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Life's a Song
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Acre of Land
03:47
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Acre of Land
To grow a garden
You’ve gotta have patience
You need to work in it everyday
Mother nature will give you the most resistance
But you can turn it into something anyway
Some throw seeds and cross their fingers
Some plant what they want in a row
If my thumb was just a little bit greener
I’d have what I’ve been trying to grow
I’ve been able to stand
On my own acre of land
And when the wind blows me away
I’ve been able to stay
Some call it luck
Some call it will
I’ve got something inside
No storm can kill
My roots find water
When the rain dries up
I’ve been through the fire
I’ve been through the flood
The sun beats me down
But I get back up
I’ve been able to stand
On my own acre of land
And when the wind blows me away
I’ve been able to stay
— “Acre of Land” (Terri Hendrix) from The Spiritual Kind
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Soul of My Soul
03:56
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Things Change
03:39
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No Love in Texas
03:20
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Jim Thorpe's Blues
04:08
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The great Jim Thorpe was Indian pride
The athlete of the century was cast aside
They took his medals right out of his hand
And buried nuclear waste on Indian land
Nuclear waste on Indian land
We’ve got high-tech people
With low-tech souls
And dot-com wifi Internet polls
We curse the wind
And use the sun to tan
And bury nuclear waste on Indian land
Nuclear waste on Indian land
Run Geronimo run
They’re gonna seal the deal
With a forked tongue
If you knew back then
What we know now
You’d run Geronimo run
Yeah Yeah
We’ve got arrowheads
We’ve got beaded bags
With made in China stickers covered up by price tags
Somethin’ or nothin’ will one day be
Nothin’ for somethin’ for you and me
Nothin’ for somethin’ for you and me!
All I know about Indian history
Is what I’ve seen on the TV screen
I’ve been a tourist
I’ve had my picture made
And spent a fortune on a slot machine that never paid
Nothin’ for somethin’ for you and me
The great Jim Thorpe was Indian pride
The athlete of the century was cast aside
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
It’s anybody’s guess who we can trust
It’s the guys in ties
Who will shake your hand
And bury nuclear waste on Indian land
Nuclear waste on Indian land
— “Jim Thorpe’s Blues” (Terri Hendrix) from The Spiritual Kind
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If I Had a Daughter
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If I had a daughter, I'd tell her that the first breath of life is the easiest
From then on it takes years of practice
'Cause if you know how to keep air in your lungs
Then you'll survive when fate tackles you
Rubs your face in the Astroturf and grinds its cleats into your back
I'd tell her that it's better to be out there
On the field of life takin' hits and makin' touchdowns
Than bitchin' about the game in the bleachers
If I had a daughter, I'd teach her how to face life
And its peaks and valleys with grit, modesty, hope, compassion and love
I'd want her to accept herself
I'd want her to watch the stars instead of her weight
Love her body, feed her soul, dance with her curves
See those blue veins as a masterpiece
Howl at the moon instead of her hair and to live inside out
If I had a daughter, if I had a daughter
If I had a daughter, I'd teach her to hold
Her head high and strut through this world
As a more than instead of a less than
She'd trust her voice, speak her mind and seek the truth
'Cause if it talks like a duck and walks like a duck
Then yes, it might be a skunk
If I had a daughter, she'd know that gay or straight
Pin-striped or polka-dotted, tye-dyed or solid
Straight-laced or bent, she'd have my acceptance
And blessing in regards to whomever she gave her heart to
If I had a daughter, I'd give her a compass
So if she was lost she could find her way back to reality
And when her soul hit the low notes and her heart was a kick drum
I'd teach her how to turn it into song
If I had a daughter, if I had a daughter
If I had a daughter, I'd want her to be willing
To venture into the great unknown
But I'd make sure she had the blueprints to build her own universe
If I had a daughter, I would carry her with me
In every breath of every moment
I would wake with her name on my lips
And go to bed with her dreams in my heart
if I had a daughter
If I had a daughter, if I had a daughter
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Mood Swing
04:00
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Terri Hendrix San Marcos
Terri Hendrix is an award-winning Texas songwriter who spins sorrow into joy and wrings wisdom from the blues with a poetic grace, warmth and uplifting melodic flair that has long been her trademark. A classically trained vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Hendrix dodges musical pigeonholes by weaving folk, pop, country, blues and jazz into an eclectic style all her own. ... more
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