Lynette Diaz

Take A Step Forward (And Go)

Fears aside, false obligations out the door

Time to ride, the magic carpet's where you'll soar

*

Chorus:

Take a step forward, take a step forward

take a step forward, and go

Take a step forward, take a step forward

take a step forward, and go

*

You're the rocket, breakin' free

High above you're likin', exactly what you'll see

*

Chorus

*

Bridge

Here's the spark, here's the flame

Here is where you'll smile again

*

Chorus

WAKE UP, WAKE UP

Lyrics/Music: L Diaz (17 Nov 2018)

Wake up, go out

feel the cool earth

underneath your feet

underneath your feet

and breathe

-

Simple does it, simple matter

listen to the breeze

or elemental things

'cause Mother Nature sings

-

Heading nowhere

we're already somewhere

we're already free

dancing endlessly

we're energetic beings

-

Wake up, wake up

see the stars that fill the sky

kiss of sun at daylight rise

hold your heart, or hold a hand

say a prayer, sing a song

trust yourself

we all belong

-

Wake up, go out

feel the cool earth

underneath your feet,

underneath your feet

and breathe

-

Life is so much more

than what we bargained for,

but believe,

we are free, we are free!

Curiosity

Find a map and point your finger

Find your curiosity

That world is not a big bad place

It's flesh and bones like you and me

Like you and me

Curiosity, Curiosity

--

Digging deep we'll find the treasure

Hidden truths, philosophy

Excavating buried knowledge

Leading to our quickening

Leading to our quickening

Curiosity, Curiosity

-

Bridge:

Soon we'll learn to love ourselves

Then begin to love our neighbours

Great blue ball of many people

Courage to embrace us all

Curiosity, Curiosty

-

Find a map and point your finger

Find your curiosity

The world is not a big bad place

It's flesh and bones

Like you and Me, like you and me

Curiosity, Curiosity

Freedom Is A Road (To The Other Side)

V1:

Oh those hours when darkness sets in

Troubles fill your head, making it spin

Wishing that the dawn would light up the sky

Drive away your struggles

In the blink of an eye

Chorus:

Freedom is a road to the other side

Freedom is a road to the other side

V2:

Loving what is means doing without

All the baggage that leaves you in doubt

Freeing your mind, living in kind

Being your truth, living no lies

Chorus x 2:

Freedom is a road to the other side

Freedom is a road to the other side

All Is Fine - L Diaz

And all is fine, is fine when we're in time

Yes, all is fine, is fine when we're in time

When you wake and light shines through the blinds

When the day is done and you close your weary eyes

Do you grasp the wonders of what you've seen?

What is past, makes way for what will be.

-

Ch:

And all is fine, is fine when we're in time

Yes, all is fine, is fine when we're in time

-

When you look into your lover's eyes

Holding hand on that long train ride

In your heart you'll know what this day brings

Makes real all your hopes and dreams

-

Ch:

Ch:

And all is fine, is fine when we're in time

Yes, all is fine, is fine when we're in time

-

Bridge:

Can you remember? Just remember

Can you remember, just how you feel inside?

Cam you feel it? Can you remember?

Just remember how you feel inside, right now!

-

Ch:

Ch:

And all is fine, is fine when we're in time

Yes, all is fine, is fine when we're in time

And all is fine, is fine when we're in time

Yes, all is fine, all is fine,

Yes, all is fine when we're in time

How Do You Make A Great Love? (2012 Diaz)

How do you make a great love, a great love?

How do you make it great?

How do you keep things flowing like the calmest seas?

Keep The Tempest away?

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Ch:

Why do we make it harder than it has to be?

Why do we make it harder?

Oh, we can keep our dignity, our sanity?

Yeah, there's a way to be, just be.

--

I used to think I walked upon solid ground

until the walls came down.

Structures I used to know , called my own

crumbled fast, leaving ruins in my path.

-

Ch:

Why do we make it harder than it has to be?

Why do we make it harder?

Oh, we can keep our dignity, our sanity?

Yeah, there's a way to be, just be.

