From the Album "Celebrate Life"

by Fred Bogert

copyright Maxbox Music BMI, All rights reserved

1. ONE VOICE

Verse 1

There is a time to be alone

each one of us a separate being of our own

and there's a time when we conspire

to come together and unite our hearts' desire

Chorus

to sing in One Voice

to feel with one heart

to make a love choice

this is a fine art

to set aside our differences

and realize the gift it is

to raise a joyous noise

in One Voice

Verse 2

There is a place that we can go

inside the little private world we call our own

and there's a place we rise above

we unify and celebrate the way we love

(Chorus)

Bridge

There is a longing for a place where we all belong

There's never been a better time for us all

to sing a song in...

(Chorus)

Words and music by Fred Bogert

Copyright 2005 Maxbox Music BMI All Rights Reserved

2. CELEBRATE LIFE

Verse 1

If you're ready to start

opening hearts, making life better

Let's paint the town with a rainbow of joy

to bring us together

Chorus

Celebrate life, talk about love

radiate hope , lift up the world

We can share the joy of knowing

we are filled to overflowing

Celebrate life, sing a love song

to your loved ones, let them sing along

Isn't it time to find we are all a shining light

when we celebrate life

Verse 2

If you're ready to play

out in the day, whatever the weather

Let the rain fall, there's joy in it all

when we do it together

Chorus

Bridge

When you're feeling sad and low

call your friends and let them know

You'll be surprised, right before your eyes

they're so open- hearted

       they'll get the party started

Chorus

Fred Bogert BMI Copyright 2005

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3. GOD IN ME IS

God in me is

God in me is

God in me is

God in me is

All the best

All the time

Nothing less

Ever

Forever

and ever

Amen

Say Amen

Fred Bogert BMI Copyright 2005

Maxbox Music BMI  All Rights Reserved

4. I’M HERE

Verse 1

Sometimes my mind just slips away

Tied up in the tangles of the day- to- day

But I choose to take this time

to stand up in love and claim that

Chorus

I'm here- this is where and when

I'm here- no other there and then

I'm here to show up, and fill my cup

in the flow and the glow of this moment

I'm here

Verse 2

We all have better things to do

A million choices between me and you

But I know where I belong

right beside you singing this song

Chorus

Bridge

This is a holy time and place

a golden opportunity to greet the world and say:

