Caedmon's Call

Out on these Texas plains you can see for a million lives And there's a thousand exits between here and the state line About the last time that I saw you You said call me Pandora, call me a fool And I'm thinking this view it could do you some good So drop...

Spit and the clay, when washed away Gave the blind man sight New eyes couldn't comprehend the sun That by light ended the night Shackled in blindness since his birth Whose sin, was it him, what's it all worth Now with eyes wide open they interrogate him Sayin...

Did not catch her name Did not catch her tears It hit me like a train When her story hit my ears Mother of eight sons Father off to war Got no home address Just bricks on a dirt floor Jesus is all I need Tiny plot of land Corn stored up in piles Years it does...

Nobody has as many lives as I do But I lose them all My reluctance to be my version of me Is all the writing on the wall I'll ever need All my life You can have all of my life All my life You can have all of my life I can see a tree in the soft ground, holdi...

Maslow told me years ago That I'd need twice tomorrow of what I have today It makes me wish I'd never had a bed to lay my head And if I could have me, then I'd take you instead What's the use in having something if it belongs to me Cause if I can put my hands...

I don't see what you see in me, I'm just flesh and bone, Many hours at the carousel Postcards from far from home Sometimes i feel as useless as my empty words, old presidents' dogs, clean paws, no dirt- What do these words mean? Sometimes i just don't know. So...

Like April Showers on the slick cement When I consider how our light is spent Keeping the candles inside the cathedral Hold on tight, Don't go into the night So full of evil Rain rain don't go away We need you this dry and dusty day Rain rain don't go away Th...

The image of god invisible, the first born of all life Before and within, he holds it all in One name, one faith, one christ No one is good enough, to save himself Awake my soul tonight, to boast nothing else I trust no other source or name, nowhere else can...

So I'm walking down the street somewhere outside of San Francisco But, I don't really know my way around And I'd love to stay a day or two and get into some trouble But tomorrow I'll be in another town There's at least one coffee bar for every single coupl...

I tried to know Every mystery Soon realized, no It was too much for me 'Cause most things true Are simple and complex So it is with You What else should I expect You suffer the seeker In You they abide You are to me A beautiful mystery You are to me A Serva...

Before there was time There were visions in Your mind There was death in the fall of mankind But there was life in salvation's design Before there were days There were nights I could not see Your face But the night could not keep me from grace When You...

Beloved these are dangerous times Because you are weightless like a leaf from the vine and the wind has blown you all over town Because there is nothing holding you to the ground So now you would rather be A slave again than free from the law Beloved list...

The rain in bombay fall on the righteous and the wrong And there is no way for me to understand Faces pull towards me like the sea to the moon Eyes like diamonds in the sun Abraham's grains of sand spilling over the streets A wave of statistics The rain in bo...

I am a bus driver And it's four in the morning And i'm pressing out my clothes beside my bed Fourteen years been on the job and with many miles behind Still i'm up at three thirty to make sure i'm there on time My car gets me along just fine to and from the s...

So you're gone but i know you're not so far away You're a call on the phone or a ride on a plane But that just isn't the same, yeah well That's ok because i was never home anyway So now everyone's evolvnig and i am just the same As i was ten years ago, but i d...

We are called out; we are ransomed We are not of the world we're in We are chosen; we are blessed To bring light to the lives of men So father sow your seed Give us life in community Wake us from our sleep This is your time; this is your place And we are vesse...

Thank God I'm back in my car, and drivin' home, and drivin' home. 'Cause the air was thin and so cold back in there. It was my first time, won't be my last time And the questions rise expectations fall in light of it all. There aren't words to say; words a...

Clean am I before my Lord Washed am I in his cleansing word Though sin talons at my face Though my lips breath curse and praise Though verse of doubt I've too oft writ The eyes of forgiveness see none of it Clean am I before my Lord Saved am I from doomsday'...

