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Bridge to Happiness

by Andrew Kutt

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1.
America 03:47
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In a dream last night I met a bearded man He walked up to me and he reached out his hand He asked me what it was I called my homeland And when I told him he just shook his head ​ America America I gave my life for America America America someday we’ll get to America ​ Now on the streets of Baltimore, St. Louis and Cleveland Innocent sons lay dead And in a humble church down in Charleston The holy water was turned red ​ America America they died on the way to America America America someday we’ll get to America ​ We keep sailing on Though our sails are torn Toward the land we dreamed While our conscience screamed Where we’ll right all the wrongs We’ve waited for so long It’s time we learn to change Begin to rearrange How we are thinking To keep this ship from sinking It’s made of blood and bone It’s still far from home So let’s wipe off these tears Until all this smoke clears Hold those who are grieving To keep believing (hold note) Midst of this dust and haze Our hearts will find a way ​ Today I drove out to Bull Run battlefield I saw blood running heard the clash of steel to steel Brother looking into the eyes of brother with death and fear Musket and cannon in my ear ​ America America we’ve won some battles but not the war America America – someday we’ll get to America America America – we’re on our way to America
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Bridge to Happiness 03:12
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I met a wise man in a dream By the fire light he was laughing There is no bridge to happiness You have to leap across the chasm ​ But once you let go you will know What it feels like to fly free ​ What it feels like to fly free repeat ​ Let go of all your thoughts and needs They have only brought confusion When your mind is still and clear And you stop seeking for solutions ​ From deep inside a song will rise And that’s the song that you must sing ​ Sing the song your soul wants to sing (repeat)
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Enough 04:06
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Do we have enough are we good enough Creates a void inside It’s all one big lie None of it is real I just want to feel ‍ Just enough sunshine on my face Is just enough every breath I take This little cup is more than I can drink It fills me up with a thousand songs to sing ​ My heart is open like the sea Sun is shining down on me I stretch my arms toward the light Feel the breath of life inside Feel the breath of life inside ​ I found my way out All the way to the here and now This very slice of time Everything’s in rhyme I let go and be healed ​ My heart is open like the sea Sun is shining down on me I stretch my arms toward the light I feel the breath of life inside I feel the breath of life inside ​ Just enough sunshine on my face Is just enough every breath I take This little cup is more than I can drink It fills me up with a thousand songs to sing ​ My heart is open like the sea Sun is shining down on me I stretch my arms toward the light I feel the breath of life inside I feel the breath of life inside
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Fly in Your Own Direction 04:09
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When I was just a little boy Trying to find my way in this life So insecure and confused So many feelings inside Not really sure who I was Or what I could be Then with such gentleness and warmth Came the words you said to me ​ Chorus: Fly in your own direction No matter how the winds do blow Each journey is a lesson Whose destination you can’t know Don’t want to look back wondering Why you never tried to spread your wings It’s time that you discovered your own amazing song to sing ​ Out on a highway heading west I was only eighteen So many doubts in my head I can’t be dreaming big boy dreams I got no business leaving here I won’t make it on my own I will lose all the I hold dear Then you called me on the phone ​ Chorus ​ Ohh ohh Your own amazing song sing Ohh ohh Your own amazing song sing Now when I look into your eyes I see the distance I have come I see all my horizons I see my own rising sun And as you start off on this journey To the next stage of your life Though I am not really worthy Let me give you this advice ​ Chorus ​ Ohh ohh Your own amazing song sing Ohh ohh Your own amazing song sing
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Lilac and Stone 04:07
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You set me here amidst brick and stone And then you left me all alone You gave me electric games to play That led my brain down dead pathways And you set me at this square-pegged desk So I could take your mindless test And you told me not to go outside Cause I might get poison ivy ​ But I am lilac I am stone I am river I am bone Arms wide I crash into the sea Unfettered I shall always be Unfettered I shall always be ​ There was a time my fear made you great Now your halfhearted affections are too late I can’t breathe inside your circles of chalk And I won’t trade my song for all your bland talk ​ You tell me what I need to buy So I would not feel deprived And show me what I should wear But your sense of beauty was so threadbare ​ I am feather I am sky I’m the catcher in the rye I climb the branch of the highest tree My own horizon for to see My own horizon for to see ​ Once you ran wild as the wind And kissed the glistening sea Now your tortured mind sees dollar signs And you wish the same for me ​ But I am lilac I am stone I am river I am bone Arms wide I crash into the sea Unfettered I shall always be Unfettered I shall always be
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Oneness Family 03:39
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Brothers and sisters of the rising sun On a journey we have come To plough the earth and plant the seeds Of a future destiny ​ Oneness Family Oneness Family Flowers of hope grow in hearts that are deep Oneness Family Oneness Family The light of wisdom shines in minds that are free Happiness blossoms from within You and me ​ We believe in the power of What’s created out of love And that the sweetest fruit will be From the strong and steady tree ​ Oneness-Family Oneness Family Green leaves unfold and songbirds learn to sing Oneness-Family Oneness Family A new dawn will call them to rise and take wing They will fly toward horizons Yet unseen ​ Oneness Family Oneness Family Flowers of hope grow in hearts that are deep Oneness Family Oneness Family The light of wisdom shines in minds that are free Happiness blossoms from with You and me
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Pennyfield Lock 03:45
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Today I decided to go back in time Go and live in another frame of mind Get on my bike and head on down the trail Ride alongside the yellow swallow tail ​ Nothing but green forest as far as I can see The cardinals and the oriole are calling out to me And if somehow I don’t find my way home Out here I will never feel alone ​ Chorus: Pennyfield Pennyfield One step from heaven where the lazy river flows Feel the heart of life where the honey suckle grows ​ Bridge: Feel the honeysuckle feel the honeysuckle Feel the honeysuckle grow Feel the honey suckle feel the honeysuckle Feel the honey suckle grow ​ Sitting with my back against the old lock house door Looking up at the ancient sycamore Nothing I need to do and no place I need to go This moment in time is all I need to know ​ Chorus ​ Bridge ​ Repeat to End Today I decided to go back in time Go and live in another frame of min
