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I can see Jesus hanging on the cross
I can see Jesus hanging on the cross
I can see Jesus hanging on the cross
He came looking for the lost
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And Love has come
Love has come
Love has come
And it's giving me hope to carry on
I can hear Jesus saying "Father forgive"
I can hear Jesus saying "Father forgive"
I can hear Jesus saying "Father forgive"
What a thing he did
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I can see Love
Love is all I want to see
Love can make a beggar rich and set a prisoner free
I know it can do it for you
And God knows it did it for me
I can see Love
Love is all I want to show you love
Love's the only way to go
Love
Love is all a man might need to know
Yes, I know
You know Peter put away his sword
I can see Peter puttin' away his sword
I can see Peter, he put away his sword
He won't fight no more
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I gotta carry on
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I can't stop staring at myself
My face reflected in this empty plate
I can't decide if it's the devil
Or if it's just something I ate
'Cause he's been down there all morning
He's patiently waiting at my gate
He's throwing rocks at my window
"Hey won't you come on out and play with me"
And everyday when I get up
I see folks trading in their crowns
for all these paper or plastic lives
An opiate for the masses' hounds
And pride like a vestige of lives lost
The stench of the old folks coming around
Now with the news I heard today
I can't tell if this world is lost or found
You go, I'll be waiting here
And I'm awake, no I cannot sleep
So I'll sit upon this rock is You
I ain't standing up for nothing
I've never seen my congressman
But I can't deny that he exists
'Cause I've seen his legislation pass
I've seen his name on the ballot list
The same I can't deny this fallen world
Though not my home it's where I live
How can I preserve and light the way
for a world that I can't admit I'm in
'Cause I know who I say You are
But these crows can't be made to stop
So I'll sit denying by this fire
I ain't standing up for nothing
Lack of interest leads to
Lack of knowledge leads to
Lack of perspective leads to
Lack of communication leads to
Lack of understanding leads to
Lack of concern leads to
This complacency denotes
This approval denies
The truth
But I can't stop staring at myself
It's my face reflected in this empty plate
And I know that it's the devil
So You lead I'll be close behind
So You speak I'll hang on Your words
You've got to lift me from this hardened tree
'Cause I ain't standing up for nothing
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.:: Shifting Sand ::.
Sometimes I believe all the lies
So I can do the things I should despise
And everyday I am swayed
By whatever is on my mind
I hear it all depends on my faith
So I'm feeling precarious
The only problem I have with these mysteries
Is they're so mysterious
And like a consumer I've been thinking
If I could just get a bit more
More than my fifteen minutes of faith
Then I'd be secure
My faith is like shifting sand
Changed by every wave
My faith is like shifting sand
So I stand on grace
I've begged you for some proof
For my Thomas eyes to see
A slithering staff, a leprous hand
And lions resting lazily
A glimpse of your back-side glory
And this soaked altar going ablaze
But you know I've seen so much
And I explained it away
Waters rose as my doubts reigned
My sand-castle faith it slipped away
Found myself standing on your grace
It'd been there all the time
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Out on these Texas plains you can see for a million lives
And there's a thousand exits between here and the state line
About the last time that I saw you
You said call me Pandora, call me a fool
And I'm thinking this view it could do you some good
So drop these scales and take a look
There's 40 acres and redemption to be found
Just along down the way
There is a place where no plow blade has turned the ground
And you will turn it over, 'cause out here hope remains
'Cause out here hope remains...
Out here the Texas sky is as big as the sea
And you're alone in your room like an island floating free
Your spirit's hanging in a bottle out on a tree
You say that you're the black sheep, I say you're still family
So throw that bottle to the waves
They'll bring you in to me and from the shore you will see
Out here the Texas rain is the hardest I've ever seen
It'll wash your house away, but it'll also make you clean
Now these rocks they are crying too
And this whole land is calling out for you
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My name is Mary and I'm from Greenville, Mississippi
But this is where i live here in this old folk's dormitory
Every Sunday night Sarah comes to see us
And she plays that old upright
But Sarah always seems to leave us
When she plays something comes over me
Goes from my head all the way to my feet
And i wanna dance
i wanna snap my fingers all night long and dance
I wanna move around the room just like a woman in a trance
All right, I wanna dance
I wanna wrap my arms around your neck and dance
I wanna listen to the music that's been ringing in my ears
And one day i'm gonna dance my way right outta here
I had three girls and a boy but now one's gone up to Heaven
She's with her papa now 'cause he left for lack of penicillin
The older that i get i figure everyone is dying
They're all dying for a change
I know I'm dying for some action
But days like these Sunday seems so far away
So until then I'm gonna sit right here and here i'll stay
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There's tarnish on the golden rule
And I want to jump from this ship of fools
Show me a place where hope is young
And a people who are not afraid to love
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This world has nothing for me
And this world has everything
All that I could want
And nothing that I need
This world is making me drunk
On the spirits of fear
So when He says who will go
I am nowhere near
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And the least of these
Look like criminals to me
So I leave Christ on the street
This world has held my hand
And has led me into intolerance
But now I'm waking up
And now I'm breaking up
But now I'm making up
for lost time
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.:: Daring Daylight Escape ::.
