Lyrics for March 21 online mini-concert

Mr Blue Sky by Jeff Lynne

Sun is shinin’ in the sky
There ain’t a cloud in sight
It’s stopped rainin’ everybody’s in the play
And don’t you know
It’s a beautiful new day, hey hey
Runnin’ down the avenue
See how the sun shines brightly in the city
On the streets where once was pity
Mr. Blue Sky is living here today, hey hey
Mr. Blue Sky please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long (so long)
Where did we go wrong?
Hey you with the pretty face
Welcome to the human race
A celebration, Mr. Blue Sky’s up there waitin’
And today is the day we’ve waited for
Oh Mr. Blue Sky please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long (so long)
Where did we go wrong?
Hey there Mr. Blue
We’re so pleased to be with you
Look around see what you do
Everybody smiles at you
Mr. Blue, you did it right
But soon comes Mr. Night creepin’ over
Now his hand is on your shoulder
Never mind I’ll remember you this
I’ll remember you this way
Mr. Blue Sky please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long (so long)
Where did we go wrong?
Hey there Mr. Blue (sky)
We’re so pleased to be with you (sky)
Look around see what you do (blue)
Everybody smiles at you

Hickory Hill by Adelaide Capps, Stella Demarest, Cady Grimes, and Jack Grimes

It’s a beautiful day for a walk in the woods
Just me and my pup on a sunny day
The birds chirp in the shade of the trees
A breeze lifts the leaves and we’re free

Out at Hickory Hill
Everything is so still
Never want to leave
Even if my toes start to freeze

When I’m far away from home
I often miss the hickory hills
Don’t mind the cold or the burs on my pants
Or even stepping in a pile of ants
(Chorus)

I see the tall trees with their beautiful leaves
Red, orange, yellow, brown, and green
I never want to look away
Now the trees are starting to sway
(Chorus)

The Quiet by Susan Stamnes

The quiet came on slow, or have we dreamed it?
Bird song at dawn, gone, nearly gone
I miss the mourning dove, or did we dream him?
Gray and small, the soothing call most of all
Coo coo coo

Watch for the shadows in the wheat, little dove
Hidden in the sunflowers, at dawn, little dove
They slip in at sunrise to bag fifteen
Slowly, furiously, the quiet keens

Will you go the way of your cousin?
Passenger pigeon, once in the billions, now gone, all gone
It must have been a sight when the sky grew dark
with the tempest of beating wings and gentle hearts
Coo coo coo

Watch for the shadows near the oaks, little dove
Hidden behind the maple at dawn, little dove
They slip in at sunrise to bag fifteen
Slowly, furiously, the quiet keens

Your song was a call, now a wail of broken heart
Where’s my love, my little dove? She’s gone, she’s gone
Abundant, so they say, for a decade or a day
Take one thing, you may take more, all too late we see the score

Watch for the shadows in the corn, little dove
Hidden in the grass, at dawn, little dove
They slip in at sunrise to bag fifteen
Slowly, furiously the quiet keens

The quiet came on quick around the planet
Traffic down, human sound gone, nearly gone
And in that silence deep, as if from hiding
Gray and small, the soothing call mourns for all

We cry for you too, too
We cry for you, coo coo, coo coo

I Can Help by Billy Swan, with new lyrics by Gayla Drake and Claire Sauder

If you’ve got a problem, I don’t care what it is
If you need a hand, I can assure you this
I can help, I’ve got two strong arms, I can help
It would sure do me good to do you good
Let me help

It’s a fact our water’s polluted, ain’t nothing new
But the oceans in you, mama, should always be blue
I can help, take a tip from me, I can help
It would sure do me good to do you good
Let me help

When I go to sleep at night, I know I’m gonna have sweet dreams
’cause I’m doing all I can to keep the planet clean—-a clean machine

You know we love to recycle, reduce, and reuse
You take care of us, mama, and we’ll take care of you
I can help, ’cause the world needs a family, I can help
It would sure do me good to do you good
Let me help

If We Don’t by Dolly Parton and Rhonda Vincent

Look around and see what’s goin’ on
What’s goin’ on, what’s goin’ on
To me it seems to be so very wrong
So very wrong, can’t get along
We can find the answers to
The questions if and when we do
I do believe
We could do a whole lot better
If we walk this life together
Who will make a difference in this world
If we don’t?

I’d like to think there is a better way
A better way, a brighter day
I’d rather think like this than to be swayed
The other way and only say
“There’s no point to even try”
Be content to live a life of high heartbreak
When we decide to, we can change it
Take our world and rearrange it
Who is ever gonna change it, change it
If we don’t?

Take a look inside ourselves and see what we can do
Make a step to be of help, so much to be improved
Try to make a difference in this world before we’re through
Who will do it, who will do it, who will do it, who?
If we don’t?

So look around and see what’s goin’ on
Everything just seems to be so wrong
If we’d open up our eyes
We could see a better life and I still believe
There’s a place for all of us
If we’d reach out and touch the love
Nothing’s gonna ever change it much
If we don’t—-If I don’t–If you don’t–If we don’t–If I don’t
If you don’t–If I don’t