(10 seconds followed by a quick beat track that is the first verse)

I heard you hit the campus back in Sixty Three
Staying awake intent at learning from the trees
If I was young, it did stop me being free

Oh-a-oh

You took the credit for that revoke chapel rule
Rewritten by students and used beyond the school
and now I understand the usage of those tools

Oh-a-oh
We are your children
oh-a-oh
What do I tell them?
Druidry snapped the chains of dogma
Druidry snapped the chains of dogma
Freedom came and broke their hold

oh-a-a-a oh

And now we seek new paths cloaked in mystery
We know so little and have such short history
But the largest door needs only a tiny key

oh- a-oh
I took my first steps
oh- a- oh
Those were my best steps
Druidry snapped the chains of dogma
Druidry snapped the chains of dogma
If these paths prove too bizarre
We can't lose heart, we've gone too far

oh-a-aho-oh,
oh-a-aho oh

(Tinkle and synthesizer Music)

Druidry snapped the chains of dogma
Druidry snapped the chains of dogma
If these paths prove too bizarre
We can't lose heart we've gone too far
Freedom came and broke their hold
Where it leads we'll watch unfold

I am the earth-mother's child
I know secrets tame and wild

Druidry snapped the chains of dogma
Druidry snapped the chains of dogma
Druidry snapped the chains of dogma
Druidry snapped the chains of dogma
Druidry snapped the chains of dogma
Druidry snapped the chains of dogma
Druidry snapped the chains of dogma
Druidry snapped the chains of dogma

Druidry snapped the chains of dogma
(I am the earth-mother's child)

(Lots of quiet rising and falling waves of music)

Well east coast Druids are hip
I really dig their stylish wares
And the southern Druids with the flak they take
I'm impressed that they're even there

The Southwest's deserts' druids
Have the gift of second sight
And the Montreal Druids with the fires they burn
They keep their grovemates warm at night

I wish they all could be Minnesota
I wish they all could be Minnesota
I wish they all could be Minnesota Druids

The west coast has the sunshine
All year worship keeps them tanned
I love those Zen Druids on pacific island
Groves of palm trees in the sand

I been all around this great big world
And I seen all kinds of Groves
Yeah, but I couldn't wait, those 4 seasons are great,
To meet the coldest Druids in the world

I wish they all could be Minnesota
I wish they all could be Minnesota
I wish they all could be Minneosta Druids

I wish they all could be Minnesota
(Druids, Druids, Druids yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be Minnesota
(Druids, Druids, Druids yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be Minnesota
(Druids, Druids, Druids yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be Minnesota
(Druids, Druids, Druids yeah I dig the)

I am a nature eclectic
I celebrate Her beauty so grand
I long for my own communion, where I become one with the land!
And I'll learn from the old ones
I'll learn from the wise
And I'll gaze deep in fires
View thirty thousand skies
and in time, and in time, we'll cherish this prize

I am a nature eclectic
I glory in the web of rebirth
Rejoicing the year's rotation
Heed words of spirits in the earth.

I'll learn from the wise
And I'll gaze deep in fires
View thirty thousand skies
and in time,
and in time,
we'll cherish this prize

We are the land's stewards now
And we say what dies
And in time
And in time
We will cherish this prize.

Any way you like it
That's the way you do it
Any way you like it

She loves to laugh
She loves to sing
She does everything
She loves the globe
She loves the grove
She loves the livin' beings

Ooh, all night, all night
Oh, moon is bright
So do it right, do it right
Ooh, baby, do it right

Oh, she said,
Any way you like it
That's the way you do it
Any way you like it
She said, any way you like it
That's the way you do it
Any way you like it

I was alone
I never knew
What old gods could do
Ooh, then we danced
Then we sang
About the livin' beings

Ooh, all night, all night
Oh, moon is bright
So do it right, do it right
Ooh, baby, do it right

Oh, she said,
Any way you like it
That's the way you do it
Any way you like it
She said, any way you like it
That's the way you do it
Any way you like it

[Saxophone Solo and repeat some earlier verses.]

You wake up late for church - man you don't wanna go [music riff]
You ask you mom, "Please?" - but she still says, "No!"
You refused those pledges - but it just don't work
And your teacher tells the class that you're some kind of jerk

(chorus) You gotta fight -- for your right -- to not pray

You're min'ster heard you're screwing - and he said, "No way!"
That hypocrite - stretches taffy twice a day
Man, living in the south is such a drag
Heaven can't help you if they think you're a fag (Busted!)

(repeat chorus)

Don't step out of this house if my true faith you're gonna refuse
I'll kick you out of my home is you don't change those views
Your mom busted in and said, "What's that book?"
Aw, mom don't be hating - my way's off the hook!

(repeat chorus)

[Intro music]

When a man build an altar
Can't keep his mind on nothin' else
He'll search the woods
Use the best rocks he's found
If it is cracked, he won't use it
Gods brook no such stuff
Show it proud to his best friends
And he guards its grounds.

When a man builds an altar
Sheds his sweat, blood and tears
Trying to reach out to what he needs
He'd give up all his comforts
And struggle in the rain
It They said that's the way
It ought to be

When a man builds an altar
He gives it everything in his heart (yeah)
Trying to reach out
To that precious world
Oh Gods, please show me your ways

When a man builds an altar
Deep down in his soul
He can mirror that mystery
If his hard efforts make him a fool
He's the last one to care
Locked hearts quest for the key.

Yes, when a man builds an altar
I know exactly how he feels
'Cause O Gods, above, around
I am that man
When a man builds an altar.

[Closing Music- scatting – humming.]

[SADLY SPOKEN INTRO POEM's TWO VERSES:]
The father's dying wish to his beloved son
Was to wear his kilt bequeathed from his grandfather
And carry on the hoary Scottish male tradition
But the burly grandson was by far much larger.

So the grandson accepted the ancient tartan pladdie
And planned to wear it at the next high school ball
To show his pride as a true highland laddie
Unfortunately, his fine diet made him too tall.

[START MUSIC IN SEPARATE WINDOW]

He was afraid to come out of the coatroom
He was as nervous as he could be
He was afraid to come out of the coatroom
He was afraid that somebody would see

One, two, three, four, tell the people what he wore

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow kilt and feathered beanie
That he wore for the first time today
An itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow kilt and feathered beanie
So in the coatroom he wanted to stay

Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more

He was afraid the boys would all snicker
And from the window the winds blew quite strong
He was afraid the boys would all snicker
And the girls would talk about it for long

Two, three, four, tell the people what he wore

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow kilt and feathered beanie
That he wore for the first time today
An itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow kilt and feathered beanie
Oh, to be ignored, he started to pray

Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more

Now he is afraid to come out on the dance floor
And I wonder what he's gonna do
Now he is afraid to come out on the dance floor
A cute girl winked and his "problem" just grew.

Two, three, four, tell the people what he wore

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow kilt and feathered beanie
That he wore for the first time today
An itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow kilt and feathered beanie
So behind a table he wanted to stay

(From the coatroom to the banquet)
(From the banquet to the dance floor)
(From the dance floor to his retreat)
Yes, there is prob'ly more

Endless repetition of chorus music.

I've been walkin' these woods so long
Singin' their same old songs
I know every rock on these dirty foot trails of the forest
Where cycle's the name of the game
And my cares get washed away like the snow and the rain
There's been a load of thrift savin'
For the sake of my haven
But I'm gonna live like I always wanted to be.

Like a dimestore Druid
Eking out a plain life in a wealth-centered society
Like a dimestore Druid
Eating beans and taters in places folks will rarely see
And my friends howlin' up at the moon.

