Children in the pastures where the water flows
Sunshine turning shirtless backs to see all
My Daddy's hat tupped back to see all his kids go running wild
It's summer time, and the water's coming down

Water from a mountain dam and the fruit of life will grow
It helps to feed a hungry land when the sky decides to snow
To Dad it means a special way to spend his life on earth
But to the rest the water means a perfect swimming hole

Water is like magic, it makes a child feel small
The brave and true for centuries
Have followed when it called
Water rushing by a child who has never seen the sea
Makes me think there must have been something
More than summer going on

I would hide behind to see where you would go to play
You were being Isadora, I was being you
But did I know that I'd grow up to say

You've got me flying, I'm flying
You inspired a sister song
All the pain you're feeling
  I want to share with you,
  help you through
You've got me flying, I'm flying
You inspired a sister song
I never knew how good a friend you'd be to me
We are family

I believed the world would lay before you
All the passions – all the treasured secrets that you knew
I would wear the rose and cape when you were not at home
But did I know that I'd grow up to say

You've got me flying, I'm flying
You inspired a sister song
All the world you're weaving
  I want to go with you,
  I want to do it too
You've got me flying, I'm flying
You inspired a sister song
I never knew how good a friend you'd be to me
We are family

Icicle blue, day sky blue
Blue, almost silver blue eyes
Looking at me all my life
Blue skies, blue stones
Songs of blue sung late in the night
To a sleepless child
Mother, hold me, I remember now
It's through these blue eyes
That I have learned how
To touch the red earth and join the black night
And dance in the golden sun
That I see through these eyes
Icicle blue

Started out fine, we were moving ahead
I was driving in the truck
You were combing the hair on the head of the one in the middle
She was loving it all, bouncing around like a rubber ball

And you thought she was just about the finest kid
I had to agree
But maybe that's cause she looks like me
And you were filling a space – maybe taking the place of a father

But then you started seeing that it might be a scene
You got to complaining, you got pretty mean
First it was the weather and then it was me
And then you started taking it out on the baby

Well, if you think traveling three is a drag
Pack it up, loner
I've got my own bag full of dreams for this little child of wonder
And you can only stay if you start to understand

How an old camp fire gets warmer with you
But even when you're gone
It still cooks the stew and the coffee, how it frees my soul
And I ain't readyu to grow that cold

You say, "Go home, lady, and find you a someone"
Who's gonna turn out to be a middle class bum anyway
Well, he might make me some money
But that ain't the kind of life we're looking for, honey

So don't go around saying I've been a burden to you
You've been a burden to me and we're through
If you can't seem to find the joy in my living
Can't seem to get into taking and giving

'Cause I've got a little one who loves me as much as you need me
And, darling, that's loving enough
For a hiking boot mother who's seeing the world
For the first time with her own little girl.

Why are our history books so full of lies
When no word is spoken of why the Indians died
Or that the Chicanos loved the California land
Do our books all say it was discovered by one white man

That's just a lie, one of the many and we've had plenty
I don't want more of the same, no more genocide in my name

Nazi forces grow again, ignorance gives them a place
The klan is teaching children to hate the human race
Where once there was a playground, now an MX missile plan
Do thay think it's fun to see just how much we can stand

People die all around the world
from starvation and grief all the time
Some folks try to avoid the math
by saying god and gun will provide
In Auschwitz, Capetown and Beirut,
San Salvador, Greensboro, Belfast , Manila and many more
It's a crime, do we think the fascist right will
save the world in time
They try to tell us so but we've got to tell them no

Why does my love make you shift restless in your chair
And leave you in despair
It's simply love – my love for a woman

It's a simple hand on a warm face to say
A glance to see if love is still O.K.
A glow at dawn when love in still there
Tears and strong arms at the end of the day
And simply love – my love for a woman

It's the laughter as the kids clown
And tease our weary thoughts away
It's looking 'round the table
And knowing hard work fed us one more day
And simply love – my love for a woman

Why does my love make you shift in you chair
It's the bombs across the border
That should make you tear your hair
And yet it's my love leaves you screaming out your nightmare

Perhaps you know there's something you should fear
If my love makes me strong and makes you disappear
It's simply love – my love for a woman

Ancient eyes are watching in the night
The stars come out to guide the way
The sun still shines despite the clouds
And the dawn is dusk is dawn is dusk is day

