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LOVESPEAK

I can preach at you 'til I'm blue in the face
Judge you to death and put you in your place
I can feed your body, yeah, share the wealth
And still lose my soul to the fires of Hell

Love speak

You can speak it with blood, speak it with sweet
Not so easily done, much more easily said
Spoken by the living, spoken by the dead
Got to speak it with your heart as well as your head

Love speak

Love don't care if you slander its name
It'll burn at the stake and bless the flame
Rises from the ashes, again and again
And keeps comin' back for more of the same

Love speak

MISSION BELLS

From the still born cradle where the nations sleep
To the halls of learning where the new gods meet
No one knows the reason why the shadows swell
But the distant ringing of the mission bells

There is no Heaven and there is no Hell
But they still keep ringin' up the mission bells
Dead men have no tales to tell
But they still keep ringin' up the mission bells

The bland lead the bland in a pale new world
Where dreams and democracy are now unfurled
On the lips of infallacy a peace proclaimed
Breath of revolution without change

There is no Heaven...

Hear the words of the prophets, see the men on stilts
As they bow to the effigies that they have built
Once faith was a virtue, now its use denied
And the bones bleach white under western skies

There is no Heaven...

There is no Heaven and there is no Hell
But they still keep ringin' up the mission bells
We were there the day the red god fell
But they still keep ringin' up the mission bells

COMATOSE

Flyin down the highway fast lane throw away
Thought she had an inn there she's a stowaway

Comatose emotion overdose
She's comatose dead on 'er feet victim of sin
Comatose emotional od trapped in machinery
Comatose wanna get out wanna get in

Been loved to lied to been a bride to a death wish
Picked up thrown down used abused and not even missed
Burned out turned out lookin' for a handout no use
Streetwise paid the price never enough nothin' to lose

Comatose emotion overdose the girls
Comatose dead on 'er feet needin' release
Comatose emotional od lost in misery
Comatose gotta get out gotta get in

Hair trigger reflex heart full of defects
Everybody knows she's the number one suspect
Can't face facts needs a way back
No doubt girls all out of whack

Girls on a free ride to an open grave
Head on the handrail feet can't reach the brake
Somethin' gotta come down gotta change now
Gotta break break through somehow

DEATH MACHINE

The natives dance to poison drums
Gentle sway to funeral drugs
Machines drone, the cannibal's feast
The healers snap their oily teeth

The vials reek with foundry waste
Black blood bleeds corrupted grace
The coward sleeps, the pagan sighs, and angels take the form of flies

The coward sleeps, the pagan sighs
Angels take the form of flies
The morals washed, the conscience cleaned
All praise to the death machine

The gods create, the inventor's paid
Hemlock surges through our veins
Morals washed, conscience cleaned
All praise to the death machine

PLAYERS

She left me strangely, not lingering like before
Her face sad, but sure; I stopped her at the door
Made some empty promises she's heard too many times
I tried a little sweet talk, to cover lover's crimes

She said, "How do you love, when no one loves in return?
If love is a teacher, why's it so hard to learn?
Tell me, is it better to marry than to burn?
Are we just players, players in the game?"

I remember kissing fingers wrapped in her hair
In that rush of emotion, did I ever really care?
And as I saw her silhouette fading down the hall, I begged for love's mercy, talking to the wall

Saying, "How do you love, when no one loves in return?
If love is a teacher, why's it so hard to learn?
Tell me, is it better to marry than to burn?
Are we just players, players in the game?"

When I was a child, trying to prove I was a man, I cam upon a woman who told me who I am
Sometimes you play the part so well, you even fool yourself
I need a different kind of love, from somewhere else

True love knows to love when no one loves in return
Love is the teacher, and I got a lot to learn
Passion takes its prisoners; got to break before I burn
Can't be playing, playing loving games

LINCOLN'S TRAIN

Passing through these ruins
Mr. Lincoln's train going by, spilling smoke into these bloody fields
All the people stood and cried

Our tears are the same colour; we can all hold hands and mourn
But me, I'm still asking myself why I'm not any freer than I was before

Mr. Lincoln, are you free now?
Was it worth what it finally cost?
If I had something to believe in, oh, I could bear this endless cross

I got no home, they sold my family
I got no job, ain't got no vote
Them books, they're all mysteries to me
Can't read or write - I got no hope

The train, it just keeps rolling, cold as steel and dark as night
It don't give me no answers, no, no
It don't pay me no mind

And the scenery just keeps changing, but these folks, they just stay the same
Same old fearful eyes are staring, asking me to take the blame for their shame, for their shame

HOTFOOTIN'

Summertime daze through blister street haze
Wing-tipping, fleet-footing, side-stepping
Ya gimme all your bad talk, boot-pumping
Brass button shucking and guffin'
Street corner preach to gum pop jive turkey
Trotting past that Main Street peep show
Banana-boat Buick blaring stereo can't drown out where he is saying

Jeremiah, just keep wailing to every junkyard hound
As long as he's got feet, he'll be hotfootin' around

Sidewalk stomping, quit your cussing
This is a bee-bopping, kazoo honking, Salvation Army one man band, hammering guitar in his hand
Look at that dude with the silver boom box and the bad, red baseball cap; he wears it just so
He'll take your Seiko and sell it back to you, just like that

Jeremiah, just keep wailing to every junkyard hound
As long as he's got feet, he'll be hotfootin' around
Jeremiah, just keep wailing to every junkyard hound
As long as he's got feet, he'll be hotfootin' around

"Brothers and sisters," he tells then, "This broad way ain't the way to Heaven
You're so busy dying, you forget you can be born again,"
"Hey, street preacher, let us be," - he don't pay 'em no mind
In front of the bail and bond, down any heel-romping mean street
Dude, you can't keep hustling God, no can do
That smells about as sweet as rose tattoo

LITTLE JEANIE

Little Jeanie twelve years old
Old enough to know it's Christmas in hells kitchen
And Jeanie's pushin' snow
Miss Candy runs the family business
Jeanie calls her mom
Jeanie's got a beeper and the little light is on
Jeanie's in the subway sellin' rock tonite
Cop sees the vial in her hand can't believe his eyes
He asks her where's your momma, has she lost her mind
Jeanie doesn't answer, Miss Candy's doin' time

Crack, crack, break my back
I'm all wired for a heart attack
Pass the poison down the line
Generation genocide

Meanwhile at the station they guard the gates of hell
Spiritual abortion sitting in a cell
Caseworker in the morning files this life away
God if you're up there show your face

Crack, crack, break your back
She's all wired for a heart attack
Pass the poison down the line
Generation genocide

Crack, crack, this is a fact momma's gonna pay
For the love she lacked if nobody bleeds
And takes up the slack
How's little Jeanie gonna ever get back
How's little Jeanie gonna ever get back

FOOTPRINTS

Did I ever know you? - That's the saddest thing of all
In my mind I'm holding you
Been a long time since the fall
I can't embrace a memory, I couldn't even say goodbye
Only left me with one question, and that's: why?

