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Mend Me
New Year Eve, and this is what I see
Staring at these faces staring back at me
Sometimes insecure, but I know
Your love is pure
I am broken--mend me
Over backwards--bending
For the love you're sending
All the places that I've been
Still I can't escape this life of sin
What I want to do I don't do
And what I do I don't want to do
Days have come and days have gone
And still I'm under siege
Everyday decisions made for which
Side to alleige
Sometimes I just sit and cry for
Words I can't erase
All I have in this world is the
Promise of your grace
...You made the universe, and
You can mend me
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Here With Me
Isn't it enough just to have someone who
Loves you
Even though you know that someone's
So far away?
Here I am alone again another season
When I close my eyes I feel you here with me
You said you'd always love me, and you
Would never leave
Sure as the sky above me, I believe...
Mountains high and valleys low
Desert land and driving snow
Like a river to the sea, you are always
Here with me
The world is full of those who verbalize
Endearment
A million times they'll say, a million
Times they'll let you down
You are different from the others
Who surrounded
Here with you I have a place to lay my
Burden down
Dark the night and bright the day
Living light, shine my way
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Famine Or Feast
Sitting on the front porch with my sweet Marilade
Working out expenses no honest man can pay
One is from the landlord; the bank done
Sent me two
As for me, I know down deep what I got to do
Famine or feast, I'm on my knees
Looking for the answers to things I can't see
Times of jubilation waiting for release
Time we all pray to the Lord--famine or feast
Things have happened lately; car is in the shop
Riding on the cross-town; almost at the stop
Staring out the window into the night outside
I have to tell you honest, I sat right
There and cried
You may say, time to
Pray is every now & then
I tell you twice, Jesus
Christ--He's no fair-weather friend
My best friend's a doctor, how he
Has been blessed
Drives a new Mercedes, and always has the best
Thursday nights you'll find us studying God's word
We both hve our reasons for praying to the Lord
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The Best Thing
I know the road you're on
And where it's leading to
There ain't no coming back
If you make it through
It'll cost you everything
With nothing to show for it
But if you want it better, child
Here's your chance to go for it
The best thing in life
Is definitely free
The best thing in life
Is good for you and me
One thing's for certain
I have been taught
The key to heaven
Just can't be bought
'Cause the standard is perfection
And we are all short of it
In came Jesus
And he was above it
The best thing in life
Is definitely free
The best thing in life
Is good for you and me
BRIDGE:
Jesus on the cross
Paid the penalty
And offers back to us
Life eternally
The choice is up to you
Just remember this
No matter what you've done
Well, Jesus, he forgives...yeah
The best thing in life
Is definitely free
The best thing in life
Is definitely free
You hear what I'm sayin'?
The best thing in life
Is definitely free
The best thing in life
Is definitely free
The best thing in life
Is definitely free......
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Long Time Comin'
Don't know where to begin or how to explain
This feeling within. There it goes again
Just a moment ago I said I wouldn't believe
But you touched my soul, and now I
Couldn't conceive
All the things you did just to get through
Looking back on my life now it's clear to me
All the things you brought me through,
So dear to me
Even though it seemed all of the sudden
It's been a long time comin'
Signs of danger, I can recall
And words from a stranger seemed like
Nothing at all
People been praying from my childhood
To youth
Then there's that man who just told
Me the truth
...All the things you did just to
Get through
You've brought me this far. Who's to say
You won't carry me through the rest
Of my days
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Thing Called Jesus
Don't come running to me with your half truth
Don't come crawling to me with your lies
Cause I've see the liar and slipped through
His eye tooth; pulled out by Jesus Christ
You've been pushing the spiritual nothing
Now I'm throwing it all away
Surely this whole thing has got to
Mean something. Because it does to me
This is more to me than just a story
This is more to me than just some
Songs that I sing
I lay it on the line time after time
After time after time
They can't stop this thing called Jesus
You can put me in some kind of closet
But sooner or later He'll knock
Down the doors
You can slander my name if you want it
He will send another, and then
There will be more
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Personal Judgement Day
Gonna be a hot time on the old town tonight
We're goin out; gonna do it up right
But in the middle of a casual grin--
In the blink of an eye, He's coming again
Don't have to listen to what I say
Don't have to bow your head and pray
But your personal judgement day
Is only a breath away
Accepted Jesus at Forty-Five
Said "Man I'm glad to be alive
All my friends are dead you see
And one bad trip and it could've been me"
The bible talks about a book of names--
Souls rescend from the flames
So brother tell me, when it all is through
Do you know Jesus, and does He know you?
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Letting Go
I am a man who hides his feelings
I don't think I can keep from revealing
All the things inside of me
That are out of control
So Lord, I'm letting go
There was a time things didn't matter
Reason & rhyme were second nature
It was all a big facade, I have come
To know
So Lord, I'm letting go
I am calling. Are you hearing?
I am falling. Come and catch me
From now on I put my trust in you
And you alone
So Lord, I'm letting go
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You Are
Some people crazy. Don't understand
There ain't no reason in the heart of man
They try and tell me you don't exist
They are mistaken. I must insist
Cause you brought me through the valley
Of the shadow of death
How could you love me like you do
And still have any left
When I've fallen short, when I've gone too far
Everywhere I go, you are
Used to have a soul. Used to have a need
An appetite for you Lord, that lived to feed
Some men are hungry and strongly willed
But at your table, I have been filled
You are in my daytime, & you are in my night
You are everything I need
My Lord and my delight
Straight out of heaven into my heart
And now I know we'll never part
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If Loving God Was A Crime
If loving God was a crime, I'd be an outlaw
I would join the fight
They could not shut me down;
I would stand tall for what I know is right
Would you stand with me for the world to see
When all is on the line
Would you be ashamed of Jesus' name
If loving God was a crime
The schoolroom, I hear, teachers choices
To kids who cannot pray
And the unborn, I fear, they have no voice
In politics today
Take a look around. What will tomorrow hold?
It's time to stand our ground
We must be bold
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All songs written by Steve Higgins ©1995
Photon Music/BMI. All Rights Reserved.
Used by permission.
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