Option22/ the Flow
"the Rhythm"
It's the rhythm, Oh! the rhythm, oh-oh, the rhythm that gets me up
It's the rhythm, Oh! the rhythm, oh-oh, the rhythm is what life's all
about!
It's like a lightning crash, like a thunder roll, like a fury in my soul
and it's like fire drivin' deep inside me, with spirit force and all
so come on, drive it deep, a duh-duh-deeper now
come on and drive it deeper down
come on and feel that beat, a-buh-buh-beat
come on and pick it off the ground now now now
say Ay-mm-dum-dih-way-ha!, Ay-mm-dum-dih-way-ha! etc....
Oh, how you move me, you be groovin' right thru me and I, I've never
been
touched like this! Oh, how you move me, you be groovin' right thru me
and I,
I've never been touched like this, so come on...
It's the rhythm Oh! The rhythm, Oh-Oh, the rhythm that gets me up
It's the rhythm Oh! The rhythm, Oh-Oh, the rhythm that fills my cup
It's like a passion flooding me, an essence floating, a life that fills
my body
and it's like freedom-flying-I'm feeling it and no one can control me!
so come on, drive it deep, a duh-duh-deeper, now
come on and drive it deeper down
come on and feel that beat, buh-buh-beat
come on and pick it off the ground now, now now
say Ay-mm-dum-dih-way-ha! Ay-mm-dum-dih-way-ha! etc....
It's that rhythm that gets me up
Option22/ The Flow
You Break me Down
Where do we go from here; where do we go?
I can't find stillness in my mind
'cuz I know I can't feel what you want me to
and I know I don't want to do what you tell me to
so Oh No, Ah, yeah, Why don't you step up off of me?
'cuz Ooo No, No you can't keep me from being free
and Ooo Hey Yeah; I'm going to take what's come to me
and you can just miss me when I'm gone
Parts of me still try to put on a show
hiding from myself I run
'cuz I'm trying to change all that makes me who I am
just so you will open up your heart and let me in
But oo NO, Ah, yeah, Why don't you step up off of me?
'cuz Ooo No, No you can't keep me from being free
and Ooo Hey Yeah; I'm going to take what's come to me
and you can just miss me when I'm gone
You break me down, I get back up, You break me down again
Oh, It's never enough
I've tried too hard to just let go but what's the point
of going that low??
and Oh, Ah, yeah, Why don't you step up off of me?
'cuz Ooo No, No you can't keep me from being free
and Ooo Hey Yeah; I'm going to take what's come to me
and you can just miss me when I'm gone
You break me down, You break me down, you break me down
I'm going to take back my life now
you break me down, Hmmm
You break me down, You break me down, You break me down
I'm going to take back my life now
Option22/ The Flow
"A Way Out"
How many nights have I laid awake screamin'
and how many times have I tried?
How many cries have they heard from my window,
and how many years have I been dyin' inside?
Oh How many nights have I screamed, "I've got to find a way out of
here"?
I've got to find a way up, a way out, a way on up out of here!
a way out, a way up, a-way-oh, oo-way-ah, oo-way-anna
Let out a cry but I know they won't hear me
desperate for love, something true...
trapped behind walls and there is thrashing inside me
Here is the part where I break through, OH
How many nights have I screamed, "I've got to find a way out of here!"
I've got to find a way up, a way out, a way on up out of here..
a way up, way out, a-way-oh, oo-way-anna
I try to listen to the truth, but it's tellin' me lies now
Listen to the voice but it's screamin' inside I
try to take a breath but my heart is too heavy,
tried to take a step, found out I wasn't ready
Dreamin' of the day when I pick it on up
Waitin' on the answer is never enough OOO, Hey
I've got to find a way a way out of here!
I've got to find a way up, a way out, a way on up out of here!
a way out, a way up, a-way oh, oo-way-ah, oo-way-anna
so how many nights have I laid awake screamin'?
and how many times have I tried?
too many times have I sat silent schemin'
Here is the time when I rise above
Here is the time when I scream, "I'm going to find a way out of here!"
I'm going to find a way up, a way out, a way on up out of here!
a way up, a way out, a-way-oh, oo-way-ah, oo-way-anna...
Hey......I've got to be free.....
Option 22/the Flow
"The Vessel"
(spoken) the music is magic
We've got to find a way out of here, if we want to stay alive
I think I know a way out of here, and I've got a ticket to paradise,
very nice
Are you, are you, are you with me? Are you with me on the way up, way
out
I've got a ticket; the only way out is up!
(spoken) see, the music is magic; it itself has wings, and you are the
vessel!
