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All You Need Is Life (2017)

by Chip Kramer

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It Only Happened Once 03:12
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It Only Happened Once In the time before life When the universe emerged The planets and the stars Collided and converged The Earth became two Our moon filled the sky Setting the stage for life For life to be alive Whatever prompted life to begin It only happened once That is the most amazing fact The most amazing fact we know The first spark of life In extreme atmosphere Was compounds evolving Replication appeared The smallest of beings Born from the blue For centuries and ages Life took hold and grew First there was one cell One cell became two Two cells became four Life began to soar Through epochs and eras Life would survive Adapting to currents And riding the tide From plants to animals From sea to land From species to species Leading to man
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Someone Planted a Seed 04:18
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Someone Planted a Seed We are in the last minute of the last day If all time was just a year We were animals then gathered and hunted Through the years persevere Then someone planted a seed Someone built a shrine Somebody fell in love And added to the bloodline First a village, cities would come Exploring the world, expanding our love City states became nations strong Cultures filled with right and wrong We learned to lay down laws We learned to keep the score We learned to work as a team But mostly we waged war With a hope and with a dream That everyone can rise above Then we can open up, find the good And live our lives in love Someone planted a seed Someone opened their heart Somebody changed a belief We just have to start We are in the last minute of the last day If all time was just a year We are the chance to make a difference To live our lives without fear
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The Arrogance of Man 01:02
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The Arrogance of Man Suns are extinguished and die planets perish And scatter across the sky Other suns are ignited, they become new And planets form to make their orbits true And man, who is a minute part On an insignificant planet Believes that the universe Was made for him Lyrics adapted from Paul-Henri Thiry, The System of Nature (1770)
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The Most Precious Life 03:18
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The Most Precious Life She came from up, I came from down She gave her heart, I came around We made a vow to become one A branch of our tree had just begun As the story goes she wanted more We wanted a child we could adore Nine months to wait as he grew strong A painful birth he came along And he came to me For all the world to see And he was meant to be The most precious life that I’ve ever seen He came from up and he came from down Born out of love, it’s love he found He’ll live his life, he’ll live his dreams He’ll live in love by any means And he came to me For all the world to see And he was meant to be The most precious life that I’ve ever seen
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Step By Step 04:03
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Step By Step Tiny eyes peeking out of a blanket I can see him, he doesn’t see me The way that his mother now holds him Is the way we all wish it would be The next time I see him he’s crawling I can’t believe how big he’s become This time he sees me quite clearly Our path together has just begun Step by step – The bonds of love grow in his heart Step by step – Amazed by what he sees Step by step – Learning what he needs to know Step by step – Fulfilling his destiny Years go by now he’s in grade school He learns to give and receive I see his heart is as big as a mountain Whatever he wants, he can achieve Step by step – I watch him walking through the world Step by step – He’s learning to be free Step by step – We are all here helping him to grow Step by step – Fulfilling his destiny The path of evolution from simple to diverse Is like the growth and development of man Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny Upon the shoulders of the past we stand He has grown up to be a young man We stand now eye to eye The torch is passed to a new generation Where rewards and burdens now lie Step by step – We are all here on this path of life Step by step – We’re learning how to see Step by step – Following all who came before Step by step – Fulfilling our destiny
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Wherever You Go 02:56
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Wherever You Go Sometimes a mask, sometimes a role The things we do to hide our souls Is there a time we can be free Or is that just not meant to be? Wherever you go, there you are Whoever you’ll be is fine with me Whatever you think is what you believe Remember to let yourself be There is a wall, there is a block Your heart is sealed with a lock How can I help you show yourself When you leave it on the shelf? Wherever you go, there you are Whoever you’ll be is fine with me Whatever you think is what you believe Remember to let yourself be How can I know where I’m goin’ When there are distractions for free? How many times have I awoken To see the best part of me? What does it mean to be your self? How can you be somebody else? I tried it once by wishin’ on a star But then I found this here guitar Wherever you go, there you are Whoever you’ll be is fine with me Whatever you think is what you believe Remember to let yourself be Remember to let yourself be Remember to let yourself be
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Home 04:37
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Home I bought this little house in 1984 The hinges were all loose like the handles on the doors It needed a shower and a roof But this was the house that I called home My kids each had a room to play and be alone They left shoes by there door until they both were grown They mean the world to me And this is the house that they call home Home’s a place where memories live it’s always safe and warm Home is where you know that you will ride out the storm The kitchen’s filled with love that’s where Sue is now Her laughter fills the air, you know I love that sound In a moment lost in time These are the days I call mine My home’s a place where my memories live I’m always safe and warm My home is where I know that I will ride out the storm Now the roof needs repair, the old shower leaks I won’t always live here, someday I’ll be too weak This house will stand when I’m gone But it’s the place that I belong Our home is where our memories live we’re always safe and warm Our home is here I know that we will ride out the storm
