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Shine
04:12
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Shine
© 2011 Words & Music By Chris Chickering and Ron Cohen.
All rights reserved
The sun is shining away
It blinds me in warm light
Reminds me it's alright
Been feeling cold and gray
Rising from the flames
Higher and higher
Seeing for the first time
There's a brighter day
There's a brighter day
Shine on me
Shine the light on where I'm going
Shine on me
Shine let it shine
Shine on me
Tell me where the wind is blowing
Shine on me
Shine
Let it shine
On me
On me
Riding the waves
I see a butterfly
Through that summer haze
Taking in the rays
Taking in the rays
Shine on me
Shine the light on where I'm going
Shine on me
Shine let it shine
Shine on me
Tell me where the wind is blowing
Shine on me
Shine
Let it shine
On me
On me
Shine on me
Shine the light on where I'm going
Shine on me
Shine let it shine
Shine on me
Tell me where the wind is blowing
Shine on me
Shine let it Shine
Shine on me
Shine the light on where I'm going
Shine on me
Shine
Let it shine
On me
On me
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Shine
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Shine
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Stay
03:16
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Stay
© 2006. Words & Music by Chris Chickering.
All rights reserved.
I’ve been searching ‘round
Around the world
And I’ve been holding out
For someone like you
One who can fly with me farther
Won’t you stay, stay?
Stay with me a while
Stay, stay
Stay with me tonight
And I’ve been dreamin’ about you
All my life
But lately I just can't sleep
While you're running through my mind
Maybe we could go deeper
Just stay, stay
Stay with me a while
Stay, stay
Stay with me tonight
My body knows, it feels so right
So stay with me till the end of time
You’re beautiful
You’re everything
To me
Stay, stay
Stay with me a while
Won't you stay, stay?
Stay with me tonight
Stay with me tonight
Stay with me tonight
Stay with me tonight
Stay with me tonight
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3. |
Reinvent Yourself
04:38
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Reinvent Yourself
© 2006 Words & Music by Chris Chickering.
All rights reserved.
When you’re all alone and cryin’ in a doorway
And you haven’t got a second chance to lose
When you’ve tried it all, and hit the wall and dyin’
And you’re on your own, with nothing left to choose
Reinvent yourself, it’s time
Reinvent yourself, and fly
With your head up high
And the answers to guide you
Reinvent yourself
You’ll be turnin’ it all around
When you’re underground, beaten down and bleeding
And the claws of cold have cast your dreams aside
You can break the chains that cut your veins, it’s easy
Just free yourself with a whole new state of mind
Reinvent Yourself, it’s time
Reinvent yourself, and fly
With your head up high
And the answers to guide you
Reinvent yourself
You’ll be turnin’ it all around
When it’s inside-outside-inside, consultation
Your dream-master will show you what to do
He’s you’re mirror, and truth-teller. He’s gonna tell you
“Phoenix fly with a whole new point of view”
And Reinvent Yourself, it’s time
Reinvent yourself, and fly
With your head up high
And the past behind you
Reinvent yourself
And you’ll be turnin’ it all around
Around
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Imminent
04:00
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Imminent
© 2010. Words & Music by Chris Chickering and Ron Cohen.
All rights Reserved.
Wake up dreaming that you are free
Banging your head so delicately
It's so clear, you live in fear
Blinded by the need
For security
You've been dragging that ball and chain
With your head in the ground
Been slowing you down
You've carried the weight for so long
Forgotten your strong
And how bright you can shine like the sun, yea
When I wanna give in
I gotta get out
When I wanna give up
I start singing out loud
Change is coming round
You just can't live without it
Change is coming round
It's Imminent
Now your movin' but 'round and 'round
Like a rat on a wheel in a plastic house
You've been stuck in a crazy maze
Running in place
Thinkin' you're the only one
Gone insane, yea
When you wanna give in
You gotta get out
When you wanna give up
Start singing out loud
Change is coming round
Ain't no doubt about it
Change is coming round
It's imminent
It's waiting for you
and waiting for me
Change is coming round
You just can't live without it
Change, hear the sound
Change is coming round
Ain't no doubt about it
Change is coming round
It's imminent
Change
Change
Change
It's waiting for you
and waiting for me
It's waiting for me, yea
Change
Change
You just can't live with out it
Change
It's waiting for you
and waiting for me
Change
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5. |
Castaway
04:24
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Castaway
© 2009. Words & Music by Chris Chickering and Ron Cohen.
All Rights Reserved.
Let's sail away
Just you and me
Across the ocean
There's no time
Like today
Don't think twice
Let's leave this shore
Open your heart
Start living more
Won't you be my castaway?
Let your fears, disappear, don't fade away
You're all I need
The only one
Follow me
Into the sun
On a red-eye plane
Feeling free
Now we're flying
To that place
We always dreamed
It's alright
To step on board
With faith in our hearts
And fate at our door
Won't you be my castaway?
Let your fears, disappear, don't fade away
I'm on my knees
The time has come
Follow me
Into the sun
Breath in
Let it out
Release
All doubt
Breath In
Let it out
Believe
All-out
Won't you be my castaway?
