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Go!

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1.
Feeling Me, Feeling You 02:56
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Feeling Me, Feeling You 1/8/07 Let’s rest our eyes lie entwined float down the river While the sun is high you sigh I feel a warm quiver I feel your smile, I melt into its soft glow Hear hypnotic cries of crickets as our dream grows Whoa, whoa, whoa, taking a moment to savor the beauty of life It’s so special spending the day drifting in paradise My lungs unfold like a flower opening up to the light Your rhythmic heartbeat an island in our sea of delight I open my eyes to endless blue that fills my vision A hawk up high silently glides in its own dimension Your upturned head watches with calm fascination I move my arm to cradle your amazement Whoa, whoa, whoa, the moments we share never cease to inspire It’s so special sharing our senses living a life of desire Sometimes resting is the most precious action in one’s life Thinking feeling what more could a dear heart require Whoa, whoa, whoa, lost in the wonder of feeling me feeling you I love sharing all the notions that spawn our splinters of truth It’s a privilege to wake each morning feel the mountain dew It’s so special to revel in the magic of feeling me feeling you
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Carnival 02:36
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Carnival                                                           7/4/08 Life is a carnival A merry-go-round slowly spinning for me There are wonders at every turn Novel and talented people smiling Here's to the people who play hard Here's to the people who take time to care Everyday is a party Everyday is a walk at the fair Come waltz a number with me Gliding in step we fashion our own world There is magic in melody Poetry, love and sweetest harmony Both performers and watchers are we Take a bow before clapping I'll be your audience A good fan cheering Then I'll bask in your applause Life is a carnival  A merry-go-round slowly spinning for me There are wonders at every turn Novel and talented people smiling
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The World Touches Me 03:08
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The World Touches Me 4/26/2006 What I do see is more than I see everyday What I do feel is more than I sense Sometimes the world touches me Keeps me company while I think I shoot out thoughts like a Tommy gun Words pour out in rapid runs Painting the world that is me Making the world I am to be Wonder fills my joy Laughter seasons the stew I’m steeping Every day is a feast So much to taste of which comforts and awakens Sometimes the world touches me Talks to me while I think Sharing all our days Gives my life dimension widens my perception Listening to the rain The rhythm is dreamy soothes like honey Every breath I take Is filled with wonder new worlds to uncover (discover) Everything takes shape Random seeks order when the world touches me
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The Best We Can 03:19
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The Best We Can Do? May 12, 2007 Seek the perfect deity Pray for your immortality Flee life’s sensuality Debase visceral reality Steeped in life it feels insane to me To demonize primal carnality Pray to appease god’s vanity Transcend to explain man’s suffering Spawn endless irony, By making god part of history, Damn me now cloaked in humility Explain to me what god does want Making pleasure a tie to be undone Viewing reason a false idol to be shunned Yet somehow I embrace my humanity Death gives life its rightful sum Every moment is a diamond in the rough To be polished its luster will shine on Potential loss breeds opportunity Our defeats make good times sweet This here body gives my life its key It responds to each pulse makes a melody Discordant tensions resolve into harmony My life is like one vibrant symphony
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Morning Mist 05:34
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Morning Mist 8/17/03 In the misty wonderland of early morn Songbirds announce a new day is born From this peace we wake anew Such is the womb our natural milieu Softly I tread so as not to break the trance To add and not subtract is my vigilant stance Over the horizon the sun comes into view Energy replaces stillness as I turn to you I feel so fortunate to be alive, I feel so privileged to see your smile There is a rhythm in all we do Each sensation provides us with clues Sometimes I laugh sometimes I sigh Some things I accept others I question why When I run, I run for joy Not to find the answer or to avoid Many seekers fret and deplore what they find What is sought brings peace of mind Feeling refreshed my heart’s on fire I love my life when I aspire To help the world ease its pain By making what we do less insane Come let us dance with everything No need to change just fit in All the lost souls just work and destroy Cover their emptiness with incessant noise Everyone that’s aware finds the time to show care Knows the danger of belief, avoids the poison of deceit Everyone that’s aware takes the time to show care Everyone, everywhere, show your love show your care Sitting still or running fast, quiet wisdom a loving act We can run with reverence, or just be and acquiesce
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The Campfire 03:49
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The Campfire 2/16/08 Come sit with me next to the crackling fire The wind from its core has such hypnotic power Into the night the sparks dart and do dance The heat of the blaze draws me into a deep trance Silence comes easy when comfort is all that you’re feeling Something is blossoming deep in my heart that fulfills Calm and refreshed the heat now radiates from me I’m now a fire which will glow through the night Breathing in deep the air is like honey Smooth and so sweet with a hint of smoked pine Walking away we’re absorbed by the black of night Soon stars appear as our eyes adjust to this new light Our ears come alive as we feel our way back to our campsite Each rustle of leaves is both a warning and a guide Holding your hand I’m sure of my future For moments like these give life its foundation Loving is something akin to the fire we’re building Once warmed by the blaze we soon become our own fire and brimstone Silence comes easy when comfort is all that you’re feeling Something is blossoming deep in my heart that fulfills
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For Goodness Sake 04:17
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For Goodness Sake 12/30/07 It’s been awhile since sincerity Has been used to move hearts My cries of emotion is what I feel Not just a play to win the part Years of deceit lead to depression Lost and afraid you work so hard Without the truth you get obsessive Fill in the gaps by keeping busy Living easy is hard to do Staying relaxed amidst all the motion Singing and sighing and shouting and trying While floating so light in your ocean Men who do rule seek subjugation Men who do rule demand loyalty The will to be free is no slight transgression Sharing a meal is weak heresy They want you scared and oh so anxious They want you to believe life’s on the decline They’ll feed your addictions while heaping shame Say you’re responsible it’s your life The man in the mirror is losing face Our standard of living is falling off the pace The fear they foster keeps us docile and meek Their supposed wars for freedom is not what they seek Years of deceit lead to depression Lost and afraid you work so hard Without the truth you get obsessive Fill in the gaps by keeping busy We fail to peek beyond the debate Right and wrong are our only choices It’s 50/50 or so they say What feels right we’re told is wrong Beat the terrorists is their perpetual song What is logical is conspiracist theory As naked aggression passes for diplomacy Ooh, ooh, yes, for goodness sake Ooh, ooh, yes, give me a break Tell me, tell me, tell me something real
