Song: Happy Birthday Artist: The Innocence Mission
When you wake up sun will shine We will not go under any cloud Let balloons go up in town Ring out every bell Happy birthday, beautiful All the birds of this day Sing a song, sing a song
Dream of trains carrying you Through the state parks With the cherry flowers When you wake up it will be The beginning of the world Happy birthday, beautiful In the fields of this day Hear a song, hear a song
Oh, undeserved sweetness and light Stay by my side We will go out in the morning now A crown of maple leaves A crown of flowers Circling your sweet head Happy birthday, beautiful In the streets of this day Play a song, play a song
Rebecca Lin 2009 Autumn In USA |
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The Innocence Mission is a band centered on the husband-and-wife songwriters Karen Peris (vocals, guitar, keyboards), and Don Peris (guitars, vocals). The original band, including Mike Bitts (bass) and Steve Brown (drums), was formed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in the early 1980s when the members met during a Catholic school production of Godspell. Although all members of the band have contributed musically, Karen Peris does most of the group's writing.
Their debut EP, Tending the Rose Garden, was released in 1986. The song "Trust" was a hit on Christian radio. The album’s fifth track, "Clear to You", was used on the soundtrack of the pilot episode of Beverly Hills 90210. Klein also produced their 1991 follow up, Umbrella.
Glow contains songs that appear on the soundtracks of the films Empire Records and Dream for an Insomniac, as well as the television series Party of Five. The album’s second track, "Bright as Yellow", peaked on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks at #33.
In 2004, the Innocence Mission released Now the Day Is Over, a collection of lullabies. Except for "My Love Goes with You", all songs are cover versions, such as a stripped-down vocal and piano rendition of Henry Mancini's "Moon River". We Walked in Song was released in 2007.
Don Peris has recorded three solo albums, Ten Silver Slide Trombones in 2001, Go When the Morning Shineth in 2006, and an instrumental solo guitar Christmas album, Brighter Visions Beam Afar, in 2007.