Chorus

By Fred Bogert BMI Copyright 2005

Maxbox Music BMI  All Rights Reserved

5. INSIDE

Verse 1

You go to the river to find the flow

You go to the ocean to find the deep below

You go to the mountains to find the heights

You go to the brightest star to find the sunlight

Chorus

But where do you go to find your breathing

where do you go to find your pride

where do you go to find believing

Inside

Verse 2

You go to your family to find your past

You go to your lover to find that sweet romance

You go to the music to find the dance

You go to the children to find your innocence

Chorus 2

But where do you go to find your feelings

where do you go to find your guide

where do you go to find your healing

Inside

Bridge

The best part of this whole affair

It's not out here, it's in there

Chorus 1

By Fred Bogert /Sue Kroupa BMI Copyright 2005

Maxbox Music BMI  All Rights Reserved

6. LET SPIRIT FLOW

Here's to the pilgrims who take on the quest

to grieve for the bad times and live for the best

harvesting miracles that you can grow

when you let Spirit flow

Let Spirit flow

Let Spirit flow

harvesting miracles that you can grow

when you let Spirit flow

And here's to the keepers of lighthouses too

who stand in the storm just to guide others through

still waters remain where the hurricanes blow

when you let Spirit flow

Let Spirit flow

Let Spirit flow

still waters remain where the hurricanes blow

when you let Spirit flow

And here's to the fallen who've been here and gone

who leave us their legacy to carry on

this moment is ours let's embrace it and go

we can let Spirit flow

Let Spirit flow

Let Spirit flow

this moment is ours let's embrace it and go

we can let Spirit flow

And here's to the promise that come from the Word

of Jesus and Ghandi and others we've heard

we'll find the peace that's beyond all we know

when we let Spirit flow

Let Spirit flow

Let Spirit flow

we'll find the peace that's beyond all we know

harvesting miracles that you can grow

still waters remain where the hurricanes blow

this moment is ours let's embrace it and know

we can let spirit flow

By Fred Bogert BMI Copyright 2005

Maxbox Music BMI  All Rights Reserved

7. BEACH CATHEDRAL

Verse 1

Yeah, bring the dog

but leave the shoes

Come to the sanctuary of my solitude

Where the ocean meets the land

an open stretch of sand

Where my heart gets healed

             and I re-adjust my attitude

It was made for me, there’s room for you

In the beach cathedral

Verse 2

Set down the sun

open up the night

turn blue sky into the universe

See the moon shadows fly

listen to the tides

singing choruses like Sunday verse

so perfectly unrehearsed

In the beach cathedral

Chorus

It’s about letting go and opening

giving up command

letting worries tumble like

a billion grains of sand

washed into the bosom of the sea

the shining sea

Come and dance with me

and the shining sea

in the beach cathedral

Verse 3

Let your shoulders sag

And your brow un-crease

Take a deep breath and feel the sweet release

Get the breeze in your hair

And salt in your lungs

Now the transformation has begun

If you can‘t sit still, there’s room to run

In the beach cathedral

Chorus

By Fred Bogert BMI Copyright 2005

Maxbox Music BMI  All Rights Reserved

8. EMMANUEL

Emm, Emm, Emmanuel

Come along, come with me

Come along, come along, come along

Emmanuel, eternal living being of light

Illumine me in knowing You in all of my life

Without You within me I walk alone for all time

Emmanuel, come along, come with me

I will give You all mine

all mine, all mine, I will give You all mine

Illumine my life, Emmanuel

By Fred Bogert BMI Copyright 1991

Maxbox Music BMI  All Rights Reserved

9. UNITE WITH ME

Unite with me in *___________

Unite with me in song

Together for eternity

Unite with me

*= peaceful prayer

     brotherhood

     sisterhood

     (to) bless this land

     in harmony

By Fred Bogert BMI Copyright 2005

Maxbox Music BMI   All Rights Reserved

10. Goodbye Old Friend

Goodbye old friend, we’ve come a long, long way.

You were there when I needed you.

You’ll always be a part of who I am

Now I release you, so goodbye old friend.

Faith and courage will see me through

The times when I’ll be missing you.

But on the other side of fear is a bigger, brighter world.

So goodbye old friend. It’s time to move beyond

This life I’ve known with you right here.

I lift you up and I lay you down

Now I release you, so goodbye old friend.

I’ll wrap you in fond memories

And save them for the rainy days.

And know that even in darkest times, I’ll never be alone.

I give you up and I lay you down

Now I release you so goodbye old friend.

by Richard Mekdeci c. 2002 ITOI Music

11. I AM

You are the earth

the moon, the sun

You are the life in everyone

You are in me and we are one

and with these words I take your hand

I Am

What I feel about what I do

that isn't You

and what I say about what I see

that's up to me

and I affirm I have the choice

to live and learn to hear Your voice

You are the earth

the moon, the sun

You are the life in everyone

You are in me and we are one

and with these words I take your hand

I Am, I AM

By Fred Bogert BMI Copyright 2002

Maxbox Music BMI   All Rights Reserved

From the Album "Come Share My Joy"

by Fred Bogert

copyright Maxbox Music BMI, All rights reserved

1. ONE MORE TIME AROUND THE SUN

Chorus:

Let's take it

One more time around the sun

New beginnings have just begun

What we have here

Is the dedication of the year

Let's take it one more time around the sun

With peace and blessings for everyone

Day to day we can love our way

One more time around the sun

Verse 1

Let's take time

Make up our minds once and for all

To walk on hand in hand

Forever in peace, never to fall

Cause it all goes by so fast

And in loving we can make it last

With a yearly affirmation for us all

(chorus)

Verse 2

Rest your mind, open your eyes, your future calls

Bring all the dreams you have

When you're released you'll live them all

Just be true to who you are

Make a wish upon a winter star

Shining clearly thru the longest night

Make a promise to your own life

(chorus)

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2. DON'T WISH YOUR LIFE AWAY

Verse 1

I knew an old man you could say he had a wisdom

There was always peace in his walk

When I was a child with a taste for blind ambition

We'd sit on his front porch and talk

About powerful cars and the power of money

And the power that just cannot be bought

And at the end of the day he'd send me on my way

And the last thing that he'd say to me was

Chorus

Don't wish your life away

Don't wish your life away

Take it as it comes and make yourself a someone

Whatever you do

Don't wish your life away

Don't wish your life away

Don't throw miracles away

Verse 2

One day I made him laugh

         when I said my time was wasted

Working so hard just to get by

He said all that you desire is so close

         that you can taste it

And the only time you're wasting is mine

Put your faith in your dreams

           and not in your possessions

And let your spirit learn how to fly

Just in case you hadn't noticed

             we're not getting any younger

so look me in the eye when I say

(chorus)

