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What If We Could Be Real?
(The Velveteen Rabbit Song)
| 9/25/12 | #456
If I were a velveteen rabbit
worn away with love from a child
would I be grateful?…
if I were a rock in a river
tumbling until I was smooth
would I be grateful?…
If I were a word on the air
spoken only to disappear
would I be grateful?
And if there was every reason to cry
And it caused my heart to open up wide
would I be grateful?
Refrain:
What if we could be real?
What if we could love ourselves exactly as we are
and allow the love of others past the bars of our hearts
What if love made us real?
Brave enough to feel
So we could finally allow ourselves to heal?
Truly Grateful for this moment
Grateful for this moment
Grateful for this moment of our lives
If you were a velveteen rabbit
worn away with love from a child
would you be grateful?…
if you were a rock in a river
tumbling until you were smooth
would you be grateful?…
If I were a dandelion seed
And everybody called me a “weed”
Would I be grateful?
If I was a hole in the road
That everybody cursed as they drove
Would I be grateful?
If I dared to go for my “dream”
And my world fell apart at the seams
Would I be grateful?
If I was a breath of fresh air
And you breathed me in but didn’t much care
Would I be grateful?
Refrain:
Bridge:
What if we weren’t so focused on lack and pain?
What if when we fell down we just got up again?
What if love was like sand on a beach
plenty within everyone’s reach
Nothing to steal, nothing to hide, nothing to fear?
Copyright 2012 by Mark Shepard
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The World You’ve Created
Song # 464 | 2/12/13 | CD: Home Across The Sea
Part I:
Look around, look around at the world you’ve created
It’s the one that you believed in.
Part II: Wake up and dance
Part III:
The thing that just happened that you thought was bad
Just might be the best thing you’ve ever had happen to you…
Part IV:
I saw you dancing in the rain
I saw you leap despite your pain
I saw you laughing like a flame
In the rain.
Copyright 2013 by Mark Shepard
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Emmanuel
Song # 461 | 12/23/2012 | CD Home Across The Sea
Early morning baby busy borning
God is with us… Emmanuel
Just your average Joe and Mary
High School Sweethearts, ordinary
In a time of dreams and miracles
Ancient prophecies fulfilled…
Refrain:
Emmanuel, Emmanuel (X2)
Trailer trash to the powers that be
Something else to you and me
Spark of Light through Eternity
Grace of Love to set us free
Refrain:
He never went to any college
Spoke from some vast inner knowledge
Breath of hope for a weary earth
New Star Rising marks his birth
Refrain:
Early morning baby busy borning
God is with us… Emmanuel
Copyright 2012 by Mark Shepard
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Fishing On The Right Side of The Boat….
Song # 458 | 10/2012 | CD: Home Across The Sea
I’ve been fishing on the wrong side of the boat
I’ve been searching for for somebody who will make me whole
I’ve been fishing on the wrong side of the boat
and I couldn’t catch a fish to save my soul…(fish to save my soul)
My body is a boat to float through life
Allowing me to taste and touch the world
My body is a boat to float through life
But someday I’ll release it when I move beyond (when I move beyond)
I’ve been paddling upstream against the Flow
I thought I knew better but I did not know
I’ve been paddling upstream against the Flow
But it’s time to turn around and let resistance go…
Refrain:
Let Resistance Go! Let Resistance Go!
Bridge:
Take a moment to be truthful. Take a moment to be sweet
Take a moment to admit that you’ve been voting with your feet
You can fight with the flow or you can ride with the tide
You can focus on what’s wrong or right but you decide…
Refrain:
I am fishing on the right side of the boat
I am open to abundance from the inside out
I am fishing on the right side of the boat
Where health and wealth and wholeness release all doubt
Refrain: Let Resistance Go!
Copyright 2012 by Mark Shepard.
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I Allow Myself To Be A Vehicle
Song #457 | 9/25/2012 | by Mark Shepard | CD : Home Across The Sea
Key of C: C | F | C , C | G | F
I allow myself to be a vehicle
Through which the Universe expresses it’s self
I allow myself to be a vehicle
Through which the Universe expresses it’s self
Use me, use me, use me for your good….(2X)
I allow myself to be a vehicle
Through which the universe expresses it’s love….
I am allow to be a vehicle
Through which the universe expresses it’s love….
Use me, use me, use me for your good….(2X)
Key of D: D| G | D , D| A | G
I allow myself to be a vehicle
Through which the universe expresses it’s song
I allow myself to be a vehicle
Through which the universe expresses it’s song
Use me, use me, use me for your good….(2X)
I allow myself to be a vehicle
Through which the universe expresses it’s wealth
I allow myself to be a vehicle
Through which the universe expresses it’s wealth
Use me, use me, use me for your good….(2X)
Key of E: E | A | E, E | B | A
I allow myself to be a vehicle
Through which the universe expresses it’s health
I allow myself to be a vehicle
Through which the universe expresses it’s health
Use me, use me, use me for your good….(2X)
I allow myself to be the miracle
That I’ve been longing to see in the world
I allow myself to be the miracle
That I’ve been longing to see in the world
Use me, use me, use me for your good….(2X)
ad lib as desired….
love, light, life, peace, joy, care,
Copyright 2012 by Mark Shepard.
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I Am Grateful
Song # 459 11/15/2012 | CD: Home Across The Sea
I am grateful for the people who challenge me to grow
And for all the friends who I may not yet know
I am grateful for the lessons that I thought were mistakes
That looking back were really very lucky breaks
Refrain:
I am grateful. I am grateful. I am grateful for You
I am grateful. I am grateful. I am grateful for You
I am grateful for the food upon my table
and the water that enables me to stay strong and able
I am grateful for the people who wrote the books I read
That helped me through my days and nourished me like bread
Refrain:
I am grateful for these times, which may not be the best
But they surely aren’t the worst and I look forward to the rest
I am grateful for the air which we all must share
And gravity as well, even all the times I fell
Refrain:
I am grateful for the love I feel within this place
And the hope that I still have for the human race
I’m grateful for the days that I may still have to grace
My beloved Mother Earth with the sun upon my face
Refrain:
© 2012 by Mark Shepard.
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I Am A Light Unto The World
Song #465 | 1/20/2013 | Music by Mark Shepard, Roger Mock, Pete Furlong | Words from “A Course In Miracles | CD: Home Across The Sea
I am a light unto the world
I am a light unto the world
I am a light unto the world
Because God’s Light shines in me
I am a song unto the world
I am a song unto the world
I am a song unto the world
Because God’s song sings through me
I am a love unto the world
I am a love unto the world
I am a love unto the world
Because God’s love shines through me
Copyright 2013 by Mark Shepard, Roger Mock, Pete Furlong.
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Paying Attention (Version 2)
Song # 462 | version 2 June 2011 | CD: Home Across The Sea
Hey are you paying attention?
As the words flow down like rain
Can you feel the touch of Spirit
Like wind in the ripening grain?
Can you hear the thoughts of neighbors…
As blackbird gossip in the trees?
It’s a call to meditation
To catch an ancient, honest breeze
Refrain:
Did I catch you dreaming?
Did I catch you wide awake?
The way I see it
There’s no such thing as a mistake…
When I asked you to receive me
I was really opening to you
On the path of seeking silence
We can create our world anew…
It’s a judgment-less catharsis
A new coat cut from the old
Like the day that Saul of Tarsus
Was struck down blind, but joyful on the road…
Refrain:
Hey I’m just trying to pay attention
While the silence patiently explains
The need for such a gratitude
That nothing else but Love remains…
Tuning: EABEBE
Copyright 2013-2016 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved
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released June 1, 2021