Well, I really don't mind the rain
I just smile and push past the pain
But you're down when you're travelin' the path that's takin' the slow way
And I hear of the things other's do
With their fancy grimoires but when outdoors they haven't got a clue
How will they make a difference
If they don't go the distance
Yet we gotta do what our roles are decided to be.

Like a dimestore Druid
Eking out a plain life in a wealth-centered society
Like a dimestore Druid
Eating beans and taters in places folks will rarely see
And my friends howlin' up at the moon.

Like a dimestore Druid
Getting rid of the things that are soul-sapping, just for show

Dimestore Druid
Learning lore and wisdom from creatures you may never know

(opening Music 10 sec)

Just a small town girl, livin' on a lonely lane
She sought the midnight path dancin' in the air
Just a city boy, born and raised in the bible belt
He took the midnight path drummin' without care

(whirly Music)

A Druid in a misty verdant grove
The smell of mead, shy betrothed,
With a vow they can share their lives
It goes on and on and on and on

CHORUS Strangers seeking, up and down the stony roads
Their shadows searching in the night
Moonlight people, leaving just to find their home
Hidden, somehow in the night

(short music)

Working hard to climb the hills,
other folks escape by pills,
Payin' anything to fight their fate,
Just one more hour
Some will learn, some will choose
Some will never see the clues
Oh, the cycles never end
It goes on and on and on and on

(chorus)

(Instrumental)

Don't stop believin' Hearken to that feelin' etc.

Moonlight people

Intro music

You can fight, you can reave, wielding the sword that cleaves
See that fire, hear Rome's screams, praising the Iceni Queen

Year sixty, and Prasutagus dies
Bequeathed all to Rome, but Nero lies
Called to play a regent's role, taking everything
They came in and ruled like a king

Nobody could stand those guys
Trust is gone, a betrayed people cries
Without care for fealty, everything is gone
You're whipped, your people famished
And then your girls ravished..

You were the Iceni Queen, strong and lean, your match never seen
Iceni Queen, feel the beat of the war machine (oh, yeah!)
You can fight, you can reave, wielding the sword that cleaves
See that fire, hear Rome's screams, praising the Iceni Queen

You're a razer, you march at dawn
Leave them burning and then you're gone
Looking out for another, any town will do
You're in the mood for vengeance
And when you get the chance...

You were the Iceni Queen, strong and lean, your match never seen
Iceni Queen, feel the beat of the war machine (oh, yeah!)
You can fight, you can reave, wielding the sword that cleaves
See that fire, hear Rome's screams, praising the Iceni Queen

Praising the Iceni Queen

(verse)
I step outside and catch a breath of air
frost on the ground telling me it's a new day
how can this be real, such a beauty, it's like a dream
it's so wonderfull, the spirit of the tree's
it's so briliant the wisdom of the sky's
I walk opon the beach and sing this song
all the spirits calling opon my voice
asking me to go on and on, and spread the dream
as I stand tall, and watch them dance around me
I can feel their hearts within my soul screaming...

(chorus)
As I take a bow, to the gods looking down
as I see such a world, in the goddess's arms
the lessons to be learned from within the ground
her spirit spread plant by plant opon our farms
Her voice calls to me, her voice calls to me...

(verse)
Walking across the open plain
the clouded sky stands strong above me
looking through the forest you can hear the call
calling you in, making you feel at home
and when times get hard, and you feel down
when you begin to fade into the darkness,
Brighid's flame will keep you alive
the goddess within will heal your spirit
holding your inner truth, making yourself grow
to connect with the divinity within us all,
a grow closer with each other for eternity

(chorus)
As I take a bow, to the gods looking down
as I see such a world, in the goddess's arms
the lessons to be learned from within the ground
her spirit spread plant by plant opon our farms
Her voice calls to me, her voice calls to me...

(verse)
As I look out above,
to the brightest stars in the sky
I can feel thier wisdom being spread on me
watching my path as I fullfill my dreams
days go by, and I center open myself to them
knowing I can go on, knowing I am alive
the inspiration, the fire of the ancient bards,
are in all of our hearts
are in all of our hands...

(25 second Helicopter intro and monotonous unforgettable riff, which also appears in long instrumentals between verses too. There are many strange versions out there, but this tune kind of fits the original lyrics. Adapt the words as necessary)

They all came out of Carleton
On the Lake Lyman's shoreline
To take up cause with a menace
They chose whiskey not wine.
Frangquist, Fisher and Nelson
Were the best rebels around
'gainst some stupid religious rules
Burned the leaves on sacred ground
Smoke on the altar, fire in the mind. (x2 in some versions)

They burned down the chapel rule
It died, to farce it yields
Norman & Dave was running the new grove
Pulling kids out to fields
When their stay was over
They had to find another place
Dogma's reign was running out
This journey's quick but not a race
Smoke on the altar, fire in the mind

We ended up over in Berkeley
It was kooky, dry and hot
And others rolling the stones and teaching folks
What Druids are and aren't
With a few ash poles and a few blankets
We made a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know we'll never forget
Smoke on the altar, fire in the mind

We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky

They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky & Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids out the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky

We ended up at the Grand Hotel
It was empty cold and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights and a few old beds
We make a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know we'll never forget
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky

Somewhere over in Carleton
Way up North
There's a Grove that I heard of
Most sacred on the Earth.

Somewhere over in Carleton
Skies are blue
And the ways that you dare to try
Really do prove true

Some day I'll vigil neath the stars
And mount the hill where doubts are far behind me
Where wise thoughts scatter like soft rain drops
Away upon the burr-oak tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over in Carleton
Blackbirds fly
Birds fly over all fences
Why then, oh why can't I?

Some day I'll vigil neath the stars
And mount the hill where doubts are far behind me
Where wise thoughts scatter like soft rain drops
Away upon the burr-oak tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over in Carleton
Blackbirds fly
Birds fly over all fences
Why then, oh why can't I?

If witty old black birds fly
Beyond the fences
Why, oh why can't I?

There She stood in the wood
Smiling from her eyes in her hood
I said hey which faith's best?
Now maybe laddie
Maybe you're in need of a quest?

I said slow down where should I start?
I need to prepare ere I depart
She said by mighty Jove
Be e'er ready to leave this grove!

All out there
The truth is all out there
All out there
The truth is all out there

I've been around to strange sites
Heard deep things and done new rites
I can search about 'til I'm lame
But I'll never know her true name.

When I came back grove & I shaped
I felt things strong, and nothing's aped
All the truth out there I sought to find
Had always been there, down in my mind.

All out there
The truth is all out there
All in here
The truth is all in here
All out there
The truth is all out there
All in here
The truth is all in here

If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still recognize me?
For I must be travelling on, now,
'cause there's too many faiths I've got to see.

But, if I stayed here with your Church,
Things just couldn't be the same.
'cause I'm as free as a deer now,
And this deer you can not change.
-Lord knows, I can't change back.

Bye, bye, I've learned some deep things
Though your system I can't claim.
But please don't take it badly,
'cause Lord knows it's been arranged.
But, if I stayed here with your Church
-Things just couldn't be the same.

Cause I'm as free as a deer now,
And this deer you'll never change.
And this deer you can not change.
Lord knows, I can't change back.
-Lord help me, I can't change back.

What'll you do when you get lonely
And you just wanna go outside?
You've been cooped up and chained much too long.
You know it's time for a wild ride.

CHORUS:
Mairi, [guitar riff] you've gotta go to the trees.
Mairi, [guitar riff] it's blowing in the breeze.
Mairi, [guitar riff] sister won't you ease that worried mind?

