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Changing of the Guard

by I Have A Tribe

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    Digital album releases Oct 6 2023
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1.
I made a promise to a stranger To be a perfect kind of slave Before the century’s dead, you’ll get it back, is what she said, Because you gave it all away Do you know how much I love my mother And I wear my father’s father’s hat It fill my head with softness, I am the keeper of this Safe haven that I always have There is a passage to a perfect place There is a changing of the guard but I keep the same face There is a changing of the guard but you misunderstood I will not beg you, it does me no good You see I’m learning how to listen To different frequencies of sound Sometimes they’re high up in the mountains Sometimes they’re way down underground You know the present holds the picture It comes full circle like a wave I saw this written in the scriptures I saw this written in your face There is a passage to a perfect place There is a changing of the guard but I keep the same face There is a changing of the guard but you misunderstood I will not beg you, it does me no good You know I’m always changing colours Sometimes yellow often blue But I’m grateful for the journey Because it brought me round to you
2.
Cafe 04:14
If you wear your hair up in this shape around your neck I’ll wait outside until my memory won’t forget I am too eager and too easily upset Because the bed beneath stopped moving while I slept You made it very clear, no business being here I filled the picture up, I filled my empty cup I’ve run out of ways to walk across the evening route Sometimes on Sundays I get dressed up in a suit For no good reason but the moment in the day When I can walk across the road by your café We take a walk sometime, see flowers, drink some wine And if there’s something sweet, could make the heart beat I’ve run out of days to walk across the evening route Sometimes on Sundays I get dressed up in a suit For no good reason but the breaking in the day When I can walk across the road by your café Sometimes in the evening when I’m here working here alone I still look up to see if you are coming home In face I am not sure just who you really are The moon’s a tease all sympathies go to the stars Who waits and never hold, and it gets very cold She always comes, and leaves, I know the sun agrees
3.
Teddy's Song 04:04
My sweet mind I don’t think it’s worth all of this conversation You belong in this ancient place These are just thoughts, heavy on you These are just thoughts, but if you want the truth I feel a strong sense that we know when to put up a hand I feel a strong sense that we know when we went to the top of the land My sweet mind I don’t think it’s worth all of this frustration You belong in this ancient space These are just thoughts, heavy on you These are just thoughts, but if you want the truth These are just thoughts, and if you’re feeling lost I’m never far, I’m where you are
4.
I learned to dance because you filled me with wine Each time we meet we seem to have a nice time I tried to move like a Vitruvian man Except they’re perfect and they move like nobody can This is a good thing if you can keep the thing strong I make my mistakes, this is why I belong I learned to move like those Vitruvian men The imperfect kind that stumble and then lean on a friend When I come back in from the cold When I have been bought and I have been sold When I come back in from the cold When I have been lost, when I should be home I took a walk today and spoke with a man Who asked me to meditate and see a higher plan I got caught up and drank alone by the park I think I long for something close to heal this hole in my heart I know its late but I’m not tired Please put some more wood on the fire I refuse regret for when I’m old When I come back in from the cold I took a walk today and spoke with a painting on the wall He stepped out of the frame and then we went along the hall And in the garden we got down on our knees He poured some honey down my throat and he said Go and be free This is a good thing if you can keep the thing strong I make my mistakes, this is why I belong I learned to move like those Vitruvian men The imperfect kind that stumble and then lean on a friend
5.
Oh my love, out on the plains If we should meet again Remember what we said, as you lay down your head Oh my love, out on the waves If thunder is making your little boat shake I'll make peaceful the waves of the sea Lay down to sleep Oh my love, oh my love, oh my love, Oh my Oh my love, out on the plains In the dawn we'll meet again And I'll wake with the break of the day Yes I'll wait where you lay Oh my love, beneath your feet The clay is made for shaping The day is complete And the peacefulness comes dropping slow On the flowers and on the snow Oh my love, oh my love, oh my love, Oh my Oh my love, the sky is a-glow We meet where the peace comes dropping so slow And the currach we built in the snow Is for bringing us home
6.
