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December 2, 2016 · Chant, Concerts & Events, healing songs, inspirational songs, Life In Song 2010's, Live Performances, Love Songs, present moment awareness, Songs of Transformation, Transformation Tunes

Gone A Long Time (Live W The Rogue Mystics) #495


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About This Song: (Lyrics Below)
This song is part of a group of meditative, present moment awareness songs designed to refocus the mind and install empowered, positive states. This is a meditation or “wide awake” self hypnosis session I’mnot suggesting that you listen to this all the time and everywhere you go, but it might actually improve your life… LOL Just sayn’

In this live recording the Rogue Mystic Vocalists really shine… Joy Adler, Pete Furlong, Sarah Puig and Rilee O’Neill…

we hadn’t rehearsed this at all so it’s really the vocal section playing and improvising with each other… It’s kind of like the “Holy Grail” of vocalizing.

Gone A Long Time

Song 495 | 12/27/14  | Open D Tuning

I’ve been gone a long time
I’ve been gone a long time
I’ve been gone a long time
I’ve been gone a long time
But I am fully present with you right now

Can you hear the crows call?
Can you hear the crows call?
Can you hear the crows call?
Can you hear the crows call?
They’ve got a Red Tail Hawk trapped up in a dying tree

Can you see the blue sky?
Can you see the blue sky?
Can you see the blue sky?
Can you see the blue sky?
Can you imagine what it would be like to fly?

What if God was asleep?
And we were her dream?
What if God was asleep?
And we were her dream?
Do you think she’ll still remember us when she wakes up?

What if I were a tree?
What if I were a tree?
What if I was a tree?
What if I was a tree?
And you landed in my branches, then flew away?

It’s been a long day
It’s been a long day
It’s been a long day
It’s been a long day
And I am truly grateful to be here with you right now…

What if life is a dream?
What if life is a dream?
What if life is a dream?
What if life is a dream?
And we remembered what it’s like to be awake?

We’ll be gone a long time
We’ll be gone a long time
We’ll be gone a long time
We’ll be gone a long time
So you might want to pay attention to right now…

Copyright 2014 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved.

Filed Under: Chant, Concerts & Events, healing songs, inspirational songs, Life In Song 2010's, Live Performances, Love Songs, present moment awareness, Songs of Transformation, Transformation Tunes

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Mark, you really are an amazing songwriter! I Love listening to all your songs and sitting in the creative aura they create!

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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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Mark, your song ‘Freedom (It’s Been  Long Road)’ was just perfect to start my day. I LOVE IT!  Thank you, Thank you.  Blessings to you and much gratitude for your musical gift.

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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.

J

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Love the “Key To Your Cage” album. I hear so many different influences and styles woven throughout the songs, really keeps it interesting from start to finish!

Dan Z

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Your incredible music never fails to move me. Thank you, Mark.

Paula

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