(spoken) see, the music is magic; it itself has wings, and you are the
vessel!
so there you're empty, like a ghost ship, waiting by the river
you're ready for a soul trip; take me to the stars
patient, though my heart ticks, feel my spirit quiver
silence, you can hold it, but only so far
you let it fall out into the sky, you sing it so loud, you ask yourself
why you
would ever stop
you let it fall out into the sky, you sing it so loud, you ask yourself
why you
would ever stop
so there you're hushed like a church crowd, waiting to take bread
move under earth-shroud, holding it down
stillness rings so loud dancing in your head
timeless words are now vowed ready to sound off
into the sky; you reach up treetops; you're flyin' so high! it takes
you so far
you can't look down; it takes you over; round and around we go!
mmmm we've got to find a way out of here!
full, waking moment: you're satisfied
musical atonement: one spirit sings
freedom: you own it, you're testified
vessel, you've flown it, high on this dream, we sing
you let it fall out into the sky, you sing it so loud, you ask yourself
why you
would ever stop
you let it fall out into the sky, you sing it so loud, you ask yourself
why you
would ever stop
(spoken) the music is magic...
Option22/ The Flow
"Listen to the LaLa"
Day breaks and the sadness aches right thru-
But Today is the day for you
break through cloud cover Blue
Listen to the music sing ya
La da day day di day Lay di day di day di day
la di day di da di day
baby wakes in a daze; she's always like this
now a days, she can't seem to let things go
wide awake in her dreams, just ignore all the things
of this world yeah, she's gone crazy
But La da day day di day Lay di day di day di day
la di day di da di day
car chase-it's madness in all states; which way do we go?
how late is too late, when the stakes decide to go up;
is it time to take a jump?
Sing La da day day di day Lay di day di day di day
la di day di da di day
baby wakes in a dream where her peaceful soul sings, where she's just
dancin', dreamin', ah-she goes
Listen close; those that know hear the way that song flows; just close
your
eyes, and listen to the music
Sing La da day day di day Lay di day di day di day
la di day di da di day
Option22/ the Flow
"The Flow"
Mother, Mother, Mother can you hear me?
MMM and Father and Father, tell me can you save my soul?
OOO and it's just like the ocean, hey, singing from the deepest depths
of my
soul
It rushes over and over and over like a river swimming home
and that is the flow
Reach deep down inside your soul; that is where you'll find the flow;
Take a breath and let it go... oh oh
give it up, give it back, and pass it on and on and on and on
and it will never end
mmm, I tell you, my friend, this song will never end
'cuz it's just like the ocean, hey, singing from the deepest depths of
my soul;
It rushes over and over and over like a river swimming home
and that is the flow
Reach deep down inside your soul; that is where you'll find the flow
Take a breath and let it go oh oh
Give it up, give it back, and pass it on and on and on and on
and leave the rest to Mozart's angels...
You can hear the sound of the wind blow, Oh and it's so like water
rushing in
and it's so like heaven, and it's so like heaven
You can hear the rhythm of the world that we live in and you're dancing
to the
beat of your own song Oh! and it's so like Heaven, and it's so like
Heaven
So let fly, let it go! the love flow: steady jump; here we go
Let it live, let it sing in harmony 'cuz that's where freedom rings
Listen close; listen up; tune it in-fill the cup
When it comes, it comes, it comes, it comes like a river swimming home
reach deep down inside your soul; that is where you'll find the flow
take a breath and let it go oh oh
give it up, give it back, and pass it on and on and on and on
and leave the rest to Mozart's angels
mmm, Pass on the love flow! pass it on and on....
doobie dum dum doobie dum doo doo, etc...
Option22/ The Flow
"Voices"
I hear voices singin'; I think I know who they are
why, they're falling angels swingin' on falling stars
and they're singin'
ooooo, hey, etc...
So I said, come on come on come on, come to me angels, I said come on
come, come to me; come to me; sing through me ah....
(spoken) well it's like... All the songs are already written, and all
you have to
do is just listen, and you'll hear your own soul song... and it will
sing to you
and it will see you through and it will always live in you.... just
listen...
and you just know that: these sounds, they're not coming from your
mind; no,
indeed they are not. These sounds are coming from your heart, your
soul, in
which- at its depths- exists God, the never-ending river, the infinite
well of
love and creation..... just listen.
so i said: come on, come on come to me angels: mmm, sing through me!
can you feel me, can you hear me? I know you can hear my song...
