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Strollin' on the Water
By Bryan Duncan & John Andrew Schreiner

[computer voice]

(During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. 'It is a ghost," they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus said to them, "Take courage. It is I, don't be afraid," don't be afraid, don't be afraid...)

Open up my eyes, I pray
Lord, for just a little glimpse of you
That's all I need, it's all I've ever needed
To see beyond myself, beyond this tiny, little world
All your hands have made
With beauty and strength alone
I can see you comin' to me now
Oh, like a shimmerin' light
Shimmerin' light on an open sea
Barefoot on the water
Laughin' at the ocean
Like you were old friends
Callin' out my name
Saying join me now

Strollin' on the water
High over every care
Strollin' on the water
Sinking no longer
Let me rise above the high tide
I can do it, I'll do it, yeah
I know where my strength comes from
Do do do do do do, do do do do do do, do do do do do do

Help me cut these bonds where I keep my spirit tied
All safe and dry
Safe and dry, but so afraid
Let me come to you
Let me run to you
With my heart still beating
Beating in my throat
With my sweaty palms and mouth so dry
Shakin' 'til I can't stand still
All I'm askin'
All I'm askin' is to let me cross
That great divide between you and I
Only you can take me there
So take me there, yeah!

Strollin' on the water
High over every care
Strollin' on the water
Sinking no longer
Let me rise above the high tide
I can do it, I'll do it, yeah
I know that you said, "follow me"

Just let the water flow
Let it go
Oh keep your eyes on me
Do you feel alive?
Try turnin' circles, yeah
Bend your knees
And hold your hands up high
Can you feel the wind in your hair?
With your eyes closed
Take a breath of fresh air
Feel the mist on your toes
Look where we are!

Strollin' on the water
High over every care
Strollin' on the water
Sinking no longer
Strollin' on the water
High over every care
Strollin' on the water
Sinking no longer
Let me rise above the high tide
I can do it, I'll do it, yeah
I know where my strength comes from
Strollin' on the water
High over every care
(I know where my strength comes from)
Strollin' on the water
Sinking no longer
Strollin' on the water
High over every care
(I know where my strength comes from)
Strollin' on the water
Sinking no longer
Strollin' on the water
High over every care
Strollin' on the water
Sinking no longer

©1998 Fanatic Music (adm. by Word Music, Inc.)
Word Music, Inc.
John Andrew Schreiner Music (ASCAP)
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I Still Love You—Simple as That
by Bryan Duncan & John Andrew Schreiner

Armed with all the words a man can find
I speak of lasting love
Oh, and all that I know of you
Is still not half of what I feel
But nothin' I can find to say
Describes the place you hold inside my heart
Not at all like love I've read about
So much deeper tahn the words
Oh simplest words to say

In all we've been through
I still love you
Simple as that
Simple as that fact
No regret and no revision
I'm not looking back
I'm not looking back, no
I'm sayin' I made the right decision
And I'm gonna stand by you
As long as you'll have me, too

I know the work takes me around the world
I keep coming back to you
Oh, you're the hope I'm running to
After all that's said and done
So please forgive me when I fail
My sad attempts don't seem to make it clear
There's only simple words that I can choose
And they're the same words every time
Oh the simplest words that come to mind

In all we've been through
I still love you
Simple as that
Simple as that fact
No regret and no revision
I'm not looking back
I'm not looking back, no
I'm sayin' I made the right decision
And I'm gonna stand by you
As long as you'll have me, too
As long as you'll have me
As long as you'll have me, too

Oh and I find the simplest words
Simplest words that come to mind

In all we've been through
I still love you
Simple as that
Simple as that fact
No regret and no revision
I'm not looking back
I'm not looking back, no

In all we've been through
I still love you
Simple as that
Simple as that fact
No regret and no revision
I'm not looking back
I'm not looking back, no

©1998 Fanatic Music (adm. by Word Music, Inc.)
Word Music, Inc.
John Andrew Schreiner Music (ASCAP)
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God Knows
By Bryan Duncan & Chuck Barth

Think of love is a good thing
But what again if it's not?
Is the ladder for climbing
Or just whatever's on top?
Do I bury the hatred
Or with a shovel escape
Through the valley of shadow
Through the heart with a stake

God knows and I don't
What's good for me

Ready or not
Learn the hard way
The lesson never stops
Try to resist
This
Somethin's up you don't wanna miss

Ready or not
Learn the hard way
The lesson never stops
Try to resist
This
Somethin's up you don't wanna miss

Do I walk on the thin line
Just to prove that I'm right?
Am I tempted a third time
Just to see if I might
(Just to prove that I'm right)
If I pray am I askin'
That I should live without pain
Is the world for the taking
What will it be that I gain?

