I ask is that you come around and see me
Why don't you come around？
Why don't you come around？
In the middle of the afternoon
I'm sure it's much too quiet
Then again, maybe there is noise
And I just can't hear it
Please, all I ask is that you come around
Please, all I ask is that you
Please, all I ask is that you come around and see me, see me
Please, just half an hour inside the twenty-four
Please, just one half an hour
Please, all I ask is that you come around
Why don't you come around and see me？
Come around and see me
Do you think I won't know you？
Well, I'm not senile yet
You talk about putting people in small boxes
You know how that is
Do you？ Do you？ Do you？
Do you？ Do you？ Do you？
Do you？ Do you？ Do you？
Oh, when you're my age, you're in my place
You'll understand, understand, understand, I know you will
21.Notebook
Lyricist：Don Peris, Karen Peris
I showed him my notebook
The underside of my soul
Released in scribbles on pages
He smiled and held my hand
I knew that he would see
For he dreams of touching beauty, too
There has to be more than the work day
He's painting houses
He's painting houses for a while
I'm home to his canvas
Coming to life
I write in my notebook
With feeling that takes me by surprise
And thoughts that I don't know I have
They're hidden by useless facts
That I've compiled at the office where I work
Where there is no time for feeling anything
You see, I just work there
To finance my real life
That begins with scribbles on pages
And thoughts of how and when
Museums on Sundays
Whenever we, can we both go
And stay there for hours
Feeding our spirits
And beauty is still free
And beauty is not exclusive
And beauty is ours to touch and to know
To touch and know
Don't you think there's more, I really have to know？
Don't you think there's more to life？
Don't you think there's more, I really have to know？
Don't you think there's more to life？
Don't you think there's more to life？
Don't you think there's more to life？
Don't you think there's more to life？
And don't you think there's more to life？
Don't you think there's more to life？
22.I Remember Me
Lyricist：Don Peris, Karen Peris
Oh, the world is hard to understand
It's better to forget now
Why was I left all alone
To fight the darkness that surrounds me？
Clouds in the upstairs
Clouds in the memory
I'm a headline, non-existent person
I'm a shell with no name
I am no one, family doesn't want me
No one comes to claim me, claim me
With scars on my forehead
Scars on my memory
I've got scars on my poor hands
Scars all over me
I know, I know, I know who I am
I know, I think I should know
I think I should know who I am
I remember me
I remember me
I remember me
Because I am the daughter of a soldier
You won't see me crying
'Malenkaya' that's what papa called me
So I always will be, will be
With clouds in the upstairs
Clouds in the memory
I've got clouds in the upstairs
Clouds in the memory
I've got clouds in the upstairs
But I still remember
I remember me, I remember me
I remember me in the back of my head
In the middle of the night
In the back of my head
In the back of my head
In the back of my head
In the back of my head
23.Broken Circle
Lyricist：Karen Peris
What can we do as a family？
What plan can we devise
That accommodates everyone's schedule
And still survives？
At the alter of progress
The family is sacrificed
Is wishing there was another way
To pay the price
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down
No one wants a broken circle
Get up off of the ground
Family, family, center of our lives
Broken circle, heal thyself
Hands together, bind
There is a painting on our wall
I've loved it all these years
Without knowing the reason
And now it's clear
A happy company of people
Going out to a ball
Mother, brother, father, sisters all
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down
No one wants a broken circle
Can you get up off of the ground？
Family, family, center of our lives
Broken circle, heal thyself
Hands together, bind
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down
No one wants a broken circle
Can you get up off of the ground？
Family, family, center of our lives
Broken circle, heal thyself
Hands together, bind
24.Clear To You
Lyricist：Karen Peris
I thought that it was just a fluke
When I heard that London Bridge was falling
Now, I fall from dizzy heights and expectations
Why do I hit the ground so hard？
When it's, when it's clear to you
I'll be near to you, I will be around
When it's, when it's clear to you
I'll be near to you, I won't let you down
I look for the good in everything
It hurts when I cannot find it
I don't want to wear a suit of armor
Do I have to come out fighting on？
When it's, when it's clear to you
I'll be near to you, I will be around
When it's, when it's clear to you
I'll be near to you, I won't let you down
I was wishing you would not be let down
I'd hoped you would not be disappointed at all
Now you say, when it's, when it's clear to you
I will be near to you, I will be around
When it's, when it's clear to you
I'll be near to you, I won't let you down
I won't, I won't let you
I won't, I won't let you down
It's going to be hard times
Till life seems like you want to ride
I won't let you down
I won't let you down
Let you down
25.Wonder Of Birds
Lyricist：Karen Peris
We keep our hands above the water
We know that someday we will fly away
With all the wonder of birds
With all the wonder of birds
We keep our voices as guarded secrets
Wait for awhile and we will surely sing
With all the wonder of birds
With all the wonder of birds
Wonder of
Wonder of birds
Wonder of
Wonder of birds
We make a sky where we may be
We build a home with windows to fly through
Windows to fly through
We learn to dance with broomstick partners
Grace will be ours when we will grow our wings
With all the wonders of birds
With all the wonders of birds
Wonder of
Wonder of birds
Wonder of
Wonder of birds
And the wonder of birds
Wonder of birds
26.Curious
Lyricist：Karen Peris
We're curious about the one he loves
We're getting carried away with our guesses
What is she like？ We want to know
She'll be the bride of our dear brother
She's very nice
She's very nice
She's very nice
That's all he said
We're curious
Curious
We're curious about the whole affair
She comes from London
