January 2023 - Songs from Source

Whatever Happened to Kindness lyrics

Verse 1
There are trolls living under Facebook’s bridge
That’s the beast they want to encourage
Angry posts get the biggest reaction
and happy posts don’t get any traction
Also Twitter may be even worse
Anger and hate are free expressions curse
Is this just the price we pay
for having social media in our lives today?

Chorus
Whatever happened to kindness?
Whatever happened to care?
Can we put this meanness behind us
and repair this state of affairs?

Verse 2
PT Barnum put it so well
underestimating our taste really does sell
Being outraged puts the blinders on
and sadly makes us susceptible to cons
Snake oils not just sold be Facebook
Politicians use the same old playbook
Scapegoating makes it all a bad guys fault
Can we bring all this anger and hate to a halt

Chorus

Bridge
If you look, there’s lots of good to be found
Concentrate on it and your heart will rebound
The burdens of life will be easier to bear
and you can live the life that you dare

Solo – Intro

Final Chorus 2x

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The Silence is Deafening lyrics

Verse 1
He went off to war and came back changed
He’s moody and angry and acting strange
He seems like an animal that trapped in a cage
I’d say thank you for your service
but he makes me kinda nervous,… the silence is deafening

Verse 2
How do you help a man who simply won’t talk
Going off to war is a hard path to walk
Let’s hope we can find the key to unlock
the full measure of his pain
before there’s nothing that remains,… the silence is deafening

Verse 3
And now only the poor and hungry serve
and military families with traditions to preserve
We who never served get what we don’t deserve
a nation at peace at home
Here where the buffalo roam,… the silence is deafening

The silence is deafening

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Sober Girl lyrics

Verse 1
She was the life of any party
and she drove like a Ferrari
She was such a happy drunk
but she was no longer young
The next day was hard to bear
and at times she got scared
Her life was taking a toll
and she was not in control

Verse 2
Then once after a wee hour puke
Her retrospection had her spooked
She knew she had to dry out
Sobriety she’d have to try out

Chorus
She resolved to become a sober girl
To take the steps and change her whole world
To get clean, to get free
of the burden of her dependency
She wants to be a sober girl

Verse 3
Her mental fog has cleared
and she’s happier than she can believe
She sleeps now so much better
and her pain is gone forever

Pre-Chorus
She’s healthy and happy and wide awake
Thanks to the steps she resolved to take

Chorus

Twelve step solo

Pre-Chorus
She’s healthy and happy and wide awake
Thanks to the steps she resolved to take

Final Chorus
She wants to stay a sober girl
She took the steps and changed her whole world
She got clean, She got free
of the burden of her dependency
She wants to stay a sober girl

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Shadow Work lyrics

Verse 1
Sometimes I feel like an old car
With design flaws, deferred maintenance and dents
And dealing with all these problems would be so hard
I wonder if that makes any sense
But you know I can’t trade myself in
I gotta take a hard look at my sins

Chorus
Shadow work
is the digging into what lurks
In the shadows of your heart
it’s hard work but it’s smart

Verse 2
Lately this old car has been in the shop
Something broke and it just needed fixing
An old problem wasn’t going to be stopped
without out some serious in depth evicting
Fact is I don’t need a new ride
But this is something I just cannot let slide

Chorus

Bridge
I’ve heard the payoff can be huge
to clearing out the problems that are lurking
Where to start will be a tough thing to choose
But doing nothing is just not working

Final chorus 2x

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People Come and Go lyrics

Verse 1
I was in ninth grade the first time a friend decided to depart
He took a lot of pills and yes, they stopped his heart
No one knew why he did it but his death hit me hard
It troubled me he could so easily, his life discard

Chorus
People come and go
We love those we get to know
Sometimes people depart
and they take a piece of our heart
Sometimes people leave
They leave the rest of us to grieve
Sometimes people stay
but we don’t appreciate when it works out that way
‘Cause it’s just another day
that we should be thankful for
We should be thankful for each day

Verse 2
I was just seventeen When my Mom first got sick
She fought her illness through the thin and the thick
But cancer is seldom a death that’s quick or easy
It took three years for her to go with Jesus

Chorus

Verse 3
And by the time that I had reached the age of 24
That curse of suicide had taken three more
Of my friends who chose to go out that door
It made me wonder what I could have done to support them

Final Chorus

We should be thankful for each day

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Peaceful Home for my Heart lyrics

Verse 1
It’s been twelve long years since my divorce
In that time I’ve had relationships of course
You’re the only girl I’ve invited to live in my home
The only girl who could tempt me from my life alone

Chorus
I’ve found a peaceful home for my heart
I’ve found a peaceful home for my heart
I’ve found a peaceful home for my heart
Now our lives will entwine
as our love is combined
in a peaceful home for our hearts

Verse 2
You keep asking if I know what I’m getting into
Should I be afraid of some feminine voodoo?
The accoutrements of a woman don’t scare me much
My life needs a woman’s touch

