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December 26, 2014 · Life In Song 2010's, Songs of Transformation

454 I Came Here To Change Your Mind

5214188_sPlease Note: This song is actually still in progress… It came in rather quickly between other songs and so I never really performed it or worked it enough to “hone” it’s focus and purpose… Typically when I set aside a song like this and let it just kind of “jell” in my unconscious mind, a decent song can become something transformative… So this is definitely a work in progress…I will record it next time I’m in the studio and will post the mp3 here as soon as it’s available…

I Came Here To Change Your Mind

Song #454 | September 2012

Look at the people walking down the street
Take a look at all those fools
Doing what they’ve all been sold to do…
Following all the rules

Looking at diamonds in the windows
Looking at the tvs in the store
Looking at all the home appliances
But is that what we came here for?

Refrain:
I may come from another planet
I may come from across the street
I may come from some other place in time
But I came here to change your mind
I came here to change your mind

You may climb the social ladder
You may climb the corporate heap
You may climb to the top of some damn tree
But you can just be yourself with me…because….

Refrain:

Now I’m not saying that these folks are fools
But they’re still following the rules
Still kissing ass like they did back in school
Under the illusion that they’re cool…

refrain:

You may come from another planet
You may come from across the street
You may come from another place in time
Don’t you think this is a sign?
Don’t you think this is divine?

Look at all the people on the street
So careful not to let their glances meet
Looking the tv’s in the windows
Looking at diamonds in the jewelry stores
Looking at cars shine on the show room floor
But there is so much more…

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Your lyrics embody everything we hold sacred…

Your lyrics embody everything we hold sacred and dear as a faith community.

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Mark, this song and message really hit home for me today. You have put a grown man in tears. Thank You for what you do. Sometimes I think you sound kind of cheesy, and then others, I think you are a genius, and I’m beginning to realize that you actually care about helping people. So hard to “get out of your own way” sometimes…thanks for the reminder.

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Dear Mark, THANK YOU for sending *Spark & Flame*!!!! This CD certainly is a compilation of Conscious Love Songs! As I listen I am transported to memory after memory past, present and future, fulfilled and unfulfilled. I was flooded with many different emotions. I cried, laughed, held my breath and also breathed deep heart-centered breaths of connection to the Divine. I feel joy, grief, sadness, compassion, love, awe, freedom, kindness, gratitude and appreciation. For me these songs are transformational lessons in self-love, releasing, acceptance for what was, what is and who I am. Knowing that I am enough and that I am Divinely Loved.

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