
BE HERE NOW
Be here now, be here now
Mama can you see me, Mama are you listening to me?
Be here now, be here now
The cellphone is beeping, the cellphone is beeping
Tell me are you present, in the moment of the minute
Be here now, be here now
Facetime is calling, facetime is calling
Tell me can you shut down, can you go outside and be found
Be here now, be here now
The sun is rising, the sun is rising
Tell me can you taste it, can you savor its golden rays
Be here now, be here now
The world is turning, the world is turning
Tell me are you living, are you alive in your own skin
Be here now, be here now
DEEP CREEK
She was hard hearted when his love was true
Now they’re down in the ground but their song rings true
Adieu adieu to all my friends
Be kind to Barbara Allen
(Chorus)
Cryin a deep creek over you
A story of lovers who can’t be true
Cryin a deep creek over you
Your spirit flowing through these woods
Cryin a deep creek over you
Poor Barbary Allen and Willie Moore
One parent mourns while the other weeps
For her diamond eyes ever sleep
Willie’s gone without a word
But his love still rumbles on the earth
(Chorus)
There were two sisters who loved one man
Now all the fiddle plays is wind and rain
Have a husband fine and a baby child
Not a single girl but it’s a lonely world
(Chorus)
It’s a trap to think my God’s some man
On hallowed ground I’ll firmly stand
There’s room in my heart for everything
When the clouds dip low my soul will sing
(Chorus)
ANALO
Blue ridge steeples, mighty oaks
Frame a canopy over his home
Each year he gathers a thousand more stones
He's found something better than anybody could own
(Chorus)
He's lived there all of his life
Singing about Brown Mountain Lights
In the old loghouse on January nights
Oh-- Death, John Henry, Omie Wise
He’s lived there all of his life
Two humble mules plow the rocky clay
Plants his tobacco about the twentieth of May
Sets it by hand on the slopey terrain
It ain't easy, he goes on the same
(Chorus)
When the dark wind whines
a mountain lion cries
he gently sings
an old timey lullaby….
Come with me, he says with a smile
I'll take you to the mountaintop, we'll sit awhile
I'll tell you about them who've- crossed over the shore
Of graves and railways beneath this ancient floor
He's lived there--all of his life
Momma and Daddy, he's laid to rest
And all the old folks abandoned in death
Who will squeeze his hand when he sings his last breath?
All of the younguns done gone away and left
He's lived there--all of his life
(Chorus)
THE PRETTIEST BIRD
The reddest rose will wither and die
The prettiest bird away shall fly
The whitest cloud passes on by
And so my love shall you and I
The sun lifts up so full and ripe
Purple orange streaks on the sky
Soaring so high with an eagle’s pride
No time to stop and wonder why
Each is born a labor of love
Fire water sweat and blood
It clings to its nest like a turtle dove
until it enters in the flood
(Bridge)
Bound to fly away, bound to fly
Bound to fly away, bound to fly
Bound to fly away, bound—to fly
Oceans rise and mountains fall
Across the pines a hoot owl calls
A baby’s born and an old woman falls
We pray and pine for time to stall
A golden globe on a sea of blue
drops and paints a wondrous hue
These bookends that bind us, me and you
We live each day so false and true
The reddest rose will wither and die
The prettiest bird away shall fly
The whitest cloud passes on by
And so my love shall you and I
And so my love we’re bound to fly
THE SOLDIER AND THE LADY (TRAD.)
One morning one morning, one morning in May
I spied a fair couple a-wonderin’ on their way
One was a lady so pretty so fair
And the other was a soldier, he was a brave volunteer
They stood there a-waiting for a moment or two
When out of his knapsack, a fiddle he drew
And when he played a song, it made the valley ring
And we’ll see the water bodies, hear the nightingales sing
Pretty lady, pretty lady it is time for you to give o’er
Oh no my pretty soldier please play me one tune more
I’d rather hear the fiddle the touch of one string
Then to see the waters bodies, hear the nightingales sing
I’m going back to London, gonna stay there one year
I’ll think about you often my little dear
And when I return it will be in the Spring
PRISONER OF MY SONG
Will the postman bring me a letter
when my heart won’t pitter patter?
And will the telephone ever ring
without a burning in my brain, oh?
(Refrain)
When will you ever give up?
When will you ever give up?
When will you ever give up?
Will I ever rest in my bed
when I won’t touch your soft face?
And will a love song ever play
when I won’t hear your deep voice, oh?
(Refrain)
Will a golden moon rise
when I won’t see the glow in your eyes?
And will my lips meet against another’s
when I won’t swallow your name, oh?
(Refrain)
Now I reveal to you one last secret my darling
you are prisoner of my song
Fly now into the darkened sky
and show me starlight at dawn, no.
I shall never give up
I shall never give up
I shall never give up.
And we’ll see the waters bodies, hear the nightingales sing
SWEET AIR
Snow gleams over mountain streams
I breathe deep and I know peace in the wood
(Refrain)
I breathe deep
I breathe deep
I sing—sweet air
That renews you and me
You walk in the garden lane
Ripe rose hips light the way
Humming bird suckles the breeze
You sip nectar from the trees
You breathe deep…etc.
