I feel the warmer days a coming
Kicking the cold right out the door
I can see the equinox approaching
Vernal sky no longer pours
And I open up my window
Let a cool breeze blow in
And I rush out of this dark house
So I can breathe fresh air once again
And you run from the darkness
Run from the night
Well you look into the mirror and see the sun shine bright
I am sitting on my front porch
With m...
18 bullet holes in the body of a priest
They say he was eating a hot dog when the ammunition was released.
They say he was always fat and lazy but he was an awfully nice guy.
That's just one more death to show you you never know when you're gonna die.
You might be facing the beast
Sometimes, God, I feel like I'm living in a bone grinding mill
And every time I hear the sound I can barely stand ...
People try to tell me what I should believe
But I just sit and listen cause love will never leave
Hieroglyphic sermons gallantly express
Visions of repression and the tears outlast the test but
You welcome me
In from the cold cold night
You welcome me despite the cries
Men in black and navy forage for the law
Disillusioned dreamers forgot what they foresaw
Flagrant smiles creep mildly onto the...
You set before me all my dreams
And vowed to give me everything
You said I did not have to choose
But Father he would disagree with you
You took Him to a mountaintop
And showed Him all the world
quot;To you I will give all you see
If you will bow and worship me as kingquot;
The words that you spoke then
Were vows to be broken
And I will not hold on to these
Your promises your promises
Have onl...
I am haunted by my love for comparison
My fascination with a single common theme
And I am hounded by the fear that I might be losing it
Slipping from reality into dream
When my mind is muddled by the way it seems to work
I start looking for just one connecting Force
Someone to assure me we that didn't lose the war today
That the battle's General's still riding on his horse
In the mornings when...
It's been a long time
Haven't spoken for a while
Been tryin' to do it on my own again,
And I been fallin' on my face again.
It's been a long time
since Galilee and the twelve
Since the time you died there on the tree
Since the time you set every one of us free.
It's been a long time.
It's been a long time.
It's been a long time
Since I felt really clean.
Since I felt completely relieved.
Since...
If i could lie in a bed of moss
and sleep and dream the nights away
i'd make the world count its cost
for a big brass bed
And rivers would lullaby me to sleep
as i'd curl up in a blanket of leaves
while you'd doze off to the drone of police
and the firing of lead
All the children are nestled snug in their beds
All the tvs blare curses and laugh at the dead
and the vagabond runs from this Vagab...
The space in my mind is too small for You
The space in my heart is too small for You too
And all of things of the earth that I know
Are too small for all of the greatness You've shown
But in all of this I'm still facing my needs
And I'm scared of how big they feel to me
I know You, You
You are big enough to hold me
I know You, You
You are big enough to hold me
I know You Lord, yeah You
Will ca...
We're both dirty, baby- that's just the way it goes
We'll try to cut the fuses off before everything blows
And if it blows and both of us are standing real close by
Then both of us'll feel the blast and both of us'll die
But dying's overrated, it's a ticket on a train
And as long as i can hold your hand, i'll know that i'm still sane
Maybe i'm an idiot for thinking that that's true
But i belie...
It's been like a circus in her head
And she sighs when she hears the lions roar
She can stare through the cages till the colors turn red
But she just wishes it would all go away
Of all the things she thought she'd be
It wasn't a falling-tear factory
The days she has dreamed of are trickling by
She tries to find definition in the sky
And she'd walk so far to see
A swinging lady on a tall trapez...
quot;Bring beauty to this house,quot; she told me,
quot;with the talent you have in your hands.
Bring beauty to His house with your words now,
cause there's a war goin' on in foreign lands.quot;
quot;Bring sugar to this God,quot; they told me,
quot;cause Jesus ain't on the cross no more.
Won't you bring sweetness to desparation,
and just don't remind me of this war.quot;
CHORUS
Well, it's a st...
Andy never had a father
Who was anywhere nearby
And when he was and Andy asked him things
He couldn't get him to reply
So Andy taught himself the things
That thought he might ought to know
And when he talks about the winter time
He says, quot;I understand the snow.quot;
Andy left his small hometown
He went to college and he majored in art history
Now he lives in a canvas world
As a docent in a...