-

Bridge:

Here's my tabula rasa

of growth possibilities -

A different kind of lightness

washing over me.

-

Chx2

My Truth

I speak my truth
Not because I want to
But because I have to
That’s what I do, I do
That’s what I do, I do
How’s about you? And you, and you…
How’s about you?

Hey, I’m not here for just breathing
Not here just to earn a buck, no, no
Not here for just playing games
Or, hoping for a little luck
I’m gonna be me, be me, be me
In this world don’t want to be stuck
I’m gonna free me, yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah, I’m gonna be me
That’s gonna free me

Well, I’m looking for salvation
But not looking to be saved, no, no
Salvation comes from inside
Ain’t gonna find it at that grave
No, ain’t gonna find it at the grave
Not me, no

I speak my truth
Not because I want to
But because I have to
That’s what I do, I do
That’s what I do, I do
How’s about you? And you, and you…
How’s about you?

Everyday Song (Written 2007, L Diaz)

Recorded/Engineered: 12 April 2019

Everybody needs and everyday song

to get you through the everyday throng

of birth and death and in-between

for most of us the average scene

Ch:

Well, everyone yeah, everyone

everyone goes away x 2

-

Everyday I build a karmic bridge

to links with people all around

Good or evil, I forge a trail

that I have to walk along

It's not unusual at the end of the day

to feel spent and needy in some way

Feeling past along on that conveyor built

of human struggle and pained self-doubt

Ch:

Well, everyone yeah, everyone

everyone goes away x 2

Everyone goes away someday

-

Can't blame others when you've lost the glow

the way you play or treat your Soul

toil and tumble and fall in line

losing track of what's Divine

Ch:

Well, everyone yeah, everyone

everyone goes away x 2

Everyone goes away someday

(repeat)

Fresh Eyes (I'm Doing Fine) -

See the world with fresh eyes

Sunlight streaming inward

A New Moon at my doorstep

Yes, I'm getting older

Somehow makes me bolder

'Cause time's a fickle friend

*

Never had a true love

The kind that dreams are made of

And in artistic introspection

An ego working through rejection

But life's about perspective

And growing from the lessons

*

There's a love story I'll be livin'

When it's love freely given

And Heart and Soul and Mind align

Gonna feel like a gift from the Divine

Until it's right, I'm doing fine

I'm doing fine

*

Shift Your Spirit (LDiaz, 2008)

Make me a vessel

I want to carry your message

Lots to be spoken

But not everyone will listen

Might be going down a different road

Some of us will feel the burden

Of a heavy load

Ch:

Shift Your Spirit, Shift Your Spirit

Shift Your Spirit and Fly

High, High, High, High...

V2:

Shift Your Spirit

And you can hear the voice inside you

Listen closely and you can hear your

True voice guide you

Moving away from monetary

and physical pain

Trading it up for some insight and gain

Ch:

Shift Your Spirit, Shift Your Spirit

Shift Your Spirit and Fly

High, High, High, High...

V3:

What's your direction?

Well there's a compass right inside you

Want some protection by asking others

To provide for you

Feel the power that you wield

When you act from your own will

Ch:

Shift Your Spirit, Shift Your Spirit

Shift Your Spirit and Fly

High, High, High, High...

Shift Your Spirit (LDiaz, 2008)

Make me a vessel

I want to carry your message

Lots to be spoken

But not everyone will listen

Might be going down a different road

Some of us will feel the burden

Of a heavy load

Ch:

Shift Your Spirit, Shift Your Spirit

Shift Your Spirit and Fly

High, High, High, High...

V2:

Shift Your Spirit

And you can hear the voice inside you

Listen closely and you can hear your

True voice guide you

Moving away from monetary

and physical pain

Trading it up for inspired gain

Ch:

Shift Your Spirit, Shift Your Spirit

Shift Your Spirit and Fly

High, High, High, High...

V3:

What's your direction?

Well there's a compass right inside you

Want some protection by asking others

To provide for you

Feel the power that you wield

When you act from your own will

Ch:

Shift Your Spirit, Shift Your Spirit

Shift Your Spirit and Fly

High, High, High, High...