Option22/ The Flow
"22 Blue Flowers"
She picked the silver moon from the Sky, picked it just for you
She picked 22 blue flowers from the field, near that spot where she
kneeled in
prayer
and she placed the satin sun on the horizon
and she placed 22 blue boats by the bay and watched them drift away
oooo Oh, Oh your Mother
Earth and Sky and Sand and Sea
ooo Oh, Oh your Mother
she cried a river of tears at first sight, cried 'em just for you
and cried shouts of joy in your name, "open up, sky, let it rain!"
she gave landslides of love to your life, landslides just for you
and she gave her blessing in a whisper in the wind, on that day when
she went
away
oooo Oh, Oh your Mother
earth and sky and sand and sea
oooo Oh, Oh your Mother
so I said, Mother Mother Mother, May I walk with you? Mother, can you
hear
me? Mother Mother Mother, we don't seem to understand, Oh Mother, Make
us see, and she said to me:
you all can live in harmony
you all can live in harmony
She laid her gentle hands on this life, Oh for you,
and she laid her soul song down, down down dooo doo da da doo doo da,
etc.
she sings songs of joy forever in the sky for you, boy
mother:river: both have no end; into the ocean we all flow 'til we meet
again,
until we meet again, until we meet again, and we will meet again...
Option22/ The Flow
"The Birthday Song"
(whispered) She talks to angels... She says she talks to angels...
and she said: Won't you bring me flowers; it's my birthday, and it's
yours, too
I had a dream the other night, wide awake, Oh, and it was you
see, we were walkin' through the valley, so low, under the moon
and your soul was there swimmin' in open air, whisperin': come home
soon
so I catch my breath, Oh and then I let it go; we're getting closer
I want to get closer to you, angel....
I want to get closer to you, angel...
she said: Let the light that's inside you be the light that guides you
Her voice has been calling me singin' so sweet, yeah; I had to follow
I spoke to the ocean like prayin' to God: Please show me tomorrow
She led me here
She sang with all of heaven's breath
and she cried like it may be her last test (She's getting closer)
I want to get closer to you, angel....
I want to get closer to you, angel...
and she said: Baby come on! She said: we're gonna fly!
Oh, we're gonna fly away, some glorious day! so pick it up and come on!
she said: do you believe? do you believe in angels?
then pick it up and come on! she said: we're gonna fly!
If you believe in angels, then it's your birthday....
Option22/ The Flow
"U Missed Da Boat"
You've been tellin' me you've got something to give
and you've been tellin' me you wanna live
so I've been tellin' you I can give you what you need
but you didn't hear me and no, you didn't see
so Jump Up, Step back, honey, 'cuz you just missed the boat
Jump Up and Step back: you missed the boat, you missed the boat baby
Jump Up and Step back honey, 'cuz you just missed this boat
Jump Up and Step back; you missed the boat, you missed the boat baby
You've been tellin' lies for far too long now
and you've been disguising your true ways
so I've been searching for something I can't describe
and guess what? I found it!
Oh! so Jump Up, Step back, honey, 'cuz you just missed the boat
Jump Up and step back: you missed the boat, you missed the boat baby
Jump Up and Step back honey, 'cuz you just missed this boat
Jump Up and Step back; you missed the boat, you missed the boat baby
Jump up! Step back! Heart attack! Smack! in your face! now how you like
that?
How does it feel to be kicked, to be scorned; it's unreal; was I born
to be
knocked again, down again, from whence I've sprung? I'll be damned if I
won't
rise above; I'm gonna rise above! You didn't see what you had in me;
tear me
down, now watch me break free--I'm gonna rise above!!!
Jump Up, Step back, honey, 'cuz you just missed the boat
Jump and step back: you missed the boat, you missed the boat baby
Jump Up and Step back honey, 'cuz you just missed this boat
Jump Up and Step back; you missed the boat, you missed the boat baby
Option22/ The Flow
"You've got a light"
I say, you've got a light in your eyes
and I say, you sing so sweet and you're singing straight to me
I see all of your dreams
and I'll take you anywhere you want to go with me
and I don't know how he could've missed that
he said to me
I say, I like what you do and I like your style
and I'd say, I could get to your beat
and so I say, move your feet, step it right up, take it on down
take it down to the dance floor uh oh
we could take it down, down, down by the riverside
I say, you've got a light in your eyes and
I say, you sing so sweet, yeah
and I see straight to your soul through those baby blues, through those
baby baby
Option22/ the Flow
"American Lolly"
Pop pop the Top, a can of soda, Doo Drop; It was made in the USA
Straight down the sidewalk and talk with a hopscotch step
You got a little, You got a lot, you got a little lolly
You got a little, You got a lot
Born in a bubble, a born again dreamer; sings three cheers for the USA
straight out the magazine, a beauty queen for the home team
She got a little, She got a lot, She got a little lolly
She got a little, she got a lot, da doom doom doobie
sittin' in the candy shop, waitin' for the big drop-BIG DROP
they say the world will end tomorrow
and I call that freedom, freedom at last, Gol' darn freedom
(spoken) 'cuz see freedom to me means freedom to be outside this
manmade
corporate fantasy! they're milkin' the buck, they're testin' their
luck: how far
can they take their earnings up? they feed us what they know we'll pay
for,
cooperate pricks that make a play for high school chicks with piggy
tails:
formula to increase sales! where's the cash flow? art's a no-go: why
don't you
design your own show? you don't have to look like that girl: you can
create
your own world! so paint your own scene; live your own dream, 'cuz
that's
what freedom truly means... you can think outside their toy box...
