Gabe Penna

It's a sunny day, it's a heat wave
But it's okay 'cause we're in the shade

It's a coffee cup with the one I love
It's a burning smoke with the one I love the most

And I don't wish it away with all the downtown pay
And the high class, with the neck tie rash

'Cause I got a dime holds back the sands of time,
'cause it's a need of mine to look into your eyes
And see that sunny day
To feel your heat wave
And to hear you say everything's gonna be okay

It's a bed of flowers
It's not theirs it's ours
And the birds above are singing
It's time we made love

Can I share your smoke?
I'll tell you a joke
It'll make you laugh to undo the past
On this sunny day
You know, they say it's a heat wave
But that's okay 'cause we're in the shade
And this coffee cup with the one I love
And this burning smoke
With the one I love the most

Joy know no bounds
When it's boundless
Time stands still when alone
Life stops passing in the present
Heart stops beating when known

Nothing need be done when you're finished
All can come and go like the wind
Beauty can be no other
When pain comes to an end

It's a meeting of minds of ancient lovers
In a room filled with gems
Blinded but not stumbling
When love calls you in

So walk beside me and listen
I heard your name on the wind
Joining ancient angelic voices – Whispering

Wrinkled faces from the living
Soiled hands from the dirt
Never counting the cost of the giving
Never adding up all the hurt

There's nothing need be done when you're finished
All can wash away in the rain
Beauty is revealed at the end of the pain

painting by Marlene Yuzak

If the moon is punched from the night sky
A hole in the darkness
Could it mean that there is light back there somewhere?

If the stars shine in your eyes
Reflecting all the heavens
Could it mean that there is hope behind your blue?

Can I hold you tonight
Can I hold you tonight
If the sun's a wheel of fire
Driven by a love unknown
Could it mean that there is lonely but not alone?

Can I hold you tonight
Can I hold you tonight
Can I hold you tonight

If the space blankets every hour
Two silent partners
Could it mean that there is union out there after all?
 

Can it really help to walk in your shoes?
When the steps still remain for you to do
Can it really help to wipe
The tears from your face
Can I be the one to replace

'Cause I am a weak hand
I am a weak hand

I can see the hurt that's breaking your heart
But can I really stop what I didn't start?

'Cause I am a weak hand
I am a weak hand

But with these weak hands I can ease the pain
With these weak hands I can hold you again
With these weak hands I can feel you tonight
'Cause all I have and all I am is these weak hands

I've tasted your wine, tastes sweet to me
All I ever wanted is for you to be

Painting by Julian Tate-Penna

Under this sky the birds do fly
Never knowing what is beyond the clouds

Under the blue sky the flowers grow
Wondering which way the wind will blow

Under the bright sky we shall live
With peace in our hearts
And so much love to give

But under this sky the children cry
Bombs burst in the air as they stare

Through tear-filled eyes
Their faces ask us why
I wonder what they think
And what they know

Through tear-filled eyes
We see our life of lies
As our pleasure turns into their pain

But under the bright sky
They'll wipe our tears away
Every voice will sing praise
No more need to pray

Under the grey sky the dove does fly
As I look for the wind to begin to blow

I'm waiting, I'm waiting for the bright sky
Where we shall live with lots of love to give
But under this sky the children cry

Something strange starting up for you
Been growing for a while
Seeds of doubt sown over those long long miles
All those inner questions not spoken,
Inner questions awoken
Shattering all that you stood for
And what you thought was true
But if you walk away now
You'll walk away when
Times get rough
They're sure to come again
In these walls or somewhere around the bend
So I'm begging you please, don't go
I'm begging you please, come back in

Hindsight may be 20/20
Don't take no crystal ball
But how's your foresight baby
Can you read the writing on the wall
All those times I seen it in your eyes
Showing me the heart breaking on the inside
All those times I wanted to squeeze you whole
So I'm begging you please, don't go
'Cause if you walk away now
You'll walk away when
Times get rough they're sure to come again
In these walls or somewhere around the bend
All those inner questions, I've heard them too
But now these empty halls echo
Questions for me and you

