walk around the world

Let’s take a walk around the world

There’s so much to see

An imaginary walk

Come along with me

Look to the East, where the sun climbs high

Look to the West, see the painted sky

Let’s take a walk around the world

There’s so much to see

Look to the North, land of ice and snow

Look to the South where the palm trees grow

Let’s take a walk around the world

There’s so much to see

Through the forest, through the woodland trees

From rocky cliffs, feel the ocean breeze

Over fields on a grassy hill

Over a meadow so calm and still

Through a desert, over hot dry sand

Through the Outback, over rugged land

Let’s take a walk around the world

There’s so much to see

Up on a mountain, on a high plateau

On an island where watermelons grow

Into the jungle, monkeys in the trees

A flower garden filled with birds and bees

Let’s take a walk around the world

There’s so much to see

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rhythm of the land

Come wave your hands

Let’s wave our hands

Let’s celebrate the rhythm of the land

Come wave your hands

Let’s wave our hands

Let’s celebrate the rhythm of the land

Can you feel the rhythm of your heart?  

       - (hands to heart)

From head to toe, hand to hand?   

       - (point to head, toes, hands)

Can you feel the rhythm of the universe? 

      - (reach to the sky)

Can you feel the rhythm of the land?  

       - (stretch out to the ground)

It’s a time to wave to a friend  - (wave hands)

Every boy, every girl  - (wave all around)

It’s a time to reach out to everyone 

      - (extend both hands)

All around the world  - “oooaaahhh!”

O ba ba, o ba ba, o ba ba, o ba

It’s a time to turn to the light - (turn heads up)

It’s time to heal the pain - (cross arms over chest)

It’s a time to sing and dance 

       - (wave arms in the air)

And rejoice again!

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like a flower to the sun

Like a flower to the sun

In the morning when the day has begun

Reaching for the radiant glow

Every living thing with such a longing to grow

Like a river to the sea

Flowing wild and flowing free

We are drawn to the magic song

That lifts us up and makes us strong

Like a moth towards the light

Like the day that surely follows the night

Like a bird that needs to fly

Everyone is reaching for the bright open sky

Like the winds across the plain

Like the ocean tides that come again and again

We’re ever turning ‘round and ‘round

On our journey to a higher ground

Like a mother to her child

With a soothing voice so tender and mild

With the smile her lips impart

Her love shines through and tugs at the heart

Hear the calling of the loon

Hear the lone wolf howling at the moon

Hear the pretty songbird sing

It’s the song of the earth filled with deep longing

Six billion flowers to the sun   Reaching and yearning

And longing    To be one

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da da da, do do do  (instrumental)

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i work all day

My name is Bob, I love my job

I work all day just to make a little pay

I clean big windows from the roof to the ground

My right hand ‘wiper’ goes round and round!

- (open the palm of your right hand and make a circle in the air as if you’re cleaning a window)

My name is Pat, I’m a diplomat

I work all day just to make a little pay

I meet with people about this and that

My left hand waver goes pat pat pat!

- (hold up your left arm and wave your left hand up and down with a small wrist motion)

My name is Pete, I love my feet

I work all day just to make a little pay

I’m a cool jazz dancer in a Broadway Show

I can tap to the music, just like so!

- (tap your feet)

My name is Sue, I love what I do

I work all day just to make a little pay

Plant trees in the park, keep the flower beds neat

With my foot on the shovel, I dig down deep!

- (motions of digging with a shovel)

My name is Jill, I can’t sit still

I work all year as a volunteer

I teach aerobics in a fitness room

So shake your middle, go, boom-di-boom!

- (shake your middle)

My name is Greer, I love my career

I work all day just to get a little pay

I stare into computers till I take a break

Then I stretch my head and go, shake shake shake!

- (toss your head from side to side)

My name is Bing, I love to sing

With-a-bebop-a-lula, shing-a-ling! (repeat 4x)

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boots & bandanas

We come with our accordions

Our tapestries and shawls

Carving our history on these plaster walls

Our ancestors to guide us

We celebrate the dead

From the dust on my feet

To the dreams in my head

Corn and beans and peppers

We cultivate the soil

With a hammer and God’s grace

We will sweat and toil

With our boots and bandanas

We’ll sing and be free

When we’re dancing the Fandango

All around the mango tree

There’s work across the river

For Kiko and me

El Norte glitters gold

From sea to shining sea

Rosalita in her rocker

A baby in her arms

With a song of the cicadas

And a chain of good-luck charms

There’s a full moon over Texas

A shooting star in the sky

An old coyote howls

Can you hear her lonesome cry?

These patio lanterns

Casting shadows all around

Another day in Paradise

We walk on sacred ground

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ontario   (instrumental)

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listen

In this age of information

Flowing streams of communication

Hurry up or you’ll be left behind

Conversations with computers

Data banks, soft ware tutors

Fast forward, fast rewind

Listen to the wind in the trees

Listen to the waves on the shore

Listen to your heart beat

Hear yourself breathing

And don’t be afraid anymore

High performance to the letter

Making life a little better

Every day is still an uphill climb

Coping with the competition

You can’t change your disposition

You can take it one day at a time

Advertisers selling illusions

Adding to the state of confusion

They take your money and steal your time

Air wave signals grab your attention

Images full of pretension

They’ll sell the world for a dime

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earth dance

Listen to the rhythm - earth dance

Listen to the rhythm - earth dance

Bend your body forward

Bend your body forward

Lift one knee

Now the other knee

Stomp on the floor

Do it some more

Arms to the side

Hands open wide

Shake them loose

I said, shake them loose

Now hands on your hips

And a smile on your lips

Left shoulder forward

And right shoulder forward

Stretch up your arms

As high as you can

Picking oranges

Put them in the basket

Now who’s ready to jump in the middle?

Now who’s ready to dance alone?

Jump in the middle, there you go!

That’s fantastic! What a show!

Jump in the middle, jump in the middle

Listen to the rhythm - earth dance

Listen to the rhythm - earth dance

Listen to the rhythm - earth dance

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