These are the confessions of a broken down man
She said she needed a father
So I faked fatherhood and drew her in
I don't know if it was intended
Maybe something broke inside of me
A long long time ago
And it never has been mended
But one night on my bed
She told me something
That she never told nobody
But I just laid there cold as a stone and stared
These are the confessions of a broken down ...
written by Don Chaffer on 11/21/96 at 23:41
The first day of class, they
call out your name
and you have to reply
even if you're shy.
And if you choose to
pretend you didn't hear
They'd think that you weren't there
And they'd keep on breathing air
without you.
CHORUS
Cowards never win
They're torn up in the wind
And everyone forgets to ask their name
If you wonder why
people don't want to die
...
They sat near one another at the water's edge
I'll say quot;theyquot; because quot;wequot; is too hard to say
And he told her what he'd come so far to tell her
with tears in her eves she said it can't be that way
I left the ring down at the riverside
He stared at the water for a long time, leaning on his hand
He was going through the things that he was wondering
The air was fairly still, like ...
written by Lori Chaffer on 10/24/97 at 10:05am
He was holding her hand
For the very first time
He was telling her things that she just did not understand
Between her hand and his
She felt every touch
she would laugh cry laugh cry inside because for her it was a little much
CHORUS
Dreams come true
Now that I'm with you
God is good even if sometimes you don't wait around in his neighborhood
She ...
He came rolling through the hills just to be with me
And I was young and I was pretty and I was free
It was before the time that I knew that I
Could make the rainclouds form in my spirit's sky
It was before the time that what I wanted had to be
Tied to this old world and all its slavery
And life was like a dream
And everything was clean
And I was free.
Sometimes I wish that everything could've...
She's got her eye on the wind
She resents her own skin
She wants to fly
She's got a bend in her mind
She treats herself so unkind
She don't know why
Innocent Jane
She's got an innocent name
But in the still of the night
or in the heat of the light
she'll confess to you
that everybody's guilty
she'll confess to you
that everybody's guilty
Well, everybody can stare
They won't find nothing there ...
I used to draw all the time back when I was in high school
Thick yellow pencils with soft lead that smeared real easy
Page after page, I was lonely
But senior year I met a girl and she made me feel better here
But a girl was a girl, was a girl
And she was beautiful, everyone's beautiful
I smeared the picture of her and then I walked away
I remember in junior high, half sick from fear on the hi...
written by Don Chaffer
June 1998 Possum Kingdom Lake, TX
Will You find me in the valley
I'm afraid I've lost my way
I was up there on the mountain
But I'm not up there today
There were thousands at our wedding
There were thousands when she died
So will you find me in the valley
And collect the tears I've cried
I can hardly see her face now
warm but flickering like a flame
Will you find me in t...
The backdrop of mountains cuts into the sky
They're there to protect or entrap the ones inside
A quiet village is full of tired brows
Thin strips of farmland fight it out with the farmers
In the night the roosters crow with hunger
The wind brings dust instead of rain brought with thunder
CHORUS:
And as I hold your dirty hand all that I can say to you
Is in the awkward smile I make
I can't expl...
I told a lie
could you tell me why?
Heavy sigh
You gotta help me die
Cord of sin
You said you'd cut it. Can you tell me when?
Jesus, kiss
Come and collect me for eternal bliss
Though it's against your nature to be impolite
Would You please break into my heart tonight
and steal away my fear?
Cause it's my nature to just sit and guard it
Though the prison doors, I'm afraid to depart it
I'm stuck...
I feel the need to delve into the mystery
To say some things you might not understand
To swim a league in the sorrow of this place
And be sustained by unseen hands
I feel the need to sing a song
That wrestles with the divine notion
That blood atones, that death completes
That joy can supercede emotion
Because the wilderness will be glad
And the desert will rejoice and bloom
And the ransomed of...
Go tell it on the mountaintops
That I'm alive
Go listen to the children cry
And let them know
That dark and night are not their masters
Between you you'll know all the things
That I never said out loud
Don't walk away from the crowd
Go tell them that it's cold outside
And I won't thrive there
And I'm getting tired of hiding My face
From your disgrace
Although you think that you've disguised it...