God knows and I don't
What's good for me

Ready or not
Learn the hard way
The lesson never stops
Try to resist
This
Somethin's up you don't wanna miss

Ready or not
Learn the hard way
The lesson never stops
Try to resist
This
Somethin's up you don't wanna miss

Lesson number one:
I don't know everything
[scat singing]
Lesson number two:
Only God is not lying to you
[scat singing]
Alright it goes, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah
We all stand in the dark and look through the blinding glass
(dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah)
Yeah, the directions in hand, but there's only one flashlight
(dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah)
And at some point you know what
Everyone else is just a little ill informed
All I'm sayin'!
That's all I'm tryin' to say!
That's all I'm sayin'!

[scat singing]
God know and I don't what's good for me
God know and I don't what's good for me
God know and I don't what's good for me
God know and I don't what's good for me
God know and I don't what's good for me
God know and I don't what's good for me
God know and I don't what's good for me
God know and I don't what's good for me

God knows what's good, what's good for me
God knows what's good, what's good for me
God knows what's good, what's good for me
God knows what's good, what's good for me
God knows what's good, what's good for me
God knows what's good, what's good for me
God knows what's good, what's good for me
God knows what's good, what's good for me

©1998 Fanatic Music (adm. by Word Music, Inc.)
Word Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Chuck Barth Music (BMI)
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Once I've Arrived
by Bryan Duncan & Chuck Barth

Lying awake, night after night
I turn to you for the meaning to a thousand dreams
Why should I fear what I'm given no answers to?
I'm living in uncertainty
What if I cry?
What if I never learn what the future holds for me?
I wait for you
I do
Assured to find that you are all I need

Somewhere beyond here
Is a dreamer's promised land
Faith is the road where without fear
I believe I'll understand
(Once I've arrived)
Why love is hard to hold like dreams
That simply must unfold
(Once I've arrived)

Life is defined, still unexplained
I worship you in teary-eyed laughter
Step of faith again and again
Reaching out to you from vision and strength of mind
I wait for you
I do
I'm sure to find that you are all I need

Somewhere beyond here
Is a dreamer's promised land
Faith is the road where without fear
I believe I'll understand
(Once I've arrived
Once I've arrived)

Somewhere beyond here
Is a dreamer's promised land
Faith is the road where without fear
I believe I'll understand
(Once I've arrived)
Why love is hard to hold like dreams
That simply must unfold
(Once I've arrived)
Why love is hard to hold like dreams
That simply must unfold
(Once I've arrived)
Why love is hard to hold like dreams
That simply must unfold
(Once I've arrived)
Why love is hard to hold like dreams
That simply must unfold
(Once I've arrived)
Why love is hard to hold like dreams
That simply must unfold
(Once I've arrived)
Why love is hard to hold like dreams

©1998 Fanatic Music (adm. by Word Music, Inc.)
Word Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Chuck Barth Music (BMI)
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The Last Time I Was Here
by Bryan Duncan & John Andrew Schreiner

The last time I was here
I can remember standing tall
But looking up to face the door
I can recall each room as large
And not at all that I was small
I was a child, of course
I was a child of yours

Last time I was here
How could I have known
I'd be awakened by the loss of thing I held dear
And that my coming back would mark the fact
I've done the work I'm stronger for
I couldn't ask for more

Stay with me awhile
God of all that's come and gone
You are the faithful Rose of Sharon
You are the morning's final dawn
I need you to pray with me awhile
Let me feel your strength in me
Here in the cradle of my soul
Let me let all else now go
I've gone around the world
To find the precious pearl
Was here all along
Yeah

The last time I was here
I thought I knew the score
I though my world was in my own control
I cursed a lot of things, I blamed my chains
My lack of strength, the simple length of time I've known
Laid here before your throne

Stay with me awhile
God of all that's come and gone
You are the faithful Rose of Sharon
You are the morning's final dawn
I need you to pray with me awhile
Let me feel your strength in me
Here in the cradle of my soul
Let me let all else now go
I've gone around the world
To find the precious pearl
Was here all along

Hey, yeah

Here
Gone around the world
To find the precious pearl
Gone around the world
To find the precious pearl

©1998 Fanatic Music (adm. by Word Music, Inc.)
Word Music, Inc.
John Andrew Schreiner Music (ASCAP)
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This Love is What I Get
by Bryan Duncan & John Andrew Schreiner

I've been savin' up trouble
Just as best as I can
Said if pain is worth something
Ought to be a rich man
Feel like I'm kissin' a killer
In a boxing ring
I keep falling in love
With the same old thing

