VESPERS
(Music by Jim Valley; Lyrics by A.A. Milne and Jim Valley)
Little boy kneels at the foot of his bed
Droops on his little hands little gold head
Hush now hush! Whisper who dares
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers
Now God bless Mommy I know that's right
Wasn't it fun in the bath tonight?
The cold's so cold and the hot's so hot!
God bless Daddy I quite forgot
God bless Daddy
If I open my fingers a little bit more
I can see Nanny's dressing-gown on the door
It's a beautiful blue but it hasn't a hood
God bless Nanny and make her good
God bless Nanny
Now mine has a hood and I lie in bed
And pull that hood right over my head
I shut my eyes and I curl up small
Nobody knows that I'm there at all
Nobody knows
Thank you God for this beautiful day
And what was the other that I had to say
I said bless Mommy so what can it be?
Now I remember! God bless me
Now I remember! God bless me
Little boy kneels at the foot of his bed
Droops on his little hands little gold head
Hush now hush, whisper who dares
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers
Now let me become all that I am
Let me become all that I am
A tree is green and blue is the sky
And a bird can fly and why can't I?
Let me become all... all that I am
Guitar and vocal ~ Jim Valley
Bass ~ Doug Barnett
Drums ~ Mark Ivester
Classical guitar ~ John Morton
Piano ~ Eugene Bien
Recorded at Synergy Studios, Port Townsend, WA
Produced by Larz Nefzger, Jim Valley and Danny Deardorff
LOVE IS THE WAY
(Music by Jim Valley; Lyrics by Rumi)
Love Is the Way messengers from the mystery
Tell us things, all kinds of things
Love is the Mother; we are her sons and daughters
And she shines bright inside us
Visible, invisible, as we trust or lose trust
Or feel it start to grow again
Visible, invisible, as we trust or lose trust
Or feel it start to grow again
In your light I learn how to love
In your beauty how to make poems
You dance inside my chest where no one sees you
Sometimes I do and that sight becomes this art
We're going to start, again
Love Is the Way messengers from the mystery
Tell us things, all kinds of things
Love is the Mother; we are her sons and daughters
And she shines bright inside us
Visible, invisible, as we trust or lose trust
Or feel it start to grow again
Visible, invisible, as we trust or lose trust
Or feel it start to grow again
Love is the way messengers from the mystery
Love Is the Way
Love Is the Way
Vocals, acoustic guitar, organ ~ Jim Valley
Electric guitar ~ Russ Salton
Bass ~ Billy Odden
Drums ~ Brandon Davis
Organ, steel guitar, flutes ~ Jim Hoke
Engineer ~ Russ Salton
Recorded at Red Roof Studios, Gig Harbor, WA; Rockcoon Works, Gig Harbor, WA and Hillside Studios, Nashville, TN
Mixed by Rusty Reid, Rockcoon Works, Gig Harbor, WA
Mastered by Larz Nefzger, Around Sound, Kirkland, WA
CHILDREN OF THE SAME WORLD
(Music by Jim Valley; Lyrics by Fiona Sheridan's 5th Grade
Jakarta Internationa)
No matter where you come from,
No matter where you're born
We are the Children
We are the Children
Children of the Same World
Children gathered on the darkest night
Wished for peace with all their might
A shooting star heard their plea
Raced 'round the world to see
That peace belongs to you and me
No matter where you come from,
No matter where you're born
We are the Children
We are the Children
Children of the Same World
We share the same watery planet
The same starry sky
Family of man cannot be denied
No matter where you come from,
No matter where you're born
We are the Children
We are the Children
Children of the Same World
Piano and vocal ~ Jim Valley
Bass ~ Doug Barnett
Drums and percussion ~ Mark Ivester
Keyboard and Organ ~ Eugene Bien
Guitar ~ John Morton
Saxophone ~ John Goforth
Background vocals ~ Jennifer Ivester, Libby Torrance
Arranged by Jennifer Ivester
Young singers ~ Maggie Huber, Kate Nefgzer, Ava Stephan
Produced by Larz Nefgzer and Danny Deardorff
Recorded at Triad Studios ~ Redmond, WA and Synergy Studios, Port Townsend, WA
HEAVEN'S SONG
(Music and lyrics by Jim Valley)
The sky above asked the earth below
Where do your gentle waters flow?