Go, find John
Hiding in the backyard
Crying 'cause his hands hurt
All the thorns
Crying for you to
Go, find John
Scattered and bewildered
Swallowed by the dirt there
All alone
Go, tell him, I told Him
Go tell him
He's welcome to come home
Go tell him, I know Him
He's tried and tried
And nothing works at all
Go, find John
Drunk to kill the pain there
Lying on a strange bed
All the seed
On the g...
Well that gospel train is a' comin'
Comin' right down the track
That gospel train is a' comin'
Comin' right down the track
And when that train leaves the station
I can tell you right now it's never comin' back
You may think your train ain't a' comin'
'Till at least a quarter past nine,
You may think your train ain't a' comin'
'Till at least a quarter past nine,
But by the time you reach the pl...
There's a little child drowning in a pond
And you would have me throw a blanket on
the surface of the water
even though she was your daughter
and watch just how helplessly she dies
for the sake of how it looks
cause it's like you've read in books
It's a symbol of the way you see this life
And if a savior came upon a tray of gold
you'd insist that he had already been sold
even though you kew he...
Are you the chosen lady
Are you the one who walks in truth
And if my name was Boaz
Would your name be Ruth
Have you fallen on the cornerstone
Or is that rock gonna fall on you
Are you gonna take me down and play with me
Or do you have that holy fear
Is your need the kind that won't be filled
Or can you just sit quietly here
Do you long for the ritual
Of communion on your lips
The bread and win...
Soon it will be hammered into what she calls her silly head
That she really isn't silly but she's beautiful instead
But every time she gets a hold of something pretty, it slips away
So she keeps hoping that someday soon
He will come, He will come
He will comfort all that's hardened
Make the deserts into gardens
And we all will see His face
He will come, He will come
He will soften all the star...
I been plumbing the depths with a plumber friend of mine.
We been takin' the time to break the bread and drink the wine.
I been gathering wisdom I can give away.
I been gettin' ready for the final day.
Hey, Hey, that's me gettin' ready for the final day.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
CHORUS
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
it's a day.
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
i'm okay,
cause You're comin' my way
someday soon.
I bee...
Paul kicks up trash on a dirty street.
A few pages dance away in the wind.
They cause a deep breath and a lusty sigh
when he compares them to his Rosalind.
Early on Roz was a sight to behold,
and she always made him feel like a man,
But Paul thinks time's been cruel to her form
the way the ocean wears away at the sand.
CHORUS
His perfection is a neon light.
It stains his flashing eye.
And the ...
Holy
Holy
Holy
is the Lord God Almighty
Heaven and Earth are filled with Your glory
Heaven and Earth are filled with Your praise
Heaven and Earth are filled with Your glory
Holy is the Lord God Almighty
Holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come
He threw down his pride
cause it didn't serve his ego
They say he took the pain out of his chest
cause he couldn't feel it anymore
He was really lonely
and he needed to be believed.
He had no one he could cry with,
and he needed to be received.
CHORUS
Bitterness is the enemy he ignores is hunting him
Forgivness is an ocean he's forgetting how to swim
The jackal stalks the coastline seeking som...
When you feel like the days just drone on and on and on
And you feel like the nights seem quickly gone
And on the inside you feel like your heart is gaping wide
And on the inside you feel like no one's on your side
Well, I am
I am
I am
I am
When you thought you could rest but you found out you were wrong
And there's another need, another battle
Another one more thing that comes along
And on th...
I am more than you think
I am more than you know
I'm as black as the darkest night
And whiter than snow
You're tipping through wires and words
And spires and tombstones
I have burned with desire
Felt the air become fire
Buried Myself with stones
Given lions my bones
And I love you whether or not you believe Me
I'm as swift as an arrow
But I'm slow when you stray
I'm as calm as the waters
That ...
I could run away
But You would never leave
You would always stay
Right by my side
Everything I've ever wanted
I've found in you
And I need you, Oh I need you
Every step of the way
You talk of hating war
But where's your own peacetime?
