David Martin
Ephesians 2:14-17
I get weary, life gets downright hard
In this world we're all stuck to the ground reaching for the
stars
When the mountain's high
And the road runs long
And the sun seems it won't shine
You keep holding on with a love so strong
You keep...
Chorus
Tearin' down the walls between us
Building up the love
You keep on tearin' down the walls between us
Never giving up
I keep thinking things might turn around
And the dreams we dream will find their wings and leave the
ground
But they all fall down
Never make a sound
And I want to run and hide
But You keep holding on with a love so strong
Chorus
When the mountain's high
And the road is long
And the sun seems it won't shine
You keep holding on with a love so strong
Steven Van Zandt/Maria McKee
I John 4:7-10
Well I was minding my business like a good boy should
A little too careful for my own good
It was just like living life in the dark
But then something jumped up and it grabbed my heart
Chorus
And I found love
I found love
I found real love
I found love
The beginning and end of every wish
Is balanced in the center of a vision like this
Maybe my emotions are inclined
To surrender to the notion of a glorious kind
Chorus
On touch, souls speak
The power's go me and it won't let me be
It's too much, this heat
I want to laugh, cry, jump for joy, shout and scream
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
At the end of every tunnel there's a shining light
In the eye of every storm there's a quiet night
My joy was hidden in my dreams
I didn't know that it was there until You set me free
I've got a story to tell
And I am learning
You've got a story as well
Flowing through us making us who we are
And just like a river that runs
The story of Jesus comes
Into our hearts so that we can know
A love so great it will overflow
Let the river run wild and free
The river of your love for me
Fill my heart and my soul till I overflow
This is a time to be real
This is a time for courage
Time for going deeper still
For letting go into His will
Let the river run wild and free
The river of your love for me
Fill my heart and my soul till I overflow
Overflow let me overflow
Fill my heart and my soul
I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love
Along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
I wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to You
That every long lost dream
Led me to where You are
Others who broke my heart
They were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way
Into Your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to You
I think about the years I spent just passing through
I'd like to have them back again
And give them all to You
But You just smile and take my hand
You've been there and You understand
It's all part of a grander plan
That is coming true
That every long lost dream
Led me to where You are
Others who broke my heart
They were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way
Into You loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to You
Now I keep rolling on into You loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
Geoff Moore/Dale Oliver
I Timothy 6:17-19
This was a land of glory, a land of the free
A land of unmatched liberty
We are a land obsessed with more than we need
And we label our excess as God's blessing
Our castles stand high on the hills
And we used our share and their shares to build
While the needy wait in the valleys below
Lost in the dark of the hills' shadow
Chorus
Oh, oh, fortunate ones
Out of our excess, so much could be done
Oh, oh, fortunate ones
From the Father to fathers, from the fathers to sons
Take it down and pass it on, oh, fortunate ones
And now these two roads I see
The road of my wants, the road of my needs
Lord, shake this dust of greed from my feet
Till I see Your face in the least of these
The time has come to make a stand
As we fall on our knees, Lord heal our land
Geoff Moore/Dale Oliver
John 3:8/I Corinthians 3:11
Dust devils dancin' across the Alabama hillside
That storm was brewing out on the Dixie skyline
The sky grew black as coal in the middle of the day
My great-granddaddy watched as his house was blown away
Chorus
Winds of change came calling
Hit them without warning
The foundation was all that remained
Everything else was carried away
I was in the Windy City, Good Friday 1982
We were sittin' pretty, cooking steaks on the barbecue
Two thousand miles of telephone wire brought word of the tragedy
My daddy's heart lay silent now
He had been taken, taken from me
He was carried away
Chorus
Winds of change come calling
Hit us without warning
Let all we need be all that remains
Let everything else be...carried away
Winds of change come calling
Hit us without warning
Let our foundation be all that remains
When the music fades into the past,
When the days of life are through,
What will be remembered of where I've come?
When all is said and done?
Will they say I loved my family?
That I was a faithful friend?
That I lived to tell of God's own son?
When all is said and done.
Of how I long to see the hour,
When I would hear that trumpet sound.
So I could rise and see my Savior's face,
And see him smile,
And say 'Well done.'
You can forget my name
And the songs I've sung,
Every rhyme and every tune.
But remember the truth of Jesus' love,
When all is said and done
I could make a promise to you,
But that would be too easy to do.
