Adam Blatner

Simple Heart-Songs

Singing simple song, brief, with words, can be another type of spiritual practice. The ones below I picked up from the late David Zeller and, in the early 1980s, from Elizabeth Crisler. Many of these are also included in a book titled Circle of Song: Songs, chants and dances for ritual and celebration, compiled by Kate Marks (Amherst, MA: Full Circle Press, 1993).

I write about the joys and values of singing on another webpage on this website, .  On another webpage  Singing For the Fun of It (Songsheets), are some of my favorite songs that I’ve found most folks can sing.

So, my hope is that this will make a nice little song sheet for get-togethers.

Further songs will be added and comments made as I gather them.

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Love is the only power, Love is the only way.
Love, Love, Love, Love, watch our circle grow.

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Listen, listen, listen to my heart’s song:
Listen, listen, listen to my heart’s song:
“I will never forget you, I will never forsake you.”

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Return again, return again, return to the land of your soul.
Return again, return again, return to the land of your soul.
Return to who you are, return to what you are,
Return to where you are born and reborn again.
Return to who you are, return to what you are,
Return to where you are born and reborn again.

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It’s a joy to get to know you, it’s a joy to get to know you,
And I really am liking to share in your world.
It’s a joy to get to know you, it’s a joy to get to know you,
And I really am liking to share in your world.

 

When your love is deep and quiet, I can hear it so clearly,
It’s calling forever to share in your world.
When your love is deep and quiet, I can hear it so clearly,
It’s calling forever to share in your world.

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God of beauty is now reigning in the temple of my heart,
Of my heart, of my heart, of my heart, of my heart.

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Spirit is around us like a rainbow ’round the sun.
Spirit is around us like a rainbow ’round the sun.
The spirit is around us, the spirit is around us,
The spirit is around us like a rainbow ’round the sun.

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The earth is our mother, we must take care of her.
The earth is our mother, we must take care of her.
Hey yunga, ho yunga, hey yung yung.
Hey yunga, ho yunga, hey yung yung.

 

The sacred ground we walk upon, with every step we take.
The sacred ground we walk upon, with every step we take.
Hey yunga, ho yunga, hey yung yung. (x2)
Hey yunga, ho yunga, hey yung yung.

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The river is flowing, flowing and growing.
The river is flowing back to the sea.
Mother Earth carry me, child I will always be.
Mother Earth carry me, child I will always be.

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Evening breeze, spirit song, sing to me when day is done.
Mother Earth, awaken me with your heartbeat of the sea.
Turning in, turning out, heal me true and all about.
Spirit song, sing to me with your heartbeat of the sea.

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I circle around, I circle around the boundaries of the earth.
Waving my long tail feathers as I fly
Waving my long tail feathers as I fly…

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‘Tis the gift to be simple, ‘Tis the gift to be free,
‘Tis the gift to come down where you want to be.
And when you have come down to the place just right,
You will be in the valley of love and delight.

 

When true simplicity is gained,
To bow and to bend we shan’t be ashamed.
To turn, turn, ’twill be our delight,
‘Til by turning, turning, we come down right.

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Our magic is our give-away, our magic is our song.
So give away your love today, and sing the whole day long.

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We are one in the spirit, we are one in the Lord.
We are one in the spirit, we are one in the Lord.
And we pray that our unity will one day be restored,
And we’ll know we’re God’s children by our love, by our love,
Yes, we’ll know we’re God’s children by our love.

 

We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand.
We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand.
And together we’ll spread the word that God is in the land,
And we’ll know we’re God’s children by our love, by our love,
Yes, we’ll know we’re God’s children by our love.

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Sail, sail, sail, sail away home.
Going beyond all that you’ve ever known.
Into the harbor of mystery, into the land of the one.
Into the harbor of mystery, into the land of the one.

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I am the light, I am, I am.
Expand the light, expand, expand.

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It’s in every one of us to be wise,
Find your heart, open up both your eyes.
We can all know everything without ever knowing why.
It’s in every one of us by and by.

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From you I receive, to you I give.
Together we share, and from this we live.

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You are a blessing of the universe, God-sent to make us free.
You are a blessing of the universe, God-sent to make us free.
Singing, “Look at me, look at me, I’ll set you free.
Singing, “Look at me, look at me, I’ll set you free.

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Go in beauty, peace be with you,
Till we meet in our hearts in the light.

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May the blessing of God rest upon you.
May His peace abide with you.
May his presence illuminate your heart,
Now and forevermore.

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Mother Morning, I must leave you,
I must go and follow the light.
Father Evening, I must return to you,
Home to dwell in the arms of night.

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Praise God for the light within us,  Praise God, let love abide.
Praise God for the light within us,  Praise God, let love abide.

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Ancient mother, I hear you calling,
Ancient mother I hear your song.
Ancient mother, I hear your laughter,
Ancient Mother, I taste your tears.)