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Just Getting Started
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JUST GETTING STARTED
Carolyn Arends
With thanks to Chris Hall, Nathan Foster and Jill Hamer-Wilson for inspiration
Back when we were kids, every day we would wish
We could just hurry up and get older
All our days soon obliged and went whistling by
And now time marches on like a soldier
There have been moments, so sweet and so good
I would have frozen the frame if I could
Oh but we’re more like movies than photographs
And everything’s moving so fast … but …
This is the Preface to the Introduction
The Opening Act in an endless production
This is a map that we haven’t yet charted
We’re just getting started
And these are but tastes of the banquet before us
The music is great, but just wait for the chorus
From delivery rooms to the dearly departed …
We’re just getting started
Now the miles all fly in the blink of an eye
But it’s still a good race we are running
And it matters so much because it’s taking us
On the journey that is our becoming
All that we love, all the choices we make
They make us and shape us till one day we take
Every age we have been, every song we’ve sung
Into the Age that’s to Come …. ‘cause …
Chorus
Every wound we bear, every joy we share
Hints at something greater
Every sad farewell we whisper now
Is really “see you later” …
Chorus
© Running Arends Music/ASCAP
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Happy
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3. |
Seize the Day
05:55
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Under the Gaze
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Under the Gaze
Carolyn Arends
Things we shout from mountain tops
Every secret, silent thought
Even when we think it’s not
It’s all within His hearing
Highs and lows and in-betweens
Watersheds and old routines
There’s no hidden fear or dream
That He does not see clearly
Everything we do for love
All the times we lack thereof
Whether we rise above or fall…it’s all
Under the knowing
Under the loving
All things are always
Under the gaze…Under the gaze of God
Sunday morning holiness
Weary weekday restlessness
Days we walk in righteousness
Days we try to fake it
He who made the earth and sky
Keeps it under watchful eye
Never once does He divide
Secular and sacred
Every atom bears His mark
Like every inch of who we are
And every beat of every heart remains in place
Under the knowing
Under the loving
All things are always
Under the gaze…Under the gaze of God
Every hair is measured
Every prayer is treasured
And though we try to hide from sight
All there is that isn’t right
Still He calls us to the light
Shining all around us
And though we run time after time
And lose all hope and lose our minds
The moment we turn back we find
That He’s already found us
‘Cause never does He fall asleep
Never does He fail to keep
His arms around you and me and so we know…
We’re under the knowing
Under the loving
All things are always
Under the gaze…Under the gaze of God
© Running Arends Music (ASCAP)
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5. |
New Years Day
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New Year's Day
by Carolyn Arends
I buy a lot of diaries
Fill them full of good intentions
Each and every New Year's Eve
I make myself a list
All the things I'm gonna change
Until January 2nd
So this time I'm making one promise
Chorus:
This will be my resolution
Every day is New Year's Day
This will be my resolution
Every day is New Year's Day
I believe it's possible
I believe in new beginnings
'Cause I believe in Christmas Day
And Easter morning too
And I'm convinced it's doable
'Cause I believe in second chances
Just the way that I believe in you
This will be my resolution
Every day is New Year's Day
This could start a revolution
Every day is...
One more chance to start all over
One more chance to change and grow
One more chance to grab a hold of grace
And never let it go
Repeat chorus
© running arends music/New Spring Publishing, a division of Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)
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6. |
Reaching
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7. |
In Between
03:40
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Do We Dare
03:56
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Do We Dare
by Carolyn Arends
The prayers that we pray in foxholes and funerals
The songs that we sing in delivery rooms
The questions we ask when nobody's listening
But the man in the moon
The way our hearts beat - faced with a sunrise
Like maybe they know something we don't
But it's all in code and we can't decode it
Or maybe we won't
Chorus:
Do we dare pay attention, dare even mention
The mystery we find ourselves caught in
And do we dare to remember
All that we have forgotten
Each breath that we take - we take for granted
So if there are clues we remain unaware
All the days of our lives burn down like matches
Vanish into thin air
But there are dreams that we dream when we least expect them
And memories that come like unbidden tears
All the things we believed when we were still children
It's been so many years
Repeat chorus
We are battered and torn from the day we are born
In a world that has blinded and bound us
Is it any surprise we don't open our eyes
To the truth that's disguised all around us
Like the secrets we keep we don't know we're keeping
From before there was time, before there were lies
Can we find you again this far from the garden?
Do we dare even try?
Repeat chorus
© running arends music/New Spring Publishing, a division of Brentwood Music Publishing, Inc. and BMG Songs, Inc. (gospel division) (ASCAP)
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9. |
Something to Give
02:47
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10. |
Father, Thy Will Be Done
03:24
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Father, Thy Will Be Done
by Carolyn Arends
When I cannot ask for more - Father, thy will be done
When I rail at heaven's door - Father, thy will be done
When my faith in you is strong - Father, thy will be done
When my strength is almost gone - Father, thy will be done
Chorus:
Father, thy will be done
Father, thy will be done
I want to see your kingdom come
Thy will be done
When I cry to you in prayer - Father, thy will be done
When I don't believe you're there - Father, thy will be done
When I feel your gentle hand - Father, thy will be done
When I just don't understand - Father, thy will be done
Repeat chorus
When I'm walking in the light - Father, thy will be done
When my heart is black as night - Father, thy will be done
When you give what I desire - Father, thy will be done
When you take me through the fire - Father, thy will be done
Repeat chorus
© Sunday Shoes Music (ASCAP)
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11. |
In Good Hands
04:24
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In Good Hands
words and music Carolyn Arends
His hands were callused
Oh I am sure of that
From years of nails and hammers with his father
And his hands were dirty
I know they must have been
The times he healed blind eyes with mud and water
And though I have never seen him face to face
I can say this much I understand
I believe that he is holding me now
And so I know I am
In good hands
I'm in good hands
His hands were steady
Breaking the bread
That fed five thousand souls who came to hear him
And his hands were gentle
I know they must have been
The little children clamored to be near him
And though I have never seen him face to face
I can say this much I understand
I believe that he is holding me now
And so I know I am
In good hands
I'm in good hands
His hands were wounded
He gave his life
And we know by the scars how much he loves us
And though I have never seen him face to face
I can say this much I understand
I believe that he is holding me now
And so I know I am
In good hands
We're in good hands
© New Spring Publishing/running arends music/ASCAP. All rights administered by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.
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12. |
The Last Word
04:22
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Carolyn Arends Vancouver, British Columbia
"One of the most affecting communicators in any genre." - Billboard Magazine
Carolyn Arends
has released 14 albums and is the author of 3 critically-acclaimed books. 15 of Arends’ songs have become top 10 radio singles on the Canadian pop and US Christian charts. Arends has earned 2 Dove Awards, 3 Juno Nominations, and was recognized as the West Coast Music Awards’ Songwriter of the Year.
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