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1. Em D Every time I think about C what I believe... Em B I start to won-der... Em D How out of uni-ty C Came all this multiplicity Em B :| all rent a-sun-der... |:
2. Em From Infinite Eternity D How Time and Space began to be, C How GOD Who is C7 all that can be D C B Can be Us... right... now...
3. Em D Every time I think about C what I believe... Em B :| I start to won-der... |:
—Sir Henry Bate Dudley
"Philosophy begins in wonder."
—Socrates
"The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder."
—Albert Einstein
Performed in Mindful Webworkshop #2
1. G D Oh the way to God is always up, C G But you might be up-side-down. G D That's why his beatific smile C D Appears to you a frown. C D G You've almost reached the surface, Am D But you stop for fear you'll drown. G D :| Oh the way to God is always up, C G But you might be upside down. |:
2. G D Oh the way to God is always in, C G But you might be in-side-out. G D That's why his reassurances C D Induce in you such doubt. C D G The still small voice you can't quite hear Am D Is God's tremendous SHOUT! G D :| Oh the way to God is always in, C G But you might be inside out. |:
3. G D Oh it takes a million years to know C G The One Who Lives Within. G D You reach the shores of Paradise C D On the day that you begin. C D G A billion perfect worlds dance on Am D The apex of a pin. G D :| Oh it takes a million years to know C G The One Who Lives Within. |:
4. G D The way to God is yours to choose, C G Don't let your will be weak. G D 'Cause then, despite His brilliant light, C D Your outlook will stay bleak. C D G You'll sail on holy waters, Am D But you'll think you're up a creek. G D :| The way to God is yours to choose, C G Don't let your will be weak. |:
5. [SING FAST!] G D Oh the way to heaven is always leavened C G With love and peace of mind. G D And I heard a rumor if you don't have humor C D That you might get left behind. C D G Maybe you really don't see it, or Am D You're just choosing to be blind, G D :| But the way to heaven is always leavened C G With love and peace of mind. |: [Repeat 1st verse]
1997 Jan 30: An expanded version of the MIDI tune (~2.5K, 26 sec), adding some more instruments, just for fun. Full-scale orchestration with lead vocal and background chorus will come later….
2001 Nov 26: An even more expanded version of the MIDI tune (~14K, 2:26), all verses, adding many more instruments, and having much more fun. This MIDI was previously only available on the no-longer-unavailable (and now-obsolete) UB Comix diskette. Still haven't actually recorded the song itself yet&hellp;.
2016 Aug 25: Performed in Mindful Webworkshop #3
2016 Dec 9: Performed in Mindful Webworkshop #15.
1. C Am C I just read an interview C Am C with a couple of people who G had died and returned and told what they learned C when given their living anew.
2. The article pointed out that people who carried doubt before they came back they saw only black and nothingness all about.
3. On the other hand, it's odd, the one who had faith in God saw a beautiful sight and to our delight saw a home beyond the bod.
4. Those of you who haven't died, you can take the holy ride. For eternal relief hang onto belief. You can reach the other side.
5. Being moral all your life, even kind and even nice, if you don't want to know, if you don't want to go, you will never reach Paradise.
6. You can say what we want we see, which is how it turns out to be. So, for people who care, please be heaven-aware, You can dance up there with me.
does not wear a red suit
fringed with white fur,
and black boots
and a broad black belt.
Not every night of the year.
Don't cry.
You're old enough to understand now.
He doesn't live at the North Pole —
although your heart's compass
points to him.
He lands on your rooftop
with seven tiny mind-spirits
and climbs down
the chimney of your dreams
and leaves his gifts
in your desire
to make children happy.
Not just with
an exchange of loot,
but with the joyous anticipation of
that oneness of sharing
which we all can represent
to each other.
The proof of Santa's quickness
is that no one ever catches him.
The proof of Santa's wisdom
is that all who find him
are better
for having known him.
His gifts are perfect.
I don't have to get
run over by his sleigh
to know the old elf is real.
He is real
in the hearts
of those who truly love him,
and through
his loving spirit's guiding,
our minds are his,
our hands his tinkers,
and so
does he visit
throughout the world
overnight.
Santa is real in spirit,
and his spirit
is spreading
because his real love,
his generous spirit —
beyond all
commerciality
and greed
and hype
. . .
is positively infectious.
*
Merry
Happy
Safe
Warm
Joyous
All Year Long
1. Prologue [darkly] Cm Db A tune for him who once was called Cm Bbm the Planetary Prince. Cm Db The way he turned his back on love Cm Bb Cm still makes immortals wince. Cm Db Three hundred thousand years he served Eb Gm Bb Db uplifting human kind Cm Db Until Prince Caligastia {Eb Fm E Eb D Db Cm } {fell victim to his mind.}
2. The story Cm Db The city of Dalamatia, Eb Gm Bb Cm long forgotten, dead and cold, Cm Db Which should be standing yet today, Eb Gm Bb Db five hundred thousand old Cm Db Began the grand decline and fall Eb Gm Bb Cm with Daligastia's nod Cm Db To teach the Prince was all-supreme, {Eb Fm E Eb D Db Cm } {that Caligastia's God.}
3. Cm Db ... Then came a great division. Eb Gm Bb Cm Doctrines misconstrued Cm Db Deprived the rebel sixty of Eb Gm Bb Db immortal spirit-food. [brighter] Em7b5 Fm Forty brave were led by Van Gbm7b5 Gm Steadfast and true Eb Many human followers F kept loyal and faithful too. [sorrowful] Eb-Db Cm Db Forty thousand midway creatures Eb Db So many cherubim Cm Db Eb Fell from glory, as did many Fm E Eb D Db Cm loving seraphim Cm (O, lovely seraphim!)
4. [darkly] Cm Db .. Confusion perpetrated Eb Gm Bb Db brought the city under seige. Cm Db Defense preoccupied Cm Bbm all those who hailed the Prince as leige. F Bbm The gods were driven out by men Cm7b5 Bbm and northwardly took flight. F Bbm The house of our All-Father fell Fm E Eb D Db Fm7b5 to Nog, of fire and light.
5. Dm7b5 Cm One hundred sixty-two years later Cm7b5 Bbm came a tidal wave Cm7b5 Bbm Brick and timber broke .. and F Bbm flowed into its wat'ry grave Dm7b5 Cm Like all such schemes of ego, Cm7b5 Bbm the Prince's plan was fated Cm7b5 Bbm to have almost every vestige of F E Eb D Db C B his plan obliterated. Bb A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db Cm
6. Epilogue [hopefully] Em7b5 Fm Although the Prince's sins destroyed Gbm7b5 Gm all he did for men Abm7b5 We'll someday build Am an age more Light Fm and Livelier Ab than Bb back Csus3 then..... Fm E Eb D Db C B Bb A Ab G Gb F E Eb Db Eb C