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So Much Beauty
02:49
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There is so much beauty
There is so much joy
There is so much goodness
No matter how it feels inside
I’ve never known beauty to run and hide
When there is so much beauty
There is so much patience
There is so much hope
There is so much gladness
No matter how it looks outside
I’ve never known patience to step aside
When there is so much patience
There is so much living
There is so much calm
There is so much loving
No matter how hard I’ve tried
I’ve always been along for the ride
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Bones
02:57
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These bones taught me what it means to run free
These bones carried me through the wild country
These bones came from sound
and they’ll make their way back to the ground
These bones will again be free
Till then they’ll carry me
These bones found me drifting so distantly
These bones ferried me across the raging seas
These bones came from sand
and they’ll make their way to the promised land
These bones will again be free
Till then they’ll carry me
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Songbird
04:55
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I cried at the tomb of St Francis
With so much to redeem
So sang at the tomb of Martin Luther King
Finished just in time to hear I Have a Dream
Now the bells are too heavy to ring
The winds of change are blowing but not stirring up anything
Now my voice is too heavy to sing
How does a songbird take flight with a clipped wing
I heard sing for your life
Just before he gasped for air
So I tried but amazing grace was everywhere
All we could cry out, is we’re still not there
As we’ve stumbled, as we’ve crawled
Searched and rescued through the rise and fall
As we’ve taken as we’ve come
As we’ve conquered as we’ve won
As we believe in what we’ve done
I hear silence in the streets
But empty pots and empty pans
Empty hearts still beat
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Good Living
02:55
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So good to see you my dear old friend
Tell me now where have you been
Don’t you love when some things go some things come back again
When you’re betting big
Getting your feet wet
Working hard through the gives and the gets
Trying to bend somewhere between knowing and pretend
Living large and flying high
Taking charge you can’t deny
It’s good living these days
Good living these days
Let me count the ways
These are good living days
So good to see you back here again
Finding a way, make a means to an end
Some things you figure out as you go
Some you never know
Living large and flying high
Taking charge you can’t deny
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Heart On Fire
02:08
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My heart is on fire
It’s burning me down
Just another name going up in flame
Fueling the fire
My heart is on fire
Lighting me up
Watching so many dance around
Taking their chances
Fueling the fire
My heart is on fire
The red of the coal
Watching it smoke
Like a cruel joke
Fueling the fire
My heart is on fire
Embers bare
Piles of ash
And stacks of cash
Fueling the fire
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I Get Lonely
04:21
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I get lonely when i think of those I’ve come across
Sometimes a moment holds a lifetime of loss
When I choose I’m left with my choice
When I speak up I hear my own voice
When I move on somehow I stay
Watching everything around me
Fade away
I get lonely when I think of all the places I’ve been
I would have stayed had I known I’d never go back again
When I step forward I leave something behind
When I look there’s nothing to find
When I hold on somehow I stay
Watching everything around me
Fade away
I get lonely when I think of the time that’s come to pass
For how slow it’s been ticking by, boy it sure goes by so fast
When I think back the edges begin to blur
When I think forward something begins to stir
When I move on somehow I stay
Watching everything around me
Fade away
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In a Whisper
02:13
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If you come in a whisper I don’t mind
If you leave in a fleeting moment we’ll find the time
To make a river from a well gone dry
And drink the sweetest water the earth could cry
If you come in a whisper that will do
If you’ve lost everything we’ll leave this too
If you show up naked, you show up bear
We’ll spin the finest silk out of the thinnest air
If you come in a whisper that will do
If you have just a breath and words are few
No need to worry like the busy kind
We’ll just wait to see what’s next to find
If you come in a whisper that’s alright
If you show up empty handed we’ll keep it light
Save the burden for a brand new day
Come and go, follow and stay
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Miracles Seem Ordinary
02:18
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It used to seem like a miracle every time pen met the page
All the sudden life was lyrical, like taking center stage
But I couldn't get a grasp on how
When it doesn’t make sense to cheer or bow
Miracles seem ordinary
Like its plain and simple
There's no dust, no fairy
I don’t mind this kind of miracle
It used to seem like a twist of fate
Everytime a song came alive
To realize you can’t show up late
You can’t control a free dive
I couldn’t get a grasp on how
Doesn’t make sense to keep asking now
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All In My Mind
03:50
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Time goes like a barreling train down the narrow lane of my mind.
I grow like a hungry child
Wide eyed and petrified of what I find.
Life it just keeps getting sweeter
Every time I teeter on the edge
And come back again to find it’s all in my mind.
Time, it gives and it takes
It bends me and breaks me up inside
I take it all in stride
Full of both questioning and pride
Time moves like a bull from its pen
Who’s been left to fend for himself
I gather and hold, let go as it all unfolds
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Good and Kind
03:40
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I made up my mind
I wanna be good and kind
Because I don’t understand why it's so hard to find
I’ve made up my mind
I don’t care if I fall behind
Nothing in this life is worth more than being kind
As the season change my reasons for being here rearrange
Not trying to get all that I can
But trying to be decent and stick to the plan I’ve outlined
Of being good and kind
I made up my mind
I won’t fight the grind
That’s just how life is, how it’s designed
I've made up my mind
You can try to make the headlines
Or just try for some good and some kind
As the season change my reasons for being here rearrange
Not trying to get all that I can
But trying to be decent and stick to the plan I’ve outlined
Of being good and kind
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Pennies and Songs
03:19
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I have a penny
I have a song
They’ve been enough to keep me going
They’ve enough to keep me strong
I have to see now
What they will do for you
There’s not use in saving me
If you won’t make it through
The Gods might wreak havoc
Or they might release us too
We the people are strong
With our pennies and songs
I have a voice
You do too
We can’t make a choir
If I just sing for you
I want to hear you
Hear your voice
There’s no use in moving on
If you don’t have choice
The Gods might wreak havoc
Or they might release us too
We the people are strong
With our pennies and songs
I have a penny
I have a song
They’ve been enough to keep me going
They’ve enough to keep me strong
I have to see now
What they will do for you
There’s not use in saving me
If you don’t make it through
The Gods might wreak havoc
Or they might release us too
We the people are belong
With our pennies and songs
We the people are strong
With our pennies and songs
We the people are strong
With our pennies and songs
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Stardust
07:21
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You keep searching for
Something miraculous
But just look with your naked eye
See the constellations so high up in the sky
We’re living in a memory
But there’s so much more we can see
If we stop looking in the wrong places
At only what can be seen
To find that miracles live in the spaces
In the spaces in-between
You keep trying to find out who you are
Searching for destiny
You have to trust in the fact your stardust
What more do you need
We’re living in a memory
But there’s so much more we can see
If we stop looking in the wrong places
At only what can be seen
To find that miracles live in the spaces
In the spaces in-between
There’s only so much the mind can comprehend
We’re spinning on a rock through infinity
We never know when it will end
There’s too much to decide
A little too much wild on this ride
If we stop looking in the wrong places
At only what can be seen
To find that miracles live in the spaces
In the spaces in-between
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Ida Jo Duluth, Minnesota
Ida Jo is a singer, violinist, and writer. Touring extensively, she has performed on three continents and at festivals such as SXSW. She was named 2013 WAMI Female Vocalist of the Year and 2013 MAMA Folk/Americana Performer of the Year. She has been published in the Huffington Post and has presented at TEDx Madison. ... more
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