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Warbler

by Chris Morgan

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1.
The Light 03:50
In winter time, a silence so sublime, The earth asleep beneath the snow. You define to me simplexity, You don't know how you know but you know... A cosine to the sine of your soul. In one life, we all will play many roles. All matter formed deep from within the sun. That's where we'll return when we are done... So to shine again as the light. Could we name the day without the night? Or black without white? How could we know what's wrong from right? Or pain from delight? If we believe something, does that make it true? Is truth what you do? If what is real to me, is real to you? And our sky still is blue... A cosine to the sine of your soul. In one life, we all will play many roles. All matter formed deep from within the sun. That's where we'll return when we are done... Some things travel faster than the speed of light, The thoughts of you, all humanity, too, Now are taking flight. Taking flight despite your journey through the night... So to shine again as the light.
2.
Just a Dream 03:55
The other day, a little boy say, "Life is just a dream". If that's true, then all we do, We're doing in our sleep. If it's all just a dream, And it's as it seems, what does it mean? Awake! It's the new day. Getting older, with world on shoulder, Will it ever end? Money lent, and money spent, But you only want a friend. Awake! The day will not wait. If it's all just a dream, Who is it creates the scene? If it's all just a dream, Are we the dreamers, or the dream? Awake! You're sleeping too late. Metaphysics has its limits, I can't prove a thing. What we feel becomes what is real, And that is why I sing. Awake! It's the new day. If it's all just a dream, Will we wake up eventually? If it's all just a dream, Does our consciousness just float upstream? Oh! If it's all just a dream, Then what's the underlying theme? If it's all just a dream, Then maybe it's a prophecy... If it's all just a dream, All that we have seen or seem, If it's all just a dream, Can it connect us to the love supreme? If it's just a dream?
3.
Something short of sudden, Arriving just in time, Fortune, she is smiling, Just loving how you shine. Stories give it sense, Though the plots don't seem to fit. The drama might escape us, The mask may never fit. There are forces working, To fill up what we lack, I have heard that angels would do, Things like that. And if there is some great divide, Forever through it, the angels guide. And if there is still distance more, They will carry you, as before. There is no language to the holy, The sacred lies in the ordinary. There is no language to the holy, The sacred lies in the ordinary. The beautiful unfolding, Of all there is to know, Many lives behind us, And many more to go. The beautiful unfolding, Beyond all faith and fact, Could it be the angels are just, Things like that? And if there is some great divide, Forever through it, the angels guide, And if there is still distance more, They will carry you as before. There is no language to the holy, The sacred lies in the ordinary. There is no language to the holy, The sacred lies in the ordinary. There is no language to the holy, The sacred lies in the ordinary. There is no language to the holy, The sacred lies in the ordinary.
4.
You are the one! You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one. You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one. You're the one who never tried to, Turn me into someone else. Accepting me for what you could perceive, Inside the heart, my sweet, Undoubtedly, you are the one. You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one. Sought love high, throughout expanding skies, And then I sought love low, in places no one goes, Fortunately, you would always be, Right there, upside of me, Undoubtedly, you are the one. You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one. You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one. You're the one set above others. So much more than a lover. There could not be another, In this world for me... You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one. You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one. That's the way we both live everyday, Work becomes just like play - no game delay! Like the sun that warms me, Lights the way before me Meant to be - eternally - you are the one! You're the one, you're the one, you're the one! You're the one set above others. So much more than a lover. There could not be another, In this world for me...ya! You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one. You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one, You're the one, you're the one. You are the one.
5.
Young Love 03:30
Only time will tell if we are right or we are wrong, Young love in the summertime, lasting all year long. Stealing glances, taking chances, are we finally alone? Then you said, "Let's go to bed; let's act like we're at home"... Keep your voice down, or the kids will hear. Keep your voice down, my parents are downstairs. So you want to run away, Give up all the games you play, Laid low by a dismal day, Young love always finds a way. When you die, I'll be by your side, you won't leave this life alone. Young love never ages like the bodies we have on loan. Most things fade with time, but not the light inside the heart, Young love brings together the ones who were apart. So you want to run away, Give up all the games you play, Laid low by a dismal day, Young love always finds a way. Reconsider, you can stay, In my heart most every day, You don't have to go away, Young love always finds a way. Keep your voice down, or the kids will hear. Keep your voice down, my parents are downstairs. Our love always finds a way.
6.
How did it come to this sorry state? And what is to come? Should I resign and embrace my fate, Like ev'ryone? How can I deal with the wars of late? And all the smoking guns? How did it come to this sorry state? Thy will be done. And the only way outta here, Is through the shadow of greatest fear. So light a candle and keep it near, The day is done and the night's unclear. And the only way outta here, Is through the shadow of greatest fear. So light a candle and keep it near, The day is done and the night's not clear. Is there something new to create, Under the sun? Or just more copies to replicate, But no original one? How did it come to this sorry state? Look how far I've come... It gives me pause now, just to contemplate, The things I left undone. And the only way outta here, Is through the shadow of greatest fear. So light a candle and keep it near, The day is done and the night's unclear. And the only way outta here, Is through the shadow of greatest fear. So light a candle and keep it near, The day is done and the night's not clear.