You don't love anymore
All my children
You linger in your mind
quot;everyone's so unkindquot;
But you forget about the mines you laid on your land
I know the plans I have for you
I know the things that I want for you to do
I know the plans I have for you
and it hurts sometimes to see you blind
You read up on the lies
And keep them in motio...
vs1 Many men will drink the rain
And turn to thank the clouds
Many men will hear You speak
But they will never turn around
I will not forget You are my God, my King
And with a thankful heart I bring my offering
And my sacrifice is not what You can give
But what I alone can give to you
A grateful heart I give, A thankful prayer I pray,
A wild dance I dance before you
A loud song I sing, A huge ...
Well I'm afraid I'm not supposed to be like this
Like I was born in a land where no serpent hissed
And I have waited a long time for Your kiss
Well I have felt that they'd all take offense at me
And so a fence I have built to protect the seed
But all the bricks will secure its mortality
I have been seated in circles and stood in disgrace
At the noted intention to be in place
And I have seen th...
I went flying in a dream last night
Whenever I was scared, I took flight
It didn't seem brave and it didn't seem right
But it always seemed easier than puttin' up a fight
And I'm almost gone
But I'm still here
But still I'm here
Now, tell me a story that'll make me feel
Something far flung but something still real
Something that's human but not depraved
Somebody endangered, but somebody still ...
In the gas station bathroom by the condom machine
I heard the word of the Lord
He said quot;Take off your shoes,
this is holy ground too
you know I came for the sick and the bored.quot;
Beneath the selling of beers
And the welling up of tears
Out beyond the beam of the remote control
There's a whispering voice
That the humble ear ears
that says quot;I am still waiting
for you to ask just to be...
[Opens with improvised worship]
You have whispered these things to me
You have caused flowers to grow in my fields
And you have brought bright colours to my head
And you have caused a cool wind to blow underneath my window sill
And I rest here underneath your hand
[repeat]
You made all my deserts into gardens x2
You made all my ashes into beauty x2
I don't know where I'd be if I had not met yo...
The cosmic finger doesn't stir up rules just to ruin us
But He also doesn't let us do just whatever we want.
And the eyes of God can see the force that's doin' us.
He's givin' out chances to escape the haunt.
CHORUS
Cause it's a touch of love that can free you of despair.
And forgivness rolls.
Thank God He's so unfair...
'Cause I should've been dead
for what's inside my head,
but He killed His...
Find my heart at the bottom of the well I'm in
Find my heart
Lower Your strong hand down and rescue me
Rescue me
It's just like You to bring light into darkness
It's just like You, Lord it's just like You
It's just like You to bring light into darkness
It's just like You, Lord it's just like You
See my soul in the place I fell into
See my soul
Lift my head from the shame I've bowed down to
Lif...
One thing I ask of you
This is what I seek
That I may dwell in your house
Feel your pleasure wash over me
One thing I ask of you
This is what I need
That I may hide in your hands
Feel your presence fall over me
Chorus:
And I am confident of this one thing
That my eyes will be blessed
When they gaze upon your beauty
And my lips will be sweet
When they whisper words of Praise
And my heart will b...
written by Don Chaffer on 5/27/98 at 0:51
I'm starting to see
just how I get so lost while I'm looking at the book
inside the Counselor's door
And starting to read
I lose track of the time and I forget just what it was
that I had come here for
CHORUS
But I'm learning to remember
Oh I'm learning to remember
A walk in the rain
can be so painful if you've been so dry that now you've cracked
and n...
We believed it was time to lift off from the land of vertigo
The captain said quot;despite the wind and tide, you will have to row.quot;
Will that mean that the ones who do not wish to row won't wish to go?
Maw was mawkish cause the house we'd left we'd surely never know again.
We search for planets where the land won't be the kind you have to sow.
We left behind pernicious minds and fancy lie...
I woke up from a strange rain
And it was dreaming outside
I rolled over for the telephone
I thought I'd call someone
Tell them I dreamed I had died
But I know that I was all alone
I just get lonely sometimes
I want someone to take away my grief
I just get lonely sometimes
I want to wake up in the morning with someone
Lying next to me who I can turn to for relief
I just get lonely sometimes
But...
