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The Resurrection of Me

by Chris Chickering

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When You're Gone 03:37
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When You're Gone © Words and music by Chris Chickering (Chris Chickering Music, BMI) and Greg Barnhill (Easyana Music, SESAC). 2014. All rights reserved. Sometimes it's hard to see When you're caught up in the middle of a never-ending highway stream And the last thing you're thinkin' about is how you're remembered or what you'll leave for a legacy It's a sober thought Someday your gonna have to go and part with all the stuff you bought And you'll be lyin' in the ground underneath the blue forget-me-nots Like some afterthought So what do you want 'em to say about you when you’re gone? That you shined a light so bright that it helped everyone along That you did your best to change this world and 'ya rode it like some tilt-a-whirl When it’s time to put the chisel to the stone What do you want 'em to say about you when you’re gone? That you knew how to live And through the pain and the shame you somehow learned how to forgive And that you loved with all your heart and gave it all you had to give Yea that's what you did That you laughed a lot And even when you didn't feel like it you were someone else's rock And that you shared everything you had even when you had not Hey no one here forgot So what do you want 'em to say about you when you’re gone? That you shined a light so bright that it helped everyone along That you did best to change this world and 'ya rode it like some tilt-a-whirl When it’s time to put the chisel to the stone What do you want 'em to say about you when you’re gone? You still got a whole lotta livin' The road up ahead winds like a ribbon So take the best of what you've been given and Spread it around So what do you want 'em to say about you when you’re gone? That you shined a light so bright that it helped everyone along That you did best to change this world and ya' rode it like some tilt-a-whirl When it’s time to put the chisel to the stone What do you want 'em to say about you when you’re gone? Yea when you're gone When you're gone
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Do It Now 05:07
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Do It Now © Words and music by Chris Chickering (Chris Chickering Music, BMI) and Greg Barnhill (Easyana Music, SESAC). 2014. All rights reserved. Let’s not wait until tomorrow To manifest our waiting dreams ‘Cause these are gifts that we’ve been given That are waiting to take wing And when the smoke of doubt surrounds you Know it's not where you belong Just burn through it like an arrow Let's not wait until tomorrow Do it now Whoooaaah Whoooaaah Ah, do it now Whoooaaah We all lose sometimes There are lessons in the losing that are ours to find Am I lesser than? It's the fog that creeps in deeming us the lesser man But if you look beyond the human ego dance And the present circumstance You’ll see the future's in our hands Let's not wait until tomorrow To manifest our waiting dreams ‘Cause these are gifts that we’ve been given That are waiting to take wing And when the smoke of doubt surrounds you Know it's not where you belong Just burn through it like an arrow Let's not wait until tomorrow Do it now Whoooaaah Whoooaaah Woah, do it now Whoooaaah Am I good enough? What will the others think if I should rise above? What's been holding me back from all I know that I am really meant to be? And the fear of nding I'm not who I am Falls away when We step up and take the chance So let's not wait until tomorrow To manifest our waiting dreams ‘Cause these are gifts that we’ve been given That are waiting to take wing And when the smoke of doubt surrounds you Know it’s not where you belong Just burn through it like an arrow Let's not wait until tomorrow Do it now When it's right in front of you Oh, oh, oh, oh And it's somethin' that you gotta to Oh, oh, oh, oh Be the truth inside of you Let's not wait until tomorrow To manifest our waiting dreams ‘Cause these are gifts that we’ve been given That are waiting to take wing And when the smoke of doubt surrounds you Know it’s not where you belong Just burn through it like an arrow Let's not wait until tomorrow Do it now Whoooaaah Whoooaaah Ah…do it now Whoooaaah Oh…do it now Whoooaaah Whoooaaah You got to do it now
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Home Is Where The Heart Is 04:02
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Home Is Where The Heart Is © Words and music by Chris Chickering (Chris Chickering Music, BMI) and Greg Barnhill (Gatorized Music, SESAC). 2013. All rights reserved. Ah here I am obviously In the place I always was supposed to be I never thought I'd ever find The satised I'm feeling now I took the long way ‘round It started out Looking for Somethin’ that was always right at my front door Ain't it somethin' how You never see What's right in front of you But it feels good when you do Home is where the heart is Ah hell I shoulda known this By the way the dreams I held were never mine After all I see This is where I'm meant to be Home is where the heart is so I find And to think it's been here waitin' all this Time Time Sometimes it takes Goin' there To end up in the middle of a blue-nowhere And when ya do You just hitch a ride Back to that place in you 'Cause ya had it all inside Home is where the heart is Ah hell I shoulda known this By the way the dreams I held were never mine After all I see This is where I'm meant to be Home is where the heart is so I find And to think it's been here waitin' all this Time Time We scan the horizon Just hopin' to buy-in To some kinda destiny or fate Then all of a sudden You run out of runnin' and it's plain as the smile on your face Home is where the heart is Ah hell I shoulda known this By the way the dreams I held were never mine After all I see This is where I'm meant to be Home is where the heart is so I find And to think it's been here waiting' Ah home is where the heart is Ah hell I shoulda known this Shoulda turned around at roadblock 99 After all I see This is where I'm meant to be Home is where the heart is so I find And to think it's been here waitin' all this Time Time All this Time Time
