Life: Here & Now II

you said you would be right back you said it wouldn't be long you told me it was alright when you left, singing a song I heard a destination in your voice I heard a plan you didn't speak I heard what you were thinking though you couldn't say it to me what's with that? where do you get off breaking my heart? you left me flat -- with no room for another start what are you doing, mister? What's with that? you said you'd never go you said, "I'm here to stay" you said, but I should have known It wouldn't be staying that way I watched you get bored real fast I watched you start to slide I watched you and as time passed there wasn't anything you could hide what's with that? where do you get off breaking my heart? you left me flat -- with no room for another start what are you doing, mister? What's with that? I thought you would be different I thought you would understand I thought you would be less distant Than every other rambling man I g...

We sat on the bench at the DairyFreeze Catching vanilla drops with our tongues Watching friends drive by in Novas and 'stangs Not realizing what was gonna come Her long hair shone red and yellow, Her lips bright and chocolaty too We laughed at the crazy radio DJ And wiped the sticky sprinkles off our shoes that's how we spent our summers among the cornfields in Illinois where we learned about love and forgiveness how to forever be girls and boys September sunsets filled with tassels July mornings wet with the dew Dive in the lake to duck life's hassles Spending long days there with you that's how we spent our summers among the cornfields in Illinois where we learned about love and forgiveness how to forever be girls and boys This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

Have you ever run straight into the wind? Let your hands fly out the window? Have you ever found what you'd lost again? Have you ever discovered you're just a beginner? A poser with a faux certificate? Have you ever held on to something bigger? Hey, you put the wind at my back You speak: it happens like that The storms calm down when you say... Hey, for me you aced the big test Had it all and laid down the rest Don't know why you did it that way But you did it that way Have you ever found a blue sock in the blacks? Wondered why there are no pairs? Have you kept a list of times you lose track? Have you skipped a stone across the water? Then watched it sink like a rock? Have you ever searched for your father? Hey, you put the wind at my back You speak: it happens like that The storms calm down when you say... Hey, for me you aced the big test Had it all and laid down the rest Don't know why you did it that way But you did it that way Yeah you did it that way What can I sa...

Born into to the world with a purpose born in time Born to grow older as each of us will unwind Born to find comfort in the warm hands others lend Born to be borne in our hearts as a friend. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

I'm trying to make my arms longer To get a hold on you I want to stretch my legs so I can run to you I want to make myself longer so I can finally reach Yeah, you're the one who has me stretching It's true, you are stretching me could just keep on sitting here watching the world stagnate instead of gettin up and getting near instead of doing what it takes your love is compelling me in such an undemanding way to stretch into and finally be that good idea when I was made I'm trying to make my arms longer To get a hold on you I want to stretch my legs so I can run to you I want to make myself longer so I can finally reach Yeah, you're the one who has me stretching It's true, you are stretching me it'd be a shame to just sit here letting love atrophy watch everything we hold dear dry up and blow away if there's one thing you're teaching me well, there's 'bout a dozen more you keep me keeping on reaching and you're whom I...

Last time we got together That time you were sitting right here Wasn't like we'd been missing each other Wasn't like it all wasn't clear I know I'm not real quick on the draw but I know a thing or two It didn't take much to see what I saw The last time I saw you You were movin on, Movin up You were on to better things yup, yup, yup Didn't feel as bad As you'd think it might Cos I was moving on too I guess that makes everything all right We nodded and smiled over coffee Chatting like the day was long No wait, you were drinking Chai Tea That's when I knew something was wrong You had that same smile on your face Your eyes had a different look You thought I had some kinda love-struck gaze But I was reading you like a good book You were movin on, Movin up You were on to better things yup, yup, yup Didn't feel as bad As you'd think it might Cos I was moving on too I guess that makes everything all right This work is licensed under a Creative Common...

just a young boy trying to figure out what makes the world go 'round trying to skip stones 'cross the fishing hole halfway, down down it goes just a young girl leaning how to dance without risking the chance hoping for a hero as she is dressing up waiting for him to come In all my years, I've never seen Anything different than this In all my years, it's always seemed we choose the destiny we'll miss I know in my head, I've got to be wrong In my heart, something different In all my years I've heard this song playing when others didn't just an old man trying to write it down all the widsoms he has found trying to skip stones on the surface of the lake counting the skips he makes just a woman finding music to dance in every chosen chance found there's a Hero so now's she's dressing up waiting for Him to come In all my years, it's always seemed we choose the destiny we'll miss In all my years I've heard this song playing when others d...

