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Phoenix Rise
05:30
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Drip drop from the gray clouds
Cool wind makes the leaves fall
I’m welcoming the death
As the reaper loosens its grip
I wrote my fears on the temple walls
And I watched them fall
Up from the ashes the flames of passion grow tall
One door closes the other opens wide
Up from the ashes see a phoenix rise
One door closes the other opens wide
Up from the ashes see a phoenix rise
Tick tock each grain drops
Time slips from your grasp
I’m breaking all the clocks
Now I march to the beat of the heart
I heard a voice from the desert call
You’re born for more
Out of the dust storm I found the path toward my joy
One door closes the other opens wide
Up from the ashes see a phoenix rise
One door closes the other opens wide
Up from the ashes see a phoenix rise
Click clank ball and chain
For wealth and fame we’d be enslaved
I’m cutting all my strings
To take the leap and step out on faith
I felt a truth well up inside my soul
I’ve always known
Lit like a fire creative power she grows
One door closes the other opens wide
Up from the ashes see a phoenix rise
One door closes the other opens wide
Up from the ashes see a phoenix rise
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2. |
California Weather
04:56
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California Weather
I will follow if you lead
Adventure calls when you’re with me
We don’t need a map to read
Cause’ I could spend twelve hours straight
Sitting shotgun as we sing in harmony
Our love is just like California weather
We don’t need a jacket we can warm each other
Winter never comes when I’m by your side
Never see a cloud when I look in your eyes
Love is just like California weather
We don’t need a jacket we can warm each other
Winter never comes when I’m by your side
Never see a cloud when I look in your eyes
Winding all along the sea
Taken by the scenery
We don’t mind the journey
California winter breeze
All the trees still have their leaves
Light blue skies and palm trees
Love is just like California weather
We don’t need a jacket we can warm each other
Winter never comes when I’m by your side
Never see a cloud when I look in your eyes
Love is just like California weather
We don’t need a jacket we can warm each other
Winter never comes when I’m by your side
Never see a cloud when I look into your eyes
I get cold when you’re away
Lying alone in the Oregon rain
Your touch is sun rays on ocean waves
I’m gladly lost in the golden daze
Our love is just like California weather
We don’t need a jacket we can warm each other
Winter never comes when I’m by your side
Never see a cloud when I look in your eyes
Love is just like California weather
We don’t need a jacket we can warm each other
Winter never comes when I’m by your side
Never see a cloud when I’m looking into your eyes
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3. |
Own Melody
05:25
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What’s that sound that cries out
I’ve been trying to find my own melody
To be drowned out I know intimately
I’ve been trying to find my own melody
For I’ve got wounds that cut me deep
I’ve been trying to find my own melody
There’s a story inside of me
I’ve been trying to find my own melody
To be heard is to be seen
And to be free is to sing
Like a bird that’s lost her wings
Like a bird waiting for the light that morning brings
There’s a song in me that longs to ring
There are walls that hold me in
I’ve been trying to find my own melody
In a cage of insecurity
I’ve been trying to find my own melody
I’m a bird and I’ve got wings
I’ve been trying to find my own melody
My soul needs to speak
I’ve been trying to find my own melody
To be heard is to be seen
And to be free is to sing
Like a bird that’s lost her wings
Like a bird waiting for the light that morning brings
There’s a song in me that longs to ring
I have been trying to find my own melody
I have been trying to find my own melody
I have been trying to find my own melody
I have been trying to find my own melody
I have been trying to find my own melody
I have been trying to find my own melody
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4. |
Into the Blossom
03:55
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Out of the bud and into the blossom
I heard a voice tell me to soften
Pierced by a thorn my callous was broken
And I began to let my heart open
It’s not a race it’s a stroll
I trust the wind will blow me where to go
I’ve tried to run but I keep slipping
Patience is a virtue I’m missing
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
I’ve tried to run, but I keep slipping
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Who am I if I let go and slip in
My feet are hurt my back is sore
Always trying to push a little more
Been working so hard to prove my worth
Don’t give myself the credit I deserve
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
I’ve tried to run, but I keep slipping
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
What happens if I let go
It’s time for harvest
Rest in the garden that you grew from seed
You gave tears, sweat and blood
And every season came
Sun, wind and rain
But a garden only knows how to grow upwards
To bend and twist at the will of nature’s whim
A blossom is the gift surrender gives
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
I’ve tried to run, but I keep slipping
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Who am I if I let go and slip in
Let go and slip
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5. |
Lotus in the Mud
04:51