All the malice I've felt
toward the people who've hurt me
was a dark lonely hole
where I ended up dirty
trying to make sense
of what's fair and what's ugly
So I drew my conclusions
and I stated them smugly
When the adrenaline rush
of the wave of rage passes
and I'm cold in that hole
and there's mud on my glasses
I don't care anymore
to issue all my subpoenas
or seek revenge on my foes
fulfill ...
On the day God saved us
The people all sang
Praise the Father of Heaven
He was angry with me
But now He comforts me
Oh, how He comforts me
My God has come to save me
I will trust Him and not be afraid
My God has come to save me
He is my strength and my song
We will drink from the fountain
Where salvation springs
All the people will shout
Praise to our King
Tell the nations about it
And help th...
She plays with my words like they were hers
Little soldiers in a war against themselves
She used to rob me of my own intent
But now I'm keeping my findings from her shelves
I used to think that honesty was all
Between the two of us, nothing should go unsaid
Then she taught me, although I took too long
That some things should be said to God and then just left for dead
I've got to learn to live ...
Your momma's drunk
You sister went insane
You been trying to keep from getting sick
Standing in the pouring rain
No one told you
That it would be this hard
And that it'd hurt so bad inside
Cause no one ever
Really gets to know
We're all on the same dark ride
But when the ending comes
Will you choose to live
Or will you choose to die?
The girl you love
You've tried to tell her that
That you lov...
My father told me never to fear
All of the darkness that I see down here
He said not to worry, you'll be okay
Just don't become a part of the deadly game
And if you're troubled by all of the hate
Don't look aside, stare it in the face
And you can love them like you should
Love all the people that have so misunderstood
Don't wait for the night to fall in on you
There's not enough time
Your simp...
Oh, Girl, I'm gonna call you now
And hope you hear somehow
Across the valley low
Above the muted snow
And, girl, I hope your feet ain't froze
That you don't fear the way the river flows
And that your eyes are fixed above the glare
That the sun and snow can fashion there
That you have heard the sirens call
But, baby, you don't want to fall
Girl, I'm gonna say a prayer
That you will not stay the...
Well, this night just feels outdated
It's a tired reminder of the bad
whe you held on to what you hated
and you hated what you had
And your mind was out on the corner
sellin' herself as something cheap
Your pride he says he owns her
and she's dumb, she follows like a sheep
She don't know what he does to a lover
He'll whisper lies in a restless ear
He tells a wife she don't deserve to hover
ove...
She had set herself against him
before he'd even stepped in the door
She had examined all the evidence
and this had happened more than once before
He came in tired from the working day
weary from the working atmosphere
When he fell back into the couch
He wished he could just disappear
So he avoided her like he had been
lately in his mind
He though her anger was relentless
and she never just le...
Oh Lord, my heart is not lifted up
My eyes are not raised too high for Thee
I do not think on things too great or marvelous
Or matters too difficult for me
But I have calmed and quieted my soul
Like a weaned child, is my soul within me
And I have calmed and quieted my soul
Like a weaned child, with it's mother, is my soul within me
Oh Israel, trust in the Lord
From this time forth and foreverm...
I call to the Lord who is worthy of praise
And all my enemies don't know where to face
The chords of death have entangled my feet
I cried to You and from Your temple You heard me and rescued me
The earth quaked and the mountains shook
Smoke rose, the clouds parted with just one look
He reached down from His Heavenly home
He drew me up from the water's deathly hold
So I'll sing Hallelujah
Halle...
Oh mercy fall on me
Like a warm blanket
On my cold cold heart
Clean me with your blood
That turns me white on the inside
I'm on my knees again
Because I'm breaking your heart your heart
Chorus:
Put in me
What I cannot buy with gold
Put in me, oh God
Come restore my broken soul
Put in me
What I cannot give myself
Put in me
A clean heart
I know all my broken places
Like the back of my hand
That ...
written by Don Chaffer on 3/18/99 from about midnight to 8:00 am
got to restore
got to restore
got to restore
got to restore
Sometimes it's late at night
I'm thinkin but I'm not quite
there. Everywhere that I turn
It's a county fair
This booth, that booth, I'm everything that's uncouth
and I can't keep nothing straight except my front tooth
Late night NPR
programming'll go far
listenin to Kero...
