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Fire and Roses

by Ruth Saphir

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1.
Fireworks 03:59
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Love can be a holy fire burning you alive Try to jump higher than that holy fire and your be left to burn Searing flame teaches you, when you’d rather not learn But in the fiery furnace, you just burn, baby, burn Fire of Ritual, Fire of Love Fire of Desire, Fire from Above Tender moments are like glowing coals in the fire on wintry nights Window glass chilled with crystal frost reflects the golden light Satan takes a sauna in the copper pot but you won’t take your turn ‘Cause in the furnace of desire, you just burn, baby, burn Fire of Ritual, Fire of Love Fire of Desire, Fire from Above A candle can cast a mystical light, it’s dancing in your eyes I sold my soul for a halogen halo but you saw through my disguise In the light of wicks and oil, I feel like Catherine Hepburn But when Bogie flickers on the screen, I just burn, baby, burn Fire of Ritual, Fire of Love Fire of Desire, Fire from Above Love can be a memory that marriage can’t revive When kettles sing and telephones ring, you think passion can’t survive Stay with the heart it’s a good place to start the lessons you’ve yet to unlearn ‘Cause in the kiln of committed love, you just burn, baby, burn Fire of Ritual, Fire of Love Fire of Desire, Fire from Above
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The Situation 03:03
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We are a seed without a flower A flower without a garden Exiled from Eden Too far from Jerusalem We are a country but not a holy nation And lately, and lately that’s the situation We are a sky without a heaven A heaven without a planet Nowhere to turn No worlds left to burn We have invented infernal ruination And lately, lately that’s the situation Milk and honey wrapped up in plastic Fruits are wrapped in cellophane display World wrapped in love Love that’s thrown away God doesn’t sell disposable salvation But lately, lately that’s the situation We are the oak within the acorn An acorn that will wait Within the forest The forest that will be saved This is a holy land that needs reconsecration And lately, lately that’s the situation
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Fire And Roses 03:27
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Little boys in dirty clothes were playing yesterday Eyes so full of light still look my way How could they know what the future would hold Those little girls and boys had no chance to get old If I could have saved those eyes from what they had to see The calculated killing, cold-blooded cruelty The women hand their washing on the line Voices laughing, chattering like chimes How I wish that I could reach back in time Across the fence of history, with all I claim as mine How I wish that when I tuck my child into bed She could see their faces, hear their songs instead The men are strolling down the street They stop and chat with old friend that they meet How I wish that I could reach back in time To break bread together, drink a toast to the Devine How I wish that they could all gather with us here Tell the million stories lost when millions disappeared Their souls cry out so loudly to me In the roaring raging flame of inhumanity But I feed them roses, they taste my tears and smile I will be their comfort for a little while Yes, I feed them roses, I give them each a smile I will be their comfort for a while
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Lady Wisdom 05:02
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Lady Wisdom, mist has risen, a pale moon is floating Trust your tears to the ocean and your doubts, it will hold them Let the water wash through your thoughts Let the waves enter your body Find the rhythm that reminds you This is the time for love Do you think love will have the answer, Sweet Lady Wisdom Will you still cry out in the streets, crying for love Do you think love is still the answer, for and me Do you think that it will help to heal or just reveal a woman’s heart Lady Wisdom let us listen to a reading of the future On the throne the chosen woman dons the garland we have woven She raises the silver septre And offers up a shining pearl The Empress of the Tarot tells us it’s time for love Do you think love will have the answer, Sweet Lady Wisdom Will you still cry out in the streets, crying for love Do you think love is still the answer, for and me Every time I look into your eyes They stop me like jewels caught in sunlight And when I wander close to you Full moon shimmers in a mountain pool Lady Wisdom take a listen to the claims of my heart Once you hear it, you’ll stay near it Because it’s time for love Do you think love will have the answer, Sweet Lady Wisdom Will you still cry out in the streets, crying for love Do you think love is still the answer, for and me Hear the voice of love, Sweet Lady Wisdom……….
