ALBUM: SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE
CRY A LITTLE EACH DAY
For my Grandma Gertrude Haymes
By Jared Rehberg
There’s only one sure thing in life, the guarantee for change
I know you’ve gone to a better place and my world won’t be the same
Tried my best to make you proud and I remember what you said
“Work hard for the goodies in life, never dwell on the past”
And I will cry just a little each day
I will sing about the love that you gave
And how you tried to say goodbye on the telephone that day
And it won’t be long until I see you again.
We used to ride the sunrise to your home in the sky
Fresh fruit and bagels, smoked salmon on the side
I know I made you worry about decisions in my life
Now I miss the sound of your voice say “everything’s alright”
Mama don’t you cry I can’t take away your pain
I remember when grandpa died and the words that you said
So I will cry just a little each day
I will sing about the love that you gave
I can still see your smile on the children that you raised
I’m moving on but I miss you each day.
The last time I saw you, you danced the night away
A body full of life and a smile I can’t erase.
Reach down from heaven I think I might need a hand
I don’t have all the answers, so until then
I will cry just a little each day
I will sing about the love that you gave
I can still see your smile on the children that you raised
And it won't be long til I see you again
The Music of Jared Rehberg 2008
WAKING UP AMERICAN
A song for my birthparents in Vietnam
By Jared Rehberg
I see you on my TV,
Rushing home from work on crowded streets
You’ve got bills to pay and mouths to feed
I’m sending you my prayer for another day
Without me, without you
I’m living in America with a brand new name
Without you, without me
I’m waking up American on a brand new day
And I’m still the same, I’m still the same
And I think of you as I share goodnight
The answers to my questions wait by the light
So, what’s my name? Well, I think heaven sent
A moment of peace for God’s creation
My country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty
For thee I sing, for thee I sing, for thee I sing
I want to run with ghosts, across empty fields
I’ll fish on the delta with the past by my side
Sometimes I wonder, what might have been
Choking on my destiny I found tears
Without you, without me
I’m living in America with a brand new name
Without you, without me
I’m waking up American on a brand new day
And I’m still the same, I’m still the same
Now I see you on my TV,
Rushing home from work on crowded streets
The Music of Jared Rehberg 2008
BEAUTIFUL LIFE
For Jeffrey Yu
By Jared Rehberg
You speak to me in music and you're passing through my dreams
Did I ever thank you for everything I am?
My love could never save you, believe me I tried
Here's my celebration of your beautiful life
You are with me wherever I go
You're never alone my guide my friend
I am with you wherever you go, you're never alone my guide my friend
Until the end
Long ago as children not a fear in our minds
Dreams of growing old together we had nothing but time
Destiny had new plans and we had to say goodbye
here's my song in memory to keep you alive
Some people never say goodbye
So until we meet again
You are with me wherever I go
You're never alone my guide my friend
I am with you wherever you go, you're never alone my guide my friend
Until the end
Now the days are moving faster 10 years have gone by
Trusted friends are growing old with children of their own
Jeff the world's a brand new place, innocent people live in fear
Will there be peace in my existence?
Some people never say goodbye
So until we meet again
You are with me, so wherever you go whatever you do
I wanna be there, just waiting for you, until the end
You speak to me in music and you're passing through my dream
Did I ever thank you for everything I am?
The Music of Jared Rehberg 2008
SAN FRANCISCO
For Jeffrey Yu
By Jared Rehberg
I finally made it to San Francisco, are you looking down on me?
I picture you in Boston at your old apartment and I wonder how you've been
Now my head is above water and my arms are getting weak
Can you teach me how to swim across all my hopes and dreams?
Send me an angel
I don't care how long it takes
I'll meet you in heaven
If I make it there someday
I never said goodbye, it never made much sense
I'll see you soon is what you always said
I'm 26 years old, alone on a beach
Another chapter's ending but my journey begins
Thank you for the egg rolls, thank you for Bruce Lee
Thank you for showing me what Asian pride could be
Send me an angel
I don't care how long it takes
I'll meet you in heaven
If I make it there someday
Called you on the phone, God changed our plans
I'm still running for the football and I hope that you'll be there
Everybody loved you and I miss you each day
Without you by my side will I fit in again?
Thank you for the egg rolls, thank you for Bruce Lee
Thank you for showing me what Asian pride could be
HEY MISTER
A song for all orphans waiting for a home
by Jared Rehberg
Hey mister, I like your shoes
hey mister, don't I look like you?
