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Goodbye for Now
Keira
Light of Truth
Rowing the Boat
There is Love
The Wheel
Victim in Blue
All Along the Watchtower
Pearly Gates
Unite
Unruly
When the Day is Won

GOODBYE FOR NOW BY JAMES KOLE

Goodbye for now, I will wait for you
Darkness, silence, Take hold my my hand
I love you and you love me too
Goodbye for now

Memory, pictures, how things used to be
A new bridge, distant ridge, stay close my side
I love you and you love me too
Goodbye for now

farewell loved one, do never forget
Time comes, time goes, you're in my soul

I love you and you love me too
Goodbye for now


© Copyright 1999, 2012 James Kole Publishing (ASCAP)
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Between Dreams 
1999
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Unite 
2012
KEIRA  BY JAMES KOLE

Keira Mariana, hair like black silk flowing
Underneath the surface of a stream
Far off in the Distance a cosmic ripple carries
Keira Mariana home to me

Late in the evening, along the riverside
Sweet scented blossoms fill the blue moonlit air
Low Parisian clouds, glowing in the night
Where there once was nothing now there is a light

Keira Mariana, hair like black silk flowing
Underneath the surface of a stream
Far off in the Distance a cosmic ripple carries
Keira Mariana home to me

Such a beautiful smile, brown sparkling eyes
My joyful dancer has her sweet mother's light
Infinite wonder, watches angelically 
She has got enough love to fill the sea

Keira Mariana, hair like black silk flowing
Underneath the surface of a stream
Far off in the Distance a cosmic ripple carries
Keira Mariana home to me

Copyright © 2012 James Kole Publishing (ASCAP)


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LIGHT OF TRUTH BY JAMES KOLE

Light of truth, Descends into this place
Tears of joy sit sweetly 
Upon repentant face

Gift of faith does carry me
Over dark raging waters 
To shining liberty

Three in one, the one in three
Compassion and forgiveness
The emerald 'neath the tree

The air is clean, the conscience clear
Embraced by mercy
Released from fear

Worry not, the comforter is nigh
Death has been defeated 
Heaven and earth unite

© Copyright 2012 James Kole Publishing (ASCAP)
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ROWING THE BOAT BY JAMES KOLE

Over the hills there's a crowded city
Been there once before
A bout of acute curiosity 
Of which I'm cured of evermore

Mama and papa love little baby
Teach her everything they know
Dress her up in armor bright 
Before they got to let her go

Too few rowing, too few rowing the boat
Too few rowing, too few rowing the boat
The ocean wears the jewels they wore
And reads the books that they wrote

Drinking that milk eating that honey
The cupboard's nearly bare
Frost is crouching underfoot
Snow's falling through the air

Too few rowing, too few rowing the boat
Too few rowing, too few rowing the boat
The ocean wears the jewels they wore
And reads the books that they wrote

It was of thirst that I was dying
Before I found the well
Cupped my hands and took a drink
And away my burden fell

Too few rowing, too few rowing the boat
Too few rowing, too few rowing the boat
The ocean wears the jewels they wore
And reads the books that they wrote

Can't take the wet out of the water
Can't take the root from the tree
The sun fill the clouds with the morning light
And puts the sparkle into the sea

Too few rowing, too few rowing the boat
Too few rowing, too few rowing the boat
The ocean wears the jewels they wore
And reads the books that they wrote

© Copyright 2012 James Kole Publishing (ASCAP)
THERE IS LOVE BY JAMES KOLE

It's getting early, it's past late
I'm in no hurry I can wait
There is love in my heart
There is love

Things haven't turned out liked I planned
No need to shout and make foolish demands
There is love in my heart
There is love

I wasn't always this way for me
I had some serious doubts
Someone must have prayed for me
My heart is no longer down and out

I've climbed up, I've run down
I fill my cup but I don't drown
There is love in my heart
There is Love

You got me baby, you got me good
There ain't no maybe, I stand where I stood
There is love in my heart
There is love

There is love in my heart

Copyright © 2012 James Kole Publishing (ASCAP)


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SONGS FOR FREEDOM
2010 Original Release
THE LIBERTY TREE BY JAMES KOLE

While they danced around the liberty tree
Their backs were turned, they could not see
The axe and the irons of captivity
While they danced around the liberty tree

They'd been eating the fruit that the tree had grown
From the seeds that forgotten fathers had sown
They'd not tilled new earth, no sweat no toil
Their hands had never touched the soil

