THIN LITTLE VEIL SHINE © 2012 Bob Sima Music, Thin Little Veil, Released 31 March 2012 If you let your guard down long enough You might just like what lets itself on in If you open the door just a crack or two You'll get a flash of what you've been missing These days and days they've turned into years And the years have built these walls But that little ol' crack lets in a sea of light And then there's color, color So you let it shine, shine And then the darkness, the one you've called your friend May no longer be so welcoming They say there's no greater gift than feelings lost and found again 'Cause it's your right, it's your essence, it's your rainbow, it's your golden vine So you let it shine, shine When you reach up and you reach for the stars And they're farther than they've ever been You raise your hand and you raise your heart And you'll finally be listening to that voice, that little ol' voice The one that screams like a lion Says let it shine, shine THE LOOSER THE GRIP © 2012 Bob Sima Music, Thin Little Veil, Released 31 March 2012 When you lay down your head you want to sleep at night But you’re wide-­‐eyed and worrying heavy on the state of your life Just let go, let go, let go, leave it by the side of the pillow Because the looser the grip, the lighter the load You’ve been playing this game waiting on your finest hour But that need to win will drain you of power Put down that number one, put down control The looser the grip, the lighter the load When the weight of the world has descended on you They say be strong, hold on, your pride will carry through I say the stronger your pride, the longer the road And the looser the grip, the lighter the load When your heart is heavy it’s from a mind that’s full When your spirit is weak the world seems so cruel But it all falls away when you let go, let go, let go Well the looser the grip, the lighter the load I said the deeper the love, the higher we’ll go The less that you need, the faster it flows And the looser the grip, the lighter the load Page 1 of 6 Lyrics: Thin Little Veil © Bob Sima Music PEACE SIGNS AND LAUGH LINES © 2012 Bob Sima Music, Thin Little Veil, Released 31 March 2012 Did you know that some things can change without a whole lot of pain Just take your love and pour it in and watch it grow Did you know that good will prevail, the signs are everywhere It’s all over the faces in strange little places and dancing in the air Peace signs and laugh lines Are what makes, the world go round and round and round Children’s smiles and loving eyes Are what makes the walls come tumbling down I don’t have to convince you, I don’t have to change your mind Just step outside and feel the breeze blowing back the time ‘Cause there’s a love train a-­‐comin’, yeah we’re on the very next stop Just get on board and open your heart, there ain’t no goin’ back Tumbling down, tumbling down, everything old Everything old, new again The doors to heaven are open whatever your heaven might be Or maybe it’s always been right here and now just between you and me This place is where magic can happen beyond what we ever believed Like rolling hills of giant sunflowers as far as the eye can see Chorus IF ONLY © 2012 Bob Sima Music, Thin Little Veil, Released 31 March 2012 If only you could see If only you could see what everybody else can see About you child, it ain’t no lie If only you believed If only you believed when they said you could fly to the moon Don’t need a magic carpet or a red balloon If you were listening If only you were listening, you would hear the bells that ring The sweet sound of your melody Then the world wouldn’t seem so incomplete ‘Cause now you’re in with both your feet If all the world proclaimed If all the billboards lit up with your name Then would you start noticing If all your soldiers died One by one surrendered to your good side Finally some peace of mind in your battered mind If all your angels cried tears of a raging river Just wild enough for you to ride Then the world wouldn’t seem so make believe ‘Cause now you’re in with both your feet Page 2 of 6 Lyrics: Thin Little Veil © Bob Sima Music ‘Cause you got one toe in the water, one foot on the dance floor And she’s waiting for you, waiting for you You can swirl around in colors and leave the black and white behind IT’S AMAZING © 2012 Bob Sima Music, Thin Little Veil, Released 31 March 2012 Life has a way of making you drop down to your knees Breaks your dreams down to nothing more than what you think you need Time has a way of picking up the pieces from the cracks in the floor Of all those little dreams that had shattered They find their way to your life, once more If you open up your eyes and you just let it all shine It’s amazing, it’s amazing, it’s amazing, it’s amazing, aint’ it There was a time when all the love in the world was enough The grasses were green and the flowers were seen as pure holiness The lilies and the jonquils and the rice flower paper you can see right through It reminds you of that thin little veil that floats between me and you Chorus You were bathed in the light when you came to this life You’ll be bathed in the light when you leave Life has a way of making you drop down to your knees But your cast of characters find their way into your story just when you need To remind you and to bind you to the path that you already see And that thin little veil disappears and melts into you and me Chorus HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL © 2012 Bob Sima Music, Thin Little Veil, Released 31 March 2012 Your words can often fail to sell The nuance of emotions you try to speak so well Your actions are to speak louder than your words But somehow all the doing, doing, doing just don’t take away the hurt They won’t remember everything you did They won’t remember everything you said But their heart it won’t forget and they’ll always remember How you made them feel You know your smile can cut right through the thickest heart It can’t take away a lousy day but it’s a heck of a good