He's my brother, he lives here too
Not my real brother, but we're leaving as two
He's gonna make it someday
He's gonna make it some way
I'm glad you made it today
She's my sister, she sings like you
maybe someday she'll return like you
Hey mister, ain't she just like you
And it feels like I've been here forever dreaming about the world in the sky
Someday we're gonna be a family
I'm gonna walk my sister down the aisle
She's gonna make it someday
She's gonna make it some way
I'm glad you made it today
Move on mister your bus is leaving
You've got people who love and need you
I'll take care of my little sister
Come back and visit someday
And it feels like I've been here forever dreaming about the world in the sky
Someday we're gonna be a family
I'm gonna walk my sister down the aisle
Am I just like you?
Am I just like you?
Am I just like you?
CRIES OF A WOMAN
A song dedicated to our loved ones that died in the C-5 crash
by Jared Rehberg
Cardboard boxes anchored to the floor
Family and friends now casualities of war
Hope for a new day lays scattered on the ground
Jane lost her baby when the plane went down
All she ever wanted was to save a child
Do what's right
Give one a better life in this life
Empty boxes anchored to the floor
Bound for heaven to the good hands of the lord
Jane is sobbing standing by the door
Thinking about the first child she lost after birth
I can't imagine all the pain she feels inside
I pray for Jane and her will to survive in this life
I hear the cries of a woman
She's drowning in salt water tears
Mumbling words I can barely hear
She said my baby, the plane, why did the plane go down?
Innocent children with their dreams on the ground
Pray for the familes
I'll pray for my friends
Pray for the children, that time won't forget
Hundreds of children wait orphaned and alone
Jane took home a baby of her own
All she ever wanted was to save a child
Someone to hold, somebaody to love in this life
I hear the cries of a woman
She's drowning in salt water tears
Mumbling words I can barely hear
She said my baby, the plane, why did the plane go down?
Innocent children with their dreams on the ground
WASH OVER ME
My return to Vietnam
By Jared Rehberg
You can always find me running down empty streets
Watching the world go by, from a thousand miles away
Beautiful children sell postcards and gum
I try to escape but it’s too hot to run
It was too hot to run
A lifetime of hope, outside my window
A chance to say goodbye, a chance to say hello
Lost in a crowd, of familiar faces, those beautiful faces
They all look like me
What if I was right and I could be next,
I would forgive them my heart needs a rest
Oh waves of emotion crashed on the sand
I’m a lost twenty-something born without a name
And I’ll be waiting this time, I’ve been waiting this time
Come wash over me
Come wash over me
Come wash over me
Fear exists in the eyes of strangers
And there was so much more that I wanted to say
I’ve lived a fortunate beautiful life
And I’ll never forget those hot summer night when the rain came down
To wash over me, come and wash over me.
Oh waves of emotion crashed on the sand
I’m a lost twenty-something tell me my name
And I’ll be waiting this time; I’ve been waiting this time
Come wash over me
Come and wash over me
Just let your love, come wash over me
Come wash over me
Just let your love wash away the tears
After all of these years
The Music of Jared Rehberg 2008
OPERATION BABYLIFT
by Jared Rehberg
Turn to channel 7 did you hear what they had to say?
The north had advanced over the weaker defense
Bleeding Sai Gon's chance to stay
Susan says I'm scared for and I love
Not flesh of my flesh nor bone of my bone
But my own, your my own
and there's angels standing by
Tonight, it's gonna be alright
A child given up with all of her love
for new life and a brand new day
she kisses him and says, I'm gonna see you someday
I'm so scared for you, and I love you
Yes, you are the flesh of my flesh
you're the bone of my bone
you're my own, you're my own
and there's angels standing by
Tonight, it's gonna be alright
because i've seen it today
The busy market street where kind people meet
the old and the new, there's always something to do
So she prays,
watching the child play
But there's a girl on the street and she's lying on a sheet
she's given up her right for life
and a tear burns my eye when she says goodnight to a man
he bought her body and soul
the stories told, to the young and the old
that's why I want you to know
A quarter centuries past and i'm looking back
See i'm trying to understand this path i walk upon
and the thanks you'll find
will last for all time, and we can say
Not flesh of my flesh nor bone of my bone
But my own you're my own
and there's angels standing by
Tonight, it's gonna be alright
THE WAY THAT YOU LOVE ME (Mongo's dream)
A song for Rick and Jessie Kaven's wedding
by Jared Rehberg
I can feel your arms around me, a soft whisper in my ear
A thousand miles to Austin, haven’t felt like this in years
I was watching from a distance, opportunity came my way
I made my best steak dinner and I asked you for a kiss.
