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Thread #1541   Message #4221386
Posted By: GUEST,Jim Lucas
21-Apr-25 - 03:47 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Shake These Bones (Malcolm Dalglish)
Subject: RE: Origin: Shake These Bones (Malcolm Dalglish)
Here are the lyrics, verified from a recording on YouTube by Malcolm Dalglish, Grey Larsen and Claudia Schmidt, though I prefer the version by Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein and Michael Cicone on their CD "Angels in Daring"... also on YouTube.

SHAKE THESE BONES
   by Malcolm Dalglish

I'll show you how I'm feeling Lord, any day
I'll shake these bones and shout and sing my life away
I'll shake these bones and I will shout and sing my life away
For it won't be long before these bones turn to clay

I'll tell you what I'm thinking Lord, any time
I'll tell you lies, I'll tell you dreams, and you won't mind
I'll tell you lies, I'll tell you dreams, I know that you won't mind
There's something there that's out of reach, I will find

I'll tell you what I'm seeing, Lord, everywhere
It may be only a small part of what is there
It may be only a small part of what is really there
But I'll stumble like the blind man, Lord, without fear

I'll tell you what I'm hearing Lord, all the time
I'm hearing songs and melodies in my mind
I'm hearing songs and melodies, but when they're out of mind
I'll hear the sweetest peace of all, left behind

I'll show you how I'm living, Lord, every day
I may not fall down on my knees and start to pray
I may not fall down on my knees and worship you or pray
But there's reverence in my laughter, Lord, anyway

I'll show you who I'm loving, Lord, in the night
And when the door is open, Lord, and filled with light
And when the door is open, Lord, and filled with the morning light
We'll hear the child that calls for us, out of sight

I'll show you who I'm loving, Lord, in the day
And to my fellow people, Lord, these words I'll say
And to all my fellow people, Lord, these loving words I'll say
And I'll shake these bones and shout and sing my life away