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One By One
06:33
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Drop by drop, the bucket fills
And pours over the brim
Love by love, the heart is filled
And can’t go back again
This crazy world makes no sense at all
So much beauty, so much hurt
But if you step up and I step up
We’ll find out what it’s worth
There’s nothing left to lose ...
One by one
We face into the rain
And turn our flesh into flame
One by one
We breathe into the pain
You can’t make fire feel afraid
With this remaining shred of hope
We have a choice to make
All together and on our own
Will we bend or will we break
And in this brief moment of peace
Will we feed the war machine
Or will we find the strength that it takes
To fall down on our knees
There’s nothing left to lose
One by one
We face into the rain
And turn our flesh into flame
One by one
We breathe into the pain
You can’t make fire feel afraid
One by one
We step into the light
And start to burn
One by one
We give into what’s right
We are the tide that has turned
Can’t turn away anymore
We will remember who we are
Fire must spread or it disappears
Lay down your sword and your shield
Be suspicious of all that can divide us:
Politics, race, class, religion, and bias
Time and time again I’ve seen that
We can lift each other up
We lift each other up, we lift each other up ...
There’s nothing left to lose
One by one
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2. |
Alright
05:05
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All I ever heard was you were a troubled child
All I ever heard was you can’t sit still and
Your mind is running wild
Lost your temper, lost your cool
Never did quite jive with school
All I ever heard was you were a troubled child
Sitting on the bus, headphones in your ears
Skates and boards would help to get you thru those years
Put on pills for ADD, legalized amphetamines
Overkill that gets stronger every year
If I could tell you then what I’d tell you now:
I see a light in you
If you knew then what you know now
I think you’d say this too:
It is alright, you are alright
Everything is alright, and it’s easy
You never thought you’d make it past 22
You did your best, that’s all that anyone can ever do
The way you make us laugh with ease
The way you love your family
Don’t forget that’s how we love you, too
Learning how to fight was a blessing and a curse
Something small could turn to something so much worse
It’s the wrong scene, someone wants to brawl
You knocked him out, now the law’s involved
Learning how to fight was a blessing and a curse
If I could tell you then what I’d tell you now:
You are a peaceful man
I think you knew then what you still know now:
Peace is in your hands
It is alright, you are alright
Everything is alright, and it’s easy
You weren’t yourself since who knows when
You knew the pills just had to end
So you cut them cold and told no one
Until all the chemicals were gone
Now the work has just begun
So remember this, my brother
I consider you a hero
I know this world will always hold you
It’s just like the old monk told you:
It is alright, you are alright
Everything is alright, and it’s easy
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3. |
Walk With Me
05:20
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Walking slowly down this path that we choose
You want to know me and I need to know you
Freedom comes in moments like this
Bare your soul, share your bliss
We’ve come a long way, and we have caused pain
We’ve had some long nights, and some long days
But whether falling or flying
The answer is always the same
Walk with me, walk with me
It can be hard
But you can show me your scars
And just let them be
Walk with me
Walk with me, walk with me
Out under the stars
We don’t need to go far
We just need to feel free
Walk with me
Gone too quickly, all this time that we pass
What is fleeting, what things last
In this surrender, I may not reply
I may not remember, I may not ask why
We’ve come a long way, and we have caused pain
We’ve had some long nights, and some long days
But whether falling or flying
The answer is always the same
Walk with me, walk with me
I may not understand
But you can take my hand
And help me to see
Walk with me, walk with me
You have my word
That you will be heard
Whenever you speak
Walk with me
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4. |
Democracy
05:29
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“Democracy”
Show me what democracy looks like
This is what democracy looks like
We gather here with voices raised
So we can go back home today
To raise our food and families
And live our lives in peace
When someone truly speaks for you
You’d better speak for them
When someone truly represents you
You’d best represent
Health Care, living wage
Education, climate change
One person, one vote
If you support the troops, bring them home
When you hurt, I hurt
When I hurt, you hurt
When your children hurt, I hurt too
We’re all in this together
Gay, Straight, Woman, Man
Black, White, Brown, Tan
Immigrant, or Native child
We’re all in this together
Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian
Sufi, Muslim, or no religion
One Truth, Many Paths
We’re all in this together
Look at your hands, put them right out in front of you now
If there's a way, these hands are the ones that know how
Every shovel you lift, every tree that you plant
Every choice you make - will this improve the land?
