Lyrics I wrote to accompany a chinese song – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiPJ6qTgm70

For performance at the 2007 Buddha’s Birthday Festival

let me walk you to the stars
somewhere we can be afar
from those blinding city lights
dizzy noises that dry our eyes

and the moon shall light the dark
symphony of the carefree lark
chase the shadows of our past
the innocence that never last

[bridge]

how far have we really come, i ask
reflections in the mirror, they just laugh

[chorus]

sing the melody of a mudangjang
linger, memories of my old sweet love
take me home, o country road
paint my heart with colours of a rainbow
(paint my heart with songs and colours of a rainbow)

[/end chorus]

[verse2]
mountain dew on silver grass
snowflake drifting on cedars
footprints trace the golden sand
the taste of salt, wind in my hand

walls and fences we build up
eventually all fade and rust
mother nature crys to us
you’re still here, breaking her heart.