1. |
Why I Open
03:40
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What to reveal and what to conceal
Coming to terms with how I feel
I’m testing the limits, now that I’m in it,
There’s no getting out of it now
I’m lonely and high, struggling to survive
In this wasteland of broken dreams
Still listening to the distance with no resistance
And no idea what it all means
Tell me why open, why open to you
Tell me why should I open
Feeling vulnerable and exposed, heart and soul W
At every crossroads I pause, it’s not easy to choose
When you’re a prisoner of options with the blues
With all the choices I’ve made and the prices I’ve paid
You could say I’ve learned a thing or two
With your changes you wrestle, you’re so precious and special
For the truth you live, love and learn
You catalyze my courage to fight off this fear
And rise to these occasions of love
That’s why I open, why I open to you That’s why I open
Vulnerable and exposed, heart and soul
I’m a solo mio man, a solo mio man alone
I’m a solo mio man, Exposing heart and soul
And now I open, now I open to you Now I open
Exposing heart and soul
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2. |
Beyond Reason
04:25
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The first time ever I heard her voice echo the heart of the grind
I was transfixed, entranced and enhanced
I became so much more than before
Beyond reason our love was born to be
Beyond reason our love was born to be,
Our love was born to be
The first time I looked into her eyes,
Time disappeared in the distance
Then somehow reappeared as the eternal now,
Offering no resistance
Beyond reason our love was born to be
Beyond reason our love was born to be,
Our love was born to be
Like a spark at the heart of the heart of breathe and believe
Singing out from the heart of the heart (x2) of the mystery,
Our love was born to be
Love is still quite the mystery as we reap and we sow
And just when we think we know
All the attractions and distractions of live love and learn
Can leave us so lost and so alone
With the illusions that follow, the communion of the souls
Beyond reason our love was born to be
Beyond reason our love was born to be,
Our love was born to be
Coming apart at the heart of the heart of breathe and believe,
Left in the dark of the heart of the heart,
Coming apart at the heart of the heart, of the mystery
Our love was born to be
Beyond reason, beyond reason
Beyond reason, our love was born to be
Beyond reason, beyond reason
Beyond reason, our love was born to be
Our love was born to be, Our love was born to be
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3. |
Call of the Times
03:49
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“ I can’t breathe”, is the writing on the walls
That divide us like isms before the fall
With racism still, killing out of fear,
We all know the plague does not discriminate
With cartoon politicians blind to the science,
They can’t see the forest for the trees
And they can’t tell remedies from disease
But maybe there’s a realization in works,
Or maybe a major breakthrough,
Maybe this is more than just pause and reflect?
And this wake up call is getting through
Lay me down by the river in the almighty green,
To reawaken my belief in this dream
As planetary people we all belong,
It can be so hard to keep the faith
With greed fed destroyers claiming to know
Fabricating fake news for their illusions of control
But maybe there’s a realization in works,
Or maybe a major breakthrough,
Maybe this is more than just pause and reflect?
And this wake up call is getting through
We are the planetary people, We are the planetary people
Taking heed of the call of the times,
Taking heed of the call of the times
We are the planetary people, We are the planetary people
Taking heed of the call of the times,
Taking heed of the call of the times
No more killing out of colour, or discrimination by race
No more lies, no more pretence, no more truth cover ups
Give us life , give us love, give us faith, give us truth
Give us hope for a way to share this world
We are the planetary people, We are the planetary people
Taking heed of the call of the times
We are the planetary people, We are the planetary people
Taking heed of the call of the times
Taking heed of the call of the times
Maybe there’s a realization in works
Or maybe a major breakthrough,
Maybe this is more than just pause and reflect?
And this wake up call is getting through
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I’ve got my weather beatin heart and a side of soul
A fire feeding song and a dance, that’s putting on a glow
Singing Praise to the process with my testimony of blues,
Suffer me not, sussing out the truth
She’s got that sweet mysterious something (so hard to describe)
She’s got that sweet mysterious something
She’s got a sense of the sacred, and a sense of the profane
A sweet deepness and deep sweetness to her dancing flame
With a guarded heart, timid yet strong,
She’s got a way of making us feel like we belong
She’s got that sweet mysterious something (so hard to describe)
She’s got that sweet mysterious something and she’s singing...
