Green Book Of Meditations Volume 6 The Books of Songs - Student ...

Prayer of St. Francis
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is hatred, let me bring your love
Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord
And where there's doubt, true faith in you
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Make me a channel of your peace
Where there's despair in life, let me bring hope
Where there is darkness, only light
And where there's sadness, ever joy
(Bridge) O master grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console
To be understood, as to understand
To be loved, as to love with all my soul
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Make me a channel of your peace
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
In giving to all men that we receive
And in dying that we're born to eternal life
-rewritten by Sebastian Temple
Old Time Religion
Chorus:
Give me that old time religion (3x)
And that's good enough for me
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We will pray to Aphrodite
Even tho' she's rather flighty
And they say she wears no nightie...
& that's good enough for me (end of each verse)
We will pray with those Egyptians
Build pyramids to but our crypts in
Cover subways with inscriptions
O-old Odin we will follow
And in fighting we will wallow
Til we wind up in Valhalla...
Let me follow dear old Buddha
For there is nobody cuter
He comes in plaster, wood, or pewter....
We will pray with Zarathustra
Pray just like we useta
I'm a Zarathrustra booster...
We will pray with those old Druids
They drink fermented fluids
Waltzing naked thru the woo-ids....
Hare Krishna gets a laugh on
When he sees me dressed in saffron
With my hair that's only half on...
We will pray to Loki
He’s the Norse god of Chaos
Which is why this verse don’t scan or rhyme…
I'll arise at early morning
When the sun gives me the warning
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That the solar age is dawning...
We will worship those old gods,
Even though they call us clods
Cause it gives us better odds…
Teach Your Children
You who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by
And so, become yourself
Because the past is just a good-bye
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Teach your children well
Their father's hell did slowly go by
And, feed them on your dreams
The one they pick's the one you'll know by
And don't you ever ask them why - if they tell you,
You'll just cry so, just look at them and sigh
And know they love you
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And you, of tender years
Can't know the fears that your elders grew by
And so, please help them with your youth
They seek the truth before they can die
Teach your parents well
Their children's hell did slowly go by
And, feed them on your dreams
The one they pick's the one you'll know by
And don't you ever ask them why - if they tell you,
You'll just cry so, just look at them and sigh
And know they love you
-Graham Nash
Catch the Wind
In the chilly hours and minutes of uncertainty I long to be
In the warm hold of your loving mind
To feel you all around me and to take your hand along the sand
Ah but I might as well try and catch the wind.
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When sundown pales the sky, I want to bide awhile behind your
smile
And every where I'd look your eyes I'd find
For me to love your now would be the sweetest thing, 'twould
make me sing
Ah but I might as well try and catch the wind.
When rain has hung the leaves with tears I want you near to quell
my fears
To help me leave all my blues behind
Standing near your soul is where I want to be, I long to be
Ah but I might as well try and catch the wind.
-Donovan Leitch
God Bless the Moon
I see the moon and the moon sees me
God bless the moon and God bless me
There's grace in the cabin and grace in the hall
And the grace of God is over us all