- Holly Near【 181 songs in total 】
- Holly Near (born June 6, 1949 in Ukiah, California) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist.
Holly Near's professional career began in 1969 with a part on the television show The Mod Squad, which was followed by appearances in other shows, such as Room 222, All in the Family, and The Partridge Family. She also appeared in films such as Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, and Minnie and Moskowitz, and had a prominent role in the 1991 film Dogfight.
She was briefly a member of the musical comedy troupe, 'First National Nothing', and appeared on the troupe's only album, If You Sit Real Still and Hold My Hand, You Will Hear Absolutely Nothing (Columbia Records – LP C 30006).
In 1970, Near was a cast member of the Broadway musical Hair. Following the Kent State shootings in May of that year, the entire cast staged a silent vigil in protest. The song, 'It Could Have Been Me' (which was released on A Live Album, 1974), was her heartfelt response to the shootings. In 1971, she joined the FTA (Free The Army) Tour, an anti-Vietnam War road show of music, comedy, and plays, organized by antiwar activist Fred Gardner and actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.
In 1972, Near founded an independent record label called Redwood Records to produce and promote music by 'politically conscious artists from around the world'. She was one of the first women to found an independent record company. Near's record company went out of business in the mid-1990s due to financial difficulties.
During her long career in folk and protest music, Holly Near has worked with a wide array of musicians, including Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Mercedes Sosa, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Meg (Shambhavi) Christian, Cris Williamson, Linda Tillery, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Harry Belafonte, and many others, as well as the Chilean exile group Inti-Illimani. Holly Near has been recognized many times for her work for social change, including honors from the ACLU, the National Lawyers Guild, the National Organization for Women, NARAS, Ms. Magazine (Woman of the Year), and the Legends of Women's Music Award.
Near wrote an autobiography in the early nineties called Fire in the Rain, Singer in the Storm. Later, with her sister Timothy, Near co-wrote a one-woman show based on the stories in the book. The show was presented at The San Jose Rep and in Los Angeles at The Mark Taper Forum, as well as productions in San Francisco and off Broadway in NYC. In April 2004, Holly performed at the March for Women's Lives in Washington, DC where she sang 'We Are Gentle Angry People' and 'Fired Up' a capella. The following year, Near was named among the '1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize'. Near continues an active tour schedule and as of 2012 had a discography of 29 albums. She is still active as a performer and composer, and she has begun issuing CDs available through her website that include tracks from her out-of-print albums. Her song 'Singing For Our Lives' appears in Singing the Living Tradition, the official hymnal of the Unitarian Universalist Association, under the title 'We Are A Gentle, Angry People' (Hymn #170). The hymn was also performed by Quaker Friends in an episode of the TV series Six Feet Under. In 2015, the same song, credited as 'Singing For Our Lives' appeared in the Australian independent film The Lives We Lead, alongside its theme song 'I Am Willing', another rousing Near-penned protest song.
Holly Near was named as an Honoree for National Women's History Month for 2015.
Discography
Hang in There, Redwood Records (1973) (Theme: support of the people of Vietnam)
A Live Album, Redwood Records (1975)
You Can Know All I AM, Redwood Records (1976)
Imagine My Surprise, Redwood Records (1978) (with Meg Christian)
Fire in the Rain, Redwood Records (1981) produced by June Millington
Speed of Light, Redwood Records (1982)
Journeys, Redwood Records (1983)
Lifeline, Redwood Records (1983) (with Ronnie Gilbert)
Watch Out!, Redwood Records (1984) (with John McCutcheon and Trapezoid)
Sing to Me the Dream, Redwood Records (1984) (with Inti Illimani)
HARP, Redwood Records (1985) (with Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert and Arlo Guthrie)
Singing With You, Redwood Records (1987) (with Ronnie Gilbert)
Don't Hold Back, Redwood Records (1987)
Sky Dances, Redwood Records (1989)
Singer in the Storm, Chameleon Music Group (1990) (with Ronnie Gilbert)
Musical Highlights, Redwood Records/Calico tracks Music (1993) (from the play Fire in the Rain written by Holly Near & Timothy Near)
This Train Still Runs, Abbe Alice Music (1996) (with Ronnie Gilbert)
With a Song in My Heart, Calico Tracks Music (1997) (songs from the 30s & 40s)
Edge, Calico Tracks Music (2000)
Cris & Holly, HC Recordings (2003) (with Cris Williamson, pianist John Bucchino)
Show Up, Calico Tracks Music (2006)
Sing to Me the Dream, Calico Tracks Music (2008) (an historic live recording of the 1984 Peace in the Americas Tour with Inti Illimani)
We Came to Sing, Calico Tracks Music (2009) (with emma's revolution)
Peace Becomes You, Calico Tracks Music (2012)
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Lyricist
Composer
Date
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1000 Grandmothers
2000
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15 Minutes
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99 Miles from L.A.
