Spirit NEW GROUND The leaf falls from the tree The sap runs deep Snow in the winter Covers seeds that sleep Sun melts the icE And the warm Earth gives Water to the sprouts And the green world lives. Chorus: Watch for a sign Keep your heart alive The spirit breaks new grounD Whenever something […]
Audience: Grade School
So Long
Knowing When to Go SO LONG I’d like to go on singing But I know I have to go We’ve gone through ev’ry song I know You’ve held the harmony I know it’s time, I know it’s time to go, Thank you for the laughter, And the tears you shed on me. Instrumental I won’t […]
My Brother Threw Up On My Stuffed Toy Bunny
by Barry Louis Polisar Loss of a Buddy MY BROTHER THREW-UP ON MY STUFFED TOY BUNNY Chorus: My brother threw-up on my stuffed toy bunny You better not laugh cause it really isn’t funny It was lying in my bed while I was sound asleep But it could have been worse, yeah, it could have […]
Gone For Good
Anger and Blaming GONE FOR GOOD Intro lick [b8&e7/b7&e5/b3&e3/b1&e0/d9&g7/d7&g5/d5&g4/] [lo-e0/e2/e3/d2/d0/a2/a0/e3/-D7(x5453x)-C#7(x4342x)- D7(x5453x) An old brown cow was sittin’ in her pasture eating grass When she looked down at the ground, she saw a black bug walkin’ past. She watched him push and struggle with that little twig he’d found Then she raised her hoof and mashed […]
Eulogy
Saying Goodbye EULOGY What can I say? It’s really been fine You gave me so much In such a short time And your laughter still melts me And your smile makes me cry And I’m sure gonna miss you, Good-bye! I’m angry with you ‘Cause you just left me here Though you loved me, I […]
One Less Mouth To Feed
Think Positive ONE LESS MOUTH TO FEED Well Livvy, lately life’s been lousy And I know that you’re upset But life won’t get no better If you can’t learn to forget Cryin’ won’t bring John-Boy back, He’s out there on his own And I hope that he is happy, And I hope he don’t come […]
Lifeline
Elderly Relatives LIFELINE You carried me, home in your arms You loved me so much, and you kept me from harm You washed me and fed me, the years how they flew And now you need my help, and I’ll care for you! Cho: There’s a lifeline that ties me to you Life rolls like […]
I Cried
by Ruth Pelham Divorce I CRIED Intro Today was real tough, I got out of bed I brushed my teeth and then I held my head And then I cried, cried, cried, cried I said “I won’t wear those shoes, and I won’t wear those socks And I won’t go to school if I can’t […]
Gotta Lotta Livin’ To Do
Friends with AIDS GOTTA LOTTA LIVIN’ TO DO I’ve got a friend with AIDS, he’s just like me and you I’ve got a friend with AIDS, we gotta lotta livin’ to do! Somedays we get sad, so here is what we do, We play together as much as we can And I love him a […]
Where Will I Go When I’m Dead & Gone?
Kids Need to Ask WHERE WILL I GO? I’m glad that I can ask you about things that I don’t know Like, when my body dies, I wonder, where will I go? Oh, Chorus: Where will I go when I’m dead and gone? Where will I go when I die? If my body’s down in […]