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Phoenix Rising (Bipolar Trendsetter)
Skye Claire/Randi Thomas
Call me a bipolar trendsetter,
I’m feeling worse but I’m know I’m getting better.
Every day I fight to stand on my own two feet
I give away my heart but who’s here loving me?
Debating with my reflection the image that I see, is that me?
I’m a phoenix rising bird that’s flying high oh so high
I’m a phoenix rising oh I been fighting all of my life
I got ashes on my wings but you know I can still fly
The scars on my heart tell the world that I survived
Phoenix rising
Bittersweet victorious defeat
Toxic reminders when they don’t love me for me
Don’t know why I fight so hard for their disdain
I give them all I have and they just forget my name
Debating with my reflection the fighter that I see,
Is that me, is that me, am I finally flying free
Repeat Chorus
Who do I see looking back at me from that broken glass?
Who do I see looking back at me now
Call me a bipolar trendsetter.
Thought I was worse but I know I’m getting better…..
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That Makes Two of Us (John)
Jason Sever/Brian Zambiasi
He said most days I'd wake up and cuss the sun
Only goal, to not run in to anyone
In a room that smelled like whiskey and last nights cigarettes
Weighed down in all my misery going over my regrets
Something in what he said sure struck a nerve
I was picturing myself in what I heard
I ain’t seen what he’s seen
But I bet I’ve had the same dreams
I was more like him with every word
That makes two of us
Both climbing up this mountain that God’s given us
One day at time one foot in front of the other
Talking thru it brother to brother
When you’re out there on your own
The devils tough but now I know John and John knows me
And that makes two of us
He noticed I was nervous said just breathe
I found comfort in the fact that we both bleed
He said I know my demons wars, man I’ve seen ‘em
But these days happy’s all I need
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I Wanna Live & Be Free
Allen “Cam” Tufts II/Ceron Mays
Up for 3 days just thinking
Self Medication is drinking
Depression kept my stomach growling
While Ole Anxiety is Smiling
I wanna live
Live and be Free
I wanna live
With no Anxiety
I wanna Live
Live and be Free
I wanna live
I wanna live
With no one judging me
Sitting still looks like Peace
But it’s really the ATTACKS that’s taking over me
If Jennie gave me 3 wishes
I would use each one, for each daughter’s kisses
The Judge is like the Rockets
And I know only God can stop it!!!
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No Cinderella
Lory Gatter/Jenn Franklin
It wasn’t like a fairytale but I fell under their spell
Believing the words “You are invisible.”
“You will do what you’re told and that’s all that you’re worth.”
Black & blue, always knew that something was wrong
Just in time, realized that I was the hero all along
Stop pushing me down
I’m no Cinderella
It’s a long road out
From a hell of a hard-knock ride
But I’ve got the fight
I’m ready to save my life
And I’ll tell ya...I ain’t no Cinderella
I had to plan my own escape landed hard in Korea at 18
I bend but I don’t break gave my all to be soldier
But they can barely see it
Only crowns for the kings in all the commotion
Keep the gowns, keep the glass slippers
Boys it’s time to give me that promotion
In the Mirror I can see who I love
All the strength that I used to overcome
Struggles and suffering through the years
But I promise you there is no damsel here
Stop pushing me down
I’m no Cinderella
It’s a long road out
From a hell of a hard-knock ride
But I’ve got the fight I’m ready to save my life
And I’ll tell ya...I ain’t no Cinderella
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Happy To Be Alive Day
Calvin Tildon/Chuck Jones
People ask me all the time about the smile on my face
So I tell ‘em ‘bout my time in Vietnam back in ‘68
When that Huey dropped me off in a hot LZ
There was angels from heaven watchin’ over me
When that Phantom rained fire on the enemy
That’s why December twenty-three will always be
My happy to be alive day
My lucky that I survived day
Ever since everything’s goin’ my way
Every day, every day
Is my happy to be alive day
When I got back to the world my Girl was still waitin’ on me
We got married right away and started working on a family
Now it’s hard to believe fifty years have gone by
Now and then my grandkids ask me why
I’m always walking around with a smile on my face
I just have to laugh and say
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George Teren - Do-Over
03:18
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Do-Over
Jerry Swann/ George Teren
