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Life has taken Cee Cee on many soul shifting journeys into the Desert. Unveiling her hunger for the true depth of love, an honest and open connection between humans, challenging her pride, her insecure ego, her unconscious needy and hurtful actions, and revealing where she was not keeping her game clean. Alone for several days and nights at a time in the barren dry silence of the desert, bone aching cold, and long sleepless nights staring at the moon, Cee Cee found her truth. That truth echos loud and clear in her release "Low Down Where The Snakes Crawl."

LOW DOWN WHERE THE SNAKES CRAWL

Low Down Where The Snakes Crawl

Low Down Where The Snakes Crawl
I found my soul
Wallowin’ all around, feelin’ tired and old
    Low down... low down where the snakes crawl
    Nuthin’ but dust and bones
    I couldn’t find no hope

The sun was beatin’ down
I just couldn’t get up
I couldn't see no reason, to continue on
    Low down... low down where the snakes crawl
    Why did you walk away honey
    Leavin’ me with no love

I got no one to love me, yah no one to hold me, and no one to care           
I said I got no one to touch me, no one to dance with, ah no one to share
Oh I said those lonely lonely lonely moments lookin’ up at the moon
I’m askin’ God... I’m askin’ God now, how much I can bare

Yah I said, no one to hold me, no one to care, no one to care
No one to dance with, no one to share
I got those lonely lonely lonely moments lookin’ up at the moon
I’m askin’ God, I’m askin’ God... Lord, Lord now... how much I can bear

Low Down Where the Snakes Crawl
That’s where I died
Out there in that desert , is where I saw the light
    Low Down... Oh that’s where I shed my skin
    Out there in that desert
    Buried your old love with tears

Raw... I found my soul
Hungry... I found my heart
Achin’... I found my bones
Naked... I shed my skin

Out there in that desert
Buried your old love with tears

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Black Raven



Black Raven been hangin’ around
This ain’t no Eagle, this ain’t no Crow
Black Raven been hangin’ around
Sitttin’ on my telephone wire

Cawin out my name, cawin’ out my name, cawin’ out my name, cawin’ out my name

What you doin’ with your days now Girl
What you doin’ wastin’ time

Black Raven cawin’ in the early morning
Black Raven cawin’ as the sun goin’ down
Black Raven flyin’ around in my dreams
Dis-rupin’ me  in my sleep

What you doin’ with your life now woman
What  you doin’ with your life now woman
What you doin’ with your precious life

Too many years done gone by
You been stackin’ up those bails of hay
Time to take it um to pasture, ummm time to make um pay
    Black Raven cawin’ out my  name
    Black Raven, cawin’ cawin’ screamin’ out my name
    This ain’t no Eagle, no, this ain’t now Crow
    Black Raven screamin’ out what he know

Cawin out my name, cawin’ out my name, cawin’ out my name, cawin’ out my name
   
What  you doin’ with your days now Girl
What you doin’ wastin’ time

What you doin’ with your life now woman
What  you doin’ with your life now woman
What you doin’ with your precious life

What you doin’ with your life now woman
What  you doin’ with your life now woman
What you doin’ doin’ with your precious life

Sittin’ on my telephone wire, he gonna make a phone call ta me... or sumthin’
Sittin’ on my telephone wire,  ummm hummm

What you doin’ with your life
Cawin out my name, cawin’ out my name, cawin’ out my name, cawin’ out my name

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Love Makes Change

I bought in, you did to
That love lasts forever and love can conquer all
And it ain’t no lie, no it ain’t no lie
Love don’t take love away, it only makes change
But you gotta go, you gotta go, you got ta do what love say

Love Makes Change
Love Makes Change
Give it a buck and you get back two
But you gotta go, you gotta go
To where it takes you

And so I went, on down the road
I had to follow love and leave you behind         
I gave it a buck and I got back more
More than I ever bargained for
Now I’m gonna follow love till I can’t walk anymore

Love Makes Change
Love Makes Change
Give it a buck and you get back two
But you gotta go, you gotta go
To where it takes you

Love makes change, oh now change makes pain
Ummm like a broken umbrella layin’ out in the rain
Ah but when it calls, oh now pack your bags and go
You got to trust and put faith in what your heart knows   
Ah cause that pain oh child is gonna open up, open up, open up your soul

Love Makes Change
Yah Love Makes Change
Give it a buck oh and you get back two
But you gotta go, you gotta go
To where it takes you, yah

Love Makes Change
I said now Love Makes Change
Ya you got to give it a buck Lord Lord and you get back two, oh oh oh
Yah you gotta go, you gotta go
To where it takes you
   
