Aisling West Music - Teri Woods Lyrics

Where Heaven Meets Earth CD Lyrics

Lullabies and Longings
(Music & Lyrics by Teri Woods/Aisling West Music, BMI)

Tonight, as I lay next to you there's a longing in my heart. A yearning to return to simpler times. When pennies for your thoughts were all the riches that we knew, and reason never entered our rhymes. / It once seemed like a holiday just looking in your eyes. Within them, I could see a billion stars. And I could be transported when you took me in your arms. Within your love I'd soar away and afar. / Chorus: Lullabies and longings lead me into peaceful sleep and dreams of the life that we once knew. Lullabies bring solace to this weary heart of mine, and longing for the days of me- and you. / Each morning, as I wake I try to catch a dream or two, then gently hold your hand, my dreams to share. Well, I could live a lifetime just lyin' next to you, and telling you just how much- I care. / Well, I'm content to cherish each and ev'ry day we're blessed to share through ev'ry joy and strife. For I can live abundantly on tea, simplicity, and knowing that I choose to share my life. / Chorus (twice) / I'm longing to live my whole life with you.

She Lay Down Her Head
(Music & Lyrics by Teri Woods/Aisling West Music, BMI)

She lay down her head on a tear stained pillow from which her dreams are born. / She lay down her head on a tear stained pillow from which her dreams are born. As night descends upon the land, from her breast her heart feels torn. But she knows, with eyes closed, she can travel afar, far above her cares and woes. As she drifts off the sleep, John O'Dreams as her boatman, to another land she goes. / While awake, her pain she cannot escape, in her dreams, she can't be seen. She floats away, far above the fray, feeling quiet, calm, serene. Her heart holds a secret, in search of release, it has carried far and long. As the heart is opened, those who wish to sing will always find a song. / She lay down her head on a tear stained pillow from which this dream was born. As the dawn rises up and the dew descends, her spirit is reborn. As the boatman departs, he bids his farewell, and he calls, as away he rows, "Within your heart, keep one small, still, secret place where dreams may go." / She lay down her head.

Just A Little Bit More
(Music & Lyrics by Teri Woods/Aisling West Music, BMI; Arr. by Abraham Marcor)

In loving memory of Jacqueline J. Confer (April 26, 1952-February 29, 2004). Our hearts were well-traveled. Our souls retread. We'd come a long way from the start. Yet we'd weathered the distance 'til finally we met right here, at the end of our hearts. / Chorus: Where heaven meets earth was the place that we met, and we lived where the land meets the shore. When I said, "I love you", you quickly replied, "I love you, just a little bit more". / We have traveled together down many a path. We have walked hand in hand by the sea. We have gathered up seashells, and wished on the stars for this life made of you and me. / Chorus / Now we stand at the cross roads of heaven and earth. Once again, where the land meets the shore. "She is gone", someone says, and I quickly reply, "No, here she comes. Now she truly can soar". / Chorus (twice) / "I love you, just a little bit more".

Silhouettes
(Music: Hector the Hero/Traditional; Lyrics by Teri Woods/Aisling West Music, BMI)

As the shadows of eve'ning fall, and the cloak of darkness does weigh, silhouettes rise up t'ward the dark'ning night like ghosts of the day. / Like spirits, they dance in the dusk, then vanish in the night. They carry the remnants of the past as off'ring to the moonlight. /Their shadowy garments enfold ancient stories of wisdom and lore. We behold the myst'ry of this day by lis'ning to their tales of yore. / As the night spreads across the sky and the young stars gently appear, we remember the dimming of the day, the silhouettes always near.

In the Flicker of Candlelight
(Music & Lyrics by Teri Woods/Aisling West Music, BMI)

Chorus: In the flicker of candlelight I remember Your love. As the flame glows it warms me, sending grace from above. I remember Your promise to replace dark with light. I lift up my heart and sing to you, Lord, on this night. I wait now in joyful hope as the candles burn bright. / When darkness casts long shadows on despair, Your love brings me hope. You tend my ev'ry care. / Chorus / When I am afraid, and doubt fills my soul, Your love gives me strength, and Your grace makes me whole. / When I've lost my way on life's path as I roam, You show me the way, and You lead me home. / Chorus

What's Already Yours
(Music & Lyrics by Teri Woods/Aisling West Music, BMI/Arr. by Abraham Marcor)

The years have passed like the river flows beneath this bridge of our hearts. Through the changing currents of our lives, and the miles that have kept us apart. Now we find ourselves back at the start. / Chorus: Could you hear my heart break as you walked through that door? Could you feel the deep ache in my soul? I have (I've) stolen your heart once again, you say, but, you can't steal what's already yours. My heart has always been yours. / As we share the secrets of our hearts, as we pour forth our hopes and our fears. As we sift through the missing days and years, that were measured with heartache and tears, the course of our life's been made clear. / Chorus / Instrumental interlude / Chorus / And I couldn't want anyone more.

