A Dream Within a Dream
Thus much let me avow —
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Poetry is like a painting with words, one seen the other heard. Some poetry is read and some poems are a singing song.
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Songs & Poems by UNCLE JOHN except "Jordan" Traditional, by NRPS & Grateful Dead The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion) by Ron McKernan
Songpoems Robert Hunter
I have many fond memories of Robert Hunter and great gratitude for his treasure chest of lyrics. The Grateful Dead band member, I remember the poet, playful, trumpeter, vocalist, songwriter, musician, artist, father, lover, joker, scholar, hermit and invisible man. --Uncle John
TRUMPETS OF THE OCEAN by Robert Hunter
The day the
constitution became a metaphor All Rights Reserved
from
BOOMERANG
by Uncle John
Hello to my Heart
Spanish translation
by Tania Carrasco
Hola a mi corazón
ROUND HALL WAY
by Uncle John
You born from the dust an orphan adopted in good
health
Grew up with a proud look into wealth
Who knows you like the river sees your humble
side
Far from the night behind time and the tide
You answer to the noonday sun
Barefoot on stage your thoughts are like one
Who cares about your soul
While so many idol eyes your role
You could be going to hell but No!
God is drawing you and this generation too
People are praying you into the kingdom of truth
By the grace of God in an alley play
Round hall way
You make your heart like a candlewick
Stay in your disguise really thick
Come on up when you´re down
To the weird side of town
To the light above their frowns
Like travelling clowns
You know what I believe in
When I say I believe you
No matter what you´re age you´re no angel
You´re still in your youth
When the night meets the day
Like a hole in the sky play
Round hall way
You´re not going to hell for nobody
Fair morning and grateful ahead
Different from what was read
Among the bewildered and surprised not the
stereotype
So amazing and ripe
The children of God shall be restored at peace
The story rewritten the song remastered and
released
Come on up & over & around
Find the eternal transport sound
Amazing grace or whatever it takes
To get to heaven and remain awake
Who cares about your soul
While so many idol eyes your role
You could be going to hell but No!
God is drawing you and this generation too
People are praying you into the kingdom of truth
By the grace of God in an alley play
Round hall way
MOUNTAIN TOP
He stood upon balanced rock In the garden of the gods A mountain peak in a twilight storm In a castle with rock and rod Wander into sunlight Climbing watching little bear Sunshine peakin' through the clouds In the cool big top air And meet at the summit Of the pyramid there Powwow with Red Cloud In the old roundup you steer One fresh breath of air And you know God is near His handiwork is everywhere Provides for the birds in the air And the feathers they wear
We climb a mountain to its elevation Look to the center core of the creation All along the wall of rock up and down the stairs Cool wind whistlin' mountain top blowin' her hair
We can go back four centuries Follow three rivers through the mountains and trees Two sides of reality One bright light of an idea suddenly It is the cool of nighttime beat The earth rose until the moon set under our feet
The bees and birds and butterfly All know what to do Work and stay busy Always be true Willing to change for the best you can do Peaceful aware Among the tree tops we feel in the cool mountain air
PINK
ROSES
The love of my life comes with roses
RIVER OF LIGHT by Uncle John Start with the old begin with the new Artistic vision daydreaming with you Children are playing with big balloons River candles for the bride and groom Love shows and dances in tune Full of view from the top of the mountain Now guided by the light of the moon The sun rises and there is a child riding Start of the morning magnolia in bloom Sometimes you are natural to act Say what you have in mind Intuition as a river of light In telepathic time You are hot he thinks, with light he wrote When she takes off her coat You're hot, he sees, she thinks of me Balancing the river boat I tell you a story about the spirit of women It's a story about the love of man Following her eyes while They speak with their hands Dancing to the beat, playing in the band Beat a rhythm and lighten your steps We are going to prepare now, try it When you are not looking, it will capture your reflection Steam in the shower and wet affection She turns to look at him, well She wonders, do you love me as much as you say? He thinks so, surely he would If she comes with him today Fair maiden, he said, please, Will you come with me? I'll take you where you want to be Play on the beach by the river of your dreams
Photo by Uncle John CLIMATE & TIME CHANGES The end of night is near Waiting for the sun As the moon rises we hear Horses on the run Riding behind the pack Changing what will come Not looking back To the hiss, horns, buzz and hum
Rain upon a dry land opening to the sea Someone from the sky comes with a key Turns into sound listen to them play Bells calling darkness night and light the day
Do bees return to abundant flowers As birds gather and fly by through showers The awakening wind gathers momentum Under the direction of its turning rhythm Yesterday's chill today is a gentle breeze Tonight is getting hot tomorrow's day to freeze Time counts its day in minutes and hours Rain falls on everyone the air is ours
Been on the road for days Travelling by the river running like a maze Leading up to the event ready to age Listening to every line once written on a page Backstage is all mirrors and masks Makeup and safe ready to ask Set and waiting and ready to act The weather and time are precise and exact
Feel the fresh air and smell Spring is sprung we're playing Tall true tales we cannot tell Sometimes we are praying Listen search for hear As the air captures the sound Draw me close and near The treasure we have is round Walk down the railroad tracks Climb a mountain on a hike Jump & put in all your marbles & jacks Stand up for who you are it's like
Climate and time changes Weather information Local conversation Procrastination and speculation Creation demonstration Revelation and transformation Climate and time changes us
The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)by Ron McKernan
What are they
seeing, when they look in each other's eyes?