There were footprints in the snow
You'd come 'round late at night
You knew the door was always open, but you never came inside
Now I'm standing by a cold, grey stone, all alone like you
Don't tell me love's a mystery
I'm feeling so confused, so confused

You told me 'bout a heart of stone, said you could throw it through these pains
Hoping to be rescued, still a prisoner of your shame
You said bleeding was so easy, but to ever take the blame was like swallowing hot coals and spitting...spitting out the flames
Tried to show my love for you - now it's just too late?
Why did you...why did you have to make the last mistake?
The last mistake

PAUPER'S GRAVE

Bury us deep, where silence dwells
We don't wanna know, we don't wanna tell
The cancer of injustice swells
Bury us deep within ourselves

Bury us deep and let us lie
With idle hands, with idle minds, under the slopes of compromise
Bury us deep, while still alive

Bury us deep into the frost; blissfully numb, blissfully lost
Embracing issues without cost
Bury us deep, without a cross

Bury us deep, let us lie
With idle hands and idle minds, under the slopes of compromise
Bury us deep, while still alive

"Bury us deep," this we pray, in our deceit, in our decay
Let no grave robber come this way
Bury us deep from the light of day

Bury us deep and let us lie
With idle hands and idle minds, under the slopes of compromise
Bury us deep, while still alive

IN MY ROOM

I heard crying in the broken night
Felt tears, tasted just like mine
Seems like all we ever do is fight
They call it family, but I think they're lying

In my room with the curtains drawn
In my room with my music on
In my room, 'til this night bleeds into day

I slam the door, I shut them out
They don't even know what I'm about
Sometimes I talk to my bedroom walls
Sometimes I don't fell like talking at all

In my room I can hide away
In my room I can have my say
In my room, where I'm waiting on the day

Lord, bring the day

In my room with the curtains drawn
In my room with my music on
In my room, 'til this night bleeds into day

Lord, bring the day

SOMEBODY TO LOVE

When the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies...

Don't you want somebody to love?
Don't you need somebody to love?
Wouldn't you love somebody to love?
You gotta find somebody to love, love

When the garden flowers, oh baby, are dead
Yes, and your mind, your mind is so full of dread

Don't you want somebody to love?
Don't you need somebody to love?
Wouldn't you love somebody to love?
You better find somebody to love

Your eyes, I say your eyes, they look like years, yes
But in your head, baby, I'm afraid you don't know where it is

Don't you want somebody to love?
Don't you need somebody to love?
Wouldn't you love somebody to love?
You better find somebody to love

Tears are running all around, and down your dress
And your friends, baby, they treat you like a guest

All music by Roy Montroy and REZ
All songs arranged by REZ
Lyric credits:
Hotfootin' by Arlene Maass (adaptation by REZ)
Mission Bells, Death Machine, Pauper's Grave by Jace Severs
Lovespeak, Lincoln's Train, Comatose, Little Jeanie, Footprints by Dave Canfield
Players by Jon Trott
In My Room by Glenn Kaiser
All songs ©1991 Grrr Music (ASCAP)
Somebody to Love ©1967 (BMI) Darby Slick Irving Music Company

Lyrics coming soon!

Resurrection (REZ) Band
Between Heaven 'n Hell
1985

THE MAIN EVENT
Words by Glenn Kaiser. Music by Glenn Kaiser and Roy Montroy

Step right, step left, ladies and gents
Step right up for the main event
Check your fantasies, hearts of stone
Turn up the volume, take it on home

The power is on
The power is on tonight...

You better get ready and you better get set
The truth is you ain't heard nothin' yet
This is just a shadow of the things to come
This is like a spark standin' next to the sun

The power is on
The power is on tonight...

Open your eyes to the One Who rose
Open your ears to the Holy Ghost
Watch your step, He meant what He said
Step right up for the main event

The power is on
The power is on tonight...

LOVE COMES DOWN
Words and music by Glenn Kaiser

He said that He had your number
You cut the telephone line
You say you needed a reason
He said "There ain't much time"
You kept tryin' to avoid it
He kept knockin' on the door
In a flash it was over
You were a prisoner of war

But when you loose, you win
That's the way it is
That's where the love comes down

She was playin' in traffic an' you were scopin' her out
She was so much elastic, someone had strung her out
Until the fire had reached her, that's when the lights came on
That's when she got off her habit, that's when you took her on home

You can't beat the heat
He's red hot on your trail
He's the love enforcer an' He's paid your bail
It's much more than emotion, It's not just in your head
You gotta die to get life an' you'd be better off dead

ZUID AFRIKAN
Words and music by Glenn Kaiser

You cannot ban Me
The walls and bars, they cannot hold me in
I am no prisoner, not to your policies, your prejudice, your sin
You cannot silence me; there are no respect for persons in my eyes
But I tell you this: if you live by the sword, by the sword you shall die

Lion, lion, you lay down with the lamb
Or you'll lie on, lie on, and the end will be at hand

You sow mercy, then mercy you shall reap
You sow pain, then pain you will receive
In the rubble of shanties in your land, South African

You look for justice, then you will seek for Me
To know compassion you must know My Name
For forgiveness, you must face your shame
Die to live again

You sow mercy, then mercy you shall reap
You sow love, then love you shall receive
Fear me the greatest, for I fear no man
South African

WALK ON
Words by Glenn and Wendi Kaiser. Music by Glenn Kaiser and Tom Cameron

When you see a blind man
Don't walk on by
When you see a lame man
Don't walk on by
When you see a drunkard
Don't walk on
When you see a victim
Don't victimize

We got to reach out
Come out of the night
Hear the world cry
Be the people of light
The people of light

We can feel the pain of a hungry child
We can see despair in a mother's eyes
We can you see the refugees on the nightly news
From the comfort of our couches and our padded pews

He is the hungry - don't walk on by
He is the thirsty - don't walk on by
He is the stranger - don't walk on
He is the naked
You can't walk on by
He is the wounded
Don't walk on
He is the prisoner
Don't walk on by
He is the least of these
Don't walk on
He is the least of these
Don't you walk on by

TALK TO ME
Words by Glenn Kaiser, Jim Denton, and Jon Trott. Music by Jim Denton

I'm a house without a window, I'm a room without a door
I'm a fortress broken into, I'm a city without walls
I'm a ship without an anchor, a fire without a flame
I'm a universal person, I'm a face without a name

Why don't you talk to me?...