Bridge

I treasured our time like brothers of the Spirit

Till destiny took us apart

We never said good-bye but I always will remember

'Cause I took it to my heart when he said

(chorus)

Copyright 1991 MAXBOX MUSIC, BMI All Rights Reserved

3. LIVING THANKSGIVING

Verse 1

The Indian corn, the frosty morn,

                    the golden harvest days

The autumn sleet, the winter wheat,

                    the forest brown and gray

The sparkling lights of starry nights,

                            the turkeys in the glen

The deer, the grouse, the cozy house,

                              the fellowship of friends

Chorus

Living Thanksgiving, we pause to reminisce

How the good Lord had the good grace

            to give us all of this

We'll be expressions of God's gracious ways

By living, Thanksgiving each day

Verse 2

We lift a glass to Pilgrim's past ;

                  the good life they inspire

The blessings of the ones we love

                     all gathered 'round the fire

As fortunes turn we come to learn

                        of love that lingers still

The good things done, the yet to come,

                    their hopes and dreams fulfilled

(chorus)

Copyright 1991 MAXBOX MUSIC, BMI All Rights Reserved

4. CHILD IN MY LIFE

Chorus

There's a child in my life

There's a joy, there's a wonder

There's a child in my life, I can see everyday

There's a child in my life

There's a joy, there's a wonder

I celebrate the child in my life

Verse 1

When I look in a baby's eyes

             I see a tender wisdom shine

I discover I'm a child at heart

               we smile and we share the surprise

And I feel like a sunrise

Just like everyday can be a brand new start

And don't you know the feeling

we share in our hearts, God is bringing,

                I am singing

(chorus)

Verse 2

Children's voices like an angel's song,

              seeking love to make them strong

Stand beside them, be there to guide them

See that they can carry on

With a dream to grow on

Innocence and beauty, like a springtime flower

God is trying to tell us that the future is ours

We should care for them, be there for them

(chorus)

Bridge

I celebrate the child in my life

All the joy the wonder the best of my life (repeat)

They let me see the natural sense of things

They make me feel alive  (repeat)

Just like everyday can be a brand new start

And don't you know the feeling we share in our hearts

God is bringing,  I am singing

(chorus twice)

Copyright 1991 MAXBOX MUSIC, BMI All Rights Reserved

5. I CALL TO ME

Verse 1

I call to me my Highest Good

that it may find me when it should

May guiding wisdom let me see

my highest good when it comes to me

Verse 2

I call to me my trust in God

when all is well and when times are hard

I've seen some changes and I believe

to trust in God is my highest need

Bridge

When pain and danger, they are not strangers

That's how we know that we're alive

Pay the cost and let it go, you're not lost,

                           you're not alone

in the company of the angels by your side

Verse 3

I call to me my sense of peace

Still as the heart of the endless sea

When God puts his blessings in all I see

then a sense of peace washes over me

(Repeat Bridge, and Verse 3)

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6. LIGHT MY WAY

Light my way, lead me on

Teach me words full of praises in your song

Comfort me from above

so that I can comfort those who need my love

Speak to me in the voice of omnipresent Truth

keep me free, let me hold the spirit of my youth

Children know the truth

they listen to you

Light my way, lift me up

Hear my praises for this overflowing cup

And in my joy, and in my peace

and in my love of living I shall be released

Copyright 1990 Maxbox Music BMI All rights reserved

7. OPEN YOUR HEART AGAIN

Chorus

Open your heart again

Let God's love shine within

Lift your voice to the sky, and let your spirit fly

Try loving life and live

Let God's love go and give

Turn your face to the wind and

Open your heart again.

Verse 1

Cold and lonely, lost in pain

A pilgrim left standing in the rain

Must not flee from love's domain

Spirit shelters, Faith sustains

Verse 2

Fear and anger take a toll

A lost child held prisoner in his soul

Must not hide there, only see

God's Love power sets you free

And you know just where to start

It's the most important part.