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Place In this World 03:04
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Place in This World © Words and music by Chris Chickering (Chris Chickering Music, BMI) and Greg Barnhill (Easyana Music, SESAC). 2014. All rights reserved. Hey! All these faces on the downtown street There’ll all lookin' for someplace to be, but I Tell you what we’re gonna be alright 'cause We got a place in this worldtonight, yea Some people try to run their future down Never livin' in the here and now, but I Can't say the same about you and I, ‘cause We got a place in this world tonight Woah... We gotta take the moment Like we own it Woah... We're all in this together So you better make it last Some people always look in their rear view Never knowin' every day is new Brother, sister, don't you realize that We got a place in this world tonight Hey! Hey! Woah... We gotta take the moment Like we own it Woah... We're all in this together So you better make it last 'Cause it's ashes to ashes and it's dust to dust, and Before ya know it 'yea your time is up, but I Tell you one thing we're doin’ just ne, ‘cause... We got a place in this world tonight…Hey! Yea…Hey! We got a place in this world tonight…Hey! Mmmm…Hey! We got a place in this world tonight
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Finding Out 04:39
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Finding Out © Words and music by Chris Chickering (Chris Chickering Music, BMI) and Greg Barnhill (Easyana Music, SESAC). 2014. All rights reserved. Every time you turn your head I swear I have to catch my breath I must confess I'm living for you now Without you here my life would be A wasted mediocrity Ya found me in this broken world somehow In a sky-high desert town I'm finding out There's more to us than just a fleeting, wild emotion You've taken hold and I'm finding out Your waves are crashin' over me just like an ocean My soul's been stolen I'm finding out I'm finding out You are that beautiful I was fine, doin' ok All alone in Santa Fe I really wasn't lookin' for someone You walked in the room that night And blinded me with laughter-light I swear that I'd been staring at the sun I can't believe I've just begun I'm finding out There's more to us than just a fleeting, wild emotion You've taken hold and I'm finding out Your waves are crashin' over me just like an ocean My soul's been stolen I'm finding out I'm finding out You are that beautiful I'm finding out There's more to us than just a eeting, wild emotion You've taken hold and I'm finding out Your waves are crashin' over me just like an ocean My soul's been stolen I'm finding out There's more to us than just a fleeting, wild emotion You've taken hold and I'm finding out Your waves are crashin’ over me just like an ocean My soul's been stolen Finding out Yes I'm finding out You are that beautiful You really are that beautiful How could someone be that beautiful to me?
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Make Your Happiness 04:04
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Make Your Happiness © Words and music by Chris Chickering (Chris Chickering Music, BMI) and Greg Barnhill (Easyana Music, SESAC). 2014. All rights reserved. Turn off the TV Open the curtains Look out the window Stop all your circlin' ‘round What's bringin’ ya down? Nobody's gonna come try to nd you Kick down your door Give you a prize Fix all your troubles Try to pull you out ‘Cause that ain't the way this two-ring circus works You gotta give to get to get what's waitin' ‘round the curve You won't find it in some lover's eyes Some shiny pretty thing you buy You can run but you won't nd it nowhere else See the one thing happy people know It's what you earn not what you're owed And in-between the heartbreaks and the scars You gotta make your happiness right where you are Na na na na...na na na na...na na na Na...na na na na...na na na Na...na na na na...na na na na...na na na Na...na na na na...na na na Reach out a hand Lend it to someone Don't matter who Just be the one who cares You'll find a little happy there Send out a smile it's ok ‘Cause it transcends all the fear and hate And you'll see You're a little more than half-way there And the sooner from your easy-chair you realize The thing we've all been lookin’ for has always been inside You won't find it in some lover's eyes Some shiny pretty thing you buy You can run but you won't find it nowhere else See the one thing happy people know It's what you earn not what you're owed And in-between the heartbreaks and the scars You gotta make your happiness right where you are Na na na na...na na na na...na na na Na...na na na na...na na na Na...na na na na...na na na na...na na na Na...na na na na...na na na And the journey of a thousand miles Ends right when you realize You won't find it in some lover's eyes Some shiny pretty thing you buy You can run but you won't nd it nowhere else See the one thing happy people know It's what you earn not what you're owed And in-between the heartbreaks and the scars You gotta make your happiness right where you are Na na na na...na na na na...na na na Na...na na na na...na na na Right where you are! Na…na na na na...na na na na...na na na Na...na na na na...na na na Don't you know? Don't you know? It ain't that hard Na na na na...na na na na...na na na It ain’t that hard
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The Resurrection of Me 03:48
