Program
Coretta’s Song
Wrecking Ball
Winona
Short Walk
When the Rain Comes In
Change Is Gonna Come
Nobody’s Fault
If You Really Mattered
All Is Forgiven
O, Let Your Light Shine Bright
Woodstock
Not Dead Yet
Firefly
Sinnerman
1. Coretta’s Song
I am a soldier in the army
It’s an infantry of gods
And were marching towards tomorrow
And we mean to break the odds
We are marching for the children
For the mothers, for the land
We will build a new beginning
With every soul who dares to stand
Have not the pious promise makers
Taken back every word they’ve said
Bloodied by fire burning upon the cross
Have not the pale moons turned to red
But we must ever believe in truth
Truth is still a regal thing
And there ain’t no rest, no there ain’t no rest
No there ain’t no rest for a king
If we are all the great sojourners
Then the journey is our grace
We must never surrender
Wearing the victory of our faith
And if my body dies before me
Let the bells of freedom ring
I will be born again in freedom
Cause there ain’t no rest for a king
Cause there ain’t no rest
No there ain’t no rest
No there ain’t no rest for a king
2. Wrecking Ball
I don’t want to fight for freedom,
Freedom is a right from birth
I don’t need to fight for money,
see a dollar don’t define my worth
I just want peace for my body,
Peace of mind
Peace for my soul,
Peace for humankind
I don’t wanna to have to fight for justice
It’s better from an open hand
I don’t wanna to fight for my power
Some people sit to take a stand
And I want peace for the seers,
Peace for the blind
Peace for the seekers,
Peace for humankind
But we go at everything with a wrecking ball
Everything with a wrecking ball
Everything with a wrecking ball
Everything with a wrecking ball
Let’s all go down,
tear the walls down,
tear ‘em on down
I don’t wanna to fight for water
When abundance falls right from the sky
And I don’t wanna fight for shelter, no!
Where the ground is soft and trees grow high
I don’t wanna to fight for knowledge
When wisdom’s seeds have long been sown
I’m not afraid to walk this journey,
See I come into this world alone
But I want peace for my brother,
Peace for his mind
Peace for my sister,
Peace for humankind
But we go at everything with a wrecking ball
Everything with a wrecking ball
Everything with a wrecking ball
Everything with a wrecking ball
Let’s all go down,
tear the walls down,
tear ‘em on down
3. Winona Laduke
If I was a little bit stronger,
I would fly away home
If I’d wept just a little bit long,
I’d take my pain and call it my own,
But I’m just a soldier, a pawn of war
And ain’t no one told me what I’m fighting for
But if this was a little bit stronger
I’d fly away home.
If I pushed just a little bit harder
The my walls would come a tumblin’ down
And If I paid every hard earned dollar,
The my voice would finally make its sound
But I’m just a woman standing alone
And ain’t nobody gonna throw me a bone
But if I was a little bit stronger
I’d fly away home.
If I shook the hands of all the right people
Tell them I’m not that much different from they
I’d tell them I’d marry anybody they told me
Prove that it’s to the same God that we pray
But I’m just a sinner headed for hell
And what they don’t wanna know,
They won’t ask, I won’t tell.
But if I was a little bit stronger
I’d fly away home.
I’ll see your home of the free and the brave,
Raise you my tired, my hungry, my poor.
Dying children can’t afford no insurance,
Doctor’s who kindly lead them to the door
Well I’m just the people waging a war
You see my tomorrow is worth fighting for,
So if I was a little bit stronger,
If I prayed just a little bit longer,
If I was a little bit stronger
I’d fly away home.
4. Our Short Walk Through This Life
We need love, love, love, love, love
On our short walk through this life
Please be kind, kind, kind, kind, kind
On your short walk through this life
Offer gentleness and grace
On your short walk through this life
Because anyone could be in pain
On their short walk through this life
But there’s a fire we all carry
And it lifts us when we break
We must offer up our fire
On on our short walk through this life
It’s an offering of love
On our short walk through this life
We need love, love, love, love, love
On our short walk through this life
5. When the Rain Comes In
There’s a story daddy told me
When I was just a little girl
‘bout a storm cloud that was wrapped
All the way around this wide world
He said “what would you do, child
To weather a storm like that?
It’s my question to you, child
Be ready cause the day may come if we let it.
When we don’t look ahead, we regret it.
Somebody got to tell all the people who forget it
That we’ve been here before.
Do we really want more?
