Kristi Holler | Kristi Holler Music/DOG MA Records

We Are Friends

(Nate Anderson and Kristi Holler)

May 07, 2012

We Are Friends

I can tell you anything, you listen

I shed a tear, you don’t back away

When I’m wrong, you forgive me

Time with you makes a better day

Time with you makes a better day.

Life’s ragged edges, you soften them

Many things I can’t do on my own

My rough drafts need your editing

When I’m with you, I’m at home

When I’m with you, I’m at home.

Chorus:

We are friends, we’re together

Side by side, we’re a pair

You’ve got my back and I’ve got yours

I’m more alive, when I share

Life is good, because you care.

When I’m embarrassed, you don’t laugh

I need support, you are my fan

If I’m challenged, you sustain me

When I’m unsure, you have a plan

When I’m unsure, you have a plan.

My troubles, they don’t scare you

When you do well, you share the gain

In dark times, you shine a light

When I hurt, you share the pain

When I hurt, you share the pain.

Midwestern Mind

(Kristi Holler and Nate Anderson)

Words & Music by Kristi Holler

Midwestern Mind

Words and Music by Kristi Holler

People crowd the village squares

Lovers walk hand in hand

Through shop windows

Strained eyes stare back at me.

Back in Philadelphia, I’m a Midwestern story here

That city shapes my wondering around a circle and a mirror.

Chorus:

Nighthawks dive in my Midwestern mind

I climb the slopes of the hills

I ride the waves of the Missouri

Underneath a pale blue sky

In my Midwestern mind

Skyscrapers hushed like tall trees

Oh, the secrets they could tell

Made like pillars for our wonder

Made like altars without fail.

Back in Philadelphia, I’m a Midwestern story here

That city lends me its backbone, but I’m ready to return.

This Child is Mine

(Nate Anderson and Kristi Holler)

Words and Music by Nate Anderson

This Child is Mine

Words and Music by Nate Anderson

Chorus:

This child is mine, says the Lord

In baptism mine, by water and the word

Community, accepting a new member

God’s promises, we remember.

Verse 1:

We grow in faith, and learn God’s will

Through good and bad times, he’s with us still

Washing away the power of sin

Our God of love, takes us in…

Verse 2:

It is right to give Him thanks and praise

This child is ours to teach and raise

Drenched in the Holy Spirit now

Flowing with life, Christ shows us how…

This child is mine, in baptism mine

This child is mine, in baptism mine.

Ride

(Kristi Holler and Nate Anderson)

Words and Music by Kristi Holler

Ride

Words and Music by Kristi Holler

Driving west in the August heat

In this old blue Chevrolet

I sing to myself and drift to another place

It’s like driving barefoot across the earth

Between the songs I write

I sing to myself

The day is bright, my spirit light, I ride

Chorus:

I won’t give up

I won’t lose faith

No matter how far I’ve gone

No matter how much it takes

I’ll ride the Spirit across this plain

No matter how rough the road

I know I’m not alone

I remember trips to “the farm”

Chasing tom cats around the barn

The blessing of a summer day

Peeled my pain from me

I shouted my song

And you heard me…

You Are

(Nate Anderson and Kristi Holler)

January 03, 2012

You Are

Words and Music by Kristi Holler

You are Good, you are Fair

When we call out, you are here

in our darkness, you give light

to give us life.

You are pure, you are humble

Great God of Heaven

Meek servant of earth

All that you created, you also served

Light of the world to give us life

You are here in the silence

You are here in the music

You are here in our hearing

In the stillness of our minds

You are here

You are Yahweh, you are Holy

We believe you are

Ani Adonai, Ani Adonai Elohim

There was light to give us life

You are the First and the Last

You are the Beginning and the End

Ani Adonai Elohim

There was light to give us life

Everything That's Lovely

(Nate Anderson and Kristi Holler)

January 03, 2012

Everything That’s Lovely

Words and Music by Kristi Holler

The air outside is Springtime

and the rain comes again

I remain quiet within

The mourning doves sound gentle

I don’t wish for anything

I can’t turn back the hands of time

Everything that’s lovely

All that is pure

Look at what is beautiful in your soul

Everything that’s innocent

All that is yours

Think of this,

It helps to know you are loved

Are the bones still creaking

in the body you left behind?

An empty shell of ruins left to dust

I kicked and screamed through dark times

when there were lessons to be learned

But I reached the edge to see what I see now…

I can touch the sunshine

and live in today

Why worry about tomorrow?

Sunny Day

(Nate Anderson and Kristi Holler)

January 03, 2012

Sunny Day

Words and Music by Kristi Holler

Along the coast I see you laughing

A smile that shields your tears

By my side, my sweet one says,

“It’s like a painting. It’s the sky.”

