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Seize the Day and Other Stories

by Carolyn Arends

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What Love Looks Like by Carolyn Arends and Wayland Patton Something's happening down by the shore There is a blind man who is not blind anymore Everybody's talking - how can this be? A little mud, a gentle touch, and now he can see He squints up at the light And he wipes the tears away And he whispers when he sees his healer's face chorus: Oh - this is what love looks like Oh - this is what love looks like I never dreamed I would see such a sight This is what love looks like. There is no sorrow in all the world Deep as a father's who has lost his little girl He begs the healer - come to her side A whispered word, the daughter stirs And now she's alive And over by the door Her father stands amazed And when he tells the story he will say chorus Well I have seen it too, in the ways a soul can see When I doubt like Thomas all these things are shown to me The nail prints in his hand, the wound deep in his side The body has been broken but his arms are open wide chorus © Songs of Peer, Ltd./Mr. Marley's Music (admin. by peermusic ltd.)/ASCAP/Randy Scruggs Music (admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.)/BMI
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Seize the Day by Carolyn Arends I know a girl who was schooled in Manhattan She reads dusty books and learns phrases in Latin She is an author, or maybe a poet A genius but it's just this world doesn't know it She works on her novel most every day If you laugh she will say chorus: Seize the day, seize whatever you can 'Cause life slips away just like hourglass sand Seize the day, pray for grace from God's hand Then nothing will stand in your way Seize the day Well I know a doctor, a fine young physician Left his six-figure job for a mission position He's healing the sick in an African clinic He works in the dirt and writes home to the cynics He says "We work through the night so most every day As we watch the sun rise we can say chorus Well I know a man who's been doing some thinking He's as bitter and cold as the whiskey he's drinking He's talking 'bout fear, about chances not taken If you listen to him you can hear his heart breaking He says "One day you're a boy and the next day you're dead I wish way back when someone had said chorus Well one thing I've noticed, wherever I wander Everyone's got a dream he can follow or squander You can do what you will with the days you are given I'm trying to spend mine on the business of living So I'm singing my songs off of any old stage You can laugh if you want, I'll still say chorus © Sunday Shoes Music (ASCAP)
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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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Reaching words and music by Carolyn Arends There’s a time I can recall Four years old and three feet tall Trying to touch the stars and the cookie jar And both were out of reach And later on in my high school It seemed to me a little cruel How the right words to say always seemed to stay Just out of reach Well I should not have thought it strange That growing causes growing pains ‘Cause the more we learn the more we know We don’t know anything But still it seems a tragic fate Living with this quiet ache The constant strain for what remains Just out of reach Chorus We are reaching for the future We are reaching for the past And no matter what we have we reach for more We are desperate to discover What is just beyond our grasp But maybe that’s what heaven is for There are times I can’t forget Dressed up in my Sunday best Trying not to squirm and to maybe learn A bit of what the preacher preached And later lying in the dark I felt a stirring in my heart And though I longed to see what could not be seen I still believed I guess I shouldn’t think it odd Until we see the face of God The yearning deep within us tells us There’s more to come So when we taste of the divine It leaves us hungry every time For one more taste of what awaits When heaven’s gates are reached Repeat chorus I believe that’s what heaven is for There’s a time I can recall Four years old and three feet tall Trying to touch the stars and the cookie jar And both were out of reach © Edward Grant/running arends music (admin. by Reunion Music Publishing) (ASCAP)
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We've Been Waiting For You words and music by Carolyn Arends Let me hold you close, I know you're frightened Go ahead and cry, I understand You were safe and you were warm And then suddenly without a warning Things began to change It must have seemed so strange To all at once be traveling a journey All the way to this delivery room But baby you are not alone Your room is ready, let's go home You're gonna like it here Let me make it clear that We've been waiting for you We're so glad you came We've been looking forward To showing you the place There's so much in store and We've been waiting for you I know it can take some getting used to But this old world is where you're meant to be Life is something not to miss The taste of ice cream, your first kiss And when love takes your hand You will understand why We've been waiting for you We're so glad you came We've been looking forward To showing you the place There's so much in store and We've been waiting for you And watching you come into this world Baby, you've made me believe Another journey awaits us So when I have to leave I am pretty sure that I'll be frightened But even if I cry, please understand I will know I'm not alone When my room is ready I'll go home And when I reach the gate I'm going to hear them saying We've been waiting for you We're so glad you came We've been looking forward To showing you the place There's so much in store and We've been waiting for you © New Spring Publishing/running arends music/ASCAP. All rights administered by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.
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There You Are written by Carolyn Arends I was hoping you would write to me a message in the stars As if the stars themselves were not enough And I awaited your arrival here from some place very far As if I couldn't feel your constant touch Why did I think that you'd send thunder To wake me from my slumber When anytime I open up my eyes Chorus: There you are - loving me like crazy There you are - though I am unaware There you are - when my heart is doubting Even there you are I was waiting for a miracle and hoping for a sign As if each breath I take is not a gift And I was acting just as if the way you gave your life for mine Didn't have my foolish heart convinced What did I think could cause this hunger Did I ever stop to wonder Why every time I open my eyes Repeat chorus I was hoping you would write to me a message in the stars As if the stars themselves were not enough © running arends music/New Spring Publishing, a division of Brentwood Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)
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Go With God words and music by Carolyn Arends and Connie Harrington Farther than lands you have ever imagined Deeper than even the oceans of blue An open horizon is waiting like morning Waking the dreamer who's living in you So now go with the wind at your back And the sun on your face With a song in your heart And the promise of grace Go in peace and in truth And let love lead your way Go with God Go with God Stronger than will in the soul of a fighter Higher than hope in the heart of a child There is a longing, a yearning inside us That's reaching for heaven and won't be denied If you go with the wind at your back And the sun on your face With a song in your heart And the promise of grace Go in peace and in truth And let love lead your way Go with God Go with God Go with the wind at your back And the sun on your face With a song in your heart And the promise of grace Go in peace and in truth And let love lead your way Go with God Go with God Go with God © New Spring Publishing/running arends music/ASCAP (both administered by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.) and Magnolia Hill/ASCAP (a division of McSpadden-Smith Music).

