Doug Adair

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This song is the cornerstone of Play for Peace, a suite of seven songs which reinforces concepts of friendship, peace, patriotism, common ground and unity among people.

Play for Peace EO
©2016 by Doug Adair

Key of G
G C D G Em
Play for peace (play for peace), join in the song (join in the song)
C D G G7
Show the world (show the world), we can get along (we can get along)
C D G Em
Keep your prayers (keep your prayers) to you and yourself (you and yourself)
A7 D7
Don't impose your beliefs (don't impose your beliefs) on anyone else (anyone else)
C D G Em
Live and let live (live and let live), may we all live long (may we all live long)
C D G Em
Play for Peace (play for peace), join in the song (join in the song)
C D G C G
Play for Peace (play for peace), pass it along (pass it along)
C D G Em
If you don't agree (don't agree) or you don't like the beat (don't like the beat)
A7 D7
Let us be (let us be), let us play for peace (let us play for peace)
C D G Em
Play for Peace (play for peace), join in the song (join in the song)
C D G C G
Play for Peace (play for peace), pass it along (pass it along)

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These are words of inspiration from my Mother who always said "remember who you are!" just about every time I left the house. She devoted her life to building bridges between people of all types and tearing down the mental and physical walls that separate people. She was literally "a friend to all" and this song pays tribute to her, even after she's gone.

Go Be A Friend to All!
© 2015 Doug Adair

Go be a friend (go be a friend) to all!
No matter how great (no matter how great)
No matter how small (no matter how small)
Give the gift of friendship (friendship)
Build a bridge and not a wall
Go be a friend (go be a friend) to all!

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One Great Big Family
©2003 Doug Adair and Fred Barreto

A Part in English
G C
We are one great big family
G D
We've got to live together in harmony
G C
In spite of our differences, it's easy to see
G D G
We are one great big family

B Part in English
G
We are sisters and brothers
C
Fathers and mothers
G
Strangers and friends
D
A chain without ends
Em
We are united by blood
A7
Why can't we try to agree?
C D G
We are one great big family

Instrumental Break on B Part (2 times)
A Part in English
G C
We are one great big family
G D
We've got to live together in harmony
G C
In spite of our differences, it's easy to see
G D G
We are one great big family
C D G
We are one great big family

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We Are All Americans
By Doug Adair ©2008
DougAdair@orsinteractive.com or +55 (71) 99941-9412

1)We are all Americans. We are all Americans.
We come from every nation under the sun.
We are all Americans.

2)We are all Americans. We are all Americans.
Our dream is freedom and peace for everyone.
We are all Americans.

3)We are all Americans. We are all Americans.
Our democracy's free but not easily won.
We are all Americans.

4)We are all Americans. We are all Americans.
We may disagree yet we remain as one.
We are all Americans.

5)We are all Americans. We are all Americans.
We come from every nation under the sun.
Our dream is freedom and peace for everyone.
Our democracy's free but not easily won.
We may disagree yet we remain as one.
We are all Americans. We are all Americans.

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Polarization leads to paralization. We see the effects of this all too often with our elected leaders and people in the media. It's perfectly appropriate to disagree. But, at some point, we have to move forward. We cannot allow ourselves to become paralyzed.

Polarization leads to paralization. We see the effects of this all too often with our elected leaders and people in the media. It's perfectly appropriate to disagree. But, at some point, we have to move forward. We cannot allow ourselves to become paralyzed.

Help Us Find Some Common Ground
By Doug Adair ���©2008
DougAdair@orsinteractive.com or (703) 932-6667

Verse

With the troubles at hand, feels like we're sinking

It's time to wake up and change our thinking

If we lose our way, everyone will pay

Chorus

Bring us back, bring us back to the middle

Lift us up, lift us up, don't drag us down

Give us strength, give us strength to bend a little

Help us find, help us find some common ground

Bridge

Let's put our differences aside

Start a new revolution

If we work side by side

We'll find the solution

Chorus

Bring us back, bring us back to the middle

Lift us up, lift us up, don't drag us down

Give us strength, give us strength to bend a little

Help us find, help us find some common ground



Interval = Chorus


Verse

Just like fire, fire that's raging

No one can control these wars we're waging

There's no end in sight, how long must we fight?

Chorus

Bring us back, bring us back to the middle

Lift us up, lift us up, don't drag us down

Give us strength, give us strength to bend a little

Help us find, help us find some common ground

Bridge

Let's put our differences aside

Start a new revolution

If we work side by side

We'll find the solution

Chorus

Bring us back, bring us back to the middle

Lift us up, lift us up, don't drag us down

Give us strength, give us strength to bend a little

Help us find, help us find some common ground

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The song, which is about 9/11, poverty and war, expresses the need for everyone to join together and focus efforts on saving the human race.

