IF

1-if/michaelmonroe

2-peace of mind/michael monroe

3-you are the one/michaelmonroe

4-skating away/ian anderson/jethro tull

5-what if/michaelmonroe

6-something for now/michaelmonroe

7-one stupid question/michaelmonroe

8-swim/stuart davis

9-pavan/michaelmonroe

(b'roke, don't fix it)

10-forever young/bob dylan

if/michaelmonroe

if i were perfect i'd be done

if i were human we'd be one

if i were happy i'd have fun

if i'm just whining is this art?

if i don't stop i won't have to start

if it's all a movie i'm just playing my part

how long can i keep this body?

can i trade it in when i'm done?

for another one just like the other one

i want to give it another run

if i weren't frozen i'd be alive

if i start walking i'll arrive

if i get tired i might ride

if i don't die i will survive

if i survive i might just thrive

if i can thrive then i can fly

how long can i keep this body?

can i trade it in in the end?

for something completely different

i want to begin again

if there's no pain is there still gain?

if i'm not crazy am i sane?

if everything goes down the drain

if it's not hell then is this heaven?

if i'm not there well where am i then?

if i can bring my dog i'll be happy

How long have i had this body?

can i trade it in when i'm done?

for a spirit or a drop in the ocean

on a planet 'round a purple sun

if i were perfect i'd be done

peace of mind/michael monroe

peace of mind i can find when i'm sleeping

it's not hard to run away from everything

but i'm lost when it comes to living in this world

and doing something meaningful

what's not been said what's not been done

a million times before by the best and brightest humans

who am i but another crazy minstrel getting high

by singing songs about me

chorus:

i'm caught in the middle of time again

runnin' around like i can't find my own end

too old to be wanderin too old too young to be old

too long

on this journey to question the road

the best of them had lives filled with hell and fury

walking through fire purified their spirits

but i'm spoiled on the path of least resistance

go with the flow it'll all come back around again

just enjoy the ride it'll all be fine in the end

remember why you love to sing and dance

there's no reason why not to indulge in the beauty

of this world it'll all be over someday

chorus

repeat first verse

repeat last verse

you are the one/michaelmonroe

she looks across the kitchen table

at the man she's loved for sixty years now

maybe all of them weren't so grand

but she can still see him as a handsome young man

she used to hear him from across the park

singing to the crowds on saturdays

and as she watched the children in her care

she imagined that they were theirs

chorus:

and she could see beyond her twenty years

to a day when they would be one

to a day like today happy and gray

they can still sing "you are the one"

well it wasn't quite how she'd imagined

overseas and so far from home

he off somewhere in his uniform and

she waiting for him all day all all one

the loneliness almost drove her crazy

she tried to fill her days withempty chores

things he didn't seem to notice

they were grooming him for war

but she could see beyond those painful years

to a day when they would be one

to a day like today happy and gray

they can still sing " you are the one"

and now she hears him from down the hall

singing as he works at his desk

she's rearranging photos in the living room

and remembering all the things

that she loved the best

on his arm on their wedding day

their first child on her breast

the way she feels when the family's all together

and the fragrance rising from the ceder chest

brings her back to the day they met

and she could see beyond her twenty years...

skating away/ian anderson/jethro tull

meanwhile back in the year one

when you believed in no one

you didn't stand a chance son

if your parents were undone

cause you were bred for humanity

and sold to society

one day you'll wake up to the present day

a million generations removed from expectations

of being who you really want to be

chorus:

skating away skating away

skating away on the thin ice of a new day

and as you push off from the shore

won't you turn your head once more

and make your peace with everyone

and those who chose to stay

will live just one more day

to do the things they should have done

and as you cross the wilderness

suspending in your emptiness

and you feel you have to pray

searching for a sign that the universal mind

has written you into the passion play

chorus

and as you cross the circle line

well the oswald breathes behind

you're a rabbit on the run

and sliver splinters fly in the

corner of your eye

shining in the setting sun

do you ever get the feeling

that the stories too damn real

and in the present....tense?