Oh, my soul, sometimes we don't know what to do We work so hard being tough on our own But now it's me and you Let's get up sad bones 'Cause we are fall on hard times But you don't have to stand up all alone Just put your hand in mine Climb on a back t...

When I'm cold and alone All I want is my freedom and a sudden gust of gravity I stop wailing and kicking Just to let this water cover me, cover me Only if I rest my arms, rest my mind, You'll overcome me and swell up around me. With my fighting so vain, With m...

Come thou long-expected Jesus, Born to set Thy people free; From our fears and sins release us, Let us find our rest in Thee. Israel's strength and consolation, Hope of all the earth Thou art; Dear Desire of every nation, Joy of every longing heart. Bor...

You say you want a living sacrifice Well I am a burnt offering Crawling off the alter and Back in to the fire And with my smoke-filled lungs I cry out for freedom While locking and chaining myself To my rotting desires AND I HATE THE STENCH, BUT I SWALLOW THE...

Let us break the bread of life To give us life to prove his love for us God sacrificed His only Son for our salvation Yes we believe that we have been set free Now as we kneel before the cross of our redeemer Let us break the bread of life Together take the...

We belong to the Lion of Judah We are Abraham's seed We belong to the God and Creator of everything Let us raise up a covenant chorus Let us bring forth our lives To the One whose host gathers among us and fills the skies, and Raise up His name on high Raise...

My life looks good I do confess You can ask anyone Just dont ask my real good friends Cause they might tell the truth But "it's nothing they could prove" Cause there are things you would not believe That travel into my mind I swear I try and capture them But...

Sing from the village, sing from the town (Sub kooch ho sak-ee dey) Sing everyone who has been cast down (Sub kooch ho sak-ee dey) Emancipate, emancipate, Prime Minister, emancipate Emancipate, emancipate, Prime Minister, emancipate Sweeping, weaving, t...

My name is Mary and I'm from Greenville, Mississippi But this is where i live here in this old folk's dormitory Every Sunday night Sarah comes to see us And she plays that old upright But Sarah always seems to leave us When she plays something comes over me Go...

I've got my mind made up I've got to love you or leave you fast 'Cause I've been thinking clear Ans I don't know how long it'll last Just like Uri Gellar, I'm bound to twist the facts around I've got to get them straight before my baby up and leaves town...

(I Want Bebo That Way) Bebo is my fire My one desire Believe (me) when I say That I want it that way But we are two worlds apart Can't reach to Bebo's heart When you say That I want Bebo that way Tell me why (Ain't nothin' but a heartache) Tell me why (Ain'...

They say You live in hospitals and trenches And towers in the sky And I'm not dying or fighting any wars Except on the inside The only thing I need is a void that You can fill And I jump ship and run even further in Your will And I am looking for the well th...

As I survey the ground for ants Looking for a place to sit and read I'm reminded of the streets of my hometown And how they're much like this concrete That's warm beneath my feet And how I'm all wrapped up in my mother's face With a touch of my father ju...

Is it me or have the last few weeks just come and gone 'Cause I can't recall a word I've said or where I went wrong It's like I'm sleep walking on a tight wire no land beneath my feet It's like I'm running blind on a telephone line cars drive by on a busy stre...

My friend why do you whip yourself With the leather of your life Why do your memories build like Poison in your mind You're re-running the mistakes (of your mind) In the theater of your mind Hoping that there'll be A happily ever after this time Let go Let g...

Lord of heaven and earth Lord of all creation Lord of heaven and earth Lord of all creation Of water earth and sky Heavens are your tabernacle Glory to the lord on high Chorus: God of wonders beyond our galaxy You are holy holy The universe declares your maj...

There is life in the blood of the lamb who was slain There is power, there is power in his name There is love pouring out of the wounds that were made Pouring out, pouring over our shame Chorus: So praise the god who saves Praise the god who bled Praise the g...

Lord if i'm the clay then i've been left out in the sun Cracked and dry, like mud from the sty Still clinging to the prodigal son But i'm on my way back home Yes i'm on my way back home Into the hands That made the wine from the water Into the hands The hand...

