LYRICS
Could Be Love
Could Be Love
It might not be lightning or fireworks from the sky,
Or a tidal wave sweeps your life away.
A few kind words, quiet breezes blowing by,
And nothing seems the same as yesterday
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You don’t pay much attention,
II:They’re hardly worth thinking of-
But any of these small things could be love.:II
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It might not be the high mountain challenged and won,
It doesn’t take a hurricane to fill your wings.
Floating on the everyday living you have done,
You’re riding on a river in the Spring
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You don’t pay much attention, etc.
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Like all these changing sounds we call the wind,
Tiny circles spin around “til big trees bend.
Can’t put your name on it-
Add it to ten, comes up to ten.
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You don’t pay much attention, etc.
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© 2007
Dan Randall
Cause For Celebration
Could Be Love
You watch a tree growing,/ Out in the wood
Somehow you get to caring,/ Glad that its life is good.
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But it’s on its own defenses/ One stormy night,
Runs through all of its chances,/ And loses its last fight.
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That’s no cause for celebration,/ Or a pleasure to your eyes.
That’s no cause for celebration,/ Or the measure of your life.
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Wouldn’t it be fine to win every time?
Wouldn’t it be fine to do anything with kindliness?
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Would it be cause for celebration? etc.
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Tell me how you spend your day,/ A labor of love or gain.
If it all should blow away,/ Could you start all over then?
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Wouldn’t it be fine to love everyone?
Wouldn’t it be fine to sometimes get along with kindliness?
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Would it be cause for celebration? etc.
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© 2007
Dan Randall
Easy To Love
Could Be Love
Sometimes it’s easy to love,/ Like pine trees sweep in the wind,
Yielding, willing to give- / Waiting, touching again.
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It’s easy to love late evening blue,
Last light softly shining through,
Sky from a dream coming true,
While each star fills my heart,
It’s still easy to love you.
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Something is changing above,/ Clouds wild as waves reaching sand
Come slowly closer to live- / Not far from anyone’s hand.
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It’s easy to love the morning dew
Sparkling like fire when dawn is new,
Round, crystal rainbows clear and true.
While each one holds a world alone,
It’s still easy to hold you.
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Easy to love you are to me,
And I know, through high and low-
Easy to love you will be.
© 2007
Dan Randall
Holiday Layoff
Could Be Love
This hurts you more than it hurts me,/ That’s easy to see.
A pink slip and a “so sorry”, / Under the Christmas tree.
We gotta go, it’s your turnaround show,
The business gotta be saved.
And you need a tax break.
That’s what it will take.
Tell me how do you explain your pay?
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Ch-
You give yourself a big payoff-
II:We get a holiday layoff:II
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I don’t feel like the cat’s meow,/ More like something it dragged in.
But I guess I’ll get by somehow,/ Can’t have the stock price saggin’
Your options wouldn’t be worth a penny,
Now how that would touch my heart.
No telling what it would start,
Upset the applecart,
The whole economy could fall apart-
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Ch-
If you didn’t get your big payoff-
II:When we get a holiday layoff:II
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I guess it’s for our own good, / Now we’ll eat less holiday food.
The best thing for society,/ I’m sure it will get down to me.
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So II:Thank you for the holiday layoff:II (3x)
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© 2007
Dan Randall
Fair Wind
Could Be Love
Salt spray in your eyes/ Burning blind, howling cries,
Gale rain, green in the sky/ Wild waves break bones and lives,
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’Til there’s a fair wind,/ ’Til the tide changes.
’Til there’s a fair wind.
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Flat and still, water dies,/ Oil in the air, swell won’t rise,
Smell of weeds, sound of flies,/ No escape, and no one tries,
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’Til there’s a fair wind,/ A sail full of changes,
’Til there’s a fair wind.
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Snap in the sail, spark on the sea,/ Flowing ‘round you and me.
Quiet quest near to Heaven’s heart/ Where someday we will be-
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II:When there’s a fair wind:II
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© 2007
Dan Randall
Last Night
Could Be Love
I’ve seen these things before,/ This was my place yesterday,
Full of my conditions,/ Where they’ve gone I can’t say,
Looking out the window at the sun shining bright-
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Oh I wonder who was here last night.
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Tired afternoon/ Same old life, same old play,
Lost on the road,/ I wandered far away.
Found myself at home with a feeling I can’t fight
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Oh I heard the wind in here last night
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Morning is taking the sky,
Sleeping time has gone by.
Seeing clear in the light-
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Oh I wonder who was here last night.
Oh I heard the wind in here last night.
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© 2007
Dan Randall
Here Is My Love
Could Be Love
Deep in the sky stars are burning,
A shadow on the sand, I watch them die.
Each night a few won’t be returning
But there’s always been enough to hold my eye-
And the feeling of your hand still holds my mind.
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II:Here is my treasure.
Here is my love.
Here is my love:II
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Waves roll in, crash, and disappear,
With a roar, a whisper, and a sigh.
Still there are new waves rising up to hear-
And the shoreline still shines and flashes dry.
Whatever in the wind makes you so kind-
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Here is my treasure, etc.