We think that is so romantic
Maybe she is distantly related to Di
He met her at college
She'll graduate with honors
Maybe our brother fell in love with her mind
She's very bright
She's very bright
She's very bright
That's what he said
That's news to us
News to us
We're curious about the whole affair
I know our brother
I know what he wants
He wants to make an entrance in grand style
And I know our brother
He's trying to tease us
He knows the wheels are turning in our minds
We're curious
Curious
We're curious about the whole affair
So curious
Curious
So curious
It's so unfair
27.Surreal
Lyricist：Karen Peris
Don't fire your gun at the pressure, it's only surreal
Don't heed the crowd noise and laughter, they're only surreal
This is a test for discovering who really loves you
The answers will come soon enough
You hold my heart and your fingers are shaking, don't drop it
Fumbling in darkness, the darkness is only surreal
I know that there is a light in here somewhere
Do you see it？ You'll have to turn it on
Can you see it, now？ Can you see it？
Can you see it, now？ It's only surreal, it's only surreal
I know that there is a light in here somewhere
Do you see it？ You'll have to turn it on, you'll have to turn it
on
Oh, oh you'll have to turn it on, can you turn it on？
28.Black Sheep Wall
Lyricist：Karen Peris
This is how I love you
I wish for a shade I can pull
I feel so afraid of watching you grow up
This love hurts to much
And I try to build a wall
So I don't have to see you fall and I pray
Go away from my thoughts
Why do you keep coming back？
Why do you keep coming back？
Why do you keep coming back
Over Black Sheep Wall？
Oh, I'd love to hold you close
But I play it cool
Keep my thoughts in a jar
Marked 'Dangerous'
And everyone says, 'Never fear
All boys his age experiment with their lives'
My eyes want to close you out
I'll close you out
Why do you keep coming back？
Why do you keep coming back？
Why do you keep coming back
Over Black Sheep Wall？
Why do you keep coming back？
Why do you keep coming back？
Why do you keep coming back
Over Black Sheep Wall？
Brother Black Sheep, love is strong
There's a shepherd out in every storm
He's not afraid of the little rain
Why am I？
Why do I keep building up？
Why do I keep building up？
Why do I keep building up
This Black Sheep Wall？
Oh, I love you so
Do you really know how much？
How deep？
Black Sheep
This is how I love you
This is how I love you
This is how I love you
This is how I love you
My Black Sheep
This is how I love you
With closed eyes
This is how I love you
With turned back
This is how I love you
With distance
And I love you
This is how I love you
This is how I love you
With closed eyes
This is how I love you
With turned back
This is how I love you
With distance
This is how I love you
This I love you
This is how I love you
With closed eyes
This is how I love you
With turned back
This is how I love you
With distance
29.Paper Dolls
Lyricist：Don Peris, Karen Peris
I am lining up my heroes
Like big paper dolls
And I find, they need
No wall behind them to lean on
No, they won't stand up
By themselves at all
Oh, I guess it's time to grow up
Now
30.Edelweiss
Lyricist：Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers
Edelweiss
Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow
May you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow, forever
Edelweiss
Edelweiss
Bless my homeland, forever
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow
May you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow, forever
Edelweiss
Edelweiss
Bless my homeland, forever
31.Today
Lyricist：Kornschober, Perls, Puringer
Into the traffic changing
A good friend I have had
Today, today he's leaving
Makes me sad
My friend is starting over
There is a trembling
Today, today he's trembling
Through the trees
If you see him there on your street
Will you smile or shake his hand
Today, today
The brotherhood of man
32.Going Away
Lyricist：Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney
Sixty miles or six hundred
The shadow of the pines
Or the sunny station wagon
We're looking at the map
And we're laughing
And we're going
I hope some other time
I won't care so much about
Being understood as I do now
I will leave myself and go away
I would like to follow you away
Would you let me
Take care of you？
I would like to sing you
A song in the morning
Walk you to the car
When you're going
Where you're going
And then some other time
I wouldn't care so much about
Being understood as I do now
I would leave myself and go away
I would like to follow you away
Walk you to the car
When you're going
Where you're going
I wouldn't care so much about
Being understood as I do now
I would leave myself and go away
I would like to follow you away
Seeing you I know what is right
And what is true
Oh, I see the way I want to be
Oh, I see the way I want to be
33.Brave
Lyricist：Buddy Pepper, Inez James
You paint a tulip red with joy
You say the psalm, I will not fear
Somehow, knowing what you do know
Still you tremble out and in
You cry up in your room
Aunt Ruthie comes, you cannot still your limbs
Somehow, knowing what you do know
Still you tremble out and in
You see how I go to pieces
That I'm laying on the ground
Like the sky is so heavy
When I could be brave
And I always go to pieces
And I have it in my mind
That the sky is tall and heavy
When I could be brave, brave
You go outside, you see the Holy Spirit
Burning in your trees
And walk on, glowing with the same glow
Still you tremble out and in
And the birds of all your yellow teacups sing
And you know this hymn
Somehow, knowing what you do know
Still you tremble out and in
You see how I go to pieces
That I'm laying on the ground
Like the sky is so heavy
When I could be brave, brave
Oh, I know it, I know it, here is God beside
I meant it, I meant I'm sure of that
But the sky is tall and heavy
When I could be brave, brave, brave
34.It Is Well With My Soul
Lyricist：Hallett John C, Spafford H G
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way
When sorrows, like sea billows, roll
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say
It is well, it is well with my soul
It is well, it is well
With my soul
It is well, it is well
With my soul
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