Suffer me not distractions, Suffer me not your blues
Suffer me not, trying to hide away the truth
With mysterious enchantment and mysterious resolve
She sings suffer me not, I’m just a catalyst for the love
She’s got a true sense of song,
She sings heart and soul, I feel the glow
Creator activator, communicator motivator,
A stimulator operator, I hope to see her sooner than later
With that sweet mysterious something (so hard to describe)
She’s got that sweet mysterious something
(Got to get her into my life)
She’s got that sweet mysterious something
(You know what I’m talkin ‘bout)
She’s got that sweet mysterious something and she’s singing...
Suffer me not distractions Suffer me not your blues
Suffer me not I’m just a catalyst for the love
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5. |
Bird Alone Sing
04:09
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Into the valley of the shadow of doubt
Rides the troubled troubadour
Camouflaging fear, with bravado,
Eroding like the distant shore
Crying rivers of inner tears with no expectations or high hopes
The lonely silence brings a song loud and clear
A bird doesn’t sing because she’s got an answer
A bird only sings ‘cause she’s got a song
Now the power of love is so strong,
It can scare you right out of your heart
The power of love is so strong,
It can heal you like heaven’s light
Now the past is past and it’s not coming back,
It’s time to move out from under
So sing away your sorrow, sing out your joy
Or just sing it out to sing it out
A bird doesn’t sing because she’s got an answer
A bird only sings ‘cause she’s got a song
A bird doesn’t sing because she’s got an answer
A bird only sings ‘cause she’s got a song
A bird doesn’t sing because she’s got an answer
A bird only sings ‘cause she’s got a song
Come on, bird alone sing (bird alone sing),
Bird alone sing (bird alone sing)
Come on bird alone sing (bird alone sing),
Sing your song (sing your song)
Because if you don’t sing your song,
If you don’t sing your song
Nobody’s gonna sing it for you
Come on, bird alone sing (bird alone sing),
Bird alone sing (bird alone sing)
Come on bird alone sing (bird alone sing),
Sing your song (sing your song)
Because if you don’t sing your song,
If you don’t sing your song
Nobody’s gonna sing it,
Nobody’s gonna sing it for you
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6. |
On We Breathe
04:02
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The sun is shining down,
I hear no more horns of plenty
Another precious breath in this age of the plague,
Into the summer of 2020
Another season of green, another season of green,
On we breathe, on we breathe
Many are the ways, many are the ways
To validate, validate, validate our existence
As we navigate, navigate, navigate
On we breathe, on we breathe, on we breathe
Another season of green, On we breathe, on we breathe
I cycle through this wasteland,
Keeping my distance as I pass
Then I go back home and sing more songs,
Isolated I unmask
Another season of green, another season of green,
On we breathe, on we breathe
Many are the ways, many are the ways
To validate, validate, validate our existence
As we navigate, navigate, navigate
On we breathe, on we breathe, on we breathe
Another season of green, another season of green,
On we breathe, on we breathe, on we breathe
The buy and sell is still pulsing, line-ups of demand
With everyone still wearing a mask, just not quite like before
Another season of green, another season of green,
On we breathe, on we breathe, On we breathe
I’ve been binge watching Netflix way into the night
Game of Thrones, Homeland and Billions,
Longmire, Ozark, and The Last Dance
Shameless, Godless, cinematic extremes
Tiger King and everything in between
Many are the ways, many are the ways
To validate, validate, validate our existence
As we navigate, navigate, navigate
On we breathe, on we breathe, on we breathe
Another season of green, another season of green,
On we breathe, on we breathe, on we breathe...
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7. |
Mercy
04:29
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I give a fevered pitch trying to catch a breath,
So many out there catching a death
With distance keepers and invisible grim reapers,
Lining up to take the test
Tell me, tell me, there’s still Mercy here
Please tell me, tell me there’s still Mercy here,
It’s not my time
Who cashes in on the suffering, running out of supplies,
Who on the front lines risking their lives?
I’m masking my walkabout with John Prine in my head
Singing, “we’re all a victim of the great compromise”
There’s no mercy, there’s no mercy here,
Maybe in another world
Please tell me, tell me there’s still Mercy here
Tell me, tell me there’s still Mercy here
It’s not my time, it’s not my time
With warning signs everywhere, singing user beware,
Many say we’re born and die alone
With Isolation information and so many truth coverups,
Dressing corrupters galore
There’s no Mercy, there’s no Mercy here,
Maybe in another world
There’s no Mercy, there’s no Mercy here,
Maybe in another world, Maybe in another world
Please tell me, tell me there’s still Mercy here
Tell me, please tell me there’s still Mercy here
Tell me, tell me there’s still Mercy here
Please tell me, please tell me there’s still Mercy here,
It’s not my time...