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Heaven is a place on earth
Where all people know their worth
And our children are not broken down
By the dreams their parents have not yet lived out
I pray to god we find what we’re searching for
I pray to god we find we were born for more
We are lotus in the mud
All of our cracks are there to let in the love
Happiness is hard to find
To live in balance body heart and mind
Our emotions are the seas we sail upon
And if we tilt too far we’re sinking to the bottom
I pray to god we find what we’re searching for
I pray to god we find we were born for more
We are lotus in the mud
All of our cracks are there to let in the love
Love is a truth we know
When the warming in your chest blooms like a rose
It’s the love we give ourselves that is the love that grows
And we can’t give outward till our own cup overflows
I pray to god we find what we’re searching for
I pray to god we find we were born for more
We are lotus in the mud
All of our cracks are there to let in the love
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6. |
Green Love Notes
04:23
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I watched a sunray
Breaking the gray to pieces
Oh how it glistened
Week turned to weekend
New buds on the trees
Haven’t seen a bee in
Half a year at least
Just what we needed
Green love notes from a season
I heard a sparrow
Greeting the day with a new song
Trickling snow thaws
Dew on the soft moss
Spiders weaving spirals
In between the branches
Sparkle when they’re sun kissed
Just what we needed
Green love notes from a season
All the earth blooms in turn
With the wings from a cocoon
And the flowers earn their keep
Only after gray has loomed
So we wait for the warmth
When the earth’s tilt returns
For you only know the spring
From the cold that winter brings
All the earth blooms in turn
With the wings from a cocoon
And the flowers earn their keep
Only after gray has loomed
So we wait for the warmth
When the earth’s tilt returns
For you only know the spring
From the cold that winter brings
Green love notes from a season
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7. |
Oregon
04:18
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I was raised an Oregon girl
Sand in my bed, salt in my curls
Taught to love the ocean wind
And to confide in the horizon
Oregon my home
Ain’t no place greener than the hills I know
When the clouds come I don’t lose hope
I walk out in the rain and I clean my soul
Oregon made soaked through the bone
I’ll be sitting by the fireside to stay warm
Under the stars I spent the night
Roar of the water my lullaby
And I have wondered at the endless dotted sky
Bout’ the marvel of this earth that gives us life
Oregon my home
Ain’t no place greener than the hills I know
When the clouds come I don’t lose hope
I walk out in the rain and I clean my soul
Oregon made soaked through the bone
I’ll be sitting by the fireside to stay warm
On forest moss I barefoot walked
It’s the thorns and the rocks that taught me to step soft
And I have watched new life come up
Where the logs and the fallen leaves have laid to rot
Oregon my home
Ain’t no place greener than the hills I know
When the clouds come I don’t lose hope
I walk out in the rain and I clean my soul
Oregon made soaked through the bone
I’ll be sitting by the fireside to stay warm
In the creek I dipped my feet
There I heard the voice of wisdom softly speak
Said I’m just a drop of water like the rest
And we’re all flowing toward the ocean of our death
Oregon my home
Ain’t no place greener than the hills I know
When the clouds come I don’t lose hope
I walk out in the rain and I clean my soul
Oregon made soaked through the bone
I’ll be sitting by the fireside to stay warm
Sitting by the fireside, sitting by the fireside
Sitting by the fireside to stay warm
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8. |
Gratitude
04:32
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I know sometimes you get heavy
From the weight of what you have not done yet
The goals not yet met
I know you’ve been thinking you might
Never reach the dreams you’ve always wanted
Just keep in mind your gratitude
In every single thing you do
Counting your blessings in every step
Saying your thank yous in every breath
Look on the bright side and shine like a star
Notice the good things and you will go far
Life gives you more of what you give
So find the beauty that exists
I know you get haunted thinking
Shoulda, woulda, coulda done it different
Too old to make it
I know there’s a voice inside you
Trying to tell you lies but don’t you listen
Don’t let fear win
Just keep in mind your gratitude
In every single thing you do
Counting your blessings in every step
Saying your thank yous in every breath
Look on the bright side and shine like a star
Notice the good things and you will go far
Life gives you more of what you give
So find the beauty that exists
You fall off that horse time and time again
But you won’t ever ride if you don’t try
To get back up again
Sometimes doubt comes easy
It’s hard to keep the faith
But all you need’s one sunray to show up
And brighten up your day
Just keep in mind your gratitude
In every single thing you do
Counting your blessings in every step
Saying your thank yous in every breath
Look on the bright side and shine like a star
Notice the good things and you will go far
Life gives you more of what you give
So find the beauty that exists
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Reb and the Good News Portland, Oregon
Rebecca Conner is a Singer-songwriter, Jazz vocalist and guitarist from Portland, OR.
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