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TINY HEARTS

(Keith Elder © Keith Elder Music)

There's an old man, down and out, not bad

Just forgotten all the dreams he's ever had

Guess he really needs a hand to help him start again

Homeless on the streets, beg a dollar or tonight they may not eat

They look into our eyes for hearts with room to let them in, but --

Chorus: There's just no room for you, our hearts are all filled up

And there's nothing we can do, no room for you

Chin up now don't be blue

It's nothing personal but there's just no room for you

Little girl, so young and fair and fine

But kind of ordinary so she's left behind

By the very circles she would die to be let in

What's so wrong with me, she begins to ask herself, she just can't see

Why she's on the shelf when she might be your finest friend, but --

Chorus

Young man, frail and weak

Trying not to think about the truth but he knows he's dying

Guess he needs an open heart with room to let him in

He's just outside the door, you know we have the room for him and more

But still we back away and say, there's no room in the inn

Then we hear those words again, that --

Chorus

We've got tiny hearts, tiny hearts, got these tiny hearts

HOLD ON TO THAT HEART

(Pierce Pettis & J. L. Wallace © piercepettissongs)

MOLLY WORKS IN THE CHILDREN'S WARD

ONE'S THAT AREN'T GONNA MAKE IT

SHE HOLDS THEIR LITTLE HANDS SAYS A PRAYER

SOMETIMES, SHE JUST CAN'T TAKE IT

LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP, PRAY MY SOUL TO KEEP

IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE

LATER IN HER CAR

SHE SAYS SOME PEOPLE ARE HARD

LOOK AT ME LIKE I'M CRAZY

I SAY...

Chorus: HOLD ON TO THAT HEART

HOLD ON TO THAT LOVE YOU KNOW

HOLD ON TO THAT HEART

MOLLY, DON'T LET IT GO, DON'T LET IT GO

HE PICKS UP THE TELEPHONE

SHE SAYS HOW YOU DOING

HE SAYS, I'M ALRIGHT

NO THAT'S WRONG, I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT

USE TO HAVE A WIFE, USE TO HAVE A LIFE

IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO

SHE SAYS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH HELL

I HAVE BEEN THERE MYSELF

YOU CAN BE STRONG I KNOW

YOU JUST... (Chorus)

BOY, DON'T LET IT GO

I SAW YOU BEING BORN

YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE ME DIE

AND INBETWEEN THESE TWO POINTS

THERE'S SO, SO LITTLE TIME

I JUST HOPE YOU KNOW

DADDY LOVES YOU SO

AND IF I'M NOT ALWAYS THERE TO HOLD YOU

WHEN YOUR WORLD FALLS DOWN

AND I'M NOT AROUND

JUST REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU

YOU MUST... (Chorus)

JENNY, DON'T LET IT GO

WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL

(Don Schlitz & Paul Overstreet © Don Schlitz Music)

IT'S AMAZING HOW YOU CAN SPEAK RIGHT TO MY HEART

WITH OUT SAYING A WORD, YOU CAN LIGHT UP THE DARK

TRY AS I MAY, I COULD NEVER EXPLAIN

WHAT I HEAR WHEN YOU DON'T SAY A THING

THE SMILE ON YOUR FACE LETS ME KNOW THAT YOU NEED ME

THERE'S A TRUTH IN YOUR EYES SAYING YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE ME

THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND SAYS YOU'LL CATCH ME WHENEVER I FALL

YOU SAY IT BEST WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL

ALL DAY LONG I CAN HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT

BUT WHEN YOU HOLD ME NEAR, YOU DROWN OUT THE CROWD

OLD MISTER WEBSTER COULD NEVER DEFINE

WHAT'S BEING SAID BETWEEN YOUR HEART AND MINE

THE SMILE ON YOUR FACE LETS ME KNOW THAT YOU NEED ME

THERE'S A TRUTH IN YOUR EYES SAYING YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE ME

THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND SAYS YOU'LL CATCH ME WHENEVER I FALL

YOU SAY IT BEST WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL

THE SMILE ON YOUR FACE LETS ME KNOW THAT YOU NEED ME

THERE'S A TRUTH IN YOUR EYES SAYING YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE ME

THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND SAYS YOU'LL CATCH ME WHENEVER I FALL

YOU SAY IT BEST WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL

THE WOOD SONG

(Emily Ann Saliers © Godhap Music)

THE THIN HORIZON OF A PLAN IS ALMOST CLEAR

ME AND MY FRIENDS HAVE HAD A TOUGH TIME

WE'VE BEEN BRUISIN' OUR BRAINS HARD UP AGAINST CHANGE

ALL THE OLD DOGS AND THE MAGICIANS

NOW I SEE WE'RE IN THE BOAT IN TWO BY TWOS

WITH ONLY THE HEART THAT WE HAVE FOR A TOOL THAT WE CAN USE

BUT THE VERY CLOSE QUARTERS ARE HARD TO GET USED TO

LOVE WEIGHTS THE HUSLL DOWN WITH ITS WEIGHT

CHORUS: THE WOOD IS TIRED AND THE WOOD IS OLD

BUT WE'LL MAKE IT FINE, IF THE WEATHER HOLDS

BUT IF THE WEATHER HOLDS, THEN WE'LL MISS THE POINT

AND THAT'S WHERE I NEED TO GO

NO WAY CONSTRUCTION OF THIS TRICKY PLAN

WAS BUILT BY OTHER THAN A GREATER HAND

AND THE LOVE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING

WATCHING CLOSELY OVER THE JOURNEY

BUT WHAT IT TAKES TO CROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE

SEEMS MORE THAN ALL THE COURAGE I CAN MUSTER UP INSIDE

BUT WE GET TO HAVE SOME ANSWERS WHEN WE REACH THE OTHER SIDE

THE PRIZE IS ALWAYS WORTH THE ROCKY RIDE (CHORUS)

SOMETIMES I ASK TO SNEAK A CLOSER LOOK

SKIP TO THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE BOOK

AND MAYBE STEER US CLEAR FROM SOME OF THE PAIN THAT IT TOOK

TO GET US WHERE WE ARE THIS FAR, THIS FAR

BUT THE QUESTION DROWNS IN ITS FUTILITY

AND EVEN I HAVE GOT TO LAUGH AT ME

'CAUSE NO ONE GETS TO MISS THE STORM OF WHAT WILL BE

JUST HOLDING ON FOR THE RIDE (CHORUS)

BARE TO THE BONE

(Carrie Newcomer © Carrie Newcomer Music)

Here I am without a message here I stand with empty hands

Just a spirit tired of wandering like a stranger in this land

Walking wide-eyed through this world is the only way I've known

Wrapped in hope and good intention, bare to the bone

There is nothing I won't show you, nothing I would hide

I've risked it all and drempt it all, and seldom questioned why

You took me in when I was hungry, when my spirit ached and groaned

Laid wide open and defenseless, bare to the bone

CHORUS: So when I rise, I rise in glory, if I do I do by grace

Time'll wash away these footprints and we'll leave without a trace

Between here and now and forever is such precious little time

What we do in love and kindness is all we'll ever leave behind

When the light is slowly fading and my eyes are softly waiting

And the evening sun is setting and the world is barely breathing

Then your voice'll call me and your hands can lead me home

Like a newborn, awed an' nakked an' bare to the bone

(CHORUS)

Here I am without a message here I stand with empty hands

Just a spirit tired of wandering like a stranger in this land

Walking wide-eyed through this world is the only way I've known

Wrapped in hope and good intention, bare to the bone

HOLY NOW

(Peter Mayer © Peter Mayer Music)

When I was a boy each week, on Sunday we would go to church,

And listen to the preacher preach, he would read the holy word,

And consecrate the holy bread, and everyone would kneel and bow,

Today the only difference is, everything is holy now.

Everything, everything, everything is holy now.

When I was in Sunday school, we would learn about the time,

Moses split the sea in two, Jesus made the water wine,

And I remember feeling sad, that miracles don't happen still

But now I can't keep track, 'cause everything's a miracle,

Everything, everything, everything's a miracle.

Wine from water is not so small but scientists can not explain,

Why anything is here at all.

So the challenging thing becomes not to look for miracles,

But finding where there isn't one.

