Memoirs in a Song...

Stories, Stones and Bones is a name given to me in a dream some 10+ years ago. I used the title for my first book of lyrics when I sent it to be copywritten... This blog is a compendium of my book of lyrics, from 1996 to present.

The name holds a sense of ancient wisdom, which I hope begins to seep thru my songs: What are the stories the earth tells, that are written on our ancestral bones? What is the deeper pool of knowledge that we can drink from as we birth ourselves into creative evolutionary beings? Where are our roots? What is the journey we have taken, personally and collectively?...

And so begins the story, woven in song, as fallen through the lyrics of my music...

More lyrics will be coming soon (I've written well over 100 songs!)... In the meantime, I hope you enjoy!


[Please note that you will want to read from bottom to top (in reverse). The "archive by date" list on the lefthand side will help your journey - which begins in March of 1996, when the first song flew out of my lips... You can also search by THEMES: the songs which I like a lot or are in current performance rotation are in the theme of *favorites*]

Friday, August 15, 1997

Woman in the Wind

I began this one up in those high alpine meadows with my father that June, and finished it that August at my mama's home in Oregon. It's a nice one to sing while walking - reminding oneself of the joy in simple things...

There’s a woman walking on the wind
There’s a woman walking on the wind
There’s a woman walking on the wind

I like walking in the wind
Freedom spirit fills me within
I like walking in the wind

I like, I like walking
I like, I like walking


I like walking in a song
Whistle a tune as I ramble along
I like walking in a song

I like, I like walking
I like, I like walking


I like walking in the rain
Washes my soul, lets me start again
I like walking in the rain

I like, I like walking
I like, I like walking


I like walking in the woods
Earth beneath my feet, feels so good
I like walking in the woods

I like, I like walking
I like, I like walking


I like walking by the sea
La da da di, I feel so free
I like walking by the sea

I like, I like walking
I like, I like walking


I like walking alone
Sweet anticipation of the unknown
I like walking alone

I like, I like walking
I like, I like walking


I like walking hand in hand
Together with love we can heal this land
I like walking hand in hand

I like, I like walking
I like, I like walking


I like walking in a prayer
Knowing Great Spirit will take us there
I like walking in a prayer

I like, I like walking
I like, I like walking


I like walking in the stars
On this neverending journey we travel so far
I like walking in the stars

I like, I like walking
I like, I like walking


There’s a woman walking on the wind
There’s a woman dancing on the wind
There’s a woman laughing on the wind
There’s a woman weaving the wind

...
© begun: June 1997, Rocky Mtn. National Park, CO | finished: August 1997, Eugene, OR

Thursday, August 7, 1997

Listen

A spirited and soulful reminder. Born of the campfire inspirational songs from the "Rainbow" Gathering - the colorful world of hippy love love that I discovered much joy within...

Listen what your mama sayin’
Listen what your mama say, yeah yeah yeah
Can you hear her prayin’?
Listen what your mama say
She know the way

Listen to your sister speakin’
Listen to your sister’s story, yeah yeah yeah
In all her glory
Let her share the secrets she keep
Let her speak

Listen to your brotherheart, yeah
Listen to your brotherheart beating, yeah yeah yeah
Gotta keep believing
Listen to your brotherheart
Make a brand new start

Listen what your body tell you
Listen what your body feel, yeah yeah yeah
Let it heal you
Listen what your body know
Let it flow

Listen to your intuition
Let go of your inhibitions, yeah
Trust your vision
Listen to your first instinct
Don’t stop to think

Listen to your spiritsong, yeah
Listen to your spiritsong singin’, yeah yeah yeah
It knows everything
Listen to your spiritsong
And sing along

...
© August 1997, Eugene, OR

Tuesday, August 5, 1997

Do You Believe?

Continuing on that theme begun in "Divine Intervention" - this one invites us to look even more deeply into the magic of the universe, to believe in the inherent freedom and interconnectedness of this web of earthly life...

Do you believe in magic?
Do you believe we are free?
Do you believe there is a way
that I can be in you and you can be in me?
Do you believe in magic?
Do you believe in me?
Do you believe in infinity?
An endless world of possibility!

Refrain:
I’m in you and you’re in me
and we’re both in all we see
I’m in you and you’re in me
Gotta believe we are free

In the fire and in the air
In the dream of the eagle and bear
In the wind blowin’ through the trees
In the mountains and the deep blue seas

In the song of a nightingale
In the story of the dolphin and whale
In the flight of a dragonfly
In the calm of a clear blue sky

In the free flow of a cloud
In the mystery behind the shroud
In the birth and in the death
In the in and out of every breath

...
© August 1997, Eugene, OR