LYRICS
Intention
Give It Away
(Robert D. Anderson)
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I didn’t hear it, so I started to doubt you
You couldn’t
feel it, so you just lost your way
We’ll never find it, if we don’t
get it out there
It’s not love ‘til you give it away
It’s not a treasure, you keep buried within you
It’s
not a bankroll, to save up for a rainy day
It’s not a lifeboat, you don’t use ‘til you’re
sinkin’
It’s not love ‘til you give it away
Chorus
Give it away – Give it away – It’s not love ‘til
you give it away
Just let it go, then watch it grow – Just give it up, you still will have enough
(Chorus)
It’s not peace ‘til you make peace your
mission
It won’t heal ‘til they hear what you need
to say
It’s gonna take faith ‘cause it’s
such a contradiction
It’s not love ‘til you give it away
(Chorus)
I Could Live Again
(Robert D. Anderson)
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And when you said you would forgive me, no matter what I might
have been
And then you said you would receive me, no matter why I wanted in
That’s when I knew that I could live again – I
could live again
And when you said you’d never judge me, no matter
how I felt within
And then you saidyou’d always love me, no matter
who I was just then
That’s when I knew that I could live again – I
could live again
Lost in the night and caught up in confusion
Led to the light,
I cast off the illusion
Now your heart holds me, here does my life begin
And when you said your faith would guide me, no matter where
this road might end
And then you said you’d stand beside me, no matter
where, no matter when
That’s when I knew that I could live again – I
could live again
Intention
(Robert D. Anderson)
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Well, the problem is not what you haven’t got – You’ve
got everything you need
And the truth can be found springing from the ground
There’s a mighty
tree from just a little seed
No, what we want here is to get very clear – And put our heart’s
desire first
‘Til we make up our mind, we’re sure to
find
The questioning voice of the universe – Asking:
Chorus
What, what, what is your intention – What do you want to do?
What,
what, what is your intention – What can
I do for you?
What, what, what is your intention – What do you
want to be?
And what, just tell me what will make you free?
Well, you don’t need to know just how it’s gonna go – Give
the details up for now
When there’s nothing between you and your dream
That’s more important
then the when, where or how
‘Cause life’s precious goal is an ember in our soul – Waiting
to become a fire
And no matter the choice, there’s always a voice
saying
“I will give you more than you can desire – Just
tell me”
(Chorus)
Do it here, ask it now – Make it clear, just exactly how – Tell me:
(Chorus)
And what, just tell me what will bring you peace?
And what,
just tell me what will make you free?
The Goddess In Us
(Robert D. Anderson)
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Chorus
It’s the Goddess in us, that we bless each day
It’s the Goddess
in us, so we say Namasté
To the sacred Mother, our ancestors did pray
It’s the Goddess in us,
we bless each day
These eternal rhythms keep calling us back home
Flowing deep
inside us, through flesh and blood and skin and bone
There is just one river,
there is but one sea
We move with life and love and grace – We are
the mystery
(Chorus)
We give birth to a new way of seeing – We give birth to a new life made free
All that is untruthful, I banish from my heart
All the unessential,
I take away, I break apart
All that would enslave me, I cast out of my soul
Hold me as you heal me now,
and keep my spirit whole
(Chorus)
If I Could Leave Me Now
(Robert D. Anderson)
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Well, again last night we began to fight, like all the times
before
When suddenly I felt strange through and through
The things
in my head and the words I said, didn’t
make sense any more
Now I realize my life’s a lie, I can’t think
what to do
Chorus
But if I could leave me now, I’d walk right out on me
I’d tell myself, for my own health, it’s
time to set me free
In fact, I’ve taken from me, much more than I
should
So if I could leave me now, I would
Well, it’s hard to see how you stayed with me,
now that these eyes are open
My bags are packed and sittin’ by the
door
I could go
somewhere but I’d still be there, so secretly I’m
hopin’
I can stick around until I’ve found, who I am
once more
(Chorus)
I’ve always been the one I thought you wanted
me to be
But now I guess I’ll search for the me that’s
really me
(Chorus)
If I could leave me now, I’d already be gone
I would
