Sun's comin' up, it's another day
Mama loon and baby, glidin' on their way
Eagles soar above, I am here below
Watching mother nature, on the Mighty Chippewa

Up Tyner Lake, to Chicago Bay
Watch the baby deer, as they walk along the way
And the sky's so blue, and the clouds so white
I drink it in and fear the day, they take it all away

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It's the Mighty Chippewa, no one man can claim
Take a ride down through James Slough
You will never be the same
Banana Islands big and small, they are there for you to see
And the Mighty Chief runs cold and deep,
It's nature's three-part harmony

Every year I go, I never do get bored
Taking in all God's gifts that are laid upon my door
Count the days away, till we return
Mighty Chip I do miss, just standing at Heavens' Door

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(repeat 1st verse)

Reflections from my window pane
Of snow-blown days
They’re here again
Winter, has set upon the ground

It seems just like yesterday
The birds were here
They were here to stay
And green was bursting all around

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But the winds blow cold
And the leaves are gone
Birds gone south to another song
And we’re left here, in the arms of winter

Restless days that lie ahead
I keep thinking as I lie in bed
Winter,
It’s just a state of mind

She covers the earth
With a blanket of snow
Holding secrets that we know
Will soon come to pass

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Seasons change just as they do
They come to pass for me and you
And soon,
The sun will warm us all around

And then we’ll see the miracle
Of life born new, its magical
The circle of the seasons
Is now through

Western winds, blow in from the plains
Across the valleys where the Mississippi reigns
And through the town, and up and up
Into our face, as we stand on Granddad’s Bluff

End of October, trees turn to rust
Eagles take to nests, below us in the rock
The mighty Mississippi runs below us fast and rough
As we stand on top of Granddad’s Bluff

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And I’m on top of the world
Seeing things, more clearly in my world
And somehow things just don’t seem that tough
When I’m standing with you and her
On Granddad’s Bluff

Now the barges are all moving on down to the Gulf
Ferrying their cargo before the ice can push them off
As we stand upon this hill, looking down upon LaCrosse
We can thank the good Lord, that He made, Granddad’s Bluff

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Now we come back at night, when the stars are all ablaze
Looking all around the misty foggy haze
And the stars they dance around us, and the wind’s warm to the touch
We can thank the good Lord, that He made Granddad’s Bluff

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I have seen love
I have seen hate
I have seen people who try to change
When it’s too late

I have seen hurt
I have seen pain
I have seen people who flounder around
In life’s rain

I have seen hope
I have seen despair
I have seen people inflict their damage
Where they don’t care

I have seen the light
I have seen the dark
I have seen people who fail to do
Their part

Well life will come and go
This much we know
It’s not just give and take
With the choices we make

Midnight on the pier and the waters so calm
Barely a breeze to blow the stars around
Bullfrogs a calling from across the way
Telling us a story what he did today

Aurora borealis just dances in the night
Shooting stars are falling out of sight
The stars look like diamonds up in the sky
And my love shines on for you

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Love nestled in the night
Standing on the pier and out of sight
My arms reach out and hold you tight
I think I fell in love again

Now the night owl hoots and then he calls
Sitting on a branch of a tree so tall
King of the woods after night falls
He’s calling out his name

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As the night wears on and the stars grow dim
Sun’s coming up across the rim
Turning the night back into light
And we start it all over again

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Repeat verse one and refrain

Not flesh of our flesh
Nor bone of our bone
But still miraculously,
Our own
Never forget
For a single moment
You didn’t grow under our heart
But in it

Remember that snowstorm
That kept us apart
One more day before we would start
You wouldn’t know
You could do it on your own
When you came into our house
And made a home

Years will come
And they will go
We will give you our hearts
And our souls
Everything we do
Is meant for you
You can’t help
But pass your love on too

Not flesh of our flesh
Nor bone of our bone
But still miraculously
Our own
Never forget
For a single moment
You didn’t grow under our heart
But in it
You didn’t grow under our heart
But in it

Firefly dancin' on a warm summer night
Takes me back to the days and nights
I used to know, I used to know

Fields for runnin' and playin' around
Trees for climbin' up off the ground
I used to know, I used to know

Horses grazin' by the side of a barn
Feed em an apple they won't do you no harm
I used to know, I used to know

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Now it's concrete, steel, and cars
People rushin' round and leaving their scars
On what I used to know, what I used to know

Apples red and apples green
We picked them all and we ate them clean
I used to know, I used to know

There wasn't nothin' that we couldn't be
Playin' round in the fields and trees
I used to know, I used to know

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Then one day the big trucks came
The trees came down and so did the rain
I used to know, I used to know

(refrain)

(Repeat 1st verse)

Someone once told me, if you want to get ahead
You gotta step on people, to make the bread
You gotta keep on going, and you can’t  slow down
Stay ahead of the rat race, or your gonna drown
But I don’t know, if that’s for me

Computers in their home, and phones in their cars
Charge card bills, as high as the stars
No worry now, we can’t be late
Cause the kids’ gotta lesson, he’s gonna be great
But I don’t know, if that’s for me

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Well, keep it simple stupid
If you know what I mean
Life is for real
You’re not living, in a dream

Well, the cars are going faster, and I don’t know why
The freeways are jammed, and you can’t get by
Life’s too short, to win a race to the sky
I keep my life simple, it’s a piece of the pie
But I don’t know, if that’s for me

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Now I’ve got my girl, and my family
It keeps my feet on the ground, so naturally
I don’t need to run, I don’t need the hype
I keep my life simple, it’s a piece of the pie
Now, I do know, that that’s for me

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Repeat first verse

I walked in from the desert
Many days on the road
Not knowing where I came from
Not knowing where I’d go

I thirsted for some water
Saw the crowd up ahead
Standing all together now
At the well, at the edge of the town

I walked up behind them
Careful not to make a sound
Watched them spill the water on their heads
Water spilling all around

And in the middle stood a man
With long flowing hair
And I heard him tell the people at the well
Spill as much, spill as much, as you can

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This water is my Father’s love for you
And His forgiveness, comes shining through
The well is deep, and his love is too
Spill the water, spill it on you

Now the crowd went their way
Leaving that man at the well
He turned around and saw me standing all alone
And in his eyes I could tell

He said take my hand, come with me to the well
And you will thirst no more
My name is Jesus, this is my Father’s well
And you can drink forever more

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For many years I have wondered through the deserts of despair
Until that day at the well, when the man called Jesus took me by my hand
And led me to His well
It wasn’t just the thirst of the body that I had that led me to that town
It was the words that preacher man said to me as my knees bowed on the ground
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Night falls all around us
And the wind it blows so cold
I feel your warmth beside me
And I hope you’ll always know

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That you’re in my dreams forever
And I’ll never let you go
Keep me in your dreams forever
When the night blows so cold

And as the night passes on
And the morning dawns so new
I’ll wrap you in my arms forever
As I give my heart to you

(refrain 2 times)