The earth replied, "Deep inside
A caring heart where love abides"
And the sea goes on forever
The mountain tree asked the bird in flight,
"Where do your children sleep tonight?"
Sang the bird in song so fair,
"They'll sleep in dreams beyond compare"
And kindness goes on forever
And when they wake with the dawn
They'll bathe the world in Heaven's Song
And love the place where they belong
Heaven's Song
The sky above asked the earth below
Where do your gentle waters flow?
The earth replied, "Deep inside
A caring heart where love abides"
And the sea goes on forever, forever
Piano and vocal ~ Jim Valley
Keyboard Oboe ~ Nick Moore
Engineered by Denny Gore at Safari Studios, Gig Harbor
Mixed by Larz Nefzger - Around Sound Studios, Kirkland, WA
AND THE GARDEN
(Music and lyrics by Jim Valley)
Children listen sing the story
Magic kingdom within
Moon and stars and all their glory
And the Garden, And the Garden
There's a tree growing deep in the forest
Roots a'growing down inside the earth
And their limbs stretching high toward the heavens
And their leaves with their ever new birth
Sing children sing in the morning when you rise
Sing children sing, sing for your lives
There's an old man high on a mountain
Hands in the air to greet the day
He's a hermit holding on to a candle
Love in his eyes to help light the way
Love in his eyes to help light the way, the way, the way
Sing children sing on your way back home
Sing children sing when you're feeling all alone
Sing children children sing Alleluia,
Sing children children sing Alleluia
Children listen sing the story
Magic kingdom within
And the moon and stars and all that glory
And the Garden, And the Garden And the Garden
And the Garden, And the Garden
Guitar and vocal ~ Jim Valley
Recorder, Bass and Synth ~ Jim Hoke
Recorded at Cromwell Studios, Gig Harbor, WA and Hillside Studios, Nashville, TN
Mixed and mastered by Larz Nefgzer ~ Around Sound Studios, Kirkland, WA
I DO YOU
(Music and lyrics by Jim Valley)
Could you climb to a mountain top
When you reach that point you would not stop
There before you in the clear blue air
Angels beckon on golden stairs
Music dances in your soul
Rhapsodies you've somehow always known
How the heart loves to dream
The way I love you the way it seems
That I Do You
The way I Do You
Do You
Find yourself in a forest still
Nature's will
Eyes shining bright like the sun
But soft like the moon
Wind and rain ease this pain
The way I Do You
The way I Do You
Do you, do you, I'd do anything, anything for you
Do you
Could you climb to a mountain top
When you reach that point you would not stop
There before you in the clear blue air
Angels beckon on golden stairs
Mmmmmm in your soul
Rhapsodies you've somehow always known
How the heart loves to dream
The way I love you the way it seems
That I Do You the way I Do You
The way I Do you the way I Do You
The way I Do you the way I Do You
The way I Do you the way I Do You
Piano and vocal ~ Jim Valley
Woodwinds ~ Jim Hoke
Cello ~ Austin Hoke
Recorded at Triad Studios ~ Redmond, WA and Hillside Studios, Nashville, TN
Cello and woodwinds arranged by Jim Hoke
Engineered and mastered by Larz Nefgzer ~ Around Sound Studios, Kirkland, WA
COME TO ME SLOWLY
(Music and lyrics by Jim Valley)
Come To Me Slowly come to me sure
Sing to me joyful but sing to me pure
Reach for me higher with all thy might
And share with me this day this wonderful light
Wonderful light
Oh my soul release and behold
We'll go places beyond control
Oh my soul
Now call me the father sister of the son
Call me darling loved one
Search for me constant thru the night
And I'll come to you in the morning light
Morning light, morning light
Like a seabird in golden flight
Oh my soul release and behold
We'll go places beyond control
Oh my sou, oh my soul, release and behold
Oh my soul oh my soul release and behold
And the Kingdom of Heaven will surely unfold
Oh my soul
Come To Me Slowly, come to me sure
Sing to joyful, sing to me pure
Come To Slowly, come to me sure
Piano and vocal ~ Jim Valley
Organ and bass ~ Jim Hoke
Recorded at Triad Studios, Redmond WA ~ Hillside Studios, Nashville, TN
Mixed and mastered by Larz Nefgzer ~ Around Sound Studios, Kirkland, WA
BIRD SONG
(Music by Jim Valley; Lyrics by Rumi)
Bird Song brings relief to my longing
I am just as ecstatic as they are
But with nothing to say
Please, universal soul, practice some song
Or something through me
The way of love is not a subtle argument
The door there is devastation
Birds make great sky circles of their freedom
How do they learn it, how do they learn it?