You see I've made them before,
And broken them and they're no good anymore.
So I'll dig a little bit deeper,
Give you something you can keep
I will make a vow to you,
And it will never change no matter what I do.
Right here, right now,
In the midst of the crowd,
I stand alone and make my vow.
Whatever it takes I will be faithful
This is my vow.
As the words fall from my lips,
We both know the life I live,
How I stumble and fall,
How many times I land short of the call.
I will confess my inadequacy,
Throw myself into the mystery.
That somehow in the deoth of your love,
You will help me do what I'm not capable of.
Right here, right now,
In the midst of the crowd,
I stand alone and make my vow.
Whatever it takes I will be faithful.
Right here, right now,
Let there be no doubt.
Let every whisper, with every shout,
Let the whole world know I will be faithful,
Geoff Moore/Steven Curtis Chapman
Romans 12:1-2
Here I am again made to play the fool by the old man
Too many should have beens. If I could only do it over and over
again
Sometimes in my heart of hearts
I wonder where is the good in me
The way I cling to my humanity
Oh, help me to see
Chorus
It's the part of You in me, it's all I ever need
Is the heart of You in me
Jesus take this selfish heart away
With all that I don't need
And leave the heart of You in me
Only the part of You
Here I stand again with a heart that's ready to be broken
I'm such a fallen man who wants the part of You to be all, all
that I am
Deep down in my heart of hearts
My only prayer will be
That this man of pride is emptied
Until there's room for only...
I want the People to know That He saved my soul,
But I still like to listen to the radio, They say Rock 'n Roll is wrong,
They'll give me one more chance. I feel so good I want to get up & dance.
I know what's right, I know what's wrong, I don't confuse it.
All I'm really trying to say Is, Why should the devil have all the good
Music?
I've been filled, I feel okay,
Jesus is the rock and He rolled my blues
Away.
They say to cut my hair, they're driving me insane. I grew it out long to
Make room for my brain.
But sometimes people don't understand, What's a good boy doining in a Rock n' Roll band.
There's nothing wrong with playing the blues licks, If you've got a
Reason , I want to hear it.
Why should the Devil Have all the Good Music?
I've been filled, I feel okay, Jesus is the rock and He rolled my blues
Away.
I ain't knockin' the hyms, just give me a song that has a beat,
I ain't knockin' the hyms, just give me a song that moves my feet,
I don't like any of them funeral marches, I ain't dead yet.
All I wanna, I wanna, I wanna say,
Why should the devil have all the good Music?
All I wanna, I wanna, I wanna say,
Why should the devil have all the good Music?
All I wanna, I wanna, I wanna say,
Why should the devil have all the good Music?
All I wanna, I wanna, I wanna say,
Why should the devil have all the good Music?
Jesus told the truth and Jesus showed the way,
There's one more thing I'd like to say.
They Nailed Him to the cross, they laid Him in the ground,
Should of known you can't keep Jesus Christ down.
I feel good everyday, I don't want to lose it.
Al I wanna,I wanna, one more time now,
Why should the devil have all the Good music?
