Everyday Miracles CD
Produced & arranged by Joni Bishop / A collection of 10 original songs, featuring the title cut, ‘Everyday Miracles’. Produced with sparse, soulful, acoustic arrangements, this CD has an earthy, intimate feel that makes the music immediate and personal. Wonderful musical contributions by Tammy Rogers (Dead Reckoning Records) on fiddle / Don Heffington (Jewel) on percussion / Don Potts (The Mudcats) on bass / Jill Grossman & Laura Tyree on background vocals, Everyday Miracles ranks as a beat-folk classic! Tracks: * When God Made You * I'd Hardly Notice You Were Gone * Mojave Rose * Everyday Miracles * Rest Assured * Money Tree * The Art Of Flying * Sequoia * Thief of Hearts * Living Love
Lyrics...
| WHEN GOD MADE YOU |
| God made the heavens, every drop of rain that falls The meadows and the mountains, the creatures big and small And when He sat down and rested, and took a look at the view He said "Now, somethin's still missin'.... That's when God made you. He saw the sky was empty, so He scattered it with stars He thought Venus might need company, so He put her close to Mars He made the oak and the willow and filled the ocean with blue But he said "Now, somethin's still missin'..... And that's when God made you. You see, this picture of creation seemed somehow incomplete So He just picked up a brush And made a someone so wonderful, precious and unique You are His finishing touch... He could've made the evening, and left out the moon Or made the cherry blossoms without their sweet perfume He could've left the wings off the sparrows in this masterpiece He drew He could've left me lonely.... But then God made you. Words & music by Joni Bishop / c Mountain Glen Music ASCAP / Adm: MCS America, Inc. |
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| I'D HARDLY NOTICE YOIU WERE GONE |
| If the rainbow hadn't turned to shades of blue And if love songs stopped reminding me of you If my nights just were'nt so long... I'd hardly notice you were gone. If my hours weren't spent waiting for your call If your footsteps didn't echo down the hall This old heart could carry on And I'd hardly notice you were gone You see, I'm doin' just fine. For me, it's just a matter of time 'Til you don't cross my mind 'Til I wake up one fine day And the clouds will roll away..... And the raindrops will stop fallin' from the skies And these teardrops will stop fallin' from my eyes When you're back where you belong I'll hardly notice you were gone...... I'll hardly notice you were gone. words & music by Joni Bishop & Jan Buckingham / c Mountain Glen Music ASCAP, Adm: MCS America / c Duck House Music BMI |
| MOJAVE ROSE |
| There in the highest desert, under a cloudless torquise sky Where the sun pours down like fire and the land is so barren and dry There's a flower that grows in this place As if by some heavenly grace In the clear desert air, so delicate and rare...Mojave Rose. When he first laid eyes on Rosalinda, his life was like a broken dream And his heart was as dry as the desert winds that blow across the San Joachin And in that lonely and desolate place As if by some heavenly grace She gave him her love and sowed the miracle of Mojave Rose. Sometimes love finds the least likely garden To plant its roots and to grow And though the soil may be rocky and hardened It blesses the earth with a rose And there in that lonely and desperate man As if by some heavenly plan She gave him her love and sowed the miracle of Mojave Rose Sometimes love finds the least likely garden And plants a seed that you will never forget And though the soil may be rocky and hardened Or as poor as the streets of Juarez Sometimes a sweet flower appears in that place As if by some heavenly grace When he learned how to love he felt the miracle of Mojave Rose And he dreams of her tonight in the pale moonlight....Mojave Rose Words & music by Joni Bishop / c Mountain Glen Music ASCAP / Adm: MCS America, Inc. |
| EVERYDAY MIRACLES |
| The rocks and the trees and the rain on the roses The sound of laughter and the feel of the wind Every moth, every leaf, all the colors of a rainbow, The taste of strawberries and the coming of spring Everyday, if I take time to see Everyday miracles are happening to me I've got the sky up above, the warmth of your love Let me tell ya, life is full of those everyday miracles Those little everyday miracles. When the morning sun shines in from my window When I see the joy in a child's eyes And when I lay down at night, feel your arms around me It hits me like lightnin' and I realize Everyday, if I take time to see Everyday miracles are happening to me I've got the sky up above, the warmth of your love Let me tell ya, life is full of those everyday miracles Those little everyday miracles. Words & music by Joni Bishop / c Mountain Glen Music ASCAP / Adm: MCS America, Inc. |
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| REST ASSURED |
