Family Values

by Charity and the JAMband

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The newest release from San Francisco's award-winning family rock sensation Charity and the JAMband, Family Values takes the listener on a magical and spiritual journey through in-your-face rock'n'roll epics, heart-opening acoustic love-anthems, and joy-filled sing-alongs. The message: lovingkindness, compassion, joy, equanimity, patience, understanding, generosity, community, intention, non-harming, gratitude, respect, mindfulness, waking up, truth, and peace for ALL!

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released 06 November 2012

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tags: kids children's familiy family indie jamband lovingkindness lullaby mindfulness rock rock'n'roll San Francisco

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Track Name: Lovingkindness
CHORUS
May I be happy, may I be well
May I be safe and sound
May I be peaceful, may I be at ease
With love in my heart and all around
May you be happy, may you be well
May you be safe and sound
May you be peaceful, may you be at ease
With love in your heart and all around

VERSE 1
You can sing your love
You can dance your love
You can play your love
Today, my love
You can laugh your love
You can cry your love
You can walk your love
And you can fly your love
All around

CHORUS

VERSE 2
You can sit with your love
You can breathe with your love
You can listen to your love
It's in your heart, my love
You can share your love
You can shine your love
You can be your love
And you can spread your love
All around

CHORUS
May we be happy, may we be well
May we be safe and sound
May we be peaceful, may we be at ease
With love in our hearts and all around
May we be happy, may we be well
May we be safe and sound
May we be peaceful, may we be at ease
With love in our hearts and all around
Track Name: Lemonade
VERSE 1
Long ago in a faraway time
Or maybe it was just a dream of mine
There lived a people small and kind
In a land called Lemonade
They were much like our fairy-folk
With wings of silk and eyes of smoke
They had hearts of gold and magic souls
And how they loved their home

BRIDGE 1
and the lemon trees bloomed all around all around and the lemon trees bloomed all around
and the sugar cane grew all around all around and the sugar cane grew all around
and the water flowed all around all around and the water flowed all around
and the people danced all around all around and the people danced all around (singin’)

VERSE 2
The people lived inside the trees
Right alongside those honeybees
And they shared the air with the birds and the fleas and the bats and the butterflies
They made a life with their very own hands
ploughed the earth and tilled the land
And the sunshine smiled
and the breeze blew fine in the land called Lemonade

BRIDGE 1
BRIDGE 2
the trees make the lemons
the earth grows the sugar cane
and the sky pours down the water
and the people make the lemonade

CHORUS 1
lemonade lemonade don't you want some lemonade
lemonade lemonade don't you want some lemonade
you know you want some you know I got some
lemo lemo lemo lemonade
you know we got some you know you want some lemonade
lemon trees sugar cane water from the fairy lake
squeeze it up dump it in stir it with your fairy stick
you know you want some you know I got some
lemo lemo lemo lemonade
you know we got some you know you want some lemonade

VERSE 3
One day an angry dragon came
To smote the people with his flame
To burn their trees and scorch their earth
And dry up all the streams and lakes
They thought wow this guy is really mean
The nastiest evil we’ve ever seen
So we’ll offer him a drink from our crystal chalice full of lemonade
So they mixed him up a special brew
Pit a little mint in for something new
And offered it to that dragon in the spirit of love and generosity
And he smiled the way only dragons can
and he turned his life right around right then
Ave he never used his fire for evil again in the land called Lemonade

BRIDGE 1
BRIDGE 2
CHORUS 2
lemonade lemonade don't you want some lemonade
lemonade lemonade don't you want some lemonade
you know you want some you know I got some
lemo lemo lemo lemonade
you know we got some you know you want some lemonade
lemon trees sugar cane water from the fairy lake
squeeze it up dump it in stir it with your fairy stick
you know you want some you know I got some
lemo lemo lemo lemonade
you know we got some you know you want some lemonade

TAG
And that is how the fighting ends
And enemies turn into friends
When we all lay down our angry fire
And share our lemonade
Track Name: Ice Cream
VERSE 1
when summertime comes and the weather gets hot
I like to mostly think about things which are not
like ice and snow and swimming lakes
and my favorite food for those sizzlin’ summertime days
so I'm hatchin' me a plan to be shiverin' down
with a like or bite of the coolest snack in town

CHORUS 1
I’ll give you a guess
it’s really creamy and messy
I’ll give you a try
it’s super cold and icy
I’ll give you a hint
it’s drippin’ down my chin
now do you know what it is
did you guess what it is

