The Farmers Daughter by Denean—Song Lyrics: Denean Official Website

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By Way of Angels
Responding
Truth Behind Those Eyes
Letter To My Desire
When It's All Said and Done
The Farmer's Daughter
I Am (Song of the Sandia Mtns.)
Your Own Soul
Like Water
T'ai Chi
Eagle In My Heart
Album Credits

BY WAY OF ANGELS

V1: As she held his hand, he could not speak

But she knew it was his time to leave this world

And those eyes of crystal blue so deep

They touched her heart in ways she'd never known

Now messengers of holy light whisper through the veil

Reaching out to gently touch her soul

Ray of love descending to this precious one

Left here on her own

CH: He sends you his love...by way of angels

They hold you in their arms even now

He sends you his love...by way of angels

Put away your fear...and rest in heaven's peace

V2: In the essence of a rose, he says

Look for me; You'll find me there

In the beauty of the maple tree

Look for me; I'll be there

Know that in your heart, the love you feel

I reside there too

And in the baby's sweetest smile

I am there with you

CH: He sends you his love...by way of angels

They hold you in their arms even now

He sends you his love...by way of angels

Put away your tears...and rest in heaven's peace

He sends you his love...by way of angels

They hold you in their arms even now

He sends you his love...by way of angels

Put away your fear...and rest in heaven's peace

Heaven's peace...oooh...

Put away your fear and rest in heaven's peace...

"He loves you Mama...and so do I"

Written by Denean

RESPONDING

I know you look at me with anger in your heart

And I don't even know who you are

I've been told that you perceive me, there from afar

As the reason you are hurting in your heart

But I am here to say in the only way

That I know may ever have a chance to reach you

This is what I lovingly believe

All of us were born into this earthly plane

Just doing the best that we can

But sometimes we're afraid...oh we're so afraid

To look at the truth that lies within

So instead we must find blame, we judge and try to shame

Those who live in the world around us

Oh, so desperately trying not to see

We don't want to know the pain that comes in owning

That which is our own

So inside my heart, I'm making room for you

I'll hold you there in the warmth of love

And all the things you say, I won't let them block the way

To hold you there in the warmth of love

And I am here to say, in the only way

That I know may ever have a chance to reach you

Won't you open up your heart, and know the love inside

Just take the first step to find who you are

This is what I lovingly see

You see, I know it well...for once...it was me...

Mitakuwe Oyas'in...We are all related...

Written by Denean

TRUTH BEHIND THOSE EYES

Here I am, alone with myself, just my will and me

Uncharted waters before me now, the face of destiny

Oh mirror staring back I see, the truth behind my eyes

There comes a time when every soul must finally realize

Realize...the truth behind those eyes

It's always just a choice you know; will you fly or fall

Perceptions from a victim world, don't mean a thing at all

Do you wear the face of woundedness or leave it in the past

What reflection do you choose to see, in the looking glass

It's time to let go...of the past

And the angels say...When you pick up your bed and walk directly to the light

We'll help you as your wings unfold, be with you in your flight

Live your life with a peaceful heart, let the love begin to flow

Teach this to your fellowman, that's all there is to know

All there is...you know...

LOVE...

Written by Denean

LETTER TO MY DESIRE

It has become so obvious to me

That I must let you go

That I must let you know...I will be free

It has become so obvious to me

You can't run me anymore

You don't own me like before...I am free

This is a letter to my desire

For things to be what they cannot be

And from this place that I now stand

On this shore of shifting sands

I proclaim the death of pain

I have carried for so long

Obscured in the wrongs from the past

I have done to myself

I must change this pattern of my being

Therefore I am here to say

Desire, you can't stay...You don't belong

There's a light...I see it in my being

Desire, you must face

It has come to take your place...it is the Way

And so this letter to you, Desire

This is the way it shall be

From this place that I now stand

On this shore of shifting sands

There's a light that I now see

And it will carry me

On wings to a life of truly loving myself

And so Desire, I will for what's higher

And this is the way it shall be

From this place that I now stand

On this shore of shifting sands

Good-bye Desire

Written by Denean

WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE

For so long he had pleaded, "Just let me be me" / He said, "I need to know I am free"

But I could not see past my desire / To make him fit into my dream

That ideals and illusions require / And virtue again goes unseen

"Now what is this virtue you speak of?" You say / "Seems plain now and common as stone

Why would I choose it? Tell me, what is it's way?

