Sweet Rhubarb
Sweet Rhubarb Music
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Lyrics to original songs
Big Dark Cloud Blues (Ann Holderman Fate)
You take your big dark cloud
Blow it right on out of town
You take your big dark cloud.
Blow it right on out of town
Cause my sun is shinin’
Won’t let you bring me down
Ain’t gonna cross that bridge
Til it’s right in front of me
Ain’t gonna cross that bridge
Til it’s right in front of me
Won’t let your worry or strife
Take a day of my sweet life
I take life as it comes
And I’m glad for every dime
I take life as it comes
And I’m glad for every dime
So take your “woe is me” baby
Don’t waste my precious time
I ain’t no Pollyanna
I’ve seen my share of cloudy days
I ain’t no Pollyanna
Down that dark road I have strayed
But you can take your Waaa, Waaa, Waaa
I just can’t deal with that today
You take your big dark cloud
Blow it right on out of town
You take your big dark cloud.
Blow it right on out of town
Cause my sun is shinin’
Won’t let you bring me down
Cause my sun is shinin’
Won’t let you bring me down
For Molly I (Ann Holderman Fate) (a tribute to the late Molly Ivins)
“Not in our name
Not with our money
Not with our children’s blood”
She was raised in the heart of Texas
A Texan do or die
Her words like swords they carved the truth
They’d never seen the likes of Molly I
Say what you need to say
Tell what you need to tell
Though your hands are shakin’, your freedom can’t be taken
Don’t be afraid to raise some hell
Don’t be afraid to raise some hell
“This land is still run by citizens”
“The government works for us”
“We want and need to work with other nations”
“War is not always just”
“Not in our name
Not with our money
Not with our children’s blood”
“We must hold the powerful to account”
Stand up for the common folk
Make sure that all people have a voice
And, never forget to vote
Say what you need to say
Tell what you need to tell
Though your hands are shakin’, your freedom can’t be taken
Don’t be afraid to raise some hell
Don’t be afraid to raise some hell
Red Eye Special (Priscilla Thomas)
All the years of searching for that little pot of gold
Never seemed to find the rainbow’s end
Tried to leave behind those old regrets, but still sometimes
I’ve dreamed that I might see you again
I caught the red eye special from the coast about an hour ago
Stowed my hopes in the overhead compartment, my dreams down on the floor
Couldn’t find a drop of water in the ocean, or a star in the California sky
But suddenly I see an apparition, looking at me with your eyes
Do you remember when you told me your dreams, under the apple tree
‘Cause I remember your smile when you said you might end up with me
And I remember your eyes when I said goodbye and closed the door
How could I know it was your love I’d search a lifetime for
Pilot, keep on flying
Don’t let the wheels touch down
Don’t let what might be become what might have been
Circle round among the stars, above the sleeping world
Until old love is new again
Have I been somewhere in the back of your mind, up on a dusty shelf
Maybe tucked inside an old favorite book, or am I just fooling myself
Am I seeing you in row 22, or a ghost like all the rest
Is that the glow of sunrise I see in your eyes,
Or just the last ray fading in the west
Mississippi River Boy (Ann Holderman Fate)
He was born by the river
Grew up on the river
Growin’ old with the river
Gonna die by the river
They met when they were just sixteen
Moonlight currents flowing through their dreams
Nighttime on the river, oh it felt so right
She fell in love with a Mississippi River boy
She fell in love with a Mississippi River boy
Rivers twist and rivers wind
Rivers remind us of the time
They had their sunny days, and then there was the rain
She was in love with a Mississippi River boy
She was in love with a Mississippi River boy
The fog is liftin’
The sands are shiftin’
Our time is driftin’ away
The river sings its melody
The ocean’s daughter flowing to the sea
The hours of our lives drift by
We welcome in, we say goodbye
She gave her heart to a Mississippi River boy
She gave her heart to a Mississippi River boy
He was born by the river
Grew up on the river
Growin’ old with the river
We Never Said Goodbye (Priscilla Thomas)
We said so long, we were not meant to be
We said I’m done, no more lovin’ left in me
We said I’m outta here, got no more tears to cry
But we never really said goodbye
Maybe it’s better that you don’t know how deep the hurt has been
How all your anger made a wreck of all my dreams
How when I needed a friend, you only turned away
How we could have made it if you’d only seen my way
We said so long, we were not meant to be
We said I’m done, no more lovin’ left in me
We said I’m outta here, got no more tears to cry
But we never really said goodbye
Maybe it’s better that I don’t know why you stopped loving me
How maybe you reached out and I just did not see
How sometimes when I criticized I could have been more kind
And why you’d throw away a heart as true as mine
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
So it’s so long, we were not meant to be
We said I’m done, no more lovin’ left in me
We said I’m outta here, got no more tears to cry
But we never really said goodbye
We never really said goodbye
All That I See (Burna Krugler)
When I am lonely I look to the heavens
When I am mournful I look to the sea
That’s where I find me deep consolation
I am a part of all that I see
When I am restless I look to the mountains
When I am thirsty, a river I need
Majestic and rolling, fluid and flowing
I am reminded of all I can be
Fill me with oceans that shift with the heavens
Open my heart to the sight to the sound to the taste of the sea
Sing me the song of all of creation
Wrap me in warmth, give me breath, quench my thirst, plant the earth ‘neath my feet
When I am grateful I look to the heavens
When I am joyful I look to the sea
That’s where I find me deep inspiration
I am reminded of all I can be
I am a part of all that I see.