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THE MOON IS A KITE Music and Lyrics By Ann Hampton Callaway Flowers are smiles I forgot I had The horizon's my social date for this nomad The wind is my song for my singing to start And the moon is a kite I fly from my heart Doors are the choices I've made through the years Some of them opened, some closed by my fears Ships are the chances I took without chart And the moon is a kite I fly from my heart I don't know how much time is left The clock ticks "Time to begin" Sitting in this new cocoon My dreams still dance on a pin Mountains are somedays that beckon to climb Trees are my wisdom, their growing takes time Your love is my purpose, let us never part And the moon is a kite I fly from my heart ©2020 Works of Heart Publishing Administered by Williamson Music LOOK FOR THE LOVE Music and Lyrics By Ann Hampton Callaway Do do do do do do Do do do do do do The way a drop of morning dew greets a blade of grass The music of time and wine in the first sip from a glass The kiss of morning breeze, the dance of willow trees Look for the love in everything The sound of children's laughter, the wonder in their eyes A rush of waves to welcome you from the seaside at sunrise The song a card'nal sings, the warmth that summer brings Look for the love in everything, in everything Every day life offers us Sweet moments of embrace Take the time to notice them See love in every face Some people hide a broken heart-they do not trust to give But deep inside love emanates with ev'ry day we live So, try to hear the song love sings us all lifelong Look for the love in everything Yes, everything Some people hide a broken heart-they do not trust to give But deep inside love emanates with every day we live So, try to hear the song love sings us all lifelong Look for the love, look for the love Look for the love in everything © 2021 Works of Heart Publishing Administered by Williamson Music FOREVER AND A DAY Music by Ann Hampton Callaway Lyrics by Alan Bergman How lucky can I be to have you loving me? It truly means I have it all. To know that you'll be there, no matter when or where, To catch me if I stumble or fall. I'd like to thank you, too, for all the thoughtful things you do To make me feel as safe as one can be. So grateful for the mem'ries made together. And may I add each one deserves a star. Like when we said our first hello and knew where it would go. Just look, my love, at where we are. As sure as suns will shine and moons will light the skies, I'm the one who holds the prize. I know how lucky all this is though it may sound cliché- This is forever and a day. © 2020 Works of Heart Publishing Administered by Williamson Music And Alamar Music Co. Administered by Spirit Two Music LOVE AND LET LOVE Music and Lyrics By Ann Hampton Callaway and Michele Brourman No one tells the sun not to shine Or tells a rose it's not supposed to grow No one tells the rain to keep from falling Or the endless river not to flow No one tells an eagle not to soar Or tells a baby - she's not allowed to cry No one tells a wave not to reach for the shore Or a rainbow not to bend across the sky Live and let live, love and let love Trust the hand that made exactly who we are Ev'ry creature on this earth The moon and ev'ry star above They're saying love and let love Ev'ry heart that beats- beats for a reason Holding space for sacred life to live Sure as there's a day, a year, a season Every heart has something it must give When love comes it's everything there is It comes in every shape and face and hue Love is why we're here and what we're after It's the one thing that we're born to do Live and let live, love and let love Trust the hand that made exactly who we are Ev'ry creature on this earth The moon and ev'ry star above They're saying love and let love Each of us is reaching out Souls touching souls And who can say what another heart Needs to make it whole Live and let live, love and let love Trust the hand that made exactly who we are Ev'ry creature on this earth The moon and ev'ry star above They're saying love and let love © 2015 Works of Heart Publishing Administered by Williamson Music And FingerFood Music INFORMATION PLEASE Based on a true story called "The Voice in the Box" by Paul Villiard, originally published in Reader's Digest in June, 1966 Music by Ann Hampton Callaway Lyrics by Amanda McBroom Her name was Information Please She lived inside our old black telephone I called her when I skinned my knees Or felt afraid when I was left alone I was six and she was wise I'd call her up with tears and sighs Her voice was cozy as my favorite sweater Everything she said made me feel better "Hey, hey" I'd hear her say, "Things will all turn out okay There's nothing that you ever have to fear Just remember that I'm always here." Sally was her name, she said And there was nothing that she didn't know She knew where Philadelphia was What squirrels eat, why winds decide to blow When my canary chose to die I called her up and asked her why My bird that sang so beautifully before Was now just bones and feathers on the floor "There, there" I heard her say All we love will leave someday Tine and change are part of everything And there are other worlds in which to sing" Years flew by And so did I To the land where adults seem to dwell One day in Fall I made a call To hear her voice again and wish her well A voice said, "Information Please" But it was not a voice I recognized When I asked for Sally The voice said "I'm so sorry to tell you Sally died. Are you her friend, the little child Whose calls would always make her smile? She left a note in case you'd ever need it. Would you like for me to read it?" "Hey, hey, my old good friend Everything comes to an end But love will last- that's worth remembering And there are other worlds in which to sing There are always other worlds in which to sing. © 2021 Works of Heart Publishing, ASCAP Administered by Williamson Music And McBroom Music, BMI YOU CAN'T RUSH SPRING Music and Lyrics