Please Call Me by My True Names

This song is from 'Songs of Plum Village', an album produced by Joe Holtaway and released in June, 2022.

Plum Village friend Joe Holtaway is a singer/songwriter from Cornwall in the UK, and trainee Chaplain with the Quakers. He has been a part of Wake Up London and the Sangha since 2012 when a friend lent him 'True Love' by Thich Nhat Hanh. He is happy to hear from you 🙂

Producer, Music Publisher, Composer: Joe Holtaway

Music Publisher and Composer: Joseph Emet

Music Publisher: Plum Village

Lyricist: Thich Nhat Hanh

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Lyrics:

My joy is like Spring so warm

It makes flowers bloom

All over the earth

My pain is like a river of tears

So vast it fills the four oceans

Please call me by my true names

So I can hear all my cries and laughter at once

So I can hear that my joys and pains are one

Please call me by my true names so I can wake up

And the door of my heart cam be left open

The door of compassion