Lunar Eclipse Bliss (17Jul2019 - L Diaz)

Give up the fear

Give up the fear

Give up the fear

That binds you

Give into the light

Give into the light

Give into the light

That guides you

This is your day

There is a peace

Inside you

Lyrics/Music/Guitar/Vocal: Lynette Diaz 2018

**

We were like patchwork

And we were like heaven

We were like symbols

For all that had fallen

**

We were like babies

We could grow old

Bones we have stricken

Yet cleansed by the sea

Ch:

We are a harbour

We are a dream

Sing like a bellbird

A voice calling free

**

We are a patchwork

And, we are a heaven

And, we are a symbol

For all that has risen

**

And we are like babies

We can grow old

And bones that are stricken

Are cleansed by the sea

**

Ch:

We are a harbour

We are a dream

Sing like a bellbird

A voice calling free

Sing (Your Song) - 2018

Do you ever sing?

Have you found your voice again?

You never sang for me

Voice still frail from tragedy

*

So stoic in attitude

When I finally heard from you

Could read other voices in your ear

Was it strength or was it fear?

*

Well, just sing, just sing

Maybe in Winter, Maybe in Spring

Just sing, just sing,

Your voice, Your song

Your rights, Your wrongs

Just sing, Just sing

Just sing, Your Song

It Was Real (2018)

Love forms in the strangest ways

In the throes of pain or a lustful haze

In a power or a weakened state

We do as humans do

And sometimes run away

*

Oh, never believe

That I'll forget about you

You come to me in my dreams

Your trembling hands

I hold you close

With my outstretched arms

My outstretched arms

*

"I am yours",

Those aren't throw away words

Proof, that it was real

But damn, but damn

It takes strength to heal

It takes strength to heal

And I am real

And you are real

Is it time to heal

Time to heal

It takes time to heal

*

Oh, never believe

That I'll forget about you

You come to me in my dreams

Your trembling hands

I hold you close

With my outstretched arms

My outstretched arms

*

"I am yours",

Those aren't throw away words

Proof, that it was real

But damn, but damn

It takes strength to heal

It takes strength to heal

And I am real

And you are real

It takes time to heal

It takes time to heal

Time to heal

Time to heal

Time to heal

*

Natural Thing To Do (2008, Diaz)

When you've lost all you have known

Well, you never get it back the same way

And circumstance says you must grow

And face the world unknown

*

Chorus:

Well, you may not know where you're going

But I know you have a clue

And you gotta keep movin', Baby

'Cause that's the natural thing to do

*

So, you try to stay in one place

Or keep a foot in that closing door

Try to buffer what might be changin'

But stagnancy won't help you anymore

*

Chorus

*

Bridge:

Keep yourself from fallin' down

Find new ways to get around

Open mind leads to open doors

And you're worth a whole lot more

*

Chorus x 2

Hey, and that's the Natural Thing To Do

We Are So Much More

Music/lyrics/vocal/guitar: Lynette Diaz, 2017

**

Grateful's what I am

Grafeful's what I've been

For all that was, for all that is, for all will come to pass

There is no other way to get me through the day

To hope, to dream, to pray

Believe there is a way, believe there is a way

**

I don't agree with hate, or everything is fate

Or karma is a spiteful bitch, or being smart's what makes you rich

'Cause where there's dark there's light

And someone's wrong is right

Judgement's something that we made, to help us sleep at night

But fear don't make it right, fear's our biggest fight

**

Find someone to hold, 'cause people are like gold

Lovers, dreams and families, friends and our communities

We are not machines, or the Earth's disease

We are boundless energy, trying to break free

Trying to break free

**

Grateful's what I am

Grrateful's what I've been

For all that was, for all that is, for all will come to pass

Hold on to the thought, that what we are is not

'Cause we are so much more, yeah we are so much more

We are so much more

Don't Give Up

Hide behind a bottle

Hide behind a vice

It always served you well

You're keen to pay the price

Used to be so angry that it spilled out

of your veins

But you've been getting over the sum

of all that pain.