Let your fears, disappear, don't fade away
You're all I need
The only one
Follow me
Into the sun
Breath In
Let it Out
Breath In
Just let it out
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Have A Little Faith Today
© 2010. Words & Music by Chris Chickering and Ron Cohen.
All rights reserved
We all slip
We all stumble
And sometimes we fall
Lose direction
This intersection's
Got no lights at all
So we skip like a stone
Down the road, all alone
Have a little faith
Have a little faith today
Have a little faith today
Come on now
Have a little faith
It's gonna be ok
Have a little faith today
You're on your way
You're on your way
We all crash
We all crumble
Sometimes we stall
Let's change direction
Celebrate your imperfection
And turn up the sound in your soul
Like the wind let it flow
Through your eyes, let it go
Have a little faith
Have a little faith today
Have a little faith today
Come on now
Have a little faith
You're gonna be ok
Have a little faith today
You're on your way
You're on your way
It's a long, long road to the top of the stairs
With a little faith, you're already there
Yea
So, have a little faith
It's gonna be ok
Have a little faith today
Have a little faith
Have a little faith today
Have a little faith today
Everybody
Have a little faith
We're gonna be ok
Have a little faith today
You're on your way
You're on your way
You're on your way
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7. |
Flying Over Rainbows
03:56
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Flying Over Rainbows
© 2008. Words & Music by Chris Chickering, Ron Cohen and Greg Barnhill.
All rights reserved.
Sometimes it's so hard
To keep it together
One day you're flying high
Then you're cryin' in the desert
I was staring at the end of the line
Was sure I'd fall
And lose my mind
Now I'm spreading my wings and flying over rainbows
I'm spreading my wings and flying over rainbows
Sometimes, it feels like
The highway's forever
And the sun never let's up
And you're lifeless as leather
Just when I felt my spirit had died
I looked down on a painted sky
Now I'm spreading my wings and flying over rainbows
I'm spreading my wings and flying over rainbows
I'm spreading my wings and flying over rainbows
I'm spreading my wings and flying over rainbows
I'm spreading my wings and flying over rainbows
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My Heart's Back in Georgia
© 2011. Words & Music by Chris Chickering and Ron Cohen.
All rights reserved.
Drivin' north on the 1 state line
Wind in my hair
The moon's shinin' bright
It's a foggy ocean evening
Got mist in my eyes
My heart's back in Georgia
With you on my mind
I love you
Yes I do
I love you
And will always be true
I parked on the shoulder to settle for the night
When I heard the music playing
Saw fire burning bright
A man said: "Come on over
No need to be alone"
So I grabbed my guitar
Started singing this old song
I love you
Yes I do
I love you
And will always be true
I love you
Yes, only you
I love you
I love you
And will always be true
And as the flames keep rising
From this fire on the coast
Stars in the sky
Missin' you the most
People talking around me
About what I can't recall
Cause my heart's back in Georgia
With you that's all
I love you
Yes I do
I love you
And will always be true
I love you
Yes, only you
I love you
I love you
And will always be true
And every night I'm drivin'
I'm cryin' out inside
Cause my heart's back in Georgia
With you all the time
Yes my heart's back in Georgia
With you
All the time
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9. |
What's Holding You?
03:56
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What's Holding You?
© 2009. Words & Music by Chris Chickering, Ron Cohen and Greg Barnhill.
All rights reserved
Free your mind
Let it go and
Let it cruise
To the other side
Where the dawn of another day is new
Bring your crazy
Because you and I are headed to
Where the angels fly
And trouble won't find me and you
Sometimes it takes a while to get it right
Sometimes that golden road shines too bright
So take a chance, break on through
Live beyond what's holding you
The past is all we have to lose
Break on through what's holding you
Can we look outside
of our paper rules?
And question why
Because there's more than one way and one truth
It'll be alright
Any way you wanna move
And the sun will rise
On any given path you choose
Sometimes our deepest fears
Are the hardest ones to fight
Breakin' down and lookin' in
Might save your life
So take a chance, break on through
Live beyond what's holding you
The past is all we have to lose
Break on through what's holding you
So take a chance, break on through
Live beyond what's holding you
The past is all we have to lose
Break on through what's holding you
Gotta take that chance
And break on through
Take that chance
Nothing and no one's holding you
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10. |
Father and Son
03:38
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Words and Music by Cat Stevens
It's not time to make a change
Just relax, take it easy
You're still young, that's your fault
There's so much you have to know
Find a girl, settle down
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old but I'm happy
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy
To be calm when you've found something going on
So take your time, think a lot
Think of everything you've got
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not
How can I try to explain?
When I do he turns away again
It's always been the same, same old story
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go
It's not time to make a change
Just sit down, take it slowly
You're still young, that's your fault
There's so much you have to go through
Find a girl, settle down
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old but I'm happy
All the times that I cried, keepin’ all the things I knew inside
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them they know not me
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go
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Chris Chickering Santa Fe, New Mexico
Chris Chickering is a singer-songwriter, recording artist, and musician whose musical mission is to write and perform songs
that uplift, unite, and inspire. His passion for personal growth inspired him to write songs that speak to the core of the human condition.
www.ChrisChickeringMusic.com
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