Ode to Other

from Force Field for Good by Barry Lane

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Ode to Other
words and music by Barry Lane
A song in 2 voices

Without Black
No white

Without Day
No night

Without sad
No glad

Without good
No bad

Without time
No late

Without love
No hate

Without tears
No joy

Without girls
No boys

You begin where I end and that’s why I call you my friend. We may be as different as the land and the sea, but you belong with me.

Without where
No why

Without clouds
No sky

Without know
No rope

Without Fear
No hope

Without stay
No go

Without fast
No slow

Without green
No blue

Without me
No you

You begin, where I end and that’s why I call you my friend. We may be as different as the land and the sea, but you belong with me.

We don’t know where we’re going to. We don’t know where we’ve been. Don’t believe in the differences. Learn to make amends.

Without white

no black

Without front
no back

Without one
no two

Without old
no new

Without sun
no earth

Without Death
no birth

Without stars
no space

Without smile
no face

You begin, where I end
and that’s why I call you my friend.

We may be as different as the land and the sea, but you belong with me.

We may be as different as the land and the sea, but you belong with me.

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from Force Field for Good, released March 15, 2014

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Barry Lane Vermont

I write songs about kindness for children and songs about hope and justice for adults.

I love Pete Seeger, and believe, as he did, that a single song can help change the world by uniting hearts and minds.

We are the mixed fruit of one tree,

Live in peace and unity.

Forget the old
embrace the new,

Less me, me, me,
more

You, you, you.

For now is the New Day. ... more

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