ASCENSION LYRICS

BIG BEAUTY

You can’t call me a rack-a-bones ain’t that a fact?

You can’t call me skinny I got a lot a meat on my back

My limbs are thick like an old oak tree

So you can call me…Big Beauty

I’ll never be a pinup girl that ain’t no lie

Too many rolls for a bikini, I don’t even try

But I’m the juiciest fruit that you may ever eat

So come on and take a bite, you’ll see I’m a Big Beauty

I love myself body, heart and soul

I wear my curves like hills wear snow

I embody it all…earth, wind, fire and sea

‘Cuz inside and out I’m a Big Beauty

People tend to notice when I’m hangin’ around (oh yes they do)

It’s tough for me to get lost when I’m so easily found

I move like a goddess in this sacred body

I sway and I flow ‘cuz I’m a Big Beauty

OPTIMISTIC BLUES

It’s Monday mornin’, I should go to work today

But I wanna stay home and to still get paid

I fluff my pillow and I reach for the snooze

I got a case of the optimistic blues

Around noon I flip the channel to a preacher on TV

Part of me wants to be saved but mostly I wanna be free

He says I can have salvation for two hundred and twenty two (dollars, that is)

I gotta bad case of the optimistic blues

Today’s paper tells tales of destruction and greed

Maybe there’s gotta be a little suffering to have a little peace

The back page says the hot water will cool

Now I know I gotta bad case of the optimistic blues

I admit my thoughts on love are a little bent

I wanna be honest, to a certain extent

Something, something, what was that?

Oh yeah, I got a bad case of the optimistic blues

Maybe it’s a good case depending on your view

THE MOON, MOTHER TERESA AND ME

Full moon how you’re tormenting my soul

Night and day you watch me and call my name

I ask what you want and you turn it back on me

I know, I know, you’re asking me to change

Shine on over my shoulders

Shine on over my dreams

Light a path in darkness through the trees

The moon, Mother Teresa and me

Mother of love you embody a heavenly spirit

Walking with practical feet and a compassionate heart

I look to your life to guide my way

But I question if I can really do my part

There are copious reasons for my rage

But what I want is, I really want peace

I’ll wrap it in a cocoon with warmth and with care

I’ll hope for strands of silk to weave a butterfly free

PAINTER’S WALTZ

A dusty, old painting in a blue-grey frame

A troubled girl standing, I don’t remember her name

A farmer’s daughter raised to be a good wife

But that girl was longing for more from her life

There is a time to walk and a time to dance

A time to let go and to cry

There is a time to be true to what’s inside

And a time for our spirits to fly

In a cyclone’s fury that painting did fall

Torn and broken into pieces so small

That little girl was freed at last

Concerned no more and bound to no past

She cut her hair and wove it into a brush

Held a pallet of paint with the berries she’d crushed

With purposeful strokes she made that canvas glow

She painted her life a brilliant rainbow

STOP THE TRAINS

Stop, stop the trains at Waldron

This can’t be the life for me

Please take me from this family

Stop, stop the trains at Waldron

(Yeah), stop, stop the trains at Waldron

I’m gonna hobo my way to freedom

I ain’t waitin’ for no kingdom to come

Stop, stop the trains, stop, stop the trains at Waldron

Yes, stop, stop the trains at Waldron

I won’t be cold or lonely

‘Cuz hope will be my blanket and faith will keep me company

I DON’T DREAM ABOUT YOU ANYMORE

When you left my whole world turned blue

I was constantly filled with thoughts of you

Losing your love tore me apart

I could hear the sound of my breaking heart

I don’t dream of you

I’ve passed through an open door

I don’t dream about you anymore

Love is like that, it thaws and it freezes

Gentle and harsh, it does what it pleases

Love can sit us out or it can ask us to dance

It’s a slippery road, love means taking a chance

Cold tears gave way to warm spring rains

They bathed my heart and healed my pain

The seasons have changed and so have I

At last I’m ready to say goodbye

PRECIOUS ONE

Will you love me in the morning when storm clouds appear?

Will you hold me close and wipe away my tears?

Will you stay beside me darling ‘til the setting of the sun?

Will you be, will you be my precious one?

I have cast shadows of doubt over your eyes

From time to time I’ve been so unkind

But I look to you, I look to you and I ask

I’m not rich when it comes to material things

Sometimes it’s only daisies I can bring

But I look to you, I look to you and I ask

So, if the hills become mountains for you

If you’re searching for a piece of truth

I hope you look to me, you look to me and you ask

SEATTLE CIRCLE 6

Damp and rainy places chill me to the bone – just like you

I’m a thousand miles from my prairie home

You’re oil, I’m vinegar, we don’t mix

It’s lookin’ like a long night in this Seattle Circle 6

This motel room is dirty and cheap – just like you

I’m blind to my future and I can’t sleep

Ain’t got no muddy water or skinny, feel-good sticks

It’s a long, long night in this Seattle Circle 6

There ain’t no use, ain’t no use deceivin’ or lyin’ – just like you

All my thoughts are focused on dyin’

I’m at the crossroads and I don’t know which way to pick

(Ah) it’s sure been a long night in this Seattle Circle 6

It’s been the longest, longest night in this Seattle Circle 6

TIME MACHINE

Have you ever felt transported by a time machine?

Not sure how you got here but know where you’ve been

It’s so confusing

Can you let go of what was and embrace the new?

In the flames of your life can you be truer to you?

‘Cuz that’s the way, that’s the way the wind blows

That’s the way, that’s the way that life goes

I’ve flipped my collar, grinned, pretending to know

Dug my heels in and resisted the flow

I was mistaken though

Now the veil has parted and the ground scrapes my knees

It’s only love that could teach me

So, if you’re comfortable riding a time machine

Can sift through the ashes for your dreams

Realize that rarely are things what they seem

You’ll have found your place in this mystery

LIGHT A CANDLE

The sun rises in the east, welcomes the day

Troubles of yesterday seem so far away

When I was drowning the sea was so dark

All it took was kindness to fuel my spark

Light a candle for love

Light one for release

Light another for healing

Light one for peace

In a brief moment a spark becomes a flame

One is changed and can never be the same

A candle loses nothing when it shares its light

Even the moon shines on the darkest of nights

Sisters and brothers, we can do our share

Let’s love ourselves first and then show others we care

Believe in miracles each and every day

It’s so worth it, come on, don’t delay