We're only tenants here, in this body on this earth
Given just one job, a mandate from birth
Gratitude for every creature doing its part
And gratitude above us that we get to do ours
It's our birthright, foresight, holding tight to what we know is right
We just might reignite the firelight to keep up the fight
For ancient forests and riversides, mountain tops where peace resides
Hope unites but fear divides, love this life, open your eyes
As long as the sun does rise, we walk here side by side
No idea is too big, no action too small
And these hands - your hands - our hands
Can hold it all
One voice
Echoed back
Becomes stronger
And stronger
When the people speak, the truth is heard
When the truth is heard, the people move
When the people move, we can’t be stopped
We’re all in this together
Show me what democracy looks like
This is what democracy looks like
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5. |
Cannon Ball
04:10
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On a one-way trip to Cannon Ball
Where the river is wide and Lakota stand tall
They’re holding their ground for the good of us all
For the water, we must answer the call
On a one-way trip to Cannon Ball
Now there’s water that needs our help all o’er this land
But this here is the place now where the people must stand
They’re gonna say, This is where the future began
With so many tribes standing hand in hand
On a one-way trip to draw a line in the sand
On a one-way trip to Cannon Ball
The company brought dogs, and police, they brought guns
To defend all the digging that should never have been done
What they call a riot is a prayer circle in the sun
Creating violence where there really is none
On a one-way trip to see this world undone
A one-way trip to Cannon Ball
Women, elders, and warriors on the front line
Treaties all broken by the other side
Standing face to face with centuries of genocide
The call went out for allies world-wide
To make a one-way trip to Standing Rock this time
A one-way trip to Cannon Ball
Actions get headlines, but prayers must be given
So we’re here on behalf of our children’s children’s children
Armed with prayers and tobacco as a gift
This is everybody’s struggle, but it’s Native voices we must lift
On a one-way trip to see a better world exist
On a one-way trip to Cannon Ball
On a one-way trip to stand for peace
For the sacred and natural world we speak
Water is life, when will the industry see
Directly, peacefully, not until this stops will we
Ever plan to leave, and our hearts will always be
On this one-way trip to stand for peace
On this one-way trip for us all
On a one-way trip to Cannon Ball
On a one-way trip to Cannon Ball
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6. |
Remind Me
03:31
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Remind me of the best of me
Remind me what I longed to see
Remind me of destiny and all that we
Dreamed and hoped this could be
Take me down to the earth
Show me the moment of birth
Give me the strength to return
Remember how bold you were
Remember how calm and sure
Remember how everything everywhere
Everyone passed in a blur
I know I’ve forgotten so much
The taste, the sound, the touch
But laugh here along with me now at all we’ve become
Take me to the woods again
Walk me where I’ve never been
Keep my eyes open, then show to them
What this all was way back when
There’s so much land to heal
Open hands to feel
As far as I know, this is real
Give me a song to sing
Some old guitar to string
Give me a bell to ring, anything
That you find worthy to bring
It’s the least I can do
But I give it all to you
To all of our selves, always true
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7. |
Cabin Visitors
04:46
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In the fall of twenty-fourteen right around Halloween
When the veil is thin, I was moving in
Log cabin built of pine back in 1939
I was high on chocolate, solitude, and wine,
And the pleasure of a place I could call mine
I was up long into the night, everything was feeling right
and finally I fell fast asleep
I awoke to the glow of a full moon overhead
And gazed out the front window from up in my lofted bed
There were men walking toward me from out across the land
Were those pitchforks they were holding
Or were those guns in their hands?