I've been filled, I feel okay, Jesus is the rock, He rolled my blues,
When I get where I'm going
On the far side of the sky
The first thing that I'm gonna do
Is spread my wings and fly
I'm gonna land beside a lion
And run my fingers through his mane
Or I might find out what it's like
To ride a drop of rain
[Chorus:]
Yeah, when I get where I'm going
There'll be only happy Tears
I will shed the sins and struggles
I have carried all these years
And I'll leave my heart wide open
I will love and have no fear
Yeah, when I get where I'm going
Don't cry for me down here
I'm gonna walk with my granddaddy
And he'll match me step for step
And I'll tell him how I've missed him
Every minute since he left
So much pain and so much darkness
This world we stumble through
All these questions I can't answer
So much work to do
But when I get where I'm going
And I see my maker's face
I'll stand forever in the light
Billy Smiley/Dave Perkins
Revelation 6:12
Questions rise on an autumn night
As I make my escape from a noisy life
I walk through the park with a world of care
What's gone wrong, how did I get here
Then a whispering wind said lift your eyes
As a scarlet moon hung low in the sky
Truth comes home in the strangest ways
And hope returns like You will some day
I will lift my eyes
Come on lift me higher
Come on lift me higher
Chorus
When I see the red moon rise
When I see the red moon rise
Like a promise You're coming back to these skies
When I see the red moon rise
Crowded streets in a cross-town car
The things of which my mornings are
But my heart is high like the moon last night
And it makes me feel I can win this fight
Oh, my heart is high
Come on take me higher
Come on take me higher
Chorus
Promises here will fade away
Our best intentions be mislaid
But the hope of the cross and the empty grave
Will carry me through until that day
(Verse one)
I am high above the timberline
Where the sky and mountains meet
Up where the air is very thin
Somehow it's easier to breathe
Like the wind in the canyon echoing
The spirit is calling me whispering
(Chorus)
Out here
In the wild and the wonder
Where the lightning and the thunder
Serve a great awakening
Out here
Where the one who did the making
Is still in me creating
A place where I am free
I can hear
I can breathe
I believe
Out here
(Verse two)
I am knee deep in the caos
Of another crazy day
Its me and all the other rats
Just trying to stay in the race
I close my eyes and I try listening
And I find the spirit is still calling me
(Chorus 2x)
Out here
In the wild and the wonder
Where the lightnig and the thunder
Serve a great awakening
Out here
Where the one who did the making
Is still in me creating
A place where I am free
I can hear
I can breathe
I believe
Geoff Moore/David Martin/Dale Oliver
Matthew 5:14-16
Chorus
One candle burning bright
Two candles bring a little more light
All together we can light up the night
But it starts with one candle
Just on candle
No man is an island unto himself
We all need a little help
More and more darkness is falling down
It's time we find our common ground
Standing together as one
We can shine as bright, bright as the morning sun
Bright as the morning sun
Chorus
There's strength in numbers led by His hand
From wilderness to promise land
We'll find our way with hearts on fire
And feed the flame a little higher
A shoulder to lean on to
You call on me and I'm gonna call on you
Together we'll make it through
Chorus
It starts with on candle
Then there's two candles
Somebody bring me three candles
Look at all these candles
We're gonna light, light up this world
It starts with on candle
Then there's two candles
Somebody bring me three candles
Look at all these candles
We're gonna light this darkened world tonight
Thomas Jefferson Washington
Is only eight years old
He lives with his mother
In an old abandoned car they call home
Since his daddy has been gone
From the windy city skyline
It's easy to look down
On the miracle mile
That might as well be a million miles
From Tommy's side of town
And there are far away places
That I would like to think
Keep all the world's suffering
At a safe arm's length
But I can't keep pretending
When I only have to look as far
As my own back yard
Tonight a little girl named Jesse
Will find it hard to sleep
On a desert reservation
Without the American dream
And without enough to eat
Sometimes you will find her
Staring at the sky
Wondering why so many things
Have to be so hard in her life
And Jesse starts to cry
And there are far away places
That I would like to think
Keep all the world's suffering
At a safe arm's length
But I can't keep pretending
When I only have to look as far
As my own back yard
I will sing of compassion
I will sing of charity
I will sing to remember
That in the very least of these
Geoff Moore/Steven Curtis Chapman
Psalm 103/Jeremiah 31:34
Can you hear me broken hearted
All you prisoners of your past
Come and find your freedom at last
There is mercy for the memories
That hold you in your pain
Come and stand in the cleansing
Of forgiving rain
Chorus
For as far as the eastern sky is to the west
And as deep as the ocean's deepest depths
Your sin has been carried by a God who forgives and forgets
Come find mercy for the memories and rest
All you hiding in the shadows
Of innocence you've lost
Come and find your healing
In the shadow of the cross
How do you explain, how do you describe
A love that goes from east to west
And runs ad deep as it is wide
You know all our hopes, You know all our fears
Words cannot express the love we feel
But we long for you to hear
Chorus
So listen to our hearts, and hear our spirits sing
A song of praise that flows
From those you have redeemed
We will use the words we know
To tell you what an awesome God You are
Words are not enough to tell You of our love
So listen to our hearts
If words could fall like rain
From these lips of mine
And if I had a thousand years
I would still run out of time
So if you listen to my heart
Every beat would say
Thank you for the life, thank you for the truth
Thank you for the way
Chorus
I'm Free, I'm Free
I'm Free, I'm Free
And Freedom Tastes Of Reality
I'm Free, I'm Free
And I'm Waiting For You To Follow Me
Verse One
If I Told You What It Takes
To Reach The Highest High
You'd Laugh And Say
"Nothing's That Simple"
But You've Been Told Many Times Before
Messiah's Pointing To The Door
And No One's Had The Guts To Leave The Temple
Chorus
I'm Free, I'm Free
And Freedom Tastes Of Reality
And I'm Waiting For You To Follow Me
Bridge
He Who The Son Sets Free
Is Free Indeed
He Who The Son Sets Free
Is Free
Chorus
I'm Free, I'm Free
I'm Free, I'm Free
And Freedom Tastes Of Reality
And I'm Waiting For You To Follow Me.
