Put my hand on your shoulder
So I can fix my shoes
Put your hand on my shoulder
When I got the blues

I know when I'm walkin and I stumble and I 
fall down low
You will pick me up and I will rise to the 
feet back slow

Come lean on me
When you are down
Come lean on me-e
When you are do----wn


Come Lean on Me

I am Free, I am Free, I am Free from the Fear of this Trauma
I am Free, I am Free, I am Free from our Momma

Wash away the Hurt that does not serve
Make some room for us to grow a ne-w

I Am Free

The Sun is shinging through the cloud
The rain is slowing down
The veil is lifted just for now
The storm is rolling out

And the sun is shining through my smile
My eyes are bright as gold
You're with me here, I love you my dear
Your company soothes my soul


The Sun is Shining

A song to feed and encourage our hearts in the midst of heartbreak, personal and collective.  To call us into ever more more. 

The first part of this song are from Kai Cheng Thom's direct words (I actually now realize she wrote "bring me ever closer", oops!).  She's a Chinese-Canadian trans author, performance poet, cultural worker, community healer, and teacher on the practice of revolutionary love. Here's her website - https://kaichengthom.com/

This song can be sung with the parts consecutively, different folks singing separate parts, and it can also be sung in a round

Lyrics:

Part 1 -

The heart breaks so it can grow 
The heart breaks so it can open
May my heart break lead me ever closer 
To the being I long to be 
A being whose love feels like freedom
A being whose love feels like freedom

Part 2 -

Let it go, let it grow, let it go, let it grow Let it open
Let it go, let it grow, let it go, let it grow Let it open
May my heart break
Lead me closer
To being love and freedom 
To being love, to being love 
To being love and freedom

The Heart Breaks So It Can Grow (after Kai Cheng Thom)

This song offers a joyful, grateful overflow for the wonders of the natural world. With a group, one or more leaders can sing the verses, or the whole group could repeat the chorus without the verses.

I Love the Sound of the Rain

This song arrived on the eve of the 2024 US Presidential Election, as a recognition and longing for love for all of our bodies and places. As a "zipper" song, you can trade out words to suit the context, places, and people where you are singing.

This Whole World

This singing prayer arrived during a four day fast in the desert of Payahuunadu outside of Big Pine, California. The natural world reminds us to rest, to go to the rivers and forests to renew ourselves.

Lay Me Down

This song reminds us that with every action, word, and breath we are planting and tending the metaphorical "seeds" inside us -- seeds for peace, hope, love, and social change. Originally the song used the language of "tilling" the Earth but we have since adapted it to "tending" the Earth to honor the ways humans have worked harmoniously with lands for generations rather than the modern-day agricultural practices that often engage with land in destructive or exploitative ways.

Planting Seeds

I will offer my life as a living prayer
Through all of the darkness and despair

I will offer my life as a living prayer
Through all of the joy my heart can bear

Chorus: Life is a Mystery, Love holds the key
Open your heart and set yourself free

Life is Eternal, Love Endlessly
Open your eyes there’s so much more to see

Live your life as a living prayer
You are precious, you are rare

Live your life as a living prayer
Honoring others with loving care (chorus)

End: I will live ...I will breathe...Eternal Joy! (repeat)
I will offer my life as a living, breathing prayer

Living Prayer

You got to go down deep, down deep
to that bottom of the well, bottom of the well

You got to go down deep, down deep
to that bottom, to that bottom of the well

You got to go down deep, down deep, down deep,
you know you’re gonna find sweet relief,
at the bottom of the well, at the bottom of the well

Well, my grief’s too deep and I can’t get no relief
I said my grief’s too deep and I can’t get no
I can’t get no relief,

I said my grief’s it’s too deep and I can’t get no relief
at the bottom of the well, at the bottom of the well

When you go down deep, down deep to that bottom of the well,
bottom of the well

When you go down deep, down deep, to that bottom, to that
bottom of the well

There’s a spring of joy to greet you, it’s gonna lift you up,
even higher than before, so much higher than before

It’s gonna lift you up, it’s gonna lift you up, it’s gonna lift you up even higher,
so much higher than before

Cause when you go down deep, down deep, down deep,
you know you’re gonna find sweet relief, at the bottom of the well,
at the bottom of the well

There’s a spring of joy to greet you, it’s gonna lift you up,
it’s gonna lift you up even higher than before, so much higher than before

Yes, that spring of joy to greet you, it’s gonna lift you up even higher than before, so much higher than before
That wellspring of joy, that wellspring of joy, wellspring of joy

Wellspring Of Joy

Music of the highest vibrations 🧜🏼‍♂️ Enjoy Redtail's blend of light and deep lyrics, airy ukulele beats, and colors of love. Travis & Samadhi bring you on journeys of joy, devotion, and self-knowledge. Environmentalism, spirituality and romance all make guest appearances in these delightful tunes.

A little spot for some songs that come through me, in hopes that they feed hearts and souls, support connection and remembering, and add to the movement toward liberation and vitality - personal and collective.  

These are songs designed to be sung in community as well.  Hopefully easy-ish to teach and be sung in groups.  Please feel free to bring them into groups so that they can go forth and live in the world!  And if you ever sing them with a group and want to send me a recording, I would love that.

To learn more about Debbie Nargi-Brown and to listen to more of her music:

New tracks tagged #Community Singing