VERSE 2
when I’m playin’ in the park and the sun is high
and I’m sweatin’ like a piggy in a mucky muddy sty
well who should come a hummin’ right down the street
but a little white truck full up with special treats
my friends and I chase it on down the block
‘cause we know what it is and we want what its got

CHORUS 1
(without last line)

CHORUS 2
waffle cone sugar cone cake cone regular
cup or dish or stick or sandwich
chocolate vanilla strawberry sprinkle dip
do you know what it is
did you guess what it is

BREAK
I say who? and you say me (who? me! who? me!)
I say when? and you say now, please (when? now, please! ...)
I say yum and you say me (yum-me! yum-me!)
I say ice and you say cream (ice cream, ice cream)

BREAKDOWN
you sing I sing, we all sing for ice cream
you scream I scream, we all scream for ice cream
your mama screams, your daddy screams, we all scream for ice cream
your brother screams, your sistah screams, the baby screams, the grandpa screams
the doggie screams, the kitty cat screams, we all scream for ice cream
(I I I I I’m gonna eat my ice cream cone)
Track Name: Valentine
VERSE 1
darling, let’s be valentines
I’ll be yours and you can be mine
right here is the place
where we belong

we can show the world our love
earth below and sky above
and all the birdies in the trees
will sing our song

CHORUS
la la la love you
la la la love you
la la la love you
la la la love you
la la la love you
la la la love you
love you

VERSE 2
darling, let’s be valentines
I’ll be yours and you can be mine
we’ll hold hands
and walk around the world

we will smile at everyone
hug the moon and shine with the sun
and all the stars up in the sky
will sing our song

CHORUS

VERSE 3
darling, we’re all valentines
all the world and all of the time
and all that’s in our hearts
was meant to share

find your kindness know it’s true
you’re in love, and love is in you
and all the valentines are singing
can you hear them now
Track Name: Grateful
what makes you twinkle
what makes you shine
what makes you sing out
what makes you chime
what makes you celebrate
what makes you resonate
what makes you grateful
to be alive?

is it the meadow
where the sun shines sweet
so that you can run in it
in your bare feet

is it the puddles that
the rain cries down
so that you can stomp in ‘em
all around the town

I’m grateful for the sun and the rain
(you try!)
I’m grateful for the sun and the rain
(everybody!)
I’m grateful for the sun and the rain

what makes you twinkle
what makes you shine
what makes you sing out
what makes you chime
what makes you celebrate
what makes you resonate
what makes you grateful
to be alive?

is it your school
where you run and play
and grow up just a little bit
each and every day

is it your home
with its roof in the sky
and windows so you can
watch the world go by

I’m grateful for my school and my home
(you sing!)
I’m grateful for my school and my home
(all together!)
I’m grateful for my school and my home

is it your friend
who you love all the time
'cause you can hear the music
in each other's minds

is it your family
who holds you strong
and always makes a place for you
your whole life long

I’m grateful for my friends and family
(you sing!)
I’m grateful for my friends and family
(everybody!)
I’m grateful for my friends and family
(that’s you all! here we go...)

what makes you twinkle
what makes you shine
what makes you sing out
what makes you chime
what makes you celebrate
what makes you resonate
what makes you grateful
to be alive
Track Name: We Are the Ones
do you take the time to notice
all the world as it goes by
do you ever stop and listen
to the flutter of a butterfly
have you ever paid attention
to where the rainbow ends
do you slow down, meander
are you mindful, my friend

occupy your mind
occupy your heart
occupy your spirit
we are the ones we’ve been waiting for
occupy your reality
occupy your community
occupy your serenity
we gotta be the change we wanna see

do you ever do a nice thing
for someone you don’t know
can you sometimes drop your anger
let it be and let it go
can you listen to another
with no judgement in your heart
can you allow everybody
to be just who they are

occupy your mind
occupy your heart
occupy your spirit
we are the ones we’ve been waiting for
occupy your reality
occupy your community
occupy your humanity
we gotta be the change we wanna see

we gotta share the abundance
of this little earthy sphere
oh the people want equality
and it all begins right here and now
we gotta take care of each other
we’re all one family
there is a path that leads to peace
and it all begins with you and me

lovingkindness
compassion
joy
equanimity
patience
understanding
generosity
community
intention
non-harming
gratitude
respect
mindfulness
waking up
truth
peace

occupy your mind
occupy your heart
occupy your spirit
we are the ones we’ve been waiting for

occupy your life
occupy your truth
occupy your body
we’re gonna dance the revolution

occupy your reality
occupy your community
occupy your sanity
we gotta be the change we wanna see

occupy your mind
occupy your heart
occupy your spirit
we are the ones we’ve been waiting for