Chorus

Bridge
I’d been looking high and low
Funny thing first date I almost didn’t show
And it was not love at first sight
But in time you’ve become a delight

Final Chorus

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Love Wolf lyrics

Intro
It’s been said inside each mind
two wolves are fighting
The love wolf is caring and kind
The fear wolf is anxious and frightened
Which one wins will determine your fate
The one that wins will be the one that ate
Feed your love wolf, feed your love wolf

Verse 1
This crazy world sometimes makes me so mad
So much food for just one wolf to be had
The shadow of my fear eclipses all my joy
Can I resist the temptation to destroy
Everything good I see, in all that lives around me
How can I feed the good in my heart
Maybe if I’m quiet and just listen

Chorus A
Love whispers that I should care
Love whispers when it’s too loud to bear
Love whispers the world’s drowning in need
Love whispers compassion is how you feed, your love wolf

Verse 2
Every day the crap hits the fan
Keeping my wits I do the best that I can
I can’t see past my problems piled so high
All the coping strategies on which I could rely
Do nothing now, and I’m left wondering how
I’m gonna feed the good in my heart
Maybe if I’m quiet and just listen

Chorus A

Chorus B
Love whispers we have free choice
Love whispers with its powerful voice
Love whispers that it’s time to be real
Love whispers now’s the time to heal, your love wolf

Bridge
Maybe if I’m quiet and just listen
How can I find quiet too listen
I want to feed the good in my heart
I want to make a fresh start
I want to escape my anger and fear
If I’m truly quiet what will I hear
Will I hear the whisper of love?

You should care the world’s drowning in need and needs your compassion

Choruses A and B

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I Just Called You Dad lyrics

Verse 1
You were 35 when I was born I was 65 when you died
You piloted a bomber in the Second World War
and got shot down over German skies
It was only in your last few years
you shared your stories with us
It seems there were things you and your peers
simply wouldn’t discuss

Chorus
You were one of the greatest of the greatest generation
You were a humble man and a credit to our nation
Your life was success but also sacrifice
and a great example to be had
Such virtue could be overly magnified
but I just called you Dad

Verse 2
I know why you kept mum about your experience at war
survivor guilt is a hard load to bear
You felt maybe you could have done more
to help the crew that was under your care
It was a visit to Germany that eased your mind
of that erroneous belief
Your former enemy treated you so kind
we all could see your relief

Chorus

Verse 3
You were young when you learned about duty
Your older sister was a special soul
You supported her to age one hundred and three
and at her passing you were consoled
Your life was success but also sacrifice
and I feel truly blessed
to have had such a giant in my life
who showed me how to be my best

Chorus

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How Much Longer lyrics

Verse 1
I sometimes think our world has gone a bit insane
Like the anxious test pilot who decided he preferred a train
And talking heads will argue in order to burnish their fame
While the truth is decked out in drag regalia
Oh the government is the devil, or the government is the cure
And everyone thinks everyone else’s motives are impure
Oh how did we ever, get so insecure?
Perhaps we’ll find the truth in Somalia

Chorus
Yes, we’re pissed at our impotence
While we desperately proclaim our own innocence
The time on the clock is right twice a day
Oh how much longer can we go on living this way?
Oh how much longer can we go on living this way?

Verse 2
A blind girl is our foil to turn back time
To a past that never existed, except in our minds
While we profess our outrage at the rising tide of crime
While we watch ‘Real World’ reruns on TV
We use dig whistles to call out to others on our side
And our anger grows toward those who insult our pride
And the boys in back sharpen plowshares while they hide
in plain sight of their war zone’s debris

Chorus

Verse 3
Reality goes unnoticed while the teapot tempest sputters
The President plays Rasputin in his production of ‘The Czar Mutters’
The media tell their lies with all the seriousness of stone cutters
While comedians tell the truth in their jokes
How long can we sustain this fantasy insurrection
While our politician’s TREASON avoids simple detection
The trolls can’t tell which is worse, the pandemic or the vaccine injection
While Polyanna complains her sickness is just a hoax

Chorus

guitar solo

Final Chorus

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Addicted to Fear lyrics

Verse 1
If all you see are people
Who want to do you harm
If everyone looks evil
and you’re constantly alarmed
If the only place that you feel safe
is among your own tribe
Do you wonder why you’re so afraid?
Has something inside died

Chorus
Fear is destructive
It’s also seductive
Fear intoxicates
That’s how it operates
Sad to say, I have to be clear
I think you’re addicted to fear

Verse 2
Maybe you like the feel of fear
and the thrill of being afraid
You enjoy thinking the end is near
or that you’ve been betrayed
Maybe holding these unpleasant thoughts
makes you feel superior
You are carrying a heavy cross
That’s got to make you wearier

Chorus

Bridge
There is no need for fear
Everything’s as it should be
Things are not as they appear
and you’d know that if you could see past your own fear

Final Chorus

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