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Here and Now
04:18
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I've been waiting on forever
I've been searching for a sign
Then I realized this think that I was seeking
Was right here all the time
I know I miss a lot of moments
Hope I'm forgiven for that sin
I'm just asking for a little resurrection
God, help me to begin...
Right here and now
Here and now
Why not here and now?
I know you're here this very minute
Not in some clouds way up high above
And if I can only open up and let it take me
I know there is love....
Even here and now
Here and now
Love is here and now
Here and now
What if eternity doesn't start the day we die
Wouldn't it be so strange
If we were already living it
If we were living in it now?
So I pray to be here in this moment
To open up to all it's life
And if we dance or laugh or fight or walk away now
Let's do it in the light!
No more waiting on forever
That's such a waste of precious time
Now we realize these things that we've been seeking
We're right her all the time
Right here and now
Here and now
Life is here and now
Here and now
Life is here
God is here
Love is here and now
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2. |
Broken Healer
04:07
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You passed by that door a thousand times
And never noticed it was there
Now you're pacing up and down Third Street in the rain
And that door is your only prayer
You were bound and determined to make it alone
It's okay, lord knows you tried
But now you need shelter, come out of the rain
The door's open, just step inside
Step inside, it's plain, but we've got fire
We all came through that door, just like you
We've all been sick and tired
But we found each other and reached out...
Reach out for the broken healer
Another wounded soul to carry
Some of that weight
Until you come around
Like everyone else, I've had my share of stuff
That I just can't take in stride
But my everyday angels, I'm always amazed
Send me someone to stand beside
To stand beside and trust and just be real with
Doing what they can
It's like the hand of God to pull me through it
Every time I reach out
(Chorus)
I'll bet you there were days you thought you were the only one
Well, I gotta tell you, there ain't nothing new
That a million other people ain't going through
Reach out....
You're not alone!
Step inside...
(Chorus)
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3. |
Some Better Day
03:38
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Some better day
Miles from here
By a peaceful river
The skies will be clear
And on the banks of that river
In the shade of a tree
You will find rest
And your heart will be free
Sometimes that peace is so hard to imagine
Sometimes that freedom's so far away
But there's a trail leading back
To the banks of that peaceful river
So why not today?
And why not right here?
'Cause Jesus he showed us
The kingdom is near
It's as close as the people
We meet on the way
And everyone's hoping
For some better day
Some better day
Some better day...
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4. |
Higher Ground
03:52
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I used to be so smart
Thought I had it all together
I was full of grace and nothing got me down
Then I woke up one night
In the middle of my life
Something had twisted me around
This thing had brought me to my knees
I was stuck inside some devil's squeeze
I was baffled by the complexities
There was something dark I could not see around
It used to be so easy
I loved to be in love
A kiss unchained the magic of the night
But now the night's just hard
I stumble through the dark
Tripping every step and falling down
I've seethed all night and blown my stack
I've been with you to hell and back
I've moped around like some sad sack
Now it's time for me to just stand still and breathe
Breathe...
And I will not let it take me down again
I will not let take me down again
I will not let it take me down
Going to claw my way to higher ground
I will not let it take me down again
I could always rise above
No one got to me
With my ironic distance from the crowd
Now I'm tangled up in life
I'm hanging on too tight
To the anger and the fear that weigh me down
Gonna loosen my grip and let it go
Throw it up in the wind and let it blow
Stop repeating this stupid show
With every breath remember I am free
Free...
And I will not let it take me down again
I will not let it take me down again
I will not let it take me down
Life's just too short to jack around
I will not let it take me down again
I will not let it take me down again
I will not let it take me down again
I gave you power over me
I let you suck my energy
Thank God I've got new eyes to see
With every breath I'm coming back around
And round
And round
And round...
And I will not let you take me down again
I will not let you take me down again
I will not let you take me down
See you up on higher ground
I will not let you take me down again
I will not let you take me down
See you way up there on higher ground
I will not let you take me down again
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5. |
Come On Home
04:30
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You've been gone a long time
I often wonder when
Or if I'll ever hear your crazy laugh 'round here again
I've been staring out this window every day since
You left home
You carried off my heart with you
The day you ran away
And you left me just this dream that I have every single day
And in the dream I'm holding you the day you
Come back home
Everybody tells me I should write you off and get on with my life
But all I can do is wonder where you'll lay your head tonight
Now I don't know why you had to go and had to go alone
But I know everything's forgiven if you'll just come home
Won't you come on home...
Every other face I glimpse, I think it might be you
Then a little more of me dies when I realize it's not true
I just can't stop imagining you might be
Coming home
(Chorus)
Then one day in the distance, somewhere far of down the road
I see a lonely figure out there stooped against the load
Even from so far a way, I'm certain that it's you
Then I'm running out to greet you and the dream is finally true
At last I'm really holding you, you're finally
Coming home
Now I still don't know why you had to go, and had to go alone
But I know everything's forgiven 'cause you're coming home
You're coming home...
