Muriel Shickman

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(track 4) Watch What You Think
 
all day long you fight with your mind
trying to refrain from those thoughts that just keep on coming
the people that you encounter
you see yourself- you see yourself- you see yourself in their eyes
 
i know that things are getting better and our love is growing stronger
if you step outside your life
you can learn about yourself
you can lend me a smile
and see yourself lift inside
 
we are masters of our life
we decide which way to go
whatever we decide
we created that with one thought
whatever you think you become- whatever you think you become
 
you don't have to be angry at the world
you can think about it
you're not alone
send some loving to your soul
that's one step closer to your freedom
 
your mind will always be your friend
if you watch very carefully of what you think
the clouds over head just keep on passing by
but the sky will always be there
the sky will always be there
 
you don't have to be angry at the world
you can think about it you're not alone
send some loving to your soul
that's one step closer to your freedom
 
 
 
 

Listen to mp3- Out Of Our Range

(track 5)  Out of Our Range
 
we create the questions in our minds
and then we ask for the answers but whom are we asking
God is the answer some will say
but there's always something that's left unexplained
 
so we dig into the earth or fly out into space
searching searching for something out of our range
 
we're fooling ourselves stuck in our ways
imagine the world if we gave a damn about what others say
like the forests and the oceans
but we're searching for that selfish answer that almighty answer
 
so we dig into the earth or fly out into space
searching searching for something out of our range
 
we create disasters every where we go
and then we ask for forgiveness
what is the point of war if we can learn from history
i look to the open sky and it reminds me of what is real
what do i see what do i feel
love is the answer
love is the answer
 
we create the questions in our minds
and then we ask for the answers but whom are we asking
God is the answer some will say but there's always something that's left unexplained
 
so we dig into the earth or fly out into space
searching searching for something our of our range

(track 7) Here For All
 
i'm dancing in my mind in this flower dancing field
this image awaits me in my awakening hours
tell me if i'm dreaming or if dreams are real
 
are you a ghost or am i
who is the ghost here
are you a ghost or am i
who is the ghost here
 
you've sent me a signal
a promise while i've slept
something to hold on to
a whisper that i've kept
inside my meditating mind
 
while i move through time
i'm resting my bones
and gaining wisdom from the other side
 
this is here for all but you must listen
you must open your eyes
 
i dance here to give peace to my mind
i seek the truth i'm not afraid of the light
 
this is here for all but you must listen
you must open your eyes
 
 

Listen to -Another Shooting (live)

 
 
(track 1) Another Shooting
 
into the age children playing with fire arms to soothe their rage
their lonliness so out of place
who will love them who can give them hope
can we learn to recognize their pain before it's not too late
 
another shooting four dead twenty-four half alive he killed his parents
headed down the road 'cause he did not want to be alone
 
who will love them who can give them hope
can we learn to recognize their pain before it's not too late

(track 4) Time Out Again
 
there must be a way to clear our minds
there is an answer here
you can be the victim or the crime
you can walk the edge and say your fine
 
it shows on your face where you're coming from
 
we can use some time out every now and then
away from this violent storm
the time is coming a change is upon us
a chance to be born
 
lighten up take a walk
find yourself a friend in need
you'll be surprised how much you find out about your life
 
there's not enough time the days are too short
but my life is too long and i feel so old
i hear this same thing everyday
here in the west we live in the past wish our lives away
 
it shows on your face where you're coming from
 
we've come so far you and i
down from the treetops
flying through the sky
creating destroying
it seemed to take no time
 
there must be a way to clear our minds
there is an answer here
you can be the victim or the crime
you can walk the edge and say your fine
 
it shows on your face where you're coming from

(track 7) One Voice
 
if i ever needed your strength
would you give it to me freely
if i ever needed to talk
would you lend me your ears
 
(chorus)i've been holding on to pain
carrying the weight of america
i'm just a child
looking back at wars no one ever won
why were we there to begin with
no one ever knows
 
if i told you my opinion
would you laugh in my face
or would you pull the trigger
and say it's over
i want it my way
 
(chorus)
 
it's getting harder to be someone
can you tell me what's real
can you show me who you really are
why are we waiting so long to come clean
 
(chorus)

 
 
(track 3) Until the Dawn
 
floating down the eastern river
where i can find a piece of mind
i can see right through the mirror
all our lives spent chasing time
 
around and around until we go home
around and around until we go home
until we go home
until we go home
 
i get so tired sometimes
i uncover the truth and i find more lies
always someone making money to take to the grave
at the cost of our lives
 
just look around today
it will scare the living light right our of you
this is not the way we were raised
this is not the way we came into the world
and i won't give up until the dawn
until we love one another

(track 6) Crossroad
 
i wonder which way to turn next which way i should go
am i facing forward
or is the past the road i'm traveling on
 
each step i take it gets harder
i feel i'm closing in
but i still don't know what's happening
 
when i see my reflection
i ask myself what i want from life
all this heartache and my dreams
my dreams will come alive
i must live two lives
one in my reflection
 
i've had enough of this duality
i need to feel free
my imagination needs time to unfold
my life nees time to be told
 
and i'm getting older
and it's getting closer to the end
and i still don't know what's happening
 
i wonder which way i chould turn next
which way i should go...