A bus station, in the steam from the rain In this line of pale strangers, should I go or stay? The whole field of vision, fades beneath me now And the houses spread for a million miles, in this gray town And the weight of glory, if you held it in your hand I...

Now I praise you, Lord of creation You ordain the sun to rise and fall You scatter the stars across the heavens You come close enough to hear me call Now I want to say Holy is your name Let all creation proclaim Holy is your name Your love is the shelter ove...

I can see Jesus hanging on the cross I can see Jesus hanging on the cross I can see Jesus hanging on the cross He came looking for the lost And Love has come Love has come Love has come And it's giving me hope to carry on I can hear Jesus saying "Father for...

No more my god, i boast no more Of all the duties i have done I quit the hopes i held before, To trust the merits of thy son No more my god No more my god No more my god I boast no more Now, for the loss i bear his name, What was my gain i count my loss My f...

Though i am small i've seen things far beyond these city walls The land is flat and it rolls for miles I don't know much i know i've many places yet to see I know i've been here for a while Wouldn't you know just when i thought i had this figured out I'm back...

I love Your grace I love Your mercy I love the way You help me when I call I love your truth I love the power of your name But you know I love your presence most of all My soul takes refuge in the shadow of the lord and close to you is where I want to be You...

I waited For the Lord on High I waited And He heard my cry He took me out, out of despair And showed my where to walk From fear into security From quicksand into the light I sing to let the people know That I have been restored So they will kneel and underst...

I will sing for the meek For those who pray with their very lives for peace Though they're in chains for a higher call Their mourning will change into laughter when the nations fall In spirit poor In mercy rich They hunger for Your righteousness Their h...

Desert sky Dream beneath a desert sky The rivers run but soon run dry We need new dreams tonight Desert rose Dreamed I saw a desert rose Dress torn in ribbons and in bows Like a siren she calls to me Sleep comes like a drug In God's Country Sad eyes, crooked...

In the shadow of your wings I will sing, my soul thirsts for you My body longs for the one In a dry and weary land, where water is not Oh, Oh I will sing Oh, Oh I will sing In the shadow of your wings I will sing, my soul is satisfied with the richest roots A...

Can i take your picture Put it in my billfold You'll never believe where i will take you Can i have your headband Put it in my suitcase You know i'm always gone before i think to thank you I'm a soul that wanders In the field between the hyatt and the leela E...

Sometimes it's gotta rain Sometimes it's gotta rain To make you build your house on the rock Sometimes you gotta go through the night Sometimes you gotta go through the night To make you love the morning light Sometimes you never know you're sick until you're...

You have made me As a jar of clay And I may be hard pressed But I am not dismayed Begotten from the dust I am dirty And of these waters of life I'm so unworthy My ability Won't get me very far But my fragility Is a testimony to who you are Mold me, make me...

I was a pilgrim in early life I traveled at night Bound for Jordan just ten miles north Of a civil war Immersed in mercy in holy flood That mingled with blood My sextant headed for homebound lands Through twilight sands But I grew weary and too far-gone To c...

Laden with guilt and full of fears I fly to Thee my Lord And not a glimpse of hope appears But in Thy written word The volumes of my Father's grace Does all my grief's assuage Here I behold my Savior's face In every page This is the field where hidden...

Looking back at the road so far The journey's left its share of scars mostly from leaving the narrow and straight Looking back it is clear to me That a man is more than the sum of his deeds and how you've made good of this mess I've made is a profound mystery...

No one would love me if they knew all the things i hide My words fall to the floor As tears drip through the telephone line And the hands i've seen raised to the sky Not waving but drowning all this time I'll try to build an ark that they need To float to you...

Well, it looks like five thousand miles broke the camel's back But it's not as though i had a plan to win you back Because i don't know what i want But at least i know that much Now I'm afraid love came right up And it slapped me in the face, but i did not kno...