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Woman In White 02:18
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Take me back to the thirteenth century I’m lost in dreams of Sleeping Beauty Wake me up, woo me with courtly love You be my knight, I’ll be your lade I’ll be your woman in white Take my heart for your next work of art Take my heart for odes composed in courts of King Arthur Take me back to the age of chivalry Cinderella’s slipper just might fit me If you’re brave enough, woo me with courtly love You be my knight, I’ll be your lady I’ll be your woman in white Take my mind, read it to me in rhyme Take my mind, I’m thinking of you ‘once upon a time’ Take me back to the time of troubadours I’ll give my hand to you and more Don’t play rough, woo me with courtly love You be my knight, I’ll be you lady I’ll be your woman in white
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Autumn Sun 02:32
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Not I 03:21
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Take these arms that you may guide me Take this heart that I may follow you Take me, let me serve you selflessly Renew my mind like morning dew Clasp my hands when I am frightened Turn me ‘round to face my shadow Search for me, Wherever I’m hiding And hear those prayers I can’t compose Take the arms that you may guide me Take this heart that I may follow you Take me, spirit, mind and body And clothe me in your simple robe Let me touch the children who’ve stopped crying And feed the stomachs that are hollow Let me cry inside the pitied and the paralyzed And hold the broken and abused Take these arms that you may guide me Take this heart that I may follow you Take me, only you can see right through My mirror mind sees only you
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People of the Desert 03:52
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People of the desert call out my name People come together, hear what I say At the break of dawn 15 of Nissan Time to move on Cloud by day, pillar of fire by night, the whole host chanting Ki L’Olam Hasdoh People of the desert call out my name People come together, hear what I say Open your parched throats, prayers will flow, don’t give up hope Cloud by day, pillar of fire by night, the whole host chanting Ki L’Olam Hasdoh Ki L’Olam Hasdoh…… Give thanks to the God of Gods It was Yah who made the great lights The sun to rule in the day The moon and the stars at night He redeemed us from our distress He snatched us away from our foes Through the dessert his people he lead Ki L’Olam Hasdoh People of the desert, Call out my name People come together, Hear what I say Open your parched throats, Prayers will flow Don’t give up hope Cloud by day, pillar of fire by night, the whole host chanting Ki L’Olam Hasdoh Ki L’Olam Hasdoh Ki L’Olam Hasdoh…….
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The Kiss 02:33
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I saw a couple kissing, us turned inside out I saw a song inside your eyes, heard it with their mouths I a bird in flight, you a child at play A love ballet Dancing with the angels of grace I saw a couple kissing, two breaths held as one Taste the music of your mind in the silent play of tongues Your purple stone in my precious ring Magic alchemy It makes the blazing angels sing I saw a couple kissing, the silent brush of lips I heard a rush of wings in your voice fluttering behind their lids We serve each other tea, like the Japanese Messiah waits for a kiss the angels can taste
10.
The Rainbow Shower 03:00
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In the rainbow shower that made them shine slippery slick The colours of each other were running together Making skin, Making skin In the rainbow shower that made them go sudsy soaped All the caramel of their souls were melting together Making gold, Making gold In the rainbow shower that made them a dazzle dare In the glory of the moment, they surrendered together Like a prayer, Like a prayer In the rainbow shower that made them feel all absolved In the garden of creation, bathing in the pool where Water falls, Waterfalls

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Fire & Roses was co-written and co-produced by Ruth Saphir & Cedric Speyer. Love, devotion and ecology are just a few of the themes in these original songs.

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released July 28, 1996

Arrangements - Robert Aron

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Ruth Saphir, musician, music therapist and education consultant, offers up an eclectic collection of audio recordings. From meditative pieces, to kid’s music, to adult contemporary songs, Ruth forges an alchemy of style and sound into the wishing well of music. ... more

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