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D/ G/// D / G///
i am amped on your essence
i could jump to the moon right now
and i think i will
maybe pick a couple stars for you
A
to plant in your lovely garden
G
where you do your headstands
and place your feet
Em
firmly on the clouds
A G F#m Em
to surf around and around
D
the atmosphere
G
running your fingers
D
along the treetops
G
and the ocean waves
A
I picked you mars and venus too
Em
maybe you can juggle in the moon
F#m
by the windows in your secret room
G
where algebra tells knock knock jokes
A
who's there?
x squared
G F#m Em
Oh I'm so square
D(semichrom. walk down)
if you don't catch this wave there's always another
go with the flow dharma surfer
you're a flower dharma surfer
you're the water dharma surfer
D
hey lets go meditate
we can practice riding waves
in a balanced healthy way
A/C#m F# E
then maybe we can look into each other
C#M E
then maybe we can dive head long
F#M C#M
and swim in the clear waters
D
maybe exercise devotion
and pure communication
or maybe
you can sweep me away
with your warm waves
and i'll end up on an island
staring at the blue sky
watching you go by
on the clouds
if you don't catch this wave there's always another
go with the flower dharma surfer
you're a flower dharma surfe
you're the water dharma surfer
did you know
that while you go
slow and graceful
songs fall from your rhythms
into the chorus of my heart
i try to transcribe them
but i get excited
and i fumble
and go and chase them
the songs grow wings
and lead to fields
the fields grow flowers
and all winged creatures
want to fly
so I sing a butterfly
if you don't catch this wave there's always another
go with the flower dharma surfer
you're a flower dharma surfer
you're the water dharma surfer
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Lavender
03:03
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lavender, my lover
painted by the rain
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Sages
03:45
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the old sages are engaged in conversation
as the sun is shining through the window in the kitchen
I could sit forever here and just listen
float along upon the great imagination
like a ship that travels on a timeless ocean
to hear the kids that talk about initiation
to bear the trauma of becoming men from children
in this world where no one’s set to win
and i often wonder why I am still living here
til I sigh and tell myself to just keep going
I’ve been on the sea so long but barely seen it
and the truth is all around but I don’t know it
I’m finding inspiration as I’m sitting in the kitchen
my coffee mug is silent as I listen
to the currents of the current conversation
running through the great imagination
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where sympathy springs up again
life springs up again
a caged bird sings a song
drawn with shapes he can’t recount
drawn with strange sounds
and unseen circumstance
known in his bones
but not his mind
known in his sound
but not his song
if only to find a spring
a hole in the wall
to glimpse another bird in a cage
to blend
the song
would alleviate the pain
where sympathy springs up again
life springs up again
other birds see open sky
know many trees
know the wet of the grass
beneath their feet
other birds
know the wind
the way it feels
beneath their wings
the sky is a movement
in his soul
the wind is a want
in his breast
cry cry
bird in a cage
cry cry
when you sing
if only to glimpse
through window pane
the sight of a bird
to keep you insane
where sympathy springs up again
life springs up again
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Spring Has Sprung
08:57
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the rain is falling on the rooftop
over flowing from the eavestrough
the yard is a flush with the green of the season
the wet of the lush sounds of raindrops in the mud
and you breathe the wet air under the awning
strumming chords on the guitar
if there ever
was a moment to savour
something ancient
moves in my memory
stirrings in my soul
the hazy rain
and warm air
arrive together
in the feeling of forever
leaves me feeling vibrant, almost drunk
spring has sprung.
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Cherry Blossom
04:20
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cherry blossom fallen off the tree
two pink petals on the city street
listen to the misshapen words shes spoken
stories of her broken mythology
oooh oooh ooh ooh
Shes got a mind of her own
wont you tell me one more story of your broken mythology
won't you text me poetry
paint my portrait
paint my portrait
for me
cherry blossom is a friend of mine
rests her chin against the starry sky
listens to the music when the stars align
the jewel shaped forest inside her eyes
oooh ....
she might've dreamed of darkness
she might've dreamed of light
she might've touched the stars
on a summer night
she might've fell down easy
in my arms
she might've cradled
smoothly disappearing
entwined with the stars
cherry blossom bottle of red wine
one shot star upon the summer time
I could sing a song to you a thousand times
make it be eternity inside your eyes
oooh
--
Carl David Onofrio
Captain DeLumen, U.R. ME
Professor Of Wonder, I AM U.
cdonofrio.bandcamp.com
peace.love.unity.respect
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I Carry A Rose
03:19
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I Carry A Rose
02:53
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when the blue sky knocks at the window pane
Im lying next to you
your brown eyes
look so
sad and strange
and we're distant from a world out there
that is rearranged into your hair
and the soft scent
of flowers
we could lay for hours
and go nowhere
i carry a rose
that loses color
that loses petals
into the river
the water that flows
so as tomorrow
comes to remember
never never ever
after the rain
I keep you in my pocket on a rainy day
the window watchers do
they walk by
when I
look away
no more roads in a gamblers hat
old brick wall got painted black
and the path to the garden
grounds began to harden
for all that
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C.D. Onofrio Niagara Falls, Ontario
"troubadour wearing a crown of fire".
Imperfect music for imperfect
people
Award winnning songwriter and published poet. Songs for dreamers, contemplative dancers, broken romantics, laughing lunatics, seekers, souls with hard spots to reach, and anyone else who can give these songs a home.
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