River Of Souls 02 | Dan Fogelberg

RIVER OF SOULS

Released September 1993 by Epic Records.

Magic Every Moment

(Is That) All There Is

The Minstrel

Faces Of America

Holy Road

Serengeti Moon

Higher Ground

A Love Like This

River Of Souls

A Voice For Peace

Credits

Dan Fogelberg - organ, steel-string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, percussion, piano, keyboard, vocals

Alejandro "Alex" Acuña - percussion, conga, udu

Bill Bergman - horn

Michael Botts - cymbals, drums, bass drums, hi-hat

Pam Boulding - Appalachian dulcimer, hammer dulcimer

Philip Boulding - harp, whistle, Tin whistle, pennywhistle, Celtic harp

David Campbell - conductor

Lenny Castro - conga, timbales

Gene Elders - fiddle

Dennis Farias - horn

Mike Finnegan - organ (music, organ

Daniel Fornero - horn

Bob Glaub - bass

Michael Hanna - keyboard

Larry Klein - bass, fretless bass

Russ Kunkel - cymbals, drums

Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxophone

Robert McEntree - electric guitar

Vince Melamed - synthesizer, marimba

Billy Payne - piano

Mike Porcaro - bass

Carlos Vega - drums

Julia Tillman Waters - background vocals

Oren Waters - background vocals

Maxine Willard Waters - background vocals

Producer: Dan Fogelberg

Engineers: Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis, Dave Reynolds, Elliot Scheiner, James Tuttle

Assistant engineers: Neal Avron, Anastasia Fogelberg, Dave Glover, Mike Kloster, Kevin Nimmo

Mixing: Elliot Scheiner

Mixing assistant: Tom Winslow

Mastering: Denny Purcell

Programming: Dan Fogelberg

Drum programming: Dan Fogelberg

Sampling: Dan Fogelberg

Arranger: David Campbell

Horn arrangements: Bill Bergman

String arrangements: David Campbell

Art direction: Kosh, Brian Wittman

Design: Kosh, Brian Wittman

Photography: Henry Diltz

Lyrics

Magic Every Moment

I awoke this morning to a shattering sound

And I went downstairs and found these shards of glass strewn all around

There upon the floor I found this poor broken dove

And it made me realize how very fragile is this life that we so love

I came back up to bed and I held you so tight

And I prayed up to the Father, oh I prayed with all my might

That He'd always keep you with me, that He'd always keep you safe

And when I went downstairs I found that dove had somehow up and flown away

(Chorus)

There's a magic every moment

There's a miracles each day

There's a magic every moment

Oh won't you let the music play

On a high and windy island I was gazing out to sea

When a long forgotten feeling came and took control of me

It was then the clouds burst open and the sun came pouring through

When it hit those dancing waters in an instant all eternity I knew

There's so much we take for granted--there's so much we never say

We get caught up in the motion of just a living day to day

We are fettered to the future, we are prisoners of the past

And we never seem to notice 'til our lives have finally

Slipped right through our grasp

(Chorus)

You can see forever in a single drop of dew

You can see that same forever if you look down deep inside of you

There's a spark of the creator in every living thing

He respects me when I work but He so loves me when I sing

(Repeat Chorus Twice)

All There Is

In the eyes of the world your touch is like gold

Your reputation's so cool and cruel and controlled

You count your money in your prison tower

Made of concrete, glass, and steel

Feeling cozy in the hollow warmth of another business deal

You've climbed your way to the top but lately it seems

That there's a hole in the heart of the American dream

Sittin' pretty in your trophy room with your shining souvenirs

That just remind you of the wasted time and the lateness of the years

(Chorus)

Is that all...is that all there is

Is that all...there must be more than this

In the eyes of the world your touch is like gold

Your reputation's so cool and cruel and controlled

In a moment it could all be gone in the twinkling of an eye

Then what's your pile of precious pride worth then

If you've never wondered why

(Repeat Chorus Twice)

