A Reason to Feel


(MOTHER)
(D + F) Scrub a scrub a scrub I’m dreaming of my future I’m dreaming of a time when I’ll be free I’m dreaming of the light lines I’m dreaming of when I’ll be off my knees

HIGHER SELF
(Chorus of Lemurian people, dressed like monks) (C + G)

‘Can you conceive of a time? When you’ll reveal all that you are? Can you bel-ieve in your freedom? Can you believe you’re a bright shining star? – and you are!’ F

(FATHER) D
G I’m so tired I work all day D
G No time for lunch and not enough pay D F
Life is so dry there’s not much to say (silent) D G
I strive so hard but I’m just a slave
D G
A time-clock that just earns a wage D G
I work so hard just trying to prove D F C
That I’m good enough, good enough, for all of you

Fast Chorus: F C G
(CHILD) Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba
(FATHER) Pa-pa-pa-pa pa-pa-pa pa-pa
(MOTHER) Ma-ma-ma-ma ma-ma-ma ma-ma
(H. SELF) Ha-ha-ha-ha ha-ha-ha-ha ha

(CHILD) G
D Here I am all alone G
D No-one even knows I’m alive G
D Here I sit in my room G
D Waiting for the time to arrive -
C When I’m known

(HIGHER SELF - healer)
G D
Here I am G
D Dreaming of the right time G
D All along I have known G
D One day would come my lifeline

(Deep refrain – bam bam bam bam) (E, E, E^, A, G, A, B, A, G, F)

Em A G Em
Deep down inside I know who I am
Em A G Em
I’m not afraid To be a real man
Em A G Em
I’m afraid I can’t do this stuff
Em A G Em
I’m afraid I’m not big enough
Em A G Em
I’m afraid that I won’t please you
Em A G Em
I’m afraid that you only need you

(HIGHER SELF - male healer/monk character)
Em G C D
Deep down inside I understand
Em G C D
I know the truth Of all I am

(FATHER) Em G C D
Trying to find a reason to feel
Em G C D C
Trying to know that all my fears are not real

(Refrain)

(HIGHER SELF - monk)
Am D Am D
Trying to find a reason to feel
Am D Am D
Trying to know that this is all real

(CHILD)
Am C G D
Why can’t you give me the love that I need?
Am C G D C
Can’t you see I’m more than a mouth just to feed?

(Child)
Am C G D C
Put down your work and take some time just to play
Am C G D C
Give me some time, we’ll have such ^fun ^today.

(Woman)
Em G C D C
Leaving myself behind in the dirt of the day
C G C D C
Struggling to find love in my own ^way
Em G Am (I’m afraid no-one loves me
Em G Am I’m afraid no-ones thinking of me
Em G C - D C I’m afraid… no-one cares)
(HIGHER SELF - Healer) Am
Em La la la I know I have choices Am
Em Deep down inside I hear my voices


(HIGHER SELF)
(High)
Em Am C D C
Deep down in-side I know I know who I am
Em Am C D C
Deep down in-side I know I know who I ^am
Em Am C D
(Reaching to find the meaning of me
Em Am C D C
Reaching to find a place where I am ^free)

(Lots of different instruments and sounds – simple refrains come together – bam bam bam bam – drum, trumpet choral, picolo, harp/guitar, clarinet, violins)

The 4 characters – Mother, Father, Child, Higher Self – each singing their own song so that it all harmonises together.

Words & Music © Jelila (Angela Torrington) 2006. All Rights Reserved. 20.04.06 Singapore.