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II:Here is my love:II(3x)
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© 2007
Dan Randall
Running Around
Could Be Love
Getting breathless, pushing too hard,
A bundle of nerves by the pound,
I’m getting crazy and tired-
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From all of this running around/ Not getting anywhere.
From all of this running around,/ Chasing after thin air.
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Give me your hand, I’ll give you mine,
Listen for a crackling sound.
It’s all kind of a grind-
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These days of running around, etc.
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I need a breather, I need a holiday.
I need some time off, I need some time to play.
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Running around, all this running around, kind of getting me down.
Running around, all this running around, what a show we all put on.
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Here’s the dawn, face the new morning,
Already worn down.
All day I’ll be dragging-
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Dreams of running around,/ Chasing after thin air,
Another night full of running around,/ Not getting anywhere.
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Well I’m talking about running around,/ Days full of running around,
All these nights of running around,/ Dreams of running around,
Getting tired of this running around,/ Seem to spend my life running around.
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© 2007
Dan Randall
One Minute Sooner
Could Be Love
The call came in at one o’clock,/ A driver out of control, out of luck,
They say he’s weaving all over the road,/ He’s gonna kill someone, somehow you know,
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But if I’d been one minute sooner,/ If I’d been one minute sooner,
If I’d been one minute sooner,/ They’d be alive today.
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I found them all at one-oh-five,/ A red light run, no one alive,
Slow spinning tires, metal and glass,/ A mother and two kids gone, just that fast,
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But if I’d been one minute sooner,/ If I’d been one minute sooner,
If I’d been one minute sooner,/ There’d be nothing to say.
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The work isn’t easy, you have to grow a skin.
But a man lost has family, and I stood watching
Him try to find his life again.
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I guess by now, I’ve seen a lot,/ But I never saw anyone look like that.
I still see it, I see it every mile./ I got a feeling, I’m gonna carry this awhile,
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But if I’d been one minute sooner,/ If I’d been one minute sooner,/
If I’d been one minute sooner,/ They’d be alive today.
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If I’d been one minute sooner,/ What would I give away?
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© 2007
Dan Randall
Where Is The Place?
Could Be Love
There is a place for gold to refine./ There is a place for silver to shine.
Men search for diamonds in distant mines./ They search for pearls in the salty brine.
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Where is the place of Understanding?/ Where is Wisdom found?
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Men search in valleys far away./ They search in darkness far from day.
To the flinty rock man puts his hand,/ Overturns the very mountains where they stand.
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Where is the place? etc.
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The deep, deep sea says “not in me”,/ Nor for gold nor silver can it purchased be.
From evil go, follow words much better spoken./ Follow him, and know the love that can’t be broken.
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II:There is the place of understanding/ And there is Wisdom found.:II
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© 2007
Dan Randall
Give It Away
Could Be Love
When you’ve carried it too long,/ Take it to Him.
And when you’ve done wrong,/ Tell it to Him.
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Let it down, / Let it lay.
Set it down,/ Give it away.
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When every friend is gone,/ Tell it to Him.
You don’t have to be alone,/ Give it to Him.
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Let it down, etc.
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Take it to Him,/ Be what it may.
Tell it to Him,/ Give it away.
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You don’t have to be that strong,/ Take it to Him.
Do what you can ’til help comes along,/ And give it to Him.
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Let it down, etc.
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Take it to Him,/ Be what it may.
Give it away.
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And when the course is run,/ Take it to Him.
The hour of life is done,/ Give it to Him.
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Let it down, etc
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Take it to Him./ Give it away.
Tell it to Him./ Give it away
II:Give it away:II
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© 2007
Dan Randall
Love Enough
Could Be Love
He stood before us, needing to say
The word that was in him, guiding his way.
Glad we were to listen, he is a holy man,
Without greed or malice, a pure helping hand.
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Said he’d been thinking, what God had done
In his life for better, and for everyone,
But there was one thing, holding him still
From living the image he means to fill.
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He said, “I don’t love enough,/ I don’t do enough to be kind.
I don’t love enough,/ But the best thing I do is try.
I keep trying.”
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His life is giving, doing his part,
Easy to see what stays in his heart.
Good to be near it, to hear it in his voice,
The hoping of Heaven, the peace with his choice.
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But he said,”I don’t love enough,”etc.
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There are the famous and the neon three-ring game.
Something tells me what I want to be, is more like him,
Living quietly
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Because I don’t love enough, etc
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II:I keep trying:II
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© 2007
Dan Randall
Peace Is His Way
Could Be Love
II: Peace is His way :II(4x)
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II: Peace is our way :II(4x)
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II: Mercy is His way :II(4x)
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II: Mercy is our way :II(4x)
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Peace is His way
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© 2007
Dan Randall
To My Heart
Could Be Love
As you travel and wander/ To mountains and frontiers,
Your excitement won’t be ceasing, but sometimes,
When you need repose,
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Always, you can come home to my heart.
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In all your journeys,/ Work, laughter, or pain,
Whether laboring, or talking, or crying,
When you need a friend,
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Always, you can come home to my heart.
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If one day, I am gone,/ Love and friendship are forever.
I hope I can send you an answer.
An unknown still assures-
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II: Always, you can come home to my heart :II(3x)
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© 2007
Dan Randall