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DreamKeeper

by Paul Clarke

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1.
Keeper 02:11
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Keeper Sometimes I feel accepted by the keeper of the universe by the darkness of the night and the sparkle of the light. Sometimes I feel protected by the secrets of the universe by stones along the path, by poems that make me laugh and cry. I can’t believe life is so good to me – tell me what did I do to make this dream come true? Sometimes I feel connected to the beauty of the universe to everything that stays and things that pass away. I can’t believe life is so good to me tell me what did I do to make this dream come true? Tell me what did I do to make this dream come true Oh tell me what did I do to make this dream come true? © words and music by paul clarke
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Butterfly Dream 03:55
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Butterfly Dream I’m a swimmer in the sea by the Laura B I don’t know where the tide is taking me. I ain’t been here before, I’m going shore to shore Don’t know if I’m awake or if I’m dreaming. If you see me swimming by and have it you won’t you stop and smile with me? If you want to catch up with me I’d love to help you but I can’t slow down you see. I’m a butterfly in a storm, in a hurricane Don’t know where the wind is taking me. I ain’t been here till now, going flower to flower Don’t know if I’m awake or if I’m dreaming. If you see me flutter by and have it in you won’t you stop and smile with me? If you want to catch up with me I’d love to help you but I can’t slow down you see. Last night I dreamt I was a flutter butterfly today I don’t know if I am a man who dreamt he’s a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming he’s a man. I’m ship wrecked on a shoal in my soul Dont’ know where the waves are crashing me. Lying on my side in the turning tide Coming going see the sail boats flowing. If you see me sailing by and have it in you won’t you stop and smile with me? If you want to catch up with me I’d love to help you but I can’t slow down you see. Last night I dreamt I was a flutter butterfly today I don’t know if I am a man who dreamt he’s a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming he’s a man. Last night I dreamt I was a flutter butterfly today I don’t know if I am a man who dreamt he’s a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming he’s a man. © music and lyrics by paul clarke
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Which Wave 02:28
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Which Wave Which wave turns the tide to the other side? High or low again the peak is reached and then? Which hand shapes the moon fills it spoon by spoon? If you knew the reason why, tears might tumble from your eye. Empties drop by drop from bottom to the top. Which hand spins the Earth from death until rebirth? Bathes it in the light then pulls the shades at night. If you knew the reason why, tears might tumble from your eye. If you knew the reason why tears might tumble from your eye. Which cloud hides the sun puts rabbits on the run? Which crest on a wave will lead me to my grave? If you knew the reason why tears might tumble from your eye? I do not dare to tell you why, if I speak the truth I'll die. © words and music by paul clarke
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Dukulay 03:15
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Dukulay He’s 14 years old he was born on Independence Day– they call him Dukulay, Dukulay, Dukulay. He’s 5’2” he weighs 100 lbs. Wearing his AK-47 and hundreds of rounds. Dukulay, Dukulay, Dukulay they made your family run away. Dukulay, Dukulay, Dukulay are you ever gonna play again? He fought in WW1 and WW 2, attack and retreat was all he could do. He fought to survive, he fought to be free, he even fought in WW3. Dukulay, Dukulay, Dukulay they made your family run away. Dukulay, Dukulay, Dukulay are you ever gonna play again? He fought for the rebels and government too, He fought for his life what else could he do? They gave him magic, and medicine and tons of cocaine To deal with the hunger and fear and the pain . Dukulay, Dukulay, Dukulay they made your family run away. Dukulay, Dukulay, Dukulay are you ever gonna play again? The tropical jungle is so shady They’re cutting down trees for black Mercedes The guns they sell are made down the block Standard 47’s without childhood locks, no. Dukulay, Dukulay, Dukulay they made your best friend run away. Dukulay, Dukulay, Dukulay his gun was made in the USA. Dukulay, Dukulay, Dukulay they made your family run away. Dukulay, Dukulay, Dukulay enslaved them in the USA. © words and music by paul clarke
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Colors 03:27
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Colors I chase the light I’m a devil in disguise The sunshine bright just burns away my lies I’m worn and tired by trial and error I’m not inspired by pain and terror, oh no I fall for darkness I’m an angel in despair To light a spark of goodness I don’t care My fire is out beyond retrieval I have my doubts about good and evil I have my doubts about good and evil We fight about black, we fight about basic white about apricot and turquoise blue at twilight and Indian Red and Egyptian Green marigold and Spanish Moss and tourmaline We fight about black, about black and white about those that have and those that don’t at twilight and Indian Red and Egyptian Green marigold and Spanish Moss and tourmaline we fight about the price of oil and the war machine I fight myself and can not win this war sit on a shelf and ask what’s the killing for? I’m sick of death and guts and glory I hold my breath for a brand new story I’m sick of death of guts and glory I hold my breath for a brand new story I’m sick to death of guts and glory I hold my breath for a brand new story I’m sick to death of guts and glory I hold my breath for a brand new story © words and music paul clarke