I'm a dance without a rhythm, I'm a poet without a rhyme
I'm a comedy gone sour, I'm a memory lost in time
A book without a binding, salt you cannot taste
I'm a universal person, my identity erased

Why don't you talk to me?...

Emotion without action, my heart held tight by fear
My mind is split in half, I have ears that will not hear
One thing I know is true; this, I know as a fact
The closer that I get to You, Your voice will start coming back

I want to talk to You...

I THINK YOU KNOW
Words and music by Glenn Kaiser

You used to think you were okay, but now you know it wasn't true
You had the world by the tail, now what you gonna do?
You rolled the dice and played to win
How will you solve the fix you're in?

I think you know there's something else
I think you know there's Someone else

She was the heart you tore apart with all your selfishness and greed
He stands between you now, so will you stay or will you leave?
What could've changed her overnight?
She walks in such a different light

I think you know there's something else
I think you know there's Someone else

There's nothing left but ashes where there was once a stolen kiss
But what the Saviour offers, you can't afford to say no, you can't afford to miss
The light is shining in your eyes, now let Him come and live inside

SHADOWS
Words by Glenn and Wendi Kaiser and Jon Trott. Music by Glenn Kaiser

In the words of his mama, "He was my only son"
In the words of his sister, "He was on the run"
In the words of his girl, "How could it end this way?"
In the words of his daddy, "Well he never had much to say"

Goodbye Kathy and goodbye Mom, there's voices in my head
Angel dust and tortured dreams say I'd be better dead

You, you chased the shadows because your hopes
And dreams have been lost to the night

Hey, Billy, did you hear the news?
Johnny's gone for good
They say his mama's all broke up
They found him in the woods
Kathy just couldn't understand
Sheriff, he just looked tired
Some will play and some will pay
And Johnny played with fire

Johnny's dead and buried now out on the edge of town
Drove by his grave the other day, that's when the fear came down
I hate the night that took his life, but now it's haunting me
I may be young, may be confused but I gotta be free

God, are You there, can You hear me now?
Show me how to hope
Lost in the dark on a dead end road, please save me from myself

Lord, You, You took the shadows
All my fears and doubt and brought me out of the night
Lord, You , You take the shadows
Give me hope and love and turn my darkness to light

SAVE ME FROM MYSELF
Words and music by Jim Denton

Give me something that's real
Tell me it won't break
Give me something that lasts
Tell me it's not fake

Do you know someone, possibly
Who can be very true to me?
Someone who's not fake?

Someone who could save me from myself, myself
Someone who could give me some answers

Our world's turning around
You can be lonely in the middle of a crowd
People jumping out of their skins
Waiting for something that will never begin

Do you know someone, possibly
Who would be quite true to me?
Someone who's not fake?

Someone who could save me from myself, myself
Someone who could give me one answer

Just one answer
I think I know, I think I know

Give me something that's real
Tell me it won't break
Give me something that lasts
Tell me it's not fake
It's not fake...

NERVOUS WORLD
Words by Glenn and Wendi Kaiser. Music by Glenn Kaiser

Why worry about tomorrow?
Let the good times roll
Big deal if you reap what you sow
Why hurry through today if you think it don't matter
And you really don't care where you go?

Hey you - you can't take it with you
Yeah, you - you gotta get it right now

It's a nervous, nervous world

Why worry?
Let the world eat cake
Why hurry?
Live for pleasure's sake
Don't think, or we may come unglued
Just drink 'til the good Earth's nuked

It's a nervous, nervous world
Is it any wonder why we crash and burn?
It's a nervous, nervous, nervous world
When will we ever learn?

And they wind you up 'til the mainspring breaks
And the tension beats like a drum
So you bounce right back for another go 'round
Along the road to hell they're on
Don't think, or you may come unglued
Party 'til the Earth is nuked

It's a nervous, nervous world
Everywhere we see the rise and fall of man
It's a nervous, nervous, nervous world 'til He comes again

2,000
Words by Glenn Kaiser and Jon Trott. Music by Roy Montroy

In the year 2000
Will we still have minds
Will our hearts be stone cold
And who drew the blinds?
Will the frozen tundra
Reflect blue light
In the faces and the passages
Of modern night

And who lit the flame
Who moved the stone
Who promised grace
In the face of Rome
Life in a word
Is the Master of time
By the year 2000
His star may shine

In the neon's flashing
Will we be machines
Will we push the button
Erasing conscience clean
Will the jagged mountains
Fall down to dust
Consume the weapons
Of human lust

Where will you go
What will you do
When your life comes crashing
Down on you
You slam the door
You lock your heart
How will you face
The endless dark

And who lit the flame
Who moved the stone
By the year 2000
May his love being known

Lyrics coming soon!

Resurrection (REZ) Band
Mommy Don't Love Daddy Anymore
1981

STARK/SPARE

Stark, spare, and barely there
The ghetto moves beyond the knowledge or even consideration of the upper-middle riddles that just don't care

Stark, spare
And tell me, who cares?
They're stark, spare
And tell me, who cares?

Slumming ain't the answer to the cancer, poverty, that so many of the poor slipped into degree
Jesus walked among them, pausing to refresh, finally giving to the point of blood to share their emptiness
Mark and Teresa, Godspeed to you
Suffering in love when you don't have too
And, God, have mercy on the rest of us too, 'cause when we shut out the poor, Lord, we're shutting out you

Stark, spare
And tell me, who cares?
They're stark, spare
And tell me, who cares?

And Jesus walked among them, pausing to refresh, finally giving to the point of blood to share their emptiness
And we must walk among them, for we can do no less than what the saviour taught us by his life and by his death
For the truth is on our tables, the crumbs on our floors
We must give while we are able
Both Lazarus and our judge are at the door

ELEVATOR MUSIC

Who needs rock and roll?
Who needs songs about saving your soul?
Plastic music, plastic food
Cellophane tunes for that synthetic mood
You got your inspiration from a vending machine
It's an audio starvation diet
Mannequins on a shopping spree
Who cares if you like it? - Buy it

It's everywhere I go, (go, go, go, go)
It programs my soul
It tells me what I need
Oh, it takes a mean lead, lead

Elevator music, (a capital idea)
Elevator music, (programmed just for you)
Elevating sales at the speed of sound
Soon you'll be shopping in Sen-Surround

Controlling your wallet, coaxing your soul
The corporate big brother - it's an overload
Get off that conveyor, that treadmill of persuasion
Jesus brings the light into every situation

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Elevator music, (it's a capital idea)
Elevator music, (programmed just for you)
Buy, buy, sell, sell, ee-ee-ow

Elevator music - it's a failure in heaven
Elevator music - it's a subtle kind of leaven
What this world needs is music that feeds
Not elevator music
Not elevator music
Dump all that elevator music
Get rid of elevator music

ALIENATED

I like you name, I like your face
Are you a charter member of the human race?
Are you ever frustrated by the things you see?
Does it make you sad or upset, like me?

