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To Be (acoustic demo)
03:27
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To Be (Month 1 Song, weeks 0-4)
Lyrics 2/1/15 Casa Dos
Music 1/13/15 Casa Dos
(V1) Twenty-three and/twenty-three/chromosomes met/and traded genes/A single fusion/made from two/and in that moment/there was you/
(*1) Embryo implanted/like a planted seed/
Here your tiny person/had just begun to be/
(V2) You got nutrition/in your mother's womb/first through a yolk sac/til placenta could/You started to stretch out/and look less like a ball/and more like an oval/on the uterine wall/
(*2) Two weeks past conception/and four since LMP/
Here your tiny person/had just begun to be/
(*3) Your heart started forming/just about to beat/
Here your tiny person/had just begun to be/
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Pomegranates (Month 2 Song, weeks 5-8)
Lyrics 2/2/15 Casa Dos
Music 1/13/15 Casa Dos
(V1)
Early morning/little knowing/Mommy woke me/said, "Why the bloating?"/
So we tested/and took a second/I won't forget it/"Looks like we're pregnant!"/
(V2)
At that time you/were just 3 layers, with /blood gut and nerve tubes, and/vague facial features/
In early Month Two, your/heart started beating/you took a C-shape/limb buds proceeding/
(*1)
You were the size of/a pomegranate seed/ten thousands times more/than implantation stage/
We gave our fam'lies/pomegranate gifts/It was so happy/just to tell them you exist/
(V3)
For all the times we/may get upset/we'll always love you/Just don't forget/
So every time you/see pomegranates/recall who loves you/and rest in that--/
(*1)
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Ginger and Mint (Month 3, weeks 9-13)
Lyrics 2/2/15 Casa Dos
Music 2/2/15 Casa Dos
(V1)
As prune grew to peach-size/Embryo to Fetus/your liver and spleen, had/entered the scene while/Heart with four-chambers/would sound on the sono/beating at double, near/triple my own heart/
(V2)
Cart'lage and bones, with two/bending elbows, and your/Digits turned web-less/'midst spins, flips, and stretches, that/
Made Mommy happy, but sometimes quite nauseous, so/she often asked me, for/"ginger and mint, please"/
"Ginger and mint, please"/
(V3)
Thyroid full-formed, 'long with/all facial bones, and may-/be ovaries/or more, testosterone/
You practiced your breathing, while/ vocal cords grew, Pla-/centa got bigger, Of/course...so did you/
(Tag)
This, made Mommy happy, but sometimes quite nauseous, so/she often asked me, for/"ginger and mint, please"/
"Ginger and mint, please"/
"I'm so glad it's Month Three"/
"Ginger and mint, please"/
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Ours (acoustic demo)
04:44
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Ours (Month 4 Song wks 14-17)
Music: 3/18/15 Casa Dos
Words: 3/25/15 Casa Dos
Recorded very late night 4/17/15, thus the tired voice.
(V1) You/hold your/head more/upright/
Ears/can hear/our sounds/ inside/
(=) Loud/noise/startles/Your reflexes/work/just as they ought/
(*) Hey there, our gift from God/Do you know how much/ you're loved?/Simply and just because/You are God's/and you're ours/Ours/
(V2) You'd/fit in/my open palm/
Your/thin skin/in lanugo down/
(=2) Eyes/in/place/shut its all/dark/anyway/As you suck your thumb/
(*2) Hey there, our darling one/Maybe we'll learn this month/if you are/a girl or boy/Either way/you're ours/
(=3) There/are/ days/I can get/so/afraid/I won't love you right/
Like/maybe/God made His/first/mistake/in making you mine/
As I lie/awake/praying these/doubts/on/God/I feel His love/
Because I/am/His/and you are His/also/and you are.../ours---/
(*) Hey there, our gift from God/Do you know how much/ you're loved?/Simply and just because/You are God's/and you're ours/Ours/
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How Do I Tell You? (Month 5 Song wks 18-21)
Music: 4/17/15 Casa Dos
Words: 4/17/15 Casa Dos
Recorded very late night 4/17/15, thus the tired voice.
