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Happy
03:52
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Life is Long
04:54
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LIFE IS LONG
I’m gonna love you for forever that’s what he used to say
Then you found out that forever ended last Tuesday
And Wednesday things got sad
You got a bender in your fender and the battery’s dead
You got a problem with the plumbing and an ache in your head
So Thursday’s looking bad
I believe, I believe, I believe that you’re gonna survive
I believe, I believe, I believe all that you need is a little more time
Yeah, yeah life is long
So you gotta be strong
Yeah, yeah life is long
Hold on, Hold on
Yeah, yeah life is long
If tonight don’t feel right just sit tight
Another morning’s on the way
So now you’re camping on the couch and you don’t go out at all
And the Landlord is the only one who bothers to call
Which means the rent’s past due
Your shrink’s gone for a week ’cause he’s been under such stress
And your mother wrote a letter says she’s worried to death
She hopes you’ll write back soon
I believe, I believe, I believe you’re gonna get out alive
I believe, I believe, I believe all that you need is a little more time
Yeah, yeah life is long
So you gotta be strong
Yeah, yeah life is long
Hold on, Hold on
Yeah, yeah life is long
If tonight don’t feel right just sit tight
Another morning’s on the way
There is something you can count on ’cause it’s always the same
However things are hanging they are going to change
Just wait and see what’s next
I believe, I believe, I believe that you’re gonna do fine
I believe, I believe, I believe all that you need is a little more time
Yeah, yeah life is long
So you gotta be strong
Yeah, yeah life is long
Hold on, Hold on
Yeah, yeah life is long
If tonight don’t feel right just sit tight
Another morning’s on the way
Written by Carolyn Arends and Joe Beck
© New Spring Publishing/ASCAP and LifeSong Music Press/BMI. All rights administered by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.
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3. |
Life and Death
05:50
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4. |
The Day Will Never Come
04:17
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Surprised by Joy
03:23
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Every once in a while on a summer night
The sunset glows and I see the light
And when the stars come out it dawns on me
There is holy ground underneath my feet
Surprised by joy
Awash in love
Just one taste of grace
And I'm overcome
You've got a way
Of breaking through
'Til I'm surprised by joy
I'm amazed by you
Just the other day when I kissed my son
I was blown away by what you've done
'Cause when he smiles at me with his toothless grin
All at once I see your hand on him
Surprised by joy
Awash in love
Just one taste of grace
And I'm overcome
You've got a way
Of breaking through
'Til I'm surprised by joy
I'm amazed by you
And when I least expect it
You surround me
You astound me with your love
Surprised by joy
Awash in love
Just one taste of grace
And I'm overcome
You've got a way
Of breaking through
'Til I'm surprised by joy
I'm amazed by you
You are so amazing, Lord
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One-Syllable Words
04:40
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Written by Carolyn Arends and Connie Harrington.
Psychobabble, legal-ese
People earning Ph.Ds
In Postmodern Paranoid Confusion
Self-indulgent rhetoric
Talk and talk until we’re sick
Of arguments that end with no conclusion
Can’t we make the point clear
Maybe what we need here are
One syllable words
Faith, hope and love
Truth, peace, and trust
One syllable words
That’s what we need, yeah
To listen to us talk you’d think
That twenty dollar words are cheap
But answers can’t be bought for any tender
Constantly we complicate
Pointlessly pontificate
‘Til things are getting worse instead of better
Look at how far we’ve come
Maybe we should learn some
One syllable words
Faith, hope and love
Truth, peace, and trust
One syllable words
That’s what we need, yeah
Everybody knows them
Maybe we should speak in
One syllable words
Faith, hope and love
Truth, peace and trust
One syllable words
That’s what we need, yeah
Faith and hope and love
Truth and peace and trust
Dream and play and watch and pray
Learn and live and laugh and give
Reach and fly and seek and try
With all your heart and soul and mind
Yeah
© New Spring Publishing/running arends music/ASCAP (both administered by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.), and Magnolia Hill Music/ASCAP
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7. |
Even the Wallflowers
03:46
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8. |
In Between
03:54
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9. |
Love You Out Loud
04:39
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Go With God
03:36
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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
© by 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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11. |
In Good Hands
04:44
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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
I'm in good hands
© New Spring Publishing/running arends music/ASCAP. All rights administered by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.
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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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