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8. |
The Almighty We
03:57
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It’s just me, singing out for The Almighty We, The Almighty We
As it all gets used up and comes to pass,
Supply and demand, with these times behind the mask
Another season of the green,
May it give us further reason to believe
In The Almighty We, The Almighty We
Wastelanders, tasklanders, we move to stop the spread
We are the distance keepers, we don’t want to catch no death
I still sing along, it reminds me I belong with
The Almighty We, The Almighty We
C’est fait accompli, c’est fait accompli
I sing to feed my hungry joi de vivre
I dance inside and out for sweet release
I testify with soul on fire,
All for the sake of The Almighty We, The Almighty We
C’est fait accompli, c’est fait accompli
Our human condition, with it’s insights and flaws
The destruction, the corruption,
We all know greed is the cause
To keep our hopes alive will take a certain je ne sais quoi
Still breathing life into this dream of
The Almighty We, The Almighty We
C’est fait accompli, c’est fait accompli
I sing to feed my hungry joi de vivre
I dance inside and out for sweet release
I testify with soul on fire,
All for the sake of the almighty we, The Almighty We,
C’est fait accompli, c’est fait acompli, The Almighty We
Planetary people, every race and creed, Planetary people
Planetary people, every race and creed, Every race and creed
The Almighty We, The Almighty We
C’est fait accompli, c’est fait acompli
The Almighty We, The Almighty We, C’est fait acompli !
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9. |
Keeping the Faith
04:49
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With scar tissue on my soul, from all the battles of me
I dress my wounds with self love, praying for reprieve
From self isolation, to the exposure of release,
Guidelines get blurred to say the least
Keeping the faith still singing to redeem,
Picking up the pieces of another broken dream
Keeping the faith still struggling to believe,
Keeping the faith is harder than it seems
The confusion, the communion, doing the ‘don’t look back’
Shields come up for all negative attacks
To maintain composure and safe guard our hearts,
We fight off the fear, the enemy within
Keeping the faith still singing to redeem,
Picking up the pieces of another broken dream
Keeping the faith still struggling to believe,
Keeping the faith is harder than it seems
Here in this moment, weathering these changes
I breathe in, I breathe out, I hold on, I let go
My hope for love still lives with this call to create
Born to express, sharing these songs of my life
Keeping the faith still singing to redeem,
Picking up the pieces of another broken dream
Keeping the faith still struggling to believe,
Keeping the faith is harder than it seems
Keeping the faith still singing to redeem,
Picking up the pieces of another broken dream
Keeping the faith still struggling to believe - keeping the faith
Keeping the faith still singing to redeem,
Picking up the pieces of another broken dream
Keeping the faith still struggling to believe - Keeping the faith
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10. |
Lonely (explicit word)
04:37
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Like someone bound and tied,
To some broken down vacancy sign
The hurt was hard to hide and
I was not in love, With myself, or anybody else
I’ve got this lonely feeling that
I am right here where I belong
I could get lost in the longing or
Be singing when love comes along
I am not a woe-is-me man, My heart breaks,
But I’not sorry for myself
I’m just having a hard time getting by,
Growing old, and keeping this dream alive
I’ve got this lonely feeling that
I am right here where I belong
I could get lost in the longing or
Be singing when love comes along
Love is bound to leave and love is born to arrive
Love can help you see and
Love can make you go blind
I’ve got this lonely feeling that
I am right here where I belong
I could get lost in the longing or
Be singing when love comes along
I’ve got this lonely feeling that
I am right here where I belong
I could get lost in the longing or
Be singing when love comes along
I’ve got this lonely feeling that
I am right here where I belong
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Frank Patrick Toronto, Ontario
FROM TEEPEE DWELLING TO BREAKFAST WITH BUCKMINSTER FULLER, FROM THE FORESTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA TO THE DESERTS OF ARIZONA TO
THE BIG SUR COAST, FROM TORONTO TO SHANGHAI TO HAWAII, FRANK ANSWERS THE CALL OF CREATION AND SPEAKS FROM HIS HEART AND SOUL.
LOVE, LOSS, POLITICS, JOIE DE VIVRE… HUMANITY IN ALL ITS FOLLY AND BEAUTY SPRING FROM HIS DEEP, DEEP WELL. FRANK IS A TRUE ORIGINAL.
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