Lovely stuff Lance, perfect background music!

nicely played ... very good vocal/instrumental balance!

Soli Deo Gloria
lyrics
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise
Thou mine Inheritance, now and always
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart
High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art

High King of Heaven, my victory won
May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heav’n’s Sun
Heart of my own heart, whate’er befall
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all
credits
released August 31, 2017
Text - Saint Dallán Forgaill (6th century)
Tune - Slane (traditional folk tune)

Arranged, performed, recorded, mixed, produced, & engineered by Lance Eads

Be Thou My Vision

Do you ever think about a tree; 
How every leaf and branch you see 
Is different from every other? 
Does it ever make you wonder, 
“What does it take to be a perfect tree?” 

Do you ever think about you and me; 
In some ways as different as can be? 
From our heads down to our toes, 
Who’s better and who knows? 
Is there a perfect way for us to be? 

Each tree is perfect as it is, 
My little goats, we are all just perfect kids! 
We are just as we are! 
Just be you, ‘cause you’re a star! 
We are each given our own gifts

About A Tree

The Swimming Song (the Zigzag Mountain Band)

Verse 1: 
No more wall, no more fences 
No more mistreating the defenseless 
No more bombing, no more wars 
Sending hate to other shores 

Chorus: 
No excuses, time to care 
Put down our sticks and learn to share 
The planet earth is very small 
If we get along there’s room for all 

Verse 2: 
No more judgment, no more fear 
Of people who live far or near 
For being different in appearance 
How they think, with whom they dance 

Chorus 

Solo 

Chorus

Time To Care

It was another rainy day 
A sky in tints & shades of grey 
I was standing at the window 
Watching the eastern wind blow 

I was sipping coffee from a cup 
Then I lifted my eyes up 
I saw the separate drops of rain 
That streaked my window pane 

And each droplet had a path 
As they meandered down the glass 
They each journeyed alone 
As they voyaged and they roamed 

But soon I became aware 
That the droplets here and there 
They’d intersect and join together 
As I stood and watched the weather 

I saw drops in pairs or alone 
Were heading to one home 
One rippling puddle sea 
Where each bead would finally be 

And as I took another drink 
Of my coffee I did think 
How these drops I could see 
Were something like you and me 

We come from a cloudy source 
And as we live our plotted course 
Sometimes we’re all alone 
Sometimes there’s company on the road 

We are each unique and yet 
I would place my bet 
Deep down we’re all the same 
Just like these tears of rain 

And when our sojourn’s done 
And our winding trail is run 
We’ll join together in a sea 
Of love and blissful glee

The Parable Of The Raindrop

Day becomes night 
When the hate takes over 
Might doesn’t make right 
Keep watching over your shoulder 

Chorus: 
Guns don’t kill, people do 
But with a gun he’ll kill more than a few 
We need gun control, for our nation’s soul 
Don’t put that tool in the hands of a fool 

‘Cause when the bullets scream 
The people scream louder 
There’s no reason we need 
That much fire power 

Chorus 

Let’s tone down the rhetoric 
That makes the time bombs tick 
Love is stronger than fear 
Hold your loved ones near 
Let’s tone down the rhetoric 
That makes the time bombs tick 
Love is stronger than fear 
Hold your loved ones near

Bloody August Weekend

Lying back in a pick-up bed 
Watching the falling stars overhead 
Wondering why they don’t all fall 
And how the universe holds us all 
In place 

Yeah, I know about Albert Einstein 
And all that stuff concerning space-time 
I guess I’m not really asking how 
As much as why and the answer I’ve found 
Is grace 

Sing Hosanna from a fallen world 
Sing Hosanna from a fallen world 
Sing Hosanna from a fallen world 
Sing Hosanna from a fallen world 

The mountains at night heavy with shadow 
Trees like dervishes when the wind blows 
Are they just bending with the flowing wind? 
Or are they dancing with a joy within 
Called love? 

