BUTTERFLIES
by Rick Nichols

~ cut #11 on the double-album, SYNCHRONY ~

i love you so  (i love you so)
i love you so
hopi jadeo

tell us how you’re feeling today
anything you’re dreaming is okay
we’re catching butterflies, butterflies

you can close your eyes on the day
and in the morning we will . . . → Read More: SONGS • butterflies

RIGHT ON TIME
by Rick Nichols

~ cut #10 on the double-album, SYNCHRONY ~

he was lonely, so lonely
so much he wanted to say
but his tongue got tied, tied up tight
he was silent that way
so he would not talk, and he would not walk
like some freeze had closed him in
’til he’d had enough . . . → Read More: SONGS • right on time

AMAZING ME
by Rick Nichols

~ cut #9 on the double-album, SYNCHRONY ~

you are like an endless fountain
you are my endless ocean, beneath the sky

za-dey ah-deh, ah-teh oh …
how amazing you are (amazing)

you’re beautiful as the sky rolls by
you’re beautiful like a flower inside
you’re beautiful, you’re beautiful as . . . → Read More: SONGS • amazing me

LOVE INVITED
by Rick Nichols

~ cut #8 on the double-album, SYNCHRONY ~

you stepped into a world
where competition’s in
the day-to-day’s a whirl
are you bending in the wind?
but one thing is for sure
inside of you’s the cure
if you will take us there again, yeah now

we got a load of love invited . . . → Read More: SONGS • love invited

BUDDHATUDE
by Rick Nichols

~ cut #7 on the double-album, SYNCHRONY ~

he awoke today, no words to say
he searched for a way to get by
for one more day he’ll try to run away
thoughts of yesterday like clouds go by

how do you buddha-to-you?
try not trying so hard        (like clouds go by)
you . . . → Read More: SONGS • buddhatude

FALLING RAIN
by Rick Nichols

~ cut #6 on the double-album, SYNCHRONY ~

they kissed the river-way
they brought the motion here
they fill the waterfalls
they catch the falling rain
they catch the falling rain
water falls

they watch the river
they watch the river roll on, roll on —
water, water falls

hey-uhn dah, cha-kaco . . . → Read More: SONGS • falling rain

ANOTHER SOUL
by Rick Nichols

~ cut #5 on the double-album, SYNCHRONY ~

there is a tale if it was true
of ancient queens and kind kings too
they left no dreams left untold
they lived this way young and old

until one day a stranger came
to take the land in his own name
some tried . . . → Read More: SONGS • another soul

TAKEN TO THE WAR
Rick Nichols

~ cut #4 on the double-album, SYNCHRONY ~

hey, yeah-yeah, yay yeah-yeah

soldier’s shout, left no doubt
get in a line or be left out
bad time to be changing up your mind
some enemy you can not see
looking to shoot, could be looking for me
i could be the . . . → Read More: SONGS • taken to the war

MASTERMIND
by Rick Nichols

~ cut #3 on the double-album, SYNCHRONY ~

you came to me you said how do i shine
you said to me, you said i feel left behind
you said it’s like i’m trying to belong
you worry everyday you’d do it wrong

well i said, mastermind, easy mind
some divine easy . . . → Read More: SONGS • mastermind

WHOSE PURPOSE R U?
by Rick Nichols

~ cut #2 on the double-album, SYNCHRONY ~

i once knew a man not hypnotized
upon his chest hung a stone white crystallized
he spoke of ways to keep a life alive  (a life alive)
and all in history who weren’t so wise

he said, whose purpose r . . . → Read More: SONGS • whose purpose r u?