7.
I got laid-off with two weeks notice, From a downsizing company, so they floated us. Standing on our shoulders, promoting prosperity, Though their capital has no loyalty. Rich men give money, it means nothing to me, To relinquish their possessions would be real charity, In devotion to bottom-line figures, Between the have and have-nots, the gap gets bigger. They know the price of everything, But the value of nothing, No, they aren't like you and me, They have more money. When the workers of the world unite, To re-claim what is theirs, by right, Many millions will join the fight, When the workers of the world unite! You see, the harder that I work,the less I get paid. Been living hand-to-mouth, while the Man has it made. It's not just me; it's the same the world over. So I'll take what's mine - in overtime - before I get older. Now I support the left, but I'm leaning to the right. And while I have no degree, I have some insight. 'Cause I'm not talking about the revolution, Without co-operation, there'll be no solution. They know the price of everything, But the value of nothing, No, they aren't like you and me, They have more money. When the workers of the world unite, To re-claim what is theirs, by right, Many millions will join the fight, (Workers unite!) When the workers of the world unite!(Workers of the world, unite!) When the workers of the world unite, (Workers unite!) To re-claim what is theirs, by right, (Workers of the world, unite!) Many millions will join the fight, (Unite!) When the workers of the world unite!(Unite!) When the workers of the world...
8.
So work has been rough, and you've had enough. So work has been rough... Your hands covered in blood, wanting to get a hold of, With hands covered in blood... But like a light from above, after losing sight of, The light from above... A feeling, in spite of not going out to the clubs, I'm feeling, in spite of... That you'll give me your love, That you'll give me your love, That you'll give me your love, That you'll give me your love... Between a hawk and a dove, on no side to speak of, Between a hawk and a dove... Maybe we should just - , or get within an inch of, Oh, baby, we should just - ... While we're making love, it's like we're on drugs, While we're making love... And I'm feeling, in spite of not going out to the clubs, I'm feeling, in spite of... That you'll give me your love, That you'll give me your love, That you'll give me your love, That you'll give me your love, your love, your love... That you'll give me your love, Oh, that you'll give me your love, Won't you give me your love? Won't you give me your love..? Won't you give me your love..? Won't you give me your love..? Won't you give me your... Oh, give me... Won't you give me your...love? Oh yeah! Won't you give me your love? Won't you give me your love? Won't you give me your love? Won't you give me your love..? Won't you'll give me your love..? Won't you'll give me your love..? Won't you give me your - ...?
9.
Good To Be 03:46
Good to be one with you. Good to be one with you. Good to be one with you. Good to be one with you. After this time, there's always time, To dwell on the past, get bound up there fast, Don't leave it behind. You shine a light, magnificent light. The shadows may grow, but somehow we know, We'll win the fight. Yeah, and it's good to be one with you. Yeah, and it's good to be one with you. We've been through things, we've both been through things. Seems we were just kids when we first did, Put on those rings. The more of our love, magnificent love, To bridge the divide and reconcile sides, Our love is enough. Yeah, and it's good to be one with you. Yeah, and it's good to be one with you. Our love, it is enough. Our love, it is enough. It is enough. Yeah, and it's good to be one with you. Yeah, and it's good to be one with you. Yeah, and it's good to be one with you. Yeah, and it's good to be one with you. Yeah, and it's good to be one with you. Yeah, and it's good to be one with you. (One with you!) Yeah, and it's good to be one with you. Yeah, and it's good to be one with you. Yeah, and it's good to be one with you. Yeah, and it's good to be one with you.
10.
You took me there, Past the Thames, cross Covent Square. And then through Western Fair, We went everywhere. And we had our share, Feeling lighter than air, When you took me there, What else could compare? And London, we'll call, from Euston Hill to Dundas Street. And London, we'll call, the Forks are where the waters meet. And London, we'll call, in Masonville, throughout Old East. And London, we'll call... Yeah! And everything was a-light. And everything was right On a London night! On a London night...yeah! And London, we'll call, from White Oaks Mall to Black Friars Bridge. And London, we'll call, down Richmond Row and Reservoir's ridge. And London, we'll call, in Labbatt Park, watching baseballs pitched. And London, we'll call, as you can see, there really is no hitch. On a London night! On a London night...yeah! And London, we'll call, and spend the night in your embrace. And London, we'll call, lifted by this city's grace. And London, we'll call, if conservative becomes commonplace. And London, we'll call, so everybody knows that London is the place.
11.
Gifted 04:13
Celebrate the past, The future's here at last. Life should be this way, Every day, a birthday. Life, it is a gift. Wrapped in love - here it is! Like finer things we age, We're better off that way. The year that is to come. Everything you have done. And what you have become. You're like a rising sun... Life, it is a gift. Wrapped in love - here it is! Like finer things we age, We're better off that way. From where do you come? And where are you going? Will you guide me to love, Without even knowing? Fresh as morning dew, Everything like new, A birthday wish for you.

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Warber is Chris' first LP. Read more about the record here: chris-ontheperiphery.blogspot.ca/2014/09/warbler.html

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released November 11, 2014

Full-length recording by Chris Morgan. All songs written, performed, engineered and mixed by Chris Morgan. Mastered by Andy Magoffin at The House of Miracles.

'The Light' contains samples from 'The Light' composed by Phillip Glass and performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

'Workers of the World, Unite!' contains a sample from the X-Files: Season 3: 'Talitha Cumi'

'Wontchugimmeyoluv?' contains samples from '1001 Nights in the Harem' written and performed by Fazil Say and Vivaldi's 'L'hiver' performed by Accentus.

A recording of the Canada Warbler's birdsong can be heard at the end of 'Gifted'.

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