By Ann Hampton Callaway You can't rush spring No matter how you try A bud knows when to bloom A bird knows when to fly Although your eager heart May long to see The blossoms on the cherry tree The winter needs her time to say goodbye The rose will come The robin will appear And someone with the song You've waited long to hear There'll come a morning when The frost will end And when your broken heart will mend But these are wonders only time can bring It's taken me my whole life to learn You can't rush spring The rose will come The robin will appear And someone with the song You've waited long to hear There'll come a morning when The frost will end And when your broken heart will mend But these are wonders only time can bring It's taken me my whole life to learn To give each single moment its turn I overheard a daffodil Singing in a hush You can't rush spring © 1993 Works of Heart Publishing Administered by Williamson Music FINDING BEAUTY Music and Lyrics By Ann Hampton Callaway Finding beauty takes more than eyes, it takes the heart I had forgotten the unwinding beauty along the way at ev'ry start I didn't even know my spirit lost its thunder, emptied of its wonder The song of life had words but lost its music Once the magic's taken how do you awaken? Joy was gone in the darkness before the dawn Blinding beauty-the night we met you set me free I fell in love and now I'm finding beauty Look what your love has done to me I'm like a child who lives in wild anticipation of each new sensation You've turned my black and white to Technicolor Ev'rything around me conspires to astound me Took the leap, took the dare- beauty's ev'rywhere Someone new is looking through my eyelashes What to do? Ev'ry day I spend with you I'm a phoenix rising from the ashes One kiss from you and you broke down all my defenses, Lit up all my senses I was asleep until the sun rose in your eyes And ev'ry heartbeat is now a never-part-beat Life is one love affair-beauty's ev'rywhere Finding beauty, finding beauty Finding beauty, finding beauty… © 2009 Works of Heart Publishing Administered by Williamson Music REVELATION Music by Ann Hampton Callaway Lyrics by Robert Frost We make ourselves a place apart Behind light words that tease and flout, But oh, the agitated heart Till someone find us really out. 'Tis pity if the case require (Or so we say) that in the end We speak the literal to inspire The understanding of a friend. But so with all, from babes that play At hide-and-seek to God afar, So all who hide too well away Must speak and tell us where they are. © 2001 Works of Heart Publishing Administered by Williamson Music HOLD YOU IN THIS SONG Music and Lyrics By Ann Hampton Callaway Feels like the sky is falling And the moon hangs on a thread Every day it slips away The life that we once led But you and I have each other And I love you like no other I wanna hold you in this song And for all the things gone wrong Put some light in this night You are my every reason why There are diamonds In the tears that I cry Let me hold you in this song Feel my arms around you I hope the birds keep singing And the sun is not undone You and I, we stay inside Away from ev'ryone And only time can know the secret But when will time show the secret? I wanna hold you in this song And for all the things gone wrong Put some light in this night You are my every reason why There are diamonds In the tears that I cry Let me hold you in this song Love, take us to the somewhere We keep trying to find Help us make it through the madness And leave this pain behind Oh, you are my every reason why There are diamonds In the tears that I cry Let me hold you in this song Hold you in this song Let me hold you, hold you Hold you in this song © 2021 Works of Heart Publishing Administered by Williamson Music |
STEALIN' AWAY Music by Dan Alan Levine Lyrics by Ann Hampton Callaway Stealin' away -there's not a place we need to be Stealin' away- takin' some time for you and me The road is ours underneath the stars- stealin' away Just like the waves crashin' along the winding shore We're got a love that keeps us comin' back for more We can't resist all we've missed-stealin' away We're off to have a lover's rendez-vous Pretendin' we've got nothin' else to do And in our little hideaway hotel no one will find us We're gonna turn the lights down sweet and low And take it just as slow as we can go We're leavin' all our cares and all our worries far behind Fin'lly you and me where we wanna be happily On our way to heaven on the hill, gonna have the thrill of the sea Stealin' away just like the days when we first met Stealin' away at ev'ry chance that we could get We'd soar in flight on the wings of night -stealin' away And soon we'll taste the pleasures of love's unfolding treasures I can't wait to feel your body close to mine tonight We're off to have a lover's rendez-vous Pretendin' we've got nothin' else to do And in our little hideaway hotel no one will find us We're gonna turn the lights down sweet and low And take it just as slow as we can go We're leavin' all our cares and all our worries far behind Fin'lly you and me where we wanna be happily On our way to heaven on the hill, gonna have the thrill of the sea Fin'lly you and me where we wanna be happily On our way to heaven on the hill, gonna have the thrill of the sea Stealin' away © 2022 Works of Heart Publishing Administered by Williamson Music Daniel Levine Composer LLC NEW EYES Music and lyrics By Melissa Manchester and Ann Hampton Callaway Been missin' your face at the table The door is open; come on in Look at us, smiling through our river of tears As we start all over again Take your time, tell your story I wanna know everything you've seen And if you get weary reliving those memories Isn't it good we got each other With worries on the rise? New eyes - you're standing here with me We were too blind to see We were dreamin' too small And now, far as our eyes can see Just imagine what our lives can be Funny, how the last thing you notice Is what you