While they danced around the liberty tree
Their backs were turned, they could not see
The axe and the irons of captivity
While they danced around the liberty tree

Under the tree's branches they dozed in the shade
In the cool afternoon they laughed and played
They leaned on the trunk to rest their bones
The sacred fire was turning to stone

While they danced around the liberty tree
Their backs were turned, they could not see
The axe and the irons of captivity
While they danced around the liberty tree

And around the tree they lived their lives
Free from struggle and sacrifice 
An extravagant party, a royal masquerade 
The debt must be repaid

While they danced around the liberty tree
Their backs were turned, they could not see
The axe and the irons of captivity
While they danced around the liberty tree

Copyright © 2010 James Kole Publishing (ASCAP)
UNITE BY JAMES KOLE

Unite for freedom, unite for sovereignty
Unite, Unite, Unite
Unite for the Republic, unite for country
Unite, Unite

Sick of class warfare, sick of deceit
Sick of the division, sick of conceit 
Sick of the arrogance flowing from their teeth

Sick of the corruption, sick of the lies
Sick of race baiters in righteous disguise
Sick of their shameless demagoguery 

Unite for freedom, unite for sovereignty
Unite, Unite, Unite
Unite for the Republic, unite for country
Unite, Unite

Sick of confiscation, sick of the thieves
Sick of do-good politician larceny
Sick of the lawless doing whatever they please

Sick of agitation, sick of the threats
Sick of all the crony capitalist pets
Sick of reprobates who sell out and appease 

Unite for freedom, unite for sovereignty
Unite, Unite, Unite
Unite for the Republic, unite for country
Unite, Unite

Sick of coercion, sick of their game
Sick of their destruction and sick of their blame
Sick of seeing the meek getting trampled on

Sick of the corruption, sick of it all
Sick of their disdain for natural law
Sick of the glorification of all that's wrong

Unite for freedom, unite for sovereignty
Unite, Unite, Unite
Unite for the Republic, unite for country
Unite, Unite

Love is the answer, Love is the law
Love is the source from which the faithful draw
Love is the branch abiding in the vine

Love is creation, Love is the sign
Love your neighbor, charity in kind
Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul and mind

Unite for freedom, unite for sovereignty
Unite, Unite, Unite
Unite for the Republic, unite for country
Unite, Unite

Copyright © 2012 James Kole Publishing (ASCAP)


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UNRULY BY JAMES KOLE

I know a girl she's a little unruly
Rolling and breaking like a river in spring
Somewhere between justice and mercy
Reminds me of when little birdies sing

Under the moon, the star filled ocean
On the horizon, sun's gonna shine
I know a girl, she's a little unruly
Lordy, lord and I'm glad she's mine

Out in the rain or in the great banquet
Her disposition is dressed the same
She don't fear the utopian hammer
She won't be forged and she won't be tamed

Under the moon, the star filled ocean
On the horizon, sun's gonna shine
I know a girl, she's a little unruly
Lordy, lord and I'm glad she's mine

She turns her back on the empty chatter
Steals away to a quiet place
Listen and speak for now it matters
When no one else can see your face

Under the moon, the star filled ocean
On the horizon, sun's gonna shine
I know a girl, she's a little unruly
Lordy, lord and I'm glad she's mine

Standing tall, a tree of beauty
While all around the tempest swirled
Dancing leaves growing brightly
A healer in a wounded world

Under the moon, the star filled ocean
On the horizon, sun's gonna shine
I know a girl, she's a little unruly
Lordy, lord and I'm glad she's mine

WHEN THE DAY IS WON BY JAMES KOLE

I'm gonna hold my baby close tonight
Now I know that precious pulse of life
Tomorrow I'll be on the line
With a brother standing on each side
We'll all be a little less young
When the day is won

As for me, I've got ink on my hands
The wind it blows the ash across the land
The smell of cedar burning in the air
I wrote a letter, told her "don't be scared"
Our reunion will definitely come
When the day is won

These are the times when one must decide
Well what's it going to be
The world was not made to last forever, you know
Search your soul if you don't believe me

So we march to the fife and the drum
One stopped playing and asked me where I's from
But I didn't have nothin' to say
My mind was miles and miles away
I'll tell you all about it son 
When the day is won

I seen a star shoot across the evening sky
I saw a tear in the corner of her eye
Your man has finally come back home
And you'll no longer be all alone
We can share that setting sun
Now the day is won

Put your little hand in mine
I'm stickin' around this time
The part I played is done
Now the day is won



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