2012
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Ain't No Where You Can Run
2002
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5
Back Off
2002
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6
Backing Off and Pulling Away
2002
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7
Because of a Drum and a Song
2012
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8
Because of a Song
2012
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9
Bird Gonna Fly(Provided)
2002
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10
Bony Jaw Baby
2002
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11
Bound by the Beauty(Provided)
2006
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12
Carousel
2012
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13
Change of Heart
2002
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14
Child
2012
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15
Colibri(Provided)
2007
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16
Coming Home
2000
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17
Couple of Friends
2012
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18
Crash My World
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19
Crazy
2012
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20
Crushed
2002
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21
Dancing Bird
2002
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22
Didn't You Mean to Say
2000
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23
Don't Hold Back
2002
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24
Don't Let The Singer Down
Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh
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25
Don't You Worry
2002
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26
Dream a Little Dream of Me
2012
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27
Drunken Sailor
2006
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28
El Arado(Provided)
2007
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29
Ella's Song(Provided)
2002
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30
Every Woman(Provided)
2000
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31
Family Band
2006
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32
Family Promise
2002
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33
Fight Back
2002
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34
Fine Me(Provided)
2000
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35
Fire In the Rain
2000
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36
Fired Up!
2002
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37
Foolish Notion
2002
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38
Full Moon Rising
2012
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39
Further to Fly
2000
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40
Gandhi/Buddha(Provided)
2006
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41
Golden Thread
2000
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42
Gracias a La Vida(Provided)
2007
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43
Gypsy(Provided)
2007
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44
Harbor Me(Provided)
2000
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45
Harriet Tubman(Provided)
2002
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46
Hattie and Mattie(Provided)
2006
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47
Having Been Touched/Emma
2000
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48
Hay Una Mujer Desaparecida
2002
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49
Here Comes the Hard Part
2012
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50
How Bold
2002
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51
How Was I To Know
2002
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52
I Ain't Afraid
2002
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53
I Am Willing
2006
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54
I Can't Give you Anything But Love(Provided)
2000
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55
I Got Trouble
2002
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56
I Really Didn't Want To
2002
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57
I Want You Gone Too
2006
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58
I Wish You Were Here(Provided)
2002
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59
I'm Beginning to See the Light(Provided)
1997
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60
I've Got the World on a String(Provided)
1997
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61
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
2012
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62
Icicle Blue
2000
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63
If I Loved You(Provided)
2000
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64
If I Were Alone
2012
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65
If It Were Up to Me
2000
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66
Imagine My Surprise!
