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Songs in Novels

Why would anyone put songs in NOVELS, anyway? They cannot be heard, unless there's an audiobook version, right? Well, yes and no. Every author would like to make their pages 'sing', but paper doesn't do that. So this page exists, so that, if a reader wants to hear a song from one of the novels with a song in it, they can do that here.

Also, audiobook versions of these novels will have these songs embedded in them. In addition, the ebook versions can have live links to listen to a song. But... why MUSIC?

The answer lies in what music DOES. It reaches beyond the walls we put up in our minds and hearts. It soothes the savage beast inside. It calms the disquieted spirit. It can instruct, encourage, and satisfy the soul, if it is a positive song. If not, it can encourage sin in us, anger, stir up emotions and thoughts perhaps better dealt with at the cross. But scroll down to listen to, and see the lyrics for songs in these books.

	Little Dreamer This is a good lullaby song, sung by Jason's Mom to Kyne, when she thought it was Jason. Someday I'll get a female vocalist to sing this, but for now, you've got me. Click the picture to access this song.
	Ato Lynvia (English) This is the Lynvian National Anthem, sung in English. Found during the coronation of Kyne, to become King of Lynvia. Click the picture to access this song.
	Ato Lynvia (Lynvian) This is the Lynvian National Anthem, sung in Lynvian. Yes, it's a language, getting new words added to it sporadically. Lyrics provided at the link below. Found during the coronation of Kyne, to become King of Lynvia. Click the picture to access this song.
	The Dragon Song The Kraxorian National Anthem, sung in English. Sung to Kyne during a critical moment in his journey. Click the picture to access this song.
	Rose Colored Glasses A puzzle song, used in Cobalt - The Blue Door. Based on Phil 4:8, this song is a clarion call to look at the world differently, to see what is good and right and true, rather than dwelling on what is evil and ugly and wrong with this world. Because while there is certainly enough wrong with it, dwelling on it only makes it bigger than it truly is, when you realize that God is in control. Click the picture to access this song.
	Whispering Breeze (intro) Jester the myna bird sings this short little introduction to the ballad, The Whispering Breeze. Click the picture to access this song.
	The Whispering Breeze Jester sings this ballad, an interesting song about the breeze personified as a woman falling in love. It's a poignant little ballad of love lost. Click the picture to access this song.
	She Had A Beau A song about a girl named Anne and all her boyfriends, which all had some issues with missing pieces. It's a fun and humorous little song, one of many sung by Jester the Myna. Click the picture to access this song.
	Retrieve Your Arrows Used as a taunt during archery competitions, Jester was taught to sing things like this to throw off the competitors and entertain the crowds. Though it’s not like Rexx really needed any help winning archery competitions. Click the picture to access this song.
	From the Heights Sometimes an audience was less than receptive to Rexx and Jester, and when this happened, Jester was taught to retreat to the treetops and sing this little ditty to calm them and encourage them to throw money at them to get them to stop. Click the picture to access this song.
	Feed the Bird A song about a girl named Anne and all her boyfriends, which all had some issues with missing pieces. It's a fun and humorous little song, one of many sung by Jester the Myna. Click the picture to access this song.
	The Mountain and the Redwood Sung by a Ranger and his pet myna Jester in another dimension. It's a song about Pride, and the need to see our own end. Not to get depressed, really, but to consider the future, and then search for the truth. For from dust we have come, and to dust we shall return, and our hope lies in our Maker, not in our own strength. Click the picture to access this song.
	The Last of the Helpers A song sung by a Myna named Jester and his owner, Bard and Ranger Rexx. A ballad detailing how civilation crumbled by rusting. A lesson on laziness. Click the picture to access this song.
	The Sluggard Essentially the central moral theme of Cobalt – The Blue Door, laziness in the main character is a recurring thread throughout. While Jack eventually learns his lesson and comes to grips with his own laziness and the need to overcome it with some hard work and diligence, this song is the focal point of the story. Click the picture to access this song.
	Time to Go Click the picture to access this song.
	Let's Do What we Came to Do This is an introductory song, an opening act for the Opening Act, as it were. Jester is the one who sings this, and sometimes a phrase spoken will trigger this song, because he's always excited to put on a show. Click the picture to access this song.
	The Robin and the Jay The poignant last song in the Blue Door is intended to give one a yearning for home. Home is their pending destination, and they are all longing for and yearning for it. But this song represents far more than the desire for home. It is an admonishment and a warning to Moms and Dads everywhere, that we are to build our homes not with temporary trappings of this world, the wood, hay and stubble of entertainment and selfish pursuits, that will burn up when we move on to the next. We should strive to build our homes on a foundation of Love – Christ’s Love, and upon that foundation the gold and bright gems of lives lived for Him, of the underpinnings of God’s Word, in front of our children. Click the picture to access this song.