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6. |
New Eyes
03:52
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I'm stumbling around just like that blind man on the road
I can't get this vision thing and I'm sick and tired of living in the dark
I know there's someone near who can heal my baby blues
Then I hear him asking me, "What do you want me to do?"
I want to see outside my little box
Beyond my wall of fears
I want to see right through this vale of tears
I want to see the world with new eyes
Oh, Lord, won't you give me new eyes
I want to see like a child with new eyes
I want to see the kingdom all around with new eyes
I see the purple hair and the ring through some kid's nose
I start to roll my eyes, but I can only see what shows
I want to see beyond convention
i want to see right through to love
I want to see the soul behind the eyes
(Chorus)
I want to see beyond convention
i want to see right through to love
I want to see the soul behind the eyes
(Chorus)
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7. |
Rain
04:38
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Let God's love rain down on you
Let God's love rain down on you
You can raise your face to the rain
Like the gifts of rain and sunshine on the land
We don't earn God's love
It is given
We can let it in...
(Chorus)
Like a mother rocks a child in her arms
So we're held by God
Gentle spirit
Holds us tenderly...
(Chorus)
So we'd know what it means to be alive
We were sent a child
Sweet redeemer
Calling, "Welcome home!"
(Chorus)
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8. |
Looking At the Moon
03:40
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Maybe I just need more ambition
Maybe I should have more drive and fight
Instead I let myself get lost in the magic
Of this beautiful night
She said you have got to focus
On what's going to help you get ahead
I said, "Sorry, I just drifted for a moment"
"Baby, what was that you said?"
I was looking at the moon
Looking at the moon
Looking at the moon
Looking at the moon
Like all you other dreamers on this frequency tonight
I'm out here looking at the moon
I suppose I should be doing something
Instead of just playing this guitar
Just sitting here with you playing in the moonlight
Isn't going to get me very far
But if a life is made of moments
And if these moments pass too soon
There's not anyplace I'd rather be tonight
Than here with you looking at the moon
We're looking at the moon
Looking at the moon
Looking at the moon
Looking at the moon
Like all you other dreamers on this frequency tonight
We're out here looking at the moon
Like all you crazy dreamers on this frequency tonight
We're out here looking...
Looking at the moon
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9. |
Everyday Love
04:24
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It's easy to find God standing on a mountain
It's easy to love each other from afar
Sometimes you can even kind of glimpse forever
On a warm summer night when you're looking at the stars
But you get in close and sometimes the picture's not so pretty
Sometimes it would be easier to turn and walk away
But you can only taste the sweetness of the best that life can give you
When your love is every day
Everyday love is magic
Everyday love is hard
Everyday love is power
Everyday love is God
I see unsung heroes working quiet wonders
Extraordinary people gracing ordinary lives
They reach out, they show up and they remember
Every day they lay it on the line
This is the end of a crazy day you find a way love
This is the real thing and real hearts are in our hands
It's laughing and forgiving in your own imperfect way love
And the heart to understand
(Chorus)
Everyday people
Living everyday lives
Are working everyday miracles
And they're working....with everyday love
This is the end of a crazy day you find a way love
This is the real thing and real hearts are in our hands
It's laughing and forgiving in your own imperfect way love
And the heart to understand
(Chorus)
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10. |
New Life
03:19
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Who'd have thought I'd ever feel this way again
I'd almost given up on finding love
I was resigned to what I knew this cold world had in store for me
I'd battened down my hatches and hardened up my heart
Then the universe sent you my way
To steal my heart and take my breath away
Now I got new life
It feels like new life
Now I got new life
Thanks to you its a new life
Another spring, another trip around the sun
It's like a whole new world this time around
I'm hearing birds sing, and I've been breathing
The perfume flowered air
i haven't been this close to springtime since I was a kid
You awakened something deep in my
I'm like a prisoner who's finally free!
(Chorus)
These second chances don't come every day
I can't describe it but I have to say
It's like some kind of resurrection of the heart...
(Chorus)
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11. |
The Day Love Was Born
03:48
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It's another Christmas, it's that shopping time of year
And I'm stranded in the mall with all this manufactured cheer
Even that old manger story wears a little thin
When it's not connected to the birth of love within us all
I want to celebrate a Christmas I can feel
To drink its essence and to make its promise real
So I want to celebrate the day that love was born
(Oh, come holy day)
Ooh, the day that supernatural cosmic love was born
(Oh, come holy day)
So much nostalgia, soft-focus yesterday
And all this looking back feels like looking away
From the most amazing thing this sad old world had known
The fabric of eternity itself we have been shown
The stars realigned, there were angels in the field
The god of endless love chose to make her presence real...
So, I'm going to celebrate the day that love was born
(Oh, come holy day)
Ooh, the day that supernatural cosmic love was born
(Oh, come holy day)
Ooh, come on let's celebrate the day that love was born
(Oh, come holy day)
Ooh, the day that supernatural cosmic love was born
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