The Sunday after this episode is released, September 29th, 2024, at 4 p.m. Eastern time, there will be an online gathering of folk who use song to help navigate life -- and we'll sing through this Ribbon of Songs with live-looping! To learn more, click here, or sign up right now to join us!
Lyrics & Links to the original episodes for the songs in this ribbon.
Note: Angela Gabriel has made a melody change (which she can, right? Her song!) to We Were Made for These Times -- I made a new recording for this ribbon of songs, reflecting this update. If you click here, it will go to a teaching youtube video she created (which wonderfully includes the full lyrics...) https://youtu.be/kZfD7YbZJew?feature=shared
by Molly Hartwell
Put your roots down,
put your feet on the ground,
can you hear what she says
when you listen?
(2x)
‘Cause the
sound of the river,
as it moves across the stone
is the
same sound as the
blood in your body
as it moves across your bones.
Are you listening?
The title link goes to Molly Hartwell singing her original… but as she has given her blessing to the “telephone” versions that have travelled around, I am still singing (more or less) the version I learned from Lisa Littlebird in 2019…
by Lisa Littlebird
There’s a wheel that is turning,
calling me into my power.
There’s a wheel that is turning,
calling me into my voice.
It’s turning, we’re learning
to stand inside our hearts.
It’s turning, we’re learning
to stand in love.
I will not be silent.
by Elizabeth Melvin
words inspired by John Lewis
Stand up and make good trouble
Speak up and make good trouble
Get up and make good trouble
Rise up and make good trouble
Never, ever be afraid
to make some noise, make some noise
This is the struggle,
the struggle of a lifetime
(Make good trouble)
86. We Were Made For These Times
text by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
music by Angela Gabriel
Don’t lose heart,
We were made for these times.
(3x)
Show your soul,
it shines like gold in these dark times.
Don’t lose hope….
Don’t give up….
The link goes to Angela’s own recording… Here it is as a podcast episode.
by Christine Kick
Celebrate the difference, celebrate the distance,
celebrate the love, celebrate this brand new
way. We are the way.
We are the way… we are the way!!!
All night and every day
we bring the love, we bring the love.
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