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AND A SPECIAL THANKS AND TRIBUTE: For over 25 years, Kim and Reggie were represented by Vivien Niwes Van Buren, their faithful agent, manager and friend. Through many years of hard work and many creative endeavors, Viv helped Kim and Reggie to build and grow much of their career dreams into reality. Their relationship was one of the rare ones and Kim and Reggie offer their deep gratitude and love to Viv and to husband Richard for many years of shared friendship and support! All the best to you both!

RESURRECTION DAY LYRICS

"DO WHAT I HAVE TO DO" By Phil Ochs © 1964

I'm gonna do... do what I have to do
I'm gonna do it now! 4X

All around this country, trouble in the air
and I hear those voices calling me
Asking "Do you know and do you care...
Do you know and do you care?"

(I'm gonna do... do what I have to do
I'm gonna do it now!)
(I'm gonna do... do what I have to do
I'm gonna do it now!)

Don't want to cause no sorrow...
Don't want to cause no pain...
I'm only gonna cause what I have to cause
until this land is free of shame
'til this land is free of shame

CHORUS
I'm a-gonna do what I have to do
Say what I have to say
I'm gonna be what I have to be
Now won't you come on along with me?
Won't you come along with me?

Only one thing I know, I know we're not alone
There was a million here before we came
Be a million when we're gone
Be a million when we're gone!

Chorus v Oh, I'm afraid of trouble, yes I'm afraid of jail
But I'm more afraid, Lord, not to try
Afraid of what will happen if we fail
What happens now if we fail!

Chorus

Arrangement By Reggie and Kim Harris © 2010

Never Go Back by Rachel Bissex ©2004

You can never go back to your first time
You can never go back to your first time
You can never go back to your first time
But it feels so new with you!

You can never go back to your childhood
You can never go back to your childhood
You can never go back to your childhood
But I feel so young with you!

You can never go back once you've stripped the land
You can never go back once you've stripped the land
You can never go back once you've stripped the land
But I'll save this piece with you!

Chorus: My head is twirling with the wind of you
This twister takes me back
To the tornado in your eyes.

You can never go back once you've tasted freedom.
You can never go back once you've tasted freedom.
You can never go back once you've tasted freedom.
But I'll share this space with you.

You can never go back to innocence
You can never go back to arrogance
You can ever go back to intolerance
But I'll live to dream....
I'll live to dream....
I'll live to dream with you!

Resurrection Day by Reggie Harris ©2011

You can open your heart to the rising sun
Cause it's all right... it's over!
Been a long, long journey / but now that's done
And it's all right ... it's over.
Remember how you cried,
"Just one more day!"
The pain so deep inside that all you could say
Will I get over? Can I get over?

The story unfolds on your weary face
But that's all right... it's over!
Somehow you made it though,
You found the grace to say it's all right...It's over!

The light is shining now for all to see
The pain is fading
You can set your heart free
Now that it's over. You know it's over.

Chorus: You can raise your voice
And let the angels sing.
You can rise right up!
and learn to spread your wings!
Hallelujah! A new day is here....
You've got a new race to run...
Resurrection day... Resurrection day...
Resurrection day... Resurrection Day!!
You are rising.

Words and music Reggie Harris ©2011 ASCAP

Here And Now With You

Rain fallin' down so / softly...slowly
Fresh from a dream I... call out for you.
Tears fall...no sound! Softly...slowly
Here in the shadows...I think of you.

How long can this heart defend?
How can it last one more day without your sunlight?

Chorus:
I hear your voice on the wind
I feel you near me
I close my eyes and your love shines through
Here and now with you / I'm here and now with you
Here and now with you / I'm here and now with you!

Days on my own, so / restless...lonely
Dreaming of home and time spent with you
Rain fallin' down so / softly... slowly
Echoes of love, my / heart beats for you.
What words can I hope to say?
To close the distance that keeps your arms away

Chorus

Words and music Reggie Harris ©2009 ASCAP

Butterfly

It takes just one spark to make a flame
With one good shot you can win the game!
Take some sand... just a little... and you've got a pearl
A butterfly flaps its wings... something changes
All over the world!

Scoop some water from a sinking boat
very drop you take is gonna help it to float
Makes a difference/ oh, but you've got to start!
When you lighten that load the engine can do its part!

We are... movin' on... there's no stoppin' now
We are... movin' up there's no goin' down
Movin in... we can see the light
Make that move/so we can change the wrong to right!

Like that butterfly that's on the wing
If we wanna fly then we've gotta sing
And we'll keep singin'... let there be no doubt!
We can make that change...cause that is what it's all about

©2009 Reggie Harris and Ken Whiteley ASCAP and SESAC

It's All About Love

We spend so many restless hours watchin time slip away
Season by season, come and gone / driftin' day after day
Caught off guard in a broken world
We try hard to keep pace
It's a wonder we make it through with any measure of grace!

