It's Magic
Look at the cloud, look at the rain
Look at the seed, look at the grain
It all appears right out of the blue
Mother Nature comes through
Like magic, I think it's magic
Look how it's morning, now it's night
Look how it's dark, now it's light
Round and round in a circle we turn
Every breath, every word
Is magic, I think it's magic
I love to sit and watch the birds
And butterflies and penguins and the otters
I love to watch the trees let go of leaves
And watch 'em dancing in the air
I love to kick and scream and run and shout
And play and watch the sweet sun goin' down
There's joy in this life, joy in this life
Hey everybody, there's joy in this life
Look at me run, look at me sleep
Look at me give, look at me keep
Like a river I can flow along
Loving life, singing songs
Of magic, I think it's magic
Chorus
Look at me happy, look at me sad
Look at me good, look at me bad
Every moment with a gift for me
May be drama, or comedy
But it's magic, I think it's magic...
Copyright 2000.Mark Stanton Welch.
Do I Love Me?
There's a world out there calling
It's as pretty as can be
But underneath that face of beauty
There are challenges for me
They could be right there on the corner
Or even right here in my home
What I'll do and what I'll be
The choice is mine alone
There may be times when I feel lonely
I might be angry or afraid
I might feel like no one loves me
Like I want to run away
I can reach for something harmful
Make believe it's all OK
Drugs won't make problems disappear
The choice is mine to make
Do I love me? Do I love me?
How will I live my life?
Do I love me? Do I love me?
I wanna live life right....for me
I've sat through all the programs
I know that drugs can mess my life
I guess it all comes down top what I think of me
And what I feel inside
I don't want to wreck my body
I don't want to wreck my home
So what I'll do and what's for me
I've made that choice I know, I know
I really love me, I really love me
I wanna live my life
I really love me, I really love me
I wanna live life right, for me
Copyright 2000.Mark Stanton Welch.
I'm As Good As Anyone
Na na na na na na....
I can breathe and I can think
And I can look at you
I can hope and I can cry
And I can get the flu
I can ask for love, I can give my hand
I'm as good as anyone because I know I am
I can wish for peace on earth
And wait for Christmas toys
I can feel alone and blue
And I can make great noise
I can give you love, I can take your hand
I'm as good as anyone, 'cause I know I am
Oh, I am one in a zillion
Nothing on earth quite like me
It wouldn't be the same without me here
So I can be like me, and you can be like you
Or you can be like me, and I can be like you
If I want to
I can hope the Earth will heal
And I can watch the sky
I can do the best I can and I can cross my eyes
I can fall in love, I can hold your hand
I'm as good as anyone 'cause I know I am
Copyright 2000.Mark Stanton Welch.
Everybody Wins
They told me as a little boy
It's a hard cold world out there
Dog eat dog
There ain't no such thing as fair
It's competition, only the strong survive
Got to be much better than the other guy
You either live or you die
I couldn't help believing
That there just had to be another way
That I could do the best I could
Everybody else could do the same
No competition
Nobody has to lose
Nobody being told you're just not good enough
Nobody laughin' at you
Can you see a world where
everybody wins?
We just grow together
People helping people everybody wins
It's kinda like a fairy tale
It's kinda like a dream
But I really could happen right here
If we just believe
We've all felt the losin'
We've all seen somebody else
Wearing the crown
Left us wishing and a hoping
Well, how long you gonna let that
Keep you down
We all are winners, teaching one another
So rise above what they said you
Never could do
And be the best that you can
Copyright 2000.Mark Stanton Welch.
Sharing What the Feelings Are
Mother Earth she is a model
She lets her feelings show
If we human beings will listen
We all will truly know
In her joy she brings us sunshine
And all her creatures sing
Her puffy clouds go dancing
There is life in everything
But when there's anger in here body
There's thunder in the sky
The ground begins to quake
And you can hear a mighty cry
Mother Earth is always calling
She has so much to say
Won't you listen, listen,listen
Mother Earth, she is a model
She doesn't hold a thing
For the ones who see and hear her
She will tell them everything
When she's sad for abuses
And the pain she's had to take
She let's go and cries a billion tears
And washes it away
When she's frightened by explosions
That rip her earth and sky
She may hold her breath and shiver
And make it hot and dry
Mother Earth is always calling
She has so much to say
Won't you listen, listen, listen?
Sharing, sharing, sharing
What the feelings are
Don't hold 'em, don't hold 'em
Don't hold 'em all inside
Sharing, sharing, sharing
What the feelings are
Tell a friend talk about it
Shout, shake, scream, cry
Mother Earth she is a model
She's there for us to see
She says let your feelings flow
Just like the rivers to the sea
When she's lonely she goes calling
And her creatures come around
They caress her, hug and love her
From the the mountains to the ground
She doesn't reach for anything
To take the pain away
She does it all so naturally
That's Mother nature's way
Mother Earth is always calling
She has so much to say
Won't you listen, listen, listen?
Copyright 2000.Mark Stanton
Welch.
