The Further We Reach Out

Everybody Needs Everybody

We all depend on someone,
Someone else depends on you.
Ev’rybody needs ev’rybody giving.
I need you to need me, you do too.

A mirror needs reflection,
A light needs night to shine,
Ev’rybody needs ev’rybody giving.
I need you to need me, you do too.

The shoemaker makes the shoe,
The shoe fits the dancer,
The dancer does his thing
To the song the singer sings,
The people clap their hands
To the beat the rhythm brings
And we all live together,
Yes, we all live together.

We all depend on someone… etc.

A lumberjack feels the trees,
They go to the miller.
Paper from the mill
Makes a hundred thousand things
Like birthday cards and books
And a note the postman brings
And we all live together,
Yes, we all live together.

We all depend on someone… etc.

Don’t Keep It To Yourself

Hey everybody, glad to see you here tonight!
Sit back and relax, we hope you’re feeling alright.
If you want to clap your hands or sing along instead.
Don’t hold back, go, go right ahead.

Don’t keep it to yourself,
Give it away to somebody else,
It’ll make their day.

You’ve got a song that the world should hear,
Don’t keep it to yourself, don’t keep it, don’t keep it.
You’ve got a love that the world should feel,
Don’t keep it to yourself, don’t keep it alone.

Some concoction, a great invention,
An innovation you’re afraid to mention.
A wild idea or new creation
That could throw some light on the situation

Don’t keep it to yourself… etc.

You’ve got a smile like a sunny day,
Don’t keep it to yourself, don’t keep it, don’t keep it.
You’ve got a style, something to say,
Don’t keep it to yourself, don’t keep it alone.

You may have the words or maybe the music.
Let it out or you’re gonna lose it.
What you do, without a doubt,
Someone else can’t do without.

Don’t keep it to yourself… etc.

Ev’rybody’s got a song
That the world’s just longin’ to hear
We’ve been waitin’ too long, so come on now,
Just sing it out loud and clear.
Ev’rybody’s got a love
That the world’s just needin’ so bad.
It’s the kind of love that you have to give,
It’s the kind they never had.

Don’t keep it to yourself… etc.

Ev’rybody’s got a song,
Don’t keep it to yourself, don’t keep it to yourself.
Ev’rybody’s got a love,
Don’t keep it to yourself, don’t keep it to yourself.
Ev’rybody’s got a smile,
Don’t keep it to yourself, don’t keep it to yourself.
Ev’rybody’s got a heart.
Don’t keep it, don’t keep it, don’t keep it,

Don’t keep it to yourself,
Give it away to somebody else,
It’ll make their day.

Where The Roads Come Together

None of us is born the same
We don’t know why; it’s the way we came.
Every heart beats a little differently
Each soul is free to find its way
Like a river that winds its way to the sea.

For life is a journey
And there are many roads beneath the sky
And there are many good people
Who don’t see eye to eye

Not every man can sing your tune;
From where he stands there’s another view
With every turn we’re learnin’ more
And perhaps we’ll find
That the walls we build are only in the mind.

There are many roads to go
And they go by many names.
They don’t all go the same way
But they get there all the same
And I have a feelin’ that we’ll meet some day
Where the roads come together up the way.

What Color Is God’s Skin?

“Good-night” I said to my little son
So tired out when the day was done.
Then he said as I tucked him in
“Tell me Daddy what color’s God’s skin?”

What color is God’s skin?
I said it’s black brown it’s yellow
It is red it is white.
Ev’ry man’s the same in the good Lord’s sight.”

He looked at me with his shining eyes
I knew I could tell no lies
When he said Daddy why do the diff’rent races fight
If we’re the same in the good Lord’s sight?”

What color is God’s skin?… etc.

Son that’s part of our suffering past
But the whole human family is learning at last
That the thing we missed on the road we trod
Is to walk as the daughters and the sons of God.”

What color is God’s skin?… etc.

Up With People!

It happened just this morning, I was walking down the street,
The milkman and the postman and policeman I did meet.
There in ev’ry window and ev’ry single door,
I recognized people I’d never noticed before.

Up! Up with people!
You meet ‘em wherever you go,
Up! Up with People!
They’re the best kind of folks we know.
If more people were for people,
All people ev’rywhere,
There’d be a lot less people to worry about,
And a lot more people who care.

People from the south-land and people from the north,
Like a mighty army, I saw them coming forth.
‘Twas a great reunion, befitting of a king!
Then I realized people were more important than things.

Up! Up with people!… etc.

I had a thought while they walked in the moondust
In one moment I saw,
Like warm air rising or apples falling,
Must be a natural law

The further we reach out, the closer we become (2X)

Each time we reach out beyond our knowing
Each time that we overcome
Or breach the limits of our love
We leave dreams for our little ones

The further we reach out, the closer we become (2X)

Shine On, Shine Man

See a man standin’ there with a smile and a rag and he’s waitin’ just for you.
Ev’rybody comes from miles around just to see what he can do.
He sets you down, puts your foot up, pops a boot-black ready to go.
You can close your eyes and listen,
Listen to the shine man go.

Shine man (x 3)
Shine on, shine man (x 2)
Shine man

Left his home with a rag and a shoe box and he’s just thirteen or so.
He can tell you more about folks and things than anybody else I know.
Elbows flyin’ and a rag a-poppin’, that beat comin’ over you,
‘Cross the way another shine man is getting’ his licks in too
And it sounds like this:

Shine man … etc.

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