LYRICS
PREMDEVI
presents
WHISPERS IN THE WIND
Songs from an inner journey
1. I FINALLY CAN REST
There are no words here
Just the echo of a heartbeat
Waves of Green
And I feel you all around me
But it's not you and it's not me
Waves of Green
Waves of Green
Waves of Green
And I feel you all around me
In waves of green
(Guitar Solo)
Dusk has no words
Love has no chords
Waiting, Sitting, Melting,
Disappearing
The flavor of your Song
The silence of your Breath
I finally, finally can rest
I finally can rest
(Native Flute Solo)
The flavor of your song
I finally, finally can rest --- Waves of Green
I finally can rest --- Waves of Green
I finally can rest --- Waves of Green
2. I WISH YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO
I wish you didn't have to go
I wish you could stay with me always
And I would sing for you each day
The sweetness of our time together
I thank you for the gifts you gave
For walking many miles beside me
I wish you didn't have to go
(Guitar Solo)
I wish you didn't have to go
And so I pray we meet again
Somewhere down the road beside me
I wish you happiness and joy
I wish you love and life abundant
A friend you were and friend you are
A warmth of you resides inside me
And though your life takes you away
I wish you didn't have to go
I wish you didn't have to go
I thank you for the gifts you gave
For walking many miles beside me
Farewell dear one
Farewell beloved
Until we meet again someday
3. I CELEBRATE TODAY
I celebrate the times I knew
I celebrate my life with you
I celebrate the days of love
The days of light
The times of laughing through the night
I say farewell to those I knew
And say hello to all of you
I celebrate today today today
I celebrate what I've gone through
The joy, the pain, the letting go again
I celebrate today today today
(Violin Solo)
I sat along the riverbank
And watched the days and weeks go by
I didn't know if I'd survive
The death of all I knew as mine
The death of all that I held dear
And suddenly you came to me
And breathed into my heart again
And here I stand alive once more
And celebrate today
I celebrate my life with you
I celebrate what I've gone through
But most of all I celebrate the New
I celebrate TODAY TODAY TODAY
4. WE MIGHT AS WELL SING
Pickin' up the pieces of my life
Lost the instructions awhile ago
Knockin' at the door and there's nothing there
Not really sure what I came here for
Not really sure what I came here for
Talkin' to the trees and the empty sky
Doesn't make sense and you can't ask why
Walkin' on this earth going step by step
Waitin' around while I disappear
Waitin' around while I disappear
(Guitar Solo)
Might sound strange and it might seem sad
But I surrender to my unknown fate
Relax with it and float downstream
Got nothin' to loose except my dreams
Nothin' to loose except my dreams
Came from nowhere and now I'm here
Waitin' around while I disappear
Waitin' around while I disappear
Used to have sense of who I am
Now there's just an empty space inside
Now there's just an empty space inside
Lookin' at the strangeness of it all
Can't really say what I came here for
Can't really say what I came here for
Pickin' up the pieces of my life
Lost the instructions awhile ago
Knockin' at the door and there's nothing there
Here we are so we might as well sing
Here we are so we might as well sing
Find that little light that shines within
And here we are so we might as well sing
Now we're here so let's stand up and sing
Now we're here so let's stand up and sing.
5. WHISPERS IN THE WIND
This is the autumn of my life
Watching all the leaves drop one by one
Nowhere left to go-oh
This is the autumn of my life
I've been washed clean of all my dreams
Nothing left to do-ou
Can you be still
Can you be here
Watching the whole past disappear
Knowing that the rebirth is so near
Can you see the beauty of the fall
As the leaves drop one by one
Watching the whole life come undone
(Cello Solo)
Thank you for this life
For eyes that can see
A heart that can feel
A voice that can sing
This is the autumn of my life
Watching t he whole thing come undone
Soon the winter will be here
Everything will have to disappear
Can you still hear me?
Not many words left to be said
Just a few whispers in the wind
This is the autumn of my life
This is the autumn of my life
6. RAGIN' RIVER
I got this ragin' river runnin' through my soul
This ragin' river coming down
Well I woke up this morning and I walked on high
And a ragin' river was rollin' by, rollin' by
That ragin' river is rockin' my soul
Wild clear water's got somethin' to say
Gonna wash you clean, wash away the control
Get ready child for some rock and roll' !
So I sat by her side and she whispered to me
You gotta let-go girl and go for the ride
I said that rockin' river it sings to my soul
Tells me bout' a time I felt whole
Let -go girl, go for the ride,
Don't be afraid to slip and slide
(Saxophone Solo)
Throw yourself in, just give way
To the ragin' river that rocks your soul
To the clear cold water that can make you whole
Come a little closer, hear my deafening sound
Come a little closer, and loose your ground!
I said that spirit sister, she's a talkin' to me
Clear wild water will set me free
Clear fresh water wash away the blues
Current is strong, rushin' through my veins
If you resist the pull, it'll drive you insane!
