BRAND NEW DAY Copyright 2019 by Abby Straus Go get ready cause it’s coming It’s rolling, it’s riding you faster Get ready for a brand new day Bang the drum, tell truth, hear the laughter Nothing else matters Get ready for a brand new day Here come the ladies they’ve got Angel voices, gonna sing it to you Gonna rap you, rap you in love Here come the babies they’ve got cool devices Gonna blow your mind and you will Never, never get enough What about the world you say What about a better day When’s it coming we’ve been waiting, waiting so long Don’t let your vision become your prison Free your mind Just stand up, stand up and go Go get ready cause it’s coming It’s rolling, it’s riding you faster Get ready for a brand new day Bang the drum, tell truth, hear the laughter Nothing else matters Get ready for a brand new day

ALL OF THIS Copyright 2019 by Abby Straus Hold on, we’re out for a ride Sunlight and wind in our hair Oars up, we’re catching the tide Break out and I’ll meet you there. We are bold explorers Striding out in life and running Naked down the sand into the sea In a heartbeat we leave tiny footprints in the snow Illuminated by a winter moon Come in and sit by the fire Feet up and we'll spend the day Sharing our deepest desire Before we go out to play And we are crazy lovers Rolling down the hill and laughing Everything is odd and fresh and new Then a silence finds one golden teardrop on the ground Drunken with the joy of being home We are all of this This is what we are We are everything And we are nothing that we aren’t We know in the end Is a beginning too We walk the circle round We are angels and we are fools

EMAIL SONG Copyright 2019 by Abby Straus You are an old soul 'Bout as jaded as they come You’ve been kickin’ round forever Peace of mind No love, no soul, no beauty, no hope No moon to light your night No sun to warm your day And you say you’ve seen everything I’m standing right now Think I’ve seen it all before When we finally tell the truth Gonna open up a door We’re gonna walk on through I can hear your voice, it’s singing in my memory I can see your eyes, they’re looking out where mine ought to be Feel your tears falling in the palms of my hands Making me whole Setting me free All at once A blinding flash of light To you appeared Like the virgin birth of Jesus Christ It split the night Warm rush of love Into cold soul Pumping some life into the old Carcass that you never, ever thought Was worth a damn I’m only here to say That you had it all along Now come on over here And help me sing this song Cause it’s your song too I can hear your voice, it’s singing in my memory I can see your eyes, they’re looking out where mine ought to be Feel your tears falling in the palms of my hands Making me whole Setting me free Is it greed to want to be the blood in your veins I want to be the smile on your lips The kiss on your face Take my love, take my soul, take my lust, take my hands I don’t need them anymore It’s so beautiful, so damned beautiful

SO FINE Copyright 2019 by Abby Straus My head is spinning round Barely touching down I’ve had enough for one day So many phones ringing So many lights blinking Can’t think of one smart thing to say I come home find you waiting for me Prayed all day for tonight The way you kiss me and hear my story Hold my hand when we turn out the light We are gonna find out what makes our loving so fine Gonna take the time out to make it yours and mine Another weekend This ain’t no godsend I’ve got so much to do I get my chores done Then there’s that dump run I’m so tired, how ‘bout you We got an email said come to dinner All our friends will be there, and you say Just say no, darlin’, kick your shoes off Come sit with me up in this easy chair We are gonna find out what makes our loving so fine Gonna take the time out to make it yours and mine Ooh, ooh, baby, uh oh, darlin’ I hear a knock on the door Stay right here with me The whole world will be waiting Waitin’, waitin’, gonna be waitin’ in the mornin’

ON VA DANSER Copyright 2019 by Abby Straus Qui va venir danser avec moi Qui voudrais l’amour et la joie Nous sommes tous en train de rire Nous sommes enchantés Quand que nous commençons tous à danser Je ne sais pas comment ça se passe La magie de la musique nous embrasse Les étrangers deviennent amis Esprits joignent tout à fait Quand nous tenons les mains ici et danser On va danser, danser, danser Tout le monde dance avec moi Dans mes rêves je me vois danser Tant de gens différents S'amuser ensemble Est-ce vraiment possible Je ne sais pas pourquoi pas Et voilà le secret de bonheur Pour enfants petites, pour les vieux Nous devons nous souvenir Ce que j'ai racontée Pour faire cela nous devons toujours danser On va danser, danser, danser Tout le monde dance avec moi Dans mes rêves je me vois danser Tant de gens différents S'amuser ensemble Est-ce vraiment possible Je ne sais pas pourquoi pas English translation (more or less): Who will come and dance with me Who wants love and joy We're all laughing We are delighted When we all start dancing I don’t know how it happens The magic of the music embraces us Strangers become friends Hearts join together When we hold hands and dance We'll dance, dance, dance Everyone dances with me In my dreams I see us dancing So many different people Having fun together Is it really possible I don’t know why not Here it is, the secret of happiness Small children to the old We must remember This story I’ve told To do this we must always dance We'll dance, dance, dance Everyone dances with me In my dreams I see us dancing So many different people Having fun together Is it really possible I don’t know why not