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Vitamins 01:50
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Vitamins I get vitamin B from the sea I get vitamin C from a tree I get vitamin D from a bee and vitamin E from a chimpanzee I get vitamin A from butterflies fluttering by the hay I get vitamin K from seagulls swimming across the bay I get vitamin B1 from having a little fun I get vitamin U from you I get vitamin M from them I get vitamin X from sex and vitamin L from sea shore shells I get vitamin O from black crows swooping through the snow and vitamin R from when i wish upon a star I get vitamin B1 from having a little fun Take ‘em everyday Take ‘em one day Take ‘em two day Take ‘em three a day Take ‘em, take ‘em, take ‘em B1 from having a little fun B2 from having fun with you B3 from simply being me Take ‘em one day Take ‘em two day Take ‘em three a day Take ‘em, take ‘em, take ‘em My Vitamins © words and music by paul clarke
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Bye, Bye, Bayou 02:46
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Bye Bye Bayou I know a woman who’ll settle in her skin Sitting on a hard rock waiting to begin to go with the flow Watch the tide come and go But it’ll take a little time for vacation to let her go slow Meanwhile bye bye bayou under flood, Bye bye bayou water and mud Bye bye bayou the levees broke Bye bye bayou money’s no joke What do the poor folk have to do to live like me and live like you I know man he knows what’s wrong ‘been running in circles too fast and too long, he’s got to go with the flow watch the tide come and go but it’ll take a little time for vacation to let him go slow meanwhile bye bye bayou the poor hang on bye bye bayou the rich are gone bye bye bayou something’s wrong bye bye bayou with this song what do the rich folk have to do to die like me and die like you category one we are on the run category three trying to be free category five dying to survive bye bye bayou see you next year bye bye bayou I shed some tears bye bye bayou we mourn the dead bye bye bayou let’s change the world instead what do the poor fol have to do to live like me and live like you the rich folk have to do to die like me and die like and you poor folk have to do to live and die like me and you to live and die like me and you, me and you. © words and music by paul clarke
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This is Because That Is 03:21
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This is ‘Cause That Is (inspired by Tich Nat Han) This is cause that is this is this ‘cause that is that this wave is ‘cause that wave is this wave is like this because that wave is like that water and air everywhere, clean water and air everywhere The Arco Felice Arco Felice and the Sea Hag were floating in peace out in the harbor when the tide came in waiting for the tide to come in on the horizon dancing in diamonds the full moon was rising bearing her soul I slipped into the water to take a swim In the water I see that this is cause that is this is this because that is that this wave is cause that wave is this wave is like this because that wave is like that water and air everywhere, clean water and air everywhere Swim to Manana swim to nirvana swim to Monhegan in ocean’s of gold my skin’s fire engine red fighting the cold swimming in ripples of gold white caps are cresting the wind is arresting shadows at twilight each drop of goodness travels the whole wide world peace begets heaven on earth This is cause that is this is this because that is that this wave is cause that wave is this wave is like this because that wave is like that water and air everywhere, clean water and air everywhere. © words and music by paul clarke
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Phases of the Moon and the Sea 02:55
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Phases of the Moon and the Sea The phases of the moon and the sea Are locked together by the laws of gravity The seaweed and the barnacle rock Depend upon the rhythm of a master clock How can I see I’m blinded by me? The tide’s going out it’s time to sink or swim beyond the shadow of a doubt. The seagulls on the crest of a wave Pull a pair of crabs out of their ocean cave then drop them on their backs on a stone And eat out all the flesh just leaving shell and bones How can I hear I fall on deaf ears? The chop of the surf drowning out the cries of Mother Father Earth. The hunter and the hunted are one The earth and moon are traveling around the sun We eat until the day we die We’re taken from the table with the turning tide How can I feel? My life isn’t real the sun in the sky casts a cold eye on whether I live or die. There’s more to life than I can surmise perhaps the changing surface is a thin disguise our destiny is driving the tides we ebb and flow around the globe from side to side I start to see it’s not about me I hear the call beyond the big and small ‘cause it includes us all. The phases of the moon and the sea © words and music by paul clarke
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Breaking Faith 04:08