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The Resurrection of Me © Words and music by Chris Chickering (Chris Chickering Music, BMI) and Greg Barnhill (Easyana Music, SESAC). 2014. All rights reserved. Downtrodden, given up, forgotten Found my way all the way to the bottom Lost everything I thought that I could lose No hopin', give a damn, broken Three-time loser with a subway token Walkin' like a dead man in my shoes But I swear I'll find a way to turn it all around ‘Cause there's nothin' strong enough to keep my spirit down Took a left, took a right Sucker-punched by the fist of life, but I Found on a way to get on my feet again A little shaky from the blows But I'll be damned if it takes my soul, ‘cause I Been down But you'll see This is gonna be The resurrection of me yea, yea, yea The resurrection of me yea, yea, yea Cold-jaded, street-hated Called a punk and a bum berated Never thought I'd be the one to lose my way But it's alright, ‘cause I know now Got another chance to pick it up somehow So brother won't you hear me when I say? I got a black-eyed soul but I still got a lotta heart See it's never too late to nd a new place to start Took a left, took a right Sucker-punched by the st of life, but I Found a way to get on my feet again A little shaky from the blows But I'll be damned if it takes my soul, ‘cause I Been down But you'll see This is gonna be The resurrection of me yea, yea, yea The resurrection of me yea, yea, yea And I know they’ll always be the ones who cast their doubts After all that I've been through Nothin’s gonna hurt me now Took a left, took a right Sucker-punched by the fist of life, but I Found a way to get on my feet again A little shaky from the blows But I'll be damned if it takes my soul, ‘cause I Been down But you'll see This is gonna be The resurrection of me yea, yea, yea The resurrection of me yea, yea, yea Took a left, took a right yea The resurrection of me… The resurrection of me yea Took a left, took a right This is gonna be The resurrection of me yea
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Freedom Lies Within 03:55
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Freedom Lies Within © Words and music by Chris Chickering (Chris Chickering Music, BMI) and Greg Barnhill (Gatorized Music, SESAC). 2013. All rights reserved. Everybody wants to run away to some far away paradise To get outside their lives But they don't realize That heaven's not a place that lives inouter-space It's closer than you might have known And if you'll just be still And accept it all you will Find everything you're lookin’ for Has been right here all this Time and this is what I know for sure You won't nd it out there Truth is that the peace lies underneath the skin Let go ‘Cause freedom lies within Forget about the money Runnin' after somethin’ Someone on a dierent path 'Cause things you cannot change Will only bring you pain There's a realization in the meditation The quiet of your mind So take your happiness And breathe it in and live And you will Find everything you're lookin’ for Was right there all the Time and this is what I know for sure You won't nd it out there Truth is that the peace lies underneath the skin Let go ’Cause freedom lies within And you will Find everything you're lookin’ for Has been right there all this Time and this is what I know for sure You won't nd it out there Truth is that the peace lies underneath the skin Let go ’Cause freedom lies within Freedom lies within Freedom lies within Woah…
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Vibration 04:41
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Vibration © Words and music by Chris Chickering (Chris Chickering Music, BMI) and Greg Barnhill (Gatorized Music, SESAC). 2013. All rights reserved. Pretty girl in New York Cryin' on the stairs People pass her by Like she isn't there Silent desperation In the waves she sends If she only knew She could tune love in Oh, oh you got to Change your vibration And become who you wanna be, yea Change your vibration And find the one that's waiting underneath Release Love will set you free Another frozen dinner Mr. Friday night Afraid to let anyone into his life, ah, ay, ife But there's a woman for him In apartment C Oh and if he'd let her she could raise his frequency Oh, oh you got to Change your vibration And become who you wanna be, ah Change your vibration And find the one's that's waiting underneath Release Love will set you free There's a world unknowing Who could heal their pain If they only knew this simple thing This simple thing You got to Change your vibration And become who you wanna be, yea Change your vibration And find the one that's waiting underneath Oh you got to Change your vibration And become who you wanna be, yea Change your vibration And find the one that's waiting underneath Release Oh love will set you free Da da da da da da da Da da da da da
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Shadow of Doubt 03:05
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Shadow of Doubt © Words and music by Chris Chickering (Chris Chickering Music, BMI) and Greg Barnhill (Easyana Music, SESAC). 2014. All rights reserved. Don’t think it’s over when over is only a ghost Just open a window when you feel the doors have all closed And just hold on Another day’s coming along if you let it so Hold out There’s a lining of silver that traces the shadow of doubt Don't say ya can't when ya know damn well deep that ya can Don't turn away oh now don't let the fear steal your chance And just hold on Another day’s comin’ along if you let it, so Hold out There’s a lining of silver that traces the shadow of doubt There's another way Always another road So it's steady on And be good to yourself as you go There will be rain and the wind it may blow you off course But don't be denied of the destiny waiting that's yours And just hold on Another day’s comin’ along if you let it, so Hold out There’s a lining of silver that traces the shadow Hold on Another day’s comin’ along if you let it, so Hold out There’s a lining of silver that traces the shadow of doubt There’s a lining of silver that traces the shadow of doubt

