1. One of a Kind 
Christie Grace/Chris Gestrin

You have style, super class you stand out from the mass
You have a smile that lights the moon
Your sweet heart loves to laugh yet you’ve known sorrow’s path, a Cancer born in sunny June
Like the coming of Spring, you can bloom anything
You inspire beauty to grow
You have humor and wit, strong will and true grit
You are always in the know.

You’re one of a kind
You sing like Etta and dance like Hines
If you ever should doubt it, well sister, let me shout it, you’re one of , one of a kind.

When you love it’s for real, doesn’t chip, stain or peel
Comes with a life -time guarantee
You’ve been down but not broke, found your way through the smoke with your own philosophy

You’re one of a kind
You sing like Etta and dance like Hines
If you ever should doubt it, well sister, let me shout it, you’re one of, one of a kind.

And if I ever forgot to say, how much I loved you along the way
Thanks for being you, for being you, you’re one of a kind!

You’re one of a kind
You sing like Etta and dance like Hines
If you ever should doubt it, well sister, let me shout it, you’re one of, one of a kind.

2. He Lays Me Down
Christie Grace/Chris Gestrin

He lays me down, in summer’s clover In the chill of winter rain
He waits just like, a gentle lion
Till I come home to him again

I get frightened by the voices
I get lost inside my night
He watches me, protectively though he cannot make it right.

He lays me down in stormy winds, by the rocking, rhythmic sea
He lays me down in golden fields, our fire burns, eternally.

He lays me down, in autumn’s glow, in the thrill of Spring’s rebirth
He never knows, when I’ll come or go, he’s the anchor in my surf

I get caught up in the pressures
I get strung and overwrought
He just lets me be, till my tide breaks free, he gives me all that he’s got.

He lays me down in stormy winds, by the rocking, rhythmic sea
He lays me down in golden fields, our fire burns eternally.

I get caught up in the pressures
I get strung and overwrought
He just lets me be, till the tide breaks free, we give it all that we’ve got.

He lays me down in stormy winds
In the rocking, rhythmic sea
He lays me down, in summer’s clover In the thrill of springs rebirth
He lays me down in golden fields, our fire burns eternally.

3. Luminescence 
Christie Grace/Chris Gestrin

When I was a child I was afraid to speak
So I sang instead in my mind and on the street, the rhythmic beat felt so good and so sweet.
In this troubled world, there is no guarantee yet the light I found, became my warranty and over time, words poured out naturally.

Luminescence
Replaces fear
Luminescence
Always here
Luminescence
Life’s sweet surprise
That‘s what I see, in every moon rise.

In ancient times, she was Joan of Ark
But I’m no saint I have known the dark.
I’ve made mistakes, that have left their mark.
Through the years when I thought I lost my way, I’d listen to what the music has to say
And like a child I live for today!

Luminescence, life’s sweet surprise
That‘s what I see, in every moon rise.
Moon rise
Moon rise
Moon rise.

4. Free the Child
Christie Grace/Chris Gestrin

It’s a sunny frosty Saturday
In a northern sleepy town
I was on my way to meet a friend
Snowflakes fell, without a sound
The crunch of wheels behind me
Gave refuge from the chill
A raven flew, then before I knew
The sky turned black and still.

So now here I sit
With all my walls caving in
Yet the only way out
Is to find the way back in.

Walk the dog to the lake
Watch the clouds roll by
Struggle with the memory
As I watch an eagle fly
I know it’s not been easy
That you’ve longed to deliver me
Still the broken child,
Freed from exile, has grown with dignity.

So now here I sit
With all my walls caving in
Yet the only way out
Is to find,
Yes the only way out is to find
The way back in.

Free the child, free the child, let her be free
Free the child, let her be free, let her be free, free the child.

Sweet release of inner peace, washes over me.

5. Let Your Happy Free  
Christie Grace/Chris Gestrin

I was once a slave to mental pain, bought the bit about “artistically insane”
Well, I decided it was enough!
It was time to strut my stuff…

Let your troubles drift away lift your eyes to a brand new day
Let’s go daydream it’s time to play let’s be happy in every way.

Sail the wind, climb the tree
Let your happy, bubble free
Sing your song recklessly
Let your happy, let your happy free.

Say goodbye to your distress go and buy that fancy dress
Liberate those sorry blues with your ruby dancing shoes.

Sail the wind, climb the tree
Let your happy, bubble free
Sing your song recklessly
Let your happy, let your happy free.