They made it to the door and I knew that I was trapped
So I grabbed a banjo from the wall and started to attack
I threw it down, it shattered, then I picked up a guitar
That one hit its mark, but it would not leave a scar
I had one banjo left, which they begged me not to bust
They shouted out to calm me down: “Please listen to us!”
“We just want to play a tune with you before the daylight comes”
They were holding only instruments
There were no tools or guns
We played and we played, spirits flying high
They said, “We put this building up back in 1939
So the whole town could come to dance and play into the night”
You see, our song was so compelling that everyone we’d ever loved
Came running in and walking in and flying in like doves
And joyfully united, as we wept and as we hugged
A voice spoke loud and clear, as if summoned from above:
“Remember all the love you’ve ever felt,
Each night as you lay in bed
And daily song upon your lips
Will soothe the waking and wake the dead!"
Many blessings on your days and nights, and
Blessings on the road ahead
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8. |
In Those Days
03:40
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In those days
We finally chose to walk
Like the giants we are
And we held the world
In arms grown stronger with love
In the days to come
There may be many things that we forget
But this will not be one of them
In those days
We agreed to respect
All the natural world
And we bowed our heads in thanks
For all that we have
In the days to come
There may be many things that we forget
But this will not be one of them
In those days
We accepted that the universe
Wants us to thrive
And we lived each day
With all of our courage and trust
In the days to come
There may be many things that we forget
But this will not be one of them
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9. |
Common Ground
05:04
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I guess I still don’t know you
But still I’d like to show you
All the visions in my head
It’s never been so hard
To set out on the road
You love me from a far
And make me want to stay back home
And never go
Riding up the coast I’m
Wishing you were close by
So we could do this face to face
You may not believe this
But I’ve never felt it before
I could see us bringing a child into this world
And maybe more
I live in the country
And you live in the town
You make me want to come around
I need to see the stars from out where
Cars don’t make a sound
Can’t bear to hear the highway
I hope we find our common ground
I know we’ll plant a garden
With all the seeds we’re starting
With lots of extra food to share
We both need our families
And friends close to our home
I can see the forest where
All of our kids would roam
I wanna be your somebody
I’ll chop all our wood to burn
Make mediocre furniture
And cook on an open flame
You speak out for justice
And remind me of the same
Though sometimes I’d just rather sing
And work on the land all day
You like things so orderly
And I don’t mind some entropy
There’s something so nice in between
We use different language
In praise of the divine
But we both love the beauty
Around us and inside
I wanna be your somebody
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10. |
Dark Times
04:13
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We’ve been living in dark times, brother
We’ve got shadows to face
Been living in dark times, brother
That we cannot erase
We’re living in dark times, brother
There’s balance to keep
We’re living in dark times, brother
But we won’t fall asleep
We’ve been living in dark times, brother
Around the world and in our hearts
Been living in dark times, brother
And we’ve all played our part
We’re living in dark times, brother
But I see hope in your eyes
We’re living in dark times, brother
But aren’t we starting to shine
We’re living in beautiful times
What a moment to be alive
We’re living in beautiful times
You’ve got the right to decide
Listen closely to the elders’ stories
There’s a torch to carry on
Listen to the wisdom of our children
An their imaginations
Raise up the voices you believe in
We’re living in bright times, brother
We are loving and kind
We’re living in bright times, brother
We can heal this divide
We’re living in bright times, brother
Think of what we could build
We’re living in bright times, brother
There’s a way and there’s a will
We’ve been living in dark times, brother
We’ve got shadows to face
Been living in dark times, brother
That we cannot erase
We’re living in dark times, brother
But I see hope in your eyes
We’re living in dark times, brother
But aren’t we starting to shine
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Travis Knapp Ithaca, New York
"Hopeful soul-lifting acoustic folk music rooted in pop, jazz, soul, and gospel - piano/banjo/guitar/vocals; from the fields, forests, ponds, and meadows of Ithaca, NY."
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