Or maybe the wind is dancing too 
If I dance, then how about you? 
I don’t want to be the only loon 
Dancing beneath with the shining moon 
Above 

Sing Hosanna from a fallen world 
Sing Hosanna from a fallen world 
Sing Hosanna from a fallen world 
Sing Hosanna from a fallen world

Sing Hosanna From A Fallen World

I stepped outside in early autumn 
It was cold enough to see my breath 
Felt a hole so deep couldn’t see the bottom 
Couldn’t appreciate its breadth 

Bitter memories and old regrets 
Seized upon me like a stealthy mugger 
Seems a part of me never forgets 
And overtime the terrain can just get rougher 

Chorus: 
Almost forgot the most important thing 
Almost forgot the one thing I know is true 
Almost forgot the reason I still sing 
Almost forgot that I’ll always have you 

Winter fell and the days just got more bleak 
The wind so cold I felt it in my heart 
I couldn’t even find the words to speak 
Or so many words didn’t know which word should start 

Chorus 

When spring came and the robin sang 
Something within me sprang 
Love like a new and growing chute 
The sky is blue but I am not 
For I know what I have got 
I know that I’ve got you to pull me through 

So hug me like the summer, don’t let go 
Let your sunshine penetrate my mind 
Let me feel your warmth from head to toe 
I’ll be your summer and you will be mine 

And I won’t forget the most important thing 
I won’t forget the one thing I know is true 
I won’t forget the reason that I sing 
Because I know I always have you

The Most Important Thing

Let’s drive out to the ocean 
So we can watch the motion 
Don’t forget the lotion 

Because I’ve got a notion 
That the great big bright yellow sun 
Will be shining by the ocean 

And we can watch the waves for a really long time 
This wave’s yours and that one’s mine 
Hey, where’d they go? They sank back down 
Other waves took their place, but they’ll come back around 

And each swelling wave that touches the sky 
Thinks he’s so great, but I don’t know why 
‘Cause when he comes back down eventually 
He’ll find that he was always just a part of the sea 

And actually isn’t that greater? But we’ll talk about that later 

For you & me & everything we see are the waves of Divinity

Driving To The Ocean

Based very loosely on a legend from the Tillamook people

Chorus: 
Love is great and everybody wants it 
When you don’t have it, it seems that others flaunt it 
Wear the wrong love and you’ll find that it can’t fit 
Love is great and everybody wants it 

Verse 1: 
One day a man saw a beautiful woman 
She was very nice and he felt he was a good man 
He tried to woo her and he tried to win her 
But he was such an amateur beginner 
[Chorus] 

Verse 2: 
Then one day on a walk in the woods 
He met a little man who he thought could do some good 
The little man it seems, was a Deetkatoo 
Whom everyone knows grant wishes, don’t you? 
[Chorus] 

Verse 3: 
So he told the Deetkatoo 
Do as I ask, for I found you 
Give all I ask under heaven above 
And the one thing that I wish for is love 
[Chorus] 

Bridge: 
"Oh, no, no, no, I can’t do that! 
Oh no, no, no!" was the Deetkatoo’s chant 

At this the man became quite enraged 
And he tried to trap the Deetkatoo in a cage 
Just then the beautiful woman happened by 
And was astonished by what met her eye. 
”Who is this little man you’re caging?” She said, 
”And why does he seem to me so engaging?” 

Verse 4: 
Yes, in a strange turn no one expected 
It was the Deetkatoo to whom she was attracted. 
She had truly fallen for the little Deetkatoo 
And now I ask you, wouldn’t you? 
[Chorus] 

Verse 5: 
So now I’m here singing you this song 
It may be right or it could possibly be wrong 
Hoping you’ll pay me for my song with a buck 
Can you spare some change for a man with bad luck? 
For I was the man in this sordid tale 
The Deetkatoo took my girl and my pride as well 
The least I can ask is a little recompense 
For singing this story at my own expense. 
[Chorus]

released December 28, 2019 

Lance - singing, talking, guitaring, & harmonicizing, 
Brenda - singing & talking 
Isaac - drumming 
Abigail - pianoing 
Bethany - bass guitaring 

all rights reserved

The Zigzag Mountain Band - Legend Of The Deetkatoo (Love Is Great)

600,000 homeless people 
Men & women, children, too 
Are sleeping on the streets this evening 
It could be me, it could be you 

Some’ve lost jobs and can’t get new ones 
Some were kicked out on the street 
All of them are sad and hungry 
And can’t afford a bite to eat 

Some are sick and some disabled 
Some are fighting private wars 
To them the dream is just a fable 
They see no key yet many doors 

600,000 homeless people 
Men & women, children, too 
Are crying out for help this evening 
It’s up to me, it’s up to you
credits
from Homeless Lullaby, released January 7, 2020 
Words: Lance Eads 
Tune: traditional, arr. by Lance Eads 

Acoustic guitar, harmonica, & vocals performed by Lance Eads 

Produced & engineered by Lance Eads 
license
some rights reserved

Be Thou My Vision

Lance Eads

Recent comments

Ken Minty

Lance Eads

REI Koizumi

Walter Mmari

Related tracks