All those times you seen it in my eyes
Showing you the heart breaking on the inside
All those times I needed you to squeeze me whole
So I'm begging you please, baby don't go
But if you walk away now what'll I do when
The times get rough
They'll come again in these walls, in these walls

Don't tell me your secrets I really don't want to know
I think that they're a gift to be given and to show
How much you love him
How much you need him
How much I see he needs you

Don't cast your pearls before me I know that I don't want to see
I think that they're a gift to be given to set him free
How much you love him
How much you need him
How much I see he needs you

Don't give yourself to me I really can't take you in
I think that you're a gift a to be given and to give again
How much you love him
How much you need him
How much I see he needs you

Tell me a story I want to hear
Tell me that you and he have faced your fears
How much you love him
How much you need him
How much I see he needs you

Sailing on down the highway
Passing thru the dead of night
Looking for an Irish woman
Turn my palm to future's light
Tea leaves are dry
Gypsy woman sighs
No tarot deck
No blank cheque
Beauty is in the eye

The hours of night grow still
Thinking when we had time to kill
Passing mile by mile
I can still see your timid smile
Can I still ask why
This well runs dry
'Cause I'm on this road
All alone but
Beauty is in the eye

Darkness is passing
Waiting for the light of day
Forest fires are burning
Maybe, just maybe, they'll clear the way
Pillars of clouds grow high
The time it draws nigh
To forget the pain
Bring on the rain
Beauty is in the eye

It's clear sailing now
Passing thru and into the dawn
Who would have thought
The night could be so long
It's an old echoing cry
Every early sky
So behold it then
Behold it now (when)
Beauty is in the eye

If you wander inside your heart
You'll find the love there you long to see
Don't be surprised if first you find some dark
Embrace the darkness it'll set you free

Everybody needs someone to hold them
Everybody needs someone to love
Everybody wants to give their heart away

If I could find the words that keep skipping by
I could my feelings describe for you
To start a dance like the evening sky
Instead of this pain of everyday without you

Now you've wandered inside your heart
You found the love there you longed to see
It's the light cuts through the dark
There's nothing now can bind what's free
 
Lyrics by Gabe & Karin Tate-Penna and Barry Milhilewicz

Painting by Brenda Thiessen

Circle spinning inside
Draw a picture perfect
Left alone and sometimes
Giving me time to reflect (I need time to reflect)

The open door that leads us on
One foot in and one foot late
Keeps me hanging on
Eyes wide for insight

Perceive through the open door
Glimpsing the "so much more"
Alone in the alone
Feed on food that you store

Circle spinning inside
Paint a picture in color
Embraced but one time
To become another

Circle spinning inside – spiral of life
Circle spinning inside – spiral of life

Perceive and die away
The slice of this pie
Illusive reality
Slips into my eye

Let the day start with a shot of love
Let the day start with all the joys of
Your caress your smiling face
carry me through til nightfall
Your love your sweet embrace
cushion me when I fall
Cause you’re my brighter day

Let the days passing speed on by
Let the days worries take wing and fly
cause I’ve been looking for you
yes I’ve been looking for you
I’ve been looking for you ...round every turn
Cause your my brighter day

I never knew way back when
I’d need to find you round every bend
not just at day break or near night’s end
not just now, now and then
cause I’ve been looking for you
yes I’ve been looking for you
I’ve been looking for you...round every turn
Cause your my brighter day

Let the days night find you next to me
Let the evening’s shadows tell a tale so sweet
Your caress your smiling face
carried me through covered my soul
Your love your sweet embrace
then I know that I’m home
cause I’ve been looking for you
yes I’ve been looking for you
I’ve been looking for you...round every turn

I took it for granted
Got lost in my thoughts
Of all things expected
Forgetting the cost

the toll is tallied
“is that all, for today?”
if tomorrow's what I want
then I know the piper must get paid

Pay the piper and down on your knees
Seal the deal I'm begging now please
Give me back my yesterday but let me keep
            what I know now
I won’t take for granted what falls from the clouds

   So let it rain let it rain
   let it rain rain rain
   Let it rain, let it rain
   Cause Im crying on the inside out

the children have all left the room
Black and white the piper pied
His old, now forgotten tune
Dare we search on that there Mountain side