(V1) Fingerprints/and your toe prints, too/so unique/for the only you/
Already/more than halfway through/this God-woven process/
(V2) CNS/sheathed in myelin/spinal cord/and your growing brain/
make your moves/much more intricate/Now my hands feel you kick/You’re so alive and quick/
(*) How do I/tell you/how you bring us so much joy?/
How do I/tell you/how you are our priceless pearl?/
How do I/tell them/whether a daughter or son?/
Maybe the best way is sung/we’re having a… / girl!!
We're having a girl/
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Intricately Knit (Song for Month 6):
Music and words 5/6/15 at Casa Dos
(V1) Symphony Six/and the Egmont Overture/
Make you dance and kick/in that soccer ball-sized womb/
Open eyes that blink/while lungs produce surfactant/
Maybe memories/your brainwaves now in action/
(*) So when you hear this song/ much later on/ Remember how you were formed/
Intricately knit/ by Hands that made your hands/ and every part of you down to your soul/
(V2) Your nostrils “breathe”/ amniotic fluid/ just practicing/ for future oxygen/
That reminds me/ of God creating Adam/ Dust from the ground/ then Life in his lungs/
(*)
(V3) Your tiny nerves/ now give sense of feeling/
And though you will feel hurt---/ you’ll also feel healing/
(*)
Intricately knit/ by Hands that made your hands/ and every part of you / down to your soul/
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Not Sure (acoustic demo)
03:00
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Not Sure (Song for Month 7):
Music/words 6/15/15 at Shanty Creek Resort in Michigan
Hi third trimester/Mommy's more tired/
Way to go, darling/Weight has now doubled/
in just one month's time/and, sixteen inches tall/
May have some hiccups/even in one so small/
REM maybe dreaming/More, regular sleeping/
La-,nugo starts shedding/May-,be hair aheading/
Brain channels creasing/for, thinking and mem'ry/
Bone marrow making/blood cells...amazing/
Showered with presents/diapers and wagon/
Onesies and burp cloths/for your, spit up and applesauce/
Passies and rattles/bath toys and bottles/
Your, nurs'ry is ready/Your, parents? Not sure/
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The Whole World Waits For You (Song for Month 8)
Words: Shelbyville, IL.
Music: Date/location unknown.
(V1) All five/senses/Ears can/
distinguish/sounds...(the whole world waits for you)/
Heart rate/responding to music/Breathing/has become more rhythmic/now...(the whole world waits for you)/
(*1) Your circadian rhythm/
begins as you're sensing light/
So you can distinguish the difference of day and night/
(V2) Elbow/room's less/Mom's tummy changes/shapes...(the whole world waits for you)/
One more/month left/and we can hardly/wait...(the whole world waits for you)/
(*2) All creation awaits new life to come/
Seeking deliverance/from more than our mother's womb/
(*3) Groaning together/we eagerly anticipate/So we wait for you/
to join us in this Greater Wait/
(Bridge) The whole world waits/
The whole world waits/
The whole world waits/
(V3) We're already praying/His Spirit to lead your soul/
Joint-heirs with Jesus/it's all Mom and me could hope for/
His whole world waits for you/
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The Whole World Waits For You (Song for Month 8)
Words: Shelbyville, IL.
Music: Date/location unknown.
(V1) All five/senses/Ears can/
distinguish/sounds...(the whole world waits for you)/
Heart rate/responding to music/Breathing/has become more rhythmic/now...(the whole world waits for you)/
(*1) Your circadian rhythm/
begins as you're sensing light/
So you can distinguish the difference of day and night/
(V2) Elbow/room's less/Mom's tummy changes/shapes...(the whole world waits for you)/
One more/month left/and we can hardly/wait...(the whole world waits for you)/
(*2) All creation awaits new life to come/
Seeking deliverance/from more than our mother's womb/
(*3) Groaning together/we eagerly anticipate/So we wait for you/
to join us in this Greater Wait/
(Bridge) The whole world waits/
The whole world waits/
The whole world waits/
(V3) We're already praying/His Spirit to lead your soul/
Joint-heirs with Jesus/it's all Mom and me could hope for/
His whole world waits for you/
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