Breath on the Water

from Just Down the Road a' Peace by Gray Cox

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This is a Bonus Track originally made available on "Sleep Baby, Sleep".
It is an "Air for Buddhists and Other Animals" that was inspired by the image in the Old Testament of that creative power of the Breath on the Waters . . . with an echo of the reciprocity and sharing that is invited in the New Testament when Jesus invites us to cast our bread upon the waters. And, of course, it is a celebration of this great Commons of air that we all share, breathing it in to our inmost and then breathing it out again to be shared, molecule by molecule, by others of all sorts.

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Take this air and pass it on,
reach down breath it all the way in.
Pass it on and share and share again.
It's all breath on the water;
it's all breath on the water.
Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
~Animal calls.
~Animal calls.
~Animal calls.
~Animal calls.
~Animal calls.

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from Just Down the Road a' Peace, released October 11, 2015

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Gray Cox Bar Harbor, Maine

Gray is a singer/songwriter who plays bones and guitar. He is a parent, grandparent, Quaker and philosopher. He teaches at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine is a co-founder of the Quaker Institute for the Future, and works on issues of peace and human ecology. His blog, combining music and social commentary is at breathonthewater.com. ... more

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