They fall...
And they're given wings
They fall, and falling they're giving wings
Bird Song brings relief to my longing
Bird Song brings relief
Piano and vocal ~ Jim Valley
Flute ~ Jim Hoke
Stringed Harp and bass ~ Bruce Kurnow
Recorded at Rockcoon Works, Gig Harbor, WA ~ Hillside Studios, Nashville, TN - Enigma Studios, Petaluma, CA
Mixed and mastered by Larz Nefgzer ~ Around Sound Studios, Kirkland, WA
BREATHE
(Music by Jim Valley; Lyrics by Rumi)
There is some kiss we want with our whole lives
Touch of spirit on the body
There is some kiss we want
Seawater begs the pearl to break its shell
And the lilly, how passionately
It needs some wild darling
At night I open the window
And ask the moon to come
Press its face against mine
And Breathe, Breathe into me
Breathe,
Breathe into me
Close the language door, open the love window
The moon won't use the door, only the window
Breathe into me, Breathe
Breathe into me, Breathe
Breathe into me
There is some kiss we want
Breathe into me
Piano, electric piano and vocal ~ Jim Valley
Synth strings ~ Rusty Reid
Recorded at Rockcoon Works, Gig Harbor, WA
Mixed by Rusty Reid ~ Rockcoon Works, Gig Harbor, WA; mastered by Larz Nefgzer ~ Around Sound Studios, Kirkland, WA
I WILL SING
(Music and lyrics by Jim Valley)
I played you as you walked into the room
And you heard me as I knew it could be
I was singing but the music came from you
I was singing but the music came from you
So play me in the evening when the birds are fast asleep
You give me confidence to realize this dream I keep
Take me to your secret room, fold me to your wing
And in the morning, in the morning I Will Sing, I Will Sing
I Will Sing the passion loving you can bring
I played you as you walked into the room
And you hear me as I trust it can be
I am singing but the music comes from you
I am singing but the music comes from you
So play me in the evening when the birds are fast asleep
You give me confidence to realize these dreams I keep
Take me to your secret room, fold me to your wing
And in the morning, in the morning I Will Sing, I Will Sing
I Will Sing the passion loving you can bring
I will Sing, I Will Sing
I Will Sing, I Will Sing
Piano and vocal ~ Jim Valley
Recorded at Triad Studios ~ Redmond, WA
Woodwinds and Cello arranged by Jim Hoke Woodwinds by Jim Hoke, Cello by Austin Hoke
Woodwinds and Cello recorded at Hillside Studios~ Nashville, TN
Choir arranged and performed by Jennifer Ivester~ Gig Harbor, WA
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Larz Nefgzer ~ Around Sound Studios, Kirkland, WA
INSIDE YOUR HEART
(Music and lyrics by Jim Valley)
I saw a Leprechaun, he was dancin' on a leaf
In the hour of my lightest sleep
He was so fair and I saw him dancin' there
And he had lilac in his hair
He said, "I dance in the morning and I dance in the Spring
On the day when the bridegroom sings
On the star," he said, "outside the moon,"
He said, "I dance Inside Your Heart, inside the smallest room."
I saw a Fairy, she was playing on a leaf
In the hour of my deepest sleep
She was so fair and I saw her dreamin' there
She had jasmine in her hair
She said, "I dance in the morning and I dance in the Spring,
And I dance on the day when the bridegroom sings."
"On the star," she said, "Outside the moon," she said
"Inside Your Heart, inside the smallest room."
Inside Your Heart, Inside Your Heart.
She said, "I dance on the mountain high, valley far below
Where the rivers flow and the angels grow."
Come on, angels.
"On the stars," they said, "Outside the moon," they said
"We dance Inside Your Heart, inside the smallest room,
Inside Your Heart, Inside Your Heart."