The mystics say we cannot know all that we're hoping to fond
Until we learn to let it go / Open heart... open mind.
We spin the hours we pay the game
Turn up the volume and then...
Pray to the Heavens our magic ship will come in

Chorus: But it's all about faith / It's all about trust
It's all about keepin' your feet on the road
When your dreams turn to dust.
You know it's all about hope that will keep you alive
through the pain
When it's all you can do to start over again and again.
It's all about love!

It may be true that the road is hard
Some insist that it's fate.
These opinions go on and on
But for the answers, we wait.
Still whatever you may believe
Whatever helps you endure...
There in the model of doubt there is one thing that?s sure.

Chorus That it's all about faith / it's all about trust
It's all about keepin' your feet on the road
When your dreams turn to dust.
You know it's all about hope that will keep you alive
through the pain
When it's all you can do to start over again and again.

Bridge:
It's all about love!
When your life feels so uncertain...
It's all about love!
When you feel so compromised...
With work and with time...we rise.

We spend so many restless hours / unresolved and alone
Still it's never too late to find your way home!

Chorus:
Cause it's all about faith / it's all about trust.
It's all about keepin' your feet on the road
When your dreams turn to dust.
You know it's all about hope that will keep you alive
through the pain
When it's all you can do to start over again and again.
It's all about love!

Words and music Reggie Harris © 2010 ASCAP

Straighten Up All You Members

Chorus:
When he comes little children...
When he comes, oh my good Lord
He's gonna straighten up all you members
when He comes! (When He comes) 2X
We got members in our church
in our homes/ in our town!
I can't (straighten em!) You can't (straighten em!)
Father can't (straighten em!) Mother can't (straighten em!)
Sister can't (straighten em!) Brother can't (straighten em!)
Deacon can't (straighten em!) Preacher can't (straighten em!)
Elders can't (straighten em!) Members can't (straighten em!)
Jesus can (straighten em!) Knows how (straighten em!)
He's gonna straighten up all you members when he comes

We've got deacons in our church... in our home...etc.

We got liars in our church... in our homes... in our town... etc

Bridge: All you liars... He's comin...
All you gamblers... He's comin'
Wall Street insiders.... He's comin'
Ya better tell Congress... He's comin'.
He's gonna straighten out all you members when he comes.

We got singers in our church... in our homes... etc..

Chorus 3x

Traditional spiritual

HALLELUJAH, I'M A BUM

Now why don't you work like other folks do?
How the hell can I work when there's no work to do?

CHORUS:
Hallelujah, I'm a bum,
Hallelujah, bum again,
Hallelujah, give us a handout
Revive us again.

Now, why don't you save all that money you earn?
Well If I did not eat, I'd have money to burn.
Chorus

If I ever I get all the money I've earned
Well, the boss will be broke, and to work he must turn.
Chorus

Now, I like my boss... and she's a good friend of mine,
So tell me why am I starving out on this breadline?
Chorus

Now isn't it sad in these "enlightened" times
That the food banks are crowded while the bankers are fine?
Chorus

Tune: "Revive Us Again" (Trad.) Harry McClintock - 1897/1908
Arr. and last verse by Reggie and Kim Harris © 2010

Traffic

Hey girl, I got a job for you
It's a really good chance to shine
The work's not hard and it's... not that far!
Just a couple of hours away
Got a place where you can stay
The people wanna meet you
We can go in my car!

You say you're not sure?
I say... What's to know? What's to say?
You need some money...
I'm all about the money!
Haven't I been straight with you?
Done everything I said I'd do?
If it doesn't work out you can just walk away!

In a dark room.. sidelong glances
Something here don't feel so good!
The deal goes down... there are no second chances
That's understood!

This family's in trouble now
Lost their crops... their only cow
The landlords here and the food is gone
But he says he'll make it good...
Help them to recover what they can
if their only son goes now.

In the silence... sidelong glances...
Something here don't feel so good
They will not see that boy again
That much is understood.

Chorus Too many dreams... crushed in the balance
Too many hearts... broken and torn
Too many lives in a prison of sorrow
This is not why we are born

The traffic is heavy... so heavy...
The traffic is heavy... there's some hope needed here!

Happens each and every day
stories that seem far away
Millions we don't comprehend as we live our lives
Runaways betrayed by love...
Little boys still dreaming of that family
that sold them to survive!

And it makes you think... makes you wonder
how we can define our selves this way
Will we raise our voice?
Will we draw the line?
Or let the slavers win the day

All around us... sidelong glances...
Something here don't feel so good!
The money talks... and we just listen...
That much is understood.