When holy water was rare at best, it barely wet my fingertips,

But now I have to hold my breath, I'm swimming in a sea of it

(It used to be a world half there, heaven's second rate hand-me-down,

Now I walk it with a reverent air 'cause everything is holy now) 1

Read a questioning child's face and say it's not a testament,

Is something that I wouldn't say

See another new morning come and say it's not a sacrament,

I tell you that it can't be done.

This morning, outside I stood and saw a little red-winged bird,

Shining like a burning bush, singing like a scripture verse.

It made me want to bow my head, I remember when church let out,

How things have changed since then everything is holy now. (1)

FAMILIAR EMBRACE

(Tom Davidson © Tom Davidson Music)

WHEN I GO AWAY FROM YOU

A CHANGE COMES OVER ME

I AM LIKE A SAILOR WHO

HAS GONE AWAY TO SEA

WHEN THE SILENT DARKNESS FINDS ME

GAZING OUT ALONE

EVERY STAR I SEE REMINDS ME

THAT I'M FAR FROM HOME

AND I JUST WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE

AND SEE YOUR SHINING FACE

AND REST MY HEART IN THE CAREFREE HARBOR

OF YOUR FAMILIAR EMBRACE

WHEN I COME BACK HOME TO YOU

I COME TO UNDERSTAND

I AM LIKE A PILGRIM WHO

HAS REACHED HIS HOLY LAND

THROUGH THE ROAD HAS LEFT ME WEARY

DOUBTFUL AND UNKNOWN

BLESSED WORDS YOU SAY ASSURE ME

THAT I'VE FOUND MY HOME

AND I JUST WHAT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE

AND SEE YOUR KNOWING FACE

AND REST MY SOUL IN THE SIMPLE WISDOM

OF YOUR FAMILIAR EMBRACE

ECHOES

(Dar Williams © Burning Field Music)

Every time you love just a little

Take one step closer

Solving a riddle

It echoes all over the world

Every time you walk into kindness

Make one connection

Use to divide us

It echoes all over the world

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

Every time you choose one more morning

Goodness or meanness

Life has one warning

It echoes all over the world

When a leader gets the hungry fed food

When you just make love inside your bedroom

It echoes all over the world

Ah ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah ah

All over the world

Every time you love just a little

Take one step closer

Solving a riddle

It echoes all over the world

BLOWING IN THE WIND

(Bob Dylan © Special Rider Music)

HOW MANY ROADS MUST A MAN WALK DOWN

BEFORE YOU CALL HIM A MAN

HOW MANY YEARS MUST THE WHITE DOVE SAIL

BEFORE SHE SLEEPS IN THE SAND

HOW MANY TIMES MUST THE CANNON BALLS FLY

BEFORE THEY'RE FOREVER BANNED

CH: THE ANSWER MY FRIEND, IS BLOWING IN THE WIND

THE ANSWER IS BLOWING IN THE WIND

HOW MANY TIMES MUST A MAN LOOK UP

BEFORE HE CAN SEE THE SKY

HOW MANY EARS MUST ONE MAN HAVE

BEFORE HE CAN HEAR HIS CHILDREN CRY

HOW MANY DEATHS WILL IT TAKE TILL HE KNOWS

THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED (CH)

HOW MANY YEARS CAN A MOUNTAIN EXIST

BEFORE IT IS WASHED TO THE SEA

HOW MANY YEARS CAN SOME PEOPLE EXIST

BEFORE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE FREE

HOW MANY TIME CAN A MAN TURN HIS HEAD

PRETENDING THAT HE JUST DOESN'T SEE (CH)

SOME OF SHELLY'S BLUES

(Michael Nesmith © Screen Gems, EMI Music)

TELL ME JUST ONE MORE TIME

THE REASON WHY YOU MUST LEAVE

TELL ME ONCE MORE WHY YOU THINK YOU DON'T NEED ME

YOU CAN TELL ME AGAIN BUT DON'T THINK YOU'LL CONVINCE ME

YOU SAID, ABOUT FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN

YOU'D RATHER BE DEAD

WHEN SOMEONE BREAKS YOUR HEART YOU CRY YOUR EYES RED

THERE'S NOTHING SO HARD ABOUT THE LIFE THAT YOU'VE LED

Bridge: AS FAR AS I CAN SEE THERE'S NO REASON FOR GOODBYE

YOU'RE JUST RUNNING SCARED AND THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN'T BUY

