Knowing Love
Is Near

Cynthia Chitko - vocals, acoustic guitars
Peter Phippen - electric bass, antique boxwood flute, bamboo flutes, acoustic guitar

Ivar Lunde, Jr. - english horn
Jason Introwitz - conga, bongos, djembe
Al Melville - accordian

All songs by Cynthia Chitko ©2012 (BMI). All lyrics by Cynthia Chitko ©2012 (BMI) except - Sharing This World. Produced by Peter Phippen, Cynthia Chitko, Ivar Lunde, Jr.  Engineered, mixed and mastered by Ivar Lunde Jr.  Recorded at Skyline Studios, Eau Claire, WI Concept by Cynthia Chitko and Peter Phippen.  Arrangements by Cynthia Chitko, Peter Phippen and Ivar Lunde Jr. Photography and Art Design by Denise Zingg, Racine, WI.

This album is dedicated with love to the memory of my father, George Bauer Jr. and my brother Ricky Bauer.

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko © 1996

(1st Verse)
Running into you today
I tried to look the other way
I couldn’t find the words to say
I didn’t want to see it this way
Well, who was that girl with you?
She had a different point of view
You know she doesn’t have a clue
She doesn’t know the things that I do.

(Chorus)
Yes, this is a new beginning
And yes, somehow I’ll get by
Yes, I’m making a decision
And yes, sometimes I will cry.

(2nd Verse)
I find it hard to bear the pain
Seeing you this way
And I can hardly take the thoughts
That keep running through my head
Again and again and again and again and again and again and again.

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh, ooh.

(3rd Verse)
I’ll keep in touch with you
I’ll keep a love for you
I’ll keep a place in my heart
And I promise I’ll always remember you.

(Chorus)

Sometimes I will cry
Sometimes I will cry
Sometimes I will cry
Sometimes I will cry.

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko © 2010

(1st Verse)
Your heart’s been broken
Your dreams are shattered
The words you’ve spoken
Were thoughts that mattered
Now you go on alone
No one to come home to.

(Chorus)
So take your heart
And wrap it up
Save your heart
It’s gold
Take your heart
And lock it up
Save your heart
It’s gold
Oh, oh, oh… it’s gold.

(2nd Verse)
The days are coming
And you’ll be glad
You’ve got the key to the best love you’ve ever had
And you’ll go home to him
And you’ll be happy
Once again.

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh…
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh…
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.

(Chorus)

Oh, oh, oh… it’s gold
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
It’s gold.

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko © 1996

(1st Verse)
It’s just me and the trees and the birds singing songs
Think I’ll put out my cigarette and go for a walk
It’s just me and the trees and the birds singing songs
Think I’ll throw out a blanket and sleep on the lawn.

(Chorus)
Life goes on, oh, oh, oh
Life goes on, oh, oh, oh, oh
Life goes on, oh, oh, oh
Life goes on.

(2nd Verse)
Mother Nature intended for people to grow
In one way or another we’ve got to hold on to the changes life brings us
And treat them like gold
It’s the wisdom, the knowledge that helps us grow old.

(Chorus)

(3rd Verse)
Keep your hat on, your chin up, and don’t lose your mind
Remember life is precious so don’t waste your time
Keep your promises, make your wishes and walk a straight line
Remember the Golden Rule and tellin’ no lies.

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
It’s just me and the trees and the birds singing songs
It’s just me and the trees and the birds singing songs
It’s just me and the trees and the birds singing songs.

(2nd Chorus)
Life goes on and on and on
Life goes on and on and on
Life goes on and on and on
Life goes on…

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko © 1995

(1st Verse)
I’d like to be in another place
Somewhere far from here
Carry me on your open wings
Fly away with me.

(Chorus)
If I close my eyes
You can take me high
I will have no fear
Knowing love is near.

(2nd Verse)
I’d like to walk in another land
Take me by the hand
Sharing with me anything that you can
To help me understand.

