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Family of blood, family of love
Family of blood, family of love
Family of birth
Family of truth
Family line
Family life
Family honor
Family vow
Family then
Family now
Family of blood, family of love
Family of blood, family of love
Family of destiny
Family of chance
Family of hearth
Family of heart
Family of spirit
Family of path
Family of present
Family of past
Family of blood, family of love
Family of blood, family of love
(spoken)
Whether we are a family by birth
Or a family by choice
We are bound by our hearth and by our hearts
By bonds stronger than iron
We are a family of love...
Family of blood, family of love
Family of blood, family of love
It's a family of love
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This Is Home
04:56
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Your grains of sand have been my bed
Your rocks have heard me cry
Songs of gulls on the wind
Echoing my sighs
Refuge from the bitter days
Solace in the night
Came of age and found my way
In your mystic water's sight
The vast golden plains
Don't feel like home to me
And winter snows strip the leaves
From trees that should be green
The nights get so cold
And the rain smells strange
I'm itching to run
It's time for a change, oh...
Wrap me tightly in your healing, soothing arms
Rock me gently in your waves
Take me back to the child I used to be
'Cause this is home, this is me
Now you know
From where I came
You've walked the shore
That still calls my name
The sun has set
On many old decisions
But the moon will rise when I return
And fill me with new visions...
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Heartstrings
04:03
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My memory is uncertain
Calling up the moment we first met
Like peering through a curtain
So long on the outside looking in-
To a secret place
A hallowed hall where music fills the air
Where promises are real
And bound by the heartstrings that we feel
I was hesitating
To step into the shoes laid out for me
Still anticipating
A faerie glamor filled with tricks to
Lead me far away from home
And leave me hollow, but you proved me wrong
Your promises were real
And bound by the heartstrings that we feel
Stepping boldly forward
On the path that I can now see clear
Moving ever onward
Intertwining trails that teach us
Things that we must say in songs
Of wisdom learned and places we call home
Where promises are real
We're bound by the heartstrings that we feel
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Lady of the Hearth
03:26
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Lady of the Hearth, Lady of the Flame
Hear us as we call our dreams by name
Lady of the Forge, Lady of the Fire
Help us manifest our heart's desire
(echo) Lady of the Hearth, Lady of the Flame
Hear us as we call our dreams by name
Lady of the Forge, Lady of the Flame
Hear us as we call your name
Lady of the Hearth
Lady of the Flame
Lady of the Forge
Lady of the Fire
Brigid, hear our call
Brighd be welcome here
Brigid, hear our cry
Welcome, Brighd!
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(instrumental)
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Roots down deep, roots down deep
Roots down deep, roots down deep.
Seed is buried and after sleep
Sends its roots down, roots down deep.
Earth, Air, Water, Sun so bright
Green Bloods grow up toward the sky.
Green and Red Bloods gather here
Ancient ties we do revere.
One Earth family now to become
Green and Red Bloods live as one.
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(instrumental)
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Cathy McManamon Chicago, Illinois
Cathy is a singer/songwriter/guitarist/drummer in Chicago who occasionally performs solo, but more often in the Pegasus
Award-winning duo Random Fractions (with Jason Neerenberg. She is the former drummer for the filk rock band Toyboat.
Cathy is also a studio musician and arranger for Canticles Productions & Dreamflight Theatrical Gymnastics, a drum circle facilitator, and a guitar teacher.
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