Special Report - One World ...of peace through music

Cannot Do a Thing with My Heart

Lyrics by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Music and orchestration by Fred Karlin
Conducted by Peter Boyer
Excerpt from "The Peace Seeker"
Sopano: Mel Kubik
Background Vocal: Nicole Campbell, Stevie Mercer
Actors: Lauri Johnson, Clarinda Ross

I want to throw away my heart,
It hurts me so much daily,
With every misfortune, with everyone!
In the world full of misery!

This expensive thing I possess,
That I could never sell, nor throw away!
This little heart of mine!
So little and so fine
Beats enormously
With the world full of misery!

I am going to the Wizard of Oz,
Let him take my heart away!
Won't be hurt any more,
With the world today.
What can I do with my heart?
What can I do with her?
It hurts me every day;
It hurts me every night!

What can I do for the world?
What can I do for my people?
Always full of troubles,
Always full of sorrow!

My ears listen to musique,
My eyes adore beauty,
My lips sing poetry.
But my heart is full of melancholy!
She wouldn't let me free.

If there is reincarnation,
I am going to be a flower,
A fruit, a tree or a plant.
But never, never,
A human being again!

Munchen
September '78