I want to know what freedom means;
it seems there's more than meets the eye;
they'e feeding us dreams and we're buying their schemes and I think
it's time
to ask, WHY...
so dream, baby, dream baby! paint your own scene, baby
I said dream baby, dream baby! paint your own scene baby
you got a little, you got a lot... you got a little lolly
and tick tick BOOM!
Option22/ the Flow
"the Rhythm"
It's the rhythm, Oh! the rhythm, oh-oh, the rhythm that gets me up
It's the rhythm, Oh! the rhythm, oh-oh, the rhythm is what life's all
about!
It's like a lighting crash, like a thunder roll, like a fury in my soul
and it's like fire drivin' deep inside me, with spirit force and all
so come on, drive it deep, a duh-duh-deeper now
come on and drive it deeper down
come on and feel that beat, a-buh-buh-beat
come on and pick it off the ground now now now
say Ay-mm-dum-dih-way-ha!, Ay-mm-dum-dih-way-ha! etc....
Oh, how you move me, you be groovin' right thru me and I, I've never
been
touched like this! Oh, how you move me, you be groovin' right thru me
and I,
I've never been touched like this, so come on...
It's the rhythm Oh! The rhythm, Oh-Oh, the rhythm that gets me up
It's the rhythm Oh! The rhythm, Oh-Oh, the rhythm that fills my cup
It's like a passion flooding me, an essence floating, a life that fills
my body
and it's like freedom-flying-I'm feeling it and no one can control me!
so come on, drive it deep, a duh-duh-deeper, now
come on and drive it deeper down
come on and feel that beat, buh-buh-beat
come on and pick it off the ground now, now now
say Ay-mm-dum-dih-way-ha! Ay-mm-dum-dih-way-ha! etc....
It's that rhythm that gets me up
Option22/ The Flow
"Again and Again"
a-Nay-a way
Oh into the sky
I puff away
I breathe into Ayyyy
I can't help but wonder, what is going on here
I can't help but wondering
where are we again and again I cry, again and again I feel like I'm
flyin'
over the sea
Ooo it's you and it's me and it's us and it's we and we've got to come
together
sometime
so where are we goin' from here?
where are we goin' and ay yeah
do doobie don di don and I'm chasing rainbows and I can't help but
wondering
where are we goin' from here? where are we goin' from here?
If you keep it flowing (boy); if you keep it rollin', I'm gonna follow
you
wherever you go
I said Now Jump, take a step back; we can make this right, I said now,
we can
make this right I know ooooo no
so where we gonna go from here now? where we gonna go from here?
it's you and it's me and it's us and it's we and we've got to come
together
sometime
where are we goin'?
Option22/ The Flow
"Prayersong"
(spoken) Here I stand on the sunrise of a new millennium, 22 years old
and
ready to jump... like a springboard, time.
Curtains rise, doors open, minds closed; back door open
Veils lift, my spirit flies, my heart pours out to touch the sky
The sea breathes the ocean breeze; the birds sing and the waves tease
me
rushing in and out and up and down
Am I losing my vision, or am i finally opening my eyes?
I seem to lose myself an awful lot; I'm a wanderer, I am
and sometimes I lose sight of where I started and where I intended to
end up
mmmm OOOO So I pray
Oh God, can you hear my prayer?
we're all so scared and we're all so lost just trying to find our way
and it seems like the light is where you are
and it seems like if we reach we might touch the stars
that's where you are, I know: I see it in the colors of your rainbow
of your rainbow
I feel your presence whenever there's music in the air
even if they're screamin', even if they're fighting, even if they're
crying, Lord
I know you're feelin' them through with each and every step that they
take
and we'll get it right, someday we'll get it right; turn down the
lights and light
the candle
(spoken) vigilance is something you sense; it's like a light in the
shadows,
shining so bright in the night, so take it back to where we started
from, take it
back when we were one;
each one in his own is one of ours, family! yeah, a family! each one of
you is
my brother, my sister
and ooo Oh we pray Ah oh we pray
father, mother oh Lord, can you hear my prayer?
and OOO oh, I know you are there
you are calling
I can hear your voice
and I know that if I scream, you're gonna hear me Lord
so Oh Ah
I'm gonna take his hand; I'm gonna take her hand
we're gonna pray like one
mmm like ONE
