It's As If This Season Is Ever Changing
It's as if this season is ever changing
between winter and spring
and there are some secrets in your eyes
as if something is lurking, maybe a big surprise
and I wonder if something will rearrange
the way life is, to something strange?
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At Times I Wonder About The World Beyond The Blue
At times I wonder about the world beyond the blue,
while I see the sun growing dim beyond the heaven of stars,
then I wonder about a place where God is the light of everything
but I know that He holds His hand over the entire world.
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When You Walk On Patrol
When you walk on patrol in the stretched out dry semi-desert
only the shadows follow like feelings of guilt or of new hope,
even when you string out in an attack formation
you are baptised in the fine sand that blows up in the wind.
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On guard duty
On guard duty I hear boots crunch,
walking up and down
almost in a march.
On guard duty I hear boots crunch,
the wet earth smells fresh
and somewhere a tent flaps in the wind.
On guard duty I hear boots crunch,
walking up and down.
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Long before becoming substance (cavatina)
Long before becoming substance, Your love
protected me,
You already knew all the many things
that I would be;
beyond the understanding of mere man
serenity,
the greatest glory envelopes You,
while constantly to me You do stay true.
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In water tray (dectina refrain)
Look
at the
bird splashing
in the water,
in clear rainwater,
bathing while slapping wings,
chattering telling others
how nice it is to be washing,
inviting them nearer, splashing them wet.
Look at the bird splashing in the water.
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May The Presence Of God Be Between Us (Cavatina)
May the presence of God be between us
in all our love,
to bring it to a new selfless fullness,
to then remove
any kind of blemish from our feelings
as on we move
from day to day in holy sacrament
may all our joys be only by God sent.
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Without You Even The Red Daybreak Fades
Without you even the red daybreak fades
and without you
every day, even when its summer
becomes blue and grey,
without you I loose the yearning
to trust
that every morning brings promises,
without you my life runs in a lonely circle.
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When the sun rises and grows faint
The sunflowers know when the sun rises,
they follow the hot rays
that unfolds in the sky, that fall
on hills and valleys;
similar your presence, humanity draws me
and it's as if
I am destined to you
when the sun rises and grows faint.
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About a daisy (Balassi stanza)
She picked a white daisy,
drew off petals easy,
said he loves me or does not
watched the white flower,
scared to get it over,
wondered what she had got,
her tears gleamed like dew
and the answer she knew,
picked flowers for a pot.
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