have wrote a goodbye note, to read as I moved on
Someday maybe, I’ll catch up with me and that’ll
feel real good
But if I could leave me now, yes I would – If
I could leave me now, I surely would
Here At The Start
(Robert D. Anderson)
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Love, we want it – Love, we need it – Love,
we can have it
All we’ve got to do is give a little love
Trust, we want it – Trust, ah, we need it – Trust,
well, we can have it
All we’ve got to do is show a little trust
Well, it takes faith to try – When we try, it
happens
And the more it happens, the more we believe
When we believe it’s real – Then it’s
real in our hearts
And that gives people faith to try, here at the start
Here at the start – We’re
here at the start
Truth, we want it – Truth, we need it – Truth,
we can take it
All we’ve got to do is to say the truth
Peace, we want it – Peace, we really need it now – Peace,
we can finally have it
All we’ve got to do is believe in peace
Well, it takes faith to try – When we try, it
happens
The more it happens, the more we believe
When we believe it’s real – Then it’s
real in our hearts
And that gives people faith to try, here at the start
We just need to give
a little love here at the start
We just need to show a little trust here at
the start – That’s
the truth
We just need to believe in peace here at the start
Like a Boomerang
(Robert D. Anderson)
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Every little thing that you say and do
Just like a boomerang,
it will come back to you
All the love you give, if you want it to
Just like a boomerang, it will come
back to you
It will come back to you – It will come back
Every time you fight against something new
Just like a boomerang,
it will come back to you
Every single thought that you hold as true
Just like a boomerang, it will
come back to you
It will come back to you – It will come back
‘Round, ‘round like the seasons – Like
dark into light and day back to night-time
Now, circle’s completion – Like
rain to the river, to the ocean, returns to the sky
After you were born, you forgot what is true
But like a boomerang,
it will come back to you
You may not recall what you came here to do
But like a boomerang, it will
come back to you
It will come back to you – It will come back
All that you desire, when you ask it to
Just like a boomerang,
it will come back to you
It may seem
like fortune sailing out of the blue
But like a boomerang, it has come back
to you
It will come back to you – It will come back
We Are the Ones
(Robert D. Anderson)
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We are the ones, we are the ones that we’ve been waiting for
We are the mothers who breathe with Mother Earth
We are the
fathers, blessed with a gentle strength
The sisters
and brothers, respected, hand in hand
The sons and the daughters who walk
upon this sacred land
We are the ones, we are the ones that we’ve been waiting for
We are the healers who hear the voice of truth
We are the elders
whose wisdom guides our youth
The searchers and seekers with wings spread
to the sun
The shapers and builders whose work for peace is never done
We are the ones, we are the ones that we’ve been waiting for
We’re givers of mercy, believers in grace
Singers of
great beauty and keepers of the faith
We are the sailors who’ve come back through the
storm
We are the dreamers, resting in God’s arms
The dancers and lovers who
move beneath the stars
The masters and teachers whose visions remind us who
we are
We are the ones, we are the ones that we’ve been waiting for
The Bottom LIne Is Love
(Robert D. Anderson)
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We thought it was all about the money – Money’s
what it really takes
So we bathed in milk and honey – When we caught
our lucky break
But later on, all alone up in this penthouse – We find possessions
aren’t enough
It’s not what the boardroom memo said – No
the bottom line is love
Perhaps you think it’s all about the power – Power
gets you what you want
Any minute, any hour – Snap your fingers, now you’ve
got it
But if you’re locked behind these walls and fences – You
learn that power can corrupt
It’s not what the stronghold mongers said – No,
the bottom line is love
Tell me where’s the beef, just cut to the chase
I want
the biggest piece, we gotta take 1 st place
Another Mercedes Benz, cheat to
stay in the black
I said the best defense is attack is attack is attack – No,
the bottom line is love
There’s people who will die for religion – Religion’s what
they’re fighting for
What a senseless contradiction – Here’s
another holy war
But when the smoke has cleared and those left standing
They ask, “What
were we thinking of?”
