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Taking tea with elephants, album lyricsall songs written by: chad eric
copyright 2002,2003,2004,2005 chad eric.
ASM/Bamboo Bird Records inc.

/taking tea with elephants/
 
I've green and white, now I'm knowing me so near
and I like it, it's like poetry in here
if we grow inside our minds
then peace will come in time.
hear what I say
 
taking tea, with elephants
brings you to your heart
and I don't know what I ever did before.
 
tis' lovely going where only you can go
no ticket takers, no icy winter roads.
if we grow within our minds
then our dreams stay alive.
our shining never fades...
 
taking tea with elephants
brings you to your heart
and I don't know what I ever did before.
/Om/
 
can we ever be at one with the universe
if we sit in silence do we really know ourselves
am I you, are you me, are we make believe
it is always as it ever was
 
we are always here
we are always there
 
Om.....
Om....
Om......
oh yeah..
 
each time coming round say hello again
washing like water raining over endless minds
one and four are three and all is one
words mean nothing when we're warm and all is love
 
we were always here
we were always there
 
Om.....
Om....
Om....
 
oh yeah..
 
love asks nothing in return..live while you learn
and expect a little more
we are all the same...we all get wet in rain
but there's more
 
we were always here
we were always there
 
Om.....
Om.....
Om......
/naked/                        
 
do you ever think we can be more than this?
or maybe think that there's something we've missed.
it's not too late ,to strip away all that divides
and we can see that we're really all the same
 
let's live our lives naked
not dressed up in all of our lies
let's live our lives like we're naked
we can't have peace if we cover our eyes
 
with all of the time that has gone so far
wouldn't you think we would know who we are?
we're not black or white, american or otherwise.
we're all just beautiful, imperfect humankind
 
so let's live our lives naked
not dressed up in all our lies
let's live our lives like we're naked
and we'll have peace if we really decide
/the Brick street squirrel/
 
jesse lives on a brick street,
and it's his favorite place to be.
chasing friends through the backyards and flowerbeds,rain or shine.
but there's more to him than you might think so,
his dreams as big as his two back feet.
and late at night when he climbs back into his tree and says goodnight
up in the trees he sleeps so tight....and he's dreaming.
 
can my brick street hold me in it's arms,
and give me hope, for hopefully days yet to come
can my brick street help me to find myself
and will you want to know me when I do.
/the shoppe around the corner/
 
won't you take a walk with me
around the corner a step or three,
a little shoppe that you're just gonna love.
you can get a little music box,
one that holds cigarettes, and it locks.
it's their biggest sale, today, since 1928
 
and we can see their window, from our front door,
with pigskin wallets for only twenty four fifty,
at the shoppe around the corner.
 
a little cafe , I'll meet you there, a red carnation I will wear.
you bring the book that we both said we love.
and Mr. Matuschek,in his grace, made me the manager of his place
and it's our biggest day,today..since 1928
 
and we can see the window from our window
with pigskin wallets for only twenty four fifty,
but if the shoppe's around the corner, how can we see it from our window?
and pigskin wallets for only twenty four fifty, yes pigskin wallets for only twenty four fifty...
/when I read your mind/
 
in this time, we are in our place
and with this truth I will reach out to touch your face.
never before has there been two, so completely one
that every breath we breathe is like
songs unsung..
 
when I read your mind it's like..
a shower, from the ocean with all the answers that we need
when I read your mind it's like..
the flowers singin' all the reasons why, I feel you in my soul.
 
under skies,limitless in time
we can see words in rhyme, written in our eyes
can you remember songs before? playing just for one.
and I don't know what else to write..
so this verse is done.
 
but when I read your mind it's like..
a shower from the ocean, with all the answers that we need
when I read your mind it's like..
the flowers singin' all the reasons why
I feel you in my soul.
/the other half of the sky/
 
everybody has their time, to reach for a star
and everybody knows a way to break a heart.
in a perfect world we aren't
but as long as you're around then I will wanna stay..
 
and you know tht you are
the other half of the sky
and we can dance around the stars, you are
the other half of the sky.
 
all the answers, stay the same when questions change
and the only way to see is with closed eyes,
and open hearts and minds
but as each day fades away we've wasted one more day
 
don't you know that you are
the other half of the sky
and we can dance around the stars
and you are the other half of the sky
/years on/
 
alive with color everyday, some people live in shades of gray
a december in the days of may.
and when we can we plant the seed
and then we feel so complete
because it show us all that we can be..
 
but what do we want, what do we need
why do we count the years.
 
it all goes on, when each year is over
and still years on, we still need each other.
 
what we are is just the same, but we all play different games
what are winners, what does loser mean
and in the end the love we make, will decide the love we take.
words of wisdom that mean so much today
 
what do we want , what do we need,
why do we count the years..
 
it all goes on, when each year is over
and still years on.. we still need each other.
/kissing in the rain/
 
when we wake up, when we wake up tomorrow
we'll let tomorrow show the way
and we'll follow, to a passionate embrace
and everything is good
and everybody fades..
 
it's not the same, just looking at the rain
everything just goes away
when we're kissing in the rain
 
when I see you, when I see you tomorrow
I know we're always on our way
to things that we are truly passionate about
and everything that's good
and everybody fades..
 
it's not the same, just looking at the rain
everything just goes away when we're kissing in the rain
 
and it's a long way home know
more than we've ever had before
if I could I'd spend the whole day here with you..
(repeat chorus)
/Love, a thousand times/
 
if it's over does it matter, who was right all along
I don't believe that love comes and goes,
just gets lost under clutter
so I will look to find it
 
and when I do I'll write it down
and then I'll put a frame around it
 
and it won't go away
if I write love, a thousand times on my wall
no matter what we say
this is never ending after all
 
people changing all around us
why can't we hold on here
it's hard to believe they think they know
how to live with each other
so I will look to find it
 
and when I do I'll write it down
then I'll put a frame around it
 
and it won't go away
if I write love, a thousand times, on my wall
no matter what we say
this is never ending after all
 
Love, is changes all the time
we can't throw this all away
it tastes better when we say
we won't let this go away.
   

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