Ch:

So don't give up, don't give up

You're gonna see the rainbow

Love will fill up all your cup.

Don't give up, don't give up

You're gonna see that rainbow

Love will fill up all your cup.

Fill up all your cup.

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Don't need the white lies

Don't need the fear

But, don't you be afraid

To unleash all those tears

You always feel the need

To stand as though you're strong

But emotion is reality

And realness can't be wrong

-

Ch

-

Remember to laugh

Remember to play

You're only here a while

And then we go away

So blaze a wild trail

Take another bend

When you come around the corner

Bliss will find you in the end.

-

Ch

V1:

Looking Deep Inside The Well, Inside The Well

Looking Deep Inside

Throwing Stones Inside The Well, Inside The Well

Throwing Stones Inside

Ch:

Could It Be Impossible, Impossible

Could It Be To Feel So Deep

'Cause I Could Drown In All My Insecurity

Or, Get Back On My Feet

V2:

Crossed An Ocean To Be Right Here, To Be Right Here

Oh, To Be Right Here

Touched The Wave As It Came Rolling In

As It Rolled Right In

Ch:

Could It Be Impossible, Impossible

Could It Be To Feel So Deep

'Cause I Could Drown In All My Insecurity

Or, Get Back On My Feet...

Diamond Hands - (Written 2007- L Diaz)

Diamond hands, one night stands

He joked about it, but the shoe falls where it lands

He had some dreams, had some plans

Wasn't just about pleasing all his fans

(no, no, no, no__no, no, no)

-

He was a man, lonely with regret

Using the bottle, trying to forget

There were some loves, there were some leaves

Looking at him, he's not quite all he seems

(no, no, no, no__no, no, no)

-

Diamond hands, he's just a man

Loves his family, will do all that he can

To make things right, he'll always fight

When he states his words, he'll try to do it right

(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah_yeah, yeah, yeah)

-

Don't mistake his smile and attitude

For the inside of this contemplative dude

He may be holding back the tears

But he's just as good at masking all his fears

(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah_yeah, yeah, yeah)

-

Diamond hands, one night stands

He didn't choose this life, it fell into his hands

He had a woman, given her his name

She broke his heart, and he wasn't quite the same

(no, no, no, no__no, no, no)

-

He's coming back though, stronger than before

Don't wanna battle those demons anymore

He's got his art, a great big heart

And that's the building blocks for his brand new start

(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah_yeah, yeah, yeah)

-

Everybody needs an Everyday Song

To get you through the everyday throng

Of birth and death and in-between

For most of us the average scene

*

Chorus:

Well, everyone, yeah, everyone goes away

Yeah, everyone, yeah, everyone goes away

*

Everyday I build a karmic bridge

With links to people all-around

Good or evil I forge a trail

That I have to walk along

*

It's not unusual at the end of the day

To feel spent and needy in some way

Feeling passed along on the conveyor belt

Of human trouble and pained self-doubt

*

Chorus:

Well, everyone, yeah, everyone goes away

Yeah, everyone, yeah, everyone goes away

Yeah, everyone goes away someday

*

Can't blame others when you've lost the glow

The way you play or treat your soul

Toil and tumble and fall in-line

Losing track of what's divine

*

Chorus:

Well, everyone, yeah, everyone goes away

Yeah, everyone, yeah, everyone goes away

Yeah, everyone goes away someday

Everyone goes away Someday

Everyone, Everyone, Someday

Everyone, Everyone, Someday

Everyone, Everyone, Someday

Easier That Way

I Saw You Hurting
But You Never Cried
And, I Saw How Poverty
Couldn't Steal Your Pride

And, You Never Complained
About Life Being Fair, No
Somehow You Knew That
It Would Just Turn Out Square

You Cared, You Even Called Me
Friend
Said You Loved Me
Even In The End

You Gave Me Peace
When I Felt Awkward And
Scared
And, You Sheltered Me
When No One Else Cared