Is there a song Just one song That I can sing? One that's true, All about you, That keeps you close to me? Not a sad song, or a tale of woe Not forlorn blues? Is there a song I can sing That will keep me close to you? It's a song of praise, Of excellence, Full of grace and truth. A song of thanks, of forgiveness, of beauty and good. I'll sing a song Just one song you give me to sing One that's true all about you that keeps you close to me. That keeps me close to you That keeps you close to me That's the song... That's the song... That's the song I'll sing. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

thought that you might like that thought that's what you'd like to hear figured I'm what you're looking for when you walked up over here I suppose I should warn you about something you might not see In case you get the wrong idea, hey, this is really all about me it's all about provin I'm the best It's about making sure you see There's no reason to consider any of the rest I'm sure you're gonna agree That when it comes to all around perfection No one comes close, I guarantee So if you're coming over in my direction Just remember it's all about me You're not the first to notice that I've got such great eyes Already know I'm the smartest Though you're just startin to realize All of my greatest qualities Have been discovered many times before Go ahead, applaud and tell me, But please ya don't have to kneel no more it's all about provin I'm the best It's about making sure you see There's no reason to consid...

there's just something about fallen kings that makes the citizenry shout for joy or cry out paupers who line up see all the right stuff when a prince's end comes he'll only let them down under the best of conditions with a backdrop of magician's slighted left hand hard to see what happens or locate the stand-ins who really understand noble steeds make the noblemen ache to ride throughout the day without feeling it a bit and when princes fall the end of it all comes with an awe that can redeem it under the best of conditions with a backdrop of magician's slighted left hand hard to see what happens or locate the stand-ins who really understand This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

here's what I found when I was looking around at the mountains the other day there's nothing quite like this interior delight when I see all that you have made everything seems to shout silent voices speak out loud rocks and trees join the crowd and it's all about you all the things before unseen what you do, all it means the vanishing point of destiny and it's all about you your invisible traits all have been made plain just have to look around to see don't have to look close because you've been exposed in all this matter and energy everything seems to shout silent voices speak out loud rocks and trees join the crowd and it's all about you all the things before unseen what you do, all it means the vanishing point of destiny and it's all about you This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

transform me perform in me the work of the ages brings me to high places falling here draw me near open hands imploring open heart adoring transform me left to my own devices they fail me seeking out the wisest but waiting just like the wheat dies, buried harvest complete and I'm carried transform me perform in me the work of the ages brings me to high places falling here draw me near open hands imploring open heart adoring transform me This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

Gonna stop and pause a minute Gonna shut everything down Gonna find out if there's anything left When there aren't any outside sounds Gonna stop this comfort-talking Run out of things to say Gonna keep all my thoughts in Listen to the ants at play I'm going to Find out how the rest of me is Sit, hear and listen to see It's not Something I can afford to miss I'm gonna listen to the inside me Gonna contemplate goodness Things of honor, hope and love Gonna soak in all of this Work in me you have begun I'll tie my heart and head together With the crimson line you drew I'll be still and know better I'm me, and you are you I'm going to Find out how the rest of me is Sit hear and listen to see It's not Something I can afford to miss I'm gonna listen to you inside me This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

change the stream make it run deeper dredge the bottom make the banks steeper let it run ever more freely flowing now always more sweetly tear away the veil tear across my heart tear a new design terraform, terraform This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

I woke up this morning laughing with you getting ready for a new day nothing all that funny it's just something we do wouldn't have it any other way I caught your little wink I saw that smile as I got the next word to spell sure I was nervous as all get out but there you were lettin me know that all is well it's those minuscule moments those slices of time that make all the difference in how we feel we have to gain some higher elevation just to get a better view and make us some mountains out of those mole hills some roses lie close to the ground some just don't smell it's not easy to get a whiff treasures come and sometimes go before they're found some are buried for eternity but if we keep ourselves aware stay on alert God's hand we'll more likely see it's those minuscule moments those slices of time that make all the difference in how we feel we have to gain some higher elevation just to get a better view and make us some mountains out of those mo...

standing here in a Mexican standoff not sure when to make the next move seems like everybody's trying to get off this train before it jumps the groove can't risk winning without having to choose can't stay without walking away can't breathe without feeling the noose endure the night without gettin through the day just like the dominoes connecting all the dots doubled up, sidecars, everything on track all the bets are down nothing to take back "Heaven, Heaven help me, I'm one of the dominoes chain reaction coming, blow by blow" 1 1 Mark Heard, 1981, "One of the Dominoes". This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

