Show Us your heart
a self portrait
So you think that you’re old and over
That the best of your years are gone
You’re exhausted and wrinkled your body is sprinkled with liver spots and muscle knots
You’re sure there are no more surprises
Not one melody you haven’t heard
But then all of a sudden
A new song is flooding your world!
Show us your heart
Sing us your song
Dance us your dance
Take us along
We’re in it too
We’re in it with you
Show us your heart
So you think that it’s too late to make a change
And you’re certain there’s no way you can thrive
You’re feeling too old to grab onto the ring
But damn it — you’re still alive
Dive in with all of your passion
Turn your lemons to smoothies and cake
You might be a bit rusty
Come on kiddo trust me
Get out there and stake your stake!
Show us your heart
Sing us your song
Dance us your dance
Take us along
We’re in it too
We’re in it with you
Show us your heart
We know that you’ve got a story to tell
A tale that’ll make people think
From a lifetime of pain
And a most human stain
You’re a johnny-on-the-brink
You’ve a book, it’s a novel, a song, it’s a poem
It’s a masterpiece you have been hiding
Take it out let us in, let us give it a spin
Let us read for one minute stop writing
It isn’t too late till you’re dead in the ground
You’ll have centuries plenty to rest
Push yourself a bit harder
Your fear’s a non-starter
It’s time that you finally address
Your purpose in life is to give and to give and to give what God’s put in your hands
And if you hold on — you’ll have no way to open the door!
Show us your heart
Sing us your song
Dance us your dance
Take us along
We’re in it too
We’re in it with you
Show us your heart…
Before God and the Guru
Eveylyn’s Song
Before God and the Guru, I knew not
To bless each minute, I have got
This holy moment I am here
I – hold – dear
The hand that God had given me
Always seemed to stymie
I needed to learn faith and love
To untie the knots that tie me
I wanted so to change the world
The wrongs that needed righting
But I was young and not so smart
And far too weak for fighting
The world was dark and the world was cold
And I was very scared
Something broke inside of me
I needed to repair
So, before I ventured out
Away from kith and kin
I battled loss and suffered love
And holy war within
Before God and the Guru, I knew not
To bless each minute, I have got
This holy moment I am here
I – hold – dear
Then one day – this man – I met
Put his hand upon my head
I cannot say exactly why
But as he touched my head I cried
I'd been living in the past
And as I meditated
The clutter fluttered from my life
I was emancipated
My nasty past poured outta me
It cleared my sickly soul
My tears turned into waterfalls
I swear they made me whole
The light I looked for all my life
Exploded from my eyes
Could it be that finally
The truth had made me wise?
Before God and the Guru, I knew not …
Up a river down a hill
I have got my marbles still
Fortune that I once thought poor
Lead me to straight to heaven’s door
Friends and family I love
I thank the lord – my God above
Below, beside, inside and out
I need my faith without a doubt
I’ve come to love the ones that hurt me
Them that swore they’d not desert me
I’ve forgiven folks I hated
Spat upon and denigrated
I know the world’s inside of me
If I cannot forgive I’ll see
The world as ugly, strange and cruel
And I will be the devil’s fool
So, I share what I now know
The world we have’s the world we sow
Things will go from bad to worse
Believing in the devil’s curse
One thing a-bove all I know
Laughter heals the suffering soul
Seeing life through laughter’s eye
Heals the heart
Before God and the Guru, I knew not
To bless each minute, I have got
This holy moment I am here
I – hold – dear
Try not to hold on to your past
Life goes by so very fast
This moment here could be your last
Let it go
Enjoy the show (whispered)
This holy moment I am here…
Words & Music © 2018 Keith Torgan
For Evelyn Goodman on her 90th Birthday