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Piece in Heaven 03:57
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I had projects due appointments to keep Checking my to do list in my sleep One day was flowing into the next I had forgotten how to rest ​ Met a saintly lady ninety three She took one hard look at me Son your headed for a fall If you don’t heed this call Find a piece of heaven where You can breathe the morning air Stop the world from spinning round Sink your bare feet into the ground Where sun shines down in golden rays Soft breeze blows upon your face Slow it down totally Nothing to do except be Nothing to do except be ​ (AND SO ON FOR BRIDGE ) ​ Hustling from point a to point No time to rest no room to breathe Stuck in the rat race round in a maze Forgot the dream I was trying to chase
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Rabbit Run 04:37
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Well I went to find my country But there was nobody home I walked the halls of Congress But I found myself alone I called the President He would not pick up the phone I went looking for the White House They said that address is alone ​ Chorus Rabbit run rabbit run From the gates of Washington I got my bible and and my blanket Going to sleep here at the feet of Jefferson So I went to the doctor To find out just what was ailing me He took a deep breath took off his glasses Said let me tell you what I see You got a bad case of conscience They banished all that back in 1963 Ain’t been but one man for whom it really mattered That’s the man they sent up to Cavalry ​ Chorus ​ So I went to the preacher To ask if knew what I should do He said boy take your first communion Then try to see it from God’s point of view This world is full of little children And sometimes children misbehave Put your trust in the GovernorIf you really want to be saved ​ Rabbit run rabbit run to your islands in the sun There’s nobody left here but the ones With broken dreams and vacant stares Who clutch their beads and say their prayers ​ And so I went to the Governor He said there’s no one here by that name Once you get a taste of power Things somehow start to change The problem here is with Justice The way she’s treated is a sin But there’s not much I can do now With the kind of fix you’re in
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Save My Soul 04:05
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I was sitting with my sandbox toys Like an average little boy When I heard the cosmic background noise And felt a kaleidoscopic joy ​ Now I’m spinning here in the Milky Way Where our own sun comes up every day Touches us with golden rays So we can laugh and we can play ​ Chorus: Into the light I shall unfold Into the light I shall unfold I breathe the fragrance of my soul I breathe the fragrance of my soul ​ Interlude ​ Everything is crystalline Each snowflake has its own design As the diamonds in the mine And the spider web so fine Nothing will ever stay the same So flow into the cosmic game Step outside our mental frames And rise up to a different plane ​ Chorus ​ The raindrops coming from the sky Are like the tears inside my eyes And the rivers flowing to the sea The shooting stars that fall to earth ​ Come from the place that gave me birth The origin of all that’ yet to be I sit here on this spinning sphere I rub my eyes and drink my jasmine tea ​ Interlude / Solo Chorus x 3 Interlude to close
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Shaman’s Message 03:39
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As you go forth in this world Always remember that you hold the key For inside every moment Is a drop of eternity A drop of eternity ​ Chorus: Time is just the smoke from the flame That burns on night and day Inside the holy temple Where our hearts reside Each breath is like a doorway That leads us back to the palace Where we played as a child In the garden of light ​ This world will make you feel small Try to make you a beggar or a thief But you’ve come from a vast kingdom You’re a prince of the highest degree A princess of the highest degree ​ Chorus x 2 ‍
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State of Grace 04:07
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On highway 29 with my top down I’ll be in Kansas City before the night rolls round I got my Gibson Hummingbird in my front seat I got the open road in front of me ​ Hey hey hey my my my Don’t need a reason everything in rhyme The wind just blows away every trace Of our passing through this state of grace ​ Chorus: Driving through the corn fields of Nebraska in the Sun A Rainbow is in the western sky I’ll be at the great Missouri when the evening comes Play some boogie woogie by the river side Play some boogie woogie by the river side ​ Picked up Poncho and his dog Just south of Omaha in the fog He recited lines of poetry From a little book he locked with a key ​ He said hey hey hey my my my Don’t need a reason everything in rhyme The wind just blows away every trace Of our passing through this state of grace ​ Chorus ​ Hey hey hey my my my Don’t need a reason everything in rhyme The wind just blows away every trace Of our passing through this state of grace
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Swimmin with the Tide 02:55
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I’ve been doing some reflection About my life’s direction I need a fresh inflection A cosmic course correction ​ So I embrace the inhalations And do sun salutations But keep low expectations To avoid devastations ​ I am just swimming with the tide To keep my inner child alive On this wild and lonely shore I peel the layers to my core ​ There are no road signs To find peace of mind It just rolls in with the with the waves So every day I baptize The only soul I can save ​ I try not to make revisions On my old decisions I keep just one ambition Destroy the ammunition ​ That I might have created Before I got initiated And learned how to feel elated No need to be sedated ​ You might say I’m optimistic But perhaps you might have missed it Chased a firefly then I kissed it That’s how I became a mystic ​ Traveled beyond the border Of my mind’s accustomed order Ground my fears down to mortar Let them blow around the corner ​ Don’t need a lot of money Don’t need it always sunny It takes just a bit of honey To make a bad day funny
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Wait by the Oak Tree 04:40
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I was eight and you were nine That was about the time That mother let us go off by ourselves Barefoot by the lake we’d be I would splash and make you scream We’d share secrets we promised to never tell ​ Chorus: We’d say if you get there ahead of me wait by the oak tree We’ll catch fireflies in the summer night We’ll lie on the grass look at the stars and talk about how far The universe extends and whether it’s always been And we’ll follow the whippoorwill home ​ You left in your old Chevrolet All I could do was stand and wave I walked back inside to my guitar On the day I was going to graduate I was so mad cause you were late Then we raced to the lake as it grew dark ​ Chorus ​ All these times I spent with you were the happiest times I ever knew But they all went by so fast you always think their going to last So each day I hug the ones I love and be sure to thank God above These moments won’t come again and someday we’ll be saying remember when ​ I know we’re apart by half the world And you’ve got three boys and I have two girls But what do you say we show them where we’re from You all could fly when school is out We could stay at the old farmhouse Head to the lake and let the kids just run ​ Chorus / Close