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Chris Chickering’s 3rd studio release, "The Resurrection of Me" features 10 new, original tracks.

ABOUT:
We all have times we feel lost and can’t see the path before us. Chris Chickering is a singer-songwriter/producer whose songs shine a light on that path through messages of hope, healing and empowerment. Since 2012 he has recorded six studio albums: Shine (2012), Living in the Now (2013), The Resurrection of Me (2014), The Better Side (2015), Regeneration (2015), and The Hero’s Journey (fall, 2017).

Fueled by a desire to empower himself and others, Chris has always found music to be a refuge for guidance and inspiration, especially during his most challenging times. Growing up in San Francisco, Chris was influenced by artists like Cat Stevens, Neil Young, Train and The Rolling Stones, and moved by the humanitarian efforts of singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, to create his own unique message-driven music.
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PERSONAL STATEMENT:
Music is my oldest friend, the one I could always count on to soothe my spirit and deliver guidance, especially during the hard times.

As a kid, I remember listening intently to the lyrics of great singer-songwriters like Cat Stevens, Neil Young, Jim Croce and Harry Chapin, and to bands like The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Doors and The Beatles, feeling peace and calm.

As a young man, trying to find my way in the world, I gravitated toward personal-growth books, programs and seminars to help answer the question,“Why am I here?”
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BIO CONTINUED:
Great music starts with great songs. In the fall of 2012 Chris Chickering and three time Emmy-winning, Grammy-nominated songwriter Greg Barnhill (“Walkaway Joe,” “House of Love”), discovered their shared passion for lifting people’s spirits through music. Since then they have co-written over one hundred songs and joined forces on five studio albums.

“MY MISSION IS TO UNITE AND HEAL HEARTS THROUGH MUSIC.”
– CHRIS CHICKERING

Chris connects with audiences at public and privately hosted events worldwide, as a soloist and with his band. He is currently gearing up for the release of his sixth studio album, The Hero’s Journey which was recorded in June 2017. Chris is a fitness freak and yogi. In his free time he enjoys hiking with his dog Chili in the beautiful mountains of his hometown Santa Fe, New Mexico, and of course songwriting.

Chris has collaborated with a number highly acclaimed producers, engineers, songwriters and musicians—including Ron Cohen (Saturday Night Live, The Sopranos), Greg Bieck (Kenny G, Lionel Richie), Mills Logan (Taylor Swift, Art Garfunkel) Brian Hardgroove (Public Enemy) and John Kurzweg (Creed, Jewel).

BOOKING:
For your next event, including festivals, conferences, seminars and retreats email: Booking@ChrisChickering.com or visit www.ChrisChickering.com/booking

LICENSING:
To help you quickly find the right song for your project we’ve created this dynamic song-finder spreadsheet: www.ChrisChickering.com/TV

LISTENING STATION:
Chris' "Music for Positive Change Listening Station" is the perfect addition to any retail location with clientele passionate about health & wellness. bit.ly/1ZQHmH0

HOUSE CONCERTS & PARTIES:
Create a special experience your guests will remember for years to come by hosting your very own 'House Concert' or 'House Party' with Chris Chickering. www.ChrisChickering.com/House-Concerts

TRIBE:
Join Chris' tribe and get and get two unreleased demos, hand-written lyrics, & a special video to help make your dream a reality. www.ChrisChickering.com/tribe

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released November 4, 2014

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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.

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