10/Open Secret
Lyrics and Music by Danny Paradise
Arrangement and Instrumental Break by Dean Brodrick
You never learned it, you never heard it
You never learned that at school
Oh baby it’s an open secret
If you look well you may see
Hey now, this old world was made for you and me
Oh darling it’s an open secret,
Ask any child ‘cause they can see
There’s no border ‘round our souls,
No boundary ‘tween you and me
Do you think the high flying bird sees the border line?
That bird might as well be blind to the ways of foolish men
Who want some locked out
And some locked in
It’s hard baby hard when you think that love
Is outside yourself I know,
Searching everywhere but there
It’s a hard and a lonely road
Nobody thought it, nobody taught it
Not at that dusty old school
You never learned it, you never heard it,
You never learned that at school
Oh darling to find the wonder...
Though you may travel a million miles to be free
To see the wonder...to see the wonder
Oh baby it’s an open secret
If you look well you may see
Hey now, this old world was made for you and me
Oh darling it’s an open secret,
Ask any child ‘cause they can see
There’s no border ‘round our souls,
No boundary ‘tween you and me
Do you think the high flying bird sees the border line?
That bird might as well be blind to the ways of foolish men
Who want some locked out
And some locked in
To all spirits wild and free
Born to uncovering eternity
That’s where we are and we’ll always be
Nobody told you, nobody showed you,
You never learned that at school
Nobody taught it, nobody thought it,
It wasn’t part of their rules
Oh darling to see the wonder,
Though you may travel a million miles to be free
To see the wonder,
Oh darlin’ to see the wonder
Though you may travel a million miles to be free
To see the wonder, to see the wonder…
Oh baby it’s an open secret,
If you look, well you may see
Hey now, this old world was made for you and me
Oh Darlin’, It’s an open secret,
Ask any child ‘cause they can see
There’s no border ‘round our souls,
No boundary ‘tween you and me
It’s an open secret, it’s an open secret, it’s an open secret,
Everybody knows it’s an open secret
Everybody knows it’s an open secret, yeah, everybody knows,
It’s an open secret,
Everybody knows it’s an open secret,
Everybody knows it’s an open secret,
Yeah, everybody knows!
credits
from Caravan Of Souls,
track released September 24, 2021
10/OPEN SECRET (5:49)
Lyrics and Music by Danny Paradise, Arrangement and Instrumental Break by Dean Brodrick
Copyright 2021 Medicine Warrior Publishing ASCAP
Nylon String Guitar, Silver Flute and Vocals: Danny Paradise
Vocals: Maddy Brodrick
Arrangement, Keyboards and Percussion: Dean Brodrick
Violins: Beni Weedon
Acoustic Upright Bass: Alfie Weedon
Produced by Dean Brodrick and Danny Paradise
Mixed and Mastered by Dean Brodrick Music, Wiltshire UK
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