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Songs of Wind and Water

by John Coleman

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1.
Our God of hope - help us to dream Beyond the shores - of where we’ve been Our God of light - of brave new life Our living stream - help us to dream With the rich and the refugee (carry the dream) With the lost on an angry sea (carry the dream) With the prisoner in front of me Carry the dream With the brave on the freedom march (carry the dream) With the tired and cold of heart (carry the dream) With the poet who strikes the spark Carry the dream With the prophets who shake the door (carry the dream) Who speak of love as the higher law (carry the dream) With every pilgrim who came before Carry the dream Our God of flight - free us to fly Beyond the fear - that chain’s so tight Our God of spring - sweet earth’s release Help us to dream - our God of peace refrain Our God of hope - help us to dream Beyond the shores - of where we’ve been Our God of light - of brave new life Our living stream - help us to dream
2.
Drawn from the grass that grows by the stream Blow right through me Lord Slow baked in the oven till we’re no longer green Blow right through me Lord Blow through me Lord Blow through me Lord All that’s not needed is trimmed right away Blow right through me Lord Sound holes are carved so the music can play Blow right through me Lord You get me up in the morning and play me all day Blow right through me Lord Give me rest in the evening it’s a very long day Blow right through me Lord May the notes that blow through me be constant and sweet Blow right through me Lord So they lift up the hearts of the people we meet Blow right through me Lord
3.
Cars driving by on a hot Christmas morning Filled up with children lit up with smiles Filled with the thought of a grandmother’s cooking Filled up with thoughts of the tree I haven’t always lived by the roadside I had a family, I had a bride But now we’re scattered like dice from an egg cup Still have that aching inside Like Mary and Joseph, there’s no red carpet treatment Like Mary and Joseph it’s a long way from home There doesn’t seem to be even a stable And this is the morning that Jesus is born Across the park are some carollers singing Joy to the world is the song that they bring And it’s the tenderest love that they’re bringing To the people sitting under the trees I don’t know much about God or the Bible I don’t even know if he’s there But I remember the birth of my baby And the colour of my baby’s hair Like Mary and Joseph ... Past open windows, laughter just spills out All of the voices they weave into one And this voice speaks of a family united together, cause Christmas has come When I was young I was as strong as a gumtree And when I spoke my family listened to me But I’m a man who spoke often in anger Now no one listens to me Like Mary and Joseph ...
4.
Nick of Time 03:26
The ship was holed, the ship went down All but me, of the crew were drowned I held onto a table floating past I thought I’d breathed my last The sun went down, like a winking eye The sea was still, the moon high In my delirium I thought I heard the captain cry But it was you I heard, you who threw the line And you saved me, in the nick of time Yes you saved me, when all hope was gone And you saved me, the ocean was so strong And you saved me – in the nick of time I’d never seen a kinder face I’d never felt, such embrace You pulled me into your lifeboat safe and dry In the nick of time And you saved me, in the nick of time Yes you saved me, when all hope was gone And you saved me, the ocean was so strong And you saved me – in the nick of time
5.
Sea of God 04:47
Jesus looked down, on the Jordan Jesus looked down, on the Jordan Jesus looked down, on the Jordan For the drowning, day had come Jesus sank down, in that water Jesus sank down, in that water Jesus sank down, in that water And he rose up into the sun We are rivers, who love the ocean We are travellers everyone Let the waters, overflow us The sea of God, holds everyone The Holy Spirit, fell upon him The Holy Spirit, fell upon him The Holy Spirit, fell upon him The voice proclaimed him, beloved son We are rivers, who love the ocean ... The Spirit sent him, into the silence The Spirit sent him, into the silence The Spirit sent him, into the silence Into the shadow, the desert stone We are rivers, who love the ocean ... We’re all invited to flow together We’re all invited to flow together We’re all invited to flow together For we are many – we are one We are rivers, who love the ocean ...
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The desert calls us like a lover Like a teacher – commanding us to grow So we’ll walk the barren land and dry river bed Don’t know quite how were fed But something in us grows What we must learn – and it is the work of a lifetime - Is to carry with us - back to the marketplace The faith and strength that we find in the desert We must carry back – the coals from our campfire Not only in order that we survive But so that others may warm themselves at our hearth At our hearth This desert fire is such a scorching wind Burning up everything - Taking everything that’s dry And from the blackening the greening comes Shooting up to the sun - so miraculous and new What we must learn ...
7.
Island of mercy, harbour for hearts With no obligation, to relive the past All is forgotten, the slate painted clean Everything, shining and green Island of mercy, sub tropical spot Each day a blue day never too hot A place to lie down and let the trouble subside Oh, oh, haul us all in – oh, oh, haul us all in Oh, oh, oh Island of mercy, house of no dream No big aspiration nothing obscene Everyone welcome except the extreme Oh, oh, haul us all in – oh, oh, haul us all in Oh, oh, haul us all in – oh, oh, haul us all in Oh, oh, oh

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Recorded at "The Treehouse" on the slopes of Mount Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania. A little collection of songs that try to talk about mystery and of desert, wind and water. John is joined on the album with three of his children - Susannah, Jonno and Christopher - along with a group of friends from way back.

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released July 10, 2012

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John Coleman Hobart, Australia

John Coleman is an Australian singer/songwriter in the acoustic folk/rock tradition who has produced eleven albums of original songs The most recent is Falling Into Light - a collection of songs for meditation - his final collaboration with Noel Davis. Many of John’s songs are inspired by and explore the spirituality of the L’Arche and Quaker communities to which he belongs. ... more

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