When I Reach the Place I'm Going (a capella)

In this raging world
If I have a home to go to 
Let it be you 
Let it be you

If there’s a harbor for me
From these cold and fickle tides
Let it be you 
Let it be you

If I share the morning table
If I chart the turning sky
If my hands can hold eternity
Let it be you 
Let it be you

Deep in the endless desert
If I need a drop of water
Let it be you 
Let it be you

In the crowd’s cacophony 
When I need simple quiet
Let it be you 
Let it be you

If I share the morning table
If I chart the turning sky
If my hands can hold eternity
Let it be you 
Let it be you

In this raging world
If you have a home to go to 
Let it be me 
Let it be me too

Let It Be You

Avinu Malkeinu,  Avinu Malkeinu, 
Avinu Malkeinu,  Chaneinu V'aneinu,
ki ein banu ma'asim.  

Ase imanu tzedakah vachesed
Ase imanu tzedakah vachesed, 
vehoshiyeinu

Our Father, our King, Our Father, our King, 
Our Father, our King, be gracious unto us and answer us, 
for our deeds are never enough.

Deal with us in righteousness and overwhelming loving-kindness,​ 
and save us now.

Avinu Malkenu

tzama l’cha nafshi kama l’cha b’sorey
b’eretz tziyya v’ayef b’li mayim

ken b’kodesh chazitikha lirot uzzekha 
ukhebodecha

my soul thirsts for you my body longs for you
in a dry and weary land with no water

I have seen you in your sanctuary
I've seen your power 
I’ve looked for you in your sanctuary
to see your glory 

(Psalm 63:2-3, one of the most central statements of my being.)

Tzama L'cha Nafshi

Save us now! For your sake, our G-d, save us. 
Save us now! For your sake, our Creator, save us. 
Save us now! For your sake, our Redeemer, save us. 
Save us now! For your sake, our Caretaker, save us.

(Original tune)

Hoshana

Wrote this via voice memo while stuck in traffic yesterday, and super-rough recorded it on my iPhone live at LA Wine in Los Angeles' Chinatown last night. Will do a better recording as soon as possible, but I'm too excited about this one not to share it immediately. Can't wait to get the dynamics right on a recording for the full effect. Full lyrics below.

Sir, I know you’re hurt and cold    
you don’t want love or so I’m told
and yet we’re here and yet we do    
you know my heart is full of you
please don’t say no to the gift life handed us
please don’t say no to the joy that flies between us

I don’t wanna live my life without you
ask me in I’ll never leave your side
I don’t wanna live my life without you
happiness is never cause to hide

Sir, it seems you run away    
whenever you have things to say
I know it’s hard to trust, dear friend
when you fear loss could knock again                        
please don’t say no to these hands that touch your soul
please don’t say no to this beauty as it grows

I don’t wanna live my life without you
ask me in I’ll never leave your side
I don’t wanna live my life without you
happiness is never cause to hide

Sir, I wait with open arms     
sworn to keep your heart from harm

I don’t wanna live my life without you
ask me in I’ll never leave your side
I don’t wanna live my life without you
do my best to never make you cry

I don’t wanna live my life without you
ask me in I’ll never leave your side
I don’t wanna live my life without you
happiness is never cause to hide

I Don't Wanna Live My Life Without You (Same-Day Live Rough)

if you flee the land of the dead
if you choose to live life instead
if you drop the self-sabotage
if you’ve had enough cruel mirage

follow the sound of my voice… 

if you miss my kindness and joy
if you long to be my sole boy
if you seek the path that I’ve run 
if you’re set to chase down the sun

follow the sound of my voice… 

if your loneliness loses its charm
if you lay down your bottles and harm
if you pick up brushes and tools
if you want to draft our own rules

if you miss the ways of my words
if you yen to soar like the birds
if you’re ready  to right all the wrongs
if you hear our heartbeat in songs

follow the sound of my voice…

(Recorded in my local park, in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles)

If (Urban Rough Cut)

Let’s run away and join the circus        
Let’s run away and join the circus
Where nobody and nothing could police us
Oh let’s run away and join the circus

You be the lion and I’ll wear a sharp chapeau 
You’ll growl and you’ll roar and I’ll crack the whip just for show 

Let’s run away and join the circus        
Let’s run away and join the circus
Where there’s no adults left to naysay us
Oh let’s run away and join the circus

You be the strongman and I’ll be the bearded lady 
We’ll startle the masses our practices probably shady

Welcome to the Big Top
The ringmaster will cry louder louder
Welcome to the Center Ring
Where the spectators are crowding crowding
Welcome to the train        
Where the freaks and the outcasts are finally home
Welcome one and all
To our world full of wonder and polychrome

Let’s run away and join the circus
Let’s run away and join the circus
Where our fears and worries can’t pursue us
Oh let’s run away and join the circus

You’ll swing the trapeze and I’ll catch your hands in the air 
You’ll flip and I’ll tease and we’ll land with a grand fanfare 

Welcome to the Big Top
The ringmaster will cry louder louder
Welcome to the Center Ring
Where the spectators are crowding crowding
Welcome to the train        
Where the freaks and the outcasts are finally home
Welcome one and all
To our world full of wonder and polychrome

You be the clown and I’ll be the nightingale             
And when you’re down with a frown I’ll trill till your heart prevails
But everyone knows that clowns are actually sad
You’ll be out of a job, which is probably bad                         
Oh my painted darling
My songs will have to support us
So long as you’re happy I don’t need anything more for us

So let’s run away and join the circus 
Let’s run away and join the circus
And nobody will ever dare to find us
Oh let’s run away and join the circus
Let’s run away and join the circus
Let’s run away and join the circus

"Let's Run Away and Join the Circus"
Original song by britta k
Composed Spring 2019
Video recorded 23 April, 2020

Totally what happens when you fall in love with a clown.

Let's Run Away and Join the Circus (live)

Dancing to the brink of a precipice we
Couldn’t see, darling, didn’t see
What we found in arms we didn’t know were there we
Couldn’t know, darling, couldn’t know

Ah, the light as you came back down  
You rose to me
As I shone on you
Aurora borealis            
Collision and fuse
Sudden and new

Bourbon words rolled off your eager tongue you
Couldn’t stop, darling, couldn’t stop
Pulse in my hands touched your velvet face I
Wouldn’t stop, darling, I wouldn’t stop

Ah, the light as you came back down  
You rose to me
As I shone on you
Aurora borealis            
Collision and fuse
Sudden and new

There’s much to dread in a world of cheats and lies
But I don’t, darling, no I don’t
Look in my eyes and melt as we collide
Fear not, darling, fear not
Fear not, darling, fear not

Ah, the light as you came back down  
You rose to me
As I shone on you
Aurora borealis            
Collision and fuse
Sudden and new

Aurora borealis

"Aurora Borealis"
Original song by britta k
Composed December 2018
Video recorded 23 April, 2020

Aurora Borealis (live)

My tongue is done
My body wants to talk
Only actions touch you,
But words are all I have

Your image now inverted
Now reframed
The old vocabulary
It hushes, hushes, hushes…

The gilded bridge
Now feels like a prison
Don’t want to send you letters
wanna dance with you
Tired of the lyrics
if I can’t dance with you

Your image now inverted
Now reframed
The old vocabulary
It hushes, hushes, hushes…

Tired of the lyrics
if I can’t dance with you
They can’t speak 
till I dance with you

cyberbusker

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