Chorus

You say you wanna end slavery?
It ain't just gonna happen!
We've got to DO somethin'!

Words and music Reggie Harris © 2010 ASCAP

Look Em in the Eye

Mama says "You better watch yo' step... cause you beside yo'self!
Mama says "you better shut that mouth before you lose your health.
You say they hurt your feelings? They just might take you out before they're through!"

Mama says. "That's crazy talk!
Who died and made YOU King?
There's people who ain't here no more
said that self same thing
You got to know when to quit it!
Be careful where you stick your point of view!"

If you listen closely, you will recognize the lies
They say that if you fight you cannot win!
But when that train rolls up and hits you right between the eyes
You better know who is and ain't your friend!

Chorus: You've got to...
Do what you're doin'..Try to set the spark
Say what you're sayin'.. shout it from your heart
You gotta make a change... stand your ground
You gotta look em in the eye!

You may just wanna back right down
when they call your name
So many have been here before pushin' through the pain
We all stand on their shoulders
Now it's up to us to see it through!

It don't take no genius to bring tyrants to their knees
Passion makes you swim against the tide.
You may not win the battle ... you may sail stormy seas
But ignorance won't have a place to hide!
Chorus

If you listen closely, you will recognize the lies
They say that if you fight you cannot win!
But when that train rolls up and hits you right between the eyes
Just pick yourself right up and start again!
Chorus

Music and lyrics: Reggie Harris © 2010 ASCAP

When Mom Left Us Here

When mom left us here there was fall in the air
The Series was on, but I didn't care!
There was so much to do before snow hit the ground
And those letters she left?
Well, they've never been found.

When mom left us here there were papers to sign
A house filled with memories ... some quality time
We were kids once again... that was clear!
When mom left us here.

When mom left us here there were words that were said
There were too many feelings as we stood by her bed
Christmas came early / we all played the game
But music and gifts didn't block out the pain.

When mom left us here, well the world just moved on
The bills came on time... there were still pretty songs
But something fell silent that year
When mom left us here.

I could hear her voice callin' out my name
When I walked into that room!
And the words she whispered ... well, they calmed me down
When I was howlin' at the moon!
"No one knows you like I do!
I was with you from the start!
So when you need me, you just call my name
And I'll hold you in my heart!"

And her words still comfort and calm me down
When I'm howlin' at the moon
She said "No one knows you like I do!"
And she was right there from the start!
So when I need her I just call her name
As I hold her in my heart!"

I'm just tryin' to keep my feet on the ground
Since mom left us here!

Word and music - Reggie Harris © 2010 ASCAP

TREE OF LIFE by Matt Jones

There are things that we know that we don't know we know, Come to the tree of life.
There are things that we know that we don't know we know, Come to the tree of life.

Chorus: Come to the tree of life, come to the tree of life
There are things that we know that we don't know we know,
Come to the tree of life.

There are things that we say that we don't know we say,
Come to the tree of life
There are things that we say that we don't know we say,
Come to the tree of life. Chorus

There are things that we feel that we don't know we feel,
Come to the tree of life
There are things that we feel that we don't know we feel,
Come to the tree of life. . Chorus

There are things that we do that we don't know we do,
Come to the tree of life
There are things that we do that we don't know we do,
Come to the tree of life. . Chorus

Words and music Matthew Jones; copyright control)

Roll On Woody

You were born with the heart of a cowboy
Okemah...the place you began
But right from the start the road called to your heart
So you set out to discover the land.

You hitched and you rode and you rambled
With a passion that burned to be free
And you lifted the stories of all that you met
from the dust bowl of humanity

So roll on Woody / Woody roll on
You taught us well by singing your song
And now we're here to carry it on
Roll On Woody... Roll On
Oh...Roll on Woody ...Roll On!

From the farmers, the miners, the old and the young
To the refugee women and men
You made a name by exposing the games
that kept good folks facin' the wind!

In all those years of hard travelin'
You often said you had no choice
Your words made it clear / Don't give in to fear!
And speak out so they hear your voice.

Chorus: So roll on Woody ...Woody roll on!
You took a stand by singing your song
And now we're here to carry it on
Roll On Woody ... Roll On
Oh, Roll on Woody, Roll ON!

From the pastures of plenty to Columbia's shores
From the mountains right down to the sea
You said this land was our land to have
It's a land made for you and for me!

But now, dear Woody, the tables are turned
As the forces of greed try to win
But we're bound for glory / and we're up to the fight
We won't be denied in the end!

Chorus: So roll on Woody ...Woody roll on!
You gave us hope by singing your song.
And now we're here to carry it on
Roll On Woody ...Roll On
Oh...Roll on Woody... Roll ON!

Words and music Reggie Harris © 2012 ASCAP
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