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I wanna sing with you on a delay. I wanna echo everything you say.
Cuz I can't stand close to you. No I can't stand far away.
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2. |
Amy Elkins - Oasis
04:08
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OASIS by Amy Elkins c. 2020
Don’t know what day it is anymore
Just tryin to keep my head up above water
How did it come to this? We’re stuck in quick sand
Feel I’m slipping under, but then you reach out your hand
Just like an angel sent from above
Come here to save us on your lifeboat of love
You’re my oasis
We got nowhere to be so let’s slow down
We got no company but each other
And though you leave the dishes out
And sometimes leave the seat up
Well I wouldn’t want it any other way
Because I love ya
Just like an angel sent from above
Come here to save us on your lifeboat of love
You’re my oasis
I feel so safe in your arms
Let’s float away today
You’re my oasis
And I know well I know yes I know we’ll get through this
Cause you’re my oasis (repeat)
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Sun goes down, the stars come out, the moon is high.
Day is done, sleep will come by and by.
Sun comes up, the dewdrops fall, the birds sing high,
Day begins, the life we’re in comes back alive.
Day begins, the life we’re in comes back alive.
Sun goes down, the stars come out, the moon is high.
Day is done, sleep will come by and by.
Sun comes up, the dewdrops fall, the birds sing high,
Day begins, the life we’re in comes back alive.
Day begins, the life we’re in comes back alive.
Ooh…
Sun goes down, the stars come out, the moon is high.
Day is done, sleep will come by and by.
Sun comes up, the dewdrops fall, the birds sing high,
Day begins, the life we’re in comes back alive.
Day begins, the life we’re in comes back alive.
Day begins, the life we’re in comes back alive.
Day begins, the life we’re in comes back alive.
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Don’t know the man who picks up my garbage,
Just know he comes and gets it every Tuesday night.
Don’t know the girl who bags my groceries,
But I like how she wraps the eggs up good and tight.
Don’t know the bus driver in the third floor unit,
I smile at her as she walks her annoying dog,
Don’t know the firefighter who lives on the corner,
But I sure love to watch him when he goes for a jog.
Hmmmmmmmmm. . . I don’t know them, I don’t know them, I don’t’ know them, I don’t know them at all
Don’t know the farmer who grows the avocados
That I used to make the perfect lunch salad today.
Don’t know guy who tested my water
And made sure its safe to drink and tasted okay.
Don’t know the folks who strung the power lines,
But I’m glad they make my house so bright and warm.
And I don’t know the cop patrolling the highway,
I just know she wants to keep me safe from any harm.
Hmmmmmmmmm. . .
Why should I care what happens to them?
They’re not my family, they’re not my friends?
Maybe the question should be -
Why should they care what happens to me?
I don’t know the lab tech who sticks me with needles,
I just know I never could do her job at all
Don’t know the nurse who takes my blood pressure,
But he makes me feel better just doing his job.
Don’t know the EMT who raced to save me,
And gave me a chance to try and fight this thing.
I don’t know the doctors making the new vaccines
I just know without them there’s no hope of winning.
Hmmmm. . . I don’t know them, I don’t know them, I don’t’ know them, I don’t know them at all.
Hmmmmm but I owe them, I owe them, I sure owe them, yeah, I owe them all. . .Don’t we all, ooh, don’t we all. . .
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5. |
Emily Joy - It's Okay
03:08
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It’s okay to be weird, it’s okay to be wild
It’s okay to be joyful like a child.
It’s okay to be odd, it’s okay to be loud,
Keep on laughing and keep standing proud.
Do things your way, it’s okay, it’s okay.
Do things your way, it’s okay.
It’s okay to be scared, it’s okay to be tired,
It’s ok to be mad when the world is on fire.
It’s ok to be calm, it’s okay to be numb,
Just keep going and more peace will come.
Do things your way, it’s okay, it’s okay.
Do things your way, it’s okay.
It can be hard, just being you.
Remember you’re fine, whatever you do-
It’s okay to say yes, it’s okay to say no,
It’s okay to love and let it show.
It’s okay to hold back, it’s okay to take risks,
No matter what, you’ve the right to exist.
Do things your way, it’s okay, it’s okay.
Do things your way, it’s okay.
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6. |
Anya Rose - Downstairs
01:49
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When you're alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go - downstairs.