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What it is 03:52
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What it is 12/14/07 Pulling back the curtain a shock of light blinds you Formless wall of whiteness removes the sense of room Soon you see some edges a landscape comes into view Once you gain your focus what you see is true Florid scenes the promise of roses Rises out from the morning dew Song birds dart and rest on a low branch Mourning doves warble a pensive coo Sitting down to breakfast you listen to the worldly news We’ve won another battle but there’s been another coup The terrorists are coming their hatred is vile and crude You feel a little guilty as you lick the jam from the spoon You want to believe you’re with the good guys That you leaders are honest and kind too But when you try to look into the light You sense that you’re being lied to and used What it is, is what it feels like What it is, is not the news hype spewed What it is, is sharing this life What it is, is the simple life skewed The few it seems want to deceive To horde and control through belief What it is, is what it is Someone needs to pull back the curtain
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No One 03:41
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No One 10/28/07 No one, no one No one can take it from me Deny it or make it unkind Doing what’s right With all of my might Is my inalienable right Well I don’t fear a heart that’s loving I’m not threatened by one’s pride As long as we care for each other And let our conscience be our guide No one, no one Breathing, feeling Is blind to this life I bask in mystery each breath is amazing What we do and what we feel secretes our engagement When you smile I see the joy that spawns contentment When I see you kiss your child’s head I feel connected We can be there for each other While taking care of ourselves We can feast together Then retire into the quiet of night The picture forms as you frame it A sculpture’s a product of mind The sweet scent of a meadow Is there if you take the time No one can take it from me Deny it or make it unkind Doing what’s right With all of my might Is my inalienable right Justice is not attained thru any law or retaliation Love is not a feeling but an act of compassion Time is not a chain but a gift for appreciation Memory is the home of life’s accumulation Living life with an open heart keeps us honest and true Being kind and assisting life is the least we can do
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Ambrosia 02:32
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Ambrosia 3/4/07 Sometimes I play back what was said Well those itty-bitty gems of laughter ring now in my head So many icons play us for the fool I say mama mama make them shake them up to tell the truth Every moment breeds our delight Let’s hit the floor Let’s dance some more Soak in the sound Let’s rock this town Celebrations pump me up we’re psyched But those willy-nilly not so silly days gave us life We’ve got a vision to unfold No more ticky-tacky troubles to push us off our course I say doctor, doctor put away that knife Let’s keep it real Let’s think and feel Grab hold my hand Let’s take a stand Don’t keep from showing you’re human Keep on seeing, feeling, smelling, hearing ever tasting all you can I run and jump, play all day ‘Cuz life’s much too short to do it any other way Lover, lover make me sing with glee Get in the flow Our bodies glow Drink in the sound Ambrosia now
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Immortal Enemy 03:08
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Immortal Enemy 4/9/07 Don’t want to live a life of choosing heads or tails When doing what is right causes one to fail Some tell us our sight is something to bewail For only death gives life like the holy grail Wade up to my knees the surf hisses out its foamy gems Shiver in a breeze each hair stands on end The orange ball dips low out of sight Darkening skies draw out the sounds of night The phantom lives on in primordial tales Of mysterious love on which most are impaled Where doubt is a sin causes eternal pain The absence of belief dowsed in perpetual flame Campfire to our backs warms our spines Waves lap a shore dance in moonlight My eyes take in the starry sky My lungs take in a calming sigh Let’s bob along with the moonlight Rest our heads in sensorial delight I feel your hand touching mine I feel your pulse matching mine
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Go! 02:44
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Go! 3/15/07 Way back inside her smile I sense a longing to go wild To go the distance with no resistance I see her will on fire a moment of pleasure a mounting desire There is no gloating no loose neck showboating This girl’s on fire Peaks like a symphony Ticking, ticking, ticking Boom Moving in the flow somewhat excited not too bold I sit beside her fueled by her power I look into her eyes what I see blows my mind We could make pleasure a life chocked full of treasures Let’s fan this fire Entwined intimately Wicked, wicked, wicked Ooh I want to know you I want to hold you while naming everything I feel enraptured, and somewhat captured by fascinating days I seek compassion, find satisfaction in motives displayed A heart that’s beating finds its meaning in thought and in play Warmed by the fire Let’s live passionately Ticking, ticking, ticking Boom
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Come Alive 04:11
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Come Alive 11/26/07 Tired rays of hope clash with destiny Many mouths claim life’s a mystery Then they quickly unmask all uncertainty While telling me the ego’s a slave to stupidity But what is it that is speaking to me? Who is it making my self discoveries? That wakes the unconscious or unriddles my dreams I’ve never understood the soul or its immortality For me it destroys life’s integrity I’ve no need to run from life or fashion a reprieve There’s no disgrace in feeling all with deep intensity I’m so in awe of the way we make a world Sew a quilt of love which we forever unfurl Tiresome rays of hope clash with reality Spirit is a repugnant fantasy For it removes us from where we need to be Every sound every sight is more than potential memory It is the fabric which swathes our sense of being Sensation is the river which spawns meaning For every thought is part fact part feeling My body is the vessel supreme My mind is the captain of me I’ve no need to run from life or fashion a reprieve There’s no disgrace in feeling life with deep intensity I’m so in awe of the way we make a world Sew a quilt out of life which we forever unfurl Be alive, breathe deep and feel so mellow Experience life, our eyes can see for miles Come alive, our hands can defeat shadows Feel alive, our hearts can unite egos Feel alive, spring explodes with a waft of lilac Come alive, a brisk wind and my skin awakens Be alive, our hearts can untie tangles Come alive, run thru the meadow swim in the water so clear And so dear

