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IN GOD WE TRUST

Words by Mary Dinwoodie (10/21/03)
Music Arranged by The Feelers

The battle rages
People die
Cars explode,
Mothers cry.
Each side feels,
Its cause is just.
We must be right,
In God we trust.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Ashes to ashes,
In God we trust.

The decades pass
Another cause.
We fight again,
Defend our laws.
Invade we say,
To free the weak.
Democracy,
Is what we seek.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Ashes to ashes,
In God we trust.

I see a way,
I've got a plan.
Takes you and me,
And every man.
Live your life,
With joy. Be kind.
Spread the love,
Make fear decline.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Ashes to ashes,
In God we trust.

IT'S A SAD DAY (in loving memory of Konor Fleharty)

Words and Music by Robert Halpin (10/21/03)

He may have been your brother
He may have been your son
He may have been your father
He may have been the only one
And I know it's a sad, sad day when a young man dies

It may have been an accident
It may have been a disease
It may have been a madman who cut him short in his years
But it doesn't really matter now that he's gone
You just go to keep his memory going on

He will not be forgotten
He will never be
He will always be remembered by his loving family
And I know, yes, it's a sad, sad day when a young man dies

He may have been a confidant
He may have been your friend
He may have been your savior
With you till the end
And I know it's a sad, sad day when a young man dies

LOVE OF ANOTHER SHADE

Words and Music by Robert Halpin (7/7/04)

I ran into a friend of mine
He'd been gone twenty years
I looked at his face to see a smile
But all I could see ,yea all I could see, were his tears
Yea, were his tears

He said , Broken hearts
Wasted dreams
Tell me now, have you found love ain't what it seems?
The deeper you get, the harder you fall
Now tell me have you found love don't matter at all?

Yea I said,
When all is said and done and we go our own way
You may wonder will everything be the same?
Or will we find
Yes will we find love of another shade?
Yea, love of another shade.

Yea, when all is said and done and we go our own way
You may wonder will everything be the same?
Or will you find
Yea will you find love of another shade?
Yea, love of another shade.

Love of another shade
Love of another shade
Making up for mistakes we made
Love of another shade.

PIECES

Words and Music by Robert Halpin ( 12/26/01)

I've been pickin up some pieces, tryin to make them fit
I've been pickin up some pieces, but there's some I can't get
Pieces of my broken heart, left lying on the floor
And if you find some pieces baby, why don't you bring them on home

Pickin up some pieces of my broken heart
I've been pickin up some pieces, gonna make a new start
I'm gonna love ya baby so hard you're gonna hum
If you find some pieces baby, why don't you bring them on home

I've been pickin up some pieces, tryin to make them fit
I've been pickin up some pieces, ain't found them all yet, no no
Pieces of my broken heart, I just got to find some more
If you find some pieces baby, why don't you bring them on home
Yeah, and if you find some pieces baby, why don't you bring them on home

YOU WON'T BE BACK

Words and Music by Robert Halpin ( 8/28/96)

I saw the writing on the wall
And it's getting very clear
That you won't, you won't be back, no no no no
Not for a million years, you won't be back
You won't be back

You won't be back
For a million
You won't be back
For a million
You won't be back
For a million years

I should have seen it from the start
Our lives were so far apart
And now you won't be back, no no no no
Not for a million years, you won't be back
You won't be back

You won't be back
For a million
You won't be back
For a million
You won't be back
For a million years

I saw you just sitting there
Eyes all red from your warm tears
Cause you know you won't be back, no no no no
Not for a million years, you won't be back
You won't be back

You won't be back
For a million
You won't be back
For a million
You won't be back
For a million years

THINK ABOUT IT (IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE)

Words by Robert Halpin and Mary Dinwoodie (2/5/03)
Music by Robert Halpin

Think about the life you're living
Do you know what you've been given?
Think about what sets us apart
You'll find it comes from the heart

Think about it it's all about love love love love
Think about it it's all about love

Think about the look in her eye
There's a feelingyou can't deny
Think about your first kiss
Searching for what you can't resist

Think about it it's all about love love love love
Think about it it's all about love

Think about how he held you tight
You lay togetherthe world is right
Think about his slow soft touch
Makes you want him oh so much

Think about it it's all about love love love love
Think about it it's all about love

I think about how i feel
My emotions i can't conceal
I think about you and me
And how our love has set me free

Think about it it's all about love love love love
Think about it it's all about love

BLACK IRIS

Words and Music by Curtiss Johnson, Rick Brown and Robert Halpin (2/8/05)

Let me tell bout a girl I know
Her dad drives a Beemer just for show
And she prays for the day
When she can get away
Get away from everything she hates
And she prayed for the day

It didn't matter if her dad was cool
Mom was relieved to send her to school
And she dreams of the day
When she plants black iris on a hill
To escape from the way she feels
And she waits for the day

Why wait (Why wait?) for your dreams to be fulfilled?
Today plant iris on the hill

So I told her these very words
The meaning of i'm sure she heard
You should see her today
Planting black iris on the hill
Behind her house, she plants there still
Never let her dream get away

Why wait (Why wait?) for your dreams to be fulfilled?
Today plant iris on the hill
(Why wait?)
(Why wait?)
(Why wait?)