CARRIE NEWCOMER KINDRED SPIRITS: A COLLECTION LYRICS 1. The Speed of Soul 4:25 2. I Believe 4:35 (featuring Ayaan Ali Khan) 3. Breathe In Breathe Out 5:01 (featuring Amjad Ali Khan) 4. There is a Tree 4:30 5. Geodes 3:25 6. The Gathering of Spirits 3:41 (featuring Alison Krauss) 7. Sparrow 2:23 (Live) 8. I Do Not Know Its Name 4:39 9. Before and After 4:34 (featuring Mary Chapin Carpenter) 10. Betty’s Diner - Remix 4:39 (featuring Krista Detor) 11. Where You Been 4:37 12. Angels Unaware 4:26 13. Two Toasts 2:23 14. Holy as a Day is Spent 3:11 15. If Not Now 3:46 16. My True Name 3:34 17. A Whole Lot of Hope 3:21 18. A Long Christmas Dinner 4:36 (featuring Krista Detor) 19. Bare to the Bone (Live) UPC number 011661915220 (p) & (c) 2012 Rounder Records. Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group, Inc., 100 N. Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Made in the U.S.A. www.rounder.com, [email protected] "Rounder Records" and the Rounder logo Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Office. All songs ©1991-2012 Carrie Newcomer Music (BMI) Administered by BMG Chrysalis, except “Two Toasts” ©2008 Parker J. Palmer and Carrie Newcomer (BMI) Administered by BMG Chrysalis For Carrie Newcomer’s complete Rounder catalogue visit www.rounder.com To purchase Everything is Everywhere on Available Light Records, or to learn more about the Interfaith Hunger Initiative visit www.carrienewcomer.com The Speed of Soul And caught in jars like fireflies, This song was inspired by Phillip Gulley’s essay The March of The only place a song was held Progress and a Native American saying, “You should never Soft and razor-sharp travel further in a day than your soul can travel.” Just because Was in the heart. we can, doesn’t mean we should. Mr. Gatling made a Gatling gun I found her sleeping in a Kansas truck stop, He said it would end war In the corner booth. For who could send some mothers son She'd been waiting there for months, Through such a door And that's the truth. But the bullets move at the speed of cold She looked at me with wary eyes, Drones do as they’re told She'd heard all my lies. And the men go home at night She was not surprised, And kiss the wife She just looked a me And watch TV And shook her head. And never see All those souls untethered Chorus: Come back, Come home. Floating out to sea I’m gathering the crumbs and stones. Been traveling faster than my soul Chorus Can go. One subject line, one click away, But at the end of the day, I couldn't even say, The things that I had done. So I spent the morning sweeping floors. I didn't want much more, Then to do just one thing at a time, And call it mine. Chorus Before songs were grooves and lines I Believe friends, Words and Music by Carrie Newcomer And when I close my eyes to sleep at night it’s good to say, “Amen” I believe there are some debts that we never can repay I believe that life’s comprised of smiles and sniffles and tears, I believe there are some words And in an old coat that still has another good year, that you can never unsay Ball I need is here. And I don't know a single soul who didn’t get lost along the way. Chorus I believe in a good strong cup of ginger tea, And all these shoots and roots will become a tree. I believe in socks and gloves All I know is I can’t help but see knit out of soft grey wool, All of this as so very holy. And that there's a place in heaven for those Who teach in public school. I believe. And I know I get some things right , But mostly I'm a fool. Originally appeared on Carrie Newcomer’s Available Light Recording Everything is Everywhere. Chorus I believe in a good strong cup of ginger tea, And all these shoots and roots will become a tree. All I know is I can’t help but see All of this as so very holy. I believe in jars of jelly put up by careful hands, I believe most folks are doing about the best they can, And I know there are some things that I will never understand. Chorus I believe there’s healing in the sound of your voice, And that a summer tomato is a cause to rejoice, And that following a song was never really a choice. Never really. Bridge: I believe in a good long letter written on real paper and with real pen, I believe in the ones I love and know I’ll never see again, I believe in the kindness of strangers and the comfort of old I Breathe In Breathe Out Breathe it in and breathe it out, let it go, let it go. Words and Music by Carrie Newcomer Breath in breath out, let it go, let it go. This song was inspired by a beautiful poem written by an American mystic poet named Mary Oliver called, “Blackwater Pond.” Originally appeared on Carrie Newcomer’s Available Light Recording Everything is Everywhere. To live we learn what we love most, Embrace it all and hold it close . Breathe it in and breathe it out, let it go. To live is to love so many things, Fly on beautiful wax wings. Breathe it in and breathe it out, let it go. Breathe it in and breathe it out, let it go. Breathe it in and breathe it out, let it go, let it go. Breath in breath out, let it go, let it go. I held anger like a coal, Burning hot but did not let go, With the thought that I could throw it at someone. Such a hard lesson to learn, My own hand was what got burned. Breathe it in and breathe it out, Let it go Breathe it in and breathe it out, let it go. Breathe it in and breathe it out, let it go, let it go. Breath in breath out, let it go, let it go. What is won is won, What is done is done Let it go What is real is real, What we feel we feel Then let go I saw one candle in the night, Become a thousand lights. Breathe it in and breathe it out, let it go. Life is fleeting this I know, Short and draped in marigolds. Breathe it in and breathe it out, let it go. Breathe it in and breathe it out, let it go. There is a Tree Chorus “I dreamt that the spirit of God passed by close enough to fog the window. I’ve come to believe that mystery is as near as my front Originally appeared on Carrie Newcomer’s Rounder Records porch. There is a song at the center of all things.” Recording The Geography of Light. Last night I dreamt you very near Though the night was dark beyond the glass. I knew you'd left before I woke But you'd fogged the window when you passed. The air was still and smelled like rain, Though I'd never known so dry a spell. And what I heard there in the dark, Are the secrets I will never tell? Chorus: There is a tree beyond the world. In it's ancient roots a song is curled. I'm the fool whose life's been spent. Between what's said and what is meant. I didn't mean what went so wrong. Some things I wish I didn't know. I've always lived inside my head. And often utterly alone I will be a pillow for your head. You can make me promises you can't keep. And I'll believe each word you've said. And hum to you while you sleep. Chorus You took me by my shaking hand, Laughed at me and closed the door, Put your hands to my waist, And waltzed rue round the kitchen floor. Chorus So I will wander without fail In circles that grow ever wide The sky expands and then exhales With an ache that never subsides Geodes And the whole world moved on like the last notes of a song, “My home in Southern Indiana is a rolling green land abundant in A love letter sent without return address. limestone and the mysterious rocks called geodes. Geodes are so copious in this part of the state that we pile them in our gardens and You can't always tell one from another. think of them as commonplace. I am fascinated with these And it's best not to judge a book by it's tattered cover. unassuming brown and grey stones that contain inside them a Now I don't open them to see folks 'round here just like me, sparkling center of quartz crystals. They are surprising beautiful and We have come to believe there's hidden good in common a wonderful metaphor. They remind me to look deeper, because things. often within what may appear quite ordinary is a core of beauty and You can't always tell but sometimes you just know. mystery.