More than this...is that all there is

All there is...is that all there is

The Minstrel

There's a love in my life neither mistress or wife

And she waits for me every morning by the sea

Where the fishing hawk wheels and the sun warms the seals

There she lays at her silent anchorage for me

She is fine, she is fleet -- she will run, reach or beat

With a song in her rigging and her sails

And when day is done we will lay two as one

And sleep 'neath the rolling rhythm of the stars

And we sail away off to Jericho Bay

Where the blue of the sea meets the sky

And the song that she sings me, it brings me such peace

When the seas rise up angry and high

She's a friend of mine...The Minstrel

There are loons off to port and the porpoises sport

In her wake as she breaks the rolling main

And with the wind in her sails, we will run with the whales

As they swim through their dark, diminishing domain

And they sail away off to Jericho Bay

Where the blue of the sea meets the sky

And the song that she sings me, it brings me such peace

When the seas rise up angry and high

She's a friend of mine...The Minstrel

Faces Of America

There was a time, a simpler time

When a man could be sure of where he stood

I used to work at the yard, working honest and hard

The hours were long but the pay was good

I had a family and friends, oh so many friends

We'd drive to the lake on holidays

Back then it wasn't so dear for a sandwich or beer

At night I still dream I can see their faces

Certain things that you depend upon

There are places that you know

And the faces of America

Oh, where do they go, where did they go

I was born on a farm, a midwestern farm

I rode on the tractor with my dad

And though we never had much it was always enough

And we made the best with what we had

But then came four years of drought and the bottom dropped out

My father was broken like the rest

And I can still see his hands signing over his lands

And the bankers grow fat on the flesh of the dispossessed

Certain things that you depend upon

There are places I can go I sift the ashes of America

For someplace I used to know (someplace I used to know)

Someplace I used to know (someplace I used to know)

Someplace I used to know

There was a time, a simpler time

When a man could be sure of where he stood

I used to work at the yard, working honest and hard

The hours were long but the pay was oh so good

Certain things that you depend upon I used to think were guaranteed

Like the right of every man to work

And feed his family, and feed his family

And the faces of America seem so distant and estranged

Have their eyes become too blind to see

How much their hearts have changed (how much their hearts have changed)

How much their hearts have changed

Holy Road

Last night I dreamed I was looking down

On the planet Earth a-spinning 'round and 'round

And as I cast my gaze about, I watched her lovely light go out...

Ummm, the light went out

And floating in the black of space, I was looking into God's own face

And in His hand He held this tiny Earth

He said, "well ain't it a shame what they've a-done to her

After I'd shown them to the holy road, the holy road

After I'd shown them to the holy road, the holy road"

"Well, I laid a bounty in their hands and only gave a-them ten commands

But they never learned their lessons very well

And they drove My garden straight to hell

That's when they fell off of the holy road, the holy road

That's when they fell off of the holy road, the holy road"

Let me tell ya...

"Well the popes were frauds and the kings were fools

And your presidents only dupes and tools

Oooo, and the money makers and the Chiefs of Staff

Who worshipped of that golden calf

They turned their backs upon the holy road, the holy road

They turned their backs upon the holy road, the holy road"

And then I told Him...

"Well, You made the sun and You made the sky

The things that crawl and the things that fly

And then You made the human race"

And He said, "Well, everybody makes mistakes

I thought they'd want to walk the holy road, the holy road

I thought they'd want to walk the holy road, the holy road"

And even though it was just a dream, it seemed as real as it could seem

And often dreams the truth forebodes

You got to get back children on the holy road

Get back children on the holy road...

Get back children on the holy road

Holy road, the holy road

Gotta get back on the holy road, the holy road

(Oooo...yeah)

On the holy road, on the holy road

On the holy road, people, on the holy road

On the holy road now, the holy road

On the holy road, children, on the holy road (yes)

Serengeti Moon

The grass is high and the work is done

Send the sun to his sleeping place

Now we'll dance and make love beneath the Serengeti moon

The Gods are laughing their twinkling eyes

Shine on us in the clear night sky

Take my hand...let us walk beneath the Serengeti moon

(Chorus)

Oh, let the music play

Mamalang melodia yalla (listen to the melody)

Fill your heart with joy and mirth

Thabishing pelo tsa lona (let your hearts rejoice)