(2nd Chorus)
If I close my eyes
You can lead the way
I will have no fear
Knowing love is near.

(Instrumental Bridge)

(Repeat 2nd Chorus)

(3rd Verse)
I’d like to sail on the open seas
Sail away with me
Casting away any doubt I may have
I will trust in you.

(3rd Chorus)
If I close my eyes
You can guide the way
I will have no fear
Knowing love is near.

(Repeat 3rd Chorus)

I will have no fear
Knowing love is near.

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko © 2010


(Chorus)
When you love someone
More than the love you have to give
When you love life
More than the life you have to live.

(Repeat Chorus)

(1st verse)
You try to put it all together
You try to make it all work out
You try to make the best
Of what you have.

(2nd Verse)
These moments they won’t last forever
You’ll put them in the back of your mind
You’ll wake up and go on
To another place in time.

(Chorus)

(Instrumental Bridge)

(3rd Verse)
You’ll see the sun rise in the morning
You’ll watch it set into the night
You’ll feel the winds blow around you
Somehow it all feels so right.

(Chorus)

When you love someone
When you love life
When you love someone
When you love life
When you love…

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko © 1995


(1st Verse)
It’s just a door that you open
It’s just a door
That you close behind you when you leave
In this quiet room many words were spoken
In this quiet room mended hearts were broken
In this quiet room I feel you in the air
In this quiet room
The many games of truth or dare.

(2nd Verse)
It’s just a floor that you walk on
It’s just a floor
That you wander aimlessly aboard
In this quiet room the laughter of your children
In this quiet room the sadness of a tearful face
In this quiet room I feel you in the air
In this quiet room
The many games of truth or dare.

(Bridge)
Hmm mmm…

(3rd Verse)
Scattered pictures and memories of the past
As I gaze through the panes of broken glass
It will never be the way it was before
I do believe
I do believe that you should leave me
I do believe
I do believe that you should leave me
Leave me alone.

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko © 2011

(1st Verse)
I’m sitting outside of my brother’s room
The door is open wide
There’s no one there the room is bare
There’s a light that’s shining through.
I know he was familiar
With the pain I’m going through
I know there is no reason
For what addiction does to you.

(Chorus)
Oh dear brother
What am I gonna do?
Oh dear brother
What am I gonna do?

(2nd Verse)
Sometimes I feel so helpless
Sometimes I feel so sad
Sometimes I get lonesome
For the brother I once had.
There are days I can’t remember
Days I’d rather forget
Words that I’ve left unspoken
Some days I regret.

(Chorus)

(Instrumental Bridge)

(3rd Verse)
There’s a family tie
That will never die
That kind of love
Chills you deep to the bone
You know you’re never alone
My friends and family
They’re reaching out to me
Reaching out from every direction
They’re believing in me.

(Chorus)

Oh dear brother
I can see your light shining through
I’m sitting outside of my brother’s room

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko © 1996

(1st Verse)
I drove up to your house
I saw the lights were on
And so I parked my car
And walked up to your door
As I stood outside I heard your voice
You were singin’ loud and clear la da la da da.
La da da la da la da da da.

(Chorus)
And we sang la da da da da da dum
La da da da da da da dum.

(Repeat Chorus)

(2nd Verse)
You looked out your window
Your face full of surprise
You opened the door
And pulled me in
As I caught the look within your eyes
You caught the look in mine
And we fell into a dance across the floor.

(Chorus x 2)

(Bridge)
ooh ooh
ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh.

(3rd Verse)
I couldn’t help but laugh at you
And you were laughin’ at me
You always make me feel so good
And then you ask me where have you been?
I’ve been here and there
I’ve been livin’ my life
With not much of a care
And you said that’s the way it goes
You know you gotta keep on movin’ along
Life goes on
You gotta keep on singin’ the song.

(Chorus x 4)
La da da da la da la dum

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko © 1995


A painted picture of my state of mind
All of the color is washed away
Dark as night dark as night
I’m waiting for the light of day
If I had a touch of your color within my frame
I might be a piece of art
And you could pound a nail deep into the wall
And hang me in your gallery
For all to see
And you could tack me down
So I could never fall
And hang me high above them all.