I won’t say another word Until this one has been heard I won’t make another sound until I’ve found a way To fly like a bird To fly like a bird No wondering of why like a bird No tears in my eyes due to hurt No, no tears at all I will ask where they all learned Ask if I may join Ask if I may coin with them the phrase I heard To fly like a bird And I’ll come in through the window Sit at the piano Sit with who’s been playing little songs to soothe the heart And then I’ll open up my chest Painted red of breast They’d be accurate in thinking I am someone sent to say a way To fly like a bird No wondering of why like a bird No tears in my eyes due to hurt No, no tears at all And the final thing that I’ll do Is a gift for only you It’s a key that’s holding the ticking of the clock’s determined passing And then this day I will learn There is no need to return There’s need only to continue on the way And fly like a bird No wondering of why like a bird No tears in my eyes due to hurt No, no tears at all
7.
Sweet Day 04:15
Sweet day here's to living All is forgiven, I was just giving this a little time I'm not a speaker but I did find these words And if they should move you they are yours not mine I will be honest I'm sometimes on this kind of train that has no track I bought a ticket but I did not keep it I am not going straight but I'm not going back Sweet day here's to thinking Here's to drinking, here's to going around and around again No! I made my peace now, where are my feet now I am not going straight but I am moving When I take a minute to see the limit I think I get kind of scared It is a strange one, this arrangement of being self-aware Sweet day here's to living All is forgiving, you were just giving this a little ending They come in stages, different ages need different kinds of women And different kinds of men I am not a speaker but I have a message From a precious kind of friend There is a mountain, there is a fountain There is a why behind the when My hands are freezing, my face is beaten But I'm still running with this faith I'm not going straight I am always late I've been listening to this ho'oponopono Sweet day here's to living All is forgiven, I was just giving this a little push Sometimes you tease and sometimes you please And sometimes you ease this into Such a sense of hope, now how should I cope With this kind of twist, this kind of tale My hands are freezing but I am not beaten And I am not broken but I'm sometimes frail I am not a speaker but I did find these words And if they should move you they are yours to take I'm not going straight It's my way to pray I am listening to this ho'oponopono
8.
Oh Man 03:53
Take a good look at this face, I think it's changing Take a good look at this place, I think I'm leaving I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I once did but this was such a long time ago Take a good look at this floor, it's covered in letters That he wrote down when he swore that he would not forget her I don't know where the time went no I don't know I don't know where the mind went no I don't know Oh man Oh man Oh man Tell me what to do Don't you walk away from me When I'm trying to speak with you Oh man Oh man Oh man Tell me where to go I know that I should not ask But I do because I really do not know Take a good look at this life Because it should not be ending Take a good look at all these days alone That I seem to be spending I don't know what you're hiding but I think that you do I don't know what's inside but I think it's the truth
9.
Sunshine 04:32
You call me and say look at the sunrise So I get up and see the breaking sky Oh my, you changed my life Oh my, you light up, my natural light So we move and we move and we taste the first fruit And it’s sweet and it keeps on coming back to you I am responding to your long lost invitation It says meet me at the station Everybody forgot to stay free, not you, not me Everybody forgot to see the sea, not you, not me Everybody forgot to see the stream, not you, not me You are a living dream, you set the best scene Up the street they are building a home People I greet they show me a sweet way Of responding to your long lost invitation I’m safe when we meet, and we sleep, and we keep on Returning to each other Everybody forgot to stay free, not you, not me Everybody forgot to see the sea, not you, not me Everybody forgot to see the stream, not you, not me You are a living dream, you set the best scene The sunlight is good today Kiss my hat and kiss my face You kiss my face too I love you Every soul got a natural glow If you let this flow To keep on loving To keep on living Keep on loving To keep on living
10.
Songbirds 05:03
My body turned into a frame, framed her beauty and her soul As the light came in the window, a singing songbird spoke Said to me a way to say a message to a dove As the light came in the window I turned and saw my love Her body turned into a frame, framed the glistening of the sea As the light lit up the water, the light lit up the trees Beneath our feet the winter sand, the winter sky above As we leaned into each other, we leaned into our love

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released October 6, 2023

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