I tried to give you consolation
But I just gave you more questions.
Like a fool, you fell in love with it,
Turned your whole world upside down.

CHORUS

Let's make the best of your situation
It seems crazy but not insane.
Please don't say you'll never find a way
Don't tell me that this search's in vain.

CHORUS

CHORUS

You say you wanna be a dru-i-id, w-e-el you kno-o-ow
We'd all love to help the world
You say you wanna change the futu-ure, we-e-el you kno-o-ow
Mother Nature, she's our gir-r-rl
But if you go thinking the Earth should be bought and sold
All I can tell you is brother just keep your gold

Don't you know it's gonna be - alright
Don't you know it's gonna be - alright
Don't you know it's gonna be - alright

We are an ancient institution, we-e-el you kno-o-ow
Our future's looking bright
And if you make a resolution, we-e-el you kno-o-ow
It might just turn out right
And like an oak tree, we'll care for the Earth and Sky
By Sun and by Moon and by Goddess we've got to try

Don't you know it's gonna be - alright
Don't you know it's gonna be - alright
Don't you know it's gonna be - alright, alright, alright!"

INTRO: Ohhhh, oh, oh, oh, ohhh.

It must have been cold there in the shadows,
To await sunlight on your face.
You were content to sit with me, that's your way.
You always shared what's on your mind.

So I became one with all your glory,
when I came despite the clouds and rain
A beautiful god without a name for so long.
A beautiful balm to soothe my pains.

Did you ever know that you're my idol,
and everything I've made is yours now?
My praise flies higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath the boughs.

It might have appeared to go unnoticed,
but I've got it all here in my heart.
I want you to know I know your truths, of course I know them.
I would be lost here without you.

Did you ever know that you're my idol,
and everything I've made is yours now?
My praise flies higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath the boughs.

Did you ever know that you're my idol,
and everything I've made is yours now?
Oh, and my praise flies higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath the boughs.
'cause you are the wind beneath the boughs.

Oh, the wind beneath the boughs.
You, you, you, you are the wind beneath the boughs.
Blow, blow, blow onwards. You let me float with you.
Oh, you, you, you, the wind beneath the boughs.
Oh, you, you, you, the wind beneath the boughs.
Blow, blow, blow beneath the changing sky,
so pure, I'm just like that clear sky.
Thank you, thank you,
Thank all the gods, the wind beneath the boughs.

Left a harsh church in the city,
Grovelin' for the Lord ev'ry night and day,
but I never lost one minute of sleepin',
Worryin' 'bout the things they pushed on me.

CHORUS:
Year's Wheel keep on turnin',
Proud Druids keep on burnin',
Rollin', rollin', rollin' through the seasons.

Took a lot of flak from preachers,
Pumped a lot of stuff down some naive minds,
Thus I never saw the good side of all Nature,
'Till I finished a tour through the faiths of mankind.

CHORUS
Year's Wheel keep on turnin',
Proud Druids keep on burnin',
Rollin', rollin', rollin' through the seasons.

Musical interlude

If you come out to the forest,
Bet you gonna find some things to learn.
You don't have to worry 'cause you have no training,
Union and deliverance are yours to earn.

CHORUS
Year's Wheel keep on turnin',
Proud Druids keep on burnin',
Rollin', rollin', rollin' through the seasons.
Rollin', rollin', rollin' through the seasons.
Rollin', rollin', rollin' through the seasons.

Leaving Him
Isn't the easy thing to do
How can I ever change things
That I feel

If I could
Maybe I'd stay in that world
How can I
When I've seen Things for myself.

You can go your own ways
Go your own ways
You can call It
Another new de-I-ty
You can go your own ways
Go your own way

Tell me why
Everything turned around?
Perking up
Workin' it out is all you need to do

If I could
Sister I'd give you answers
Look 'round
Everything's waiting for you

You can go your own ways
Go your own ways
You an call It
Another new de-I-ty
You can go your own ways
Go your own way

Etc

Prelude

Come back out, every now and then I get a
little bit lonely since you're never seem to be around
Come back out, Every now and then I get a
little bit tired of fighting off the force of my fears
Come back out, Every now and then I get a
little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by
Come back out, Every now and then I get a
little bit terrified and then I see a sign in the skies
Come back out bright sun, Every now and
then I fall in the dark
Come back out bright sun, Every now and
then I fall in the dark!

Come back out, Every now and then I get a
little bit restless and I dream of places wild
Come back out, Every now and then I get a
little bit helpless and I'm shaped like puddy in fate's hands
Come back out, Every now and then I get a
little bit confused and I don't know how I will ever understand
Come back out, Every now and then I get a
little bit terrified but then I see a sign in the skies
Come back out bright sun, Every now and
then I fall in the dark
Come back out bright sun, Every now and
then I fall in the dark!

And I would wait for you all night
And I'd love you more than ever
And if you'd only brighten my sight
We'll be able to praise forever
And we'll only be doing what's right
Cause we'd rarely be wrong together
We can journey to the end of this line
Your help is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm thrashing in the dark
My soul packed like a powder keg and ready for sparks

I will seek you out tonight
The journey's gonna start tonight
The journey's gonna start tonight
Once upon a time I was falling apart
But now its starting to fall in place.
Alone, little I can do
A total eclipse of the sun
Once upon a time there wasn't light in my life
But now there's time of light and dark
Waiting, I must pray
A total eclipse of the sun

Come back out, bright sun
Come back out, bright sun
Come back out, every now and then I know
you'll never be the One we always wanted you to be
Come back out, every now and then I know
you'll always be the only One who wanted me the way that I am
Come back out, every now and then I know
there's no one in the universe as magical and wondrous as you
Come back out, every now and then I know
there's nothing any better and there's nothing I just couldn't do
Come back out, Every now and
then I fall in the dark
Come back out, bright sun, Every now and
then I fall in the dark

And I would wait for you all night
And I'd love you more than ever
And if you'd only brighten my sight
We'll be able to last forever
And we'll only be doing what's right
Cause we'd rarely be wrong together
We can journey to the end of this line
Your help is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm thrashing in the dark
My soul packed like a powder keg and ready for sparks

I will seek you out tonight
The journey's gonna start tonight
The journey's gonna start tonight
Once upon a time I was falling apart
But now its starting to fall in place.
Alone, little I can do
A total eclipse of the sun
Once upon a time there wasn't light in my life
But now there's time of light and dark
Waiting, I must pray
A total eclipse of the sun

Just one more lifetime, plastic world gives me the blues
Gonna pull myself together, put on my robe and runnin' shoes
Take the path up to the forest, my grove is there in front of me
Raise my arms in thanks once more, yeah - and huggin' my favorite tree
Chorus:
And this dream is the dream that I've gotta see
Goddess help me now, Druid dreams become reality

Just one more circle, council fire burnin' bright
Druids share with one another, as we vigil on through the night
And maybe do a chant or two, see what we can see
Or talkin' 'bout all the old times, and all about what's gonna be
Chorus:

Plant one more oak tree, care for it and let it grow
And if it's in a good place, pretty soon then you will know
It's a place for a gathering, of druid folk like you and me
And soon there'll be a forest, druid dreams will come to be
Chorus:

When I was young
I rarely needed anyone
And Druid rites were just for fun
Those days are gone

Livin' alone
My heart seeks those fires and I can't rest
But when I walk to the deep forest
A lonely quest

All by myself
Don't wanna be, all by myself anymore
All by myself
Don't wanna live, all by myself anymore

Hard to be sure
Some days I feel so insecure
And Truth so distant and obscure
Remains my cure

INTERLUDE

All by myself
Don't wanna be, all by myself anymore
All by myself
Don't wanna live, all by myself anymore

INTERLUDE

Trees all around
Life teeming close under ground
And friends waiting to be found
Inside my town.

