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Sunlight Serenade

by Jim Haptonstahl

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1.
Without You 02:57
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I feel so happy I could cry I feel so daffy…Don’t know why But I don’t know what to do What to do What to do…without you I feel like laughing in my head I feel like napping in my bed But I don’t know what to do What to do What to do…without you without you There’s light shining through in the gray sky And rays breaking through to the ground There’s something inside of my mind’s eye A movie without any sound Without any sound Without any sound And it makes me…feel so crazy I could fly And it makes my…mind so hazy, by and by But I don’t know what to do What to do What to do…without you But I don’t know what to do What to do What to do…without you without you without you without you…and you and you and you and you…
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Hurdy Gurdy Morning 04:32
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Blond hair and crystalline blue eyes Cinnamon and honey in disguise Luminescent lady of surprise She glides into the forest And she fades away It’s a hurdy-gurdy morning In the early early morning It’s a hurdy-gurdy morning In the early early morning Cherry blossoms floating in the breeze Soaring past the shoreline to the seas Scintillating aromatic tease They fall into the water And they fade away It’s a hurdy-gurdy morning In the early early morning It’s a hurdy-gurdy morning In the early early morning Sweetly…A hand into place (Softly) (Gently) It touches your hair (Kindly) Caressing your face Sweetly…A whisper, a glance (Softly) (Gently) A song fills the air (Kindly) As you fall into trance It’s a hurdy-gurdy morning With a little bit of sunshine It’s a hurdy-gurdy morning With a little bit of sunshine Ghostly mist hangs above the ground Bands of chiaroscuro all around Suddenly a dreamy little sound It purrs and whirs so sweetly As it winds away It purrs and whirs so sweetly As it winds away It’s a hurdy-gurdy morning In the early early morning It’s a hurdy-gurdy morning In the early early morning It’s a hurdy-gurdy morning With a little bit of sunshine It’s a hurdy-gurdy morning With a little bit of sunshine *Anticipatory backing vocals over Hurdy-Gurdy” chorus starting on 2nd chorus through all the remaining choruses: Cinnamon skies Empyreal air Crystalline eyes Rapunzel-like hair
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The Pretty One 04:09
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4.
All Come 'Round 04:56
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In the hazy morning I go fly into the sky Can’t see where I’m going, and don’t stop to wave goodbye Every moment that passes seems to drift into the next Can’t read the inscriptions, and I can’t make out the text Then the storyline takes a wild turn No control and I’m dropping down See my life in a smoking slow-burn In the end it’ll all come ‘round Safe and sound All come ‘round and ‘round (and ‘round and…) In a cloudy atmosphere I look into my mind Nothing doing ahead of me, and nothing left behind Then the yearning awakens in me, I open up my eyes Seeing figures of love before me, ones I can recognize Then the storyline takes a wild turn No control and I’m dropping down See my life in a smoking slow-burn In the end it’ll all come ‘round Safe and sound All come ‘round and ‘round (and ‘round and…) All come ‘round and ‘round Everything’s safe and sound All come ‘round and ‘round All come ‘round and ‘round Simple pleasures await me, as the twilight sky appears Taking stock of the moment, as my eyes fill up with tears I float on a jet-stream, through the shooting rays of light I ride on a rainbow, as the day turns into night Then the storyline takes a wild turn No control and I’m dropping down See my life in a smoking slow-burn In the end it’ll all come ‘round Safe and sound All come ‘round and ‘round (and ‘round and…) All come ‘round and ‘round Everything’s safe and sound All come ‘round and ‘round All come ‘round and ‘round
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Sunlight 04:33
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In the middle of drifting to some places far away In the middle of sifting through my choices for the day I look behind me (nothing to see) I look beside me (no one but me) I look before me and my eyes move up to skies above Sunlight (it burns my eyes) Sunlight (it fills the skies) Sunlight (it mesmerize) Sunlight (it never lies) Every passion that rises quickly fades into the past Every second surprises yet the feelings do not last I reach behind me (no one is there) I reach beside me (no one nowhere) I reach before me and my hands lift up entranced by love of Sunlight (it burns my eyes) Sunlight (it fills the skies) Sunlight (it mesmerize) Sunlight (it never lies) Lead us away……..Lead us from the night Show us the way….Show us to the light Show us to the light In the middle of nothing where my mind is poised to stay In the middle of something where my heart is stowed away I gaze behind me (something to see) I gaze beside me (someone to be) I gaze before me and become like one with everyone Sunlight (it burns my eyes) Sunlight (it fills the skies) Sunlight (it mesmerize) Sunlight (it never lies) Lead us away……..Lead us from the night Show us the way….Show us to the light Show us to the light Inside of all (our hearts and minds) You’ll make us all (the better kinds) You’ll help us all (to reach our prime) You’ll take us all (when it’s our time) Lead us away (The night is over now) Show us the way (The night is over now) Lead us away (The night is over now) Show us the way (The night is over now) Lead us away (The night is over now) Show us the way (The night is over now)
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Inner Sanctum 05:09
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7.
The Horse Is Out of the Barn 03:39
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Into Your Self 04:36
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Turn around inside of you Churn the ground inside of you Now…you head is clearing and Stay the course in front of you May the force be part of you Now…your mind is nearing The state of elevating The stage of recreating yourself The phase of new believing The days of re-conceiving yourself Into your self ‘Twas a time not long ago So sublime the days would go By…without a worry and Now the jarring vertigo Need to know just where to go Feel…the urge to hurry The state of elevating The stage of recreating yourself The phase of new believing The days of re-conceiving yourself Into your self Spirits of light in the air – floating so freely They dance through the fog and the glare – seeing what’s really there What’s really there Take the opportunity Take it with impunity Now…the heart is growing and Wake the cosmic unity Make a new community Now…the mind is knowing The state of elevating The stage of recreating yourself The phase of new believing The days of re-conceiving yourself Into your self . . . Into your self The state of elevating The state of recreating yourself The phase of new believing The days of re-conceiving yourself Into your self . . . Into your self . . . Into your self . . . Into your self
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Forty Nights 02:43
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10.
Fu Dog Promenade 04:20
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In the light of day we need to find a way home As the darkness falls distant voice it calls us home However winds may blow we’re destined just to go home In the dusky air feets will take us there—our home Ancient spirits coursing through our veins Make the most of beauty that remains We walk the promenade down to the esplanade we go And as the grotto nears to blissful atmospheres we go To places so sublime to moments lost in time we go Our eyes no longer blind to seek what we can find we go Ancient spirits coursing through our veins Make the most of beauty that remains We straddle time and place stop long enough to face the sun Is this a passing phase entranced by glowing rays of sun In spite of all we know we’re in the steady flow of sun No matter where we are we can’t be ever far from sun Ancient spirits coursing through our veins Make the most of beauty that remains
11.
Moonlit Tides 04:35
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released May 12, 2011

All music and lyrics by Jim Haptonstahl. Jim Hap on vocals, 6-and-12 string guitars, bass, bells, musical wooden drum, percussion, drums, bodhran, keyboards. Cover photo by Jim Haptonstahl

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Jim Haptonstahl Oak Park, Illinois

Singer-songwriter Jim Haptonstahl creates a swirling tapestry of sound, evoking images of prairie land and sky-scapes mixed with voyages into deep recesses of the soul. With an assortment of six and twelve string guitars, vocal harmonies, percussion, and myriad other instruments, Haptonstahl explores a wide and eclectic sonic spectrum...from the meditative to the edgy, and always heartfelt. ... more

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