everybody's on the stage

and you're the only person

sitting in the audience?

chorus

what if/michaelmonroe

i had a dream i was dancing by the fire

i was a native of this land many years ago

loving my people and hating the strangers

who came from nowhere and drove us all away

now i find myself busted at this table

a few chips and my cards in my hands

loving the game and hating the dealer

Ojibway watches as i throw it all away

chorus a

but what if i were you in another life?

what if you were me next time around?

what if when we hate were really hating ourselves?

i fell in love and we had a daughter

she was the center of my world for seven years

but love turned cold and i had to leave her

and to this day she wonders what was wrong with me

i thought for sure i could do so much better

than my mother and father before me

till i repeated their words to the letter

words i swore would never come from me

chorus a

chorus b

what if were all in the same boat?

what if we only think were special?

what if when we love were really loving ourselves?

do you ever feel like you woke up

on the wrong side of the universe?

d\on't you just want to go back to sleep and

find your way back home?

but what if were all from the same place?

what if we only think were different?

what if when were lonely were just missing ourselves?

chorus a

chorus b

are we loving ourselves?

something for now/michaelmonroe

instrumental

one stupid question/michaelmonroe

what am i doing here? what are we doing here?

that's the question of the day

is it a privilege? is it a prison?

is it a school will we graduate?

then who is the teacher? what was the lesson?

i'd like to know if it's not too late

but nobody asks any more

nobody wants to be a bore

nobody wants to be the one to say

i've got one stupid question that's been

hanging in the back of my mind year after year

when i'm sittin by the fire in the moonlight

i just can't help but wonder what am i doing here?

will you still love me when i'm not pretty

when i can't sing anymore?

i hope i'm not there yet

let me know if i missed it

i'll do it till it don't sound good any more

maybe when i'm 84 and i don't want to sing anymore

i just want to sit on the floor and meditate a little more

on that

one stupid question that keeps

hanging in the back of my mind year after year

when i'm sittin by the fire in the moonlight

i just can't help but wonder

what am i doing here?

maybe that's not the question

maybe i'm wasting precious energy on things

i'll never know

why can't i just live my life doing what i think is right

doing what i hope will help me grow?

but i just can't ignore it can't seem to let go of it

like a dream that i can't recall in the day

and if life is really just a dream

i hope it's a really good dream

and when i wake up i'm gonna say

i've got one stupid question

that's been hanging in the back of my mind year after year

when i'm sittin by the fire in the moonlight

i just can't help but wonder

what am i doing here?

swim/stuart davis

the only reason that it's scary getting old

is people treat you like you're too big to hold

and you still feel just like a kid

you call my bluff when i pretend to be at peace

you take the water that i finally release

close your mouth, open your arms

that is why i reach for you so much

i think i'm drowning until we touch

life is an ocean we fall in

when you hold me i can swim

in this hospital the beds are made of steel

and metal instruments are all some people feel

but what you need is something soft against your skin

so you don't have to pretend to be at peace

i'll take the water that you finally release

close your mouth, open your arms

that is why you reach for me so much

you think you're drowning until we touch

death is an ocean we fall in

i will hold you while you swim

pavan/michaelmonroe

(b'roke don't fix it)

Instrumental

forever young/bob dylan

may god bless and keep you always

may your wishes all come true

may you always do the for others

and let others do for you

may you build a ladder to the stars

and climb on every rung

and may you stay forever young

chorus:

forever young forever young

may you stay, forever young

may you grow up to be righteous

may you grow up to be true

may you always know the truth

and see the light surrounding you

may you always be courageous

stand upright and be strong

and may you stay forever young

chorus

may your hands always be busy

may y our feet always be swift

may you have a strong foundation

when the winds of changes shift

may your heart always be joyful

may your song always be sung

and may you stay forever young

chorus