| When the load is heavy and the road gets rough And my best just ain't enough When I'm broken-hearted, black & blue When every dream has fallen through... I still rest assured When I'm feelin' helplesss and insecure And I'm bendin' under the weight of the world As long as there's a love like yours I know I can rest assured. So many people with empty stares Crowds of faces, nobody there Hangin' by some unravelin' rope Out of time and out of hope But I'll rest assured When I'm feelin' helpless and insecure That there's still some hope for this crazy world As long as there's a love like yours I know I can rest assured You came along and rescued me with all you love And now I know just how good it can be Since you lifted me up... And when my work is over at the end of the day And all the noise is fadin' away At the end of the evenin' I turn out the lights When I lay me down tonight I can rest assured When I'm feelin' helpless and insecure And I'm bendin' under the weight of the world As long as there's a love like yours I know I can rest assured. Words & music by Joni Bishop / c Mountain Glen Music ASCAP / Adm: MCS America, Inc. |
| MONEY TREE |
| The Lord looked down and He had to frown On His great creation Earth There was drought where there used to be water There was hunger and there was thirst He said: "Look at all the good things I gave you, children The land and the sky and the sea Oh, I handed you a garden of Eden And you planted a money tree You planted a money tree In my garden there's a money tree" And the profits came to rule the kingdom They were slaves to their silver & gold As if truth & wisdom & beauty Could be bought and borrowed and sold He said: "Look at all the good things I gave you, children The wealth that would set you free Oh, I handed you a tree of knowledge And you planted a money tree You planted a money tree In my garden there's a money tree" Well, there ain't no use you can't pick no fruit From that money tree And in the heat of the day you won't find no shade Under that money tree He said: "Look at all the good things I gave you, children Everything you'd ever need But you kill and steal, You bow down and you kneel To that money tree You planted a money tree In my garden there's a money tree" Words & music by Joni Bishop / c Mountain Glen Music ASCAP / Adm: MCS America, Inc |
| THE ART OF FLYING |
| We used to fly so high, we had our hearts in the clouds We were soaring like eagles, I never thought we'd come down We were so close to heaven, how did heaven ever fade/ Now we're back on the ground and we're learning to fly a different way And it won't be easy, coming down from that high Maybe we're learning there's more to learning to fly There's an art to flying..... Now we're going through some changes, like all lovers do It's not quite the same love as the love we once knew Now that we've finally landed, now that it's leveling out We're learning to fly without leaving the ground And it won't be easy, coming down from that high Maybe we're learning there's more to learning to fly There's an art to flying......... Words and music by Joni Bishop & Michael Mish / c Mountain Glen Music ASCAP, Adm:MCS AMerica, Inc. / c Mish Mash Music ASCAP |
| THIEF OF HEARTS |
| He'll steal a heart like it was money Grab what he can, just for the fun Tell those lies sweeter than honey Rob you blind.... and then he'll run So take care, hear my warnin' If a stranger appears in these parts Lock you doors until mornin' And beware of that Thief of Hearts From Cheyenne to Colorado He's scattered tears from here to Timbuktu Like some heartless desperado He'll rob you blind and leave you cryin' and blue So take care, hear my warnin' If a stranger appears in these parts Lock you doors until mornin' And beware of that Thief of Hearts There's a law that's never spoken But it's as old as the Joshua tree For every heart deceitfully broken Down the road there's one that's waiting to be Now in the cold rain that pourin' His empty room feels like a prison cell Now that she's gone without warnin' Now that he fell for a Thief of Hearts Words and music by Joni Bishop / c Mountain Glen Music ASCAP / Adm:MCS America, Inc. |
| LIVING LOVE |
| You could sail across the ocean Bring back the wealth of the world To prove your undying devotion You could offer me rubies and pearls But when you say you love me You breathe life into every word You give me something so real Something I can touch and feel You give me living love You could write verses like the poets Compose some sonnets that rhyme You could play the part and pour out your heart In some well-rehearsed lines But when you say you love me You make it more than just pretty words You make it come true with everything that you do You give me living love Walking, talking, breathing love... You give me living love And when I feel your arms around me When I feel your tender touch I don't need to go any farther to know That love is standing here in flesh and blood You're like holy water You quench my deepest thirst You can lay down your pride and stand by my side You heal my heart when it hurts And when you say that you love me You let your life speak louder than words And you make me believe Because you roll up your sleeves And give me living love Walking, talking, breathing love... You give me living love... It's standing here in the flesh and the blood... You give me living love Words and music by Joni Bishop / c Mountain glen Music ASCAP / Adm:MCS AMerica, Inc. |