A Common Beat – Up with People

Unspoken Words

Somebody nods another bows
And then a hand is shaking a hand.
With little gestures and quiet moves
We try to understand.Bizu bizu face to face
There’s a story in ev’ry look.
Goodbye hello or an embrace
The face reads like a book.

Just hold on I’ll stand beside you.
I’ll help you carry the load.
When you feel sad look for the sunshine
This life’s a winding road.Words are not the only language
To feel what your eyes have heard.
The voice of your heart is speaking
With unspoken words.

Namaste salam
peaceful wishes without a sound.
Un abrazo or in a smile
Deeper meaning is found

Words are not the only language … etc.

Keep The Beat

VERSE
There’s a rhythm that is you, and a rhythm that is me
A progression and a tune, all connected to a beat
An orchestra that grows, everywhere the people go
Gotta keep the music going, ’til the rhythm’s overflowin’

PRE-CHORUS
There was a time when the rhythm in the world
Was a simple little beat that people would keep together
Just a simple beat, just a simple beat
Now everybody’s from a different culture
Living in a thousand corners of the world
Different corners of the world it’s time to get together now

CHORUS
It’s up to you and me, let’s keep the beat together
It works so naturally to keep the beat together, together

VERSE
There are many ways to rock it, when the melody is strong
Gotta keep it in the pocket it’s the power of the song
Gotta let your rhythm move you it’s what makes you who you are
If some rhythm’s unfamiliar, trust the beat that’s in your heart

PRE-CHORUS
There was a time when the people of the world
were closer to the beat they’d keep together to survive
they kept the beat together
now everybody’s got a different rhythm
So we gotta give ‘em room to wear their,
Gotta give ‘em room to wear their rhythmic pride

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Keep the beat, let’s keep the beat, keep the beat, gotta keep the beat

Instrumental Break

CHORUS

Can We Sing A Song Of Peace?

Can we sing a song of peace
In a world that’s full of fear?
Can a melody of hope
Ever hope to dry a tear?
It’s an easy thing to say
And it’s so hard to hear.
Will the fighting ever cease
If we sing a song of peace?

Can we sing a song of love
When we’re hostages of hate?
Will it be heard above
The shouting at the gate?
Can we stop the hands of time
Can we hold the hand of fate?
In this world of push and shove
Can we sing a song of love?

Clouds are gathering on the horizon
And on the wind overtures of war.
It may be too late to settle for peace
If we wait till we’ve settled the score.

Can we sing a song of peace
When they’re knocking down the doors?
Can you hold an olive branch
And hang on to what is yours?
Till the weapons that destroy
Go to join the dinosaurs
Will there still be hope at least
If we sing a song of peace?

Can we sing a song of peace
In a world that’s full of fear?
Can a melody of hope
Ever hope to dry a tear?
It’s an easy thing to say
And it’s so hard to hear
But the longings never cease
So we sing a song of peace.

A Common Beat II

Did anybody notice?
Are we the only ones who can see
All of these colors woven in a tapestry?
So beautiful together so beautiful alone.
We’re all so very diff’rent
And yet I feel at home.
Is there a common beat
That connects us all?
The sound of an ancient suite
The rise and the fall.
It sings like a mighty song
A symphony with many parts.
A human melody deep in my memory
A common beat of our hearts.

We all have a story
Our histories tell us where we’re from.
Old legacies and legends
Repeating beating like a distant drum .
Can’t these be foundations
Of a bridge between we and they?
The past is not our future
Only fear is in our way.

There is a common beat
That connects us all.
The sound of a constant wind
Blowin’ down the walls.
It sings like a mighty song
A symphony with many parts.
A human melody playin’ in you in me
A common beat of our hearts.

Isn’t the yellow moon the same moon we see at night?
Isn’t the morning star our universal light?
We may be different but we’re not so far apart.
We want love and to be free.
It’s the beat of ev’ry heart.

Did anybody notice? … etc.

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