Sweet Home Present Moment

Here's a little song i wrote. I heard someone singing 'Sweet Home Alabama', and though the melody is catchy, i couldn't really resonate with the lyrics. My spiritual teacher taught me that our true home is the present moment, so i decided to change the lyrics. So this is my blues rock tribute to Thay and Plum Village. It was fun to try and combine the language of these two traditions. Here is how it goes, hope you like it.

 

Sweet Home Present Moment

Melody: Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd

I was feeling down and out in life
Without a place to call my own
Wanted to let go of my struggle and strife
And find my way back home

I heard about a teacher they called Thay
Wanted to go and ask him how
To find that pie up in the sky
But he said: ‘It’s here and now’


CHORUS
Sweet home present moment
Where the skies are clear and true
Sweet home present moment
Oh, i'm coming home to you


On i went to Plum Village for retreat
To go and lay my burden down
Time to rest my weary feet
And learn to smile instead of frown

And so i found a new family
I no longer feel alone
We practice together joyfully
I have arrived, i am home

CHORUS

The present moment it is with me
Wherever i may roam
I won’t get lost, i am destined to be
Goin’ back to my true home

CHORUS 

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