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To Haiti, With Love

by Ariel Bui

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The Ocean 06:01
I don’t know where I’m goin’ But this boat just keeps a’floatin’ And this river keeps a’flowin’ Don’t know when it’s gonna end My baby jumped the ship so long ago and Listenin’ to this wind a blowin’ I just can’t help but feel so alone and I just want it all to end All these boulders makin’ holes in My little boat and I don’t know when The water’s all just gonna flow in And sink my soul down to the bottom But at the bottom Below the water It’s so calm It’s so warm And though my little boat, it falters It keeps its nose above the water It knows its course cannot be altered Still it takes its fate with a grain of salt It knows We’re just part of a (w)hole It follows The path that god shows I don’t know where I’m goin’ But this boat just keeps a’floatin’ And this river keeps a’flowin’ Oh look…there’s the ocean
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Storm is coming Wind is blowing Thunder Growling There are rivers in the air With too much to bear Toxic tear-dropped Cyclops Storm is coming Populations fleeing for new Motherlands Don’t act like you didn’t see it coming Don’t act like you didn’t have it coming to ya’ Too late to take to high ground It’s going under Massive mountains of vapor Electrocute You’ll be saved two-by-two If God goes by the book The seas shall rise up in protest Just swim and breathe your defense Your species stinks of dead fish And just remember: You did this Don’t act like you didn’t see it comin’ Don’t act like you didn’t have it comin’ to ya’ Too late to take to high ground It’s growing under
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Found me cryin’ in yo’ bed Asked what’s wrong and I said It’s just a little too intense You said I could handle it It takes a special kind of man To help me do what I can To clean another man’s mess And let me be my best It takes a special kind of love To learn to trust To learn to touch And open up I am a bud Soon to emerge I feel the warmth Is soon to come I am a bird Returning home I feel the warmth Is soon to come The snow came in sideways today The west wind had its way A sudden chill changed the rain Still my heart Melts away Mama, Kris is his name I love the way he sets the pace I feel impatient most everyday Mama, it feels okay Papa, come shake his hand He’s so upstandin’ and acts like a man He treats yo’ baby as best he can Papa, come shake his hand Sunshine, when you’re away Sometimes I get so afraid Then when I see yo’ face Somehow, I feel so safe The sun came in sideways today The west wind took the clouds away The sudden view, it changed my brain Yet another beautiful New Mexican day I give this distance With utmost respect I got a life to live Until you get back I can’t chase Someone who needs space But I’m in orbit Just in case You need me The full moon comes out tonight And the mesa will fill up with light Most the stars will be out of sight They’re still shinin’ Shinin’ for us tonight My words may not mean a thing But can’t you hear the feeling? Ever-changing, means so many things Like poetry So nourishing, ever-growing Like a tree Life is like a tree…
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This fire needs some air to breathe This fire needs some air to breathe So give it to me, give it to me Give it to me, give it to me You think this pot can’t take the heat But all this water’s makin’ steam Makes it easier to breathe Easier on guitar strings I’m feeling so incensed tonight Healing by Tibetan light The smoke floats by my eyes The smoke floats by my eyes Outside the stars shine Through space, And time, and Darkened night Anarchy Hailie had a dream She saw me train hopping I just thought it was so funny The thought of me being Free Sitting in the sun I realize there’s only one That makes this life on Earth That makes this life on Earth With unknown ego She helps all things grow Listening to the rain I realize it makes me sane To know we’ll never thirst For what we’re truly worth If this cup held no tea Would it still be? If no one held me Would I still be? If matter is only energy We’re the same as things we can’t see According to this philosophy I can believe We are free If you can’t let go Be careful That your ego don’t Take a hold And just know That change will Always Come and go And with love We’ll evolve Ain’t no problems We can’t solve All the tensions will dissolve All with love
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Don’t ask me to marry your ideas I got my own Don’t ask me to let go of my fears You got your own Let me go Don’t ask me to marry your ideals I got my own Let me go Don’t tell me to listen to my feelings You got your own Let me go I’m learning to love myself just the way I am Please ask me to marry to your dreams They’re who you are Please ask me to follow my dreams They’re who I am Let me in I’m learning to love yourselves just the way you are Like a beautiful, intriguing, abstract piece of art I’m learning to love yourself just the way you are Stand on your two feet and I’ll Stand on my two feet and we’ll Plant this seed We shall see
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I'm Here 05:33
Oh God, Is there a place Where I can feel Safe? Please take me there Please take me there Please take me there One day Oh God, Is there a place Where I can feel Safe? Please take me there Please take me there Please take me there I’m here Oh God, Is there a place Where I can feel Safe? Please take me there Please take me there Please take me there One day
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Sweat 05:08
Water pouring out of every pore Water pouring out of every pore Earth and fire Air and ash Music in the dark Music in the dark Cosmic meditation Who we are It burns my eyes It burns my hair It burns my nose I’ve disappeared I’ve disappeared Death, Let me go Death, Let me go Sunrise Sun rise I’m alive
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Letting Go 07:35
If you want to take everything that I ever had away It wouldn’t matter It’s been done before Never cared what they had to say You know I wasn’t born yesterday I don’t believe everything I read cuz’ I’ve been lied to Don’t know who to trust But intuition’s telling me To run I wouldn’t leave everyone I love without a reason I think I’ve got some I’m not like all my friends but oftentimes I find myself Giving in Sometimes love is letting go of everything and everyone you’ve ever known Sometimes love is letting go Of the ego If you want to take everything that I ever had away It wouldn’t matter You can have it Generosity travels light Sometimes love is letting go of everything and everyone you’ve ever known Sometimes love is letting go Of the ego If you want to take everything that I ever had away It’s okay It’s all ephemeral Anyway Sometimes love is letting go of everything and everyone you’ve ever known Sometimes love is letting go Of the ego If you want to take everything that I ever had away It wouldn’t matter It’s been done before You know I wasn’t born yesterday

about

50% of the profits from this album will be donated to Haitian relief organizations.

Eight of the ten tracks listed above were home-recorded in 6 sessions to get a version of the album done in time for an impromtu benefit show and trip to Haiti.

Funds from this demo album have already benefited Haitian aid organizations while remixing, remastering, and even re-recording are underway. Those who purchase any version of this album will receive free upgrades to later versions.

For more information on some great organizations, please visit www.earthship.com/haiti, www.grassrootsunited.org, and www.barrelsofhope.org.

Thank you for extending your ears, your hearts, and your support! Your donations are happily accepted. Name your own price for the album and feel free to spread the word!

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released August 7, 2011

All songs written and performed by Ariel Bui
Graphic art by Nhac

"Follow the Fog" recorded at Studio 101, Melbourne, FL
"Midnight Waltz in C" recorded at Tiedtke Music Hall, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
All other tracks recorded at BEL Home Studio, Arroyo Seco, NM

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Ariel Bui is a Nashville-based musical artist, activist & educator.

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