Well I can see my life in movies
Where I complain that life's not fair
Now looking back with one eye open
I should never have
Never have a prayer

This is what I get
(This love is what I get)
Never had a prayer
And this is what I get
(This love is what I get)

I'm really feeling like nothin' in a dozen ways
They say you can't get somethin' for nothin' these days
But with my head bowed down on a bended knee
I can offer God nothin' but the truth about me
I said, of all you've laid before me
All the choices could have made
Before all that's just
When I took that trust
And I'm sad to say I threw it away

And this is what I get
(This love is what I get)
When I was throwin' away
And this is what I get
(This love is what I get)

After all you've laid before me
All the choice I could have made
I was waitin' to pay
Ah, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
(This love is what I get)
I was waitin' to pay
(This love is what I get)

I'm not worthy, I'll admit
But this love is what I get
I'm not worthy, I'll admit
But this love is what I get
This love
This love is what I get
(This love is what I get)
This love is what I get
(This love is what I get)
This love is what I get
(This love is what I get)
I say, this love is what I get
(This love is what I get)
[scat singing]
(This love is what I get)
This love is what I get
(This love is what I get)
This love is what I get
(This love is what I get)
This love is what I get
(This love is what I get)
I say, this love is what I get
(This love is what I get)
What I get, what I get
(This love is what I get)

©1998 Fanatic Music (adm. by Word Music, Inc.)
Word Music, Inc.
John Andrew Schreiner Music (ASCAP)
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Sometimes in the Dark
by Bryan Duncan & Chuck Barth

I'm lookin' for good news
I'm hangin' around
A fresh lead and some new clues
And one ear to the ground
'Cause I've seen gloom
As common as rain
The worst in a sad slide
Is when I fail to see beyond the frame

Sometimes in the dark
Between streets, in alleys
An alibi can come undone
When the picture is enhanced
Some light on the subject
Is enough to keep me pushin' on

Gone deep cover
Not takin' the fall
The best kept of all secrets
Is no secret at all
'Cause I've seen liars
Thicker than thieves
Clouding the picture
So watch your step when everyone agrees

Sometimes in the dark
Between streets, in alleys
An alibi can come undone
When the picture is enhanced
Some light on the subject
Is enough to keep me pushin' on

And sometimes in the dark
It feels a little scary
Never know if help is near or far
And shadows make the smallest things
A little bigger than they are

[laughing]
And they are
Just a little bigger than they are
Than they are

Bump, stumblin' around
Stumblin' around
Bump, stumblin' around
Stumblin' I found

I've got news
And it's just fine
And the darkest of dark times
Still can't erase this little light of mine

Sometimes in the dark
Between streets, in alleys
An alibi can come undone
When the picture is enhanced
Some light on the subject
Is enough to keep me pushin' on

And sometimes in the dark
It feels a little scary
Never know if help is near or far
And shadows make the smallest things
A little bigger than they are

Sometimes in the dark
Things look a little bigger than they are
Sometimes in the dark
Things look a little bigger than they are
Sometimes in the dark
Things look a little bigger than they are

©1998 Fanatic Music (adm. by Word Music, Inc.)
Word Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Chuck Barth Music (BMI)
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The Preachin' is Easy
by Bryan Duncan & John Andrew Schreiner

[voices under intro]
(Ok, we're gonna do it, but it ain't gonna sound good.
Wait a minute, I gotta talk to you for a moment. [laughing])

We met on the high road
At a glance, both looking bright an shiny, clean
In that seamless perfection
From the makers of the ad in a magazine
But then one slip is all it takes
The earth is not too far away
I said my friend is calling out from the peaks above
While I'm laid out on the fertile plain

Talkin' to me now sayin'
Can't get around,
And you can't get around
The slippery things in life
And it's technically correct

But the preachin' is easy, baby
You better believe it
Talkin' to me now, sayin'
Talkin' is cheap in my book
Help me up if you've read it, ah yeah
Oh!
I'm under pressure
Under pressure
Crazy pressure now
Makes you want to quit!

Back on the high side
Little worse for the wear,
But I'm truly tried
And I'm now more forgiving
'Cause I know how it feels
Know what it's like

Say, can't get around
And you can't get around
The slippery things in life
Na, na, na, na, yeah
Preachin' is easy, baby
You better believe it
Talkin' to me like it's nothin'
Talkin' is cheap in my book
Look me up when you've read it, whoo!
Oh! Na, na, na, na, na
Under pressure
I'm under pressure
yeah, oh!