We no longer hear the song
Under this sky of grey    
Played in black and white
The piper pied and led them all away

   So let it rain
   Let it rain let it rain rain rain
   Let it rain let it rain’
   Let it rain rain rain
   Let it rain let it rain
   Cause it’s turning me upside down (inside out)

What drives the human person
May just drive us to the ground
Excavate the inner workings
and take a good look around
all the emotions and the thrills that power seems to give
drags us down and tries to kill what makes life good to live

those that question those that think
those that open up their eyes
those that wonder those that drink
the few tears authentically be’n cried
fill your pockets with whatever, whatever money can buy
stuff you ears and beat it down call the truth nothing but a lie

it was built brick by brick
closed doors, and deception
it now cuts us to the quick
will it be death or resurrection?
the crumbling of ancient empires is not just a thing of the past
did we learn our lessons well or forget them just as fast

see the dead they’re still walking
filling the streets just like before
the dead their still talking
about which one won the war
forget the incidentals, collateral damage, calculated and planned
I’ll fight you once again, but this time man to man

Oh won’t you show me the Buddha
Show me the wise
I’m sitting neath this fig tree
I got Jesus ‘tween the eyes

Oh won’t you show me yours
Swear there’s no disguise
Tall tales have been told before
Enough already lies
This is what you’ll find
This is what you’ll find

It’s a Herculean Task
Guaranteed someone dies
The theatre is full
Don’t think a second ‘
‘bout shielding your eyes
Face the lion in the human
will the human survive

Oh won’t you show me the Buddha
Please show me the wise
I’m wandering thru this desert
I got Jesus tween the eyes
This is what you’ll find
This is what you’ll find

It’s an African Tale..
With a modern  Twist
   Offering the sweet smell of freedom
…But betrayed with a kiss
You say it’s old nothing new
I beg to disagree
She’s 12 years for 20 Men

So please show me the Buddha
Cause I’m looking in her eyes
Lost and forsaken
But still Jesus in her eyes

 

I said if you show me yours
I promise to show you mine
But please tread lightly
These wounds could bleed at  any time

They’re as cool as can be
The masters of disguise
With their finger on the trigger And Jesus ‘tween the eyes

I’m driftin
Yes  I’m driftin
So hold my hand
Don’t let me drift away

I said I’m driftin’
Yes I’m driftin
So stand close
Don’t let me drift away

    I always  move with the seasons
    Call it a heart thing and the heart has it’s reasons
    Which reason does not know
    It’s Fire, Fire, Fire and the wild winds blow that sends me

Driftin’
Yes I’m driftin
So hold me tight
Don’t let me drift away

    They say that one should settle down
    but those words just follow me around
    could it be that whisper in the dark
    your voice that stirs my heart but I’m

Driftin
Yes I’m driftin
So cover me
Don’t let me drift away

I’ve seen with the eyes of a gypsy
I’ve call everyplace and no place home

I’ve heard with the ears of a hero
Voices echo in cathedrals for salvation

I’ve felt with the heart of a child
The pain of repression, free to be wild

I have fought with the arms of a warrior
Whose land was raped and ruined by greed

I’ve been forced to beg
with the hands of a beggar
Asking for freedom, love, 
mostly just bread.......
.......mostly just bread

They finally killed me
with a flag and a gun
They wrapped, packaged, sold me,
nothing new under the sun

I’d rather be a gypsy,
I’d rather be a gypsy

I’d call everyplace and no place home

Climb desire mountain
swim the sea of love
walk thru your desert of hopefulness
see the blue skies above

stop hangin’ your head down
stop your wishful thinking
look up and be proud
enter earth’s celebration............of you

let the sun melt away your sorrow
and spring reveal her days
let the summers’ heat slow you down
enough to feel falls grace

stop hangin’ your head down
stop your wishful thinking
look up and be proud
enter earth’s celebration...

