The Moon
Goddess

Cynthia Chitko - vocals, acoustic guitar, ankle bells, finger cymbals

Peter Phippen - wood flutes, fretless bass, acoustic guitar, bamboo whistle, bamboo flute

Randy Sabien - violin
Brian Reidinger – keyboards, ethnic drums
Howard Luedke – dobro
Denise Zingg – cello
Andy Algire – ethnic drums, tambourine
Marilyn Freeman – primal voice
Bruce Heine – string bass

All songs by Cynthia Chitko, © 1996 (BMI). Arranged by Peter Phippen and Cynthia Chitko. Produced by Peter Phippen. Engineered, mixed and mastered by Brian Reidinger. 2nd Engineer Darren Drew. Cover Photography by Kit Rogers of Minneapolis, MN. Photograph of full moon (August 1996) by Mark Schmidt. All songs digitally recorded, mixed and mastered at In The Groove Music, Minneapolis, MN except “Island Dominica” recorded Analog at Gemini Studios, Fairbault, MN. Mastered at In The Groove Music

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko, Copyright 1996

(1st Verse)
The moon shown bright on the earth one night
As I traveled all alone,
Searching for an empty nest
That I could call my home.

(Chorus)
Where, oh, where can my lovebird be?
For I am the Moon Goddess,
Waiting here for thee.

(2nd Verse)
A shooting star of magic dust
Did flash before my eyes;
It lit the sky with wonder,
As the whispering clouds flew by.

(Repeat Chorus)

Ah, ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah,
Ah ah ah ah ah ah.
Ah, ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ah ah,
Ah ah ah ah ah ah.
Ah, ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah,
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.
Ah, ah ah ah ah ah ah ah,
Ah ah ah ah ah ah.

(Repeat Chorus Twice)

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko, Copyright 1996

(Chorus)
You seem to follow me everywhere;
I can't seem to run from the stare that you wear.
Do you have a life you should live;
I wish you would go, and be on with it then.

(1st Verse)
Chasing love in your dreams--
You never will be free,
Living life in complete fantasy.
Take a look deep inside--
Open up your eyes,
There is love in this world you can find.

(Repeat Chorus)

(2nd Verse)
Another day, another month,
Another year may pass along;
It takes time to find love that is strong.
Take a look deep inside--
Open up your eyes,
There is love in this world you can find.

(Repeat Chorus)

You should go and be on with it then.

(Bridge)
Follow your heart and you'll find
You'll convince yourself
Life is what it's made to be . . .
Follow your heart and you'll find
You'll convince yourself
Life is what it's made to be.

(Repeat Chorus)

You should go and be on with it then. (Repeat)

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko, Copyright 1996

(1st Verse)
The time we share together,
The time we spend apart,
The words that we have spoken
I carry in my heart.

(Bridge)
Can't you see I love you
And that time is passing by?
You tell me, "Don't you worry, don't be angry--please don't cry."

(Chorus)
I see no evil and I hear no evil,
I speak no evil.
With you and me all I can see . . .
With you and me
It's all good, it's all good.

(2nd Verse)
When you touch me I feel pleasure
Like I've never felt before.
Your kisses are like honey
And you've left me wanting more.

(2nd Bridge)
Can't you see I need you
And that time is passing by?
You tell me, "Don't you worry, don't be angry--please don't cry."

(Repeat Chorus)

(Instrumental)

(Repeat Chorus)

It's all good (Repeat 6 Times)

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko, Copyright 1996

(1st Verse)
Reaching through your eyes in stare,
A constant chancing, truth or dare.
Your open cloak I slipped into;
A wandering night I spent with you.

(2nd Verse)
Taking in your breath as mine,
Suspended in your grace, sublime.
The scent of rose within the air;
Your fingers floating through my hair.

(Chorus)
La da da da da da . . . (Repeat 7 Times)

(3rd Verse)
A sense of peace was then revealed;
My feelings pouring out unsealed.
Our souls became together twined
And nature's comfort we did find.

(Repeat Chorus)

(4th Verse)
Breathing in with lusting plight--
Basking shadows piercing through
The branches of the pines in dew;
A wandering night I spent with you.