Alienated from this world; talked about but politely neglected
You're alienated from this world, and I'm beginning to understand

With love in your eyes, you confront the lies, the double standards, and the party ties
My one affiliation is with your name; to share your kingdom and to share your shame

Lord, you are alienated from this world; talked about but politely neglected
You're alienated from this world, and I'm beginning to understand
Alienated from this world; talked about but politely neglected
You're alienated from this world, and I'm beginning to understand

I have chosen the narrow road
Lord, you gave me such an easy load
I look at your cross, and I see your love

Lord, you're alienated from this world; talked about but politely neglected
You're alienated from this world, and I'm beginning to understand
Alienated from this world; talked about but politely neglected
You're alienated from this world, and I'm beginning to understand

CAN'T GET YOU OUTTA MY MIND

I heard Your song on the radio
It stole my heart and it won't let go
I'm telling You it was so unreal
You know exactly how I feel

It said that You were the Only One
Who understood where I was coming from
You put me together and You tore me apart
You told me the truth about my broken heart

And, I can't (I can't)
Get You outta my
I can't (I can't)
Get You outta my
I can't (I can't)
Get You outta my mind

All of my friends say I'm going mad
I guess I thought they might understand
But nothing I do, and nothing I say
Can make Your melody go away

I sat there on my sinking ship
I wrung my hands and I bit my lip
Staring at my shoes and my ball and chain
While on and on your music played

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The news is spreading all over town
You tore all of my road blocks down
I can hardly eat, or hardly sleep
I'm over my head in a Love so deep

I heard what You said, You told me what can be
And then You left it up to me
But once I realized it was true
Jesus how could I let You

THE CHAIR

Paralysing facts, countless diseases
Semi-mobile, semi-useless subhuman
So many startled eyes say it: "Only an occasional ray of light...but feel free to subtract any ray of hope."

Disabled, confined, labelled and shelved
Minus limbs, minus movement, minus worth
"So sorry," they say, but they forget me
Once a year they buy themselves that right

We want understanding, not pity
We need love, not occasional headlines
We've been used, abused, and aborted for years
And I've learned not to expect respect for my tears

Regular check-ups, needles and charts
The nodding of heads and the shedding of hearts
My legs are defenceless, this chair is my cell
My food is my medicine, reality hell

Disabled, confined, labelled and shelved
"So sorry," they say, but they forget me
Once a year they buy themselves that right

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Sometimes I feel so removed
Lost in a maze of self-pity and dreams
No one regards me, I just don't belong
They don't know how to act around me
Sometimes I feel so removed
Lost in a maze of self-pity and dreams
No one regards me, I just don't belong
They don't know how to act around me

Until you came to me, Lord, I had so little to live for
'Til you came to me, Lord, I had nowhere to turn
Jesus, you alone have helped me to grow beyond my circumstance and despair
My suffering can't compare to what you took willingly
Sacrifice nowhere near what you gave on that tree
I can see though I'm blind
Loving one at a time, there is so much that I can do

Giving love and following you
Giving love and following you
I'm so glad you care
Let my love flow free on this chair

CAN'T DO IT ON MY OWN

I've tried to understand what went wrong and tried to figure out why it took so long
I've tried to go back through my past and just undo the selfishness
I've tried to turn my heart from stone into a heart of tenderness

But I can't do it
I can't do it on my own
I can't do it
I can't do it all alone
I can't do it
I can't do it on my own

Late at night, lying in my bed
I used to ask myself, "Is it you or is it me who's dead?"
Until I saw you for myself and you revealed your love to me
I never gave my heart away and love was just a mystery

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FIRST DEGREE APATHY

You sit there, don't care, twiddling your thumbs
You don't mind to waste time, contemplate the air
There's no life, it ain't right: the passive state you're in
Apathetic, yeah, pathetic - can't you see it's sin?

You're being judged, and righteously
The sentence is passed is apathy
You're being judged, and righteously
The sentence is passed: it's apathy in the first degree

Might be lost, might be found, doesn't make a difference
Sleepwalking, you're just jive talking, obviously indifferent
What'd you care if the world's gonna burn with millions going to Hell?
You might be with them, or maybe you won't...but it' sure hard to tell

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It's easy to realise most of the world has closed its eyes
Sometimes I cry for Christians to care at all
It's clear Jesus cares; wasn't passive, that's sure
In the comfort-seeking church we're all called to share the hurt

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MOMMY DON'T LOVE DADDY ANYMORE

Mommy says she don't love daddy anymore
Daddy says mommy walking out the door
Sister says she's getting married to escape
Brother says enlisting sounds just great

Me, I don't know who to believe
Me, I don't know how to maintain the world that used to be

'Cause everyone is leaving me
Everyone is leaving me
Everyone is leaving me
Everyone

When you're eight and your family's dying
When you're hurt, but too scared to cry
What on earth can you do to find release?
God, what is...what is happening to me?

'Cause, me, I don't know...I don't know who to believe
Me, I don't know how to maintain the world that used to be

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Daddy shrugs and slowly turns away
Mommy says, "God, why did it end this way?"
Can our family really die so fast?
Is love a thing...a thing that just won't last?

Me, I don't know who to believe
Me, I don't know how to receive the love that used to be

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God, please don't leave me

THE CROSSING

It was a rainy day in Amsterdam when the curtain came crashing down
It was a solo dance, finished romance - once again I played the clown
With no one there left to care, I took the boat to London
That night the channel looked to me like a friend I could lean on

Crossing the border, losing myself
Leaving a part of me behind
Crossing the border, tears in my soul
You're healing my heart and my mind

It was a foggy night on Brighton Beach, waves are writing in the sand
I walked alone beneath the haze, a broken, empty man
The dreams and castles that I'd built had all been lost at sea
The shadows played, someone prayed
Daylight finally found me

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You've been healing my mind

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Healing my heart and my mind

LITTLE CHILDREN

Dead black kids in Atlanta - when will this insanity end?
White or black, many or one; the killer poses as a friend
Fear grips the littlest children, they can hardly sleep at night
The Klan, the Nazis, and the FBI only adding to their fright

In South East Asian refugee camp, to Haiti and beyond
The suffering of these little ones screams of a world gone wrong
The selfishness, greediness, and wars have crippled and killed them
We can roll in the shame of our sinful gain, but we can't replace our children

Abort me, abuse me, rape and use me to buy your way to happiness
Swear and hit me, or just neglect me; it's only at a child's expense
What does it matter? - You'll get what you're after
But if I die before I wake, I'll be safe in the arms of my saviour
So much love for so much hate

But if I die before I wake
I'll be safe, I'll be safe
I know the Lord my soul will take

LOVIN' YOU

I love the rain, I love the autumn wind
I love the snow, I love the space I'm in
I love the cold on a winter's day
I love the truth of the things you say

Sometimes my world gets spinning like a top
No matter what the price, I just can't stop

I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you, no, no
I can't stop loving you, no matter what they say

I love the waves on a stormy sea
I love the stars, the way they shine at me
I love the moon, I see your light in it
I love your word, there's so much life in it

Sometimes I feel my world is falling down
How good to know, Lord, that I've been found

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There's nothing more that I'd like to do
Than to see your face and fly away with you
To pass those gates and enter Heaven
With my wife and all my children

Oh Lord, I know you must be coming soon
I'll stand before this world and shout, "It's true."

