I made this album for myself and in the process was surprised to remember just how much I love making music and just how healing it is for me.
Brand New Life - I woke up this morning from a dream that was my life. I had carried a picture of what this would look like - and after all the hurt and pain that had been at the doorway of my freedom I did not go in. The nights they came, came and went and I chose to forget. I had a million reasons why like "I can't do it." - but after all the hurt and pain that had been I surrendered this old story and I chose to go in. And I found that I am loved. I am worthy and powerful and I am free. And I stop all the craziness and give it to me. Now, I wake up this morning to a brand new life. I am centered inside myself with God. I start now. I co-create the life I live. I choose Joy at every moment. I remember and live - that I am loved. I am worthy and powerful and I am free. And I say "thank you" to myself for giving it to me.
Wild Rain - A man basked in shadows, he walked along. His Soul knew a dryness and his heart knew a longing for something greater than his life had shown. The man had known loneliness and sorrow so deep. He’d lost just 'bout everything yet wanted to be free, when a quiet wind blew his Soul open and his Truth rang free. He said “No more of this lying!” He cried “I’m done with this game!” He said “Peace, please find me, heal me, move right through me. God come upon me like wild, wild rain - wild, wild rain!” He stood for a while on an old dusty street. He looked to the sky for some sign of God’s Peace but nothing came and he knew he was looking in the wrong place. He said “No more of this lying!” He cried “I’m done with this game!” He said “Peace, please find me, heal me, move right through me. God come upon me like wild, wild rain - wild, wild rain!” He traveled, Meditated, he prayed and he read. He soon found his Teacher who laid his Soul at rest. With Initiation he went within and he surrendered the dryness, the longing, the sadness. He gave up, he gave in, he listened
And It came, It came - God – Like wild, wild rain. He said “No more of this lying!” He cried “I’m done with this game!” He said “Peace, has found me, healed me, moved right through me. God you're upon me like wild, wild rain - wild, wild rain!”
You Sing to Me - We met on the street. We fell in love under a maple tree where you sang to me and the wind blew free and our hearts forgot all the world. And your lips taste sweet and your love tastes sweet as you sing to me. It is you I have longed for through the years and the miles. You alone heal my wounded heart. I love you for all time. And if we shall ever part. My love is true. I shall find you even in your dreams and sing me back to you. We lived by the sea. We made love under the starlit canopy. And you holding me, my heart broke free and we forgot all the world. But early one morn in a raging storm you were gone. All slipped away from me. There by the sea your song was lost to me. It is you I have longed for through the years and the miles. You alone heal my wounded heart. I love you for all time. And if we shall ever part. My love is true. I shall find you even in your dreams and sing me back to you. I walked down the street. Sat alone under the maple tree where you sang to me and the wind blew free but I couldn’t forget all the world. So I closed my eyes and cried and cried ‘til I fell asleep. Now I see your face, fall into your embrace and I smile. Now our love affair, in dreams, lingers where you sing to me. It is you I have longed for through the years and the miles. You alone heal my wounded heart. I love you for all time. And if we shall ever part. My love is true. I shall find you even in your dreams and sing me back to you.
Chelsea's Song - Do you know how much you are loved? It is more than the stars in the sky. Do you know how much you are loved? It is more than the moon floating by. Do you know how much you are loved? It is more than the air that you breathe
Do you know how much you are loved? It is more than anything. There is a brook, surrounded by fields of green, in the midst of a forest of swaying willow trees. The forest breaks to reveal a lake rivaling skies of the deepest blue. The wind whispers through the grass, through the water, as though searching for a love she once knew. In the midst of it all you sit with your eyes so sparkling and blue. You explore and you dream in this world made just for you. And all the while whispers God
on the landscape and on the wind “I am your conquest, your journey and your rest. This world is my gift for you to know and to live that, my darling, I love you – my darling, I love you – my darling, I love you.” Do you know how much you are loved? It is more than the stars in the sky. Do you know how much you are loved? It is more than the moon floating by. Do you know how much you are loved? It is more than the air that you breathe. Do you know how much you are loved? It is more than anything.
Seen - She was a small girl, living at home with her mom and her brother. She was a sad girl. Waiting by the phone for her daddy to call her. It was a cruel world. Her daddy had left, and her mamma heartbroken was too sad to notice as the little girl’s spirit got lost in the just getting by. She wants to be seen so very bad. She wants to live with more than she has. She wants the love that comes with the prize. She wants to stand and be recognized. He was lost in a rain storm - He had walked to her house to bring her some flowers. It was a cool morn. She wasn’t at home so he waited for hours. She was his whole world, her laugh and her smile and the way she said “daddy” – Now he is frozen alone and heartbroken and the rain’s pouring down. He wants to be seen so very bad. He wants to live with more than he has. He wants the love that comes with the prize. He wants to stand and be recognized. We all want something from outside ourselves – life or peace or love or health – but we’ll always miss it until we look inside. At each moment deep within Love is here and being given and soothes every last tear that we cry. She grew to be famous. He went off to war to fight for his country. They strive for greatness and the love and the honor that it comes with ‘cause in this whole world they never knew how loved they are so they keep chasin’, achievin’ and makin’ so one day they’ll be seen. We all want to be seen so very bad. We want to live with more than we have. We want the love that comes with the prize. We want to stand and be. We want to stand and be. We need to stand and just - Be.
Please Let Go - “What’s the point of this life”, an old lady cries, “I sit and I wait. I wait to die. My husband’s gone on before me, my kids are all grown. I don’t think I can go on.” A young girl on a beach, running through the waves storm clouds darken the sky. Her mother told her to wait, not to go, oh so far. But the child did not listen, she ran to the deep end and swam for a moment then there ’gainst the current she lost her life but got her way. Please let go. Please let go. Please let go of your way. All it takes is just a choice to let go to the Love. A baby’s born. Heaven rejoices at this chance for all the world to grow in Love. But he is different. They say he’s slow; that he will never look and speak like others do. So then the mother says to the doctor, “I just don’t want him. Don’t think I can raise him. Oh, please won’t you take him and end this misery
before it has begun!” Please let go. Please let go. Please let go of your way. All it takes is just a choice to let go to the Love.And it’s ok, it’s ok to go another way. In a busted up truck this fella pulls in. All he’s known all his life is this anger in him. Now tired of his beat up life he just gives up. And there at that moment his heart starts to open and all his existence this lifetime and next are lined up for him to be all that he is – to know that he’s Spirit and really, really to live. Please let go. Please let go. Please let go of your way. All it takes is just a choice to let go to the Love of the Spirit we are.
All songs by Karen Baxter
Karen Baxter: vocals, piano, guitar
Drew Isleib: guitar, piano, percussion, synthesizer
Production: Drew Isleib/ Valentina Isleib/ Karen Baxter
Mastering: Eric Horowitz
This album is for anyone who has ever longed for something greater and was brave enough to surrender to the Love.
All songs © ℗ 2009 Karen Baxter (BMI)
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