(track 8) Share it with the World
 
another day another chance at life
soon you'll see where your place is
the sun will rise the sun will set again
you'll do it all over until you understand
the more things change the more they stay the same
all the love you give will remain
'cause in this life
your light will shine right through
you will know yourself you'll know what you have to do
you'll find the words to express how you feel
all the rage and joy inside is real
create your life the way you'd like to live
step outside and share it with the world
share it with the world...
 
everything we do in life is going to be difficult
everytime we find ourselves in a deep, deep well
it's these tough times that makes the soul feel free
but it feels like your heart is breaking
and your fighting for a breathe of air
hoping for someone to pat you on your back
and give you an award for your existance
things are going to be tough in life
but you're the only one that can pull yourself through
others will support and protect you
you must trust yourself
step outside and share it with the world
share it with the world
 
you must trust yourself
look inside
express how you feel and keep alive
do it for yourself
do it for the ones who love you
do it just because
you were given this life
 
another day another chance at life
soon you'll see where your place is...

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Pollution Is Rising
 
oh i've cleared the path of these obsticles, illusions
they're illusions oh i know the game
your secret is out
it's nothing more than a freak show
you can't scare us anymore
 
we are rising up
we are rising up
we are rising...
 
take your commercials and products
do away with manipulation
i can think for myself we can make it on our own
without destroying the one thing we love
without destroying the earth
 
they say she might cry again
they say she might try again
they say she might take it all away
 
pollution is rising
pollution is taking over the land
taking over the air
taking over the water
taking over their big fat lies
 
hey mister money can you help us out
our children are starving the future is dieing
your business is killing
and have you looked the revolution is here
 
pollution is rising
pollution is rising...

New Moon
 
so you waited and waited in that room for years
with your paranoia running wild
the light of day was outside you knew
but your monsters were in the dark
 
you are so much more than the eye can see
you still remain a stranger to me
like the new moon you're hidden from view
i'll never be able to see a certain part of you
 
so you waited and waited in that room for years
with your paranoia running wild
the light of day was outside you knew
but your monsters were in the dark
 
there's no time for resistance
take flight while you can
we all seek assistance
someone to lend a hand
love yourself it's the key to loving others
pursuit if you must
take flight if you can
 
you are so much more than the eye can see
you still remain a stranger to me
like the new moon you're hidden from view
i'll never be able to see a certain part of you
 
there's no time for resistance
take flight while you can
we all seek assistance
someone to lend a hand
love yourself it's the key to loving others
pursuit if you must
take flight if you can
 
let your imagination spark the change your spirit has been longing for
 
 

Listen to mp3- Not In Our Name

Not In Our Name  
 
Who gives you the right to control all our lives
after all aren't we the same in the end
you commit these war crimes against us
and you think that we're just going to stand by
and watch you take us down....
 
Not in our Name
Not in our Name
 
The violence in the East is wrong
you're only there to seek revenge
and the innocent little child is in the way
of your justice as you take them down...
 
Not in their name
Not in their name
 
War is your excuse to ignore the problems at hand
you see the dieing trees you breathe the toxic air
I know you hear the voices crying out for the Earth
 
your time is running out
your time is running out
your time is running out
 
Those of you who are listening
We must keep on talking and sharing our knowledge to others
it's the only way we will unite
and they can't take us down...
 
They can't take us down
 
Who gives you the right to control all our lives
After all aren't we the same in the end
You commit these war crimes against us
and you think that we're just going to stand by
and watch you take us down...
 
Not in our name
Not in our name...

Dream Time (c) 2004

Dream Time (c) 2004

Listen to Bring Out Your Sight

Bring Out Your Sight

 

Beneath the surface of the earth, theres more to it than weve defined.

The language spoken there, you see in the light, you see in the light

Of a crystal

 

                                   

                                    Bring out your sight that you see in a dream

                                  Flow through the rivers unseen to the ordinary eye

                                    Oh, look at me fly

 

 

We will return to the desert, and dig deep in the sand

These moments will last forever, there in the silence, in the silence of the moment

                                   

                                    Bring out your sight and youll see that its me

                                    All through the madness in the city

                                    Find a place and quiet your thoughts

                                    This moment will last forever

 

This language was long forgotten, when we began to control

The boundaries of our senses, the boundaries of our souls              

 

                                    (Chorus 1)

 

Lotus

 

Ive looked around for you everywhere, from the depth of the ocean

To the peak of the mountain.

Ive see the beauty and the love, a trace of what you are

But Im still searching to be in your light.

