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Peace Is Every Step

by Joe Dickinson

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1.
24 Brand New Hours To Live 02:10
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Every morning when I wake up I try to think “What a precious gift” Peace is in the present Right here, right now If I can just get in touch with it I got 24 brand new hours to live 24 more 24 brand new hours to live And I’m gonna give all I got to give I can smile and breathe and walk and eat Right here, right now I try to think “What a precious gift” Every breath I take Every move I make Can be filled with love and happiness I am very very good At planning to live But I’m not very good At the living Need to take a look around me At the big blue sky It’s the gift that keeps on giving Every night before I go to bed I try to think “What a precious gift” Peace is in the present Right here, right now If I can just keep in touch with it I got 24 brand new hours to live 24 more 24 brand new hours to live And I’m gonna give all I got to give Yeah I’m gonna give all I got to give Yeah I’m gonna give all I got to give
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The Dandelion Has My Smile 02:04
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I Lost my smile But I don’t worry ‘Cause the dandelion Has it How can I remember To smile in the morning In the face of so much Suffering and pain How can I really truly Love another deeply When I feel I can barely Love myself I Lost my smile But I don’t worry ‘Cause the dandelion Has it I need a reminder Of all That came before And all that has come since I need a reminder To remember That my reminder Is all that exists I Lost my smile But I don’t worry ‘Cause the dandelion Has it I see water on the window I see paintings on the pavement I hear birds bellowing Among the ancient trees I try to banish all my worry My fatigue and my fury No I don’t wanna hurry Through my life I Lost my smile But I don’t worry ‘Cause the dandelion Has it
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Sitting Anywhere 02:04
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When you need to slow down And come back to yourself You don’t need to rush around Here or there Yeah when you start to feel bad You need to return to yourself And you can do it Sitting anywhere You can do it Sitting anywhere When you’re at the sardine store In your box full of people When you’re standing in line At some supposed job fair When everything and everyone Around you Just seems evil You can go back to yourself Sitting anywhere You can go back to yourself Sitting anywhere Now from time to time We all need to go back inside In order to confront The burdens we must bear And if we search hard enough How can we be anything But fine fine fine ‘Cause we can do it Sitting anywhere We can do it Sitting anywhere
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Think Less 02:04
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My mind is racing And it don’t feel good I know that I could leave But I don’t think that I should I’ve been possessed By the sorrows of the past Now I’m obsessed With what will happen next What was was And what will shall be I can’t let my brain Keep playing tricks on me I’m going to Breathe in Breathe out Turn off my mind and think less There is no pill There is no drug To make this go away There is no pill There is no drug To make this go away My mind could race In the Olympics, man It sprints around Fast as any person can And all it chases Is gold gold gold Which I am told Is cold cold cold What was was And what will shall be I can’t let my brain Keep playing tricks on me I’m going to Breathe in Breathe out Turn off my mind and think less
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Washing The Dishes 01:24
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I’m washing the dishes And I am having a real good time I do not mind I’m having a real good time I’m washing the dishes And I am taking my sweet time I do not mind I’m taking my sweet time I don’t steam Because the cups aren’t clean I don’t mope I get my soap I’m washing the dishes And you won’t ever hear me whine I do not mind But I won’t object To a sip of your wine My blood doesn’t boil Because of pots and pans I feel the water On my hands I’m washing the dishes And I am having a real good time I do not mind I’m having a real good time
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Knots 02:44
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With every interaction I have a choice in my reaction I can recognize my thoughts As they form But without understanding And without the proper handling A knot somewhere within me May be born Knots Knots I keep waiting longer And the knot keeps getting stronger I feel anxious angry and Full of regret I keep up my resistance And deny my own existence If I don’t address the feelings I’ll forget Knots Knots I will try to be aware I will try my best I swear I will try to get a handle On my heart And I will keep on practicing Until my world belongs to me And I am able to Untie any knot Knots Knots
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What's Not Wrong? 02:56
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Well sometimes I’m minding my own business And you see me And you come along And you know what you ask me What’s wrong? Now you know me I’m strong like a tree Not really So when someone comes along And asks me what’s wrong I tend to get a little bit silly See I falter everyday I swing and I sway Up and down All around Ping pong Ping pong Well it’s hard you know To feel the flow To be positive Tp have joie de vivre To stay strong all day long So it gets my goat When you rock my boat As I’m trying to float And you ask me mid-note of a song What’s wrong? Now by asking that way You force my brain Against the wall like a porcelain doll I start to feel small and kind of like all The world is as scary and tall As King Kong I have visions of war The poor Much much more The darkness comes to my door Rings the bell Ding dong What’s wrong? Now I’m not denying the bad out there And I’m not just trying to get you out of my hair I really truly deeply care About the fate of people’s everywhere But I am just one lowly human Do you really expect me to get the broom and Sweep the darkness under a rug Squash the darkness like a bug I can do a lot I know But no matter how fast I try to go Change moves slow slow slow So let me simply ask you this When you ask me what’s wrong What does that fix I’d rather focus on the good Than the bad I’d rather think about the happy Than the sad I’d rather be in touch with the love in life Then concentrate on constant strife Right? So next time that you come along Instead of asking me what’s wrong Ask the question at the end of this song It’ll help us both feel nice and strong And get along What’s not wrong? What’s not wrong? What’s not wrong? What’s not wrong?
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Flowers and Garbage 02:46
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‘Cause we are all Flowers and garbage We are all One and the same Yeah we are all Flowers and garbage We are all Everything If I’d been born into different conditions I would have turned out a different way All it takes is one different decision One different moment On one different day ‘Cause we are all Flowers and garbage We are all One and the same Yeah we are all Flowers and garbage We are all Everything No one among us Has clean hands No one can claim That they don’t play a part There’s no such thing as independence It doesn’t matter who you say you are ‘Cause we are all Flowers and garbage We are all One and the same Yeah we are all Flowers and garbage We are all Everything
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The Sun, My Heart 01:58
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If my heart stops beating My life will end Therefore I love my heart You’re not limited to What’s inside of you The sun My heart If the sun stops shining The plants won’t grow Therefore I love the sun You’re not limited to What’s inside of you The sun My heart The sun My heart If the plants don’t grow The air runs out Therefore I love the plants You’re not limited to What’s inside of you The sun My heart The sun My heart Walt Whitman says That a leaf of grass Is no less Than the journeywork of the stars You are large You contain multitudes The sun My heart The sun My heart The sun My heart
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The River 02:40
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Once upon a time There was a river Making her way down To the sea She started As a simple stream of water She flowed So effortlessly She began to notice The clouds that lie within her Shapes and colors and forms All she wanted Was to chase after them All she wanted Was to have one of her own Well the wind made everything sway And it blew all the clouds away The sky was empty as ice Without clouds the river thought Life was not worth living Without clouds The river thought Why should I be alive But how can a river die? That night she had no choice But to stop chasing She had a chance to chill And check herself out She realized That she was made Out of water And so were the clouds The next morning she saw the blue sky For the first time Stable immense and true She was so focused on the clouds That hung above her head She never noticed That the sky was there too Well the clouds came back Eventually But the river didn’t chase them Or stare She greeted each cloud With kindness She remembered that the sky Was still there There and everywhere

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released November 22, 2014

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Joe Dickinson Chicago, Illinois

Hi, I’m Joe Dickinson.

I'm a DIY singer/songwriter from Chicago, IL.

It's not easy, balancing the external demands of work/life with the internal demands of creativity, but I'm working toward a set of sustainable internal systems that will allow me to continue to write, record, and release songs. Hopefully for the rest of my life.

I appreciate you taking the time to listen. ... more

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