Majesty Worship his majesty Unto jesus, be all glory Honor, and praise Majesty Kingdom authority Flow from his throne Unto his own His anthem raise Majesty Worship his majesty Unto jesus, be all glory Honor, and praise Majesty Kingdom authority Flow from hi...

The heart is a lonely thing to lose in the dead of night The heart is a sad thing to lose in the throws of a fight The heart is the match to the fire And the embers of desire, to keep it burning I am a shell of the manner and the means Mine is a story of noth...

Lead us out of darkness and into your marvelous light When we wander into valleys far from home Where shadows hover over our souls Find us in your mercy Savior of the world You are the light of the world (Jesus is the light) You are the way, the truth and th...

On an open stretch of freeway Underneath the canvas clouds The blackness after evening Swallowed everything around But just up head on the open horizon We caught the faintest glow And as we drew near it seemed so clear that the dark would have to go In the ce...

I'm in love, never been so sure of anything Then again, could be a tumor in my brain Tricking me into thinking that we were meant to be Either way I'm about to shock my family And my hometown again 'Cause this time I'm leaving Once I'm gone I cannot look back...

Father God, You have shed Your tears for Mother India They have fallen to water ancient seeds That will grow into hands to touch the untouchable How blessed are the poor, the sick, the weak Father, forgive me, for I have not believed Like Mother India, I have...

Seven years on the seven seas the winds have ceased all is well at ease there's no tempest to attack me Afloat on the boat of mediocrity way back when you first called me, at peace with you i'd always be but now it's empty methodology, a fin white tomb that n...

I am the woman at the well, I am the harlot I am the scattered seed that fell along the path I am the son that ran away And I am the bitter son that stayed My God, my God why hast tho accepted me When all my love was vinegar to a thirsty King? My God, my God...

You've been lost in the wind And the rain of a storm at sea The waves crashing over your back And you're crying out for me But as the ocean rages I am sleeping in the boat But i have a plan, i'm holding your hand And i'm keeping you afloat I'm never gonna le...

I mount up with waxen wings High to reach the sun And I am no further than When I first begun So I build a mount of Athos To shape your form against the sky With my home in your hands To show all the people why To show all the people why CHORUS: Ev...

So many miles behind, still I drive pedal down, Off the map hours back, it's beneath the seat, I think, With two pennies and a match and something else, I can't remember, But in the time that it would take to fish it out I'll be another mile gone- And I feel s...

Oh lord i give you all i have But it seems so little When you have given me so much I come to you with empty hands And a heart that's fragile You come to me with a wealth of love Oh lord your love Is new with every morning Your faithfulness It gets me through...

Depth of mercy, can there be Mercy still reserved for me, Can my god, your wrath forbear, Me, the chief of sinners, spare Chorus It's my only hope, You're my only hope, It's my only hope of heaven, At the cross forgiven I have long withstood your grace, Long...

I come from a long line of leavers Out of the garden gate with an apple in their hands I expect and I believe You're gonna run out of love You're gonna give me the shove 'Cause that's the thing that lovers do Then there's you You found me cynical and jaded Yo...

Well, I'm finding the green cleared from my eyes I am young and I am deep within the woods What I'm discovering is far from the land I've heard tell of But I'm not so vain to think that I'm the first The first to see and to turn their eyes away And I know tha...

This old heart's been left Out on my sleeve And I have paid as it's been rent Into pieces Seems everyone I've loved has Taken a bit of my insides I'm scattered as the woman whose body Was torn for the twelve tribes When did my heart get so petrified...

Can’t believe that I did it again Wake me up from this nightmare ‘Cause this monster are wasting me away taking my days Everyday I live a bit less; one night leads to another Even if I went back they would recognize me or criticize me Who are you that lies w...

When I was a little boy, I couldn't know the cost of going to war When I counted 'em and walked that aisle, you know that I couldn't count that high But now I can count that high And Im counting' 1, 2, 3, 4 Dont wanna fight this good fight no more So Im knock...