Oh that rockin' river is a friend to me
It's come to my life to set me free
That rockin' river is a friend to me
It's come to my life to set me free
It's come to my life to set me free
7. FLY AGAIN
There was a time ago, long ago
I knew that I could fly
Fly high into that inner sky
(Bansuri Solo)
And then those teachers
And then those preachers
They said Hey Girl
You better walk Girl
Like the rest of us
Like the best of us
On this earth
And then those teachers
And then those preachers
They said Hey Girl
You better walk Girl
Like the rest of us
Like the best of us
On this earth
And here I am now
Alone with you
So many years
So many tears
I feel my wings
Rising up again
And I fly
And I fly again
(Bansuri Solo)
Into the open sky
Into the open sky
Into the sky
Into the open sky
Into the sky I fly
Into the sky I fly
I fly again
8. WHEREVER I GO
Wherever I go
I will find you anywhere
In the darkness of the night
I'll catch hold of the light
That I've seen in your eyes
Wherever I go
No matter how unknown
You'll forever be my home
And I'll find you anywhere
No matter how far
No matter which star
And if the world disappears
You'll find me here
That distance won't budge
That distance won't give
When a new star arises
Giving birth to the sky
I'll be there at dawn
singing my song
And I may not have a body of flesh
But I'll feel the breath of life
And I may not have a mind full of thoughts
But I'll know the truth inside
(Piano Solo and Organ Solo)
It'll be a new dawn and a new man
Will dance there
It'll be a clear sky
And a sunrise inside us
Though the stars might look like purple and gold
And the sky might even seem green
We may not have eyes or lips
Forgive me if I dream
You better just know
That I'll find you anywhere
In the darkness of the night
I'll catch hold of the light
That I've seen in your eyes
Wherever I go
No matter how unknown
You'll forever be my home
And I'll find you anywhere
No matter how far, no matter which star
Wherever I go
9. CLEAR LIGHT OF DAY (Courage)
May the seed that I am
Break apart in the soil
Make its way through the dark
To the clear light of day
Tis' the silence that heals me
And sings to my soul
Callin' me home
Makin' me whole
No more time to pretend
Getting close to the end
Whoever I am meeting my destiny
What will be, will be.
(Mandolin Solo)
Facin' up to the fact that the journey is long
Gotta keep my heart strong
Gotta keep movin' on
As I looked in your eyes
I could recognize
An ocean so vast
A home at last
So long have I traveled
Life upon life
Your call to come home
Has shattered my world
(Violin Solo)
Take my life in my hands
Give it up to the whole
Something big is at stake
There's no time for a break
I've been here for so long
Many forms, many lives
Then I met you and knew
That my time had come
As I die to my past
I'm released from my shell
And a new song is born
From the ashes of all that was me
Though I scream and I cry
As the shell splits apart
I will thank you again
For that clear light of day
Thank you again for that clear light of day.
10. A MOMENT OF GRACE
(Harmonica Intro)
I feel the wind on my face
And the sound of the rain
All around me
I know I'm alive
I feel I'm alive
I feel my feet touch the earth
And the soft pulsing beat
In my veins
I know I'm alive
I feel I'm alive
And the sweet light
Flowing inside of me
Sings its melody
Pours its grace on me
It's a new kind of life
Not existing in Time
Nor in Space
It's a Moment
A moment of Grace
(Harmonica Solo)
In the Greyness of it all
See the beauty and the mystery descend
Dancing on the rooftops
Precious and rare
Happy waltzes with sad
The sky cries its relief to the earth
I know I'm alive
I feel I'm alive
And life meets death
Death meets life
They both mingle together
It's a new kind of life
Not existing in Time
Nor in Space
It's a moment -- a moment
A moment -- a moment
A moment of Grace
And the sweet light
Flowing inside of me
Sings its melody
Pours its grace on me
It's a new kind of life
Not existing in Time
Nor in Space
It's a moment -- a moment
A moment -- a moment
A moment of Grace
11. TEARS AND SMILES
(Guitar Intro)
A few tears for the one I leave behind
A few tears for the ones I've known and loved
A few tears for the roses in the morning
A few smiles for the birds that fly on high
Don't let the tears in me run dry
Coming from a deep, dark well inside
What is that stillness that I feel?
Out of the shadows you appear
You're the one I've held so dear
Takin' a distance not getting too near
You're the one I hold so dear, so dear
It's a strange dance, an unusual song
A thousand words cannot convey
What a single tear might have to say
In gratitude it bathes the One
Melts away all facades and fears
Facades and fears
(Guitar Solo)
So don't let the tears inside run dry
So many rivers will they form
Tears and smiles for the life I've known
Places and people I have met
And for the road I leave behind
A thousand words cannot convey
What a single tear might have to say
So don't let the tears inside run dry
Many rivers will they form
Gathering clouds create a storm
Heavy weather will come and go
Water will flow and the earth will grow
A thousand words cannot convey
What a single tear might have to say
(Violin Solo)
A thousand words cannot convey, cannot convey
So don't let the tears in me run dry
Don't let the tears in me run dry
Don't let the tears in me run dry
Until I have to say good-bye.
12. THE MUSIC REMAINS (for Devamani)
(Cello Intro)
This body will turn to ash,
These eyes they will cease to see,
Remember to live today,
The last moment's not far away,
Will I end up lost in a haze,
Or disappear into the blue?
Sky above, earth below,
Where I go, I do not know...
(Cello Solo)
Will I wake up somebody new,
Will my heart feel the presence of You?
Will I forget who I once was,
Or will the memory remain?
Falling rain, here we are again,
In the thunder, the oceans, the winds...
This voice it will cease to sing,
Its melodies drift away,
Just trusting the mystery,
Ending up where it's meant to be...
Skipping along, not knowing where,
The music remains, the music remains...
Remember to live this day,
These ears they will fade away,
And when I'm gone,
No trace to be found,
The music remains,
The music remains.