I've got my mind made up
I've got to love you or leave you fast
Cause I've been thinking clear
And I don't know how long it'll last
Just like Uri Geller I'm bound to twist the facts around
I've got to get them straight before my baby up and leaves town
Cause I can't walk on water
And if I chase you I might drown
And I'm already up to my neck
If I may pose a question it'll only take a second
Cause I know that it's getting late.
And depending on your answer I might have to pack
And make a daring daylight escape
Because it's either high time to make you mine
Or swear it's time to get outta town
So please say yes quick cause the sun's going down
London's nice but it's the last place you wanna go
But there's no crime and you can catch a broadway show
Cause it's just so far and it's bound to get a hold on you
And I've got front page headlines pulled right outta yesterday's news
You can read all about it
About boy meets girl and then
screws the whole thing up
Just like always
It's no crime to love you
And my heart's still doing time
It's acting on it's best behaviour
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Lord of all creation
Of water earth and sky
The heavens are your tabernacle
Glory to the Lord on high
God of wonders beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
The universe declares Your Majesty
You are holy, You are holy
Lord of heaven and earth
Lord of heaven and earth
Early in the morning
I will celebrate the light
When I stumble in the darkness
I will call Your name by night
God of wonders beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
The universe declares Your Majesty
You are holy, You are holy
Lord of heaven and earth
Lord of heaven and earth
Hallelujah to the lord of Heaven and Earth
Hallelujah to the lord of Heaven and Earth
Halelujah to the Lord of Heaven and Earth
God of wonders beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
The universe declares Your Majesty
You are holy, You are holy
God of wonders beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
The universe declares Your Majesty
You are holy, You are holy
Lord of heaven and earth
Lord of heaven and earth
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So you're gone but i know you're not so far away
You're a call on the phone or a ride on a plane
But that just isn't the same, yeah well
That's ok because i was never home anyway
So now everyone's evolving and i am just the same
As i was ten years ago, but i don't know
Maybe the simple life is more the way to go
But then again, i'm mostly all alone
'Cause I'm losing everyone
But i know i can't lose you
And maybe my time will come
But i know i can't lose you
The older i get well the more that life is making sense
And it's similar to traffic of being president
'Cause i'm not the one in control
You grab a hold
I'm just a hammer helping to nail the future down
But it's getting hard making my friends leave town
But maybe i missed the nose right on my face
For what's just past it
And maybe i have the gift that everyone speaks to highly of
Funny how nobody wants it
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.:: There's A Stirring ::.
There's a stirring deep within me
Could it be my time has come
When I'll se my gracious Savior
Face to face when all is done
Is that His voice I am hearing
Come away my precious one
Is He calling me?
Is He calling me?
I will rise up
Rise up
And bow down
And lay my crown
at His wounded feet
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.:: Where I Began ::.
The grass looked greener on the other side
So I tried to, snatch myself from your hand
Caught a boat to anywhere but Nineveh
And, well, you know, I got spit back on dry land.
Give me purity and give me continence
But oh no, not yet
Like a coin hiding in the corner
Trying not to be swept
I was trying not to be swept.
Kicking against these goads
Sure did cut up my feet
And didn't your hands get bloody
As you washed them clean.
Here I am again, back where I began
Try as I may I can't get away from you
And all these roads that lead me to roam,
Bring me back home.
Here I am again, back where I began.
So you have yourself your ninety nine
Isn't that enough for you
Still you followed me to the shadowed valley
Carried me on your shoulders too.
I've done the work of Sisyphus
Thinking that I could get over this hill
But the one thing I can't get over now...(is the)
Is the force of your will.
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