Farmers, rise and dream to feed the world
The world awakes to feed the heart
Hearts beat awhile a thousand flags are waving
And the farmer sees a dream has played a part

We will have peace, we will because we must
We must because we cherish life
And believe it or not, as daring as it may seem
It is not an empty dream, to walk in a powerful path
Neither the first not the last great peace march
Life is great and mighty march
Forever, for love and for life on the great peace march

Are you black like night or red like clay
Are you gold like sun or brown like earth
Grey like mist or white like moon
My love for you is the reason for my birth

Peace can start with just one heart
From a small step to leaps and bounds
A walk becomes a race for time
And a brave child calls out from the crowd

I am so frightened by my nights alone
But I'm more afraid of my first night at home
Trying not to get much too eager
Knowing already that I'm much too eager
For all the kisses and days we missed
Work that we dreamed of sharing
What scares me most of all
Is that all-out kind of caring for coming home

What if you don't meet my plane
What if I'm left out in the rain
Darling, I've waited oh so long
To sing to you a love song
What if I don't like the way you laugh
Or if our summer didn't last 'till fall
It's crazy how my memories are getting hazy
Loving our work, mine took me away
I'm so frightened about the day
I've waited a month and a half for, coming home

What's been going on in your head
What if there's been someone else in your bed
What if I've changed and you've stayed the same
What if my love letters never came
What if I love you more than before
But it's not me you're waiting for
How can I know that I'll need you only,
All that I know is that now I'm so lonely
For all of the loving that once we shared
Why does my time away make me scared
Of the one thing in life that I long for
I'm coming home

Find me. I'm here
Keep your heart alert
I'm not standing in the open
Having been so hurt, You'll have to

Find me. I'm here
Face in hands, my back to you
Are you wise enough to see me
And pull my passion through

You see I fear for love
When the morning comes on shining
I feear for love
My terror comes unwinding
As I pack my bag and find the roads that wind
Leaving all my things strewn along behind
What will I do if you

Find me. I'm here
I'm hiding, but I'm here
My heart is so big, my faith so small
It's love that I fear
Most of all
Come on heart, tell me that it's not too late
As I wait
Breathlessly for you to

Fire in the rain, fire in the rain
You're like a fire in the rain
So unexpected, I came upon your love

You came into my life
And I had my eyes wide open
Unintending to burn, you offered your light
You offered the warmth of love
And I had to learn how to feel the heat
And not get burned

I got too close one night
With no plans for heart left open
Unintending to change, I had nothing to fear
But the music you let me hear
Like an ancient fife, it had a haunting tune
It changed my life

Your love
Now what do I do with your love?
I wasn't looking for you.
Your love, do I dare?
You were there
You were there

Sit with me through the night
Tell me it's all right to fall apart with you
Cause I'm so tired and I'm so scared
I'm so sad about the world tonight
Sometimes I feel I can't defend myself, my love or my light
The thought of surviving, just makes me want to die
Come lay beside me, hold me while I cry

Please sit with me through the night
Tell me it's all right to fall apart with you
Cause I'm so tired and I'm so scared
I need to grieve and weep and scream and moan
And sometimes, sometimes I feel I can't defend myself, my life or my home
Well you know tomorrow, I'll be back on my feet
It's not in me, my friend, to accept defeat

Won't you please sit with me through the night
And tell me it's all right to fall apart with you
Sit with me, sit with me

Something changes in me when I witness someone's courage
They may not know I'm watching, I may not let them know that
Something changes in me that will last me for a life time
To fill me when I'm empty, and rock me when I'm low

Something changes in me anytime there's someone singing
All the songs I've never forgotten, let out voices sing them strong
Something changes in me anytime there's someone standing
For the right to be completely all the good things that we are

Chorus:
There's a change of heart
Anytime there's someone counting
All the lives that won't be thrown away
There's a change of heart
Anytime you join the choir, be a voice up on the mountain
Or see a fire...in the rain

Something changes in me when my arms are held wide open
Fear and hate are set aside and only love remains
Something changes in me and I feel a deep emotion
While the ones who offer help replace the ones that just complain

Do not forget the children, they are singers in the storm
And when their hearts are threatened, well a fire is bound to start
It wakes us up at midnight, we feel an ancient pain
And I do believe that loves directs the flame