Say farewell to sad goodbye’s, say hello to love’s surprise
Use your china, wear your gems, love yourself, raise your hems.

There’s so many pleasures, in little things
Like bangles and silver bracelets, that shake and ping -a- ling, jing-a- ling, makes a rhythmic, lilting sound
Grooving along the drive, happy to sing and be alive
Feel your hair blow in the summer breeze
Or maple sugar mixed with cinnamon on french toast,
whipped cream, utmost, divine!

Sail the wind, climb the tree
Let your happy, bubble free
Sail the wind, climb the tree
Let your happy, bubble free!
Sing your song recklessly
Let your happy,
Let your happy,
Let your happy free!

6. Unconditional Love
Christie Grace/Chris Gestrin

You’ve given me unconditional, untraditional love.

I remember in that shop, when we met
My heart took off like a concord jet
Like the glow of the shy morning sun
Well I knew that you, were the one.

You’ve given me unconditional, untraditional love.

You’re the summer to my winter blues
You’re the kick in my high-heeled shoes
Through the years as your friend, lover and wife,
Well darling you’ve revolutionized my life.

You’ve given me unconditional, untraditional la la la la la la love
You’ve given me unconditional, untraditional love.

Though we’ve never managed to save a dime
All that matters, is that I am yours and you are mine
Through life’s storms nothing could ever undo
All that I am is because of you.

You’ve given me unconditional, untraditional la la la la la la love,
la la la la la la love, la la la la la la love, la la la la la la love!
You’ve given me unconditional, untraditional love
Oh my love, la la la la la la la la la love.

7. His Secret 
Christie Grace /Chris Gestrin

He came to me, dressed in gray confessing all, in a desperate way
It boiled and foamed, from deep inside that left him shaking, stripped of pride

He wept his bitter, pent up tears
Ignoring my teenage years
Needing me, to be the wife
That set herself free in another’s man’s life.

His secret weighed more than lead, the day they found him,
“Forgive me” was all that he said. There was nowhere to belong
I became the keeper of his song, far too long.

For 30 years, fires raged
Locked inside, the blame we’d caged
Until her son’s redemptive flight, when he soared, on wings of light.

His secret weighed more than lead, the day they found him,
“Forgive me” was all that he said. There was nowhere to belong
I became the keeper of his song, far too long.

Five dusty years, relentless drought, let the poison ooze, weep, dry out,
I returned to her, we embraced alone I had come back, “welcome home!”
His secret was laid to rest
My secret was laid to rest
Her secret was laid to rest, laid to rest.
Safe upon my Mother’s breast.

8. Speak To Me
Christie Grace/Chris Gestrin

I’ve been driving down this road, far too long
I lost my way, my minds astray trying to figure you out.
So I called you on the phone to clear the air
I felt you frown, you shut me down, it’s another blow out.

Baby, talk to me
So we can let it be
Can’t you see?
That I can’t comprehend
No need to condescend!
Speak to me, speak to me, speak to me
Come on and set me free.

When I think of how I tried to get through to you
A waste of time, on my dime man, I sure got burned
You said that it was time to make a change
I trusted you, you weren’t true
Man I’ve really learned.

Baby, talk to me
So we can let it be
Can’t you see?
That I can’t comprehend
No need to condescend
Speak to me, speak to me,
Come on and set me free, speak to me.

I’m working over time
Your kind of love’s a crime
I need relief
You stole my heart, you crooked thief, speak to me!

Talk to me
So we can let it be
Can’t you see?
That I can’t comprehend
No need to condescend
Speak to me! speak to me!
Come on and set me free, speak to me

Speak to me! speak to me!
Come on and set me free, speak to me

There’s no need to condescend baby, I can’t comprehend won’t you speak to me
Come on and speak to me
Set me free…
Baby speak to me, baby set me free
Baby speak to me, baby set me free
Speak to me, speak to me
Come on and set me free, speak to me.

9. Hopeful Romantic
Christie Grace/Chris Gestrin

“Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no, it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand’ring bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.”

Sonnet 116 – William Shakespeare

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You stood at the bottom of the stair
Your rumpled shirt, your windswept hair
You smiled and drew me near
Humming softly in my ear
Your hand fit mine like a kid glove
Under your spell helpless dove
You made promises you couldn’t keep
But I was blind, in too deep.

