8th Day

Lucky lucky are we, lucky lucky are we 
Playing our notes in the symphony
Making the world what its supposed to be

Lucky lucky are we, lucky lucky are we
Finding our way in history
Living right where we’re supposed to be

Now it’s time for your big moment
The hour makes you golden
You didn’t ask but you were chosen
It’s not where you’ve been it’s where you’re goin’

The last rung on the ladder
You’re the cleanup batter
Every clock that ticks is telling me
This is our time lucky are we 

אשרינו מה טוב חלקנו ומה נעים גורלנו ומה יפה ירושתנו 

Lucky lucky are we…

Young mothers pushing strollers
To beggars and high rollers
This holy puzzle’s coming clear
Every last piece is needed here

Lone soldier Uber driver
Part time graphic designer
Any clock that ticks is telling me 
This is our time lucky are we

אשרינו…

Lucky lucky are we…

Students and their teachers 
Givers and the seekers, ashreinu
Skeptics and believers
Holy wedding singers, ashreinu
Lone soldier Uber driver
Part time graphic designer, ashreinu

(Water’s on my mind and I just can’t swim, the only way to win is to jump right in.)

Some say turn around 
Turn around and fight ‘em
Some say close your eyes and pray

Some wave a big white flag 
Screamin’ with surrender
Some quit callin it a day

Just keep on moving rollin on
Don’t stop for the ocean 
Keep on moving waters fade away
Just keep on moving rollin on 
Don’t stop for the ocean
Keep on moving ‘til you find your way

ויאמר .. ויסעו ״פאר״

Some look away 
there’s just nothing but survival
Some say it doesn’t really pay
Some hold on tight screamin
Can’t change my nature 
Some say we just can’t find our way

Just keep on moving rollin on…

Water’s on my mind and I just can’t swim

The only way to win is to jump right in
I’m staring down a barrel but I trust in Him
Waves are crashing but we’re comin in
Got my eye on the prize won’t stop for the lies
I’ll be running down this path ‘til he opens my eyes
Clouds so dark I can’t see a thing
But I wait to see the light that my faith will bring

מה אהבתי תורתך כל היום היא שיחתי  

Fast food fast cars might be their obsession
But I’m sittin here with your prized possession 
Your holy words they never get old 
Finer than wine golder than gold

I’m stickin around and you’re the reason
You give me a hook and I sink my teeth in
You drop Your mannah at my door
Keeps me wanting more and more 
I’m stickin around and you’re the reason

I’m stickin around and you’re the reason
You give me a hook and I sink my teeth in
Your words are diamonds in the rough
I can never get enough
I’m stickin around and you’re the reason

Jetplanes and trains may take you many places
I’m happy here with your scrolls and pages
The restless hearts they wander out all night
But Your tree of life is my greatest delight 

I’m stickin around and you’re the reason…

Your walls of parchment reach to the sky
Every letter’s got fire inside
The doors of heaven open up through your pages
Your words they take me to my promised land 
Slices of heaven I hold in my hand
Your gift has been our joy all through the ages

I’m stickin around and you’re the reason…

In the darkest times on a pitch black night
He rode a horse of the purest white 
He knocked on the door got a prisoner free 
In his hands a bag of money 

What shall I do when the money runs dry 
Here’s a prayer that could pierce the sky
What shall I do when the gold runs dry 
Here’s a prayer that could pierce the sky

אלקא דמאיר ענני

When wild dogs they surrounded me These three words they set me free
When you got no strength and you’re crying please
Lost in the forest can’t find the trees 

Here’s what you do when the money runs dry
Here’s a prayer that could pierce the sky
Here’s what you do when the gold runs dry
Here’s a prayer that could pierce the sky

אלקא…

רבי מאיר בעל הנס

So here’s what you do when the money runs dry
There’s a prayer that could pierce the sky
Here’s what you do when the gold runs dry
Sing this song give it a try 
Speak it sing it shout it thrice 
These three words could pierce the sky
Speak it sing it shout it thrice 
These three words could pierce the sky!

