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Kol Han'shamah
03:38
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Kol han’shamah tehalel yah
Halleluyah
(Let every thing that has breath praise God
Halleluyah)
There’s something alive inside this room
It’s setting the strings of our souls in tune
You can feel it rise from the earth below
Sure as that river of rhythm flows
It is our fire and we’ll make it climb
Fanning the flames with your voice and mine
Singing with strength and with kavanah
Kol han’shamah tehalel yah!
Halleluyah
Kol han’shamah tehalel yah
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Pulse
03:50
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Everybody’s got a pain inside
Imaginary wounds they fight to hide
How can I hate them
When everybody’s got a pulse
I dream in a world that wants my soul
That tells me if I hate I can control
But I don’t believe it
I cannot conceive it
Because everybody’s got a pulse
I am human, I am love
And my heart beats with my blood
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody’s got a pulse
Once again I hang my head to cry
I can’t find the reason why they died
We will find the answer
Blowing in the wind
That everybody’s got a pulse
I am human, I am love
And my heart beats with my blood
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody’s got a pulse
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Tzama Nafshi
03:40
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K’ayal ta’arog al afikei mayim
Kein nafshi ta’arog elecha Elohim
Tzama nafshi l’Elohim, l’El chai
Tzama nafshi
(As a deer longs for streams of water
So may my soul long for you, divine one
My soul is thirsty for God, for the living God)
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Sigh No More
03:13
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Serve God, love me and mend
This is not the end
Live unbruised, we are friends
I’m sorry, I’m sorry
Sigh no more, no more
One foot in sea, one on shore
My heart was never pure
You know me, you know me
And man is a funny thing
Oh man is a funny thing
Love, it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you, it will set you free
Be more like the one you were made to be
There is a design, an alignment, a cry of my heart to see
The beauty of love as it was made to be
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5. |
Anthem
06:02
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The birds they sang at the break of day
Start again, I heard them say
Don’t dwell on what has passed away
Or what is yet to be
Yeah, the wars they will be fought again
The holy dove, she will be caught again
Bought and sold and bought again
The dove is never free
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in
We asked for signs, the signs were sent
The birth betrayed, the marriage spent
Yeah, the widowhood of every government
Signs for all to see
I can’t run no more with that lawless crowd
While the killers in high places say their prayers out loud
But they’ve summoned, they’ve summoned up a thundercloud
And they’re going to hear from me
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in
You can add up the parts, you won’t get the sum
You can strike up the march, there is no drum
Every heart, every heart to love will come
But like a refugee
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in
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6. |
Kaveh
04:08
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Al titneni b’nefesh tzarai
Kaveh El Adonai
Lach amar libi bakshu fanai
Kaveh El Adonai
Chazak v’yametz libecha
V’kaveh El Adonai
Don't let me get lost in my soul-suffering
I will trust in the wholeness of everything
My heart says, "I am looking for you!"
I will trust in the truth of the way things are.
Fill your heart with power and courage
Teach me the way of Presence
Hope then for THE ETERNAL ONE; strengthen your heart with courage,
and have hope in THE ETERNAL
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7. |
This Be Dear to Me
04:58
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Oh, the water in the stream
Flowing through the centuries
Through the canyons, through the trees
This be dear to me
And the breezes as they blow
From ’cross the seas through your window
Where they come from, where they go
This be dear to me
Chorus:
Ah, oh, I believe this is what’s worth fighting for
Ah, oh, help us see that there is so much more
Adonai
On the desert, vast and wide
Silent under endless skies
And then you put your hand in mine
This be dear to me
Or when you wake still warm from sleep
Half a dream your soft lips speak
Safe and near me you I’ll keep
This be dear to me
Chorus
Oh, the autumn, rust and gold
Winter mornings, crisp and cold
Then in spring, the world unfolds
This be dear to me
Oh the whole world’s whispering
The morning rains, the prayer bells ring
The eagle cries, the great whales sing
This be dear to me
Chorus
If I leave this world too soon
Far beyond the silver moon
Live your life with love and truth
This be dear to me
Look, there’s love in all that’s true
This be dear to me
Feel the love surrounding you
This be dear to me
Yes, you are dear to me
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8. |
Ahavat Olam
01:38
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Ahavat olam bet Yisrael am’cha ahavta
Torah umitzvot chukim umisphatim otanu limad’ta
Al ken Adonai Eloheinu b’shochveinu uv’kumeinu nasiach b’chukecha
V’nismach b’divrei toratecha uv’mitzvotecha l’olam va’ed
Ki hem chayeinu v’orech yameinu, v’orech yameinu
Uvahem nehgeh yomam valaila, yomam valaila
(With everlasting love you love the house of Israel. Torah and mitzvot, laws and justice you have taught us. And so, Adonai Eloheinu, when we lie down and when we rise, we reflect upon your laws. We take pleasure in your Torah’s words and your mitzvot, now and always. Truly, they are our life, our length of days, on them we meditate by day and night. Your love will never depart from us as long as worlds endure. Blessed are you, Adonai, who loves your people Israel.)