Help me take this one down...take this one down / Take this one down to the bone"

'Tis the cry at the heart of all of mankind / Whether they know it or not

The pure gem of peace, the "Seekers" seek / The truth that has been long forgot

Can I make it like fruit that you pick from a tree / In a few simple words on a page?

Yet another illusion begins to take form / And there stands desire in outrage!

Now perhaps you can see how the choice becomes made / Once again to be set for the fall

Through the eye of a needle, someone once said... / That subtle other choice softly calls:

Surrender whatever it is in this world / Silence the voices that rage

Empty your heart...not an easy thing

Hopeless - Fearless - Selfless

BECOME THE SAGE

I can only give road signs to Virtue's way / This journey is "soully'" your own

For only you can ever know yourself / Only you can find your way home

As for the plea that he made / "Just let me be me". He said, "I need to know I am free"

My words have become, finally, my truth / What's real when it's all said and done

What's real when it's all said and done...

Who I marry is Virtue / My faith is in what's true / About you...About me too

This Virtue...that says who ... we become

I can only give road signs...

Written by Denean

THE FARMERS DAUGHTER

Little girl sitting on the white board fence talking to the trees

Mockingbird dancing top the 'lectric pole singing just for her you see

For he knew that she was The Farmers Daughter

Put down by pretentious society in masks of complacent disdain

Though obvious, one of ability still less, she must be, to their gain

For all they could see through their vain was only "A Farmers Daughter"

Now the farmer is gone but the daughter remains

And it causes me to look more deeply at the roots of existence from which I came

Oh, Mama and Daddy believe me...with all of my heart I can say

I am The Farmers Daughter

As he danced with the seasons living close to the earth

Honest and plain was his life

No use for the nonsense of status and fame

Just in to the loving of life

With Mama so close by his side...so gracefully filling her part

As The Farmers Wife

Oh, the Tao of such a simple life...the wealth of a spirit so pure

Giving all of his heart...giving all of his soul

That the family might endure

And of one thing I am sure...I am honored just to be

This Farmers Daughter

I am The Farmers Daughter.

Written by Denean

I AM

(SONG OF THE SANDIA MOUNTAINS)

I am that I am, Oh, I am

Be still and know...I am God

I am that I am, Oh, I am

Be still and know...I am God

In the silence...Be still

And know...Be still

Breathe my gift of life to you

Embrace the love I give to you

I give to you...

(Repeat)

I am that I am, Oh, I am

Be still and know...I am God

Be still and know...in the silence...I am that I am.

Written by Denean

YOUR OWN SOUL

You smile at me as though you are a friend

But your words are only make-believe...you are just pretending

Cause I have heard the things that your are saying to others...just to do me harm

Oh why are you betraying your own soul...your own soul...your own soul this way?

Don't you think it's time to look within yourself

To the reason why you're doing all these crazy things you're doing

Don't you know it all comes back to you again until you learn to truly love

And live a life of goodness...for the sake of...

Your own soul...your own soul

And even though you'll see that I'll withdraw

I must because I cannot be a party to this darkness

Know that in my heart I set you free

These words are just the truth...there is no judgement left behind them...

Only that which...comes from...

Your own soul...

Written by Denean

LIKE WATER

Lowly like water...flow

Softly yielding...Always seeking

Union with the whole

Blow, gentle wind, gently blow

Always healing...All revealing

What's within the soul

Flow, flow like water...flow

Always giving...Always living

Low like water...low

Know...It's withing you to know

Softly yielding...and receiving

Union with the whole

Low like water...

Written by Denean

(with melody adaptation from

Shout Song #2 by Howard Bad Hand)

