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New Eyes

by Carl Johnson

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1.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

about

New Eyes is a collection of songs written over the last twenty years or so. I call them my “spirituals”. They are mostly prayers I have relied on to navigate marriage, fatherhood, making a living…days of joy and challenge, singing and tears – the usual!

All proceeds from the sale of New Eyes will be donated to various charitable organizations, including the American Cancer Society, the Villa Maria Foundation and others.

This album is dedicated, in loving memory, to Luella Johnson

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released December 22, 2012

Carl Johnson: Vocals and guitars
Reid Kennedy: Drums, Percussion and Piano
Reid Kruger: Bass, Keyboards (Drums on Looking At the Moon)
Natalie Nowytski: Background Vocals
John Kennedy: Harmonica
Dee Langley: Accordion
Bill Brown: Hammond -B3

All songs written by Carl Johnson

Produced by Carl Johnson, Reid Kruger and Reid Kennedy

Engineered and Recorded by Reid Kruger at Waterbury Music, Minneapolis, MN

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