(repeat chorus twice)

Copyright 1990 MAXBOX MUSIC, BMI All Rights Reserved

8. GROWING LOVE

Chorus

Growing love, growing love

we're forever growing love

It's a seed that we can sow

with our caring it will grow

We are family, we are friends

and the feeling never ends

Together we're forever growing love

Verse 1

We seek the sunshine, we bless the rain

Through the storms we know the sun will shine again

We have God-light in our hearts

we're growing up illumined from the start

(Chorus)

Verse 2

We imagine a world at peace

and we know some day our dreams will be released

All we ask is that people care

We sing this song for people everywhere

(Chorus)

Copyright 1992 Maxbox Music All rights reserved

9. THE POWER THAT IS GREATER

Verse1:

When I ease my mind

The power that is greater comes and moves

            through me

And it's then I find

That the mountains start to move

                     and I can cross the seas

It sets me free

I can open up my arms and give the whole world love

And it seems as if I'm living

               all that I've been dreaming of

There's a joy that it brings to me

              when I feel it passing through me

The Power that is greater from above

Verse 2

When I can't do right

And I feel so small and helpless and I fear the night

I can't take it all

So I put my faith in God and I tear down the walls

And heed His call

And He bids me be His vehicle of hope and peace

So that He can work His miracles

                           and I can be released

And it always will renew me

              just to feel it moving through me

An omnipresent sense of joy and love

There's a peace that it brings to me

                    when I feel it moving through me

The power that is greater from above

Copyright 1990 MAXBOX MUSIC, BMI All Rights Reserved

10. EMPTY ME

Chorus

Empty me

pull the plug, I'm lost at sea

pull the rug out from under me

If I'm still standing, won't you please

come and knock me to my knees

help me let go of these things, before they kill me

and then fill me

Verse 1

I got the whole thing figured out

and I know what life is all about

and my pride is my command

so I don't need Your helping hand

People envy where I stand

on this castle made of sand

Then with an ocean's mighty roar, here comes the tide

so much for pride

(Chorus)

Verse 2

There's some place I gotta be

and they all know they can count on me

ao I can't make the time for you

with all these things I gotta do

and I got fears that run so deep

that I can't stop and I can't sleep

I got adrenaline to bounce me off my bed

'til I drop dead...

(Chorus)

Copyright 2000 Maxbox Music BMI All rights reserved

11. SHINE LIKE THE SUN

I used to think the meaning of life passed me by

couldn't get ahead of the game

and all my struggles to figure it out

wouldn't let me just remain the same

Now I know that the race isn't over until it's been won

And each time you make it, you've only begun

to really believe it

to be number one

until you are truly a champion

You give all you got to the world around you

'til all of the dreams that you've dreamed

                  have found you

The miracles have just begun

Shine Like the Sun

Chorus

Shine like the sun

you can be an Enlightened One

Shine like the sun

Remember that you're a champion

You give all you got to the world around you

"till all of the dreams that you've dreamed

                have found you

The miracles have just begun

Shine Like the Sun

Copyright 1991 Maxbox Music BMI All rights reserved

From the Album "Dreamspeak"

All songs written by Fred Bogert

copyright Maxbox Music BMI    All rights reserved

1. LET GO, LET GOD, LET LOVE

Let love, let go

let God come and show you the way

you can't make it happen alone

the more you try, the more you feel like crying in vain

you might as well try to stop the rain

Did you ever wonder

what dreams are made of?

When they come true, then they'll show you

When you let go, let God, let love

let go, let God, let love

Help me, help you

help God come to help us see it through

I guess we could make it alone

but who's alive when we're just surviving the paIn?

you might as well stand out in the rain.

Did you ever wonder

what hearts are made for?

When they touch-

we  feel how much

we should  - let go, let God, let love

let go, let God, let love

2. IN THAT MOMENT

In that moment,

I stood there in the moonlight

and a star fell from the sky

then just God and I

met with one another in that moment.

In that moment

the Universe around me

showed me all the infinite power

the moments turned to hours

and blessings flowed around me in that moment.

Ever since that moment

I have peace I've never known

and it will never leave me

and I will never walk alone.

In that moment

I found my sense of destiny

shining through eternity

and it all appeared___

in that moment

a gentle hand to guide me there,

a love of God for us to share

and this love is more

than we'll ever know

and I know that I found it in that moment.

3. BROKEN CHAINS

Broken chains lying at my feet

now my soul freedom is complete.