 

Yes, Ive seen you in everything, the pictures in the clouds,

The flowers in the ground, the strangers on the streets.

 

But, Im sleep walking through this maze, its like a dream that I havent woke up from yet.

Im sleep walking through this maze, its like a dream that I havent woke up from yet.

 

 

All the angels around watching me makes me wonder

They remain behind the scenes of the day, between the thoughts I have,

All the games that we play, all the games that we play.

 

I know my mistakes will guide me around, I know someday I will hear the sound of your strings,

cause Ive heard you in everything, the songbirds that sing, the wind that blows high,

the voice of a friend.

 

But, Im sleep walking through this maze, its like a dream that I havent woke up from yet.

Im sleep walking through this maze, its like a dream that I havent woke up from yet.

Beyond the Limits 

 

I see so many, so many tired souls, frightened, too much too fast.

This isnt how it should be and its you that is hear now, you,

That I see beyond the limits.

 

I see so many, so many tired souls, frightened, too much too fast.

This isnt how it should be and its you that is hear now, you,

That I see beyond the limits.

 

I see so many, so many tired souls, frightened, too much too fast.

This isnt how it should be and its you that is hear now, you,

That I see beyond the limits.

 

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, that I see beyond the limits, that I see beyond the limits, that I see beyond the limits.

 

Imagine

 

When I look up at the stars tonight, I tell myself were not alone

And in my mind there plants a seed, imagine, imagine.

 

The light that we receive tonight, a new discovery tomorrow.

Theres a message way up high, imagine, imagine.

 

With all the things going on in your life, take the time and look up high.

Youll discover theres a whole new part of the picture; youll discover theres a whole new part of the picture.

 

Build and build your dreams upon the stars as we go round, (repeat several times).

More lyrics...

Inspiration from the Monsoon, Water Color painting

by Muriel

 
Sweet Mother Earth (c) 1998
 
Sweet mother Earth I will know you the way you know me
I will see the light through before the dawn
I will sing our song of freedom
 
I will protect you like the sun
and watch you like the moon
we will be one
 
Sweet mother Earth I will love you the way you love me
 
Awake I will see the end and fall into you
Thank you for my breath
 
I will know-I will see-I will sing our song of freedom
 
Sweet mother Earth thank you for this life you've given me.

The Wilderness is Becoming Our Streets © 1998

 

Anything will do just fine

an acknowledgement a sign

that you know that I'm here and waiting

I've walked on this ground for 24 years

and I still feel like a stranger

I smile and say hello to the ones that

don't know me, but they run away, they

hide the way that some do when their afraid.

These streets we walk on were built over the

many lives that brought us here.

Every day we live a new foundation is built

covering up the freedom that we fought for.

       The wilderness is becoming

       Our streets

       Nowhere for the animals to go

       Or the trees or the air we breathe

Oh, I get so restless

There's not much I can do alone

Everywhere I turn people are sleeping

throwing up their arms saying

what can I do? Nothing

I don't feel welcome here

it gets so cold out on these streets

we don't even know eachother any more

we can't even recognize a cry for help.

       The wilderness is becoming

       Our streets

       Nowhere for the animals to go

       Or the trees or the air we breathe

I could spend my time watching t.v.

or I could go out on the streets

and start a riot, tell someone how to run

their life

what would all this do for our survival

I think about the future and the children

They watch, they learn, they grow

into a world of war we created just for them.

       The wilderness is becoming

       Our streets

       Nowhere for the children to go

       They'll never know Mother Nature

No one wants to see

No one wants to here

What we've created

but our wastes are buried waiting to sneak

into our water and our air.

It's coming, it's coming

It's coming, it's coming

Anything will do just fine

An acknowledgement a sign

That you know that I'm here and waiting

We don't have much time

       The wilderness is becoming

       Our streets

       Nowhere for the animals to go

       Or the trees or the air we breathe-

For today I trust in you

trust in me we'll get through

we'll build the love

with no doubt

we'll build the love

no doubt in my mind.

 

 

Waiting to be born © 1998

 

the universe is enclosed in our minds

no boundaries no directions

nothing to define

nothing to hold on to

everything you can imagine

in your mind

we hold many things sacred

looking out from within

all the beauty that we see and hold

is a part of us in our minds

for eternity

we dance together on this Earth

reaching for the light.

The visions in our minds

Show us what to create

They guide us along the path

They lead us to the end

The colors of the rainbow

The notes in our song

Creation in our minds

Looking out from within

We see ourselves in everything

My soul reaches for you

to complete the balance.

We are still in the womb

 waiting to be born-

 

 

 

A Good Friend © 1998 

 

you are such a good friend

I hope to see you again

you are one of a kind

oh so kind

the years slip by

and I wonder what's become of us

all the good times we shared together

hoping to find a light to shed over

the tears we hide

I have seen things that you've never seen

But you can talk to me like you know

exactly  where I'm coming from

you've taken the time to know who

I am, you've listened and cared for me