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9. |
Hold It High
03:49
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A million people in the streets tonight
Illuminated by the traffic lights
Holding their signs up high
Cameras rolling and the mics are on
Somebody’s shouting through a megaphone
A message amplifies
That it’s time to draw some lines
If you believe that love is the key
Lift it up, hold it high, hold it high
A message of peace and unity
Lift it up, hold it high, hold it high
Do you remember when they took a stand
Riding buses through Birmingham
Wearing their marching shoes
And even when all that hatred flowed
Out the end of a firehose
And they had so much to lose
They sang, “We shall not be moved”
If you believe you’re just like me
Lift it up, hold it high, hold it high
Bending the arc toward dignity
Lift it up, hold it high, hold it high
A more perfect union, by and by
A more perfect union, if we try
The townspeople all answered the call
Out in front of Independence Hall
That day in early July
A man read from a document
That pushed back on the government
He held that parchment up high
To the bright Philadelphia sky
If you believe we all should be free
Lift it up, hold it high, hold it high
A nation conceived in liberty
Lift it up, hold it high, hold it high
If you believe that love is the key
Lift it up, hold it high, hold it high
A message of peace and unity
Lift it up, hold it high, hold it high
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10. |
Na Gibor
05:05
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Ana b’choach g’dulat yemincha tatir tz’rura
Kabel rinat am’cha sagveinu tahareinu nora
Na gibor dorshei yichudcha k’vavat shomrem
(We beg you, with the strength and greatness of your right arm
Untangle our knotted fate, accept your people’s song, elevate and purify us
Please, heroic one, those who pursue your uniqueness – guard them as the pupil of an eye)
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11. |
One Voice
03:21
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This is the sound of one voice
One spirit, one voice
The sound of one who makes a choice
This is the sound of one voice
This is the sound of voices two
The sound of me singing with you
Helping each other to make it through
This is the sound of voices two
This is the sound of voices three
Singing together in harmony
Surrendering to the mystery
This is the sound of voices three
This is the sound of all of us
Singing with love and the will to trust
Leave the rest behind it will turn to dust
This is the sound of all of us
This is the sound of one voice
One people, one voice
A song for every one of us
This is the sound of one voice
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12. |
Make Our Garden Grow
03:55
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13. |
Tree of Life
02:22
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O sweet Spirit, hear my prayer
Help these words heal someone out there
I am but a voice, just a cry in the air
But I sing, nonetheless, in this pain we share
O sweet friends, come and dry your eyes
And hold each other by this Tree of Life
I’m angry and tired of this great divide
But I sing, nonetheless, with love on our side
O sweet souls who feel broken now
We’ll heal together, somewhere, somehow
Time and again, we have been let down
But we sing, nonetheless, still whole and still proud
With love on our side, with love
O sweet Spirit, hear my prayer
Help these words heal someone out there
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Mi shebeirach avoteinu
M’kor hachayim l’imoteinu
Hu y’varech v’yirafeh
Et hacholim
El na refa na la
(May the one who blessed our fathers,
source of life for our mothers,
bless and heal the suffering.
Oh God, please heal her.)
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15. |
Adonai Ma'on Atah
03:26
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Adonai, ma’on atah
Hayitah lanu b’dor vador
(God, you have been our dwelling
From generation to generation)
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16. |
Be Here Now
03:54
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Don’t let your mind get weary
And confused, your will be still, don’t try
Don’t let your heart get heavy
Child, inside you there’s a strength that lies
Don’t let your soul get lonely,
Child, it’s only time, it will go by
Don’t look for love in faces, places
It’s in you, that’s where you’ll find
Kindness
Be, be here now, be here now
Don’t lose your faith in me and
I will try not to lose faith in you
Don’t put your trust in walls ’cause
Walls will only crush you when they fall
Be, be here now, be here now
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On the day we are together again
I will pull you in close like a hoop with no end
On the day we are together again
We will share the same table again
I will pass you the salt, the candlelight will bend
When we eat at the same table again
We will walk ’round the block hand in hand
We’ll stop for a snack at the taco truck stand
We will walk ’round the block hand in hand
Someday we will go back to work
May we be among people who respect our worth
Someday we will go back to work
I will help the strangers I meet
It is possible to get back on our feet
I will help the strangers I meet
I will write you a letter for now
Oh, hope is a message that survives somehow
I will write you a letter for now
To the healers who keep us alive
Oh, a toast to your courage, to your knowledge and light
To the healers who keep us alive
And the ones we love who are gone
We remember their stories, we sing the songs
For the ones we love who are gone
On the day we are together again
I will pull you in close like a hoop with no end
On the day we are together again
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18. |
Beauty
03:42
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Chorus:
Everywhere, everywhere there is beauty
And I see beauty everywhere that I go
Lift me up from despair, come and soothe me
Reach right through me
Hold me harder than I've ever known
Seems like the cost of life
Is so much higher than what we had saved
A sea of frost and ice
Is trying to bury us under its wave
Just look around
Why is it that you’re so afraid?
Chorus
A few dozen years to hang around
And take things past where they were when we came
Some fly away, some run aground,
Some spin in circles, but if it's all the same
I'd rather walk
Can you help me find flowers along the way?
Chorus
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19. |
Ashrei Ha'am
03:20
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Ashrei ha’am
Tzedek umishpat, mechon kisecha
Tzedek umishpat, chesed v’emet y’kadmu fanecha
(Happy is the people who knows the t’ruah sound!
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne
Lovingkindness and truth go before you)
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