T'AI CHI

Yielding as the river, revealing as the wind

Light giving as the sun in the sky

Gentle as the mother nursing her tiny babe

Strong as the father, night to day

T'ai Chi T'ai Chi T'ai Chi T'ai Chi

Empty is this moment waiting to be filled

Fullness of spirit to be revealed

Still as the mountain deep within the soul

From there to watch all movement unfold

T'ai Chi T'ai Chi T'ai Chi' T'ai Chi

Fingers ever pointing to what we call the Tao

Though tis ever nameless

Still we try somehow...we try somehow

T'ai Chi T'ai Chi T'ai Chi T'ai Chi

Written by Denean

EAGLE IN MY HEART

Let the wind blow through my hair

Let the eagle in my heart fly

What will be, let it be

Set the wild horse free...and fly

Eagles were made to soar the heavens

They grace us with the wonder of their presence

And I don't have the right to keep one from her flight

This eagle in my heart now must fly...fly...fly

Let the fear and pretense like a robe fall to the ground

That I no longer need to hide behind

I stand here naked in the light on this mountain in the sight of God

And dare to dream my dream

Then give it to my maker...give it wings

Bless it while I hold it in my hands

Then set it free...give it wings

Eagles were made to soar the heavens

They grace us with the wonder of their presence

And I don't have the right to keep one from her flight

This eagle in my heart now must fly...fly...fly

Let the fear and pretense like a robe fall to the ground

That I no longer need to hide behind

I stand here naked in the light on this mountain in the sight of God

I stand here naked in the light on this mountain in the sight of God...

and fly...fly...fly

Written by Denean

Musician Credits:

BY WAY OF ANGELS: Denean: Vocals, Piano, Keyboards * David Parlato: Bass * Andy Poling: Drums * Ken Battat: Percussion * Daniel Ward : Acoustic Guitar. RESPONDING: Denean: Vocals, Piano, Percussion * David Parlato: Bass * Andy Poling: Drums * Jeff Nelson: Keyboards * Deborah Barbe: Cello * Ken Battat: Percussion. TRUTH BEHIND THOSE EYES: Denean: Vocals, Piano, Keyboard * David Parlato: Bass * Andy Poling: Drums * Daniel Ward: Flamenco Guitar, Classical Guitar * Ken Battat: Percussion * Jeff Nelson: Keyboards * Scott Jarrett: Background Vocals. LETTER TO MY DESIRE: Denean: Vocals, Keyboards * Jeff Nelson: Additional Keyboard Programming. WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE: Denean: Vocals, Keyboards * David Parlato: Bass * Andy Poling: Drums * Ken Battat: Percussion * Scott Jarrett: Electric Guitar. THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER: Denean: Vocals, Piano, Keyboards * David Parlato: Bass * Andy Poling: Drums * Jeff Nelson: Keyboards * Ken Battat: Percussion * Deborah Barbe: Cello * Chet Evans: Acoustic Guitar. I AM (SONG OF THE SANDIA MOUNTAINS): Denean: Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Percussion * David Parlato: Bass * Andy Poling: Drums * Daniel Ward: Electric Guitar * Jeff Nelson: Keyboards. YOUR OWN SOUL: Denean: Vocals, Keyboards * David Parlato: Bass * Andy Poling: Drums * Jeff Nelson: Keyboards * Chet Evans: Acoustic Guitar. LIKE WATER: Denean: Vocals, Piano, Keyboards * David Parlato: Bass * Ken Battat: Percussion * Daniel Ward: Electric and Acoustic Guitar. T'AI CHI: Denean: Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion * David Parlato: Bass * Andy Poling: Drums * Scott Jarrett: Background Vocals. EAGLE IN MY HEART: Denean: Vocals, Piano * David Parlato: Bass * Andy Poling: Drums * Jeff Nelson: Keyboards * Ken Battat: Percussion * Daniel Ward: Electric Guitar. All Songs © 1998 Sacred Earth Music, BMI / Written by Denean * Like Water: Written by Denean with melody adaptation from Shout Song #2 by Howard Bad Hand.

Recorded at Thunderbird Recording Studio, Tijeras, NM

Engineered by Eric Larson / Addition engineering by Scott Jarrett

Mixed by Eric Larson at The Santa Fe Center Studios, Albuquerque, NM

Mastered by Paul Blakemore at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO

Graphic Design by Denean

Phto Credits: Marsha VersPloegh; David Reynolds; Mary Alice Reynolds

Special Thanks to:

Howard Bad Had, for your enduring friendship; Eric Larson, for allyour support in the production of this album and for your trusted friendship; Sid Fendly, Doug Geist, Jr; Peter Amaral, Ron Harris, Gene Oak, Wally and Harry. To all of the incredibly talented people who made this album possible...thank you for your dedication and hard work. To Mom (the farmer's wife); My big brother, David, (the farmer's son) and his family, Sandy, Daniel and Adam. To Lao Tzu, for the Tao Te Ching and to The Sage.

Thank you, Creator, for the blessing of the Spirit by which we live. May we show our appreciation by sharing the gift.