about

This album celebrates the integration of all aspects of human experience. Go! exhorts us to maximize our daily mundane life filled with visceral, sensorial, emotional and cognitive experiences.

Much of science, religion and spirituality have a tendency to downplay or even demonize the body seeing it as the home of all suffering and illusion. Go! on the other hand emphasizes the beauty and wonder of life, and highlights what we gain through our connections and dependencies. A life of ideals may help us transcend physical pain and emotional dependency, but it also has us miss the full sensual and emotional splendor of life.

The album art plays off a number of incongruence and ironies. The yellow GO! vividly stands out against a black background. The very color blend is visually electric and stimulating. Yet, the GO! on the hexagonal road sign bears some some resemblance to the octagon of the stop sign. So, our visual library has us feel a tension between go and stop. Yet, yellow is associated with a caution or warning sign. So we are exclaiming and exhorting one to go, while eliciting many counter motives through the design and color scheme of common road signs.

Yes, anyone who embraces and maximizes the moment feels a tension between joy and caution, between vulnerability and safety. And when it comes to embracing our humanity many aspects of religion and spirituality are telling us to stop at the very same moment that they are offering idyllic bliss and enlightenment.

We are all at a crossroad, and this album chooses to GO!

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released July 30, 2016

Words and music by Jim Guido. Cover art by Jim and Dayna Guido.

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