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The Wonder

by Peter Mayer

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This song is a celebration of the beauty and mystery that brought us here, the "sources and the forces and the powers" living within and all around us. Special thanks to Enrique Toussaint who contributed the bass part on this track. And thanks to Randy Gildersleeve for the mastering, and my wonderful daughter Ceci for the beautiful artwork!

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THE WONDER Dadgad tuning

Here’s to the spark in the dark whence it all came
Here’s to the ride on the light of the big bang
Here’s to photons, the mighty protons
Here’s to the gravity that turned the sun on

Here’s to the first twitch of life in the ocean
Here’s to the magical molecular potion
Here’s to the green leaf, here’s to the heartbeat
Here’s to the living cell like a city unseen

CHORUS:
Here’s to the wonder
The wonder of it all
Here’s to the wonder
The wonder of it all
Here’s to the wonder
To the wonder
To the wonder of it all

Here’s to the seconds and the minutes and the hours
Here’s to the sources and the forces and the powers
That set the hills down and spun the earth round
That turned the atoms into planets and into flowers

Here’s to the infinite spaces over and under
Here’s to the unreachable places, uncountable numbers
Stars in the night sky, years that have gone by
Here’s to the trillion trillion atoms in your eye

CHORUS:

Here’s to the burning light of the living
Shining out of you and me
The thousand million year old fire
Of life’s own desire to be

Here’s to the impossibilities that still happen somehow
Here’s to the magnificent mystery that we are even here now
Thinking and speaking, waking and sleeping
Working out our destiny in this great chain of being

Here’s to the ways that we’re connected to each other
Lovers and neighbors and friends and sisters and brothers
Here’s to the flowing, the coming and going
Here’s to the chance to laugh and raise a glass and say

CHORUS:

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released August 10, 2022
Words and music by Peter Mayer.
Peter Mayer: Acoustic Guitar, Vocal, keyboard
Enrique Toussaint: Bass Guitar
Recorded by Peter Mayer and Enrique Toussaint
Mixed by Peter Mayer.
Mastered by Randy Gildersleeve at Gildersound, Forest Lake, MN.
Artwork by Cecilia Mayer.

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Peter Mayer Stillwater, Minnesota

Minnesota's Peter Mayer has been singing and songwriting full-time for 25 years, performing in venues across the United States and beyond. He writes songs about science, nature, and spirituality. His work has been included in song books, church hymnals, and folk radio playlists across the country. Peter has eleven albums to his credit. He lives in Stillwater, Minnesota. ... more

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