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Believe In You
04:34
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If I believe in you, will you believe in me?
We can make everything agree
One step at a time, and in a simple way
We can make everything ok
Working out solutions as we go
Going with what works not laying low
You don’t need those drugs they make you slow
Simply look and listen
I’m calling
One-on-one I’m calling to you now
I’m calling
All-in-one I’m calling to you, listen...
A speck of your admiration
Gives me miles of inspiration
One step at a time
And in a simple way
We can make it happen
There’s a feeling in the morning
Of the rising sun in you
If you take this pure emotion
With some patience you can make it true
I’m calling
One-on-one I’m calling to you now
I’m calling
All-in-one I’m calling to you, listen...
(Shhhh)
If I believe in you, will you believe in me?
We can make everything peachy
If you give me a beat then I can make it swing
You’re dancing to my rhythms and I give you songs to sing
Living to create, create to live
We learn to make and then to give
One step at a time and in a simple way
We can make it happen
Yes I’m calling
One-on-one I’m calling to you now
I’m calling
All-in-one I’m calling- if you’d only listen!
Listen... there’s a feeling in the morning
Of the rising sun in you
And if you take this with intention
and some patience, you can make it true
Clarity, sanity and abundance
What’s wrong with that?
Clarity, sanity and abundance
That’s where its at
Clarity, sanity and abundance
What’s wrong with that?
Clarity, sanity and abundance, yeah.
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Teach A Man To Wish
03:18
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Painforest
06:14
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I was feeling so down so I went down to the woods
The cedars looked down, I hear the hoot-owl and the wind
My thoughts all around, I’ve gone to my painforest to mend
Into the ferns and under the roots I blend
I keep walking down, I’m digging the sounds of the earth
200 rings of redwood rebirth
The grove resonates and the moon shines down
All scattered by the branches of emotion
And it feels like the rains are approaching
All scattered by the boughs of emotion
And it feels like the rains are approaching
Wind in the trees, I’m down on my knees in the moss
As I kneel down I’m feeling the treetops toss
I’ve been here before-
the roots grew through me underground
Guess its alright, I’ve been buried alive before
And I survived (Guess its alright)
Emerald world shrouded with blue moonlight and mists
So far away from humanity’s shouts and fists
And kissed by the dew, awakening now in the night
I guess its alright I’ll return with a heart so light
Back to the life that I’ve chosen to survive
Out of the wilderness of pain I’ve come
And it feels like a breeze on the ocean
To find my balance, harmony and love
And it only took a droplet of reflection
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1000 Shades of Blue
03:33
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Well early in the morning
Just before the sun
the early birds are out there
little tweeties are having fun
but your lying in your bed
wondering what to do
feeling sorry for yourself
feeling useless and confused
Let me share a song that I’ve composed now just for you
Let me paint a picture with a thousand shades of blue
Well high noon is approaching
and there’s a showdown with the boss
old faithful adrenaline goes up
but your stats are in the trough
your six gun’s getting rusty
and your spurs won’t start your hoss
the tombstone streets are dusty
when wall street’s in a loss
Let me share a song that I’ve composed now just for you
Let me paint a picture with a thousand shades of blue
You want to have it all
You want to give it all
You want to take it all
You want to live it all
You want to do it all
for you and all
your friends and family
around the world
and sail into the day
in your unique way
Expanding. Expanding. You’re expanding
You were and will be expanding, extending
into your upper place into your bigger space
Into your true face, I’m chanting
Its gonna happen for you. Don’t wait and see. Just make it be.
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Michael and Jan Freeform
01:32
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(Nope.)
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AK47
02:13
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Ay, ‘kay ‘kay ‘kay
Its a beautiful day in the morning sunshine
As I watch the golden spray blow off the waves of the California coastline
Dolphins leaping through the surf in a constant motion
Feel the energy of the ocean, with my girl- what a wonderful life to live!
Yes I wish these waves of peace would roll to all the nations’ shores
I believe in the right to bear arms yet in the freedom from war
Take your AK-47 and stick it where the sun shines
Add some water and some seeds
Stake up some grape vines
Take your AK-47, tell the lords of war you’re free
Recycle tanks make tractors
Irrigate with your IED’s
This land where my ancestors chose
Where they died in civil wars
So I could pick and sing for you
Just kick back and enjoy the view
Hey I love your pitas, falafels, your music, your rugs and calligraphy
But take your damn Kalishnakov and sell it back to the Russian geek
Take your AK-47 and stick it in your grass
Make a headstone for the warlord gone out of business
Take your Uzi submachine gun, drive by the garbage dump
Sell it back to the Russian mob, or wherever the hell you got it from.
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Kalahari Kachina Quest
03:53
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Instrumental
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Shame, Blame and Regret
02:25
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Do the dub dub, do the dub
Oh looking back into your rearview mirror
The objects may be closer than you think
Until these memories are in your back seat
All pulling your hair and driving you to drink
Oh shame blame and regret
A-weighing down upon your soul like lead
Get rid of the shame, blame and regret
To free your spirit now and clear your heart
Don’t blame it on the road of life so rocky
Don’t be ashamed of potholes in your past, I warn:
Its best to find the brakes before you mash down on the gas
Its time you take the baloney by the horns
Oh the shame blame and regret
The ostrich finds a hole to hide his head
No Shame blame and regret now
Its time to find solutions now instead
You best believe psychiatry can’t help you
They only try to hook you on some “meds”
You ought to go and try some Dianetics
For something that can free you from this dread
Dread!
Oh the shame blame and regret
Making you feel heavier than lead
Get rid of the shame blame and regret
To find your native state and clear your head
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Free To Win
04:04
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La la la la la la
You can be just what you want to be
and such is life, c’est la vie, its free
You’re free to win or choose to lose
Don’t be confused- that’s my point of view
From where I stand and what I see
You don’t have to agree
Just last night you had a dream,
An incredible dream
A really incredible dream -amazing!
And what are you doing now?
What ARE you doing now?
Can’t you remember it?
Think about it...
What’s going on?
‘member?
Come on now:
Reach for that dream
Free to win
You’re free to win
La la la la la la
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Jan Dylan Hunter Santa Rosa, California
I play all the instruments on all my recordings unless otherwise noted, my main tools being guitar, keyboard and
percussion.
I grew up in the Virgin Islands where I learned steel pan, percussion and clarinet.
Since then living in other states like California exposed me to more culture. Recent trips throughout Europe and the US have also really widened my musicabulary.
-Still taking it all in.
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