How Can We Follow?
Geoff Moore/Dale Oliver
Luke 9:24-25 & 16:13
Well, little Jimmie Thomas was the boy of every mother's dreams
His yearbook read, "I want it all, I want to do everything"
We now, people love it when winners lead
So they voted Jimmie "the most likely to succeed"
Chorus
Hey Jimmie, hey Jimmie, oh, you make us proud
And Jimmie, say Jimmie, you're the man of the hour
With Jimmie, with Jimmie, we rise and we fall
Little Jimmie Thomas you're the best in us all
Well, Jimmie grew to be a man of wealth, fortune and fame
You know the kind of man that people love to say they know and to
call by
his first name
He says there's only one on which you can rely
And I see him in the mirror every morning and every night
Chorus
Out on a lonely country road on a late November night
Jimmie held 44 reasons to give up on his life
There was an old abandoned church stood just across the road
With a little faded sign that wave to and fro, to and fro
What does it profit a man to gain this world
Profit a man to gain this whole world
Profit a man to gain this world, but to lose his very soul
Hey Jimmie, hey Jimmie, oh, you make us proud
But Jimmie, say Jimmie, what's happened to you now
With Jimmie, with Jimmie, we rise and we fall
Geoff Moore/David Martin
Matthew 7:24-27
And I will build my house upon a strong foundation
And I will set my foot upon the solid rock
And though the storms they blow sometimes
The Lord is by my side
Chorus
The Lord is my, my foundation
He is my, my foundation
And I will build upon this One the world rejected
And I will make His perfect love my cornerstone
And though the river's running high
I will stand against the tide
Chorus
Look deep in my heart to this man that I am
Help me to see all I've built upon sand
Then let your wind blow through the big and the small
And let them fall, let it all fall
Glen Burtnick/Jack Ponti
Matthew 10:38-39/Psalm 23
And when the daylight dies
You'll still be there when I close my eyes
And I'll follow, follow You
I walk into the midnight blue
You light a torch and it cuts right through
And I'll follow, follow You
I see You on the boulevard like a movie star on the cover
And my heart beats like a drummer
Chorus
If I lose my way tonight
I know it's gonna be alright
'Cause I'll follow, follow You
I'll follow You
If I ever fall behind
You'll be right there to show me a sign
I can follow, follow You
If you go away that's where I'll be
A world without You is no place, no place for me
I'm gonna follow You
When I think of You and the things You say
What You choose to keep and what You throw away
I hear Your voice and I won't be afraid
Chorus
They say that I'm a fool to put my trust in You
But don't you know my faith is all I have
I think of You and the things You say
What You choose to keep and what You throw away
I hear Your voice and I am not afraid
It's a beautiful sound
The heart of a proud man breaking
The cry of a sinner seeking truth
The beat that your heart is making
The moment that true love crashes through
It's a beautiful sound
When the walls come crashing down
And the chains fall to the ground
And the song we sing
Is the song of valley deep
Of the lost tomorrow found
It's a beautiful sound
The hope that a dreamer whispers
The life in the laughter of a child
The silence that all inspires
In the shadow of love that's strong and wild
It's a beautiful sound
It's a beautiful sound
When the walls come crashing down
And the chains fall to the ground
And the song we sing
Is the song of valley deep
Of the lost tomorrow found
It's a beautiful sound
And it's a beautiful sound
When the walls come crashing down
And the chains fall to the ground
And the song we sing
Is a song of valley deep
Of the lost tomorrow found
And it's a beautiful sound
It's a beautiful sound
It's a beautiful sound
To let freedom reign
In the hearts of valley deep
Of the lost tomorrow found
Yeah, it's a beautiful sound
The heart of a proud man breaking
The moment for true love crashes through