Chorus:
Maybe, I Was Running So Far
So Fast
Thinking Our Kind Of Love
Wasn't Meant To Last

Maybe, I Didn't Hear What
You Had To Say
Maybe, Ties Are Broken
Easier, Easier That Way

So, Now We're Living
Different Lives
Never Sewed Together
Them Old Broken Ties

My Self-Destructive Anger
And, My Fierce Denial
Meant I'd Never Go
The Extra Mile, For You

Chorus:
Maybe, I Was Running So Far
So Fast
Thinking Our Kind Of Love
Wasn't Meant To Last

Maybe, I Didn't Hear What
You Had To Say
Maybe, Ties Are Broken
Easier, Easier That Way

Bridge:
Now Times Are Changing
And It's Me Who's Reaching Out
I Keep Coming Up Empty
And Know Exactly What It's
All About

Chorus:
Maybe, I Was Running So Far
So Fast
Thinking Our Kind Of Love
Wasn't Meant To Last

Maybe, I Didn't Hear What
You Had To Say
Maybe, Ties Are Broken
Easier, Easier That Way

Hey, this is a story about living in the right now

'Bout being grateful for the past

The lessons learned and the lessons still to come

My, the days go by so fast

*

Just gotta keep movin'

Gotta keep groovin'

Don't let the daily grind get you low

Have faith in your own way

Remember to go play

Just like a child learning to run

Hey, we all need a little fun

Yeah, we all need a little fun

*

Yeah, you feel the weight of the world

Sometimes feel tired and blue

And there's been moments of pain and rejection

But you manage to pull through

And there are times when you may not have the answers

Well, is that really true?

'Cause you got senses and instincts like radar,

And, yeah, they talk to you

(And they say)

Chorus:

Just gotta keep movin'

Gotta keep groovin'

Don't let the daily grind get you low

Have faith in your own way

Remember to go play

Just like a child learning to run

Hey, we all need a little fun

Yeah, we all need a little fun

Rhythm of The Road (Lynette Diaz)

Some say you're a mystery,

I see you, I see you, yeah, as poetry;

You see beauty in little things

And acknowledge, what the day, the day it brings

The day it brings.

You ain't lived, ain't lived no perfect life

Oh, you've been through hell, through hell

You've seen some strife

And for all, for all you've had to face

You have also seen amazing grace,

Amazing Grace.

Chorus:

There's a rhythm of the road

A song and dance when times get low

A happy face when you're feeling blue

It always seems to get, to get, to get you through;

It always seems to get, to get, to get you through;

To get you through.

--

You got a lot of future plans

Always busy, busy, always in demand;

Heart is breaking over freedom's cause

And finding harmony in divine law, in divine law.

Bridge:

The music constant in your ear

It heals and soothes and casts out fear

And freedom for is freedom true

The dream the dream that lives inside of you;

The dream the dream the dream that lives inside of you.

Chorus

Bright Eyed Girl (Words/Music 2011,Diaz)

She's got eyes that light up a room

She's got a smile that will bring you home too

Been all around the world

She'll get inside your head

Was passing through just lately

But now she's gone again

*Chorus

'Cause she's a bright eyed girl

Talking 'bout that bright light girl

She's a bright eyed girl

Singing 'bout that bright light, girl*

She's got a world view

She's got sweet innocence too

She's determined to do more than survive

Her passions help her feel alive

Cares about what's right and wrong

But don't worry very long

*

Chorus

'Cause she's a bright eyed girl

Talking 'bout that bright light girl

She's a bright eyed girl

Singing 'bout that bright light, girl*

*

Bridge

She'll take the road less traveled

She runs on solid ground

She's more than good intentions

Ain't it good when she's around

*Chorus x 2

'Cause she's a bright eyed girl

Talking 'bout that bright light girl

She's a bright eyed girl

Singing 'bout that bright light, girl*

*

Keep shinin' bright now :-)

Roles We Try To Play - (Writer: L Diaz, 2014)

You wake up after a raging storm

Thoughts re-ordered by the dreams you've worn

Find some solace in that open sky

Still you don't know the how or why

-

Ch:

'Cause we always crave the answers

We always want our way

We're bound and constricted

By the roles we try to play

The roles we try to play

Let's throw them all away

-

And we're guilty of self-deception

Been caught out in plain rejection

In the quest for some perfection

We all got lost and found maybe somewhere

-

Ch:

'Cause we always crave the answers

We always want our way

We're bound and constricted

By the roles we try to play

The roles we try to play

Let's throw them all away

-

And maybe in that aftermath

Heart feels cleansed and breathless again

Flowers face towards the sun

Our evolution is a song yet to be sung

-

'Cause we always crave the answers

We won't always get our way

Let's not be bound and constricted

By the roles we try to play

Let's throw them all away

-

Repeat verse 1

Lyrics/Music by: Lynette Diaz

It's rare to be understood

In a world of different faces, different places

And, as two legged creatures

To find another who accepts and respects you

Yeah, respects you

*

Pre-Chorus:

And deep inside to feel known

To feel not so alone

To be kept in the know

To be warm in the flow, of the flow

Chorus:

Here we go, here we go, here we go

Here we go, here we go, here we go

*

It's a find in mind's eye

Not to be cast aside

But to know that world's just don't collide

But can glide

And then, feel free in the flight

Whether by day or by night

There's always a light that shines as bright,

As bright

*

Pre-Chorus:

And deep inside to feel known

To feel not so alone

To be kept in the know

To be warm in the flow of the flow

Chorus:

Here we go, here we go, here we go

Here we go, here we go, here we go

Stay Focused (Diaz)

Sometimes, we throw it all away

There it was, but it's gone at the end of the day

What we think, it's never quite secure

We forget sometimes exactly what we're here for

*

Chorus:

Take it slow, hey, give it time to grow

Water the seeds, stay focused on your dreams

Stay focused on your dreams

*

Lust and greed can overpower heart

Cripple good intentions that were there from the start

Just remember, not everything is black and white

You can come back if you know the cause is just and right

*

Chorus

Don't Go Where I can't follow

You know together we've been

So much stronger

Stay on this journey

A little longer with me, with me

The day is drawing to an early close

And winter's acting like it already knows

And now you're talking like there's no tomorrow

With me, with me

*Chorus:

And all I want to do is run and hide

Because forever you've been at my side

Don't go where I can't follow

It's a wish but now it sounds so hollow

*

Don't go where I can't follow

We always found the joy above the sorrow

There's so little time to borrow now with you,

With you, I'll miss you, miss you

*

Chorus

Easier That Way (L Diaz, 2007)

Saw You Hurting
But You Never Cried
And, I Saw How Poverty
Couldn't Steal Your Pride

And, You Never Complained
About Life Being Fair, No
Somehow You Knew That
It Would Just Turn Out Square

You Cared, You Even Called Me
Friend
Said You Loved Me
Even In The End

You Gave Me Peace
When I Felt Awkward And
Scared
And, You Sheltered Me
When No One Else Cared

Chorus:
Maybe, I Was Running So Far
So Fast
Thinking Our Kind Of Love
Wasn't Meant To Last

Maybe, I Didn't Hear What
You Had To Say
Maybe, Ties Are Broken
Easier, Easier That Way

So, Now We're Living
Different Lives
Never Sewed Together
Them Old Broken Ties

My Self-Destructive Anger
And, My Fierce Denial
Meant I'd Never Go
The Extra Mile, For You

Chorus:
Maybe, I Was Running So Far
So Fast
Thinking Our Kind Of Love
Wasn't Meant To Last

Maybe, I Didn't Hear What
You Had To Say
Maybe, Ties Are Broken
Easier, Easier That Way

Bridge:
Now Times Are Changing
And It's Me Who's Reaching Out
I Keep Coming Up Empty
And Know Exactly What It's
All About

Chorus:
Maybe, I Was Running So Far
So Fast
Thinking Our Kind Of Love
Wasn't Meant To Last

Maybe, I Didn't Hear What
You Had To Say
Maybe, Ties Are Broken
Easier, Easier That Way