LITTLE BOY BLUES Copyright 2019 by Abby Straus I was looking at some photographs the other day You were such a little thing All of a sudden there were two faucets where my god-given eyes should have been The years go flying by I sit there crying Trying to figure out where they go, who knows But for now you’re still my little boy My funny little boy You say to me, Mama, don’t talk like that around my friends I try to be a good girl for you baby But I always screw up again Cause when you’re gone, you’re gone You’ll grow up to be such a beautiful man Oh man! But for now you’re still my little boy My funny little boy Won’t you try to remember My heart is wrapped around yours And every time you smile at me It jumps and sings in ecstasy ‘Cause you’re my little boy My funny little boy Look at you You’re such a rock ‘n rollin' man But oh how I miss those lovey dovey moments we spent hand in hand I’m so proud to find that You are friend of mine We will go on and on and on That’s because you are my little boy, my funny little boy

Touch Me I have fallen down into you I’m breathlessly awaiting my next cue I know it’s about we, too But you’re surrounding me It’s your move Your touch is like a shelter On a mountain side Ancient and warm Safe from the storm Waiting for me Your touch is like a summer sky So deep and wide A place to fly Where every day I’m free All I want to do Is touch you The way you touch me We flow together My belly touching your skin This is the place you’ve known me forever Where I end and you begin Your touch is like the glimmer Through the apple trees Waiting at dawn To hear my song Sing it with me Your touch is like the river Through a field of corn Running back home Over pebbles and stones Always knows where I’ll be And all I want to do is touch you The way you touch me

DAYLIGHT Copyright 2019 by Abby Straus I’ve been thinking about the passion in my life I’ve been dreaming about satisfaction When a day goes just right How it’s not fair when it’s not there Leaves me kickin’ like a mule on a beat-up Saturday night Daylight is burning my eyes Giving me stage fright Got no disguise anymore I’m alright, yes I’m just fine Guess I’ll be taking my time There’s a tiger in my closet She came out today Took a swipe at me- she’s my friend, you see I didn’t know, didn’t know what to say So I’ll keep on and I’ll be strong Never knew my world would be turning this way I just wanna be I just wanna be Bigger than life, bigger than anything I’ve known I’ll get there Yes, I’ll get there only to find That I’ve been here all along

PARAGON Copyright 2019 by Abby Straus Paragon I feel the winds of change Move inside me like a lover It’s hard to explain A feeling like no other Every time, every time I think I’m losing a war Just remember there’s no fighting any more Relax and open up the door of my mind Give it time When life is moving slow Melting me like summer It’s so hot and close My breath is just a shimmer Any time, every time it seems I’m losing the path Wandering for days this way and that Til I let my heart lead me back to my mind It happens every time Come feel this life Come hold my hand Come witness now The joy I am The sun is falling down I feel the hunger Pouring from the ground Stepping out from under Any time, every time I fear I’m slipping away Look around, look around and see it’s just today Let my bursting heart come out to play with my mind Every time Come feel this life Come hold my hand Come witness now The joy I am

THIS TIME Copyright 2019 by Abby Straus This time I’m not going to be angry This time I’m not gonna be sad This time I promise to listen To the wisdom Between the good and the bad Lost in a moment Of nothing to say And the silence is golden The silence is prayer Now is the answer When all of the fear And our longing Would drag us away This time I’m gonna ride the big river This time I’ll lie down in the waves This time I’m gonna remember When they’re closing in I’m gonna be saved So hard to believe That way down inside There’s a river so deep It’ll never run dry We pour in our dreams And pull out our lives And the courage to take us away

WAKE UP Copyright 2019 by Abby Straus Hey there baby I’ll be your Wonder Woman, be my Super Man One time, two times, get it right a third we’re gonna need a plan We got to… Wake up, wake up take a look in our minds What we’re thinking is making our light shine We’re together and we’re working it out There ain’t never no doubt Cause we’re building this house out of love Inch by inch, step by step, we’re gonna to this right Talk it out, work it through, high tech high touch, me and you It might take all night We gotta… Wake up, wake up take a look in our minds What we’re thinking, thinking is making our light shine We’re together and we’re working it out And there’s never no doubt Cause we’re building this house out of love In this garden of soul You make my grass grow All the flowers they know It’s your smile makes the sun shine every time Even in the rain gonna do that thang a lang On this journey divine You’ve got me on love time All our rhythms they rhyme Go anywhere, be the best that we wanna be Digging our life in the land called you and me We gotta… Wake up, wake up take a look in our minds What we’re thinking, thinking is making our light shine We’re together and we’re working it out And there’s never no doubt Cause we’re building this house out of love

DO IT LIKE THAT Copyright 2019 by Abby Straus I love it when we do it like that I love it when we do it like that Take our souls out along the river Let them breathe Share a bowl of loving kindness and Let them feed I love it when we do it like that I love it when we do it like that Paint with all the living colors and Brush the sky Hold the brush of understanding and Learn to fly. There’s so much love everywhere we go That’s what our hearts have been trying to say So let’s hear the funky rhythm and rock each day I love it when we do it like that I love it when we do it like that