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©1981 Luminar Music Inc. Light Records, a division of Lexicon Music, Inc. Int'l.
Words and music by Glenn Kaiser except:
Stark/Spare - music Glenn Kaiser and Stu Heiss
Mommy Don't Love Daddy Anymore - lyrics Glenn Kaiser and Jon Trott
The Crossing - lyrics Glenn Kaiser and Jon Trott

AUTOGRAPH
Words and music by Glenn Kaiser

I said, "Sign here please," and you inscribed your name in my heart
Didn't know what I was getting into
Or what was getting into me, for that matter
A little slow to understand
Love was the word I was after, so your name kept coming to my lips
Again and again
Again and again

Now I understand he wanted the heart of the world
You're his signature, the very stamp of his soul
Spirit in the wind
Agony of the cross all told, signed in blood
Signed in blood

Forgery, it happens all the time
Your truth ain't even on their minds
Though it's written down in black and white, blood red
Jesus is up from the dead
I know that he's coming again

Your autograph touching the heart of my world
Your signature in me, the mark of your soul
Spirit in my heart
Crosses of love, my goal
I want to be clear and bold, your autograph

COLOURS
Words and music by Glenn Kaiser

In the dead of night, like the lightning bright, you'll come
Oh, in the eyes of my heart, where you silenced the dark, I know you'll come
You'll come
As the planets dance around the sun, I'll rejoice in the risen one
You are the Lord, the love of my life
I'll wait for you in the morning light

Silence stands with open hands, hushed before the king
Joy believes, and happily praises as she sings
Wonder sits in open fields, beholding all you've made
Desire seeks your colours, each and every shade

Whatever one could ask of faith, obedience will give
Together, all express the love in hearts where Jesus lives
Whatever one could ask of faith, obedience will give
Together, all express the love in hearts where Jesus lives

N.Y.C.
Words by Glenn Kaiser. Music by Glenn Kaiser and Jim Denton

Out on the curbside sat a little boy whose crying caused a story to unfold
"I've no father, I've no family, it's getting dark and getting cold
I've been left here by myself and I'm alone."

Oh, in a New York City project another victim sits
Her life is lost from being tossed down streets of trash and brick
It ain't nice in the city when it's time to turn the trick
When the fix is late, the pimp won't wait, and you know you're getting sick

No "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,"
No one to wonder who you are
We're all urchins, beggar boys, disowned

Like Jack and Jill, we've fallen down
We're bruised and battered, tarnished crowns
No water in the well to carry home

'Cause everyone's a Judas when the truth is finally told
And everyone's a lonely little child
We thought life a commodity, our friendship's bought and sold
But until we've been reborn we're all defiled

Through life we learn dishonesty and how to never cry, to harden our hearts and not show pain
We learn the art of blasphemy, to laugh in Jesus' face, though salvation comes in no other name

It's time to live in honesty, it's time we learn to cry, to soften our hearts once again
Oh, it's time we laid our burdens down embracing Jesus' love - salvation comes in no other name

HIDDEN MAN
Words and music by Glenn Kaiser

Hidden man, see-saw soul
Ricochet world, domino

On the isle of independence, in the straits of hideaway
You boomerang your vengeance through a world you choose to blame

Fire flicker, hidden man
You felt thunder from his hand
Frost and dampness on your plan
Invaded by the son of man

Healing words, breath of the Son
No use hiding, nowhere to run
Hidden man is overcome by the love and the light, and the blood of the Son

You...you know the truth when you hear it
Though sometimes you may fear it, how we need to get near it
He...he came down from the heavens to declare us forgiven
Without him, we ain't living

I...I have made my decision
I believe in the vision that the saviour has giving
Hidden man, no more shall you be hidden
In his light you are living, by his blood you're forgiven

AMAZING
Words by Glenn Kaiser. Music by Glenn Kaiser and Jim Denton

You put me up when life put me down
You took me in when sin shut me out
You called my name when I felt forgotten

It's amazing, (amazing)
It's amazing, (amazing)
It's amazing, (amazing)
Your love, it's amazing, (amazing)
It's amazing, (amazing)
It's amazing, (amazing)
Your love

In silence, I sat without and within
It's easy to lie about your hidden sin
It's hard to d-d-d-die when that's the shape you're in
Outside your love, what was I think of ?
What was I think of ?

It's amazing, (amazing)...
Your love

AMERICAN DREAM
Words by Jon Trott and Glenn Kaiser. Music by Glenn Kaiser and Jim Denton

The complexity of life is a label I must wear
Snarled visions of the dreamer condemned by his own dare
As a child I asked the questions, but only for their sake
Believing there were answers become my one mistake, yeah

The holy morning paper slaps the steps of dawn
America's doors open - let's see what's going on
Confusion with our coffee, fear and frosted flakes
The dollar takes another dive, another bubble breaks, yeah

A shuttle offstage, a change of scene
The exposé of the American dream
Watergate burglars, comedy relief
Laugh at ideals, surviving our grief

It's fool's gold for gilded fools
Playing gaily with twisted rules
Hail to the families in their TV rooms
Suicide, genocide, abortion, cartoons
Terrorism, violence, starving refugees
Conscience crucified, reality recedes
Nuclear tyrants, computerised plan holding hostage everyman

"It won't happen" - 1950
"It may happen" - 1965
It will happen, just don't think about it

BENNY & SUE
Words by Jon Trott. Music by Glenn Kaiser, Jim Denton, Stu Heiss

Susie was a high school queen, she understood the score
The price for popularity: ask a little more
Went though an abortion before she was seventeen
Then she met Benny, a drifting ex-marine

Oh, Susie, Susie, why didn't you heed the call?
You clung to false security and in the end you lost it all, oh

Benny rode a motorcycle with his girlfriend Sue
Didn't know last Saturday was the last thing they'd ever do
I read it all in the paper, over on page nine
He lost control, he lost his life, ignored the one inside

Benny, Benny, why didn't you heed the call?
When death came knocking you had to face it...face it after all
Benny, Benny, the funeral is today
Nobody knew, not even Susie or you, the price that you had to pay
The price that you had to pay

A year passed, and Susie sits alone with broken dreams
High school magic memories, nothing's what it seems
As you cry, little girl, I cry for you
I can heal your bitterness, and heal your heartaches too

Susie, Susie, do you hear Jesus call?
To follow sin or to follow love - the hardest choice of all...