          I don’t mean to minimize you
          or trivialize  your pain
          I know those whose eyes criticize
          always ready to blame.......so

climb desire mountain
swim the sea of love
walk thru the desert of hopefulness
see the blue skies above

stop hangin’ your head down
stop your wishful thinking
look up and be proud
enter earth’s celebration.....enter your celebration ....enter my celebration ...of you

Wisdom has built her house
She has set her  table
She has mingled the wine
She says “come and eat my bread
Come and drink my wine
Long ago I made for you
For this Feast of Fools

This is a feast for fools
for the simple and confused
Come and sit around
See the clowns dance and sing
Taste the food Wisdom brings
Enjoy the sights and the sounds
At this Feast of Fools

Went to a Wedding Feast
Saw Beauty and the Beast
Met the chosen few
It was a Feast of fools

                   So Keep a light on inside
                   and wait for the calling
                   Keep  a light on inside
                   and watch and pray

                   So Keep a light on inside
                   and wait for the calling
                   Keep  a light on inside
                   and watch and pray, everyday

 

Met the woman who leavened bread
Saw the man who sold all he had
and bought a pricy pearl
It was a feast of fools

Met a man with long hair
And birds were nested there
He looked like a mustard tree
A saying came to mind
A saying I read one time
“Where you’re treasure is your heart will be”
Summed up this Feast for me

                   So Keep a light on inside
                   and wait for the calling
                   Keep  a light on inside
                   and watch and pray

                   So Keep a light on inside
                   and wait for the calling
                   Keep  a light on inside
                   and watch and pray, everyday

Give me a sunny Day
Any day of the week
Give me, now, a honey day
Any day of the week
Make it on a Monday, a Tuesday,  Wednesday,
a Thursday,  Friday, Saturday
Sunday, any day of the week

I feel the winds of change are coming in
I feel the winds of change are coming my way again
So take these dark clouds and send them on their way
So take these dark clouds and give me, now, a sunny day

Give me a sunny Day
Any day of the week
Give me now a honey day
Any day of the week
Make it on a Monday, a Tuesday,  Wednesday,
A Thursday,  Friday, Saturday
Sunday any day of the week

So take these dark clouds and let them blow on by
So take these dark clouds and give me now a sunny sky
I feel the love and warmth on the inside
I feel it on the inside, the inside

Give me a sunny Day
Any day of the week
Give me now a honey day
Any day of the week
Make it on a Monday, a Tuesday,  Wednesday,
A Thursday,  Friday, Saturday
Sunday any day of the week

I like you
I’ve been looking for connection
A redirection of all that’s This
Not satisfied by a two dimension
Fill the gap, the great abyss

I have an image
that comes and goes
Of a broken (-up) sun ray
dancing on your clothes
A palette of colors
most beautiful hue
Drawn together whenever
I touch you

I wanna'
push the boundaries of This
My hand on yours our kiss
When we find love, love on love,
Cause it’s you and me,babd, and I’ve been thinking of — This

So take This and break down
Leave what’s lost and take what’s found
Take This from me, to you
We’ll call This, break through

I like you I need the lights down
To see what the blind have found
Reaching out in the darkness
The feeling of This could be
Endless bliss

I wanna push the boundaries of this
My hand on yours, our kiss
When we find love, love on love
Cause it’s you and me and I’ve been thinking of — This

I wanna push the boundaries of this
My hand on yours, our kiss
When we find love, love on love
Cause it’s you and me and I’ve been thinking of — This

Hey Mr. Magician
I came across the a really cool spell
and anyone who knows the secret
they don’t easily tell

Your bound to have a sell out
A house full and sitting still
(They'll teeter at the edge of their seat
with this arithmetic thrill

          You see you take one heart
                   And make it look like two
          Yes you take one heart
                   Make it look like two

We’ve  heard of vica versa
Where two hearts beat like one
But all the wizards and storytellers tell us
it’s already been done

So put this in your bag of tricks
Your guaranteed a big splash
I’ll whisper the secret in your ear
There’s no strings attached

You see you take one heart
                   And make it look like two
          Yes you take one heart
                   Make it look like two

It defies the law of gravity
Ignores physics too
There’ll be be naysayers who’ll argue
Til their faces turn blue

          But I’ll be right beside you
          When they  call you a fool

Cause I’m one Fool
In love with you
Ya..I’m one fool
In love with you

Hey Mr. Magician
I came across a really neat spell
Anyone who knows the secret
They just LOVE to tell