It’s the way that you love me, you show me in so many ways
We can bend the rules together; I’ll be your Peter Pan
I just want to make you happy, promise I’ll do all that I can
Let’s build our home together surrounded by family and friends
Our love will feed the fire, that lights up every kiss
This is the great adventure, a long term journey filled with dreams
So no matter what comes our way, sometimes life won’t go our way
I’ll always have your smile, to brighten up my darkest days
They’ll say our love is a strong as our will
Celebrate our independence in each moment that we share
It’s the way that you love me, you show me in so many ways
We can bend the rules together; I’ll be your Peter Pan
I just want to make you happy, promise I’ll do all that I can
Let’s build our home together surrounded by family and friends
The Music of Jared Rehberg 2008
OPEN HEART
Dedicated to Amazin Lethi
By Jared Rehberg
I don't know why I do the things I do
Heard love once speak, your exceptional
It's nice to know somebody care
Someone to hold with joys to share
Sometimes all you need is an open heart
beyond your door somebody loves you for who you are
Sometime all we need is open heart
Through the darkness
I can see your shining star
Falling down the mountain I chose to climb
Reaching for the stars holding to dreams I found
There's nothing like the touch of your hand
And I've been staring too long at the hour glass counting sand
I can feel your love from a thousand miles away
There's a light inside my house and it's guiding you my way
I can be your knight in armor, whatever you want me to me
Why am I so afraid to just be me?
Take out a map, tell me where do you want to go
I've been waiting my life just to be this close
Sometimes all you need is an open heart
beyond your door somebody loves you for who you are
Sometime all we need is open heart
Through the darkness
I can see your shining star
SCRAPBOOK
For the younger generation of adoptees
By Jared Rehberg
The place I was born, so far from where I stand
Surrounded by war and promis of a new land
I flew across the ocean, saved by love and chance
To a whole new world in the arms of safer hands
These are the chapters of my life
A scrapbook of pictures, frozen in time
Tell me your story and I'll tell you mine
We share the legacy
The story of our lives
Turning through the pages of a magazine
Looking out for pieces to make me complete
I tried new fashions and a cast full of faces
And I found myself in a calling unanswered
I can't change what's already been done
I don't want to be abgry, always on the run
This is my life and I'm living my way
And I say
These are the chapters of my life
A scrapbook of pictures, frozen in time
Tell me your story and I'll tell you mine
We share the legacy
The story of our lives
If you died tomorrow
Can you say that you lived?
Are you making choices to please somebody else
I'm tied down by freedom and the lack of discipline
Somehow I find comfort walking in my skin.
I can't change what's already been done
I don't want to be abgry, always on the run
This is my life and I'm living my way
And I say
These are the chapters of my life
A scrapbook of pictures, frozen in time
Tell me your story and I'll tell you mine
We share the legacy
The story of our lives
REMEMBER ME THIS WAY
For my friend Maria Van Nguyen
By Jared Rehberg
Tilt your head back and rest here in my arms
Counting all the houses asleep on the farm
The soundtrack of you’re life across a Minnesota sky
I put my heart on the line
Can you hear your song playing to the night?
One of these days we’re gonna figure it all out
Don’t chase the water under the bridge
Look out for reflections of someone like yourself
I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m thinking about you
Catch me I’m falling save a pray for me
I’m standing in the shadow of your fear to fall too deep
Can you see the person that I’m gonna be?
And when the sun gives into the night
Remember me this way, I remember you that way
Can you hear your song playing to the night?
One of these days we’re gonna figure it all out
Don’t chase the water under the bridge
Look out for reflections of someone like yourself
Take a picture should the memories fade away
Never take for granted, all the joys of today
I may not be with you for the rest of my days
Remember me this way, I remember you that way
Can you hear your song playing to the night?
One of these days we’re gonna figure it all out
Don’t chase the water under the bridge
Look out for reflections of someone like yourself
The Music of Jared Rehberg 2008
SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE
For my Mom and Dad. Thank you for everything
By Jared Rehberg
If you could only see the world through my eyes
Carry all the weight of one race in my disguise
There's nothing you can say to heal the pain
I'm reminded that I'm different every time I say my name
I'm somewhere in the middle
somewhere in between
and I hope I made you proud for just being me
I can't change my past or who I'm supposed to be
I'm adopted by destiny and loved by you
Tell me about your life and the struggle you've been through
Maybe we'll find common ground, let's talk about you
You gave me all the tools to follow my dreams
And I know know it wasn't easy
But somehow we made it through
Through the good times and the bad
You always stood by me
For the man that I'll become I give thanks to you
There will be people who stop and stare
They won't understand us and the bond we share
You might have to speak up to help them understand
and I will always love you the best I can
I'm somewhere in the middle
Somewhere in between
and I hope I made you proud for just being me
I can't change my past or who I'm supposed to be
I'm adopted by destiny and loved by you
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