CITY STREETS
Words by Glenn Kaiser and Jon Trott. Music by Glenn Kaiser and Jim Denton

You saw me standing out in the street
I was looking for some action, yeah, someone to meet
There was holes in my pockets and a hole in my soul
And a whole lot of questions about which way to go

Looking for love, looking for drugs
Looking for a critic
Looking for love, looking for life
Living in the city, come on

Like a joke without a punch line, like a rat in a maze
Like last year's paper, yellow with age
I was a deck without a dealer, I was a day without a dawn
I was a train without a station until you came along

Looking for love, looking for fun
Isn't it a pity?
Looking for love, looking for life
Living in the city

You found me broken in the bad part of town
Couldn't look up to Heaven 'til I was all the way down
Your love reached for me, felt the scars on your hand
Saw your cross on the skyline - now I understand

Born for love, born for life
You were born in the city
You died for love, you died for life
You were died for the city
You're returning for love, returning for life
Jesus, returning for the city

BEGGAR IN THE ALLEYWAY
Words by Glenn Kaiser. Music by Glenn Kaiser and Stu Heiss

Tomorrow comes early in the morning light
But, like a spider in the shadows, we spin in the night
The wrong and right is in black and white
Someone tell me why we hide from the truth that's within our sight
Felt like the sole performer on a one act play that the critics wouldn't give the time of day
So I changed the characters, rewrote the lines hoping that would change their minds
But no one came to see, not even me

And you were a beggar where the north wind spreads
Down garbage-strewn alleys you made your bed
Ooh, and he was the lover who held your head in a lap of compassion
He cried and said, "Stay with me, stay with me until dawn
The night is cold, why wander on?
You've been lonely far too long, stay with me until dawn
Put aside all you've done wrong
Nothing matters anymore, but the love you're searching for
But the love you're searching for."

As planets revolve around the sun
I've learned to revolve around the one who knows the score
Who is the sum
The true, and pure, and faultless one

'Cause I was a beggar in the alleyway until one desperate passion play
The dice were loaded, the deck was marked, and I lay dying in the dark
Lord took me in and covered me
Turned on the light that made me see
Who am I without your son, the King of Kings, the risen one

THE STRUGGLE
Words by Glenn Kaiser. Music by Glenn Kaiser, Jim Denton, Stu Heiss

Sometimes you scare me by what you cause me to see, and I'm afraid of knowing who I am
Though you've changed me, there's still a whole lot of old wineskin, and to open up would destroy the me I'm afraid to show
One part of me doesn't want to grow, but I'm tired of this lingering winter
Tired of ground so hard and cold
Plough your way through - I'm asking you to, oh, Jesus
Lord, you're my only hope

Without you, I can't face myself...

My pride wants me to hide inside myself, but I love you, Lord
I don't want our love put on the shelf
I'm tired of fighting to be who I am
Jesus, make me what you want me to be
Because of you, I desire reality
A love for you is what I'm dying to receive
Though I hate what I am, I understand that you promised me
You've promised me freedom in your truth, but I can only face myself when I face you

Without you, I can't face myself
Without you, Lord, I can't face myself
And I'll be ready, ready to face myself when I face you

MIDNIGHT SON
Words and music by Glenn Kaiser

My eyes are in the sky, my head is turned around
People pass me by, looking for what I've found
But to see what I see you got to know who I know
And to be where I am you got to follow

The roaring of the sea, the pounding of the wave
The water calling me; my old life to the grave

And I went under as it came over
The holy water spoke to me
And I went under as it came over
The holy water spoke to me

You light up the sky
You're the power of the sun
You're the starlight in the darkness
On your laughter, shadows run
You're a mighty wind of glory and the Father all in one
You're the morning star
You're the midnight son

The sun burned through the shadows
And Mary saw the light in the eyes of the risen Savior, as the day shut out the night
But to see what I see you got to know who I know
And to be where I am you got to learn to follow
But to know who I know you got to learn to follow
Learn to follow

STRONGMAN
Words by Jon Trott and Glenn Kaiser. Music by Glenn Kaiser, Stu Heiss, and Tom Cameron

Standing strong and silent, high upon a hill
He thought he was a tough one, he tried to get his fill
Jesus calls your name, but you're just standing still
Strongman, wrong man, you have to bend to God's will...and you might have to cry

Strongman

Running quickly forward down the streets of life
He thought he was the fast one, he turned out the last one
Jesus reaches to you, but your heart is full of strife
Strongman, wrong man, despair within you like a knife - do you need to ask why?

A multitude of problems press him to the wall
He thought his strength sufficient; it wasn't after all
Jesus speaks your name - you stall and stall, and stall
Strongman, wrong man, you're headed for a fall
Without the Savior you will die

Strongman

Lying weak and helpless in a valley low
He thought he was the tough one; there's nowhere left to go
Jesus speaks your name, the tears begin to flow
Weak man, meek man, you've begun to know
The Son is rising in your soul

AFRIKAANS
Words and music by Glenn Kaiser

I hear gunfire, see the blood run, feel the rage
I see a black man, see a colored man in a cage
The sweat of miners digging diamonds
Digging graves to feed the boss-man, to feed his family, to feed his slaves
Men are cursing, women praying for release, but when a white man kills one of "them" no one sees
From Capetown to Pretoria, to Johannesburg, there is a crying of people dying that can be heard
I hear the gunfire, see the blood run, smell the fear
You lock your minds up, shut the curtains, you close your ears

Forget the black man, neglect his baby, ignore his hell
We need apartheid to keep the animal in his cell
You sweep the pavement, shine the buildings, display the maid
You say "Republic", I say, "Blind man, it's a cage,"
God makes the color, but the color doesn't make you God
Oh, and in the judgment, he will remember the ones you've robbed
Without the Lord's love this injustice will prevail
Until Jesus is the only master we'll never break the bars of this jail

SKYLINE
Words by Jim Denton, Tom Cameron, and Glenn Kaiser. Music by Glenn Kaiser

I've seen the skyline of this tired town
We look well worn now, we've all been around
The world is crazy, it's all gone wild

I'm seeing the starvation of this population
Their faces speak of no place to go
I'm seeing the starvation of this population
Their faces speak of no one to know