Save me, oh God
For the waters have come up to my neck
I am sinking to the bottom Where I cannot stand
I am calling to you, can you hear my cry?
[Chorus]
Oh my God you've turned your eyes
Now my heart has come alive
Only you have come to find me
Only you have come to pull me out
Only you have come to save me
Only you have come to wrap your arms around me
Save me, oh God
I have wandered and I c...
Somebody just said something bout the devil
and I looked into your eyes
Honey, I think I saw a demon wink
right through your thin disguise
Well, that's okay, I could run away and that'd be the end of that
except I think I felt one inside me too
right behind where I'm hidin' at, and
I'm scared
Honey, I'm scared
A stronger man might not be
maybe a strong man would stay cool
but I'm not so sure t...
Since I am so sick
Since I am in need
Since I have no healing within me
Oh, my God, be mindful of me
You are my help and my Redeemer
Oh, my God, be mindful of me
You are my help and my Redeemer
Unto You, oh Lord
I lift up my soul
In Your loving-kindness I believe
Surely those who wait on You
Will never be ashamed
All of those who call on You
Will know the faithfulness of Your name
Will you hold my hand?
Do I have to stand in this world all alone
where it's icy cold
and all the people chime in
quot;You've got to sink or swimquot;?
Where there's rain there's drought,
So I'll confess my doubts.
Where there's threshing of the fields
something's bound to yield.
And all the people cry out,
they feel they're about to drown
on the ocean floor
but I know there's more
I know You ...
I spent my head in the candy store buyin' hopes based on hints
Which probably weren't right
Someone dimmed the light,
And I lost my sense of truth
So take my pennies on the counter glass and spend 'em right for me
You got vision in the night
You're level headed in a fight
You play Boaz to my Ruth
Oh, and maybe it's just me
Lord, knows I been wrong before
But I feel like somethings got to go
Ca...
I spent too much time today
On things that don't mean much
The world around me groans
Under its tyranny of touch
And every wasted thought
And every battle left unfought
Stands as testimony to my need
I'm a stranger in this land
Won't You take me by the hand
I can hear that distant band
But I'm still a stranger in this land
Somedays at the strangest times
I feel a sense of loss
A bite or two of...
Do I have enough compassion
Or have I sold out my Love
For the keeping of rules
Am I so much in fashion
That I forgot I was born
To a family of fools
God, hold me out of that water
Cause it's such a shallow pool,
And the fall just might kill me
She was so pretty when she just walked by
It made me feel lonely
Lord, it just made me sigh
And when You'd rather wait, I'd rather fly
But I'm just now...
Homebound Henry's got a tumor in his head
He wakes up sweating every morning after dreaming he was dead
He used to think that life was boring, but now that's not the case
He turns to his wife in the evening
He says "Honey I'm afraid I'm gonna lose this race"
Sweet River roll
All over me
Sweet River roll, hey
All over me
Soaking wet Juliet, she lives in a well full of tears
Her husband left her...
Lyrics by Don Chaffer
Music by Kenny Carter
1/27-2/8/99 Wichita, KS
We're gonna take Jericho
by blowin them horns
We're gonna take Jericho
by blowin them horns
Cause that's what my Lord said to do
We're gonna take Jericho
by blowin them horns
We're gonna lift Him up
when we're way way down
We're gonna lift Him up
when we're on the ground
Cause that's what my Lord said to do
We're gonna lift Hi...
quot;Old ain't a word the I'm fond of,quot; he said.
quot;And these days I've begun to lose count.quot;
Mumbling she rolls in her wheelchair, and says,
quot;I'm afraid that they've closed my account.quot;
There's a blur that occurs in the line of their life
That decays the whole notion of sense
And they call to the past, insisting that it last,
While they're climbing down reality's fence
Singi...