Oh, let the rain clouds come

Mameland melodie yalla

Spill their life upon this earth (Whoa-oh)

The grass is high and the work is done

Send the sun to his sleeping place

Now we'll dance and make love beneath the Serengeti moon

The Serengeti moon

Higher Ground

Rain keeps falling -- keeps a-falling down

Like it's never going to quit

Trouble stalks this one horse town

Like it can smell the fear inside of it

Through the night the fires rage

Mixing juices 'til they disengage

Mouths get hungry and the hands reach out

Is there something we should talk about

We've got to head for higher ground (Oh no)

Oh good people there's hard choices going down now

We've got to head for higher ground

Head for higher ground...higher ground

Shattered trusts and broken vows can exact a heavy toll

And in the race of heart and mind

Sure, the loser is the soul

We've got to head for higher ground (Oh no)

Good people there's hard choices going down now

We've got to head for higher ground

Head for higher ground...higher ground

Higher...higher...higher...higher

Higher....higher...higher

Faithless deeds for faithless times

All men are guilty of their brothers' crimes

So few are chosen; there's even fewer called

So few can ever read the writing on the wall

We've got to head for higher ground (Oh people)

Oh people there's hard choices going down now

We've got to head for higher ground

Head for higher ground...higher

We've got to head for higher ground (Oh-oh Oh-oh)

Good people there's hard choices going down now

We've got to head for higher ground

Head for higher ground...higher ground

A Love Like This

And now the lonely days are done

And with each rising of the sun, love begins anew

And if you ever ask me why I know that my love will never die

I'll say these words to you

Of all the souls I've ever known

Mine sings to yours and yours alone

And yours sings just to me

In all this world I'll never find

A heart that could beat as close to mine

And this time I can see

(Chorus)

A love like this is so hard to find

And so many never do

And loves like this, when they even exist

Are precious and few

You know they're precious and few

(Repeat Chorus)

Down the miles, through the years

Yours is the star by which I steer

The brightest star I've known

And when I feel all hope is gone

Yours is the love that leads me on

The light that guides me home

Your light will guide me home

River Of Souls

I take my place along the shore and I wait for the tide

It seems I've passed this way before in an earlier time

I hear a voice like mystery blowing warm through the night

The silent moon embraces me and I'm drawn to her light

I follow footprints in the sand to a circle of stone

Find a fire burning bright 'though I came here alone

And in the play of shadows cast I can dimly discern

The shapes of all who've gone before calling me to return

(Chorus)

There are no names that fit these faces

There are no lines that can define these ancient spaces

The spirits dance across the ages

And melt into a river of souls

(Refrain Espagnole)

Lo que es mio (What is mine)

Lo que es de Dios (What is God's)

Lo que es del rio (What is the river's)

Melt into a river of souls

I take my place along the shore and I wait for the tide

It seems I've passed this way before in an earlier time

To every man the mystery sings a different song

He fills his page of history, dreams his dreams and is gone

(Chorus & Refrain)

A Voice For Peace

You know that everybody has a voice

And how they use it is their own free choice

In your glory I will not rejoice

If you choose the ways of war

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust

My country 'tis of thee; in God we trust

But how much longer will He shelter us

While we choose the ways of war

While the winds of war rage on

(Chorus)

Let mine (oh let my small voice) be a voice for peace

Oh let mine (oh let my small voice) be a voice for peace

Let it start here with me--oh let mine be a voice for peace

The good book tells us thou shalt not kill

The truth came shining and it's shining still

But how much blood upon this earth must spill

Before we lay our weapons down

Let us lay our weapons down

(Chorus)

Let mine (oh let my small voice) be a voice for peace

Oh let mine (oh let my small voice) be a voice for peace

Let it start here with me, oh let mine be a voice

And in the face of the beast, oh let mine be a voice

Until the breaths in me cease, oh let mine be a voice for peace

Let mine (oh let my small voice) be a voice for peace

Oh let mine (oh let my small voice) be a voice for peace

Raise your voice up, raise your voice up

Raise your voice up and sing for the promise

(Sing as a round with the last chorus)

RIVER OF SOULS

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