It will already be too late when the rain comes in
It will already be too late when the rain comes in
If it’s true, what we gonna do in the reckoning?
It will already be too late when the rain comes in
6. A Change Is Gonna Come
Sam Cooke
7. Nobody’s Fault But Mine / Summertime
Blind Willie Johnson / George & Ira Gershwin
8. If You Really Mattered
I have one question for you
What would you do if you really mattered?
How would you spend your days?
How would you know who to walk away from?
Who would you care for?
What would you dare to lose?
How would you choose your path?
Use your last breath?
What would you do if you really mattered?
I see your open heart
It reminds me that the truth can move mountains
And as you stand as your true self
There’s nothing to left prove
And when you offer up your heart
Baby you shine
You show us what it means to be kind again
And maybe there’s nothing we need more
What would you do?
What will you do?
What would you do?
We’ve been waiting just for you.
9. All Is Forgiven
All is forgiven when the music starts
Been tryin’ to tell ya honey
All is forgiven when the drum beats hard
Count off and earn your money
You spend your whole life
Takin’ everything
Personally
But then you find out
On the other side
Everything is better
Than you ever could believe
All is forgiven
All is forgiven baby
All is forgiven
Yeah, don’t worry, just forget about it
Sometimes you gotta fly too close to the sun
It’s in the mission statement
Sometimes the burn is just half of the fun
If you feel me can I get an amen
You can’t just sit there
In the corner
Thinkin’ how it all went wrong
You’ve got the full house
And all the aces
Sitting in your hand
They’ve been right there all along
All is forgiven
All is forgiven baby
All is forgiven
Yeah, don’t worry, just forget about it
10. O, Let Your Light Shine Bright
People tell you what they want, what they want
And people tell you what you need, what you need
And the way they say to you what you want, what they need
Is supposed to somehow say who you ought to be
If I told you what I want, what I want
Oh, would you run away from me, from me?
And would I let that change what I see, what I see
If you ran away from me?
O, let your light shine bright for a moment
Just let your light shine bright for a moment with me
O, let your light shine bright for a moment
If you just let your light shine bright
I will tell you what I want, what I want
And I will let you say what you need, what you need
To the best of your ability
Would you tell me what you need?
O, let your light shine bright for a moment
Just let your light shine bright for a moment with me
O, let your light shine bright for a moment
If you just let your light shine bright
11. Woodstock
Joni Mitchell
12. Not Dead Yet
Nobody cared when I was perfect
Nobody noticed when I got it just right
And now there’s cracks in the window
I kinda like the way it fractures the light
I look around and I see angels
I love em so hard it almost hurts
I take that back, that’s not the problem
It’s competition when the love should come first
Every night, every day we go on this way
And we’re not dead yet no we’re not dead yet
All we do, all we say, just dissolve and decay
‘cause we’re not dead yet,
I guess we’re not dead yet
Hey!
I was always scared of being normal
Hold on, I feared mediocrity more
To me it meant there was a danger
Of somehow losing what we’re doing this for
I wanted something more from this life
I think I thought I had to save the world
I never feared grandiosity
I guess you could say I was just that girl
But now I live in a cathedral
It’s humble but it’s an incredible life
Might’ve been me that needed saving
I’m still too broken to put up a fight
There’s something glistening in the water
It’s too mysterious to tell me its name
I’m older now so I can listen
I hope somebody else is doing the same
Every night, every day we go on this way
And we’re not dead yet no we’re not dead yet
All we do, all we say, just dissolve and decay
‘cause we’re not dead yet,
I guess we’re not dead yet
Every night, every day we go on this way
And we’re not dead yet no we’re not dead yet
It’s a price we seem more than willing to pay
‘cause we’re not dead yet,
I guess we’re not dead yet
Hey!
13. Firefly
Elizabeth Hogan
Life takes me back
Back to nowhere
Life takes me where
Where there’s a place
So when we find life again
Do this for me my friend
When we find life again
Do this for for me
Teach me to walk
Teach me to run
Teach me to thank the golden sun
And teach me to burn like the firefly
Teach me to light the dark quiet sky
She breaks the heart
A heart of no kind
She asks of me
A kind true heart
So when we find life again
Do this for me my friend
When we find life again
Do this for me
Teach me to love
Teach me to sing
Teach me to dance with these golden strings
And teach me to burn like the firefly
Teach me to light the dark quiet sky
14. Sinnerman
Traditional