Amma

By Mark Neihart

Written at 50 · Music from my 50's, see the decade on the Music page

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Lyrics

Amma Words and Music by Mark Neihart ©2013 Dancing Deer, llc And the wheel turned round, and the fire burned slow In the presence of a saint with her seeds to sow And the people came, from miles around Lift up their hearts and lay their burdens down Lay your burden down, at your mother’s feet With a smile and a hug and a love that is oh so sweet It’s oh so sweet, like a pomegranate rose The heart of a lover, the mother in the plain white clothes And the wheel turned round, and the spirit twirled Honest heartfelt loving sacred pearls And the time slowed down and the fire grew high Flaming streams of love reaching up the sky Reaching up the sky, in the midnight hour Fall upon my knees in her grace filled power In her grace filled power, I heard my own self speak Reflections of the mother, reflections of the love we keep And the wheel turned round The wheel turn round and round and round and round and round And the people kept coming, the people kept coming Hold me there, light my heart on fire Let the flames consume my hearts desire Lift me up, open up my eyes See beyond the veil and know the reason why.

From Mark’s lyric sheet.

Alternate lyrics (1)

Dropbox (downloaded via connector; local copy is online-only placeholder): And the wheel turned round

And the wheel turned round And the fire burned slow In the presence of a saint With her seeds to sow And the people came From miles around Lift up their hearts And lay their burdens down Lay your burden down At your Mothers feet With a smile and hug And a love that is oh so sweet Yea, it’s oh so sweet Like a Palma granite rose The heart of a lover The mother in the plain white clothes And the wheel turned round And spirit it twirled Heartfest honest loving Sacred pearls And the time slowed down As the fire grew high Flaming streams of love Reaching up the sky Reaching up the sky In the midnight hour Fall upon my knees In her grace-full power. In her grace filled power I saw my own self speak The mystery of the mother Reflections of the love we keep. And the wheel turned round And the Wheel turned rund Hold me there Light my heart on fire Let the flames consume my hearts desire Lift me up Open up my eye See beyond the vale Know the reason why. .

Other versions found among Mark’s lyric sheets.

Dates

Written 2009
Recorded 2012
Released 2014

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Status

ActiveUnreleasedSketch

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Collection

Nostalgia

Credits

Artist: Mark Neihart
Written by: Mark Neihart
Engineered by: Mike Sasich; Mark Neihart (additional recording)
Produced by: Mark Neihart and Nick Neihart
Recorded at: ManvsMusic - SLC
Performed by: Mark NeihartAcoustic and Electric Guitars, Keyboard, Vocals
Ron HarrelElectric Bass
Dan ThomasDrums