My own life put the chains on me

but God's love sets me free.

Spirit light shining all around

through the peace garden I have found;

shadows may fall in this life of mine

but God's love lets the light shine.

We live a life of resistance

full of anger and fight,

keeping Love in the distance

as if it just isn't right...

to open up our hearts and minds

to be strong, gentle and kind,

to let the world know,

it's good to let go.

Living life like a dream come true

from an enlightened point of view

easy to say but hard to do

and God's love gets us through

4. SPIRIT, SPIRIT

Spirit, Spirit,

call It and hear It

here in this sacred space

feel the amazing grace of Spirit.

Stillness, stillness

holy fulfill-ness

Love is our highest choice

heard in the quiet voice of stillness.

Abiding, abiding

Your perfect timing

when life is hard to do

we bring our hearts to You, abiding

Children, children

God's little pilgrims

here in our unity

we see as perfectly as children.

5. What Will my World be Today?

What will my world be today?

What will my world be today?

When I seek, the world is my teacher.

When I worry, the world is my burden.

When I give, the world is my garden.

When I hoard, the world is my desert.

When I reach out, the world is my family.

When I strike out, the world is my enemy.

,

When I trust the world is my harbor.

When I fear, the world is my storm.

When I love, the world is my heaven.

When I hate, the world is my hell.

What will my world be today?

What will my world be today?

My world, I pray, will be at peace.

When I seek, the world is my teacher.

When I worry, the world is my burden.

When I give, the world is my garden.

When I hoard, the world is my desert.

When I sing, the world is my glory.

When I grieve, the world is my grace.

When I reach out, the world is my family.

When I strike out, the world is my enemy.

When I trust, the world is my harbor.

When I fear, the world is my storm.

When I love, the world is my heaven.

When I hate, the world is my hell.

What will my world be today?

What will my world be today?

6. STILL A CHILD OF GOD

Try to remember

when you were younger

and all the world was at your feet.

Life was so simple

through eyes full of wonder

when Love was all it took to be complete.

Then came the growing,

the sadness in knowing

that things get confused, people get used

and cold winds get to blowing.

You've taken up the years as they have found you

and now you've lost the beauty all around you.

But you know it's what you're missing,

so stop, look and listen

and let your senses fill with blessings.

In the laughter of children

like soft days of summer

you hear a joyous music start.

Suddenly seeing

through eyes full of wonder

the window open to your heart.

Your vision is growing

freedom is flowing

in heavenly glowing, you'll find

through all of your ages

through eyes full of wonder

you're still a child of God.

7. INNER TREASURE

We have a guide for searching inside

and finding the source of God's pleasure.

Follow the light and let it shine bright

discover your inner treasure.

We have a way of spending the day

beginning our new endeavors.

What would you say to spending the day

discovering inner treasure?

8. SEND YOUR LOVE

Send Your love

there's so many souls who need it.

Send Your love,

find a hungry heart and feed it.

We all need reason to believe,

Send your Love

and receive.

Give your heart

in your vision of tomorrow.

Give your heart.

Give them joy to conquer sorrow.

We all need comforting relief,

give Your heart

and receive.

Doesn't God supply us

with the endless living soul?

And don't we have the pieces of this world?

We can live our lives as one and make it whole___

that’s what God made living for!

Send Your love

and forever be forgiving.

Send Your love

for the one who made us living.

We all have company to keep,

send your love

            and receive.

We all need reason to believe

send your love

and receive.

9. TOP OF THE MORNING

Top of the morning

how do you do?

I'm glad to see you

looking so brand new!

10. I AM CLOSER

I am closer

than I've ever been

to being

who I really am.  (repeat several times)

11. CHRISTMAS BELL

Through the still of the evening

a single bell rings.

As it sounds through the heavens, the angels take wing.

It is Christ born to Mary for whom the bell tolls,

And the birth of His spirit within our souls.

The birth of a spirit two thousand years old.

Come, all men and women together this night

and rejoice in the shining of His guiding light.

It has called both to shepherds and kings on the earth

It has led us to Jesus on the eve of his birth.

It is Christ born to Mary for whom the star glows

and the birth of His Spirit within our souls.

The birth of a Spirit, two thousand years old.

12. COME SHARE MY JOY

Come share my joy

as I behold you.

You are a miracle,

God light enfolds you.

All that you are

makes my heart rise.

I am illumined

by the joy in your eyes.