The music of Catherine Scholz, singer-songwriter

Category: Lyrics

  • Lyrics to “Movin’ On” by Catherine Scholz

    Lyrics to “Movin’ On” by Catherine Scholz

    Movin’ On

    Lyrics and music by Catherine Scholz

    Rain is falling, I’m movin’ on.

    Oh my soul, the time has come.

    Oh my soul, the time has come.

    Placed my heart into your hands.

    Oh my soul, it understands.

    You came to me quickly.

    You caught me mid-air.

    You loved me so neatly.

    And now you’re not here to see me fly.

    Rain is falling, I’m movin’ on.

    Oh my soul, the time has come.

    Love is all around.

    Oh my soul, should know by now.

    You came to me quickly.

    You caught me mid-air.

    You loved me so neatly.

    And now you’re not here to see me fly.

    Rain is falling, I’m movin’ on.

    Oh my soul, the time has come.

    Love is all around.

    Oh my soul, should know by now.

    Oh my soul, should know by now




  • Lyrics to “President” by Catherine Scholz

    Lyrics to “President” by Catherine Scholz

    President

    Lyrics and music by Catherine Scholz (chorus partially adapted from the Threshold Choir)

    I’m looking for a President

    Who knows how to speak his mind

    You know I haven’t found one yet

    And we’re running out of time.

    I’m looking for a President

    Who knows what can be justified

    This world has gotten so complex

    And nothing’s black or white.

    What are you afraid of?

    What do you desire?

    Dive into the water.

    Walk through the fire.

    I’m looking for a President

    Who knows what’s wrong and right.

    It doesn’t take intelligence

    To order up a fight.

    I’m looking for a President

    To get this planet unified

    Don’t matter if she’s black or red

    Or even left or right.

    What are we afraid of?

    What do we desire?

    Dive into the water.

    Walk through the fire.


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  • Lyrics to “Last Long, Blue Day” by Catherine Scholz

    Lyrics to “Last Long, Blue Day” by Catherine Scholz

    Last Long, Blue Day

    Lyrics and music by Catherine Scholz, copyright 2008

    Last long, blue day.

    Last longer than damp night.

    Last longer than human promise.

    Last a long time…

    And If I could change your mind

    I’d buy you a little time and

    Find you a peaceful place inside

    To unwind.

    Shake hard, blue sky.

    Shake harder than shame.

    Shake the blues right out of yourself.

    Shake harder.

    If I could change your mind

    I’d buy you a little time and

    Find you a peaceful place inside

    To unwind.

  • Lyrics to “Just Not Like Her”

    Lyrics to “Just Not Like Her”

    Just Not Like Her

    Lyrics and music by Catherine Scholz

    Some say she rations her kisses.

    Some say she’s selling the lot.

    Some say she’s smoking the smidgens of something she simply is not.

    Come drink from her wineglass of wishes.

    Maybe she’ll give you a shot.

    ‘Cause brother, you’re just standing witness.

    Remember the love that you’ve got.

    You see, this is her reckless memory of kisses and sweetness and wine.

    Some say that she’s pining for penance,

    dropping light-years down endless heart-mines.

    But silence is all she requires for dancing and diving within.

    So no one can make her a promise.

    No one can do that again.

    Can love track her down in the darkness?

    She bids love to wring out the red.

    Can lovers reshape the old treasons that run like the wind through her head?

    She’s never been quite so forsaken.

    She’s never been quite so unsure.

    Her soul has not been quite this shaken.

    She’s never allowed this before.

    And it’s just not like her to be waiting around,

    Standing alone with her feet on the ground.

    No, it’s just not like her to be humble and free,

    Hungry for humor and mystery.

    Please come to her garden of wishes

    and maybe she’ll give you a plot.

    ‘Cause brother you’re just standing witness.

    Remember the love that you’ve got.

  • Lyrics to “Whirlwind Girl” by Catherine Scholz

    Lyrics to “Whirlwind Girl” by Catherine Scholz

    Whirlwind Girl

    Lyrics and music by Catherine Scholz (©2008)

    Whirlwind girl, spinning dust.
    Spinning Tree, she must be lost by now.

    By now her leaves have gone from green
    to shades of yellow, orange, red,
    to bridges, then to rivers,
    then to sea…

    Whirlwind girl, spinning time.
    Spinning Tree, she must be fine right now.
    By now she’s light, though lost and nameless,
    hungrier, though young and blameless,
    strange to be given something free.

    CHORUS:

    Growing her roots straight down,
    waving her leafless crown,
    holding the cryin’ ground,
    Spinning Tree.

    Whirlwind girl, spinning gold.
    Spinning stars, she must be old by now.
    And like the nights, her sighs grow longer.
    And as her tender roots grow stronger,
    Her heart becomes a whirlwind spreading dust,
    as it must.

    Whirlwind girl, spinning round.
    Holding Earth, she knows to kiss the ground.
    Forever home, though lost and nameless,
    Hungrier, though young and blameless,
    Strange to be given something free. Spinning Tree.

    CHORUS

    Whirlwind Woman, spinning fire.
    Spinning sound, her own desires near.
    Happier, her name is faceless,
    Healthier, though old and blameless,
    strange to be given something free,
    and now it’s strange to be GIVING something free,
    Spinning Tree.

    CHORUS