Yah, I’m gonna follow Love till I can’t walk anymore
I’m gonna follow Love when it calls my name
If I have to crawl....I’m gonna follow love all the way...
Till that last shovel of dirt fills my grave

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desert blues         
                         
cactus, dry dusty winds
clean blue sky and silence that never ends
miles and miles of open land
my mind takes me back to where I been
    I could hear my hunger when coyote sang
    I could feel my tears in the desert rain
    I could see my life in the endless miles
    laid out before me in some well intentioned plan

Hot mid-day sun,  burnin’ Desert Blues
Black mid-night moon, lonely Desert Blues       
Out there in no man’s land, that’s where I found the truth
           
life lay’n still all around me
full moon shinin’ down in the night
knowin’ that i had to find the answers
‘cause things in my life wasn’t right
       
Hot mid-day sun burnin’ Desert Blues ................
Black mid-night moon, lonely Desert Blues       
Way out in no man’s land, when I called out to you
Help me change my ways, teach me how to be true

you see i really didn’t know how to live life clean
I only knew how to play it to benefit me
blind deaf and dumb frontin’ insecure pride
that’s when the desert called and opened my selfish eyes
               
long endless days full of nothing
out there...so it seemed at the time
it took 10 more years of confusion
to finally lay my heart on the line

Hot mid-day sun, oh burnin’ Desert Blues ............
Black mid-night moon, ah low down lonely Desert Blues       
Way out in no man’s land when I called out to you
Help me find my way, teach me how to be true

Hot mid-day sun, yah burnin’ Desert Blues, dusty low down Desert Blues
Black mid-night moon, ah lonely Desert Blues, lonely Desert Blues
Way out in no man’s land, when I called out to you   
Out there in no man’s land, that’s where I found the truth
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Roll Me Over 
                                        
Roll me over  and show my face
Roll me over and show me grace
For all the things that I have done
Clean my soul of all this mud
     Send the rains to wash me down
     Turn my mind and heart around
     Raise my arms up to the sun
     Warm me with forgiving love

Oh my the twist and turn
Oh my the lessons learned
Oh oh the things I done
Oh oh the innocence burned

Roll me over for all to see
Roll me over and set me free
From all the judgment that I held
From all the two face that I dealt
     At this point I must insist
     Ignorance, it just ain’t bliss
     Raise my arms up to the sun
     Warm me with forgiving love

Oh my the twist and turn
Oh my the lessons learned
Oh oh the things I done
Oh oh the innocence burned       
                   
Roll me over so I can look
And see the parts where I’m not cooked
Stubborn thoughts, too thick skin
Gonna throw me in the fire again
     ‘Round and so, and on it goes
     From the fire into the mud
     Face burning full of shame
     Another chance to learn about love
       
Oh my the twist and turn
Oh my the lessons learned
Oh oh the things I done
Oh oh the innocence burned
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Make It To The Other Side    
                  
Some rivers run shallow
Some rivers run deep
Some make your legs yah so God dang weak
    This river ain't gonna take me
    I'm gonna make it through, I'm gonna find the answer child
    That's gonna save me

Make It oh yah To The Other Side Lord
I’m gonna Make It To The Other Side
I’m gonna pray that prayer all night long

Some rivers run shallow
Oh honey.... your river is deep
Make my legs yah yah so dog gone weak
    This river ain't gonna take me
    It's gonna make me strong, yah
    I’m gonna paddle and paddle... all night long...

Make It oh ya To The Other Side,
I’m gonna make it yah yah To The Other Side Lord
I’m gonna pray that prayer all night long
I’m gonna pray that prayer all night long

All... All night long
All..........well all night long
Gonna pray.... pray... pray... that prayer (ah sing it now)
Gonna pray.... pray... pray... that prayer

Some rivers run shallow
Some rivers run deep
And some make your legs, some make your legs Lord so God dang weak
    Some kind of magic mojo
    Is gonna make me strong
    I’m gonna paddle and paddle all night, all night long

Make It oh yah To The Other Side Lord,
I’m gonna Make It To The Other Side
I’m gonna pray that prayer all night long
Lord I’m gonna pray that prayer all night...... long

Pray... pray that prayer
Oh... I’m gonna pray... ah pray that prayer
Oh  pray ay ay ay... pray that prayer
Whoa whoa whoa.... gonna pray pray pray......ha ha
Gonna pray pray pray
Gonna pray pray pray
Oh I’m gonna pray pray pray
Ah... raise, raise your hands, yes and pray that prayer
Raise....... your face and pray Lord Pray
Oh you got to pray that prayer
Oh yah you got to pray that prayer
Lord, Lord, said pray that prayer
Get on your knees now, pray that prayer
Raise your hands and pray that prayer
Stomp your feet and pray that prayer
Clap your hands and pray that prayer
Spin around, pray that prayer
Jump and shout - Ha -  pray that prayer
Hallaluha now pray that prayer
Lord Lord pray that prayer
Lord Lord pray that prayer
Oh I’m gonna pray-ay-ay pray Lord pray that prayer