Not by myself
No longer be, all by myself anymore
Not by myself
No longer live, all by myself anymore

Not by myself
No longer be, all by myself anymore
Not by myself
No longer live, all by myself anymore

ETC

Year's wheels keep on turning
I can't wait to meet my kin
Singing songs about Awareness
I miss old Carleton once again
I'll be there I don't know when, yes

Well I heard the critics rant about her
Well, I heard preachers put her down
Well, I hope those folks will remember
A Reformed Druid don't need them around anyhow

Sweet Grove, Carleton College
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Grove Carleton College
Lord, I love Dalon ap Landu

With their study load they keep real busy
And they all do what they can do
What might have been does not bother me
Does your lost chances bother you?
Tell the truth

Sweet Grove, Carleton College
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Grove Carleton College
Lord, I love Dalon ap Landu
Here I come Carleton College

Now college kids have got their wise asses
And they've been known to do a prank or two
Lord they make me laugh so much
It picks me up when I'm feeling blue
Now how about you?

Sweet Grove, Carleton College
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Grove Carleton College
Lord, I love Dalon ap Landu

Sweet Grove, Carleton College
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Grove Carleton College
Lord, I love Dalon ap Landu
Sweet Grove, Carleton College
Lady
Lord, I'm coming home to you
Yea, yea old Northfield's got the answer

Maybe I didn't please you
Quite as good as I should have
Maybe I didn't praise you
Quite as often as I could have
Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time

You just never really mind
You just never really mind

Tell me, tell me that your soft winds may still blow
Give me, give me one more hint
That you are satisfied, satisfied

Maybe I didn't go out
All those cold and rainy days
But I truly never gave up
I will await your solstice rays
If times seem to go from bad to worse,
What can I do but pray?

You just never really mind
You just never really mind

Tell me, tell me that your soft winds will blow
Give me, give me one more hint
That you are satisfied, satisfied

Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time... Yet...
You just never really mind
You just never really mind
You just never really mind

I arrived 3 years too past prime
The Druids were on their last legs
But I must have heard my Saw no dead duck, just an egg.
I guess it'll keep on thrivin
's long as this search's worth striving
Cuz your future's packed
And you've been starving
Your working it out and I'm not tryin
To change your mind
Cuz we were born to be

The silly fool without a hope
A victim of certain Pope
The one who oughta buckled down
But he's just too hard headed
A imple man
Who works odd jobs
Who loves his kin and never stops
With clumsy hands
And the lungs of a piper
I'm a reviver

I don't believe in self loathing
It only brings you down
May be the knave of silly clubs
But I make a smile from a frown
When the deck is stacked against me
I just play a different game
My roots are reaching in the past
And though my way is changing fast
Who I am is who I wanna be

The silly fool without a hope
A victim of certain Pope
The one who oughta buckled down
But he's just too hard headed
A imple man
Who works odd jobs
Who loves his kin and never stops
With clumsy hands
And the lungs of a piper
I'm a reviver

Can't seem to get my mind off of you
All I can think of is Dalon ap Landu
I have found my way
I know how to pray
There can't be a day of mine that you won't be in

When you came to me I should've run
But I thought it was having fun
I changed what as wrong
And I'm now so strong
I should've known all along that time would tell

These years beside you
I cannot forget
Ten years beside you and I
Still haven't gotten over you yet

CHORUS
Vocation
All I ever wanted
Vocation
Hard to get away
Vocation
With you I'm not alone

These years beside you
I cannot forget
Ten years beside you and I
Still haven't gotten over you yet

CHORUS
Vocation
All I ever wanted
Vocation
Hard to get away
Vocation
With you I'm not alone

Vocation
All I ever wanted
Vocation
Hard to get away
Vocation
With you I'm not alone

Sweet devotion
Sweet devotion

You talk about things that nobody cares
You're wearing that garb that nobody wears
You're calling out names to the Lord of the Deer
Let's praise their work through the year

Some holy rollin' preacher with a face like a prune
Said the devil'll get me for casting a rune
Well I got good news, he's a real good liar
'Cause there's not harm boogeying out by a fire

Sweet devotion
Sweet devotion

I pulled into town in a Geo car
Your old friends said I took rites just a little to far
They're telling you things but all of them lied
There's a few logs burnt but no animals have died
Yes that's right

You've studied long and first in your class
You'll vigil tonight and then drink from the chalice
Sharing legends, wisdom and lore
Serving friends & woods you adore

There is a song that does ring true
This song is shared by me and you

It changes rhythm throughout the year
It's melody is heard far and near

It does true by head, heart and hand
It is found in sky, sea and land

It shines true by the Sun so bright
It glows true by the Moonlit night

It is neither new and neither old
It can't be bought and it can't be sold

It can be found in wood dark and deep
It can be found in lake still and steep

It goes to and fro on whispered breeze
It cannot be burned and does not freeze

It rings through both the Beast and Man
Its rhythm ties them to the land

It is most solid as well as fluid
It is the song of the Reformed Druid

I've found the clues -
Time after time -
I've wrote my ballads -
And cast my rhymes
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face -
But I've come through

We are the Druids - my friends
And we'll keep on pondering - without end -
We are the Druids -
We are the Druids
No time for loose thoughts
'cause we art the Druids - of these woods -

I've taken my vows
And went where Nature called
It brought me truth and wisdom and all those debts that goes with it
I thank you all -

But it's been no easy harvest
Nothing else I'd choose
I consider it a challenge to figure out what's best -
Much gained, little to lose -

We are the Druid - my friends
And we'll keep on pondering - without end -
We are the Druids -
We are the Druids
No time for loose thoughts
'cause we art the Druids - of these woods -

Laddy you're a boy have a big dream
Playin' in the woods gonna build a big henge some day
You got mud on yo' face
Pick up the pace
Pushin' your rocks all over the place

We move we move big rocks
(sound effects: stomp stomp clap clap...)
We move we move big rocks
(sound effects: stomp stomp clap clap...)

Laddy you're a young man strong man
Shoutin' at the line gonna raise the top stone this day
You got sweat on yo' robe
Steady the rope
Spreadin' your circles all over the globe

We move we move big rocks
(sound effects: stomp stomp clap clap...)
We move we move big rocks
(sound effects: stomp stomp clap clap...)

Laddy you're an old man wise man
Sightin' with your stones gonna chart all the stars some day
You got salt in your beard
The clouds have cleared
It all makes sense what once was weird.

We move we move big rocks
(sound effects: stomp stomp clap clap...)
We move we move big rocks
(sound effects: stomp stomp clap clap...)

Dalon ap Landu, who are you?
We gaze up at your green boughs.
Dalon ap Landu, what are you?
We need to hear from you now.
Come on Lord of Groves, you see our sacrifice is green and perfect
If you don't answer me, come from your tree, we'll just have to pause and reflect.
You know we've got a ritual to do, so Lord of Groves please help us stay on track!
Don't hold back!
And Lord of Groves if you come through you're going to have yourself a whiskey dram!
Not a scam!
Dalon ap Landu, here are you.
We're ready. Are you willing?
If we can count on you, Dal'n'p Landu, I know it'll be fulfilling.

Always dreamers
Oracle readers
Worshipping the land-

Reading the runes,
To bardic tunes,
Writing Ogham in the sand.