(Repeat)

And hang me high above them all
And hang me high above them all.

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko © 1995

(Chorus)
No te puedes imaginar
Lo que estoy pensando
No te puedes imaginar
Lo que estoy sintiendo
Me siento tan sola.

(1st Verse)
My life is like a canyon
With a fog that’s hanging over it
Somehow I seem to lose myself
Beneath the mist
And memories of the things we’ve said
The things we’ve done
The plans we made
For days to come
These memories seem to linger
On and on and on and on and on and on.

(2nd Chorus)
You can’t even begin to know
What I am thinking
You can’t even begin to know
How I am feeling
I feel so alone.

(Bridge)
La da da la da la da
La da da la da da da
La da da da da
La da da la da la da
La da da la da da da
La da da da da.
I feel so alone

(2nd Verse)
If I chance to open my heart for you
Will your winds fill my sails?
Or will stillness fall upon me
As you spin your wretched tales?
Will time pass all around me
As my broken heart unveils?

(Repeat 1st Chorus)

I feel so alone
La da da la da da la da la da la da da.

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko © 2010

(1st Verse)
We used to say we will always be lovers
We used to say we will always be friends
We used to say we were soul mates right from the start
Somehow together we’re drifting apart.

(Chorus)
Say say that you love me
Say say you’ll be mine
Say you’ll always be with me
Say that you’ll love me until the end of time
Say you love me one more time
Say you love me (one more time).

(Bridge)
La da da la da da da
La da da la da da
La da da la da da la da la da
La da la da da.

(2nd Verse)
We used to say we were meant for each other
We used to say I love you more everyday
We used to say you will always be in my heart
Somehow together we’re drifting apart.

(Chorus)

Music by Cynthia Chitko / Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko and adapted from Paul Lawrence Dunbar, William Ernest Henley, Edna St. Vincent Millay © 1995

(1st Verse)
An angel robed in spotless white
Bent down and kissed the sleeping night
The night (a)woke to blush the sprite was gone
Men saw the blush and called it dawn.

(2nd Verse)
The world stands out on either side
No wider than the heart is wide
Above the world is stretched the sky
No higher than the soul is high
No higher than the soul is high.

(Chorus)
We’re sharing this world
We’re sharing this world
We’re sharing this world
We’re sharing this world.

(3rd Verse)
Out of the night that covers me
Black as a pit from pole to pole
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul
For my unconquerable soul.

(Bridge)
Hmm mmm…

(4th Verse)
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take
I pray the Lord my soul to take.

(Chorus)

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko © 2010


Ah ah ah ah.

La la la la la la
La la la la la…
La la la la la ah
La la la la la….

(Instrumental Bridge)

Ah ah ah ah.

La la la la la la
La la la la la…
La la la la la ah
La la la la la…

La la la la la ah…
La la la la la…

1. Days Gone By Remembered
2. Stain On The Wood
3. Snake Eyes
4. My Innocence
5. Word
6. Whenever I See You
7. Gray Rainy Day
8. The Spirits Won't Let Me Be
9. Unfree
10. Dance With Me Mata Hari
11. Watching Over You

1. Sometimes I Will Cry
2. Save Your Heart
3. Life goes On
4. Knowing Love Is Near
5. When you Love Someone
6. Truth Or Dare
7. Dear Brother
8. And we Sang La Da
9. Dark As Night
10. Me Siento Tan Sola
11. Say You Love Me
12. Sharing This World
13. La Pavane Dans Les Bois

1. The Moon Goddess Suite
    a. The Awakening of the Moon Goddess
    b. The Moon Goddess
    c. Dance of the Moon Goddess
2. You Should Go
3. It's All Good
4. Wandering Night
5. Do You Think About Me
6. Where There's Rain There May Be Thunder
7. One Day
8. Island Dominica