The song was inspired by 9/11, poverty and war and the need for everyone to join together and focus efforts on saving the human race.

The World Keeps Spinning Round
By Douglas E. Adair and Fred Barreto © 2004


Verse 1
I saw the pictures on the TV
It was really more than I could bear
How could anyone ever imagine
Such a heinous, cowardly act of terror?

They say the world stopped spinning
Everything changed forever on that day
But it seems like nothing much has changed
Hate and inhumanity still have their way

Chorus
And thereÂ?s no way of keeping score
To know whoÂ?s winning or losing ground
And while thousands more descend on deathÂ?s waiting door
The world keeps spinning round

Instrumental Break

Verse 2
ThereÂ?s a ragged boy of five
And heÂ?s standing out on the street
HeÂ?s begging strangers for pennies
But all he really wants is something to eat

HeÂ?ll lay down tonight cold and lonely
Fighting hunger so painfully deep
And if he doesnÂ?t wake in the morning
Will anybody really lose any sleep?

Chorus
And thereÂ?s no way of keeping score
To know whoÂ?s winning or losing ground
And while thousands more descend on deathÂ?s waiting door
The world keeps spinning round
Round and round, round and round
Round and round, the world keeps spinning round

Bridge
ThereÂ?s so much talk about saving the planet
What about saving the human race?
When thereÂ?s not a single person left standing
The world will still be spinning, the world will still be spinning in space
Round and round, round and round
Round and round, the world keeps spinning round

Verse 3
WhatÂ?s to stop this awful madness
And all the lunatics so bent on waging war
Will they ever be contented?
Or will they only want for more and more?

If the lessons learned from history
ArenÂ?t enough to substantiate the case
Then the most fortunate among us
Are the ones already gone to meet their fate

Chorus
And thereÂ?s no way of keeping score
To know whoÂ?s winning or losing ground
And while thousands more descend on deathÂ?s waiting door
The world keeps spinning round
Round and round, round and round
Round and round, the world keeps spinning round

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This is a song about the power that love has to calm fears, remove doubts, and inspire confidence.

The story was inspired by Fred Barreto who came up with the hook first in Portuguese - "Fechos Os Ollhos En Vejo Tudo" but Doug Adair instead used the concept and wrote the song with English lyrics as "I Close My Eyes and I Can See"

I Close My Eyes
By Douglas E. Adair and Fred Barreto © 2004

Verse 1
I close my eyes and I can see
You?re standing right here next to me
You give me strength, you bring me peace
I close my eyes and I can see

Though I may be on my own
Suddenly, I?m not alone

I close my eyes and I can see
You?re standing right here next to me
You give me strength, you bring me peace
I close my eyes and I can see

Verse 2
I close my eyes and I am free
From all the worries troubling me
My fears you calm, my doubts you cease
I close my eyes and I am free

And even in my darkest hour
I find comfort in your power

I close my eyes and I am free
From all the worries troubling me
My fears you calm, my doubts you cease
I close my eyes and I am free

Instrumental Break

Verse 3
I close my eyes and I believe
In love that lives eternally
You fill my heart with ecstasy
I close my eyes and I believe

There?s no need to wonder why
When you have love that never dies

I close my eyes and I believe
In love that lives eternally
You fill my heart with ecstasy
I close my eyes and I believe

I close my eyes and I can see
I close my eyes and I am free
I close my eyes and I believe
I close my eyes, I close my eyes, I close my eyes?

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I wrote the first version of this song in 1989 after the Berlin wall fell and the Chinese Army dispersed protestors with tanks in Tiananmen Square.

We're Standing Tall
by Doug Adair © 1990 & 2015


Verse 1
the winds of change that sweep the lands
are crumbling barriers like shiftin' sands
and in their wake we have a golden chance
to shape the future, now it's in our hands

Chorus
we're standing tall (standing tall)
like never before (like never before)
no, they can't keep people in the dark anymore

Verse 2
In a world that's filled with hate and rage
Let peace and understanding take the center stage
communication is our guiding light
for truth illuminates the darkest night

Chorus
we're standing tall (standing tall)
like never before (like never before)
no, they can't keep people in the dark anymore

Break

Modulate
Verse 3
the tide is turning we can reach our goals
if we find the courage in our hearts and souls
now's the time for all to take a stand
if we work together, you know we can

Chorus
we're standing tall (standing tall)
like never before (like never before)
no, they can't keep people in the dark
no, they can't keep people in the dark anymore