Lost in the alleys, playing the games
Disguise your feelings, yeah - you'll go insane

Listen, truth is the season
Love is the reason
Faith is the flame we must hold
Doubt - the deceiver
Hope - the believer that comes in from the cold
Yeah, yeah

I've seen the skyline of another time
The city's holy, the water's wine

Oh, but the wheel of time, it keeps on spinning
Still, all the losers think they're winning, but Jesus died to be forgiving

Doubt - the deceiver
Hope - the believer...believer that comes in from the cold

PAINT A PICTURE
Words by Glenn Kaiser. Music by Glenn Kaiser and Stu Heiss

Oh, the hours of agony in that darkened room
Silhouetted by an ache to be desired by someone
Hating who you are and what you've made of yourself
Not forgiving yourself for you
What was I trying to prove, running from you?
And it hurts me so to see that box I know
Filled with photographs of things I knew
But you promised me you'd make all things new

Paint a picture of a lonely life
Paint a picture of a cold, grey night
Paint a picture of the emptiest day you've ever known
Paint a picture of a starving man
Paint a picture, being born again
Paint a picture of an empty cage, for this bird has flown

When you live all alone, hating your only companion
They tell you it's alright, but, baby, you know that's a lie
I reached the bottom; I hope you don't have to find out the way I did
Trip after trip, and try after try, after try

Paint a picture of a broken heart
Paint that picture, and you can start to understand
The love of the Savior and
How he understands you
Paint a picture of a blood-covered cross
See that picture and you'll know what it cost
The price God paid to prove his love for you

To prove his love for you
To prove his love for you
To prove his love for you

RAINBOW'S END
Words by Glenn Kaiser. Music by Glenn Kaiser, Jim Denton, Stu Heiss, and John Herrin

Weave the rainbow in your eyes
Quiet evening lullaby
Cross your heart to never die
Broken on the wood

Silenced by the deafening roar
Driven from the nether shore
Violent tremors, wars, and more
No, not one is good

Forty days and forty nights Noah sailed a sea of tears
And the lesson of the flood shouts across the years

Now he will destroy the dark
Jesus is the living ark
Oh, nothing in the world, nothing in the world
Nothing in the world compares with him
No one ever loved you more
He alone is Heaven's door
He is the promise, he is the promise
He's the rainbow's end

CONCERT FOR A QUEEN
Words and music by Glenn Kaiser

I come into your palace, rich in tapestries
Of love and warmth, and glory you've yielded all for me
And as we melt together within the melody, I offer thee a concert for a queen

In our castle the peace of Jesus reigns
Simply resting, we receive the joyous strains of the music that the Holy Ghost creates
And our harmony is a concert for the king
And our harmony is a concert for the king

For we are his royal children, and he provides the love we exchange
When I feel the touch of your hand upon my face
When I feel the touch of your hand upon my face I rejoice in the union he has made

I come into your palace, rich in tapestries
Of love and warmth, and glory you've yielded all for me
And as we melt together within the melody
I offer thee a concert for a queen...

SACRIFICE OF LOVE
Words and music by Glenn Kaiser

You're on the road or you're on the highway
One or the other will take you there
But it's a tall road, and it'll cost you
The road to glory or the road to despair?

Sacrifice, it was a sacrifice of love, whoa
There is a price to pay, today or later on

Every king...every king has his kingdom
Every servant...every servant has his trade
Every lord...every lord has his lady
You are the bride for which he paid

Sacrifice, it was a sacrifice of love, whoa
There is a price to pay, today or later on
Sacrifice, it was a sacrifice of love, whoa
There is a price to pay, today or later on

The road is narrow, the cross is real
But it's the right way, doesn't matter how you feel
Because the Savior...the Savior doesn't change
Not even death could hold him in the grave

Sacrifice, it was a sacrifice of love, whoa
There is a price to pay, today or later on
Sacrifice, it was a sacrifice of love, whoa
There is a price to pay, today or later on

THE WOLFSONG
Words by Glenn Kaiser. Music by Stu Heiss

I know the right things to say at just the right time
I know the right people to be with and my phrases always rhyme
Always rhyme

I rarely make a mistake about the places I go
From the clothes I wear to the curl in my hair
I'm all show

I'm an actor, I polished all my lines
I know how to take your every nickel and dime
Impressions are lasting and so is my smile
You could be my leading lady for awhile

I've mastered all the right angles and the left ones too
Oh, I'm a box office smash and the cash is my golden rule
Sometimes I lose sight of what's real and what's only a lie
But it's okay - I'll just...and straighten my tie

You'll know them by their love and by their fruit
Not by pearly teeth, Mercedes, or fine suits
Not by where they go or what they can afford
Not by Jesus as their Savior, but as their Lord

EVERY TIME IT RAINS
Words by Glenn Kaiser. Music by Jim Denton

I been alone, out on my own
Exchanging truth for a lie, pleasure for pride
Hell on my side
Say what you please, this brought me to my knees

Jesus, you cried for me when I could weep no more
You died for me when I was dead in sin
You felt for me when I was numb within
You searched for me and brought me home again

Why do you love me when I treat you so wrong?
I give you heartache and you give me a song
I leave you silence, cold and empty stares...but still I know you care
Lord, wherever I run, you're there

Lord, you cried for me when I could weep no more
You died for me when I was dead in sin
You felt for me when I was numb inside
You searched for me and brought me home again

Lord, you cried for me when I could weep no more
You died for me when I was dead in sin
Lord, you felt for me when I was numb within
Oh, you searched for me and brought me home again

INTRODUCTION/WAVES

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We see wave after wave of people in the street
Playing their songs, but missing the beat
People, oh people, why can't you understand?
Fools with no disguises and love so close at hand

When will you begin to receive the love of God?
Jesus wants to touch you, enfold you with his love
Look into your life and tell me, what do you see?
Don't you realize what he offers is for free?

I know that there's a heaven and soon I'll be there
No lying, no crying, no dying, no fear
If you wanna join us, you can come along
With his blood he bought you, and to him you'll belong

We see wave after wave of sailors every day
Drowning in the surf of their sorrow
We're reaching out to you, pointing to the way
He'll give you a better tomorrow
And, to those of our friends who know the king is your king
Keep shining 'til we meet again
Shining 'til we meet again

AWAITING YOUR REPLY

A voice on the other end said
"Where in the world have you been"
I said "I've been all around,
But I ain't seen a thing"

I was lying in my bed
Trying to arrange my head
When a letter came in from Him
Saying I was dead
It was signed in blood,
It was mailed into my heart
Though the channel was clear
I didn't want to hear, it made me worried
When you're out with the boys
Walking paranoid, and all your toys
Make you discouraged
It's really sad you know
When you've nothing to show
And there it reads on the bottom line

"I love you...Awaiting your reply"

Why did He have to word it like that
Why can't He let me be
It was bad enough that He offered His love,
But why did He fry my head with that last line

"Awaiting your reply"

I could laugh in the face of life
I could laugh in the face of lies
But I knew I couldn't keep Him waiting-
I had so little time
So I called Him up
Asked for Him by name
He passed me the ticket
And I boarded the plane
We pulled out onto the airport runway
We began to climb as the whole world exploded
I'd just asked Him for His lifeline
The blood, the blood of Jesus is His lifeline
So sit down and read His letter
His love is clearly defined
When you're done with His words
You won't forget what you've heard
And in His love, He'll haunt you day and night

"Awaiting your reply"

BROKEN PROMISES

Broken promises
We lost the joy that we once knew
Where do we go from here
From something old to something new?