I’d like a bigger house, a newer truck
A long vacation or a run of luck
A winning ticket to the lotto game
I wish that I could sing or play guitar
That i could move to Nashville and be a star
But even more than fortune or fame (I’d like a)
Do-over a second chance
To grab the things i let slip through my hands
To be the husband that I should have been
To stay in touch with my two kids
A do-over to press rewind
To smell the roses and take my time
Yeah, I’d start flying right and staying sober
If I had a do-over
I’d spend a lot more time down on my knees
Take a hard look at my priorities
Beg forgiveness for mistakes ’ve made
I know there ain’t no turnin’ back the clock
But if I walk the walk and talk the talk
I’m kind of thinking it might not be too late (to have a)
Repeat chorus
Yeah i’d start flying right and staying sober if i had a do-over
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Squared Me Away
John Fay/Regie Hamm
Just a roughneck kid from Boston on a corner of god’s green earth
With Italians, Blacks and Irish all just fighting over turf
My way out was football fields and bloody boxing rings
‘Til I joined the United States Marines
I went in a boy but the Corps made me a man
Everything I thought I couldn’t do
They taught me that i can
Yeah snap to, fall in, shine those shoes get stronger everyday
I thought I was marching in circles
But it squared me away
I commanded tanks at 18 I advised in Vietnam
Had some crazy nights in Hong Kong things I’d never tell my mom
I served in the Philippines and at the Suez Canal
Watched history unfold - yeah I know now …
Repeat chorus
I got out in ’63 went on to brand new things
But with every morning’s reveille my DI’s voice still rings …
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Breathe
Clifton Pierce/ Jonathan Kingham
I’m not your expectation
You might not understand
Adversity is my advantage
It made me who i am
I hope I don't disappoint you
Sorry if I let you down
But I’m longing for transparency
And to let my guard down
So I breathe
Every moment is borrowed
I’m better than yesterday
Not as good as tomorrow
Fold my pages differently
Working on only me
Be still through the discomfort
And remind myself to breathe
Is it the cause or the cure
That keeps the wheels spinning
Lines get blurred
And I’m still deeper in it
But in the depths of the darkest hole
The light still reaches me
So now I know, I didn’t know
And I’m learning how to breathe
I’m better than yesterday not as good as tomorrow
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Big Montanna Sky (I am Free)
Reuben DeBoard/Jamie Rowe
‘Neath a big Montana Sky
Looking out from the mountain
A peace returns - that is forgotten
And I remember how to laugh and cry.
And this peace I must surrender
For its embrace is warm and tender
Looking out as I remember
‘Neath a big Montana sky.
I am Free
I am free, free free
Father and the Risen One undone what I had done
Now I am free
Here I am again
Facing the Journey of the day
I hear the still small voice
Calling me out of the chaos
Riding clouds in my mind
Freedom comes and freedom feels so fine.
With sweet release
I leave I leave it all behind (me)
‘Neath a big Montana Sky
Repeat Chorus
I am free
I am free, I’m sooo free
Father takes me back
Risen One takes me back
To leave it all behind (me)...
‘Neath a big Montana sky.
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What I Want You To Know
Summer Elmer-Ayers/Angela Kaset
Me, I came in the hard way
Every day was a hard day
And every way i turned somehow turned out wrong
You, you’re so far away now
I don’t know who you are now
And every door is closed so I’m sending you this song
What i want you to know, more than anything
I miss you so, you are my everything
Deep in my soul, with every breath i breathe
I’m living to hold you, find someway to show you
What i want you to know
Jayde, i have you tattooed on my left arm
Jayce, i have you tattooed on my right arm
I don’t go anywhere that you’re not there with me
You’re always here with me
What i want you to know, more than anything
I miss you so, you’re still my everything
Deep in my soul, with every breath i breathe
I’m living to hold you, find someway to show you
What i want you to know
I’ve always loved you
I’ll always love you
That’s what i want you to know
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Operation Song is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to empower veterans, active duty military, and their family
members to tell their stories through the process of songwriting. Music found on this page are the direct result of the military community entrusting us with their stories.
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