It’s not what the war room leaders said – No
the bottom line is love
I Am
(Robert D. Anderson)
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I am as God created me – I am a light in this
world
I am as God created me – I am, I am, I am
Yes, I am, I am – Yes, I am, I am – Yes, I am, I am – I
am, I am, I am
Oh, oh, oh I am - Oh, oh, oh I am - Oh, oh, oh I am - Oh,
oh, oh I am, I am, I am
You are light, you are golden – You are beautiful,
you are holy, holy
Lay It Down
(Robert D. Anderson)
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Somewhere on your journey, sometime ago – Someone
broke a sacred trust
And the hurt and the anger continue to grow – Slow
like a mountain, a glacier of ice
You get used to the load, make room for
the size – ‘Til
now it bends you to the ground
You could carry that weight for a thousand
miles
Or you could just lay it down, down – You could
just lay it down
You say what was done took your heart away – Left
your words out in the wind
And if you hold this burden like an iron gate – Nothin’ gets
out and nothin’ gets in
But as you grow weary and time steals the days – Your grip, it starts
shifting ‘round
You can carry that weight in a thousand ways – Or
you can just lay it down, down
You can just lay it down – You can
just lay it down
Now this trial is over when you say so – You don’t
have to wait any more
And it doesn’t really matter when you let it
go
There’s nobody counting, no one keeping score
A little forgiveness
from deep inside – That’s
where mercy is found
You have carried that weight for a thousand times
But now you can lay it
down, down
Now you can lay it down – Now you can lay it down
You could have carried that weight ‘til the end of time – But now you can lay it down
Today Is the Day
(Robert D. Anderson)
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Woh oh, woh oh
I’ve got a friend who was drivin’ last
summer
He never saw the car comin’, didn’t have
time to think
He walked away unhurt from the wreckage – And now when I see him, he’ll
say
Chorus
Today is the day I will make my beginning
I won’t waste a minute
of time left to me
I’ll take all the love and the light I’ve
been given
To be the best me I can be – ‘Cause today
is the day
Woh oh, woh oh
And I’ve got a cousin who went to the
doctor
Her heart almost broke with the news that she heard
She’s walked through fire on the road to recovery – Now
she tries to live by these words
(Chorus)
Woh oh, woh oh – Yes, today is the day
Well, I was the
one always waiting for someday
With ghosts from the past in my head holding
me
But I finally learned all we have is this moment
To be who we came here to
be
(Chorus)
Woh oh, woh oh – Yes, today is the day –
Then I'll Go
(Robert D. Anderson)
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Well, I did not know it was the last time, the last time we
made love
And if I had known, I swear that I would have stayed a little longer
But
I did not know, still I need to show you how much I love you so
Give me
one more night, oh give me one more night
Give me one more night then I’ll
go
Well, I did not know it was the last time, when you slept
in my arms
And if I had known, I swear that I would have held on tighter
But I did not
know, still I need to show you how much you’ve touched
me so
Give me one more night, oh give me one more night
Give me one more night then
I’ll go
It seems strange how our lives changed – I thought
we had forever
Now I pray while you slip away – From this precious
time together
Well, I did not know it was the last time, the last time that
we kissed
And if I had known, I swear that I would have held you longer
But I did not
know, still I need to show you how much I’ll miss you
so
Give me one more kiss, oh give me one more kiss
Give me one more kiss then
I’ll go – Give
me one more kiss
Produced by Robert Anderson
Recorded
and Mixed: The Corner Studio – Wheat
Ridge, CO
Engineer and Mixmaster: John Macy www.johnmacy.com
Mastering: FTM
Studios – Denver,
CO
Lori Sandstrom, Robert Anderson: Vocals
Christian
Teele: Drums, Percussion
Blake Eberhardt: Acousstic/Fretless/Electric
Bass
Chris Engleman: Electric Bass
Mike Fitzmaurice: Acoustic
Bass, Erhu
Robert Anderson: Guitars, Mandolin, Mandola
Taylor
Mesple: Piano, Keyboards , Accordion www.
taylormesple.com
John
Macy: Steel Guitar
Jamie Janover: Hammered Dulcimer
www. jamiejanover .com
Becky Burchfield: 1
st Violin
Peggy Fasing: 2 nd Violin
Richard von Foerster: Cello
Robert Anderson: String
Arrangements
All songs written by Robert Anderson (© 2003 Totally Intact Tunes, ASCAP)
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Photography: Eric
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