2000
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67
In the Face of Love
2002
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68
In the Shadow of War
2012
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69
Infatuation(Provided)
2000
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70
Isn't This a Lovely Day(Provided)
1997
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71
It Could Have Been Me
2002
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72
It Won't Take Long
2012
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73
It's a Lazy Afternoon
2012
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74
It's About Time
2006
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75
Jump Jump
2012
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76
Just In Time(Provided)
1997
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77
Kids Are Gonna Love
2000
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78
La Marusa(Provided)
2002
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79
La Pajita(Provided)
2002
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80
Let's Face the Music and Dance
2012
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81
Lives in the Balance(Provided)
2006
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82
Lonely Days
2002
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83
Love Don't Need a Reason
2000
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84
Love Is Here to Stay(Provided)
1997
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85
Medley: HAY UNA MUJER DESAPARECIDA / VOICES
2007
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86
Mountain Song
2002
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87
Mountain Song/Kentucky Woman
2000
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88
My Favorite Year
2012
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89
Nicaragua Night
2012
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90
Nina
2000
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91
No Loss of Pride
2000
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92
No More Genocide
2002
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93
No More Songs(Provided)
2002
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94
O Holy Night
2002
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95
Oh River
2006
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96
Old Devil Moon(Provided)
1997
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97
Once or Twice
2002
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98
One Good Song
2012
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99
Over the Rainbow
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100
Pallet On the Floor(Provided)
2002
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101
Peace Becomes You
2012
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102
Peace(Provided)
2012
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103
Perfect Night
2000
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104
Plain and Simple Love
2002
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105
Planet Called Home
2000
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106
Power(Provided)
2002
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107
Put Away
2000
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108
Quiet Early Morning
Pete Seeger
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109
Reprise: When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful(Provided)
1997
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110
Rock Me in Your Arms
2000
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111
Room for Me
2002
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112
Samba Lando
2007
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113
Seemed Like a Good Idea
2012
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114
She Just Wants to Dance
2012
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115
She
2012
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116
Shirt in the Wind
2012
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117
Show Up
2006
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118
Si Buscabas(Provided)
2000
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119
Simply Love
2002
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120
Sing to Me the Dream
2002
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121
Singer in the Storm
2002
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122
Singing for Our Lives
2002
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123
Singing With You
2000
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124
Sit With Me
2000
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125
Sky Dances(Provided)
2012
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126
Somebody's Jail
2006
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127
Something About the Women
2000
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128
Standard White Jesus(Provided)
2000
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129
Started Out Fine
2000
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130
Step It Out Nancy(Provided)
2012
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131
Sun Won't Stop
2012
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132
Sway
2012
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133
Take It With You
2000
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134
Te Doy Una Cancion(Provided)
2002
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135
Testimony(Provided)
2000
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136
The Great Peace March
2002
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137
The Letter(Provided)
2002
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138
The Meek Are Getting Ready
2012
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139
The Nearness of You/My Romance(Provided)
1997
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140
The Nest Is Yet to Come(Provided)
1997
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141
The Promise
2002
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142
The Right to Love(Provided)
2002
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143
The Rock Will Wear Away
2000
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144
The Train Song
2012
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145
The Very Thought of You(Provided)
1997
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146
The Woman In Your Life Is You(Provided)
2000
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147
The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)
2012
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148
There's a Meeting Here Tonight
2012
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149
They Are Falling All Around Me(Provided)
2002
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150
They Dance Alone(Provided)
2002
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151
Think About Your Troubles(Provided)
2000
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152
This is Peace(Provided)
2006
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153
Tinku(Provided)
2007
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154
To Raise the Morning Star(Provided)
2002
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155
Todavia Cantamos(Provided)
2007
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156
Todovia Cantamos(Provided)
2002
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157
Uh Huh
2000
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158
Voices
2002
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159
Waiting
2012
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160
War of the Flea(Provided)
2012
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161
Watch Out!
2012
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162
Watch Out
2007
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163
Water Come Down
2000
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164
Waterfall(Provided)
2002
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165
We're Not Alone
2002
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166
We're Still Here
2012
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167
We've Come a Long Way
2012
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168
West Virginia Friend
2012
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169
What About Me?
2012
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170
What Are you Doing New Year's Eve(Provided)
1997
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171
When Do We Rest
2000
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172
When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful(Provided)
1997
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173
Where or When(Provided)
1997
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174
With A Song in my Heart(Provided)
1997
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175
Wonderful(Provided)
2000
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176
Wouldn't You Rather
2000
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177
Wrap the Sun Around You
2002
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178
You Bet
2000
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179
You Can Know All I Am
2000
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180
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To/Easy to Love(Provided)
1997
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181
You've Got Me Flying
2000