Inside Your Heart, Inside Your Heart.
inside the smallest room
Guitar and Vocal ~ Jim Valley
Bass ~ Chuck Deardorf
Drums, percussion ~ Mark Ivester
Electric guitar ~ John Morton
Irish Drum ~ Ed Hartmann
Fiddle ~ Paul Elliot
Accompanying vocals ~ Jennifer Ivester, Libby Torrance
Recorded at Triad Studios, Redmond, Wa
Engineered and mixed by Larz Nefgzer
WE HAVE A DREAM
(Music by Jim Valley; Lyrics by Chris Morken's second grade class, Tyee Park Elementary, Tacoma, WA)
We Have a Dream
That can come true
It all depends on me and you
And We Have a Dream
That can come true
Peace is ours to have
And we believe it, too
Just hold it in your heart
No matter what you do
Just hold it in your heart
No matter what you do
We Have a Dream, We Have a Dream
We Have a Dream
That can come true
Just hold it, hold it in your heart
No matter, no matter what you do
We Have a Dream
That can, can come true
Now peace, it's in our heart
And we believe it, we believe it, too
Now, just hold it in your heart
No matter what you do, no matter, no matter
Just hold it in your heart
No matter what you do
We Have a Dream
That can come true
Just hold it, just hold it in your heart
No matter what you do, no matter
Just hold it, hold it in your heart
No matter what you do
We Have a Dream
We Have a Dream
Electric piano and vocal ~ Jim Valley
Classical guitar ~ Eric Tingstad
Bass ~ Chuck Deardorff
Drums ~ Ricky Boice
World percussion ~ Jon Keliehor and Signy Jakobsdottir
Backing vocals ~ Jennifer Ivestor, Libby Torrence, Kelly Harlan, Sue Anderson, Doug Barnett
Duet with Jim ~ Sabrina Brazier
Vocal arrangement ~ Jennifer Ivestor
Produced by Daniel Deardorff
WITCHI TAI
(Music and lyrics by Jim Pepper)
Witchi Tai, Tai, Him Or Rai
Ora Nee Ka, Ora Nee Ka
Hey Ney, Hey Ney, No Wah
Water spirit spring is ringing 'round my head
Makes me feel glad that I'm not dead
Water spirit spring is ringing 'round my head
Makes me feel so glad, makes me feel so glad
Witchi Tai, Tai, Him Or Rai
Ora Nee Ka, Ora Nee Ka
Hey Ney, Hey Ney, No Wah
Water spirit spring is ringing 'round my head
Makes me feel glad that I'm not dead
Water spirit spring is ringing 'round my head
Makes me feel so glad, makes me feel so glad
Witchi Tai, Tai, Him Or Rai
Ora Nee Ka, Ora Nee Ka
Hey Ney, Hey Ney, No Wah
Lead Vocal ~ Jim Valley
Keyboards ~ Nick Moore
Bass ~ Chuck Deardorff
Drums ~ Mark Ivester
Percussion ~ Danny Deardorff and Jim Valley
Vocal arrangement ~ Randy Johnson
Accompanying vocals ~ Randy Johnson, Bob Schiperot, Andy Donil, Ron Haight,
Kelly Harland, Libby Torrance, Jennifer Ivester, Sue Anderson
Young singers ~ Stacy Massengill, Sara Cahill, Summer Anderson, Victoria Peterson, Angela Gribble, Kate Hess
Recorded at Triad Studios, Redmond WA
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Larz Nefgzer
Produced by Daniel Deardorff
FATHER ETERNITY
(Music and lyrics by Jim Valley)
Father Eternity
Lord of all things that be
Mountains and majesty
Guide us home tonight
Mother of nature sing
Song of the endless Spring
Moving in perfect light
Guide us home tonight
Tears wash the ages clean
Love comes from one unseen
Let there be light on Earth
May all souls know their worth
Angels in timeless flight
Guide us home tonight
Lyrics and music ~ Jim Valley
Lead vocal and keyboard ~ Jim Valley
Guitar ~ Michael Eads
Bass ~ Chuck Deardorff
Drums ~ Mark Ivester
Congas ~ Marty Tuttle
Vocal arrangement ~ Randy Johnson
Accompanying vocals ~ Kelly Harland, Jennifer Ivester, Libby Torrance
Young singers ~ Stacy Massengill, Sara Cahill, Summer Anderson, Lauren Anderson
Recorded at Triad Studios, Redmond, WA
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Larz Nefgzer
Produced by Daniel Deardorff
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