Motivational Songs ~ Positive Songs by Mark Shepard

Turn It

February 20, 2012 by Mark

"...Take the positivity and turn it on, turn it up, turn it into something you can use..."

Turn It

From the Musical “Soles”
1/20/2011 Song #425

You are more than the clothes you wear
You are more than the style of your hair
You are more than what people think or say about you
Only you have the power to decide what is true

Refrain:
Take the negativity…
Turn it down, Turn it off
Turn it into something you can use (X2)
Take the Positivity
And turn it on, Turn it up
Turn it into something you can choose (X2)

Someone may say things that hurt you inside
Someone may do things that wound your pride
Take the rumors, take the lies
Push them out to the horizon, shrink them down to size

Refrain:

Think of something that got you upset
Think of someone you’re not over yet
Shrink the picture down, push it far behind
Remember you have the power to run your own mind

Refrain:

Wherever you go my voice will go too
Whispering in your ear what is true…

Standard tuning
Verse: C G F
Refrain: Am C G F

Photo by Matt McGee – www.flickr.com

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Filed Under: Audio, Motivational Songs, Positive Songs, Solo Acoustic, Tunes For Tough Times

Ride

January 31, 2012 by Mark

...we set out today upon a road that never, ever ends...

Ride

From Feather On The Wind CD
November 1988 | Song #111

I’ve seen a flock of geese fly on a windy night
Like Christmas lights against the moon
I’v e hard a Mockingbird sing everything in the world
Except for his own tune

I’ve seen a blank horizon filled with thunderclouds
Whirling in the August sky
And the wind on my skin is the house I live in
Let me teach you how to fly

Refrain:
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride

I’ve seen a downtown street at some late hour
Focused in on some desperate corner
I’ve seen nothing in particular and everything at once
In the plate glass of the stores…

Refrain:

There are too many things I haven’t seen
Too many things I do not know
I cannot stay in one place forever
If there’s somewhere else to go

Refrain:

I choose you to be my traveling companion
My lover and my friend
We set out today upon a road
That never, ever ends…

Refrain:

From Feather On The Wind CD

Band:

Mark Shepard: Guitar and Vocals
Gene Moore: Lead Guitar & Keyboards
Doug Brown: Percussion

Photo by Mike Hanlon

Filed Under: Audio, Band, Driving Songs, Motivational Songs, Positive Songs, Spiritual Songs, Sports Songs

Shine

January 9, 2012 by Mark

"Shine, Shine, Shine!"

Shine

| 12/4/2011 | Song #435

(Please listen with headphones!)

D C                    G    F C
Out in the darkness a child is born
D         C                   G            F C
Is he who we expected or something more
D            C                    G           F C
His father is a dreamer his mother is poor
D                  C                                                       G    F C
Tell me what you seek as you peek around the stable door…

Refrain:
D A G
Shine, Shine Shine (3X)

D C                    G    F C
Out in the distance a star ignites
D      C                                G    F C
Even in the daytime you can see its light
D C                    G    F C
Could this be a sign of the end of times?
D C                         G               F C
Or just an invitation to change your mind?

Refrain:

D     C                    G    F C
Back in the beginning was the Word
D                            C            G    F C
Breaking through the silence to be heard
D              C                          G    F C
Can you hear it now? Can you turn it up?
D                           C                   G    F C
You know the Word is Love. Come and fill your cup

Refrain:

Repeat first verse

Sing refrain twice at end

Vocals & Guitar by Mark Shepard

Lead Guitar & vocals: Roger Mock

Vocals: Angelina Michele Hart

Photo by Dunnock http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunnock_d/4526349284/

Filed Under: Audio, Band, Christmas Songs, Live Recording, Motivational Songs, Positive Songs, Spiritual Songs, Tunes For Tough Times, Unity Tunity

If You Meet The Buddah

December 9, 2011 by Mark

If you meet the Buddha on the road... Kill Him! - Zen Koan

DISLCAIMER!!! This is a traditional Zen Buddhist Koan. It is not about hurting any Buddhists or Buddhas who you see walking down the road! It is about owning your own personal, spiritual, physical, emotional, intellectual experience.

If You Meet The Buddha…

5/10/1991 | Song #164

From Visions & Voices CD

Refrain:
If you meet the Buddha on the road
If you meet the Buddha I’ve been told…
Kill Him! Kill Him! Kill Him!

