Golden Spirit

I wrote this while driving up a gorgeous mountain pass in western colorado on the way to see a sweet love of mine... Ironically, he didn't have golden hair like in the song. But there's an archetypal quality to it that still rings true as I sing it to this day...

When I woke this early morn
Sunlight shone upon your face
Lit the golden hairs of wisdom
That doth give you so much grace

Hara Rama
Hara Ram
Hara Rama
Hara Hara Ram

When I look into your eyes
Golden spirit shines so bright
And when I look within your soul
I feel ancient wisdom of days of old

Hara Rama...

...
© Sept 1997, Hwy 133 to Paonia, CO (driving over McClure pass)

Sweetwater

Heh heh, this one has a funny story... ;-)

I was driving back to Boulder, after my first Burning Man. Up ahead I saw a semi-truck that said "Sweetwater." I thought, "that would be a great name for a song!" So I started singing, "sweetwater runs ___ over the earth...." But I couldn't find that third word! Then only a few miles down the road, I passed another semi, this one a "Swift" truck - and the song was born!

To this day, it still gets sung in circles. There's mighty power in this affirmation of the healthful grace of our beautiful waters!

Sweetwater runs swiftly over the earth
Rivers run free (wild) as the ocean gives birth (x2)

Sweetwater yeah, yeah sweetwater (x2)

Sweetwater runs swiftly down from the sky
It quenches my soil when I’m feeling dry (x2)

Sweetwater yeah, yeah sweetwater (x2)

There’s a power within us
There’s a power in the universe
It is a power that heals
It is a power that gives rebirth

Sweetwater yeah, yeah sweetwater (x2)

Sweetwater runs swiftly under my skin
My blood is pure and without sin (x2)

(REFRAIN, CHORUS, REFRAIN. . .)

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© Sept 1997, Hwy 80 to Boulder, CO, from Burning Man