Praise the Lord, O my soul and all my deepest parts
Give praise to the One Who pulled you out of darkness
Tender mercy You forgive me, slow to anger, quick to love repeat 2X's
Bridge: As high as the mountains try
Your love falls all around me
As wide as the east to west
My sins are taken from me
He thought, quot;She doesn't seem the same this time
As the last time I saw her.quot;
He thought, quot;She speaks so much of what she really means
Right outside her words.quot;
And the way her fingers flickered about the edges of her hair
Were not a sign of any nervousness but of her deepening despair
And she was not here with him at all
She had once known the truth, but she had chosen the fal...
You set the table in your spirit
entertain the devil for a while
And then you laugh at all his jokes
insisting it's alright-
it's okay to smile
but you are
Dancing with the demons
and walking on the wall that borders hell
thinking quot;Right now, I'm not testing God,quot;
but always wondering how you'd feel if you just fell?
I'd like to say that it was simple
like a dog you don't want pregnant...
quot;Aaron, have you ever had a burning in your chest
That made you just want to be free?quot;
It was a warm afternoon when she asked him this,
As they sat on the shore of the sea
Well, Aaron just tugged at his hair and he took
A very long time to reply
And by the time that he spoke, she'd forgotten she asked
And was lost in the clouds of the sky
He said, quot;Kelly, I don't think
I've ever wa...
Who on earth can satisfy my soul,
Who on earth can comfort me and love me like You do,
Who on earth can be more faithful and true,
I will trust in You, I will trust in You my God
There is a fountain
Who is a king
Victorious Warrior and Lord of Everything
My Rock, My Shelter
My very own
Precious Redeemer who reigns upon the throne
Who could ever be more faithful and true
Lord Jesus, Lord Jesus,...
Those who trust in the Lord
Are a strong mountain
They will not, not be moved
Those who trust in the Lord
Are as Mount Zion
They will not, not be moved
Christ the King, He sets my feet
On a firm foundation
They will not, not be moved
Though the world moves like mad
You alone are faithful
Jesus, You, You will not be changed
Though I feel alone
I am never alone
You are with me
Oh, my Lord
vs.1 In the night-time while I'm on my bed
I will let every thought be of You
For you are good
You take all those who will come to You
vs.2 In the morning as I face the day
I will let every thought be of You
For you are good
You take all those who will come to You
Black crows flying in your wheat field
Babies cryin', all you got's a paper shield
It don't make much sense to you
Who said it had to?
Most folks smile away the blues
I mean I... I guess they do
You never really know for sure
but I'm surviving on this hunch that everybody else is hurtin' too
He was crazy
Crazy but able
So he excused himself from cleaning up the stable
This is the way that hors...
You question all I believe
And claim it's only due to how they raised me
I know you can't understand
because you walk through life a blind man
No need to ignore the intellect
Don't you think God is smarter than you
And if He took the care to make this world
Don't you think He'd die for it too
CHORUS
And I hope that in time you will know
All of the secrets that in my heart I hold
And that you'l...
the bottle is the spotlight
and explodes into a fire
we're all following you baby
'cause were sure you'll take us higher
there's a women weaving back and forth
beside me, trying her hardest not to fall
she's going down. she hit the ground
No one seems to care at all
There's people dying everwhere
while their simply standing still
in the arena of the sword
that all the gladiators kill
repeat
AN...
Today
I will hear his voice
Today
Do not harden our hearts
Today
We are living this choice now
Fall at his feet and believe
Fall at his feet and believe
Today
I will hear his voice
Today
Do not harden our hearts
Today
We are living this choice now
Fall at his feet and believe
Fall at his feet and believe
Slaves are falling away
Sons are holding on yeah
Slaves are falling away
Sons are holding on
Okay, here, You got my ear
I found my way outta town
I'm finally just sittin' down
Grinding gears and iron tears
They've kept my mind occupied
Didn't notice that I almost died
Lately I been lost
God, I been turned around
I've gotten so tangled up
I need some help just to get unwound
I had a dream on a bed of steam
That I got into a number of fights
over a garden of earthly delights
Silver Sue ...