Druid dreamers -
You must have seen us
Bearing sigils on our vans.

Jesus Freaks out in the streets
Handing tickets out for God.
Taken aback we just grip our staff,
They've never heard of Arianhrod.

Calling the Green Man with all we can
Oak leaves we will burn,
We carry on with magickal songs
As the days grow short and nights grow long.

But oh, how we walk the wheel
From day to day and year to year
I wilderness where they can't hear
The chant so softly---slowly

Chorus:
Invoke the Gods, oh Spiral Dancers
In the groves of Oak and Ivy,
Laugh and dance with wild abandon
The Solstice is today.

Twelve o'clock this morning
A springtime wind came roaring
And in a dream blew winter on its way.
This season when birds are nesting
Ostara bestows her blessing
And autumn seeds are sprouting in the clay.
You see, she plants what she wants.

(REFRAIN)

It's Ostara's whole
It's hot and cold
It's got it all her darkness and her light

Can't you see her standing there?
See how she looks, see how she cares
Who wakens life and turns night into day.
Six o'clock this morning
New seedtime came a dawning
A red egg glowing in the morning rays
And so you plant what you want.

(REFRAIN)

It's Ostara's whole
It's hot and cold
It's got it all her darkness and her light

[music]

Last night a little dancer came dancing through the fire.
Last night the logs were burning and the hares jumping higher.
The fairy queen said "Baby I got a license for love
But if it expires pray help from above!"

In the midnight hour life cries "More! More! More!"
In a Beltane spell life wants More more more
In the midday hour, Bel- More more more
In a Beltane spell- More more more
more more more

Throw off those winter's shackles, life won't sit and beg.
The hobby-horse is whirling and the Queen her Jack's wed.
Some tumble in the umbels, some are laughing in the trees.
Spring's set you free. I need you here by me.
Because

In the midnight hour life cries "More! More! More!"
In a Beltane spell life wants More more more
In the midday hour, Bel- More more more
In a Beltane spell- More more more
more more more

Bel sits in his own heaven
Discussing the meaning of fate with Bran's raven:
A ribbon, a tangled-up maypole-like affair.
But Betty's ways are Betty's. Fate won't mess Betty's hair.

[music]

I searched the world for you, babe,
Nine lonely months for you,
Ten thousand miles for you, babe,
A hundred blizzards, too.

I'd visit Dis for your sake
For summer to spend with you,
Caer Sidi-zen for your sake
Justa, justa, justa, justa have you here by me
Because

In the midnight hour life cries "More! More! More!"
In a Beltane spell life wants More more more
In the midday hour, Bel- More more more
In a Beltane spell- More more more
More more more

We're living. This is Beltane.
We want more
More, more, more
More, more, more, more, more

We're living. This is Beltane.
We want more
More, more, more
More, more, more, more, more

"Have yourself a bonny blithe Beltane
Let the fires burn real bright
Go collect some flowers
In the morning light.

Have yourself a bonny blithe Beltane
Bake the sun-burst bread
When you drink whiskey
It'll go to your head

Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore,
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more.

Through the years
We all will be together
If the Fates allow,
Swing a ribbon fair
from the highest pole
And have yourself
A Bonny blithe Beltane, now.

I can't get no ordination, I can't get no ordination
"but I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm walking in the woods with the ArchDruid of the Grove
He's tellin' me more and more about some useless information
Supposed to fire my imagination.
I can't get no. Oh, no, no, no. Hey, hey, hey
That's what I say
I can't get no ordination, I can't get no ordination
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no
When I took their study course and new research made it worse
Sayin' how the druids should be
But I can't join that grove, 'cause it doesn't hold
The same true dogma as me.

I can't get no. Oh, no, no, no. Hey, hey, hey
That's what I say
I can't get no ordination, I can't get no ordination
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no
Now I've surfed sites 'round the world, and I'm doin' this and I'm payin' that
And I'm tryin' to join some group, who tells me
Brother, better come back maybe next life
cause we don't do that with our knife.

I can't get no. Oh, no, no, no. Hey, hey, hey
That's what I say. I can't get no, I can't get no
I can't get no ordination, no ordination
No ordination, no ordination

Drum Roll Spoken Introduction:

"While the Ozone depletes all across the globe
Let us swear a strong oath as we don our robes.
Let us all be grateful for the lands so fair
And pour forth our efforts in a solemn prayer."

Gods Bless America,
Both North and South,
Africa, Asia
Europe, Australia
And all that lies in between

From the mountains,
to the prairies
To the oceans,
and deep loam.

Gods Bless our Ecosphere, our tight-linked home.

[Repeat song]

Drumbeat accompanied Spoken Introduction
"While the Far Right gathers to push through their plans
Let us all remember the promise of this land
Let us all be grateful for private liberty
And stop official religiousity."

God Out of Politics
The state is not your church
You may guide her,
Not override her,
Constitutional liberties!

Heed the crusades
And the abuses
And civil wars
That soon flower.

God out of politics, keep them apart.

[Repeat the song.]

[Introductory music]

(ooh) What you want
(ooh) Baby, I got
(ooh) What you need
(ooh) Don't you know I got it?
(ooh) All I'm askin'
(ooh) Is for a little reform when you live here (just a little bit)
Hey baby (just a little bit) when you live here
(just a little bit) mister (just a little bit)

I ain't gonna do you wrong if you're good
Ain't gonna do you wrong (ooh) 'cause I don't wanna (ooh)
All I'm askin' (ooh)
Is for a little respect when you live here (just a little bit)
Baby (just a little bit) when you live here (just a little bit)
Yeah (just a little bit)

I'm about to share with you all my seas and lands
And all I'm askin' in return, understand,
Is to follow my tenets
When you live here (just a, just a, just a, just a)
Yeah baby (just a, just a, just a, just a)
When you live here (just a little bit)
Yeah (just a little bit)

Ooo, your fortunes (ooh)
may be heaven blest (ooh)
And guess what? (ooh)
So is my harvest (ooh)

Ooo, your achievements (ooh)
They're amazing (ooh)
And guess what? (ooh)
My temperature's raising (ooh)
All I want you to do (ooh) for me
Is change your ways when you live here (re, re, re ,re)
Yeah baby (re, re, re ,re)
Give it to me (reform, just a little bit)
When you live here, now (just a little bit)

R-E-F-O-R-M-E-D
Change your ways to live with me
R-E-F-O-R-M-E-D
Fix'em, A.S.A.P.

Oh (sock it to me, sock it to me,
sock it to me, sock it to me)
A little reform (sock it to me, sock it to me,
sock it to me, sock it to me)
Whoa, babe (just a little bit)
A little respect (just a little bit)
I get tired (just a little bit)
Keep on tryin' (just a little bit)
You're way overpollutin' (just a little bit)
And I ain't lyin' (just a little bit)
(re, re, re, re) 'formed
When you live here (re, re, re ,re)
Or you might wake up (reform, just a little bit)
And find out I'm mad (just a little bit)
I got to have (just a little bit)
A little reform (just a little bit)

By Tegwedd

1st Verse
I live in a Bible belt town
Here even JW's & Unis get put brutally down
I just wanna talk about Druidy stuff
Hope you guys think I'm Pagan enough

First Chorus
Oh, it's the Bible Belt blues
It's the Bible Belt blues
Makes me feel so alone,
Can't even talk Druid on the telephone

2nd Verse
Those folks just go Bible thumpin' along
If you listen you can hear their Jesus song
I just wanna hear the wind through the trees
Somebody help me, talk druidry please!