(Bridge)
And all that is, is not for now
Forsaken, taken time for now--
As oftentimes as said before
"Unlock the door and ask no more."

(Repeat Chorus 12 Times)

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko, Copyright 1996

(1st Verse)
Do you think about me, I think about you.
Do you wonder how I'm doin',
Do you dream about me, too?
Do you sense me in your presence,
Do you feel me in your touch?
Do you see me perched upon you;
Does it get to be too much?

(2nd Verse)
It's a temporary pleasure,
You should open up your eyes.
It's a clear infatuation
And in time you realize
It's not your imagination,
It's a memory in demise.

(Bridge)
The time is right, the time is wrong;
At times you're weak, at times you're strong.
Sometimes you want, sometimes you need
As your memory slowly bleeds.

(Repeat 1st Verse)

(Repeat 2nd Verse)

(Repeat Bridge)

(Chorus)

Do you think about me, I think about you. (Repeat)

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko, Copyright 1996

(Intro)
I dream of you most every night;
I want you here to hold me tight.
I wish upon the stars above,
That I may share with you my love.

(1st Verse)
Sometimes I tremble
And I almost lose control.
I feel a raging passion
Burning deep within my soul.

(Chorus)
I want to scream, I want to shout;
I want to come to you and talk it out.
I want to scream, I want to shout;
But nothing will be said, and nothing will come out.

(2nd Verse)
Sometimes I feel anger,
Still I keep it all inside.
I feel my heart beating faster;
I feel my soul is exploding inside.

(Repeat Chorus)

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

(Repeat Chorus)

(3rd Verse)
Sometimes I wonder,
Will I ever be the same?
Where there's rain there may be thunder;
When there's thunder the sky is filled with pain.

(Repeat Chorus)

(Repeat Intro)

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko, Copyright 1996

(1st Verse)
One day there will be nowhere to run,
For all of our fields will have been overcome.
The hills will be skylines of buildings and lights
And the valley below us will shine in the night.

(Chorus)
A doe in the meadow with a fawn at her side;
A mother and her child running free,
Picking wildflowers to wear in their hair--
This is the way it should be.

(2nd Verse)
One day there will be no sun shining through
The layers of smog all created by you,
The big corporations and the almighty dollar--
One day together, we'll all come to holler . . .

(Repeat Chorus)

(Bridge)
Oooh oooh oooh, oooh oooh oooh.
Oooh oooh oooh, oooh oooh oooh, oooh oooh oooh.
Oooh oooh, oooh oooh oooh oooh.
Oooh oooh, oooh oooh oooh.
Oooh oooh.

(3rd Verse)
One day there will be no way to hide
All of the garbage swept in with the tide.
Sooner or later the room will run out;
One day together, we'll all come to shout . . .

(4th Verse)
One day, all of our dreams can come true
If we make a plan and then follow it through--
Changing old habits and making them new;
Together as one, we can all save the view.

(Repeat Chorus)

(Instrumental)

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko, Copyright 1996

This song is dedicated to my friends in Dominica: Augustin St. Louis and Family, Egbert Bofond, Augustus Charles, Kimbo Cuffy, Williams George, Joseph Johnfien.

(1st Verse)
On the island Dominica, with her beaches of black sand
And the ocean rolling in on her shores,
I met a man, Augustin St. Louis is his name,
And they call him The Liberator Man.
He played for me a song upon a flute made with his hands
And he sang for me a song about the land.
He brought me to Justina; with a smile he proudly said,
"This is my wife, this is my place, please come again."

(Chorus)
Oh, Dominica, Dominica, you are beautiful to me.
On the island Dominica you are free.
Oh, Dominica, Dominica, you are beautiful to me.
On the island Dominica you are free.

(2nd Verse)
I traveled winding roads; I heard the sound of native drums
And I could feel the pounding rhythm in my bones.
It was a band of four musicians in the shelter of the trees,
Singing songs in celebration to the beat.

(Repeat Chorus)

(Instrumental)

(3rd Verse)
I walked a path that led me to a glistening emerald pool
And I swam beneath the crystal waterfall.
As I gazed upon the walls of stone, my eyes became entranced
By the beauty of this rainforest land.

(Repeat Chorus)

On the island Dominica, you are free.

(Repeat)

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