Labor playlists.

[rivka]

I wish my iPod hooked up to the ancient CD player we'll be taking to the hospital - it would certainly make eveything simpler. Instead I'm burning CDs.

2009 Labor Mix: Calm
"I Know this Rose Will Open" - Chancel Choir, First Unitarian Church of Oakland
I know this rose will open, I know my fear will burn away...
"On Children" - The Flirtations
They come through you, but they are not from you, and though they are with you they belong not to you.
"We Are" - Sweet Honey in the Rock
When each child is born, a morning star rises and sings to the universe who we are.
"Fields of Gold" - Eva Cassidy
In his arms she fell as her hair came down, among the fields of gold.
"Lullabye for a Stormy Night" - Vienna Teng
Everything's fine in the morning, the rain will be gone in the morning, but we'll still be here in the morning.
"Rock Me to Sleep" - Jill Sobule
I wish I had my mother, I wish I had my father back, I wish I had my baby, I wish I had someone to rock me to sleep...
"Down to the River to Pray" - Alison Krauss
O children, let's go down, let's go down, come on down...
"Secure Yourself" - Indigo Girls
Fasten up your earthly burdens, you have just begun.
"An Aching and a Longing" - Martyn Joseph
We don't know nothing, we don't know much - just an aching and a longing to be loved.
"Let It Be" - The Beatles
And in my hour of darkness, she is standing right in front of me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
"Stay By Me" - Annie Lennox
We stumble, we falter, but we're no different to anyone...
"Gypsy" - Suzanne Vega
Hold me like a baby that will not fall asleep, curl me up inside you and let me hear you through the heat...
"All Will Be Well" - Meg Barnhouse
All will be well, all will be well, all manner of things will be well.
"Well Hall" - Bare Necessities
(wordless)
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - Israel Kamakawiwoole
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.

2009 Labor Mix: Strong
"Mother and Child Reunion" - Paul Simon
The mother and child reunion is only a moment away.
"A Fire Is Burning" - Oysterband
We do our best work in the dark, we do our thinking on the run - we will hang together til the longest day is done.
"We'll Understand it Better By and By" - Sweet Honey in the Rock
We'll tell the story of how we've overcome, and we'll understand it better by and by.
"How Can I Keep from Singing?" - Eva Cassidy
No storm can shake my inmost calm while to that rock I'm clinging. While love prevails on heaven and earth, how can I keep from singing?
"More Love" - Dixie Chicks
More love, to flow in between us, to take us and hold us and lift us above...
"There is More Love Somewhere" - Jason Shelton
I'm going to keep on til I find it, there is more love somewhere.
"God Saw Fit to Make Tears" - Alistair Moock
Everybody's a soldier, everybody's a rock - everybody is living with whatever they've got.
"Call and Answer" - Barenaked Ladies
If you call, I will answer. If you fall, I'll pick you up.
"Birth-Day (Love Made Real)" - Suzanne Vega
One thing I know, this pain will go. Step through all that's left to feel, wait to meet my love made real.
"Thunder and Rainbows" - Martyn Joseph
The light or the shade, concealed or displayed, enemies, friends, opposite ends...
"Love Will Come to You" - Indigo Girls
And I wish her insight to battle love's blindness, strength from the milk of human kindness, a safe place for all the pieces that scatter...
"Something Inside So Strong" - Olympia's Daughters
I know I'm going to make it, because there's something inside so strong.
"I Come From Women" - Amy Carol Webb
I come from women tender as roses, I come from women strong as stone. I come from women who taught me no one ever fights alone.
"All Will Be Well" - Meg Barnhouse
No one does not know, does not know about pain. But she said: all will be well, all will be well. All manner of things will be well.

Comments

[mouseman.livejournal.com]

iPod + headphones wouldn't do?

How about iPod + speakers?