Joey Ayala's Contributed Song on Peace Uploaded in Blog

Responding to the January 9 blog post from SingOut Lovepeacejoy (Ding Reyes) that asked for help in spreading the word about the Sing –Out2011 global initiative, as explained in http://readdingz.blogspot.com/2011/01/sing-out-2011-short-intro-for-all.htm, popular Filipino singer-composer Joey Ayala posted this message on January 10:

........."Here’s a song for you."

.........https://sites.google.com/a/joeyayala.com/main/open-hands

SingOut Lovepeacejoy posted this response on the same day:

“naku, maraming maraming salamat, joey! this song will surely go a long, long way in helping the SingOut2011 global initiative promote the visions and ideals of "love, peace, joy", lalo na sa third period nito (at ang pag-uumpisa dapat ng pag-aaral sa kantang ito ay much earier pa. Filipino participants of SingOut2011 in many many countries will have much reason to be proud of this Philippine contribution to the peace-oriented human treasury of songs that we will be promoting throughout all the periods, especially during the third period, of SingOut2011 (Sept. 1 - Oct. 31). Padalhan mo din sana agad ako ng complete lyrics, para masimulan na natin agad ang panawagang aralin na ito ng mga tao, by embedding the internet link you provided. Joey, please join ka na rin sa FB friends of Sing Out para tularan ka na rin ng maraming iba pa.”
ang iyong matagal nang kapatid sa diwa,
ding reyes (a.k.a. ed reyes)

…and posted this announcement in his status and in the walls of the FB friends of the SingOut Lovepeacejoy FB account and of his personal account:

“WELCOME JOEY AYALA! Good news to all! Popular Filipino singer-composer Joey Ayala has joined the "Sing-Out 2011" global initiative by offering his song in English for building a culture Peace by openness, titled, "Open Hands" which people everywhere would hopefully start learning soon and sing together in their own homes, plazas, offices, etc.in localities in many countries, especially in the PEACE-focused period (Set. 1 - Oct.31) and in recordings for wide cyber-propagation.”

Two FB friends of SingOut Lovepeacejoy, namely, Rafael Pablo Molina Fernando of Subic Bay Freeport Zone and Rex Deveraturda of nearby Subic town in Zambales, supported with their own postings the above message of acknowledgement and gratitude.

While waiting for Joey’s response to the request for lyrics, Ding Reyes started trying to transcribe directly from listening to the Youtube-uploaded recording. Here's the result of that effort, with one line Ding marks as "unsure" with a question mark in parentheses.

Let's listen to the song to start familiarizing ourselves with it, sing along, and start learning to sing it out (especially in Sept and October 2011 when Sing Out 2011 focus will be on Peace) and start sharing is with many others.

https://sites.google.com/a/joeyayala.com/main/open-hands

OPEN HANDS

Here we are, my sister and my brother,

Now is now, the only time we have,

We are in a garden made of open hands.

Peace is all we gather for like flowers,

Peace is all we earthly (?) need to stand

We are like a garden made of open hands,

Peace is here and peace we’ll know,

Peace like a garden that we sow

With open hands, and open hearts,

And open minds…

We grow strong by sharing dreams and visions,

Richer as we share the things we know,

Treasuring the things we make with open hands,

This is how we love despite the suff’ring,

This is why we harvest what we sow,

This is when we live our lives of open hands,

Peace is here and peace we’ll know,

Peace like a garden that we sow

With open hands, and open hearts,

And open minds…

To join the Facebook friends of Sing-Out 2011,

open http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100000921929080 and click “Add as Friend.”