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The Napa Suite

by Harvey Canter

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1.
The Seed 03:59
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(Inspired by Aretha/January 2018) Here we are on the way, falling to the ground Taking root where we may, to destiny we’re bound Roots reach out ---- Calling out, see and say – training to the sound Burst and bloom every day, come right out the ground Roots reach out ---- Crawling backwards, walk in place – How to make it count? Listen doctor! Teacher hear! Tear those silos down!!! Roots reach out ---- Plant the seed, it will awake; branches know their way Finding earth in Napa soil, the growth begins today Roots reach out ---- “It is great to have roots, as long as you can take them with you.” ---Gertrude Stein
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Tiny Traveler 02:34
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(Inspired by Kevin Nugent/Rachel Talmentez/Sharon Zone/Mary Beth Steinfeld/Kristie Brandt/Stephanie Paravicini/Ann Stadtler/Linda Gilkerson/Larry Gray/Berry Brazelton; February--March 2018) Tiny Traveler – what did you bring? What do you need, your Soul-Life to feed? Tiny Traveler -- a fussy one Tiny Traveler ---- we can just be in The Fan Tiny Traveler – with eyes so wide Drink it all in, reveal and begin AMOR AMOR… a magical door….. AMOR AMOR…. from here you will soar….
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Back to Back 03:03
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(Inspired by John Hornstein; January 2019) You got my back and I got yours We can reach and grab so we can grow some more You lean left and I’ll lean right Let’s stay in tune so we don’t learn to fight! I can get to know you BACK to BACK So much I can show you BACK to BACK You can wear my boots for now...Just bring them back… All our differences make us the same Who we really are is not our name We can love and learn right from the start Just don’t let the world befoul our hearts… I can get to know you BACK to BACK So much I can show you BACK to BACK You can wear my boots for now…Just bring them back… Good is how we leave Bad behind What’s mine is yours & yours is mine There’s what we believe and then what is true…. There’s room for me and there’s room for you!!! I can get to know you BACK to BACK So much I can show you BACK to BACK You can wear my boots for now…Just bring them back…
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The Invitations 03:18
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(Inspired by George Downing/August 2018; also Cherisse Northcutt, Barbara Stroud/April 2018) Does it come with honey or with frost? With renewal or with a cost? So many signals to get crossed… The Invitations made, the Invitations lost… Outside movie…Inside movie…. See the story…..Be the story Watch it all unfold frame by frame Time stands still but meaning gains Layers and layers, give them all a name Speak for the baby, voice/make his claim Outside movie…Inside movie…. See the story…..Be the story Outside movie, Inside movie… The invitations made, the invitations lost… The invitations made, the invitations lost…. The invitations made…..
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Brain Upside Down 02:42
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(Inspired by Bruce Perry/May 2018; Connie Lillas/July 2018; also Pat Levitt/January 2018) Thoughts are spinnin’ round my head My body’s jelly or it’s dead Hearing colors seeing sounds Cuz my brain ain’t workin’ cuz it’s upside down!! I’m turning over desks Making everything a mess Can’t stop or slow it down When my brain ain’t workin’ cuz it’s upside down!! Like Bruce and Connie said My mind escapes my head Like a watch that’s overwound Guess my brain ain’t workin’ cuz it’s upside down!! Like Bruce and Connie said When you’re combo blue or red You get lost before you’re found When your brain ain’t workin’ cuz it’s upside down!!! It’s like Bruce and Connie said….. Your brain ain’t workin’ when it’s upside down!!!
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The Ring 03:35
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(Inspired by Maria Quintanilla; Stephen Hinshaw/Nov. 2018) So many orphans…so many losses…Floods wash away what the wind only tosses Keep them all busy – maybe they’ll forget The beginning broke the bough But the end is in the now The circle of time…the circle of love…the circle of truth… Brings it all around, brings it all around… The beginning broke the bough But the end is in the now Mother left a ring with grandma….just for me….One day it will bring the home A place that is mine…..A message crossing Time… The beginning broke the bough But the end is in the now
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Mean Thing City 03:17
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(Inspired by Alexandra Harrison/September 2018; Carol George/April 2018; Serena Weider/July 2018; also see Krasilovsky & Spier, The Cow Who Fell In The Canal, 1982) (A special note of gratitude to Dr. Karl Pottharst, who introduced me to the work of John Bowlby) A cow wants an adventure…He falls into the canal He floats downstream to the city…Without his farmer or his horsey pal Watch out!! You can get hurt!! Watch out!! Don’t know where your base is! Watch out!! There’s no one to keep you safe! Watch out!! They’re all strange faces!!! Lost in Time – It don’t feel pretty… Lost in Space – you feel itty-bitty… Could I survive in Mean Thing City….Mean Thing City… I don’t have a map for this village….I don’t know where the grass is… There’s smells and colors and honking horns, and big eyes staring through glasses… Watch out!! You can get hurt!! Watch out!! Don’t know where your base is! Watch out!! There’s no one to keep you safe! Watch out!! They’re all strange faces!!! Lost in Time – It don’t feel pretty… Lost in Space – you feel itty-bitty… Could I survive in Mean Thing City? Mean Thing City… Lost in Time – It don’t feel pretty… Lost in Space – you feel itty-bitty… Could I survive in Mean Thing City? Mean Thing City… Could I survive??
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The Border 02:35
