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  Kathleen Hannan

Chorus Lyrics December 2, 2020

12/2/2020

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Lay Back In The Arms of Love
by Gina Sala

Lay back in the arms of Love
Lay back in the arms of Love
 
Rest back in the arms
You are safe from harm
Rest back in the arms of Love

Aee no naka ni yasu
Aee no naka nee yasu
Aee no naka wa
Anzen dayoh
Aee no naka ni yasu
 
愛    の 中に        やす 
Aee    no  naka ni    yasu
Love   inside of        rest
 
愛    の 中に        やす 
Aee    no  naka ni    yasu
Love   inside of        rest
 
愛     の中わ
Aee      no naka wa
Love     inside of
 
あんぜん だよう
Anzen       dayoh
safe                is
 
Ai = Love 
no = particle/ownership of Love
naka = inside
yasu = slang for yasumi (rest)
gai = harm
anzen = safety
 

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Buddha in Glory
Ranier Maria Rilke

Center of all centers, core of cores,
almond self-enclosed, and growing sweet--
all this universe, to the furthest stars
all beyond them, is your flesh, your fruit.

Now you feel how nothing clings to you;
your vast shell reaches into endless space,
and there the rich, thick fluids rise and flow.
Illuminated in your infinite peace,

a billion stars go spinning through the night,
blazing high above your head.
But in you is the presence that
will be, when all the stars are dead.
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No Part Left Out
words Izumi Shikibu 10th century Japan
music & dance - K Hannan


Watching the moon at midnight
Alone in the middle of the sky
I saw myself completely 
I saw myself completely
I knew myself completely
Whole, no part left out

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Long Time Sun
May the long time Sun shine upon you
All love surround you
And the pure light within you
Guide your way on

​Sat Nam



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When I'm 64

When I get older losing my hair

Many years from now
Will you still be sending me a Valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine

If I'd been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four

You'll be older too
And if you say the word
I could stay with you

I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride

Doing the garden, digging the weeds
Who could ask for more?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four

Every summer we can rent a cottage
In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck and Dave

Send me a postcard, drop me a line
Stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely, wasting away

Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine for evermore
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four

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God Danced
God danced the day you were born
The angels did the bump to Gabriel's horn
Bod danced the day you were born
So grateful for the gift of you

I saw God do    the funky chicken
Steppin' and kickin' in blue suede shoes
I saw God do the boogaloo too
So grateful for the gift of you

Now some folks say that long ago
God couldn't dance to save Her soul
But St Peter taught her how to jelly roll
So grateful for the gift of you! 

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Rain Prayer
With every step I took
I knew I knew you
In every drop of rain
I knew I knew you
They say it's you who always stays
It's me who falls away
Oh show me how, I'll come back now
This is all I pray

sopranos:
         Took a walk,         in the rain
   And for a while
   I knew you
      In every drop,        I heard your voice
  Just for a while
  I knew you
       They say it's you        who always.... stays
       It's me who falls.....away
Oh show me how     I'll come back now
​        This is all   This is all      This is all I pray

Out Beyond That Road
words - Rumi & K Hannan
music - K Hannan


No colors in the world just black and white
You were wrong and I was right
But I won’t go down that road no more
I won’t go down that road no more
‘Cause we knew in our hearts when the towers fell
We can make a heaven, we can make a hell
And I won’t go down that road no more
I won’t go down that road no more
 
I know that
Out beyond that road there is a field
Out beyond that road there is a beautiful field
When the soul lies down in that grass
The world is so full
The world is so full
The world is too full to talk about
 
Even words like you and me don’t mean nothin’
when we get down in that field
In that field of the heart
Out beyond that road there is a field
Out beyond that road
there is a field
Out beyond that road.....

Where the Heart does not need to ask
The Heart does not need to ask.....     repeat as a chant

Love, I'll meet you in that field,
In that field of.....   Repeat as a chant 

Where the smallest flower on the smallest grass
Shines with the answers to the question
Heart does not need to ask
Where the smallest flower on the smallest grass
Shines with the answer to the questions
Heart does not need to ask

Then repeat the two chants till end

In that field of Love!  


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I am
© Kirtana    (student of Gangaji)
 
Before the body    before the story     before the name
Beyond the mind’s      attempt to find       or explain
Before the breath       beyond the sense     of pleasure or of pain
And after death        and after death
I am
 
Within the heart           the whole and part of everything I see
Behind the eyes        beyond disguise           reflecting me
At the silent core         and yet before        phenomena began
Oh and after it                and after it
I am
Oh.......

Many differences         separate us   on the surface, yes
But I cannot find           a boundary        in consciousness
 
And when you ask me             where does awareness      
begin and does it end
I have to say      I have to say     
I’ve  always been
 
Within the body        without the body         not subject to       
Changing moods or        states of health or         points of view
Without needs         before the deeds and the monuments of man
Oh and after them                 and after them
I am

Oh...........

Many differences          separate us on the surface     yes
But I cannot find            a boundary           in consciousness
And when you ask me   
Where does awareness        begin and does it end
I have to say     I have to say   I’ve always been
 
At the silent core         and yet before          phenomena began
And after it           and after it
I am

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Die while you're alive,
and be absolutely dead
Then, do whatever you want:
It's all good
   Bunan 1603-1676



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I Don’t Know
© K Hannan 2012
 
Standing in the sunlight, all my plans are wrecked
I’m just standing here, I don’t know what comes next
 
I don’t know
My mind tries to know but I still don’t know
I don’t know
My mind tries to know what I cannot know
 
All the birds are singing by the sunny creek
It’s December 2nd , could be warm next week! 
 
I don’t know
My mind tries to know but I still don’t know
I don’t know
My mind tries to know what I cannot know
 
 
And deep deep under
Love keeps flowing like a river
Like a river
A river
Endless Love River
Endless Love
Endless Love River
Endless Love
 
 
I don’t know
My mind tries to know but I still don’t know
I don’t know
My mind tries to know what I cannot know
 

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