The Word of the Lord came one evening Concerning His bride's great sin He'd send down His Word to renew her To prepare for the Bridegroom again The Word said repent From seeking vain glories While the gifts in the Lord's name you give Repent of all the first s...

Sometime I fear maybe I'm not chosen You've hardened my heart like Pharoah That would explain why life is so hard for me And I am sad Esau hated Crying against what's fated Saying father please, is there any left for me Cast out my dobuts, please prove me wr...

High above the Valley of Quito An old man and his bride grow roses Red and yellow, white and golden And to him they are precious as children Their daughter, she moved to America One more brick in the tower of Babel She has a son they've never seen at al...

This house is a good mess it's the proof of life No way would I trade jobs but I don't pay overtime I'll get to the laundry I don't know when I'm saying a prayer tonight cause tomorrow it starts again Could it be that everything is sacred And all this ti...

If you want my glory, you gotta to take my sin If you want my future, you gotta to take my skin If you want my heart, you gotta to take my blood If you want my bed, you gotta to take my lust 'Cause I can't be a half a man; No, Im not a half a man. Lord knows...

Stray dogs in the airport bark Tail curled up like a question mark And all the people scatter Rats in the gutter scare Sarala Ta ta le le Ta ta le le Ta ta le le Sarala holds her daddy's hand Sarala meets her daddy's land Sarala, Sarala Rickshaw wallah begs...

Je ra, ji ra, de ji ra, de ji, ji, ji Share the well Share with your brother Share the well, my friend It takes a deeper well To love one another Share the well, my friend Je ra, ji ra, de ji ra, de ji, ji, ji Do you think the water knows Flowing down to th...

Mercy speaks by Jesus' blood Hear and sing, ye sons of God Justice satisfied indeed Christ has full atonement made Jesus' blood speaks loud and sweet Here all Diety can meet And without jarring voice Welcome Zion to rejoice "All her debts were cast on me and...

Sometimes I believe all the lies So I can do the things I should despise And every day I am swayed By whatever is on my mind I hear it all depends on my faith So I'm feeling precarious The only problem I have with these mysteries Is they're so mysterio...

Sometimes a light surprises, The Christian while he sings It is the Lord who rises, With healing in His wings When comforts are declining, He grants the soul again A season of clear shining, To cheer is after rain In holy contemplation, We sweetly then pursue...

It's a muggy night in Houston And all the intersections are like full service stations I'm on my way to a familiar place It's cold in Kansas City And you can no more hear me than I can see your face How I wish it was just you and me We wouldn't have to...

What do you say to my brother My friend, then you've said that same thing to me It's no big deal, she's just my sister No need to compromise on your crude philosophy My friend did you know you are my brother And I know that what you say is what you've heard I'...

Well, I can't stop staring at myself; My face reflected in this empty plate. I can't decide if it's the devil Or if it's just something I ate. 'Cause he's been down there all morning. He's patiently waiting at my gate. He's throwing rocks at my window. Hey won...

O God, you are my God and I will ever praise You O God, you are my God and I will ever praise You I will seek you in the morning and I will learn to walk in your ways And step by step you'll lead me And I will follow you all of my days O God, you are my God a...

I think this place is swell, There's much familiar here. I get my laundry done And I get home-cooked meals. And when I'm feeling tired, I can turn off all the lights, Ignore the knocking on the door, Pretend I'm not alive. But, Daddy, it's Saturday, And I don...

Outside the city walls Alone with what I've known Like a criminal who sly-thieves joy From his own home Some just line says I should die by fire So I'm cutting up the kindling And the kerosene I cry Take these suicidal stones from my hand Suicidal Stones fro...

Danny and I Spent anther late night over pancakes we talked about soccer And how every man's just the same We made speculation On the who's and the when's of our futures And how everyone's lonely But still we just couldn't complain And how we just hat...

How long you have traveled in darkness weeping No rest in language, no words to speak But there in the wreckage beneath bricks and bindings Love has come, love has come for you Against the night sky of your waiting Your face is like starlight when he walks in...