Hopeful romantic when I met you
Hopeful romantic through and through
Like a Chaplin movie I played the part
A slave to my foolish heart. mmmmm
Hopeful romantic ‘til my dying day
‘Cause I found that true love never goes away, I’m glad I let love have its way
What can I say?
Hopeful romantic all the way.

Quiet tones of a Gershwin tune
Stolen kiss in the afternoon, soft and slow In the theater back row
You cradled me in your arms
I gave in to all your charms
In a trance our hopeless romance.

Hopeful romantic till my dying day
‘Cause I found that true love never goes away
I’m glad I let love have its way, what can I say?
Hopeful romantic all the way.

When I’m withered, old and gray
Laying in a daisy field of clay
I know I’ll have no regret
For what you give you get.

Hopeful romantic till my dying day
‘Cause I found that true love never goes away
I’m glad I let love, have it’s way
What can I say?
Hopeful romantic all the way
I’m glad I let love, have its way
What can I say?
Hopeful romantic, lead the way.

10. I Believe In You
Christie Grace/Chris Gestrin

Tears flowed down her cheek
I kept silent I didn’t speak
Instead I took her hand
And murmured, ‘I understand’
We laughed together side by side
I felt my heart, swell with pride
Then a whisper so still, as I told her, I always will…

Believe in you, I believe in you, there’s nothing you couldn’t do
I believe in you, I believe in you.

If I could I’d make it right
But I trust your wise insight
If you need me, I‘m there,
I carry you with me, everywhere.
I can’t hold the hands of time,
The life that’s yours isn’t mine
I’ve been blessed to watch you grow, now I‘m learning to let you go.

Believe in you, I believe in you, no matter what you do
I believe in you, I believe in you.

And if you ever feel your light dim or lose your way,
Just sing your song, soft or strong Into a brand new day.

Believe in you, I believe in you, no matter what you do
I believe, I believe in you, I believe in you, I believe in you.
I believe in you. I believe in you. I believe in you. I believe in you.

I really do, I believe in you.
Darling I do, yes I do, believe in you.

11. Golden Thread
Christie Grace/Chris Gestrin

I’m sitting in an empty gas station ‘cause there’s no place else to go
I guess this is a showdown as if I didn’t know.
I know I’m a grown woman, still I miss you every day
I sure could use your help, on this dark and gloomy day

I’m calling you and the angels, like you told me once to do
Mom I really need you now, cause I’m feeling so blue

This storm has over taken me I have come undone
I came here to face myself and now there’s nowhere left to run
You told me from your deathbed, that I was your golden thread
But I’ve lost my needle in the complexity I’ve spread

I’m calling you and the angels, like you told me once to do
Mom I really need you now, can’t see my way through

The skies are closing in I keep looking for a sign
Nothing can prepare you when you draw, outside the line!

Oh I I’m calling you and the angels, like you told me once to do
Mom, I really need you now, can’t see my way through
Oh, I’m calling you and the angels, like you told me once to do
Mom I really need you now.

12. He
Christie Grace/Chris Gestrin

He watches me and I am on fire
He kisses me, fills me with desire
Nothing matters when he’s near, his soul reflects mine like a mirror
He brings me summers bouquet
I want him more than I can say
I tremble when I see his face, lifted by his gentle grace
Oh the wonder
He fills me and I am never alone

He touches me, I can feel his fire
He moves me, I feel his desire
When he strums on my guitar, I feel like a shooting star
Like a fragile robin’s wings, my heart flutters, blushes sings
All is timeless, all is still, somersaults with Jack and Jill
Oh the wonder
He fills me and I am never alone

When he strums on my guitar
I feel like a shooting star
Like a fragile robin’s wings, my heart flutters, blushes sings
All is timeless, all is still, somersaults with Jack and Jill
Oh the wonder
He fills me and I am never alone. And I am never alone And I am never alone.

13. Out of the Ether of the Periphery
Christie Grace/Chris Gestrin

I searched for you since that bleak day
A child of God abandoned stray
Longing became my way to cope imprisoned by distrust of hope

I looked for you, in his gentle eyes, I only found goodbyes
Haunted by your hungry ghost, I hurt the one I love the most.

That’s not where I was born to be I’ve come home back home to me,
Out of the ether of the periphery Ouuuuuuu Ouuuuuuu

My heart’s still learning how to live, I won’t forget and I forgive. That’s not where I was born to be, I’ve come home back home to me,
Out of the ether of the periphery, out of the ether of the periphery, out of the ether of the periphery.