When you've got worries all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help I know downstairs.
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger by the freezer where the magnets are so pretty
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downstairs
Things will be great when you're downstairs
No finer place for sure downstairs
Everything's waiting for you.
Don't hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows downstairs.
Maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close downstairs.
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova
You'll be dancing with 'em too before the night is over
Happy again.
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go - downstairs
Where all the lights are bright downstairs
Waiting for you tonight downstairs
You're gonna be alright now
downstairs...
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to
Guide them along.
So maybe I'll see you there
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares
So go downstairs
Things will be great when you're downstairs
Don't wait a minute more downstairs
Everything is waiting for you
downstairs
downstairs
downstairs
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I don’t feel bad or sad that I don’t have a lot and
I’m grateful……. For what little I’ve got and
I try to forgive what can’t be forgotten
And I try to forget what can’t be forgiven
Outside my window I see a squirrel on the feeder
He sees me seeing him, but he doesn’t retreat, or
Even slow down his attempts to try and defeat
All the squirrel-proofin’ tricks I’ve tried, to teach him hard livin’
But it’s quieter 'round here than it usually is
There’s no cars speedin’ by, and there’s no screamin’ kids
From miles around I can hear all of the birds
Singing new songs that I have never heard
They gather and they scatter, they don’t care what it means
They soar and they fly and they float on the breeze
It’s all very peaceful, it’s a pastoral scene
While we are locked here in quarantine
That squirrel has snuck his way over, and then back under
His pea-sized brain I think must be the eighth wonder
My sunflower seeds he will rob and he will plunder
He’s proof that necessity’s the mother of invention
Lexi and Luci just stare mildly amused
They are inside cats, don’t have to hunt for their food
They never have to worry if their bowls will be renewed
While I feel increasing levels of apprehension
But it’s quieter round here than it usually is
There’s no cars speedin’ by, and there’s no screamin’ kids
From miles around I can hear all of the birds
Singing new songs that I have never heard
They gather and they scatter they don’t care what it means
They soar and they fly and they float on the breeze
It’s all very peaceful, it’s a pastoral scene
While we are locked here in quarantine
I don’t feel bad or sad that I don’t have a lot and
I’m grateful……. for what little I’ve got and
I try to forgive what can’t be forgotten
And I try to forget what can’t be forgiven
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People constantly give me looks, like I’m a character from their books;
Dressed in orange from head to toe, think I’m a hunter but they don’t know;
Life jacket, survival suit, stockpiles of orange fruits;
I’m just taking it day by day, Orange skies don’t you go away;
Orange is the color of survival;
And I’ve been yellow, green, and blue;
Orange is the color of survival;
(I’m praying we can make it through);
But I’ll change my spots to make it through;
With this compulsion, to the point of revulsion, I’m eating oranges by the pound;
Carrots and dried apricots, seem like the best thing of got to turn this whole thing around;
At night I dream I’m out on the sea,
With all this orange surrounding me;
But there’s a tiger in my lifeboat,
And I’m just tryin to stay afloat;
Change my stripes to be more like him, would my outlook still be so grim;
Or Will my plans go up in smoke,
If I start telling him knock knock jokes;
Maybe it’s a figment, to try and change your pigment, or become something that you are not;
But now that I’m in jeopardy, see if this old leopard he,
Possibly can go change his spots;
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9. |
Julius Brown - Struttin'
02:15
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10. |
Avi Wisnia - Find Me
04:45
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I start the day breathing - breathe in, breathe out
As sleep from my mind is leaving - breathe in, breathe out
This dread draped on like a blanket - breathe in, breathe out
And all i know is to take it - breathe in, breathe out
And when night comes, it comes too soon
Just as it falls on every corner of this room
calling me, (it’s) calling me
That’s where you’ll find me
If I could stop breathing - breathe out, breathe in
My heart would stop beating - breathe out, breathe in
Would dark thoughts stop reeling - breathe out, breathe in
I’d finally stop feeling - breathe out, breathe in
But when night comes, it comes too soon
Just as it falls on every corner of this room
calling me, (it’s) calling me
That’s how you’ll find me
[bridge - oooh, oooh]
And when night comes, it comes too soon
Just as it falls on every corner of this room
calling me, (it’s) calling me
Come on and find me
And when night comes, it comes too soon
Just as it falls on every corner of this room
calling me, (you’re) calling me
Come here and find me
I start the day breathing - breathe in, breathe out
It’s just my way of screaming - breathe in, breathe out
breathe in, breathe out, breathe in…
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If you blur your eyes
Everything looks fine
Lawn chairs line every drive
Watching the show
Of all these folks
We didn’t know
Finding new ways
From feeling low
Sunning above decks
In the painting on the wall
When I, hear a steamboat whistle call
Rolling down my hall
Ooo Hoo
Rolling down my hall
Offices all closed
Economy is froze
Damned if I know what tomorrow holds
Tomorrow holds
Rambling above decks
In the painting on the wall
When I, hear a steamboat whistle call
Rolling down my hall
Ooo Hoo
Hear the steamboat whistle call
Rolling down my hall
Maybe we’ve been
Racing ourselves
And for what?