Past dreams done gone from me
I'm losing daylight, losing view
Son of God, where are You now?
Do You feel my need?

I'm lost within this forest
Barricaded by the trees
Will You hear my cry for help
Would You forgive me?

I'm so far away
I've run so far away
Broken promises
Broken by me and not by You

Jesus, break me
Lord, snap my stubborn heart in two

Lonely hours, so many wasted talents
That I've sown.
But now I'm ready to follow You, Jesus
My dear Lord I'm coming home

Lord, I want you to change me
Rearrange me
Lord, I want You to mold me
I just want You to hold me

Sweet Savior, just love me
Your thoughts are so high above me
I confess that I need You
I really know that I need You
I need You

Lord, help me to follow You
Jesus, I'm gonna follow You
I give my whole life to You
Jesus, I'm gonna follow You
My dear Lord, I'm coming home

GOLDEN ROAD

They told me about a golden road paved with dreams and fame
I though I'd try to walk it-get down and play the game
The treasures of the world kept comin'...all my dreams came true
But I didn't realize the price I've paid or the changes I've gone through

Clinging to the shape of a fantasy, rolling down the slope of desire
Most of the time spent pulling it out of the fire
Turned away from God and His love, and I worshipped myself
The idols that I've built, all crumbled on my shelf

But all along I realized
That if I had to, if I had to choose
Between love an' my own sweet lies
Love was bound to lose, yeah, love was bound to lose

They told me about a broken road paved with death and shame
I though I'd try to find it...get away from playing the game
I finally realized the price He paid for changes I've gone though
I finally realized the price He paid for changes I've gone though
Changes I've gone though

LIGHTSHINE

If I pay, will you take me away, prove your worth to me?
We've been lied to before - how can we be sure?
What if...what if it hurts to believe?
Oh, anyway, open up your door

Open up the door and I'm coming in
I know I'm tired of following sin
I want to give myself to you, Jesus
But I got some problems I want to talk to you about now...

Oh, Lightshine!

I been hit and I been down, but I never carried my cross through town
I don't understand it, and I might not be willing to learn
Tell me, why did you come?
And why were born where the dogs eat dog, and the pigs get all the corn?

Oh, Lightshine, will you be mine?
Do you understand where I've been?
Twilight carries into night
If I go there, will you follow me in?
What does it mean for a rebel to dream?

I'm a gambler - how can I win?
Am I in danger?
Don't be a stranger to me
Don't be a stranger to me

I used to sit and wonder where I was going
I used to wonder where I would be
When the curtain fell and time caught up with me
Have you heard the satanic symphony?

Have you realised that conductor runs you too, unless you know Jesus?
When the Father calls, do you stall and stall
Or will you search for the key and receive the truth?

But if your yoke is easy, then your burden is light
We can take it one day at a time
Oh Lord, if you change my heart and you change my life
That will surely change my mind

Lightshine, will you be mine?
Do you understand where I've been?
Twilight carries into night
If I go there, will you follow me in?

What does it mean for a rebel to dream?
I'm a gambler - how can I win?
Am I in danger?
Don't be a stranger to me
Don't be a stranger to me

Lightshine, will you...will you be mine?
Do you understand where I've been?
Am I in danger?
Don't be a stranger to me

ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA

I wonder if you noticed, 'cause we sure enough are running out of time
No doubt in my mind, I can hear him counting down

Ananias, they'll carry you away
Sapphira - she went that same day
And secrets in your heart will sure enough tear you apart

The promises you made, are they still the same ones you keep?
Hey, once upon a time you heard the call, but when it comes time to giving your all you run

Ananias, carry you away
Oh, Sapphira - she went that same day
And secrets in your heart will sure enough tear you apart

Ananias
Sapphira

DEATH OF THE DYING

Maniacs dangle on the lunatic fringe
On the edge of a razor and like a door without a hinge
"The devil," they cackle, "could be ours in a cinch"
Quicksand, lies, sound warning
But they won't budge an inch

Like Pilate they fear the death of the saint, yet they fancy the diamonds, the palace, the paint
The coward within them clings only to that of lacey white satin
"No blood on my hand"

And in the finale, clutched tightly by pain, their glass house is shattered
Weeds bent in the rain
With a "Why?" in the mind and a curse on the tongue
Death bellowing hungrily, shadows on sun

They pass into all that they have ever sown
Forsaking the answer, abdicating the throne
If only they'd followed when Christ called and walked on
If only they'd followed when Christ called and walked on
They'd have silenced the madness in the narrow road home
They'd have silenced the madness in the narrow road home

IRISH GARDEN

Sitting in an Irish garden, you melancholy bride
Your children are dying - blood on the roadside
Your people are helpless, and no one consoles you
As bullets keep flying, filling you with holes

Why, oh, why did you run and hide?
It's a cultural shock to the soul
You sit in the flames of the fire you set
The nation is out of control

Sitting in an Irish garden, you broken bride to be
Rise up through your sorrow, Jesus makes you free

Olden days gone by, it was not so then
Time to play, sing and dance in his holy land
Why did I hide from you, with the serpent at my heel?
I'm sorry for the way that I must have made you feel

Lord, I'm sorry for the way I know I made you feel
I'm sorry for the way I know I made you feel

Humble us to seek you, Father
Heal our land so lost in sin
Draw us from the bitter water to the garden once again

THE RETURN/TAG

I know it won't be long until the saviour comes
And if you're weary, keep on praying
Sometimes we do get down with no one else around
But in those quiet times he whispers, "You are mine and I love you"
Sometimes we know we're wrong and we feel so far from home
But if you'll listen, you'll hear his gentle voice saying, "You belong"

The cares of life they sting, but when we see the King
They'll melt away just like the snows in Spring
No more tears, no more crying
"Behold, I come quickly, and every eye shall see
And every tongue will swear to me
I am the saviour and I love you"

("Well, I guess that's all, folks.")

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