It's a day of celebration A day of great grace A day when the touch of God Lights up every face When heart and hands are joined A brother and a sister For eternal purpose A misses and her Mister (chorus) Let the music play Hear God's whisper say 'I turn everything around, Just lay it down' It's a day to remember A day of pardon A day that reminds us Of the first garden Feel the hand of loving Hear the song they sing See the smile of God Watch the bells ring (chorus) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

Here I am coming round again to where I was once before I begin seeing circles when I push through that door elliptical orbit of my fall doesn't make it soft there's that pall when everybody saw just what's going on spin it's coming around spin what we put in motion spin a rushing sound spin like reel devotion you make my heart spin You found me and so completely loved me the way I've been made Pointed out The things you've found Said whatever you needed to say spin it's coming around spin what we put in motion spin a rushing sound spin like reel devotion you make my heart spin spinning in a new direction spinning to our own perfection turning out the way it should now finding out if you and I somehow spin it's coming around spin what we put in motion spin a rushing sound spin like reel devotion you make my heart spin This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

people have been trying to tell me for such a long long time all the things I need to fix in my heart and in my head they mean well, or maybe they don't it doesn't seem to matter what they're saying slips away like a list I've never read But when you hold me, put your arms around me when you smile and look me in the eye when you put it that way, it's easy to see when you put it that way, you know you're gettin to me when you tell me with that look when you tell me with those eyes when you put it that way, I realize it's true you're lovin me, yeah, I'm lovin you it might be prestidigitation a sleight of hand trick I keep trying to pull off here to keep it all in control but I can never really fool you cos you see right through it know where the smoke is coming from, the mirrors on the wall But when you hold me, put your arms around me when you smile and look me in the eye when you put it that way, it's easy to see ...

when I was a young boy a long time ago I dreamed of a world filled with all of the heroes People of such courage and a fatal flaw that kept each one human That's what I saw. Don't need to be your hero That's the place for a Man Who flawlessly let go of everything in his hand Figured it was nothing That needed to be grasped If he was going to do a rescue that lasts When I was an old man Just yesterday I slept a dream of a world full of people Who knew they were just like me a fatal flaw that kept each one human That's what I saw. Don't need to be your hero That's the place for a Man Who flawlessly let go of everything in his hand Figured it was nothing That needed to be grasped If he was going to do a rescue that lasts This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

Sometimes I can lend a hand, Sometimes, I can just spin, Sometimes, I make the grade, Sometimes, I'm just in the way Sometimes, I get to really see Sometimes, I close my eyes Sometimes, I count the price to pay Sometimes, I'm just in the way Yeah, I'm always thinking about it Thinking about something, that's true And sometimes all this thinking just gets in the way of loving you Always want to be mindful Always want to be able to connect All of me to all of you and see what those times will get Sometimes, I'm just loving you Sometimes, I'm loving me Sometimes, I have nothing to say Sometimes, I just get in the way Sometime, I'm going to let you know Someday, you'll understand Someday, we'll both believe Someday, we'll see what is unseen Yeah, I'm always thinking about it Thinking about something, that's true And sometimes all this thinking just gets in the way of loving you Always want to be mindful Always want to be able to connect All o...

Don't grow up to be someone's girl Don't go there for any man Don't tie your heart to a wandering star Before you understand The end is just the beginning Of beginning again And by yourself isn't the same as being alone Before you go too far on that journey You need to come into your own come into your own look inside and see all the things you disconnected and unlock things that should be free take yourself back to the maker refurbish a broken soul see how things were first intended come into your own, then come with me Don't hold back any of the tears Step in the shower for a while Don't forget that for each shadow you see There's the hope of the brighter light The end is just the beginning Of beginning again And by yourself isn't the same as being alone Before you go too far on that journey You need to come into your own come into your own look inside and see all the things you disconnected and unlock things that should be free take yourself back ...

the guns were a-popping but they weren't stopping the approach of the enemy despite all this gunning I just started running I guess that was the chicken in me they grabbed me and hauled me "deserter" 's what they called me they took out their losses on me pointing at me with their rifles I'm just thinking of odd trifles and gettin ready for eternity cos there'll be no one left standing after the gun smoke clears there'll be dust and blood and the tears that will run but not for an outlaw like me I'll just take whatever they hand me there's worse I could fear And when they're all done under the noon-day sun there'll be no one left standing with me there's no rectifying, ain't no denying what ya do with a soldier like me I'm a lot worse than most who never leave their post but just stand there sleeping nothing but excuses for being at las cruces fallin down onto my knees it ain't no fiction some ...