Make It oh yah, To The Other Side
Yah I’m gonna make It To The Other Side
I’m gonna pray that prayer all night long
Yah oh I’m gonna pray that prayer
All night..... all night, all night, all night long...  yah

Ummm humm yah, ohhh
you know what I’m sayin’ now hummm
Here we go
Ya got ta get down on your knees and pray
Ohhh ya got ta raise your face to God yah and pray ummm hummm yah
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I’ll Ask The Questions Honey, You Tell The Lies

Come on in honey sit right down
I know you’ve been out sneakin’ with the gal across town
Now don’t say nuthin’ until you’re ask
'Cause all your old excuses are in the trash

I’ll ask the questions honey, you tell the lies
It’s come that time, for you to kiss my sweet behind bye bye
My love has run out, from all your low-down lies
I’ll ask the questions honey, you tell the lies

Comin’ home smellin' like a bottle of gin
Walkin’ on in, lies flyin’ off your lips
Lie’n about workin’ late, & your broke down truck
Comin’ in red faced, runnin’ for the tub, umm humm

I’ll ask the questions honey, you tell the lies
It’s come that time, for you to kiss my sweet behind bye bye
My love has run out, from all your stinkin' lies
I’ll ask the questions honey, you tell the lies

You think i’m stupid, that i’ll just keep goin’ along
Keepin’ up your house like a little happy mouse
But the news is out, oh Lord its hit the front page
Hope it was good, cause the devils waitin’ for his pay

I got a nerve to just put you out of your pain
Must be kind-a hard livin’ in your sneaky shame
I’d rather leave, rip you a new back-end
‘Cause that’s the payback honey for this cheatin’ game

I’ll ask the questions honey, you tell the lies
It’s come that time, for you to kiss my sweet behind bye bye
My love has run out, from all your white-trash lies
I’ll ask the questions honey, you tell the lies

I’ll ask the questions honey, you tell the lies
Its come that time, for you to kiss my sweet behind bye bye
My love has run out, from all your low down, stinkin, white trash... lies
I’ll ask the questions honey, you tell the lies
I’ll ask the questions honey, you tell the lies
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White Picket Fence 
                  
It's one kinda man... that got a white picket fence
A special kinda man.. that got a white picket fence
All wrapped 'round his house
All wrapped 'round his house
Oh, You got a White Picket Fence Man
    He got the shiny windows and the slick clean floor
    He got the perfect job for the wife that wants more
    All wrapped 'round his money
    All wrapped 'round his money

Ah Honey... ain't life grand
Ah Baby... all you ever wished you had
He's that fat paycheck comin' home
In that shiny Mercedes Benz chrome
Ouu ouu, ou ou, hoo
Ouu ouu, ou ou, hoo
Ouu ouu, ou ou, hoo, hoo, hoo
   
Well, it's one kinda woman.. who keeps that fence clean
A special kind woman... who keeps that lawn green
All wrapped around her beautiful face
All wrapped around her Chantilly Lace

Ah Honey ain't life grand
Ah Baby... all you wished  you ever had
Sweep your pain underneath that rug
Keep your hunger on the run

Ah Honey I said well ain't life grand
Ah Baby, all... all you wished you ever had, ya huh?
Ah....I said now ain’t life, well ain’t life grand
Ah baby, all you every wished you had
Ouu ouu, ou ou, hoo
Ouu ouu, ou ou, hoo
Ouu ouu, ou ou, hoo, hoo, hoo
Ouu ouu, ou ou, hoo, hoo

Whoa.... yah, oh I said now ain’t life... well ain't life grand
Ah Baby... all.... all you wished you ever had
He's that, he’s that fat paycheck comin' home
In that shiny, ah Mercedes Benz chrome
Ouu ouu, ou ou, hoo
Ouu ouu, ou ou, hoo
Ouu ouu, ou ou, hoo, hoo, hoo
Ouu ouu, ou ou, hoo, hoo

White Picket, white picket fence, Keep it all behind the, yah, yah, yah, yah
White Picket, white picket fence, don’t let anybody see ya cry, yah
White Picket, white picket fence, don’t let anybody see you sweat
Put that big smile on, greet the neighbors everyday
Call the in-laws, hello yes everythings fine, oh no hubby don’t come home till midnight
But that’s ok, you know, I just go to the gym and stay happy and busy
And it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t touch me, shoot, I’ve got the dogs and the Grandkids
Ahhhh... White Picket Fence, white picket, White Picket, white Picket, White Picket Fence
White Picket, White picket fence
Last night Mrs. Jones burnt down her white picket fence, burnt down the whole neighborhood
Shoot...
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Watermelon Lucy    
                   