First Chorus
Oh, it's the Bible Belt blues
It's the Bible Belt blues
Makes me feel so alone,
Can't even talk Druid on the telephone

By johnness44@hotmail.com

3rd Verse
From tent meeting to watering hole
They're all worried about my soul
You know it's for the best they say
Think I'll move to californ-I-A

2nd Chorus
Got the bible belt blues
Way down south
Got the bible belt blues
Been told to shut my mouth

By she_of_the_storm@yahoo.com

4th Verse
Wanted to walk me down the aisle
Wanted to show that I'm God's child
Didn't think about what's on my mind
Didn't see that I'm the Nature kind

2nd Chorus
Got the bible belt blues
Way down south
Got the bible belt blues
Been told to shut my mouth

5th Verse
I just wanna hear the wind through the trees
I just wanna feel an evening breeze
Isn't there someone who can help me out?
Any Druid stuff that we can talk about?

2nd Chorus
Got the bible belt blues
Way down south
Got the bible belt blues
Been told to shut my mouth

By Gandalf

6th Verse I was raised by Southern Baptists
They wanted me to be a preacher
I couldn't accept their faith tests
The Goddess, I had to meet her

2nd Chorus
Got the bible belt blues
Way down south
Got the bible belt blues
Been told to shut my mouth

By Tegwedd

7th Verse
Outlander remembers says I understand
I bet he had his trouble with the good ole preacher man
Preacher man says do as the Bible done told
I just want to enjoy nature as I grow old

3rd Chorus
Yeah, I'm stuck in the Bible Belt way down south
Where all the women got to shut their mouths
But on this list I got my say,
It's good to live the Druid way

8th Verse
I was raised by the Baptists
Got myself wrapped in
a born again cocoon
What the hell happened?

9th Verse
All I wanted was to
Play in the forest
Romp through the meadows
Listen to the breeze
Talkin' to the trees

3rd Chorus
Yeah, I'm stuck in the Bible Belt way down south
Where all the women got to shut their mouths
But on this list I got my say,
It's good to live the Druid way

By brightmirage ;)

10th Verse
Autumn leaves are falling down,
wondrous rustles as my feet touch the ground.
Nature kisses my very soul,
Why can't these Bible thumpers FEEL what I KNOW

3rd Chorus
Yeah, I'm stuck in the Bible Belt way down south
Where all the women got to shut their mouths
But on this list I got my say,
It's good to live the Druid way

[Introductory piano music]

Sister Druid, oh the time has come
And you know you're the only one to say, OK
Where you going, what you searching for?
You know those guys don't want to play by the rules.
It's true.

You're wavering
How much till you fight?
Defending all your rights,
Let's make a stand tonight.

Friend, you know you're growing up so wise
And yet we're worrying that you won't realize, your turn is here.
Sister Druid, there's such crap in life
Don't you give up on it till the strife, is through.
It's true, it's true yeah.

You're standing firm
Now you've seen the light
You've got goals in your sights
And planning through the night

[Refrain thrice]

Sister Druid, oh the time has come
And you know that you're the only one to say, enough.
But you're protesting
Yeah, standing firm.

Midnight; not a sound from the forest
And the moon's lost in the clouds.
I am sitting alone.
By the campfire, the withered leaves collect at my feet,
And the wind begins to moan.

Vigiling; all alone in the moonlight.
I have read of the old days,
It was more simple then.
I remember the first time I knew what Reform was.
Let those memories live again.

Every religion seems to give only dire warnings
Threats are muttered and the campfire sputters
But soon it will be morning

Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise.
I must think of a new life,
And I mustn't give in.
When the dawn comes, I will work for Dalon ap Landu
And a new job will begun.

Burnt out ends of smokey logs
The strange cold smell of morning.
The campfire dies, another night is over,
Another day is dawning.

Touch Her, it's so easy to ignore her.
All alone with the Earth-Mother
All my days in the sun.
If you touch Her, you'll understand what Druidism is.
Look, a new day has begun.

Mid-day, not a gust from the four winds
Has the rite lost its potency?
I try to improvise
On the altar, the scribbled pages burn in a flash,
And the winds begin to moan.

Liturgies, fixed praises in the sunlight
We can relive the old days
It was radical then
I remember the way we ran free in the woods
Let those actions live again.

Every season seems to bring cliched repetition
Something muttered and the green leaves flutters,
And soon it is tradition.

Dogma, unexamined old beliefs
Can choke out a group's life force,
So we must't give in.
When the rite ends, this rite must be a memory too.
And a new view will begin

Burnt out thoughts and
The stale cold smell of structure
The muse's lamp dies, another creed is started

Reach out, it's so easy to mouth words,
All the priests know that this is true
During days in your grove
If you feel them, you'll understand what devotion is,
And for new days, choose new words.

This is the book that never ends
It just goes on and on my friends,
Some Druids started writing it
Not knowing what it was.
And they'll continue writing it forever just because
This is the book that never ends...

Ba-by, School's hot just like an oven,
Don't like my coven
And baby, I can't stand it much longer
Bigotry's stronger and stronger

And when I hear that preaching I want secular teaching
Secular teaching
Teach nothing divine
Just educate our minds.
Secular teaching baby, is good for me
Secular teaching is something that's good for me.

Whenever school vouchers are rising
And my public taxes' supporting religious scripts
There is something I can do
I can get on the telephone and call my school board
Honey, you know I'll be there to support them
'Cause they have to deal with all that venom
If you don't know how to stop school preaching
I can tell you darling that it's secular teaching

Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
Let's make cause today
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Don't let'em have their way ,p> Baby, I got news this morning
A sea is storming all around us.
Our wise policy's capsizing
Under a wave of proselytizing.

And when I hear that preaching
I want secular teaching
Secular teaching, is good for me
Teach nothing divine, learn that at church
Just educate our minds, and its good for us
Secular teaching baby is good for me
Secular teaching is something that's good for me

And it's good for me
And it's good for me.
My baby
Ohhh
…

Music prelude

If you try to worship Sunday you will get too damned depressed.
They may turn their light on one day, but for now just let them rest.
Plant a tree at nature's altar, cycle plastic, write a rhyme.
Just to stew in darkness sure would be a crime.

Others never think about her, Brigit Goldenhair. You try,
But you just can't live without her, though it's hard to say just why.
Every day you're more despondent, hope is too too hard to find.
That's when Brigit blows her flame into your mind.

When the year's in winter's middle, when the snow is in the air,
When the icicles are brittle then you know that Brigit's there.
Try to fake it, I don't mind sayin' it just won't make it.

music interlude

Others never think about her, Brigit Goldenhair. You try,
But you just can't live without her, though it's hard to say just why.
Every day you're more despondent, hope is too too hard to find.
That's when Brigit blows her flame into your mind.

When the year's in winter's middle, when the snow is in the air,
When the icicles are brittle then you know that Brigit's there.
Try to fake it, I don't mind sayin' it just won't make it.

Nobody does it simpler
Among many, you're just one way
Nobody does it with such good humor
Druids,… you're okay.
I wasn't lookin'
But somehow you found me
I tried to hide from your fire's light
But like ravens above me
The Gods who love me
Are teaching all their secrets through the night

And nobody does it simpler
Though sometimes I wish someone could
Nothing fills me quite the way you do
From my bare-feet up to my hood.
The ways that you told me
Whenever you told me
There's some kind of magic inside you
That keeps me from runnin'
So just keep them comin'
How can I learn to do those things you do?