Try walkin' a straight line
Even while you're lookin' up the whole time
And there's so many steps in the right direction
So you're gonna miss one sometimes
Someone will say
Should have planned ahead
You should have turned around, oh
Should have seen the light, yeah na, na, na

The preachin' is easy, baby
You better believe it
Talkin' to me now, say
Talkin' is cheap in my book, nah
Wake me up when you'rve read it, whoo!
(Yeah, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, yeah
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na)
The preachin' is easy
[scat singing]
Alright
I'm under pressure
No, no, no, no, no
Not under pressure

©1998 Fanatic Music (adm. by Word Music, Inc.)
Word Music, Inc.
John Andrew Schreiner Music (ASCAP
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Glad Morning
by Bryan Duncan & John Andrew Schreiner

The darkest hour's approaching
Stilled by the silent stars
Time is slowly passing by
Sun has left the sky
Where is the power in hoping
Blinding confusion reigns
On the night of a second day
The night before the day

All hope for love is laid to rest
All cold and tombed in stone
While scattered frineds and fallen angels
Lie awake alone

Glad morning
When love is recovered
Glad morning
And sorrow forgotten

The door once closed and guarded
Lets chadows cast a spell
While an evil's finest hour
A surrendering of power
Now find a light still burning
An open window glows
Even framed on dark despair
Like a bride in waiting

The soul in searching finds its place
And foolish questions raise
All disappear without a trace
When immovable stones are rolled away

Glad morning
When love is recovered
Glad morning
And sorrow forgotten

The soul in searching finds its place
And foolish questions raise
All disappear without a trace
When immovable stones are rolled away

Glad morning
When love is recovered
Glad morning
And sorrow forgotten

Glad morning
When love is recovered
Glad morning
Glad morning
And sorrow forgotten
Glad morning
Glad morning
Glad morning
Glad morning

©1998 Fanatic Music (adm. by Word Music, Inc.)
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John Andrew Schreiner Music (ASCAP)
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Caribbean Dream (or What I Did With My Summer Vacation)
by Bryan Duncan & ?

[Sounds of an ocean town, a couple of sneezes and then tuning the radio, stopping on...]

...It doesn't matter to me, hey!
I'm in the Caribbean
(I'm in no hurry, yeah)
Oh, in my Caribbean Dream

Picture me just lyin' in the sun
Withthe radio on
If nothin' has to get done
Yeah, this reggae music is fun
Rhythm of the island

Happiness come sneakin' up on me
From a serious place
There's not a serious face
On any day of the week
Dancin' with my left feet

Boats are floatin' on the aqua sea
Spirit's soaring with the mercury
You make me smile while you're fillin' my cup
You're fillin' me up
To the brim of my big straw hat

(I'm in no hurry)
In my Caribbean Dream
Out in the Caribbean
(I'm in no hurry, yeah)
Oh, linger on just as long as I can possibly, yeah
(I'm in no hurry)
Yeah, it doesn't matter to me, hey!
I'm in the Caribbean
(I'm in no hurry)
Ah, in my Caribbean Dream
Dancin' to Caribbean beat

Waves of joy come crashin' over me
In my cinnamon tea
I'm just kickin' up sand
On the way to the beach
Pickin' up the seashells
Sit me down
I've been lookin' all around
For that coconut cream
Yeah, could be a permanent thing
Yeah, diggin' the tropical scene
Pushin' up my favorite shades

Boats are floatin' on the aqua sea
Spirit's soaring with the mercury
You make me smile while you're fillin' my cup
You're fillin' me up
To the brim of my big straw hat

(I'm in no hurry)
In my Caribbean Dream
Out in the Caribbean
(I'm in no hurry, yeah)
Oh, linger on just as long as I can possibly, yeah
(I'm in no hurry)
Yeah, it doesn't matter to me, hey!
I'm in the Caribbean
(I'm in no hurry)
Ah, in my Caribbean Dream
Dancin' to Caribbean beat

(I'm in no hurry
Caribbean Dream is easy, breezy)
In my Caribbean Dream
Out in the Caribbean
(I'm in no hurry, yeah
Caribbean Dream is easy, breezy)
Oh, linger on just as long as I can possibly, yeah
(I'm in no hurry
Caribbean Dream is easy, breezy)
It doesn't matter to me, hey!
I'm in the Caribbean
(I'm in no hurry
Caribbean Dream is easy, breezy)
Ah, in my Caribbean Dream
Dancin' to Caribbean beat
(I'm in no hurry
Caribbean Dream is easy, breezy)
Out in the Caribbean
(I'm in no hurry
Caribbean Dream is easy, breezy)
Oh, linger on just as long as I can possibly, yeah
(I'm in no hurry
Caribbean Dream is easy, breezy)
Hey, I'm in the Caribbean

 

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