Not every tune I write is a hit song
Not every swing is a home run
Here’s what you gotta know before we get started…
You win some you lose some 
There’s pretty there’s gruesome
There’s lows and there’s highs
Hellos and goodbyes
You win some you lose some 
There’s pretty there’s gruesome
There’s ups and there’s downs
But don’t turn around

If you hear me singing this song
You know that I’m trying
All I’ve got’s this promise
To keep fighting
I don’t have a pretty picture trophy smiling
If you hear me singing this song
You know that I’m trying

לא עליך המלאכה לגמור
ולא אתה בן חורין להבטל ממנה
The highest high is to try

You win some you lose some…

If I hear you singing this song
I know that you’re trying
All you’ve got’s that promise
To keep fighting
You don’t need a pretty picture trophy smiling
If I hear you singing this song I know that you’re trying

לא עליך…

Soon you’ll see we don’t need your home run
The only way to win is to have fun
With humble eyes look to the sky
The highest high is to try

Come step inside it’s cold out in the night
Don’t close your eyes the sun’s about to rise
Step to the right we’re gonna dance tonight
Move to the tune good days are coming soon

With stitches and patches he’ll heal your broken heart
He’ll stop the pain now and forever more
With stitches and patches he’ll heal your broken heart
We’ll cry no more, no more no more

בזה השער לא יבא צער
Won’t let the pain inside
He’ll close the door
To the storm outside (X2)

בזה הדלת לא תבוא בהלת
בזה המקום יהיה ברכה ושלום 
בזה הדלת לא תבוא בהלת
We’ll be home again, we’ll be home again

תפילין דמארי עלמא מה כתיב בהוא

Look into the mirror tell me how do you feel
Is that a smile or your heart needs to heal
Look into the mirror tell me how do you feel
With no filter what you see is real

A little bit of fun is fine
Heart and soul they must align
For everything there is a time
So let’s feing’un from the unfeing
A little bit of fun is fine
Heart and soul they must align
Together this one time
Let’s find the unfeing

Un a meser est a ki my father used to say to me
Un a meser est a ki a mentch you gotta be

Close up that old window let the gold disappear
Now it’s just a window to the big world out there
Look into the mirror tell me how do you feel
With no filter what you see is real

A little bit of fun is fine…

Un a meser est a ki…

Dressed in our finest in black and white
July New York hot summer night
That summer night
Gotta make it right
Missed our plane back from vacation
On the ground train left the station
That summer night 
Gotta make it right 

Now I’m riding on the horse that won’t walk backwards
On my way to you I’m on my way to you 
The road is long and very winding but it leads to you
I know it leads to you

I missed the verse went right to chorus
Grabbed the trees and lost the forest 
That summer night
Gotta make it right 
We walked on the wreckage of my sunken ship
It helped us find the other side
That summer night
Tryin’ to make it right

Riding on the horse that won’t walk backwards…

When you stand on broken glass and all
It only makes you tall, it only makes you tall

Looking back I could have done better
My rainy clouds did ruin the weather
That summer night 
Gotta make it right
When I drop a word or skip a letter
This ol’ cap gets another feather
That summer night
Tryin’ to make it right

Riding on the horse that won’t walk backwards…

Now I missed my verse but found the chorus
Climbed the tree and saw the forest
This summer night 
Gonna make it right
Dressed in our finest in black and white
July New York hot summer night
Gonna make it right 
This summer night

Music music, music dancing
Music should dance me away
Music music, music dancing
Music should dance us all away

I met a little boy with big brown eyes he said
Tracht gut vet zein gut
I met a little girl who had no hair she said
Tracht gut vet zein gut

So if you wanna come along dance with me say
Tracht gut vet zein gut
And if you wanna come along and sing with me say
Tracht gut vet zein gut

Tracht gut vet zein gut
Tracht gut vet zein gut to me

Build the groove… 
Build the groove build it brick by brick
Build the groove with a guitar lick
Build the groove…
Build the groove ‘til they hear you sound
Build the groove ‘til they come around

One by one is how it’s done they say
Gonna live my life and take it day by day
One by one is how it’s done they say
Take it day by day

From winter’s night to summer fun I’ll stay
I’m hangin on just won’t look away
One by one is how it’s done they say
Take it day by day

Build the groove…
Build the groove with a hammer in your hand 
Build the groove ‘til you nail it down
Build the groove…Build the groove ‘til they hear you sound
Build the groove ‘til they come around

One by one is how it’s done they say…

One step after another and you discover
Is that you’re flying
Don’t look down for footprints you’re not gonna find them
You’ve got those wings now that’s how you’re ridin
You’re flyin, flyin

One by one is how it’s done they say…