No one does it simpler
Among many, you're just one way
Nobody does it with such good humor
Druids
Druids
Dalon, you're o-kay
Druids you're o-kay
Druids you're o-kay

(music prelude)

Swaying trees as the warm wind blows
Druids watching the mixed whiskey's flow
Four directions, now linked, become one
We can see you through the smokey air
What kind of lesson will you now share?
You're so close, but still a world away
What I'm dying to say, is that

CHORUS:
I'm crazy for you
Teach me once, and I'll seek what's true
I never wanted any faith like this
It's all old yet new,
I'm crazy for you,
I'm crazy for you

Trying hard to direct my soul
Insight's arrival is beyond control
In the woods we meet, no words at all.
Slowly, now as I leave my youth,
Every breath, I'm deeper into truth
Soon we both are dancing free in time
If you read my mind, you'll know

CHORUS:
I'm crazy for you
Teach me once, and I'll seek what's true
I never want any faith like this
It's all old yet new,
I'm crazy for you,
I'm crazy for you

LAST PART (fade out):
It's old and yet new,
I'm crazy for you
And I must seem a foo
l I'm crazy, crazy for you

I'm going to start a grove
Simply, because they're near me.
Funny, when Druids're near me
I'm going to start a grove.

When birds fly in the skies,
Bright as the stars we're under
Oh, is it any wonder
I'm going to start a grove?

Why stop to think of whether
This little dream might fade?
We've followed paths together
Now we are one, we're not afraid.

If there's a cloud above,
If it should rain, we'll let it.
That too's wisdom, we'll get ...
I'm going to start a grove.

(music start)

One is the loneliest deity that you'll ever have
Two [or three] can be as bad as one
It's the loneliest pantheon since the number one

(music)

"Mono" is the saddest experience, I've ever known
Uno, is the dullest experience, to play alone
'Cause one is the loneliest system that just will not grow.
When you've the loneliest deity, it won't let you go.

It's just no good anymore since They went away
Now I spend my days, just seeking ways, trying to pray
One is the loneliest deity
One is the loneliest deity
One is the loneliest deity that you'll ever know
One is the loneliest, one is the loneliest
One is the loneliest deity that you'll ever know

It's just no good anymore since They went away

Number
One is the loneliest
Number
One is the loneliest
Number
One is the loneliest deity that you'll ever know
(Repeat in various forms)

I was beat, incomplete
I then cried, I was dyed black and blue,
But I found my god
Yea, I found my god
Dalan ap Landu

Like a young god (Hey!)
Invoked for the very first time
Like a young god.
When your winds talk
Back to me

Gonna give you all my prayers, Dal
My fears are fading fast
Been saving them all for you
'Cause only truth can last

You're so fine and you're mine
I'll grow strong, yeah, I'll be divine
Oh your way unleashed
Yea, your ways unleashed
Me from fears and lies.

Like a young god (hey!)
Invoked for the very first time
Like a young god.
When your winds talk
Back to me

Oooh, oooh, ooohh

As a sign, I'll build a shrine
I love your whiskey, (and not his wine.)
'Cause it makes me feel
Yeah, it makes me feel
Like a fire that shines.

Like a young god
Invoked for the very first time
Like a young god.
When your winds talk
Back to me

Like a young god, ooh, ooh
Like a vigiler
So much truth inside
When I hear you, and you wind blows, and you join me

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Ooh, Dalon

Can't you please join with me In the dance of time?

INTRO:
Earth Goddess, Earth Goddess, Earth Goddess, ooooooh….

That Samhain night, the door was closed
The hand reached from the crack
We rushed to you, but we were late,
Carried away, but looking back

CHORUS:
Earth Goddess, can you hear me?
Earth Goddess, are you near me?
Are you somewhere down below
In Spring, will you let the new plants grow?

What was it you were looking for,
When he took you that night?
They say they found a pomegranate
Clutched in your fingers tight.

Earth Goddess, can you hear me?
Earth Goddess, are you near me?
Are you somewhere down below
In Spring, will you let the new plants grow?

Just six long months that you'll be gone
They'd taken you away.
I hope to drink your waters again
On that joyous warm May Day.

Earth Goddess, can you hear me?
Earth Goddess, are you near me?
Are you somewhere down below
In Spring, will you let the new plants grow?

Earth Goddess, Earth Goddess
Answer me, please...

[Sidhe is pronounced "Shee"]

Oh when the sun beats down and burn the flowers on the heath
And your head get so hot you wish you were ten feet beneath
Under the dolmen, down with the Sidhe, yeah.
On a tartan with my lassie is where I'd be.

From the road you hear the haunting sound of wee bag pipe
Mm-mmm, you can taste the apples which are always ripe
Under the dolmen, down with the Sidhe
On a tartan with my lassie is where I'd be.

(Under the dolmen) out of the sun
(Under the dolmen) we'll be havin' some fun
(Under the dolmen) people working above
(Under the dolmen) we'll be making love
Under the dolmen (dolmen!)

[break]
ooooh, under the dolmen, down with the Sidhe, yeah
On a tartan with my lassie is where I'd be.

(Under the dolmen) out of the sun
(Under the dolmen) we'll be havin' some fun
(Under the dolmen) people working above
(Under the dolmen) we'll be making love
Under the dolmen (dolmen!)

Shine, Be'al, shine,
Fill this land with your Solstice blessings
Blaze, balefire, blaze,
Purify us tonight
Flow, chalice, flow
Let the Waters-of-Life be blessed
Send forth the Sun, Bel
And celebrate the light!

[Short intro music]

I upset those elites
I showed up in sheets
And ruined their interfaith prayer
The rest had one god
I looked like a clod
I was barefoot with flowers in my hair
I saw the surprise
And concern in their eyes
When I did a wild ritual dance
They might not call
Me to their winter ball
But I don't mind if there's no chance.

'Cause I've got friends in stone circles
Where the whiskey flows, and the sickles
cut my blues away
And I'll be okay
I'm not big on dogma's shackles
Think I'll stick close to those natural cycles
Oh, I've got friends in stone circles

Well, I guess I did wrong
I just don't belong
Perhaps, it was my sacrifice?
I guess its no good
I should stay in the woods
And just three escorts should suffice (oof!)
Hey I didn't mean
To cause a big scene
Just gimme an hour out there and then
Well, I'll be as high
As that place in the sky
That you're so desperate to go in

'Cause I've got friends in stone circles
Where the whiskey flows and the sickles
Cut my blues away
And I'll be okay
I'm not big on dogma's shackles
Think I'll stick close to those natural cycles
Oh, I've got friends in stone circles

[Repeat chorus twice or until the end]

Optional 2nd Verse:

Well, I guess I did wrong I just don't belong
Perhaps, it was my sacrifice?
I guess its no good
I should stay in the woods
And just three escorts should suffice (oof!)
Hey I didn't mean
To cause a big scene
I thought you'd like diversity
Be dull, if you please
I'll head back to the trees
And resume my own ministry

"Friends in Stone Circles" LINE DANCE
CHOREOGRAPHER: Unknown
DESCRIPTION: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Beginner
COUNTS: 24

By the way, CCW="Counter Clock wise"

COUNTS / STEP DESCRIPTIONS

ROCK STEPS:
1-4 Weight on left foot, begin with right foot rock forward then return weight to left foot.
Step right foot back to rock backward, then return weight to left foot.
1-1/4 PIVOT TURNS - 3 LEFT PIVOT TURNS AND STOMP/CLAP:
5-12 Step forward on right foot then change weight to left foot and make a 1/2 turn CCW.
Step forward on right foot then change weight to left foot and make a 1/2 turn CCW.
Step forward on right foot then change weight to left foot and make a 1/4 turn CCW.
Stomp with Right Foot, then clap and hold for last count while shift weight to left to get ready for the Raggae steps.