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* Produced by Brown Bannister, Dan Marnien, Brad Crisler, and Carolyn Arends
* Featured guest artists: Phil Keaggy and Mac Powell (Third Day)
* A best-of collection from Carolyn’s first 3 albums, plus 2 new studio tracks and 5 live recordings
* 15 Arends originals, plus a cover of “They Will Know We Are Christians”

"It won’t be long before all music fans (and not just Christian music lovers, I’ll bet) latch on to Carolyn. She’s an excellent singer and songwriter–she’s more Mary Chapin Carpenter than amy Grant, but she can rock, too! Carolyn’s the real deal, fellas."
– Brian Donofree

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released April 18, 2000

Carolyn thanks:
Many thanks to the great multitude of people who gave so much to the making, touring and promoting of my first three records. The memories keep getting sweeter, especially now that I’ve forgotten most of the sleep deprivation. If you were thanked (or should have been thanked) in the liner notes of a previous album, I undoubtedly only owe you bigger now.

To the crew that helped me make the new music: Brad Crisler and Russ Long (“good times”), Spencer Capier, Spencer Welch, Mac Powell, Phil Keaggy, Adrian Walther, Steve Brewster, Walt Aldridge, The Love Sponge Strings, Paul Hunter — thanks to you all for being so good.

Thanks to: Reunion Records, Street Level Artist Agency, O’Neil Hagaman, peermusic (Kevin, Kirk, Rod, and Karin), CMC, NGI, Sally Nordlund, Linda Rose, Pete Fisher, Creative Trust, Dark Horse Recording, Waltz Time Music, Woodland Recording, Blue Wind Café (Laura & Staff), The Carport Studio, Executive Travel, Taylor Guitars, Steve and Traci Bisher, Hank Nirider, Roy Salmond, Vicki Jennette, Rose Capanna, Brendt Waters and Joan Slonecker.

Industrial-sized thanks to Troy and Sarah at Five14 Artist and Tour Management — I can’t wait to see what’s next.

My debt of gratitude keeps growing to the friends and family (you know who you are) who teach me minute by minute what it means to seize the day.

All my love and thanks to Mark — and Ben, too — my daily reminders that life is sacred and God is good.

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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. ... more

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