LYRICS:
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1-Wintersong
In the air like a winter song
Making everything white all along my path
Over memories of autumn hues
It's music to my eyes....

And I've always loved harmony
Cuts to the very heart of me
Like fire in December
Down to my soul it warms me. Chorus

CHORUS:
Like the promise of love in the spring
It's in the way that the sun makes me sing
It's in the way that the autumn can bring
A grateful tear to my eye
Every season is calling to me
'To be the changes that I want to see'
In world full of disharmony
I'll sing my winter song.

I know sometimes it seems
Winter freezes everything
But what appears to be cold and still
Is only sleeping
And sleep is when we dream
of the songs we want to sing
From the darkness and the silence
Comes a new refrain. Chorus
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2-Hibernation (instrumental)
"What appears to be cold and still, is only sleeping."
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3-River (Joni Mitchell)
(SONY/ATV TUNES LLC OBO JONI MITCHELL PUBLISHING CORP.)
Its coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
But it don't snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby cry

She tried hard to help me
You know, he put me at ease
And he loved me so naughty
Made me weak in the knees
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I'm so hard to handle
I'm selfish and I'm sad
Now Ive gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I made my baby say goodbye

Its coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
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4-Catch The Wind (Donovan Leitch, SOUTHERN MUSIC PUB CO INC)
In the chilly hours and minutes,
Of uncertainty, I want to be,
In the warm hold of your loving mind.

To feel you all around me,
And to take your hand, along the sand,
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.

When sundown pales the sky,
I wanna hide a while, behind your smile,
And everywhere I'd look, your eyes I'd find.

For me to love you now,
Would be the sweetest thing, 'twould make me sing,
Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind.

When rain has hung the leaves with tears,
I want you near, to kill my fears
To help me to leave all my blues behind.

For standin' in your heart,
Is where I want to be, and I long to be,
Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind.
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5-Snow Leopard (Instrumental: Percussion by Marc Anderson
Marc Anderson actually sent Michael a percussion track he created which inspired Michael to create music around the percussion. It wasn't until he played the "Snow Leopard" baritone guitar that the piece came together.
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6-Winter Embrace
Sky Blue and evergreen
On a sea of sparkling white
And I knew this morning scene
Would make me feel that all is right.

So easy to be at peace
So At home here in the woods
I would carry this feeling
Always with me if I could. Chorus

CHORUS
Oh winter embrace me
Show me who I am
From silent to stormy
My heart is in your hands.

Gliding through green corridors
A whispering train on a snowy rail
My best friend's behind me
Every morning without fail.

Sometimes a moose or a deer
Or a wolf will cross our path
If we don't meet them face to face
We can always spot their tracks. Chorus

From the warmth of my cabin
I see the snow wind through the pines
Though a blizzard is raging
A quiet gift is left behind.

Sky blue and Evergreen
On a sea of sparkling white
And I knew this morning scene
Would make me feel that all is right. Chorus

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7-Hey Ho Nobody Home (Traditional)
Hey, ho, nobody home - Meat nor drink nor money have I none Yet shall we be merry -
Hey, ho, nobody home - Meat nor drink nor money have I none Yet shall we be merry -
Hey, ho, nobody home - Hey, ho, nobody home

Soal, soal, a soal cake - Please, good missus, a soal cake
An apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry - any good thing to make us all merry
One for Peter, two for Paul - Three for Him who made us all

God bless the master of this house and the mistress, also-
And all the little children that 'round your table grow
The cattle in your stable, the dog at your front door
And all that dwells within your gate, we wish you 10 times more - Soal, a soal, a soal cake.

Go down into the cellar and see what you can find
If the barrels are not empty we hope you will be kind
We hope you will be kind with your apple and strawber'
For we'll come no more a 'soalin' 'til this time next year Soal, a soal, a soal cake......

The streets are very dirty, my shoes are very thin I have a little pocket to put a penny in
If you haven't got a penny, a ha' penny will do
If you haven't got a ha' penny then God bless you Soal, a soal, a soal cake......
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8-Solstice Dance (Instrumental: Narnia Theme)
Originally the "Theme From Narnia" a Grand Marais Playhouse production of "The Lion Witch and Wardrobe", 2006 for which Michael was commissioned to compose music for and Tim Styles (aka Tim Suck), a high school student played banjo, mandolin and guitar as part of the Cook County Mentorship program.
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9-Light Of Love
This is the time of awakening
The season has come for new life
The cold giving way to a warm wind
The darkness is 'chased by the light'

The world half asleep since the snowfall
Turning her face to the sun
Somehow the seeds still remember
To spring from the earth as one.

Chorus
And we sing the songs of love and we watch the stars above
For a sign of the change in the seasons, a return of the light of love.

Some of us stay through the winter
And some of fly to the sun.
Those who remain know the joy that comes
With the taste of spring rain on the tongue.

Chorus

Is this the reason for living
To learn from earth how it's done
We're never far from our mother
she's where we are going and where we're from.

Chorus
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10-Melting (Instrumental)
Inspired by the spring melting snow along the Cascade River, North Shore of Lake Superior, MN