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Open Mouth (Fill it Up)
04:05
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I ain’t no bird or flower
I’ve got real needs
Like a house to heat
And kids that gotta eat
My eyes are focused firmly on me
My brows been working, my hands are sweaty
But they sure don’t feel so steady
A wet fleece, now make it dry
Haven’t I asked you a hundred times?
Yet, every time I open my mouth
You fill it, you fill it, you fill it, fill it, fill it up now
I ain’t no bird or flower
I’ve got real needs
Like a house to heat
And kids they just gotta eat
Got my eyes on everything but you
‘Cause I can’t see you like I see the news
I can’t taste you like I can taste food
A dry fleece, now make it wet
A thousand times I’ve asked you yet
Still, every time I open my mouth
You fill it, you fill it, you fill it, fill it, fill it up now
Speak words of eternal life
Where we shall not want,
Where we shall not die
With word of eternal life
You have filled my mouth,
You have made them mine
We ain’t no birds or flowers
We are sons and daughters
Our tongues on fire
Your word is our water
With words of eternal life
(Where we shall not want)
You have filled my mouth
You have filled my mouth
You have filled my mouth…
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2. |
Cares and Worries
03:55
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Cares and worries flood my mind
Fearing trouble all the time
No, I can’t see your glory when I fix my eyes on
Cares and worries all the time
Waves of discontentment, apathy like a stone
Pulling me down in the undertow
Oh no no, no fight left, no power to swim
My lungs filling with sin
You saved me before,
Can’t you do it again?
(From these…)
Cares and worries erode my mind
Fearing trouble all the time
No, I can’t see your glory when I fix my eyes on
Cares and worries all the time
Boulders of bitterness, regret a landslide
Washing away the peace in my mind
Oh no no, over the cliffs I’ve been looking
While off the path I’m slipping
You saved me before,
Won’t you do it again?
(Won’t you save me from these…)
Cares and worries on my mind
Fearing trouble all the time
How can I see your glory when I fix my eyes on
Cares and worries all the time?
Cares and worries all the time
Fearing trouble all my life
How can I see your glory when I fix my eyes on
Cares and worries all the time?
Won’t you carry my worries all the time?
Won’t you carry my worries all my life?
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3. |
A Time Like This
04:08
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Was I created for,
Was I created for a time like this?
Or is all this bricklaying just useless?
Are you building too?
I sure don’t rise early,
I sure don’t rise early, but I’m up all night
Is keeping my eyes open a pointless fight?
Are you watching too?
If you made me for,
If you made me for a time like this,
Then I must trust that you have a purpose
I won’t look for another
‘Cause the blind, they can see
The deaf, they can hear
The dumb, they can speak
(C’mon now, hear what I’m saying)
‘Cause the blind, they can see
The deaf, they can hear
The dumb, they can speak
(You know, ‘cause you’re hearing me)
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Grain of Sand
04:01
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It’s storming like you never seen
Rain’s coming down in sheets
Yeah, I left the ocean long ago
But it’s come back for me
Lightning’s lighting up the sky
Thunder’s bark don’t compare to it’s bite
The wind is peeling back the roof
From where we hide
No, we couldn’t stay dry if we wanted to
To the ocean we’re just a grain of sand
But I’ll tell ya, if you ever wanna make God laugh
You just tell him, yeah, you tell him your plans
The world is plotting against you and I
To destroy us this very night
And honey, I know you’re wondering
If you lived right
‘Cause time it passes like the leaves
Floating down the river in the street
Never again to see their branch or their tree
No, we couldn’t stay young if we wanted to
To the hourglass we’re just a grain of sand
But I’ll tell ya, if you ever wanna make God laugh
You just tell him, yeah, you tell him your plans
So let's walk out into the rain
Let it wash our sins away
And heal the wounds we made
From all those drier days
No, we couldn’t stay dry if we wanted to
To the ocean we’re just a grain of sand
But I’ll tell ya, if you ever wanna make God laugh
You just tell him, yeah, you tell him
Go on, go on and tell him
Go on and tell him your jokes
(I mean, your plans)
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5. |
I Need
03:01
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I need your blood inside my heart
I need your strength in my arms
I need your blood inside my heart
I need your strength in my arms
I need your glory ‘fore my eyes
I need your thinking in my mind
I need your glory ‘fore my eyes all the time
I need you thinking in my mind
I need your rest for my head
I need your courage in my chest
I need your rest for my head
I need your courage in my chest
I need your words in my mouth
I need your faith in my doubt
I need your words in my mouth
I need your faith in my doubt
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6. |
New Skin
05:07
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These bones are tired,
Brittle, bruised, and heavy
And this heart is hurting,
Fearful, anxious, and weary
(I know you feel it…)
Looking forward to some new skin
To hold this new wine that I’ve been drinking
‘Cause it feels like,
It feels like I’m gonna burst
Spill it all out on the ground
Only good for the birds
These bones are tired,
Brittle, bruised, and heavy
And this heart is hurting,
Fearful, anxious, and weary
Yeah, and my mind is searching,
Forgetful, and…
(and… uh… anyway…)
Looking forward to some new skin
To hold this new wine that I’ve been drinking
‘Cause it feels like,
It feels like I’m gonna burst
Spill it all out on the ground
Only good for the birds
All things you’ll make new
But only after time leaves them tattered
All things you’ll make sweet
But only after we’ve tasted bitter
All things you’ll make new
But only after time leaves them tattered
All things you’ll make sweet
But only after we’ve tasted bitter
Looking forward to some new skin…
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Jingle
02:19
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What can I sing that would bring you anything?
