Susan Lipson originals

Song for parents,  about valuing more than quantifiable success.

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If we all kept a single day of rest, as so many religions and cultures have prescribed, how we could impact the planet itself by reducing pollution and consumption! 

A Day of Rest

New original music to bless the end of Shabbat

Sha-la-la Havdalah (Lipson)

Great singalong song to celebrate trees, Arbor Day, and Nature

If Everyone Lived Like the Tree

Sing about moving on. Part of a soundtrack for a children's book, The Secret in the Wood, by S.L. Lipson; haunting ballad; sung by Lainey Lipson, accompanied by Chase Pado on piano

Dance Of The Trees (sung by Lainey Lipson & played on piano by Chase Pado)

Shala-La Havdalah (SusanLLipson with Beth Faber Jacobs)

United by air we exchange daily, how can we call each other strangers?

Breathe (a capella)

Written after the murder of Chelsea King, in my hometown, forever changed by evil and defiance of that evil.

To Believe in Good Again

Who are You? Show the World 
(song by Susan L Lipson)

We know complacency is how 
things go from bad to worse
And it really is a curse 
When silent shrugs are all you show.
Standing by, not standing up
Is the reason things don’t change
For we ALL must rearrange 
The status quo.

We know that history repeats 
Unless we stop the trend
It’s up to us to end
The unjust treatment we allow.
We can’t protest, “It’s not our fault,”
That we’ve done nothing wrong 
We can’t merely sing this song—
We’ve got to act and stand up now.

Chorus:
Who are you? Show the world
What you stand for with pride. 
Show the world how you care,
What makes you cry.
Who are you? Show the world
What you do, not just say.
Show the world what you add,
More than your sigh.

We’re part of systems that allow
Injustice to exist
Now it’s time we all resist
The -isms hidden in our laws.
No human merits privilege 
More than any other,
We ALL come from a mother—
To grow in peace is our shared cause.

No mere amount of melanin
Is a measure of our worth
We are all here on this Earth
As vital cogs in a machine.
So, if some of us are broken 
Then ALL of us must fix
The social structure needs more bricks
To build foundations not yet seen.


Chorus:
Who are you? Show the world
What you stand for with pride. 
Show the world how you care,
What makes you cry.
Who are you? Show the world
What you do, not just say.
Show the world what you add,
More than your sigh.

Bridge:
Until we all acknowledge
That we’ve constructed “race,”
That we’re mere cells in space,
Pawns in some higher game;
Until we give up notions
That anyone’s worth more,
We know what is in store:
More of the same.


Chorus:
Who are you? Show the world
What you stand for with pride. 
Show the world how you care,
What makes you cry.
Who are you? Show the world
What you do, not just say.
Show the world what you add,
More than your sigh. [repeat]

show the world more than your sigh

Songwriter, Poet, Novelist, Writing Coach
https://susanllipsonwordsandmusic.com

show the world more than your sigh

Susan L. Lipson

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