needed all along And our song is singing us back From the storm to the sun Isn't it good we got each other As hope is on the rise? New eyes - you're standing here with me We were too blind to see We were dreamin' too small And now, far as our eyes can see We'll imagine what our lives can be I see you scars and all, scars and all I see you whole at last, whole at last I recognize my home in you Through new eyes, new eyes Just imagine what our lives can be Through new eyes, new eyes Through new eyes, new eyes Been missin' your face at the table © 2023 Melissma Music And Works of Heart Publishing- Administered by Williamson Music AT THE SAME TIME Music and Lyrics By Ann Hampton Callaway Think of all the hearts beating in the world at the same time Think of all the faces telling stories of our lives at the same time Think of all the eyes looking out into this world Try'ng to make some sense of what we see Think of all the ways we have of seeing Think of all the ways there are of being Think of all the children born into this world at the same time Feel your love surround them Through the years they'll need to grow at the same time Think of all the hands that will be reaching for a dream And think of all the dreams that could come true If the hands we're reaching with Could come together joining me and you But when it comes to thinking of tomorrow We must protect our fragile destiny In this precious life there is no time to borrow The time has come to be a family- oh Think of all the love that is pouring from our hearts At the same time Think of all the light Our love can shine around this world at the same time Think what we've been given And then think what we could lose All of life is in our trembling hands It's time to overcome our fears And join to build a world that loves and understands It helps to think of all the hearts beating in the world And hope for all the hearts beating in the world There's a healing music in our hearts beating in this world At the same time, at the same time At the same time, at the same time Ooh, ooh, ooh At the same time, at the same time At the same time © 1987 Works of Heart Publishing Administered by Williamson Music WHEREVER YOU ARE Music and Lyrics By Ann Hampton Callaway Where are you? Where you are you? Wherever you are I hope you can hear me I never had the chance to say goodbye We never said goodbye Wherever you are I hope you can feel me I hope you can feel how much I love you I always will And I'm wishing you peace, peace Peace, peace in your soul Are there arms to carry you home? I wish you peace, peace Peace, peace in your soul Wherever you are Wherever you roam If somehow you need me I'll open up my heart for you to find me Wherever you are The pain of losing you Will carve out a place That's in my heart forever That time cannot erase Wherever you are Wherever you are Though I can't see your eyes I can't see your eyes Though I can't hear your voice I can't hear your voice Though I can't touch your hand I can't touch your hand I am with you I am with you Wherever you are Where are you? ©1990 Works of Heart Publishing Administered by Williamson Music IF I WERE Music and Lyrics By Ann Hampton Callaway If I were a breath, I'd fill you with peace To hold you throughout the day If I were a tree, I'd offer you shade For silence to whisper its say If I were a road, I'd curve you surprises Of beauty to mirror your heart And if I were the moon, I'd sing you my silver To sew up what's broken apart I know that your pain is thrashing inside I know it's too soon for the turning of tide But if I were an ocean, I'd kiss all your waves With sunlight to diamond you through And if I were the rain, I'd cry all your tears And rainbow my love for you Yes, if I were the rain, I'd cry all your tears And rainbow my love for you © 2023 Works of Heart Publishing Administered by Williamson Music BE THE LIGHT Music and Lyrics By Ann Hampton Callaway See that sun in the sky? It's not one candle shining high Millions of filaments make it shine Just like yours, just like mine Funny how something so far away Comes close enough to say Be the light-be what shines the way ahead Be the light-no more hiding, let it spread However it can happen, be it stream or be it spark Be what only you can be to brighten up the dark Every morning start anew Think how to kindle all the heart of you Love is the starting point, feel its glow What is next? Help it grow Funny when something so deep inside Can no longer be denied Be the light-be what shines the way ahead Be the light-no more hiding, let it spread However it can happen, be it stream or be it spark Be what only you can be to brighten up the dark There's a reason you are here Keep on searching till it's clear Once you find it, you're on your way Are you ready to make today the day? Be the light-be what shines the way ahead Be the light-no more hiding, let it spread However it can happen, be it stream or be it spark Be what only you can be to brighten up the dark Yes, in this dark night Be the light! © 2021 Works of Heart Publishing Administered by Williamson Music PERFECT Music and Lyrics By Ann Hampton Callaway I've seen a perfect sunrise in the morning The birth of gold and crimson on the sea I've walked a perfect night in early summer With the warmest lilac breeze caressing me And I recall a perfect night of music My eyes were filled with tears when it was through And when I turned to see you also crying I knew I'd found my perfect love in you And once my life was filled with someone Who shared the beauty all around We built our world with perfect moments We lived for sight and taste and touch and sound If I remember just the perfect moments Perhaps my heart won't feel broken in two For perfect moments have their perfect endings And that's how I'll remember you I will remember you Do do do do do do Do do do do do do do do do do Perfect moments ©1986 Works of Heart Publishing Administered by Williamson Music Download a PDF of the THE LYRICS OF FINDING BEAUTY, ORIGINALS VOLUME 1 |