Now, it’s hard to tell
Ain’t it hard to tell?
So let’s dance above decks
In the painting on the wall
Hear the steamboat whistle call
Rolling down your hall
Ooo Hoo
Hear the steamboat whistle call
Rolling down your hall
Down your hall
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(Chorus:)
Breathe in, breathe out
I raise my arms up high
Breathe in, breathe out
I close my eyes
Each morning I unroll you
Color of spring trees
Like a carpet of soft moss
You hold my weight with ease
(Chorus)
My mind shuts out the world
A place to meditate
I relax in your embrace
‘Til I’m in a peaceful state
(Chorus)
(Bridge:)
I can jump, kick and roll
Do sit-ups and lift weights
You get me through my workout
Until I’m feeling great
(Instrumental - Chorus)
You’re gentle when I’m sore
Let me rest when I am tired
So I rise to greet the day
Refreshed, renewed, inspired
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13. |
Nancy Huebner - Daughter
04:05
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it’s the end of the world
and i’m home here with you
it’s friday we ain’t got no job
ain’t got shit to do
cause i’m gon get you high on my love
we gon touch the sky on my love
cause people talkin about the
end
of the world
they say that this could be the
end
of the world
and life as we know it
no matter what
has gotta change
time to rearrange some things
no more free hugs passing by
written on some sign
ain’t none to be had
all we hear is the silence
of all the places we used to know
and the quiet faces that used to go
some people just trynna get by
on their love, all they got is love, sweet love
lord knows we ain’t cut equal pieces of the pie
but still some people lie, everything for them is fine
while people in the streets be cryin bout the
end
of the world
everybody gettin ready for the
end
of the world
and life as we know it
no matter what
has gotta change
time to rearrange some things
cause what we talkin bout is the
end
of the world
we gettin ready for the
end
of the world
cause life as we know it
no matter what
is gonna change
time to rearrange some things
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I tell my self stories
My ego thinks silly things
Never alone in the comfort of home
Wishing you well on phone
Strawberries raspberries
Gypsy’s elves and fairies
singing this tune in the light of the moon
Hoping I’ll see ya real soon
I found peace
In that place right between
My eyes when they’re open and closed
bending the light as it glows
I observed I wondered
I questioned I pondered
And so it goes, where we’ll be no one knows
I like to watch it all grow
I am enjoying the show
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17. |
Meghan Cary - Home
03:25
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VERSE 1
The walls are thin the floors are creaky
Wind rattles glass in every pane
But the fire is warm and you’re beside it
I can’t wait to be back home again
CHORUS
When I’m home
Where the light shines in the garden
When I’m home
When I’m home
Where the laughter floats out on the twilight breeze
It is everything I need
When I am home
VERSE 2
I know your footfall in the hallway
The tune you hum with every task
Without a word you fill the silence
I’m so glad to be back home at last
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Still I wander
After some elusive dream
No matter how far I roam it seems
You always lead me home
Where the light shines in the garden
When I’m home
Where the laughter floats out on the twilight breeze
It is everything I need
When I am home
MUSIC
When I’m home
Where your light shines in the garden
When I’m home
Where your laughter floats out on the twilight breeze
It is everything I need
When I am home
You are everything I need
When I am home
You are everything I need
You are home
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Emily Joy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Raised on a steady diet of folk music and with a graduate degree in classical vocal performance, her style is sing-along-ready with sweet vocals and harmony. Emily Joy consistently produces glorious music that brings communities together.
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