Lyrics

Lyrics

Embrace It All Tracks:
1. If There’s A Star
2. Hope
3. Free
4. Forever, Evermore
5. My Angel
6. In Your Eyes
7. Where Did My Faith Go
8. A Dream
9. Embrace It All
Words and Music by Joni Stone
Arrangements by John Oddo
Joni Stone: Vocals
John Oddo: Piano & Synthesizer
Bob Mann: Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Zev Katz: Upright and Electric Bass
Clint De Ganon: Drums
Stephanie Cummins: Cello
Dennis Collins: Background Vocals
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered: Carriage House Studios JRSMUSIC, LLC © 2017 all rights reserved.

Embrace It All

There I was dancing freely
There I was smiling
There I was becoming
There I was desiring
I could see the beauty
I could see it flowing
I could see the vision
I could feel the knowing
Knowing I would stand tall
Knowing I might fall
I came to be, to embrace it all
I knew I'd find heartache
I knew I'd feel pain
I knew I'd know darkness
But I knew love was all that would remain
Knowing I would stand tall
Knowing I might fall
I came to be, to embrace it all

Words and music by Joni Stone

A Dream

words and music by Joni Stone

There’s a dream that I have once in a while
In this dream I see a little child
His eyes are warm and bright
His hair shines with the light
His arms reach out to me
And suddenly I see
He is mine

I lift him through the air
He hasn’t got a care
He laughs, he holds on tight
And all the world is right
And when I wake I know that someday this will be
This dream is of my baby boy to be

Time has passed and my dream is realized
As I look into my baby’s eyes
So true, so warm and bright
And that hair, it shines with the light
His arms reach out to me
And now it’s plain to see
He is mine

He is here in my arms
With all his precious charms
An angel from above
He’s made of joy and love
Now when I wake each day this baby boy I see
Reminds me dreams are always meant to be

Always remind me
Dreams are always meant to be

Forever, Evermore

words and music by Joni Stone

You’re my baby and I love you so
I don’t mean maybe and I want you to know
Love you like crazy, like I knew I would
And I always, always, always want it understood

Every day I love you more and more
And those blue eyes, they open heaven’s door
Your smile, your walk, your talk, your everything
Oh I love you, love you, love you and I just wanna sing

There’s a ribbon from my heart
That’s tied to yours
So our love can never part
Forever, ever more

Oh my baby, you’re my angel boy
You are love and so much joy
I’m so glad that you are mine
I wanna kiss you, kiss you, kiss you all of the time

Free

words and music by Joni Stone

The winds, they are changing, there’s a mist in the air
The planets are moving, listen close if you dare
A new day is dawning, hearing your plea
It’s all you’ve imagined, and now you are free
Your time has come, your work is done
And it’s all that you’ve dreamed of and wanted to be
Now you can see, open your eyes
Your dreams are finally coming now to realize

You’ve already shifted, you’re not the same
All of your visions are in a new frame
As you remember all that you know
The truth is unfolding, it’s ready to flow
You’re being shown all that you own
No more doubts, no more fears, no more trying to be
Yes, you are free, there’s so much more
All that you’ve asked for is here now for you to explore

As you look all around, nothing’s the same
It’s all unfamiliar, it’s a crazy new game
There’s a clearing, a cleansing, the new and the old
You see it, you feel it, it’s time to behold
All that you are, and you’ve come so far
There is no turning back now, it’s your time to fly
Don’t be afraid, head to the sky
Just open your heart to be who you’ve always been inside

Hope

words and music by Joni Stone

I lived on faith, I lived on trust
I lived on hope, I knew I must
Keep holding on, keep standing strong
But there came a time when all hope was gone

Hard to believe, hard to conceive
That this sweet love, blessed by God above
Couldn’t take us to the place we belonged
And needed to be, when all hope was gone

But hope, like love never really dies
It lives, it changes and it grows deep inside

All of my dreams, all my desires
Have now spread wings to fly even higher
To reach that place where I belong
Now is the time when hope goes on

So now my faith, so now my trust
So now my hope, I know I must
Keep holding on, keep standing strong
Now is the time to sing my song

If There’s A Star

words and music by Joni Stone

If there’s a star up in the heavens
That could shine down for me
I’d ask that star just for a little light
So that I could finally see

Cause I don’t recognize you
And I don’t recognize me
I don’t know who we’re going to be, oh yeah

There’s been a fog that won’t break
No matter what I seem to do
I guess I need to have faith
That somehow we will, we will make it through

Cause I don’t recognize you
And I don’t recognize me
I don’t know who we’re going to be, oh yeah

It’s like we fell into a rabbit hole
Nothing feels right, everything, everything’s changed
Even though I wanted a better life
I didn’t mean for it all to rearrange

Cause I don’t recognize you
And I don’t recognize me
I don’t know who we’re going to be, oh yeah

If there’s a star up in the heavens
That could shine down for me
I’d ask that star just for a little light
So that I could finally see, oh yeah

In Your Eyes

words and music by Joni Stone

Years ago I sat with you, I looked in your eyes
I told you what I needed and it was no surprise
I said a little house, a small career, a baby or two
It’s all that really mattered, now that I had you

I knew my happiness was just as important as yours
We both needed fulfillment for our love to endure
Somehow I always thought I’d get to mine, all in good time
A few months here or one more year seemed to be just fine

Oh how I tried, oh how I tried
To rise up above and live on our love

Well the years went by before my eyes, my dreams slipped away
It seemed that more demanding things would show up everyday
And though we vowed to always share and talk our problems away
There’s so much that we didn’t share, so much we didn’t say

But oh how we tried, oh how we tried
To rise up above and live on our love

The truth is our relationship brought so much light
Even though it had to change for our dreams to take flight
As I look back on our love affair, I know this for sure
We gave each other all we had, and then a little more

And oh how we tried, oh how we tried
To rise up above and live on our love

My Angel

words and music by Joni Stone

You found me when I was only a child
And you took such care of me, such care of me
You said that you would always be my guardian angel
And watch over me

Until you, my view was hazy
You showed me I could see
You gave me the key, you set my heart to sing
You are truly my angel

I never knew all that there was inside of me
Inside this world, until you
The years have come and they have gone, still here you are
With love so strong

Until you I hadn’t realized
That I could chose my way
You gave me the key, you set my heart to sing
You are truly my angel

There will never be enough words to say
All you mean to me, but I’ll try to find a way

I hope to somehow give back to you the endless gifts
And all that you do

Until you, my dreams were hidden
But now my dreams come true
You gave me the key, oh you set my heart free
You are truly my angel

Where Did My Faith Go

words and music by Joni Stone

I used to think it’s never too late
Oh I believed there’s always a way
I used to say there’s a reason, you’ll see
Oh and I felt there’d be a time for me

Sure there were times I had my doubts
But I never thought that time would ever run out
I pictured life to fall into place
But that doesn’t seem to be the case

Where did my faith go
I’m feeling so low
My heart just aches so, tell me
Where did it go, where did my faith go

I used to think there’d come a time
Where there’d be peace body and mind
But these restless nights that keep me awake
Wondering how much can my heart take

Where did my faith go
I don’t seem to know
My heart just aches so, tell me
Where did it go, where did my faith go

What has become of me
I’m drowning into the deepest sea
And I can’t find my way home

I used to think it’s never too late
Oh I believed there’s always a way
I used to say there’s a reason you’ll see
Oh and I felt there’d be a time for me

Where did my faith go…