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Dropping Keys
03:54
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Dropping Keys
Hafiz/Ladinsky/Levin © 2013
Chorus
I am one of many, I’m not one alone.
When I sing from the center of my soul
I shine like a diamond in the old king’s throne. Ah –ha! Hey, hey!
I shine like a diamond in the old king’s throne.
The small minded man locks up everyone he knows
But the sage ducks his head when the moon is low.
And all night long he’s dropping keys,
To the beautiful prisoners at his knees.
All those beautiful rowdy prisoners must be freed! Chorus
Doubt came along and captured me and he stuck me in a trunk at the bottom of the sea.
The wise old sage had mercy on me and his words of wisdom set me free.
All those beautiful words of wisdom set me free. Chorus
The king takes a diamond off his throne and he sticks it in the ground where the seeds are sown
and up from the ground comes a groove of trees sprouting words to the wise in the shape of keys.
The poet and the wise man climbing trees so they can sing us songs like these. Chorus
END: Ah-ha, hey, hey- Shine like a diamond in the old king’s throne!
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The Sun Never Says
03:59
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The Sun Never Says
Hafiz/Ladinsky/Levin © 2013
Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth: “You owe me!”, “You owe me!”
Look what you can do with a love like that… It lights up the whole sky – hi hi- hi hi – hi hiiii
Chorus -
I give to you and you give to me, it raises us up and allows us to see
When I give to you and you give too, then it frees me ―I can see me and you.
Even after all this time, the river never says to the sea, “You owe me!”, “You owe me!”
Look what you can do with a love like that…It covers the whole earth with life- hi hi- hi hi- hi hiii
Chorus - Bridge: When I give then I get so much more than I give,
when I give then I get so much more. (4x)
Look what you can do with a love like this, . . . it covers the whole sky with bliss Hi hi- hi hi- hi hiiii
Chorus - END: And it frees me, I can see me and you. Even after all this time…
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Your Mother and My Mother
Hafiz/Ladinsky/Levin © 2013
We’re all renting rooms in this house, fear is the cheapest one here.
I’d like to see you in a room in this house, one with a little more cheer.
For I know the Inn Keeper who runs this galaxy, happy to help you with one word from me.
Tonight get some rest and let your heart mend, sing me tomorrow, we’ll go see my friend
Chorus:
For your mother and my mother are/were good friends who cared for each other
Your heart and my heart, belonged to each other right here from the start.
END: Old, old friends, very, very old friends
We’re all renting rooms in this house, joy is the finest one here.
We can explore all the rooms in this house, with a view that is forever clear.
For I know the Inn Keeper who runs this galaxy, the drinks will be flowing tonight and they’re free.
To leave a tip of a generous size —let love and playfulness show in your eyes.
Chorus –
END: Send that thought up with your heart wide open, somewhere, something good will happen (2x)
Chorus – END: #1 & #2
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When the Violin
02:00
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When the Violin Hafiz/Ladinsky/Levin © 2013
When the violin can begin to forgive the past - it starts singing.
When the violin can begin to stop worrying what the future will bring - it starts laughing.
Lean down and comb me into your hair. Let me know, let me know you are there.
When the violin, can begin to forgive all the wounds that the others are bringing - it starts singing:
Yi li yi li li li li- Yi li li li li li li END: When the violin can begin
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A Root In Each Act and Creature
Hafiz/Ladinsky/ Levin © 2013
Sun’s eyes are painting fields again.
Disguised eyelashes sweep the land.
Embraced by sunlight’s masquerade,
The Earth’s a canvas on parade.
Chorus:
If just a little clay and water in a bowl
Reveals these wonders to behold…
What new delights will soon unfold?
The endless petals of the soul.
One heart resides in everything
Renew your body, hear it sing.
Each act and creature we perceive
Has roots in one who can conceive.
Chorus. The endless petals of the soul,
The endless petals of the soul…
Sun’s eyes are painting fields again.
Disguised eyelashes sweep the land.
Illuminated scents and sounds
Exquisite whirling forms abound.
Chorus. The endless petals of the soul,
The endless petals of the soul…
Sun’s eyes are painting fields again.
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Like a Life Giving Sun
06:35
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Like a Life-Giving Sun- Hafiz/Ladinsky/Levin © 2013
You could be, you could be- a great horseman
Help to free, help to free us all from the state that we're in…
What if you and prayer become sweet lovers?
What if you and love become one?
It’s naïve, it’s naïve to believe we’re not in battle.
And I grieve, as the brave fall like cattle.
Fall in pain, gone insane
- the brave are falling like rain.
You could be, you could be
– a victorious horseman.
And carry your heart through this world.
Help to free yourself and this world
Carry your heart through this world like a life giving sun.
What if you and love became sweet lovers?
What if you and love became one?
(So below -as above -Sweet love )
Don’t sit grieving.
Go where you’re needed
Carry your heart through this world like a life giving sun.
You could be, you could be, a great horseman.
Carry your heart through this world.
Help to free yourself and this world
Carry your heart through this world like a life giving sun.
What if you and love became one?
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Act Great
04:26
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Act Great
Hafiz/Ladinsky/Levin © 2013
What is the key to unlock your mind?