I asked the Lord to move a hill
I asked the Lord for good clean fill
I asked the Lord to cleanse my soul
I asked the Lord to help me when I bowl
I asked the Lord toe rake my leaves
I asked the Lord to heal my dis-ease
But he just smiled and walked away
And as he left I heard him say…
“O Heal yourself…
(He was really nice about it and everything…)
O Heal yourself…”

Refrain:

I asked the Lord to show me truth
I asked the Lord to make the water smooth
I asked the Lord to dry my tears
I asked the Lord to take away my fears
I asked the Lord for all good things
I asked the Lord to teach me how to sing
But he just smiled and walked away
And as he left I heard him say…
“O Teach yourself… O Teach yourself…”

Refrain:

I asked the Lord to make me strong
I asked the Lord to make me wise
I asked the Lord for $20 bucks
I asked the Lord if he would provide
I asked the Lord to give me life
I asked the Lord to supervise
But he just smiled and walked away
And as he left I heard him say…
“O Create yourself… O Create yourself
Know yourself… Love yourself…”

Refrain:

From Visions & Voices CD

Musicians:

Bass, vocal arrangements: Joel Arthur
Background vocals: Joel Arthur, Gene Moore, Andrea Nettleton, Diane Legro.
Vocals and Guitar: Mark Shepard
Electric guitar, drums, keyboards and all other instruments and engineering: Gene Moore
Photo by Greg Groovy Flikr.com

DISLCAIMER!!! I’ve had people actually get offended by this song because they didn’t understand that This is a traditional Zen Buddhist Koan. It is not “anti-buddhist” or “anti-anything” it is not about hurting any Buddhists or Buddhas who you happen to see walking down the road! Got it? Good.

Now that’s clear, go ahead and leave a comment below about how awesome Joel Arthur’s cool and jazzy vocal arrangements are in this song. )

Filed Under: Band, Motivational Songs, Positive Songs, Spiritual Songs

Let’s Run

December 1, 2011 by Mark

wild horses running by Dolar Ipsum

Let’s Run

6/18/1991 | Song # 161

This song is from Visions & Voices CD

When I was a child
I would run like a horse in the wold
I could feel the wind
Screaming through my mane
And I would drink the fragrant breeze
Like it was wine instead of air
And you know tonight I feel that young again
And my veins run rich with oxygen
Let’s run! Let’s run! Let’s run!

When I was a child
I would pretend I was a Peregrine Falcon
And I would stoop from the clouds
At two hundred miles an hour
And it’s true what I tell you
I swear I really flew
Into a sky of Cobalt blue
And the earth was green and the earth was new
Let’s run! Let’s run! Let’s run!

Bridge:
Some people fly around in airplanes
Some people stand around and complain
Some people walk as if they’re crawling
Some people crawl as if their flying
Come on let’s run

When I was a child
I used to walk for miles
Down a road that had no name
On a road stretched out in silence…
And though these days I am chained
To a desk and a telephone
There was a time not so long ago
When I had dust between my toes
Come on let’s run!
Let’s run! Let’s run! Let’s run!

This song is from Visions & Voices CD

picture by by Dolor Ipsum

Filed Under: Audio, Band, Motivational Songs, Positive Songs

Rise Up And Dance

November 30, 2011 by Mark

Swirling dancer by Bastian

Rise Up and Dance

4/13/1991 | Song # 163

This song is available on Visions and Voices CD In physical or digital formats
Mark Shepard’s CD’s

Refrain:
Rise up and dance to the light in your lover’s eyes

I have been walking down streets of impossibilities
For so long that I forgot just why I came
I have seen visions I have heard voices
I have done my time in prisons that do not have bars or walls or chains
I have crossed rivers, I have climbed mountains
I have burned my face in deserts where the sun knew me by my name
I have heard music that was drifting on spring breezes
10,000 years ago and I have never been the same

Refrain:

You have been created not by God but by your self
To live the dream that you have chosen to call reality
You might be surprised to find that we are all just actors
We write all our own lines and choose to be or not to be

Refrain:

Tie your shoes tightly and then stretch out your thoughts
Remember thoughts are things like falcon’s wings believe in them
Leave all your doubts behind you, burn all your bridges
I said burn them, burn them, burn them!

Refrain

© Mark Shepard 1993, 1998, 2007, All Rights Reserved
Vocals and acoustic guitar: Mark Shepard
Keyboards, Bass, Electric Guitar, Percussion and anything else: Gene Moore
Background vocals: Andrea Nettleton and Diane Legro

This song is available on Visions and Voices CD In physical or digital formats
Mark Shepard’s CD’s

Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/homeofbastian/

Filed Under: Audio, Band, Love Songs, Motivational Songs, Positive Songs, Spiritual Songs, Tunes For Tough Times