RAGGAE RIGHT - STEP RIGHT, WIGGLE, BRING LEFT NEXT TO RIGHT:
13-16 Step Right Foot to side for two beats, wiggle,
Bring Left Foot beside right on third beat, wiggle/hold on 4.

RAGGAE LEFT TWICE - STEP LEFT, WIGGLE, BRING RIGHT NEXT TO LEFT:
17-20 Step Left Foot to side for two beats, wiggle.
Bring Right Foot beside Left, wiggle/hold on 4.
21-24 Step Left Foot to side for two beats, wiggle.
Bring Right Foot beside Left, wiggle/hold on 4.

BEGIN AGAIN!

Sittin' on my front porch, playing with my Quija board,
trying to find somone to make sense of it all.
I called up Gerald Gardner to be my magickal partner.
He just said, "Hey, woman, leave me alone!"

Wasting away again in the Netherworld.
Searchin' for my lost Tarot cards.
Some people claim that there's a Christian to blame,
but I know it's nobody's fault.

Tried to read Crowley, but he's kind of scary.
That damned LaVey gave me the wrong kind of advice.
But, Laurie tried to helped me, and Scott never left me,
but what they said, I don't understand at all.

Wasting away again in the Netherworld.
Searchin' for my lost Tarot cards.
Some people say that there's a Jew to blame,
but I know, hell, it could be my fault.

Don't know the reason I stay here all season.
I have nothing to show but this magickal name.
But it's kinda pretty, and a wee bit silly.
What It means I haven't a clue.

Wasting away again in the Netherworld.
Searchin' for my lost Tarot Cards.
Some people claim that there's a Hindu to blame,
but I know it's my own damn fault.

Oh Minnesota, I long to see you.
Way hey, you fields & forest
Minnesota, I long to see you.
Away, we're bound away, 'cross the wide Potomac [or any large river or mountain range]

O Minnesota, I love your autumn
Way hey, you fields & forest
Your falling leaves, say snow will soon come
Away, we're bound away, 'cross the wide Potomac

O Minnesota has frightening winters
Way hey, you fields & forest
Her fierce cold wind, make snowmen shiver
Away, we're bound away, 'cross the wide Potomac

Seven Years, I went to Carleton
Way hey, you fields & forest
Seven more, a lonely quest
Away, we're bound away, 'cross the wide Potomac

Oh Minnesota, I must now depart
Way hey, you fields & forest
But you remain in mind & heart
Away, we're bound away, 'cross the wide Potomac

Oh Minnesota, now over mountains
Way hey, you fields & forest
Minnesota, you're wisdom's fountain
Away, we're bound away, 'cross the wide Potomac

It's not unusual to worship a jealous desert god
It's not unusual to have theology that is too hard
But when I see you worshiping nature like some clod
It's not unusual to hear me cry, "Oh I hope you fry!"

It's not unusual to deny all the gods, but one,
So, I hate to see you dance and prance praising the sun
If your god fails, she's fake, but with mine, it's a mystery
It's not unusual it'll happen soon some day, no matter what you say.

So, We pull it off nearly all the time
Folk just never do what I want them to
Why can't this crazy crowd be mine?

It's not unusual to undercut other faiths
It's not unusual to say that they're unsafe
But if I ever find that you've weakened at anytime
It's not unusual to find I'm trying to convert you.

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

You can say our group is just eclectic soup
That we have no plan for when life ends.
You can say our church will leave us in a lurch
And we won't go to heaven with your friends.

Yes, we love our trees, so don't cut them down please
They clean your air and shade your city streets
You can keep your high walls, we'll answer nature's call
And yes our fashion's just two tied bedsheets.

But don't dis my faith,
My wishy-washy faith,
I know you think we're just some fools;
And if you dis my faith,
My wishy-washy faith,
You might hear yours judged by our own rules.

You can say you're pure, boast dogma's fine allure
And morals chiseled in ancient days,
We have our own codes, that we've picked up on the road
We all can disagree and that's okay.

You can stay that stones, plants, animals alone
Will never fill our soul's deepest needs
But we can think ourself, or read books from the shelf
We have a garden where you see only weeds.

But don't dis my faith,
My wishy-washy faith,
I know you think we're just some fools;
And if you dis my faith,
My wishy-washy faith,
You might hear yours judged by our own rules.

[Repeat final chorus 6 or so times]

CHOREOGRAPHER: Irene Groundwater
COUNT: 32 TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance LEVEL: Beginner
MUSIC: Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus

GRAPEVINE TO THE RIGHT WITH A TOUCH
1-2 Right foot steps Right, Left crosses behind Right
3-4 Right foot steps Right, Left touches beside Right

LEFT FORWARD, RIGHT SLIDES TO LEFT, REPEAT 3 TIMES 5-6 Left foot forward, Right slides to Left foot changing weight onto Right
7-8 Left foot forward, Right slides to Left foot changing weight onto Right
9-10 Left foot forward, Right slides to Left foot changing weight onto Right
11-12 Left foot forward, Right slides to Left foot changing weight onto Right

GRAPEVINE TO THE LEFT WITH A TOUCH
13-14 Left foot steps left, Right crosses behind Left
15-16 Left foot steps left, Right touches beside Left

3 STEPS BACK WITH A TOUCH
17-18 Right steps back, Left steps back
19-20 Right steps back, Left touches beside Right

LEFT FORWARD, RIGHT SLIDES TO LEFT, LEFT FORWARD, TOUCH RIGHT BESIDE LEFT
21-22 Left steps forward, Right slides to left foot changing weight onto Right
23-24 Left steps forward, Right touches beside Left

(1/4 TURN RIGHT) RIGHT FOOT FORWARD TO RIGHT, TOUCH LEFT TO RIGHT
25-26 Right foot faces to the right (1/4 turn right), Left touches beside Right

(1/2 TURN LEFT) LEFT FOOT FORWARD TO LEFT, TOUCH RIGHT TO LEFT
27-28 Left foot faces to the left (1/2 turn left), Right touches beside Left

GRAPEVINE TO THE RIGHT, FINISH WITH WEIGHT ON LEFT FOOT
29-30 Right foot steps Right, Left crosses behind Right
31-32 Right foot steps Right, Left closes to Right

REPEAT DANCE PATTERN AGAIN AND ENJOY

*Choreographed for South Granville Seniors Center Line Dance Class for "Galaxy of Stars" Event
Note: This step description may be freely copied and distributed, but may not be altered or re-written without the express permission of the choreographer. All rights reserved.
From: aiground@attcanada.ca (Irene Groundwater)

{Refrain}
They call me fluid druid
(Quite rightly)
They call me fluid druid
(Quite rightly)
They call me fluid druid

I'm just mad about triples,
Wales, Gaul, Ireland
I'm just mad about sickles
World in a grain of sand

{Refrain}

Past ideas behind follow
Forward new unknown road
Heard ways broad and narrow
Tending seeds that I sowed

{Refrain}

(So fluid, he's so druid)

Eclectical religion
Is gonna show us some new ways
Eclectical religion
Is bound to be growing these days.

{Refrain}

Rock rings, yeah,.. ..
Green trees give me a thrill
I think deep on most things
Sip long nights on a hill

{Refrain}

(Oh so fluid, oh so druid)

{2nd verse, Refrain, 3rd Verse. Refrain, 4th Verse, Refrain, etc. to fade}