To untie the knot of suffering blind?
What is the secret to silence the madness?
That tramples the landscape, the heart’s tender bliss?
That imprisons the eye with all its denied,
from the cold golden idol to the forbidden kiss?
My Friend Hafiz whispers two words
Bridge: Two little words with the beauty of birds
With the beauty of emeralds of angels and light.
Two words that restored me and gave my eyes sight.
Chorus: Act great, act great, act great act- Great!
Whatever life hands you, you don’t have to wait.
Act great, act- great!
One act of kindness can overcome fate.
Always act great my dear- act great.
What is the cure to this poisoned well?
Where is the ladder placed here when we fell?
What is now sacred and how shall I care?
What can I cling to as true as my true love’s hair? Bridge & Chorus.
Benevolent thought, benevolent sound, benevolent movement round and around-
Chorus.
Always act great my dear- Always act great my dears- Always act
Great my dear- act great.
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Forgive the Dream
06:02
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Forgive the Dream
Hafiz/Ladinsky/Levin ©2013
I see your sky is winter and know your wounds that will not heal
You long for the warmth of a perfect one’s circle
Only complete when (your) love becomes real.
Your hands, feet and heart are wise
Still (there are/the) tears (that/they) sting your eyes
See through to view the formless brow that allows this universe to rise
Chorus:
Are you still listening to that old alley song- that brings you such pain-
That goes on so long?
Chain your ears to hear this gentle stream- until you can forgive this dream.
We can drink wine from a gourd that I hollowed in my house.
We can eat cheese from a calf that I raised up by myself.
We can feast on this truth through out the night
We can break bread on a carpet made of light.
A true saint is an Earth in eternal spring.
Hafiz is a poet whose song I sing
Inside the veins of a petal of a redbud tree are hidden worlds where he may be.
Chorus.
Your wounds of love will finally heal
Forgive this dream and become real.
And become real.
Become real.
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Every Child
05:37
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Every Child-Hafiz/Ladinsky/Levin © 2013
Every child has known God
That’s quite a claim.
For they don’t know God as a God of names,
A God of Don’ts, a God of Shame,
Of stormy moods or any strange behavior,
Not a king or a queen, a giant tyrant or savior,
But every child knows God,
Not as someone they can see,
But one who only knows four words:
Come Dance with me!
Come Dance with me!
Come Dance- Come Dance
Come Dance-
With me.
Come Dance with me!
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Troubled
03:47
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Troubled- Hafiz/Ladinsky/Levin © 2013
Troubled? Stay with me- I’m not.
Lonely? Play with me. I’ve got—two ancient caves
behind my eyes where true love lies.
Chorus
Write them all down- all your worries and your fears
Even from a thousand years
I will lean into today, and the flame inside my heart
will burn them all away.
Frightened? Be with me- and cope.
Weary? Dance with me- there’s hope.
“If I wrote my troubles down,
they would wind this earth around.”
Offer them in prayer and in a flash- they’re holy ash, incense in the air-
And we’ll rise and we’ll rise until all the earth and sky disappear with your fear
And we’ll sing and be the space containing everything.
Write them all down all your worries and your fears even from a thousand years
I will lean into today, and the flame inside my heart will burn them all away.
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Old Sweet Beggar
04:40
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Old Sweet Beggar
Lyric: Hafiz/ Ladinsky/ Levin Music- The Levins © 2013
Once I was envied as having what seemed to be all you could want to possess
People revered me, Powerful feared me, but soon all I wanted was less.
I gave up privilege, feathers of vanity
Begging for change and filled with desire to be:
Kindness, humility, peace, and tranquility - Kindness, humility, peace, and tranquility
Chorus:
Love turned me into a sweet old beggar.
Love itself fell into my bowl
I rose from the ditch, (now I am) infinitely rich
All that is left is one goal –one goal, -one goal . . .
All I want to do is empty my emerald filled pockets on this tear stained world for you.
—empty my emerald filled pockets on this tear stained world for you
Chorus - END: For you, for you, for you. (2x) This love, this love, this love. (3x)
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The Chorus in the Eye
lyrics: Hafiz/ Ladinsky/ Levin Music: The Levins © 2013
Your Eye has a melody we want to hear.
The sun and moon will gladly wear robes and sway like children at play;
when the Pir directs light, when the saint conducts sight.
Slipping magic into sounds, won’t you pour them in the ground?
of the earth’s bruised ear. Can’t you hear?
Mashuq, Mashuq ―Mashuq! Sweetheart, Sweetheart, you are my counterpart.
Hafiz won’t you whisper of luminous bliss
that kisses each traveller through time
won’t you tell all the world of nature sublime
“Yes” (he says,) “I will.” (Listen,) he is whispering still.
Slipping magic into sounds, won’t you pour them in the ground?
of the earth’s bruised ear. Can’t you hear?
Mashuq, Mashuq ―Mashuq! Sweetheart, Sweetheart, you are my counterpart.
Love is royalty moving ceaselessly. The chorus in the heart needs to sing
like the tuned clay drum humming all day long to everything:
Mashuq, Mashuq ―Mashuq! Mashuq, Mashuq ―Mashuq! Mashuq! Mashuq!
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