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No
If someone says________________
Do you have to go ahead and do it?...NO!
you gotta take
this pill
you gotta smoke this joint
you gotta drink this drink
calls you a chicken or a nerd
they won't be your friend
it's dude to do
People everywhere been pushin' me around
Telling me who I have to be
Well, I've got news I'm a human being
And there are rights for me, wo, wo....
they'll beat
your face
you gotta play my way
you gotta come with me
let's tease that girl
let's hit that boy
don't hang around him
People everywhere.....
that only
sissies cry
you gotta look like me
you gotta walk like me
you gotta dress like me
you gotta be like me
let's do these drugs
People everywhere....
Copyright 2000.Mark Stanton Welch.
Maybe When I Grow Up
Maybe when I grow up
There will be an earth for me
Maybe there'll be rivers, maybe there'll be land
Maybe there'll be air to breathe
The older people talk about the way it's gonna be
It scares me
I think that maybe when I grow up
There will be an earth for me
With lots of different flowers
All kinds of animals
And forests all packed with trees
You older people talk about the way it's gonna be
I don't believe it, I don't believe it
I know
It's gonna be all right
We're gonna make it
We're gonna grow up big and strong
Earth, she's gonna be all right
She's gonna make it
The one's who say well, they're all wrong
Hey, I know I'm just a kid
But I've got lots to say
Gonna make this world a better place
I know I can, I know we can, I know we will
Some day
Maybe when I grow up
There will be an earth for me
The one you've always dreamed of
Better than today
A place for my own family
Let me tell you people 'bout the way
It's gonna be
Believe me, believe me, I know
Copyright 2000.Mark Stanton Welch.
Power of a Friend
I can take the darkest night
And turn it into
I can tame the mighty dragon
Make him go away
What I can do, you can, too
If you unite with the power of a friend
Do you see we are the same?
People everywhere are made with Love
Sweet love
Doesn't matter what they wear
Body shape, color hair
Friends come from everywhere
People of the world
You can lift my spirit up
When I am down and blue
You can bring out best in me
When I don't have a clue
What you can do, I can, too
When I unite with the power of a friend
Do you see....
Help can come when you
are scared
Just call out and friend be there
Give good will to all and then
Never be without a friend, no, no ,no,
Never be without a friend
Friend will help you make a choice
Listen to your pain
Plant the seed of friendship
Have umbrella for the rain
What we can do is give love true
And unite with the power of a friend
Copyright 2000.Mark Stanton Welch.
Who Do I Believe?
So much information always coming at me
So many different ways to be
People say do this, people say do that
Here am I somewhere in between
People say they're happy
When I know they're really sad
They say that they're OK and nothing's wrong
But it feels so different I really get confused
I wonder what is wrong
How can I be so wrong?
Who do I believe? What are the
answers?
Why does it feel so crazy inside?
Who do I believe? What are the answers?
Where is the voice that will tell me what's real?
Someone's always telling me
The way that I should be
They think that I don't know I'm just a kid
I've gotten so used to just doing what they say
That I keep my own thoughts hid
I keep my own thoughts hid
Chorus
Then it comes from
deep inside me
I hear a whispering, a voice is whispering
It says listen to the heart inside me
Follow my greatest joy
Follow my greatest joy
Chorus
Copyright 2000.Mark Stanton
Welch.
Get High (Naturally)
I like to have a good time just like anyone
There's a thousand different ways
Of having safe and healthy fun
I got this radical body, I got this
awesome mind
There's no excuse for doing drugs
When I could be naturally high
I could hop upon my skateboard
I could surf those giant waves
I could boot up my Nintendo
I could lie down in the shade
I could train for the Olympics
I could read a classic book
I could hike up in the mountains
I could walk down by the brook
Get high, high, high naturally
Get high, high, high naturally
I could ride my BMX
Run a mile or so
I could climb the highest tree in town
Sing with the radio
I could build my doll collection
Talk with my best friend
I could shout, "It's great to be alive!"
Now that I recommend
I could dance until I'm breathless
I could practice on my drums
I could drink some ice cold lemonade
Blow bubbles with my gum
So you see the ways are endless
So come on, join the club
Take a tip from me and get your kicks
With good, clean fun
Get high, high, high naturally
Get high, high, high naturally
Copyright 2000.Mark Stanton
Welch.
Love Your Body
Love your body, love your soul
Love your fingers and love your toes
Love your thinking, love your words
Love your heart and love your nerves
Love to your dances and the
times you cried
Love everything that you are inside
Love your mistakes, love your sins
Love your challenges, love your wins
Love, love, love,
love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love is everything is everything is love
Is everything
Copyright 2000.Mark Stanton
Welch.
Hello World
Hello woman, hello man
Hello ocean, hello land
Hello boy, hello girl
Hello Heaven, hello world
Here we go 'round in a great big circle
Everybody and me
Breathe same air drink same water
Fruit from same green tree
All growing up have same big problems
Big, big pressure on we
Got to remember all together
Help each other see
Chorus
When you got problem I can help you
I can give sweet love
Only thing gonna save this world is
People living love
I won't turn back when I see you hurting
Won't turn from your pain
Brother, sister I will be there
I help break-a your chain
Chorus
Hello Mother, hello dad
Hello happy, hello sad
Hello creatures, hello plants
Hello stillness, hello dance
Love, live love......
Copyright 2000.Mark Stanton
Welch.
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