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(Inspired by events that took place during the Fellowship in June/July 2018) I’m feeling Presidential, I’m feeling like a King I’m looking at the Border, a wall is just the thing! The power to divide them, to fill the world with fear I’ll be a man for all the ages…. It’s time to put their babies in cages I’ll put their babies in cages…. I’ll put their babies in cages… I’m standing at the Border, I’m standing in a line I walked a thousand miles, my children at my side We made it through the desert, now the officer Is showing me some pages… Saying he’ll put my babies in cages He’ll put my babies in cages… He’ll put my babies in cages…. I come from California but my relatives they came A century ago, when they had another name I’m looking at the Border, I know it’s crossed a line When I’m feeling so much rage Because we put their babies in cages… We put their babies in cages…. We put their babies in cages… I just don’t know where our shame is….
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From A Fountain To A Well 03:51
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(Inspired by Kyle Pruett/September 2018; also by Melinda and Julian) From a fountain to a well In your waters I will dwell… Across the years…Bridge the fears with strength and with play Crossing rivers you helped me to navigate the way Now I find my own ocean and swim it every day…. Gushing and gushing, you gave and gave Now I come to you for wisdom and a wave…. From a fountain to a well Read a story, tales to tell Across the years…Bridge the fears with strength and with play Crossing rivers you helped me to navigate the way Now I find my own ocean and swim it every day…. Gushing and gushing, you gave and gave Now I come to you for wisdom and a wave…. From a fountain to a well….
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Dance With the Barrier 04:31
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(Inspired by Steve Graner/November 2018; Bruce Perry/May 2018) I’m spinning in my Billy-Brain – it likes what it knows!!! Are you bringing shame, are you slinging pain? I’ll just fuck up your show!!! Can you dance with the barrier? Let it be, but love it away…. Can you get on your knees, make peace with Billy… Can you dance with the barrier? I’m spinning in my Billy-Brain – and brains don’t like surprises…. I can lose it all again and again – but will you survive my crisis?? Can you dance with the barrier? Let it be, but love it away…. Can you get on your knees, make peace with Billy… Can you dance with the barrier? Taking and sending….Breathe in the pain….send out relief We are all stuck…We can all share the peace Make it contagious…..Contagious! Can you dance with the barrier? Let it be, but love it away…. Can you get on your knees, make peace with Billy… Can you dance with the barrier? Can you get on your knees? Can you get on your knees? Can you get on your knees… And dance……?
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Are You One Of The Doodlers? 03:54
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(Inspired by all 32 cohort souls, faculty, the hawks, balloonists, Kristie and John) Color patterns and wavy curling lines… Rainbows and leaves, unicorns and trees, endless flavors of mandalas Stay busy busy busy but keep your mind open! Are you one of the doodlers? An incessant restless noodler... Does it serve you as a soother? Are you one of the doodlers? Be distracted to attend…line up wasabi peas! Count balloons that take off, watch for the hawks, think about lunch and maybe writing songs… Stay busy busy busy but keep your mind open!! Are you one of the doodlers? An incessant restless noodler... Does it serve you as a soother? Are you one of the doodlers? Thirty-two souls, 24 hours a month -- Who was it thought this thing up? Travel so far yet reflecting as one We need a fishing guide and lots of coffee cups!!! Are you one of the doodlers? An incessant restless noodler... Does it serve you as a soother? Are you one of the doodlers? Regulate your bodymind -- any way that works!!! What we learn we can teach…reflect…extend your reach Regulate your bodymind – any way that works!! Are you one of the doodlers? An incessant restless noodler... Does it serve you as a soother? Are you one of the doodlers? Are you One!?!
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Spaghetti Kids and Fainting Goats 04:39
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(Inspired by Marie Anzalone, Julia Bantimba, Jennifer Black, Margaret Ritchey/Nov-Dec 2018) Spaghetti kids and fainting goats…..The tsunami of events… Spaghetti kids and fainting goats…Stuck in the tunnel behind a fence… The body knows its arousal curve… What can I do next? Pushing the blocks…rocking the horse…System is turning on!!! Smell the crayons… taste all the noise….System is turning on!!! It’s a whole new world of possibilities What can I do next? Wiggly…wobbly…floppy…bejiggedy….
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Don't Just Do Something, Stand There 04:29
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(Inspired by John Hornstein, Steve Seligman/January 2019; and Kristie Brandt) Busy Busy Busy, running around Putting out fires before smoke comes around Pushing Pushing Pushing but still losing ground Not even listening just chasing the sound… Don’t just do something – stand there! Before you reason and relate – gotta get regulated, baby! Yeah yeah yeah…. Churning churning churning – caught in the grind Your brain is always thinking but nothing's in mind Searching searching searching but missing the signs Looking looking looking but your insight is blind Don’t just do something – stand there! Before you reason and relate – gotta get regulated, baby! Yeah yeah yeah…. Emotions move at the speed of light But thinking only moves at the speed of sound Unless we can tame them and settle inside They’re nothing but a trainwreck in the body bound…. Don’t just do something – stand there! Before you reason and relate – gotta get regulated, baby! Yeah yeah yeah….
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The Bridge 03:11
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(Inspired by Reflective Group members; Mary Beth, Monique; Kristie) From a seed to a bridge…Up and across From a seed to a bridge…Up and across It grows and spreads… many roads and skies ahead It grows and spreads… many roads and skies ahead It begins and it ends…The pathways heal and mend… It begins and it ends…The pathways heal and mend… From a seed to a bridge…

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released April 10, 2019

Words and Music by Harvey Canter

All vocals and acoustic & electric 6 &12 guitars by Harvey Canter

Except: solo in Don't Just Do Something, Stand There and pedal steel guitar in The Bridge played by Paul Hilton.

Produced by Harvey Canter and Paul Hilton

Recorded by Paul Hilton at Platinum Studios, Sherman Oaks, CA
March 2019

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