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Thank you for giving me hands |
Thank you for giving me feet |
Thank you for the top of the mountain |
and for the city streets |
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Thank you for giving me blood that flows |
Thank you for giving me eyes that see |
Thank you every day for your love |
that shines in the stars and watches over me |
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Like a dog I need love |
Like a tree I need the sky |
Like a fish I need to breathe in my own way |
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Thank you for the heart of the ocean |
Thank you for the face of the stone |
Thank you for the angels and the prophets |
and Thank you for the day when you carry me home |
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Thank you for a good runnin' motor |
Thank you for the smell of oil |
Thank you for the dark rainy forest |
and for the virgin soil |
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Thank you for giving me understanding |
Thank you cause I don't know a thing |
Thank you right now for your love |
that turns me around and makes the planets spin |
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Like bread I need to rise |
Like a child I need to grow
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Like a vine I need to climb in my own way
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Thank you for making me happy |
Thank you for making me sad |
Thank you for being the best friend |
My soul has ever had |
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The Sufi Choir
"Cryin' For Joy" album
Director and Composer
William Allaudin Mathieu
Codirector
Dara Young
Lyricist
Richard Tillinghast
Soprano
Fatima Peterson
Halima Anderson
Mary Tillinghast
Sita Mulligan
Tenor
Huzur Nawaz Stephen Coughlin
James Fellows
Leroy Yerxa
Vasheest Phillip Davenport
Alto
Amina Kathryn Erikson
Hafiza Mathieu
Mouni Sitton Cave
Marion Shirin
Bass
Halim Welch
Moineddin Jablonski
Shabda Kahn
Instruments
William Allaudin Mathieu, piano, trumpet
Amin Quance, dumbek, tabla
Baba Maize, acoustic and electric bass
Brian Godden, lead guitar
Dara Young, trombone, electric bass
Eugene Okamoto, drums
George Ruckert, sarod
Huzur Nawaz Stephen Coughlin, clarinet, metal and wooden flutes
Muid Pani, tabla
Richard Tillinghast, percussion
Shabda Kahn, acoustic guitar, dumbek
Zakir Hussain, tabla and dholak
Sound
Carlos & Star (Clear Sound), recording
Phil Sawyer, special effects
BMI © 1974 Cold Mountain Music
Sufi Choir Photos
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