We plunge into rippling waters
They carress and flood our skin
We’re consumed by this overwhelming gem
We breathe deep…etc.
Let it be that the generations will see
The cleansing power of the land
And the sun and the moon
Which grip us by both hands
We breathe deep…etc.
OH LORD, WHAT A MORNING (TRAD.)
Oh Lord, what a morning x 2
When the stars begin to fall
Oh sisters what will you do x 2
When the stars begin to fall?
I’ll bid farewell to this old world x 2
When the stars begin to fall
Oh brothers what will you do x 2
When the stars begin to fall?
I’m going home to the Gloryland x 2
When the stars begin to fall
Oh sinners, what will we do x 2
When the stars begin to fall
We will cry for the rocks and the mountains x 2
To hide our face from the Lord
Oh Lord, what a morning x 2
When the stars begin to fall
SCREEN
We had it made, you hung the laundry on my line
The hours came alive winding round that crooked path
Turning over every stone to see what we could get
After the sun went down, we’d play in the dark
Didn’t need distractions to keep us from our hearts
I knew our old ways could ever stand these times
(Chorus)
Now he’s in love with his screen, holds all of his dreams
He’s in love with his screen and he’s gonna lose me
Then she come along with her slick looks and quick wit
Everytime I speak he’s gotta look up from that queen
So hard to pull away from that intoxicating thing
Everything is flashing like I’m stuck in a tv
Let go of that machine or it’ll multiply by three
Show me our old ways can ever stand these times
(Chorus)
I am a lover of the things of the Earth
I may be out of date and not the new, hottest model
But honey I’ve got legs and can pull on a throttle
Now it’s her or me, and I’m not gonna compete
Darling you can’t love two and still be true to me
How could our old ways ever stand these times?
(Chorus)
GET A TRANSFER (TRAD. AND ADDITIONAL LYRICS BY S. PEPPER)
If you’re on the gloomy line, get a transfer
If you’re inclined to fret and pine get a transfer
Get off the track of doubt and gloom,
On the sunshine track there’s room
Get a transfer, get a transfer
(Chorus)
Get a transfer, woo
Get a transfer
Get a transfer
Get a transfer
If you’re on the worry train, get a transfer
You must not stay there and complain get a transfer
The cheerful cars are passing through and there is lots of room for you
Get a transfer, get a transfer
(Bridge)
There’s no time to cast blame
There’s no time to disdain
But there’s still time,
yea it’s always time
To get on board
If you’re on the grouchy track, get a transfer
Just take a happy special back get a transfer
Hope on the train and pull the rope,
That lands you at the station hope
Get a transfer, get a transfer
(Chorus & Repeat Chorus)
WANNA BABY BLUES
I just wanna a baby child
Even if it’s cryin, my baby
My bright eyed baby child
Soon as I find a good lovin man
Soon as I find a good lovin man
Been seventeen years I was still a single girl
Been seventeen years still a single girl
Been seventeen years still a single girl
Wonderin where to roam in this wild world
Wonderin where to roam in this wild world
Moved into town looking for a partner
Moved into town looking for a partner
Moved into town looking for a partner
Five years later, still a single girl
Five years later, still a single girl
I’ve got some time I’ve got some money…
Could spend them both on a brand new baby
Spend them both on a brand new baby
I eat I eat no other soul to feed
Eat and eat no other soul to feed…
Dreamin of a family table…
I just want a baby child
Even if it’s crying my baby
My bright eyed baby child
soon as I find a good lovin man
soon as I find a good lovin man
SHENANDOAH
Standing on Shenandoah rocky top, I realized
I’m so lucky it’s absurd
Cause I’m as wild as a deer, free as a bird
Wild as a deer free as a bird
Bow your head unto the earth
you are connected
reach your hand into the sky
you are connected
There’s no worry there’s no hurry
you are connected
Everybody everything is waiting for you
are connected
Hold your hand unto your heart
It is beating
The pulse of life a flowing river
You are connected
There’s no worry there’s no hurry
You are connected
Everybody everything is waiting for you
Are connected
Standing on Shenandoah rocky top, I realized
I’m so lucky it’s absurd
Cause I’m as wild as a deer, free as a bird
Wild as a deer free as a bird
LOOKING UP
I’m looking up not just ahead
I’m looking up not just around
I’m looking up at the stars above
I’m looking up at a mountaintop
I’m looking up stuck on the ground
I’m looking up no way around
I’m looking up but I’m dreaming still
I’m looking up at a rocky hill (don’t rush)
(Chorus)
Those mountaintops are calling me
Out of my mind, out of my head
Those mountaintops are calling me
To know my heart and follow its lead
I’m looking up at a ridgeline choir
I’m looking up at this holy hour
I’m looking up where angels sing
I’m looking up where heavens ring
(Chorus)
Those mountain tops are calling me
Out of my mind, out of my head
Those mountain tops are calling me
To know my heart and follow its lead
I’m looking up not just ahead
I’m looking not just around
I’m looking up at the stars above
I’m looking up at a mountaintop
SWEET AIR (REPRISE)
We breathe deep, we breathe deep
We sing, sweet air
That renews you and me