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I Keep Breaking Faith In the darkness, in the coldness, in the stillness in my soul In the silence, in the violence, I am hungry to be whole I can see you, I can feel you, I can let you in my heart I can heal you, I can hurt you, I can let things fall apart I keep breaking faith with the one I love I keep breaking faith with the one who gives me a piece of the sun I keep breaking trust with the one who trusts me I keep breaking trust with the one who gives me a piece of the sun In the darkness, in the coldness, in the stillness in my soul In the silence, in the violence, I am hungry to be whole I can see you, I can feel you, I can let you in my heart I can heal you, I can hurt you, I can let things fall apart I keep making love with the one i love I keep making love with you I keep making love with the one i love I keep making love with you © words and music by paul clarke
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Floating in the River of Life 02:58
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Floating in the River of Life Floating in the River of Life never had a house or a wife never had kids or a car, I was floating like a shadow cast by a star. Floating in the River of Life with a garbage barge by my side and a throng of seagulls diving in the trash going, “Caw,” “Caw,” “Caw”, “Caw” half way to the sea, the shore is more far away than it used to be. Floating in the River of Life like a ripple on the tide, like a magic carpet ride across a great divide. Floating in the River of Life like a drop in the deep blue sea lying on my back waiting for the sun to come again and find me Floating in the River of Life, floating like a rippling tide floating like a drop in the sea, floating like a leaf in a tree. Floating in the River of Life, like sunset under a sing like a pair of geese flying home to Canada in early spring, like seagulls in the wind, like a shadow rises to paradise just to fall, to fall again. Floating in the River of Life, floating like a rippling tide Floating like a drop in the sea, floating like a leaf in a tree. Floating in the River of Life, floating like a rippling tide Floating like a drop in the sea, floating like a leaf in a tree. © words and music by paul clarke
12.
Old Story 04:52
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Old Story “Daddy is that the moon?” “No silly goose, that’s a loon, the moon doesn’t have wings to fly.” “Daddy, why does the sun go down down so soon?’ “I don’t know sonny, it’s time to go home.” “No Daddy, I don’t want to go home. No daddy, I don’t want to go home.” Night after night on a faraway shore, wave after wave washes in the front door the undertow’s coming to take you away “I’m sorry Daddy, but I can not stay it’s and old story, an old story barnacle seaweed and muscles that sing saltwater shanties the mariners bring a bundles off needles the compass runs wild I’m sorry Daddy, but I’m not a child it’s an old story an old story Water and Salt “It’s not my fault that I grew up to be me weeds in the sea need to be free. I’m ready, i’m ready onward i go with my heart undertow failing, and flailing, and where did you go? Old Story. Old story. Old story, Olld story Water and salt Walking on water with spray in my hair “Look Daddy look , no hands and no cares”"
The undertow’s serving up mother’s of pearl the mariner says, “That i need a girl.” it’s an old story. An old story. “Daddy is that the moon?” “No silly goose, that’s a loon, the moon doesn’t have wings to fly.” “Daddy, why does the sun go down so soon?’ “I don’t know sonny, it’s time to go home.” “No Daddy, I don’t want to go home. No daddy, please, I don’t want to go home.” © words and music by paul clarke
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Lonely Song 03:54
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Lonely Song Early morning i heard you yawn i went to see the sunrise but i was late you couldn’t wait and left before i realized i foresee day when my love or i pass away and i return to the open sea and sing a lonely song and the sea will always be the same and the sea won’t even know my name I foresee a time when without reason and without rhyme a wave will come from across the sea and take you away from me and the sea will always be the same and the sea won’t even know my name Early this morning I heard you yawning the light was dawning i went to see the sun rise but I arrived late, the sun could not wait you opened our gate and left before I realized and the sea will always be the same and the sea won’t even know my name © words and music by paul clarke

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Dreamkeeper was inspired, written on or about Monhegan Island in the Gulf of Maine.

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released February 21, 2018

Produced and engineered by – Malcolm Cecil
Lyrics and Music by – Paul Clarke
Acoustic Bass – Malcolm Cecil
Electric Guitar – Peter Einhorn
Saxophone – George DeLeon
Cello – Garfield Moore
All other instruments – Paul Clarke

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Paul Clarke New York, New York

Paul's songs reflect the inner and outer landscapes of our lives. Moved by the horrors and beauty of life, he considers them his pieces of peace. His work is dedicated to lighten up the shadows and partake in creation.

He worked with producer and sound engineer, Malcolm Cecil for 20 years. "He encouraged me to keep writing and exploring. I am deeply grateful that Malcolm was my mentor." ... more

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