Is it even a song you want from me?
I’m afraid I can’t manage the melody
That your swinging hands are telling me to sing
My voice is weak and constantly strays from key
Can I compose a composition that you’d hang on your wall?
Something you’d be proud to show off?
But my hands they won’t make the shapes
That my head and heart are telling them to make
This canvas is a foreign land to my shaky hands
Maestro go easy on me
If the portrait I paint doesn’t resemble you
I’ve a jingle in my head
When what you want is a hymn
Maestro have mercy on me
My spirits willing but my flesh is weak
I’ve a jingle in my head
When what you want is a hymn
I have a jingle in my head…
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8. |
Abide with Me
03:29
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(lyrics originally by Henry F. Lyte, 1847, arranged by E.F.Jett)
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
The darkness deepens, oh Lord with me abide
When other helpers fail and comforts flee
Help of the helpless, oh Lord abide with me
Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day
Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away
Change and decay in all around I see
Oh you who change not, will you abide with me?
I need your presence every passing hour
What but your grace can foil the tempter’s power?
Who like yourself, my guide and stay, can be?
Through cloud, through sunshine, oh Lord abide with me
I fear no foe with you at hand to bless
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness
Where is death’s sting? Where grave your victory?
I triumph still, but only Lord if you abide with me
Hold now your cross before my closing eyes
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies
Heaven’s morning breaks and Earth’s vain shadows flee
In life, in death, oh Lord abide with me
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K e e p i n g T i m e
03:23
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Been spending time
Like I’ve got a hole in my mind
The years passing by
Like a night with a bottle of rye
Years distilled into moments
That I’ve been drinking down
And forgetting about
Wish they’d go to my head
Been spending the present
Like I’m just lousy with it
The balance can’t last
My future’s already my past
Years distilled into moments
That I’ve been drinking down
And forgetting about
Wish they’d go to my head
Swaying side to side
Tell me Maestro, are you keeping time?
‘Cause I can’t hold it to save my life
It passes through me,
Yeah, right through me
Time, it just passes right through me
Yeah, right through me
Time, it just passes right through me
Years distilled into moments
That I’ve been drinking down
And forgetting about
Wish they’d go to my head
Swaying side to side
Tell me Maestro, are you keeping time?
‘Cause I can’t hold it to save my life
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Look on as the rulers rage
And the people, they plot
To break our bonds apart
I care, but what do I care
About horses and chariots?
They don’t amount to much
See how the wicked they prosper
They deal in treachery
And live a life of ease
I care, but what do I care
About the evil and arrogant?
They’ll answer for much
A king is not saved by his armies
A soldier’s not spared by his strength
The power of the powerful is a false hope
And will not save
Wars, wars, and rumors of more wars
Good thing our hope’s not in this life
No sword, sickness, or trial can separate us
From the love of Christ
Our mouths you fill with laughter
On our tongues shouts of joy
We care, yeah we care, but what do we care
When those who sow while weeping
Will one day reap a harvest of singing
(Those who sow while weeping
Will one day reap a harvest of singing)
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Nothing will do
When I’m looking to substitute you
I’ve looked to everything
Turns out it was all nothing
Oh heart won’t you stay
Faithful to the one who give faith
No, don’t be swayed
Have faith in the one who gives faith
‘Cause only you Lord will remain
Once everything else goes away
And though you’re all I need,
Must you take my loved ones from me?
Oh heart won’t you slow
‘Cause you don’t know what you don’t know
Fear, let me go
‘Cause you don’t know what you don’t know
With all this wisdom I lack
Won’t you take this weight off of my back
You say your burden is light
I need you to lay it on my eyes
Oh heart won’t you slow
‘Cause you don’t know what you don’t know
Fear, let me go
‘Cause you don’t know what you don’t know
Lay on my eyes a burden so light
Lay on my eyes a burden so light
Lay on my eyes a burden so light
Lay on my mind a burden so light
‘Cause I don’t know what I don’t know
(Fear, let me go)
‘Cause I don’t know what I don’t know
(Oh heart won’t you slow)
‘Cause I don’t know what I don’t know, no I don’t
(Cares, let me go)
No, I don’t know what I don’t know
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Fepeste Colorado Springs, Colorado
Fepeste is mostly just one dude, sometimes with the help of his more talented friends. Thank you for spending the time to listen.
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