start It’s not the cards that you send or the money that you lend or the standard response It’s the sharing of the silences, the dropping of the differences, and forgiveness How you made them feel, the unmistakable light in your eyes How you made it real, everything a little larger than life How you made them feel so strong When their weakened little heart couldn’t go on It’s the slowing down and listening to a heart that speaks from honesty It’s part of the great emancipation, disassociation from the separate lives we lead Page 3 of 6 Lyrics: Thin Little Veil © Bob Sima Music ‘Cause the essence of the question, isn’t it all about connection, the mark we leave Because long after you’re gone, your feeling lives on and on and on and on and on Chorus BE THE CHANGE © 2012 Bob Sima Music, Thin Little Veil, Released 31 March 2012 I don’t wanna talk about it, I don’t wanna cry about it I don’t wanna worry anymore I don’t wanna look down from a higher place I don't need to feel enlightened I just wanna be right here face to face I don't wanna plead no more, get you to believe no more Convince you, then put my hands in my pocket ‘Cause this beautiful world I’m waiting to see I think I'm done trying to change you, this time I'm changing me I don’t wanna think about it, I don't wanna fight about it I don’t wanna ponder anymore I don't wanna read about it, I don't wanna meet about it I don't wanna ask someone else what they think ‘Cause silence is a dangerous thing Yeah this bird is telling me it's time to sing I wanna walk like it, I wanna live like it, I wanna feel it in my bones I wanna breathe it in, end my sufferin’, so maybe just one soul will see That this beautiful world we're trying to find We're only gonna get there when we change on the inside If you wanna see the light you gotta be a light shining on the darkest day If you wanna see the change you gotta be the change, just takes one to show the way ‘Cause there are hands to be held and stories to tell And hearts that ache to be freed Love to share from within, peace to begin If not you and me then who, where, or when PERFECTLY FINE WITH ME © 2012 Bob Sima Music, Thin Little Veil, Released 31 March 2012 You can take my heart, drag it on the ground Ride my emotions ‘cause they go up and down Test my resolve, crush it in the palm of your hand You can scare up my ghosts and my devils inside Say hello to my angels and scrape at my pride And lull me down to the darkest, deepest corners And it’s perfectly find with me ‘cause alone we all must eventually be Alone is not without, alone is within, therein lies your beauty Well alone is not a time, alone is not a place Alone is where you’re witness to your loveliness and grace Alone I found but alone I did not seek Chorus Page 4 of 6 Lyrics: Thin Little Veil © Bob Sima Music Well it’s perfectly fine with me I will never place my star in another hand ‘Cause no one else can make my light shine the way I can But I won’t grow old being shy and wondering Chorus AS ABOVE SO BELOW © 2012 Bob Sima Music, Thin Little Veil, Released 31 March 2012 This is where empty comes to be alone, boundless golden plains, big blue sky Radiant expanse in all her splendor, towering, protecting her dominion In spite of all you’ve known, there is always something grander than you This is where quiet comes to be known, dancing with stillness to an endless song In this mighty wondrous wordless space, silence often comes here to hide his face In spite of all you’ve known, you are part of something grander than you Never are you alone, ‘cause as above so below This is where everything is from, the mystery, the great unknown This is where empty comes to be alone, this is where everything is home WILD PONY © 2012 Bob Sima Music, Thin Little Veil, Released 31 March 2012 Here we are darling and we sure didn’t get here slow If we stand in the perfect light we look just like we did 50 years ago We’re the same shoe size and the look in your eyes hasn’t gone away I still got the suit, you still have the dress, maybe we could step on back to that day One Mississippi, two Mississippi, counting all the years go by We passed by the place where half the memories have erased Everything left now is a feeling inside Trouble was at the back door but Lord we never let him in You took my hand, jumped into the deepest waters and together we learned to swim Everybody wants to know the secret to a lifetime of love Take care of yourself, learn to forgive, and never try to figure out what they’re thinking of One Mississippi, two Mississippi, counting all the years go by Love’s a wild pony and boy she loves to run So just hold on for the ride Yeah she swings you up and she spins you around And you never know where you’ll land So just hold on and let that pony ride Here we are darling and we sure didn’t get here slow If we stand in the perfect light we look just like we did 50 years ago EVERYTHING IS MUSIC Adopted from Kris Delmhorst, album Strange Conversation, Released 2006 2012 Bob Sima Music, Thin Little Veil, Released 31 March 2012 Well we've come to the place where everything is music Everything is music, everything is music Page 5 of 6 Lyrics: Thin Little Veil © Bob Sima Music Well we've come to the place where everything is music Everything is music, let it play. Why do you stay in jail when the door is wide open Let the beauty that you love be what you do Stop talking now, open up the window The one right there in the middle of your heart Let go your hands, sit down in the circle You know you got no need to keep yourself apart Well, the day you wake up sad and empty, don't go back to sleep ‘Cause there's a million ways to kneel and kiss the ground Don't worry now about saving all these songs There's so many more just waiting to be found If all these instruments should disappear We’d still hear something coming up from way down in the ground Because we've come to the place where everything is music Everything is music, let it play Page 6 of 6 Lyrics: Thin Little Veil © Bob Sima Music