It’s such a sunny day.

I want to hold your hand

I want to run with you to a distant land

I want you to remember

I’ve written in the sand

You were born on a sunny day

You were born on a sunny day.

In this wide white ocean

I feel every memory

By my side, is your body still so close to me

on this sunny day....

In the strength of this love

I’m every promise you keep

I’m every sincere word you speak

I’m every kiss you need

Every kiss on a sunny day.

40 Days and 40 Nights

(Nate Anderson)

Here's a really cool song written and performed by Nate Anderson!

40 Days and 40 Nights

Words and Music by Nate Anderson

40 days and 40 nights, it rained on Noah and the Ark

Clouds were shutting out the light, the world was flooded and dark

40 days and 40 nights, Moses on the mountain

He brought down the Lord’s commandments, one through ten

40 days and 40 nights, to us it seems eternal

But to our Creator, it’s one entry in his journal

40 days and 40 nights, that’s a familiar story

First comes the suffering, then comes the glory!

40 days and 40 nights, Jesus in the wilderness

There he was tempted, but did not give in to Satan’s test

After all his ministry, he died and rose again

He reappeared for 40 days, until his ascension

40 days and 40 nights, to us it seems eternal

But to our Creator, it’s one entry in his journal

40 days and 40 nights, that’s a familiar story

First comes the suffering, then comes the glory!

40 days and 40 nights, for Lent, we sacrifice and pray

Before Easter, we deprive ourselves from day to day

Studying our Savior’s passion, death, and resurrection

For our time on earth and beyond, he gives our life direction

40 days and 40 nights, to us it seems eternal

But to our Creator, it’s one entry in his journal

40 days and 40 nights, that’s a familiar story

First comes the suffering, then comes the glory!

Windbreak

(Kristi Holler and Nate Anderson)

Windbreak

Words and Music by Kristi Holler

I’m standing in the middle of nowhere

Sometimes I tend to wander

Lost a piece of myself along that last road

Now I know I must turn around

What do I need when there’s too much on my mind?

I need a windbreak now and then

It’s a long way back

But I can make it, yeah

I’ve got the wind at my back

pushing me on

Lost my voice in the noise of the city

Not knowing what to say was making me crazy

Lost confidence back at the crossroads

Now I know I must turn around

What do I need when I’ve wandered off again?

I need a windbreak now and then

It’s a long way back

But I can make it, yeah

I’ve got the wind at my back

pushing me on

Nothing has ever been harder

Retrieving what I’ve dropped

What do I need when life makes no sense?

I need a windbreak now and then…

One Life Changes

(Kristi Holler and Nate Anderson)

One Life Changes

Words and Music by Kristi Holler

Took a long walk tonight

Imagined your hand in mine

Will you say what’s on your mind?

I’ve guessed wrong so many times.

Monarch butterfly kisses me goodnight

I’d feed her with but a drop of what you give

Sweet life in this fragile life.

Your tenderness has spoken

You’ve made it clear to me

For every gift you give

For every hand we hold

For every life we touch (For every life we bless)

One life changes.

Watched the pink sky fade

Saw your marks in the clay

When beliefs are in the gray

I’ve guessed wrong so many times.

Something stirs near the red rock

More life needing but a drop of what you give

Sweet life in this fragile life.

Doves play figure eight in the yard

How content they are

Wonder if they will return next year

I’ve guessed wrong so many times.

Took a long walk tonight

Imagined your hand in mine

Will you say what’s on your mind?

One life changes.

The Color of October

(Nate Anderson and Kristi Holler)

Color of October

Words and Music by Kristi Holler

I can feel

the October morn

giving birth to Autumn

One red leaf

is all I seek

when I look for

the color of October

I see you

in the golden fields

where October harvest ends

left behind for the hungry deer

food for winter

the color of October

Yellow leaves

fall from Ash trees

distant thunder

rolls their bodies into the

rising pink sky

the color of October

I drive home

this October morn

robins migrate high above me

Can I lean against you?

And fly away

in the color of October.

Golden

(Nate Anderson and Kristi Holler)

Golden

Words and Music by Kristi Holler

I want to close my eyes and imagine

happiness is ours, joy is golden

Joy is golden

I want to turn down the lights

know the truth from lies

Light the flame of life

And keep it burning

Keep it burning.

Happiness is ours

Joy is golden

It’s a long, long way to Heaven

but it’s a very thin veil

What I can’t see is hard to believe in

I don’t know why.

My feet are light, my eyes have sight

I can sleep under the stars

with You on my mind

I try so hard to remember the time

I let go of shame

I’ve got a long, long way

Happiness is ours

Joy is golden

It’s a long, long way to Heaven

But it’s a very thin veil

What I can’t see is hard to believe in

I don’t know why.