Fresh and cool and juicy
They call her Watermelon Lucy
Breakfast, lunch and dinner in the summer
Watermelon juice, salad and pie
Watermelon seed she can spit them oh so high
    Round and firm for Lucy
    Nice and watermelon juicy
    Thump 'um with her knuckles, see if they is ripe
    Watermelon flesh deep and red
    Watermelon rind she roll, roll in flour and fry

They call her Watermelon Lucy
‘Cause her minds (gone/just) a little bit goofy
Oh now Watermelon juicy
Happy long-gone Lucy 

Fresh and cool and juicy
They call her Watermelon Lucy
Grows 'um in her garden, guards um all night long
Watermelon hunger like no other
Watermelon seed fills her broken need

They call her Watermelon Lucy
‘Cause her minds (gone/just) a little bit goofy
Oh now Watermelon juicy
Happy long-gone Lucy 

'Cause her husband died in Vietnam
And all her kids are grown and gone
Done lost all connection to God
And somebody called her a lazy slob
Oh oh oh Watermelon Lucy
Oh oh oh Watermelon Lucy

Happy watermelon juicy
Lonely long gone Lucy
Down by the river dancin' naked to the full moon
Watermelon spiked with Everclear
Watermelon drunk no one sees her tears

They call her Watermelon Lucy
‘Cause her minds (gone/just) a little bit goofy
Oh now Watermelon juicy
Happy long-gone Lucy 
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Done Love Wrong



I done love wrong... oh... I done love wrong
When I stepped out on you,  oh...I done love wrong

How young I was
How I really didn’t know
What I was really doin’
I made excuses for my foolin’
    I broke your heart
    I broke mine too
    When I came to realize
    Ah the sweetness that I ruined

I  done love wrong... oh... I said I done love wrong
When I stepped out on you, Oh I said I done love wrong

Oh... how dumb I was
How I really didn’t know
When I lured you in
With my teasin’ show, yah
    I played your heart
    Oh, I played mine too
    Lame such a lame excuse for lust
    With some big time loosin’

Ah I said I done love wrong... oh I said I done love wrong
When I used you for my pride, Yah don’t ya know I done love wrong
I said I done love ya... oh I done love wrong
When I used you for my hunger, Oh I said I done... I done love wrong

How numb, how numb I was
How I really didn’t know
How I took love for granted
From such a precious soul
    When you needed me, oh when ya needed me Daddy
    I turned away
    Feelin’ selfish, selfish to the bone
    I left you hurtin’... Oh I left you hurtin’ and alone

Aaaa,  I said I done love wrong... oh I said I done love wrong yah
When I took your love for granted yah, Oh done love wrong
I done I done I done  Oh, I done love wrong...
Oh when I turned away, when I turned away, Ah I said I done love wrong

Oh... oh, oh oh oh oh... oh oh...Yah hey yah
Ya ever done love wrong
Ya ever lay awake at night with the moon burnin’ through your heart
Guilt drippin’ like sweat, ah you know what I’m talkin’ about
You try to brush it off, you say ya... I did what I did, I learned from it
Yah... but the bottom line is, ya done love wrong
Oh... ain’t nuthin’ like a broken heart,
And you can’t get it back no matter what you do
No no no no...oh Yah
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Spirit of the Shaman 
         
He came disguised as a man that was good
He came disguised as a man with love
A big Love to consume me
A strong Love to set me free

Spirit of the Shaman, from another time and place
Spirit of the Shaman, come to help me find my way
Spirit of the Shaman, come to help me find my way home

He taught me how to show my face
He introduced me to my self
To stand up proud and unafraid
To be loved for who I was
    He saw me as a child, a woman, a lover
    Sister, mother, daughter
    He saw beyond my skin and bones
    He saw the beauty in my soul

Spirit of the Shaman, from another time and place
Spirit of the Shaman, come to help me find my way
Spirit of the Shaman, come to help me find my way
Find my way home

I can feel him in the wind
In the sun, the moon, the stones
In my husband, in my friends
In my neighbors, relatives
    He comes disguised to teach me good
    He comes disguised to teach me love
    A big Love to consume me
    A strong Love to set me free

Spirit of the Shaman, from another time, another place
Of the, of the Shaman, a come to hep me find my way
Spirit of the Shaman, mysterious gift of grace now
Spirit of the Shaman, a come ta help, come ta help me, ah now
Spirit of the, Spirit of the Shaman, another time, from another place
Of the, of the Shaman, come to hep me, come ta hep me
Come to hep me find my way home
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