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Wisdom of the Ages 04:35
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Wisdom of the Ages In his school he was the best Leaving behind all the rest Til his dad fell from the tree Changed his life from being free He thought he'd cure his father's fate He’d find a way before too late So a doctor he became Deep within him burned this flame Wisdom of the ages everything he had to earn With knowledge to pass down To those who take their turn I hope I can be like him But I have so much to learn His father passed at fifty-nine A milestone for him to climb He outlived his father's span Twenty years more as a man Wisdom of the ages everything he had to earn With knowledge to pass down To those who take their turn I hope I can be like him But I have so much to learn What is the scale? How do we chase A man who's mind could illuminate? We all are blessed he touched our lives When he shared his knowledge and Gave us more than he received he believed In wisdom of the ages Wisdom of the ages everything he had to earn With knowledge to pass down To those who take their turn I hope I can be like him But I have so much to learn Wisdom of the ages my own will take their turn
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Life My Way 03:01
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Life My Way Today is the oldest I have ever been And the youngest I'll ever be again Aches and pains, slowing down, forgetfulness Feel that I am aging now and then But my time’s not measured in years you know I'm only as old as I feel It's the quality of life and not the amount That helps to make it real Each lifetime is lived day by day Every moment has something to say All that matters is your time So live your life your way Find meaning in your day All this will end when my time has come I know my spirit will leave behind All my memories, my thoughts and everyone I love There'll be nothing left to find I live my life each day to day Every moment has something to say All that matters is my time So I live my life my way I find meaning every day I think that I will stay I have so much more to say
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Final Moments 02:30
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Final Moments Today has been determined By the way you lived yesterday So tomorrow will be created By the way you live today Will you sum it up with lessons that you learned? Will you say goodbye to everyone in turn? Did you do what you wanted to do Or does it end without a clue? In the final moments of my lifetime Will I know what's right and wrong? Will I see what really matters Or will the world just carry on? Will I sum it up with lessons that I learned? Will I say goodbye to everyone in turn? Did I do what I wanted to do Or does it end without a clue?
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All You Need Is Life 04:51
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All You Need Is Life We are made of stars from beginning to end Through every atom we ascend We are moving toward a truth As we live here on earth Every being has worth All you need is life, life is all you need To hold on to a dream, to help you to succeed All you need is life, life is all you need To show you how to lead, to lift you to perceive To love and to believe From here we will evolve to who we are We are love and energy Keep your heart open to love Keep you mind open to life Life and love will bring you through All you need is life, life is all you need To hold on to a dream, to help you to succeed All you need is life, life is all you need To show you how to lead, to lift you to perceive To love and to believe I’ve seen the tragedy life can bring Pain and fear living in our soul And I’ve seen healing love that sings With each of us becoming whole [Instrumental] All you need is life, life is all you need To hold on to a dream, to help you to succeed All you need is life, life is all you need To show you how to lead, to lift you to perceive To love and to believe That all you need is life, life is all you need All you need is life, life is all you need All you need is life, life is all you need All you need is life, life is all you need All you need is life, life is all you need All you need is life, life is all you need All you need is life, life is all you need All you need is life, life is all you need All you need is life…………..life is all you need
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My Legacy 01:34
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My Legacy My legacy is all I'll leave It won't be my stellar personality I'll leave my collections and all my CDs I hope it's enough for you to see I had a lot of fun while I was here I really love you all so I'll make it clear My legacy is all I'll leave I hope you will remember me I hope you will remember me Maybe you'll remember me

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This is a thematic album representing beginning to end, birth to death.

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released April 1, 2017

Co-produced by Chip Kramer & David Mosher
Co-mixed by Chip Kramer & David Mosher
Recorded and Mixed in Dreamweaver Studio, Ann Arbor MI
Except Chip’s vocals recorded in David Mosher’s By The Lake Studio, Brighton MI
David Mosher’s instruments recorded in By The Lake Studio
David Kramer’s electric guitar recorded in Pseudo Studio, West Bloomfleld, MI
Drums provided by EZDrummer and Apple Drum Loops programmed, edited, and mixed by Chip Kramer & David Mosher

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Chip Kramer Ann Arbor, Michigan

In fifth grade at ten years old, I chose the trombone to play in the grade school band. At twelve years old I learned to play
I’ll Get You by the Beatles on my brother Dan’s Silvertone acoustic guitar and then in the summer of 1966 I joined a band called The Rising Sons. Thirty years later in 1996 I began doing more songwriting and started producing CDs of original material. ... more

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