SO YOU LOOSE,

I WON'T LET YOU GO AND THERE'S NOTHING TO SHOW BUT MORE BLUES

AND ALL THIS TALK ABOUT YOUR LEAVING IS STRICKLY BAD NEWS

SO YOU SETTLE DOWN AND STAY WITH THE BOY THAT LOVES YOU

SIMPLE THINGS

BABY CRIES BECAUSE I SCOLD HER

THEN SHE CRIES FOR ME TO HOLD HER

LAYS HER HEAD DOWN ON MY SHOULDER

LIVE AND LEARN - WE'RE ONE DAY OLDER

TEACH ME SIMPLE THINGS

HELP ME UNDERSTAND

TAKE ME BY MY HAND

AND TEACH ME SIMPLE THINGS

LATE AT NIGHT I SIT HERE SIGHING

WEAK AND WORN THERE'S NO DENYING

DEEP INSIDE A VOICE IS CRYING

WHO CAN SAVE A DREAM THAT'S DYING

TEACH ME SIMPLE THINGS

HELP ME UNDERSTAND

TAKE ME BY MY HAND

AND TEACH ME SIMPLE THINGS

THEY TELL ME NATURE'S STILL A CONSTANT GIVER

LEARN HER WAYS AND SHE'LL DELIVER

SO LET'S GO FISHING IN THE RIVER

EVERY DAY IT'S NOW OR NEVER

TEACH ME SIMPLE THINGS

HELP ME UNDERSTAND

TAKE ME BY MY HAND

AND TEACH ME SIMPLE THINGS

ICARUS ASCENDING

Soaring alone upon a threatening wind

Just fix your eyes on the horizon

Cut off from everything

You've known or have been

I shouldn't think it so surprising

Spiraling upward on the freshening lift

Reaching the realms of fleet Apollo

You have been given the most sacred of gifts

You must be fearless now and follow

CHORUS: Don't look down

Though your heart may be weary

Don't look down

Though your wings are on fire

Don't look down

Though the night may seem endless

There's a reasong you're flying this fast and this far

Let you faith be your strength

And your love be your guiding star

Venturing further than the length of your sight

Out past the reach of your beginnings

There is a gamble in each proud act of flight

But the losses pale before the winnings

Circling and diving with this freedom you've found

Illusion blows apart and scatters

There is no darkness in this place that we're bound

Love is the only thing that matters

CHORUS

WHAT WILL JESUS DO

He was not what the experts expected

That day that he rode into town

He looked like a fool, sitting there on a mule

With the palm branches waving around

And when he went into church on Sunday morning

He found that they'd made it a store

To sell Bibles and "fish signs", music with bad rhymes

And he ushered them out of the door

What folks thought he would do, thought he should do

Was not what he did do, my friend

So they tempted and tried him, one tried to buy him

But he didn't listen to them

And they nailed him for that in the end

There's a crowd always looking for Jesus

And they say that he's coming again

They have great expectations of a great celebration

High places with all of their friends

And they'll ride on a cloud up to heaven

Leaving all unbelievers behind

But the one who would lead them, the one we believe in

Just waits at the end of their line

What folks thought he would do, thought he should do

Was not what he did do, my friend

So they tempted and tried him, even denied him

But he didn't listen to them

And they nailed him for that in the end

He was not what the experts expected

That day that he rode into town

REMEMBER THIS DAY

Farewell, farewell, little darling of mine

I'll be gone a long time from my home

Be well, be well, while I'm so far away

And remember this day while I'm gone

Down by the river we walked hand in hand

Burried our toes in the warmth of the sand

Lay in the shade of the sheltering trees

Offered our thanks to the sun and the breeze

So, long, so long, when the night is so long

It will seem like a dream when its done

Hold on, hold on, close your eyes and hold on

Like the earth holds the warmth of the sun

Down by the river we walked hand in hand

Burried our toes in the warmth of the sand

Lay in the shade of the sheltering trees

Offered our thanks to the sun and the breeze

Farewell, farewell, dear companion of mine

I'll be gone a long time from our home

Be well, be well, while I'm so far away

Remember this day while I'm gone

I'll remember this day while I'm gone