Carrie was stretching out on the harbor
She was just trying to let it all go
Down came the rain and waves and thoughts of her father
Down came the old black hole
Carrie, don't go down there, we all know it's not fair
Even parents can lie
Carrie, don't close your eyes and give way to the lies
That tell you you're all alone
Ruby came home from the store with a bottle
All of her dreams had been l...
Whatever thing that I have carried in this place
That will keep me from you
I will lay it at your feet
Whatever burden I have carried for so long
That will keep me from seeing you
I will lay it down right now
All of the things that are cluttering my mind
I will push them far from here
And listen for your voice
All of the pain that I am carrying inside
I will hand it to you
You will take it, se...
When the cold wind blows all around
Will You still love me, still love me?
When the cold wind blows all around
Will You still love me?
When the lightning crashes
Hopes are dashed and I am asking
How this comes to me and why
When no home on Earth can be found
Will You still love me, still love me?
When no home on Earth can be found
Will You still love me?
When You left us last time
You said You...
Do, do, do
Whenever God shined a light on me
He opened up my eyes so I could see
When I look up in the darkest night
Then I know that everything's gonna be alright
In deep confusion and great despair
When I reach out for help, He is there
When I'm lonely as I can be
Then I know that God shines His light on me
Reach out for help, He'll be there
With Him your troubles you can share
And if you li...
This morning when the sun came up,
I was still lyin down in my bed.
But it started burning real bright
whether or not
it was shining on my head.
Just today another flower bloomed
and I just walked right on by.
It became a little swirl of fantasy
whether or not
it caught my eye.
CHORUS
I could just go round bein down, sleepin late,
runnin round in a state, feelin dead in the head
cause of all t...
You told me you had money
Coming down the way
Can I borrow fifty bucks, man
Just to get me through the day
You promised you were free this time
Of all of your old chains
Well, I bought your story last time
But I can't afford to buy today
I think, I see the drummers now
They're coming down the road
And they're striking up a funeral beat
They heard you're getting old
Well, I know you, you ain't ...
Lord, when You lift Your voice
It's like no other voice I have known
Lord, when You lift Your hand
All the kingdoms of earth silent go
And when You say the word
Every sickness is cured
You are lovely
You are lovely
You are lovely
You are lovely
You are lovely
You are lovely
You are lovely
You are lovely
Lord, when You call my name
Wherever You say I will go
Lord, when You come again
Every pers...
You are so good to me
You heal my broken heart
You are my Father in heaven
You are so good to me
You heal my broken heart
You are my Father in heaven
You ride upon the clouds
You lead me to the truth
You are the Spirit inside me
You ride upon the clouds
You lead me to the truth
You are the Spirit inside me
You poured out all your blood
You died upon the cross
You are my Jesus who loves me
You ...
I talked to a girl I know the other day
About her married life,
It started just two months ago
She was sayin it was hard
She don't know if they'll make it through,
I'm thinkin, quot;Baby, it ain't even begun to snow.quot;
Darlin', You can't hide
A brother of mine and I went out for a walk
On the moon
As the sun began to set
I ran home. I know how cold it gets out there at night
But, Mama, he a...
You have redeemt my soul
From the pit ot emptiness
You have redeemt my soul from death
I was a hungry child a dried up river
I was a burned out forest
And no one could do anything for me
But You put food in my boddy
Fill water in my dryed bed
And to my blackened branches
You brought the springtime
Green of new life
And nothing is impossibleFor You
In a crazy haze
In a purple robe
I walk amaze
King of the strobe
Flashing and unfaithful
I'm hardly light at all
Tripping and ungraceful
I was born into the fall
You knew
You knew
I've never been true
I'm true in You
You knew
At the stretch of dawn
In the yawn of time
You thought upon me
With Your bread and wine
But how my blood is hardened
I fear of losing life
Do drown me in Your heart and
S...
The winter of emotions
sometimes steals into my head
It's the tundra of the shutdown
It's the burying the dead
And I'd like to make my springtime
but I have no read recourse
but to wait on some long loving
from some deep and pure source
You lay me down
You whisper somehow
I can hear it when I'm very still
You don't ever touch me or chase away the chill
but one day soon, you will
The art of all...
