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Ukulele Etude 1
02:06
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Wake up in the morning
Tell you what I’m gonna do
stretch a little, sit right down
listen to the coffee brew, and …
Breathe, just sit and breathe
Sit real still by the windowsill, and
Just breathe
Get up in the morning
Here’s what I’m doing
Check in with my creaky bones
Listen to the coffee brewin’ and …
Breathe, just sit and breathe
On my pillow by the window, I’ll
Just breathe
Get up in the morning
Soothe whatever aches
Listen to the sweet sound
The brewing coffee makes, and …
Breathe just sit and breathe
Sit real still yes I will
On my pillow that’s where I go
To breathe, just breathe
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Om Namah Shivaya
Salutation to the Lord
Adoration of the Lord
Om - sweet, sweet sound
I say hello and then bow down
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Be a Yogi
01:49
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My teacher told me true
Here’s what you gotta do
Close your eyes to see, and
Be - e - e
A Yogi
First you gotta make your bed
Then check in with the crown of your head
Close your eyes to see, and
Be - e - e
A Yogi
Wisest thing I ever heard
Gita’s message in just 3 words
Be – e – e a yogi
Close your eyes to see, and
Be
A Yogi
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Ukulele Etude 2
02:25
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Sleepy Dog
02:34
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Got a sleepy dog, curled up on the couch
Wake her up – she gets mean and loud
Got a sleepy dog right by my side
Knock on the door – she’ll howl, then she’ll hide
My sleepy dog, a lot like me
We ain’t lazy, but we don’t waste energy
When someone comes ‘round to disturb our peace
I’d bark too, but a neighbor might call the police
Yeah, my sleepy dog weighs just 11 pounds
Most of the time she don’t make a sound
How can all that noise come out of such a little hound?
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Unexpected guest on April fourth
Thought Old Man Winter was back up north
Can’t go to work - so what I’m gonna do
Gonna get stoned and build an igloo
Weather forecast sure missed this
Not quite a blizzard more like bliss
Come on and help me we’ll make room for two
Let’s get stoned and build an igloo
Get so high – build an igloo
Get so high with you
Hand in hand glove in glove
Stone cold stone in love
Be my snow queen, here’s a castle for you
Let’s get stoned and build an igloo
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Til From Foggy Bog
02:41
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I knew a girl she lived down the hill
I’d leave love notes on her windowsill
Her name was Matilda but everyone called her Til
Til made a little money writing a cooking blog
Her mama was the mayor of Foggy Bog
Her daddy was a no good rambling dog
I said I’ll be true, I know I can
But Til had learned not to trust a man
So I knew she liked me when she took my hand
She said I got a way to know for sure
If you’re the kind of man you say you are
I’ll read your palm - here, hold my whiskey jar
She said I gotta read with both my hands
If I’m gonna know your secret plans
Only Madam Gypsy understands
I wondered what I’d got myself into
So I took a drink of Til’s home brew
She let go my hand said my prince sure ain’t you
I don’t drink and now I know you do
And that’s the last of Daddy’s mountain dew
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Me and God
03:03
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Saints and serial killers, puppies and poison snakes
All spring from the same black hole – God don’t make mistakes
No cure for cancer but TV on demand
God says, “Just what I planned”
Baby antelope learned how to walk, then the lion ate her
God ain’t the judge, no – just the creator
That don’t mean your pleas are falling on deaf ears
God is your co-pilot, but you gotta steer
Ask me how I know – well, I’m no avatar
But I sat next to him late night at the bar
No one else would listen, thought he was a clown
I was in the right place for what he was laying down
So go and build your bunker, stockpile food in cans
God says, “Maybe I got other plans”
God don’t do nothing on a whim
Me and God get along because I’m on to him
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El Perezoso
03:16
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El perezoso es perezoso (3x)
Tan perezoso es el perezoso
Ser perezoso como el perezoso
Viven tan alto
en los arboles en la jungla
Cuelgan boca abajo
Me parece una buena vista
Son lentos, comen hojas
Se enconden de los depredadores
Saben como sobrevivir
Me parecen inteligentes
The sloth is lazy
So lazy is the sloth
Oh, to be lazy like the sloth
They live so high in the trees of the jungle
They hang upside down
Seems a good view to me
They are slow, they eat leaves
They hide from predators
They know how to survive
They seem intelligent to me
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Liars Lie
03:10
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Oh, the truth is true
Not just what it means to you
The truth is real, not just what you feel
And it’s comin’ due
Oh you lie so easily
How can you look right at me?
Criers cry, liars lie
Conveniently
Oh, your tongue you cannot tame
But the truth stays the same
When in doubt, truth wins out
Over blame
Oh, you lie when it’s not needed
And when you’re defeated
Deniers deny, liars lie
Unheeded
Oh, you lie again
A position you cannot defend
Tryers try, liars lie
To the very end
And this is the end
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Insomnia
04:43
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Tick tick tick tock tock tock
Incessant sound of the clock
2:59 turns to 3
What the hell is wrong with me
Insomnia, insomnia
Read for a while, my eyes get tired
Turn out the light, right back to wired
Get up to see if I locked the door
Already checked five times before
Insomnia, insomnia
Finally, I drift away
Just before the break of day
Alarm bell rings – that’s all right
Means no more cold lonely night
Insomnia, insomnia
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Oh, Sweet Rain
03:50
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La Puesta de Sol
02:23
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Bajo nuestro arbol
Viendo la puesta de sol
Es donde quiero estar
Pero solo contigo
(Under our tree
watching the sunset
is where I want to be
but only with you)
Te daria un girasol
Veriamos la puesta de sol
En nuestra playa favorita
Tu senor, mi senora
Oh, que sueno
(I would give you a sunflower
we would watch the sunset
on our favorite beach
your man, my woman
oh, what a dream!)
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Chip Withrow Fort Myers, Florida
Since 2008, I have written something like 800 songs. Time to start sharing them!
I wrote all of
these songs for the February Album Writing Month (FAWM) online challenge.
Way back in '07 and '09, I made 2 albums of family folk music. You can still find them online.
I am a yoga instructor in Fort Myers, Florida.
My main gig is family man - awesome wife, daughter, dog.
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