Did I take a
wrong turning on life's winding road?
What is the
secret of this tie that binds?
You who have
found it, please help me along
That's all I
need (fly up, fly home)
A Dream Within a DreamThus much let me avow —
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that
we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand —
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep — while I weep!
O God! Can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from
the pitiless wave?
Is all that
we see or see
But a dream within a dream?
Edgar Allan Poe, "A Dream Within a Dream" from The
Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe, ed. R.
W. Griswold. New York: J. S. Redfield, 1850.
Public Domain.
RIVER OF SOUND by Uncle John
When the midnight sun is setting On the horizon of our dream All the lessons that I learn about Flow through me like a stream
Songs move within the river of sound In the musician Numbers roll in a maze through the mind Of the mathematician Poetry written in phrases with heart In its own rhythm Chronicles relating to special days In a portrait of wisdom
We draw with cards for roses And love inside a dream Dive and rise to the kingdom within Float on its river stream
"O star of wonder star of light Star with royal beauty bright Westward leading still proceeding Guide us to thy perfect light"
THE ODYSSEY I THE BEAT OF LOVE
Dreams of love are made like this At night she remembers her last kiss As he was getting back from the dusty down under With sand in his ears and heart full of wonder
One day you show Grateful to get The moment pressing forward Weather follows the set A meteor shower oh what a sight The moon is sweet and forthright Not hidden like the fortnight Makes the stars shine bright tonight Showing us the sights
In a music band marching Watching rifles being twirled Drinking a cup of coffee In the vacuum capital of the world Frank is on the marquee Welcome to the windmill girl Rainbow fog light shining heaven Showing us each gate and pearl Down the road the wagon wheel Rolling into the forest of gnarly burl
Everything we experience Under the moonlight in our time On the beach and from above By the horizon sign Over the hill & under the rainbow Past bedtime in your prime
Star of light The heartbeat of love & true Beauty bright When they discover you God gave each of us a soul and spirit too Free to change the old familiar can become wonderful and new First we believe & worship God & no other Then show service in the love we have for one another
Heading for the sea of time to see fulfilling prophecy You always think you're right then you're made aware & set free Change the way you think you see Like a caterpillar transforming life From the ground to the sky Returns home in the bye and bye What can we do for you to open your soul heart's eye A question burning with light The answer is truth with insight
Generations & millenniums hand down love to overflow the cup Rock 'n roll starts up Big tides and forest green show up Small seeds planted on the scene grow up
JORDAN Traditional Acoustic Arrangement by the Grateful Dead & The New Riders of the Purple Sage
Oh sinner as you tread on life's journey Take Jesus as your daily guide Though you may feel pure and saintly Without Him walking by your side But when you come to make the crossing At the ending of his pilgrim's way If you ever will need your Savior You will surely need Him on that day
Now look at that cold Jordan Look at its deep water Look at that wide river Oh hear the mighty billows roll You better take Jesus with you He's a true companion Oh I'm sure without Him that you never will make it home
That awful day of judgment is coming in the by and by We'll see our Lord descending in glory from on high Oh let us keep in touch with Jesus & In the special love of God And may we ever be called ready When He calls us over Jordan's tide
Now look at that cold Jordan Look at its deep water Look at that wide river Oh hear the mighty billows roll You better take Jesus with you He's a true companion Oh I'm sure without Him that you never will make it home
Now what you gonna do Oh what you gonna say Oh how you gonna feel When you come to the end of the way
Now look at that cold Jordan Look at its deep water Look at that wide river Oh hear the mighty billows roll You better take Jesus with you He's a true companion Oh I'm sure without Him that you never will make it home
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