Tucson to Tír na nÓg CD Lyrics

The Birds of Rhiannon
(Music by Teri Woods, Aisling West Music, BMI/Arrangement by Kathy Aros)

The magical birds of Rhiannon, said to accompany the Goddess Rhiannon, healed the sick & wounded with their sweet songs, awakened the dead, & lulled the living to sleep.

The Earth Is So Dry
(Music & Lyrics by Teri Woods, Aisling West Music, BMI)

The earth is so dry. Been long since a rain.
I pray that the clouds will appear.
And my heart’s been so low since my love’s been away.
The only rain’s been my tears.
And my lips are so parched. Seek their quench in his kiss,
Not the salty taste of my tears

Now the storm clouds appear, And the heat of the day
rises up to caress the sky.
And the trees gently dance in the whispering breeze,
And the clouds shed soft tears as they cry.
Soon my love shall return from his journey afar,
And my heart can whisper a sigh

My heart forever shall yearn,
Until my love’s safe return

Now the rain gently falls on the land, parched and dry,
And the earth drinks deeply and long.
And the scent rises up from the creosote sweet.
And my heart swells as birds sing their song.
Soon my love shall return, and he’ll kiss me again,
And my heart no more shall long.

Tucson to Tír na nÓg

520 KB
(Music & Lyrics by Teri Woods, Aisling West Music, BMI)

Oh, the stars are so bright over Tucson tonight,
I can see the Milky Way.
As I trace each star in the Heavens afar,
I remember my home far away

It’s been twenty odd years since I left home,
My tears still I shed for the land I love.
So I sing this to thee, O Erin gra mo chroi,
from Tucson to Tír na nÓg

Chorus:

Land of my heart. My soul is yearning.
Land of my dreams. Light in my eyes.
I will come back. I’ll be returning
to Erin my love, from Tucson to Tír na nÓg

As I lie down in bed, mem’ries flow through my head
of my friends, and the days gone by.
I have left family in old Erin, you see,
And I’ve made a new home here for me

So bless Tucson, this night. Oh my heart so delights
in my glorious desert home.
Still in my dreams alone, to old Erin I’ll roam
from Tucson to Tír na nÓg

Chorus (twice)

To Erin, my love, from Tucson to Tír na nÓg.

I Am A Ramblin’ Rover
(Music & Lyrics by Teri Woods, Aisling West Music, BMI)

Chorus:

I am a ramblin’ rover, a child away from home.
More refugee than orphan. Fearful and alone.
I’m running from the pain of past and half-forgotten woes.
I am a ramblin’ rover and I need a place to call home

Well, I left home at seventeen and hit the dusty road.
And like the story of the seeds, I’ve reaped what I have sowed.
I’ve never settled down for long. No moss under these shoes.
I’ve rambled ‘roun from town to town, and more than paid me dues

So colorful a life I’ve lived, of rich and varied hues.
But while I’ve painted red the town, I’ve also sung the blues.
I’ve sought a compass and the dream that lies at rainbow’s end.
But I’ve learned life is here and now, and not around the bend

Chorus

Our fate is what we don’t resist as each day passes by.
And that which we do not attain, we’ve often failed to try.
I’ve somehow come this far by luck, by hook and crook and prayer.
I’d rather care about my life than live without a care

Chorus

My painful past’s behind me now. There’s much I’ve left to do.
Each time I stop awhile, I wipe the dust off of me shoes.
Although I choose to ramble, amble, gamble as I roam,
I bloom where ‘ere I plant me feet. Each town I call me home

I was a ramblin’ rover, a child away from home.
More refugee than orphan. Fearful and alone.
Was runnin’ from the pain of past and half-forgotton woes.
I was a ramblin’ rover, but I’ve found a place to call home.