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Bridge to Happiness is about my personal journey toward true inner peace. In order to get over the bridge, I had to let go of many obstacles such as fear, anxiety, frustration and despair – things I was holding onto. Even though these are negative emotions, it was scary to let them go because I had held onto them for so long. Yet I know I had to move past them in order to enter my new stage of life – one more full of wonderment, creativity and self-giving rooted in deepest core of myself. In the end, I discovered there wasn’t actually any bridge to help me get to the other side – just a chasm I had to leap across. This album is the musical expression of that leap. – Andrew Kutt

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released August 1, 2017

All songs & lyrics composed by Andrew Kutt. © 2017 All rights reserved. Recorded by Premik Russell Tubbs & Conrad Osipowicz. Produced by Premik Russell Tubbs. Mastered by Conrad Osipowicz at www.blueroommusicstudio.com.

Acoustic guitar & lead vocals by Andrew Kutt. Flutes, sax, guitars & backing vocals by Premik Russell Tubbs. Bass & backing vocals by Pavaka S. Ritchot. Backing guitar by Ben Green. All other instruments & sounds performed by the Premik Russell Tubbs Ensemble. Special thanks to Ben Green & Aaron Mason for expert recording assistance.

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Andrew Kutt Bethesda, Maryland

Andrew Kutt is a musician, writer, and poet in the Washington, DC area. Andrew is best known for his children’s songs and playing in the Montessori community nationwide. Andrew has been a professional musician for 20 years and writes songs and poems for both adults and children with the goal to connect with others and spread positivity and light throughout the world. ... more

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