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I Could not Speak for Myself
R/ I could not speak for myself
The breath would not allow
I could not speak for myself
Fear was by my side, the saints hovered near
Stayed close to guide, helped me not disappear
R/ I could not speak for myself
The breath would not allow
I could not speak for myself
I laid in the hospital bed, confined by glass walls
I looked straight ahead, began to call
R/ I could not speak for myself
The breath would not allow
I could not speak for myself
B// All well be well, all will be well
Thanks to LOVE, who enfolded me
Gentle as a dove, I was now free.
R/ I could not speak for myself
The breath would not allow
I could not speak for myself
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No More Words
03:52
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Grief
04:34
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R/Grief it rolls over me like the waves upon the sea
The tears are spent and gone, I am an empty shell.
The losses felt are many, too many all at one time
My life turned upside down, and the pain it seldom leaves
I'm lost inside my new world, Nothing looks the same
I'm naked her, I'm empty, I do not know the way
R/Grief it rolls over me like the waves upon the sea
The tears are spent and gone , I am an empty shell.
I rage against the changes, but soon the raging stops,
The anger hides my pain, A mask to hide behind
The anger turns to tears, the grief has broken thru
The mask it falls away, and the pain is here again.
R/Grief it rolls over me like the waves upon the sea
The tears are spent and gone, I am an empty shell.
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Oh Sister
04:00
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R/Oh Sister can you hear me now, Oh sister can you hear me?
I sit beside your wee your wee small bed,
I hold your hand with some dread
Your eyelids flutter and then they close
Oh sister don't bring me these woes
R/ Oh sister can you hear me now, Oh sister can you hear me?
By leaving me I feel, I feel betrayed
Tho my love for you it will not fade, it will not fade
Please don't leave me alone on this earth
unless you come back with your rebirth.
R/ Oh sister can you hear me now, Oh sister can you hear me?
Can you feel the changes , They’re not to be feared
Even tho they’re always near, they're always near
They may be filled with pain, in this present, this present day
But they'll not , no they'll not , they'll not remain .
R/ Oh sister can you hear me now, Oh sister can you hear me. X2
Oh sisters can you hear me now , several times and then women's names
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Shifting Sands
03:22
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She sits and looks out the window, waiting for someone to arrive
There's no on who waits below, for now she'll just try to survivie
R/She walked out on herself, into those shifting sands
Shifting sands, those shifting sands
There was a collison of souls, they merged into one
But now he can't control, just where she is going to run.
R/She walked out on herself, into those shifting sands
Shifting sands, those shifting sands
B/She sees that her life is wide open, to all new possibilities
R/She walked out on herself, into those shifting sands
Shifting sands, those shifting sands
There are no friendly addictions, not with so many that burn
And no way of ant prediciting, of life's uncertain turns.
R/She walked out on herself, into those shifting sands
Shifting sands, those shifting sands
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Thanks Past Me
03:04
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R/ Thanks past me , for all the hard work you've done
Thanks past me, for helping me not to run.
You sit on the pew in the back of the church
You listen closely to the words that are spoke
You leave part way through to continue your search
You look for another way
R/Thanks past me, for all the hard work you've done
Thanks past me, for helping me not to run.
You find yourself sitting by a stream
You listen to the water as it sings
You feel the fear rising to a scream
Your mind tells you to ignore the sting
R/Thanks past me , for all the hard work you've done
Thanks past me, for helping me not to run.
B/ You worked so hard to remain just the same. X2
R/Thanks past me , for all the hard work you've done
Thanks past me, for helping me not to run.
You leave the comfortable path you know
Afraid you'll end up in a conflict zone
You can't imagine just where you'll go
But soon you will see, your fear has flown.
R/Thanks past me, for all the hard work you've done
Thanks past me, for helping me not to run.
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Uneven Footing
02:46
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They walked along the rocky shore,
feeling their feet cut by the rocks,
He runs ahead to even the score
and she receives quite a shock
R/For they're on uneven footing things aren't like they were before
For they're on uneven footing and he's halfway out that door
They are at home and having a row
He turns his back and walks away
She starts to follow, then remembers her vow
that she won't be the one to say,
R/For they're on uneven footing things aren't like they were before
For they're on uneven footing and he's halfway out that door
She had been hungering for his words
Now she just wishes that they were gone
She'll find her way just like the birds
Who fly high towards the dawn.
R/For they're on uneven footing things aren't like they were before
For they're on uneven footing and he's halfway out that door
They walked along the rocky shore,
feeling their feet cut by the rocks,
He runs ahead to even the score
and she receives quite a shock
R/For they're on uneven footing things aren't like they were before
For they're on uneven footing and he's halfway out that door
They are at home and having a row
He turns his back and walks away
She starts to follow, then remembers her vow
that she won't be the one to say,
R/For they're on uneven footing things aren't like they were before
For they're on uneven footing and he's halfway out that door
She had been hungering for his words
Now she just wishes that they were gone
She'll find her way just like the birds
Who fly high towards the dawn.
R/For they're on uneven footing things aren't like they were before
For they're on uneven footing and he's halfway out that door
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Where are you Going?
04:11
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R/ Where are you going? Where have you been?
Is this the last one, let's not pretend
Where are you going? Where have you been?
He sits at the kitchen table, glaring at the walls
She's been gone so long, the sun is rising in the east
She tiptoes in, shoes in her hand,
She stops, looks, Can't believe that he's there
R/ Where are you going? Where have you been?
Is this the last one, let's not pretend
Where are you going? Where have you been?
She has scar tissue on her heart,
from all the days that they're apart
She really doesn' want a sparing match, for she must detach
She finally made the choice and walked away
Now she'll really really be the one to pay.
R/ Where are you going? Where have you been?
Is this the last one, let's not pretend
Where are you going? Where have you been?
B/He was too dried up with grief to cry,
Even tho the lava is running deep under the ground.
R/ Where are you going? Where have you been?
Is this the last one, let's not pretend
Where are you going? Where have you been?
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Wanda Gronhovd regina, Saskatchewan
Wanda Gronhovd is a singer-songwriter, speaker and writer who has recently retired
from her nursing career. She hails from
Regina, Sk. Her songs invoke the whole range
of emotion. She has released two Cds Awakening and Shiftng Sands with her latest
EP Pieces of her Heart to be released in September 2020.
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