I ran across an old box of letters While I was baggin up some clothes for Goodwill You know I had to laugh that the same old struggles That plagued me then are plaguing me still I know the road is long from ground to glory But a boy can hope he's getting...

I have come with one purpose to capture for myself a bride by my life she is lovely by my death she's justified I have always been her husband though many lovers she has known so with water i will wash her and by my word alone So when you hear the sound...

All creation moves in a cosmic Danse Before the Lord her King and the rhythms, the reason, the rhyme of the danse pulses within everything And the universe wheels and whirls like a dervish in perfect seven-step time. The Lord made the Danse, He taught her the...

I come from a long line of leaevrs Out of the garden gate with an apple in their hands I expect and i believe You're gonna run out of love You're gonna give me the shove 'Cause that's the thing that lovers do Then there's you You found me cynical and jaded Yo...

Whatcha been doing today? 'Cause I've been thinking about you Just heard some news that set my mind to wandering And I need to hear your voice Are you out on the plains? Burning your feet on the ground Out where no one even knows your name Seventy miles out o...

Late at night I wonder why sometimes I wonder why sometimes I’m so tired I don’t even try seems everything around me fails but I hold on to the promise that there is a reason Late at night, the darkness makes it hard to see the history of the saints who’ve go...

Is this the strange feeling Of you working all to good 'Cause I am so confused I don't even ask for what I should When I asked for and deserved a stone You broke and gave your body as bread And even the stone that dropped down and rolled away Spoke of the one...

There's a stirring deep within me Could it be my time has come When I'll see my gracious savior face to face when all is done Is that his voice I am hearing? "Come away, my precious one" Is he calling me? Is he calling me? I will rise up, rise up And...

There's tarnish on the golden rule And I want to jump from this ship of fools Show me a place where hope is young And a people who are not afraid to love Chorus: This world has nothing for me And this world has everything All that I could want And no...

You say I've got trouble I've got trouble all over me I've got trouble since the day I was born And it's not just a struggle It's the blood running through my veins It's all the clothes I've ever worn And when I'm with You I feel so overdressed The tro...

This is the vally that i'm walking through And if fells like forever since I've been close to you My friends up above me don't understand why i struggle like i do My shadow's my only,only companion and at night he leaves too Down in the valley, dying of thirs...

Hola, me llamo Efrain I was born among the agave All I need is this transistor radio I am in a band, it's a family band With the brothers in the years above me And now we have a song that we'd like to play you He sang, "Volcano We're living in the shad...

Walk with me quiet, walk with me slow With watered down coffee and words of gold I can feel the edges of these things When I hear you speak to me, so walk with me Walk with me empty, walk with me strong The hush of our voices, when the day seems so long It is...

The Lord is a warrior The Lord is mighty in battle The Lord is a warrior The Lord of hosts is He My Lord is a fortress He is a Sun and a Shield The Lord is a Deliverer To those who put their trust in Him He gives strength unto His people He guards His own wi...

We delight in the law of Your Word We delight in the Son who was perfect from birth We delight in the day He's returning to earth Hallelujah, Hallelujah We will bow our hearts because we are free As we raise our hands to give You glory Father of life an...

If you could love me as a wife and for my wedding gift, your life Should that be all Id ever need or is there more Im looking for and should I read between the lines and look for blessings in disguise To make me handsome, rich, and wise Is that really what yo...

What child is this who laid to rest On Mary's lap is sleeping Whom angels greet with anthems sweet While shepherds watch are keeping This this is Christ the king Whom shepherds guard and angels sing Haste haste to bring him laud The babe the son of Mary Why...

You're softer than a cannon blast But your effects much longer last And i want you just like a hole in my head But i need you like a meal and a bed And you say, come on I'm not what you're after But i know, you're not just anyone, anyone 'Cause i'm not what...

The grass looked greener on the other side So I tried to snatch myself from Your hand Caught a boat to anywhere but Ninevah And, well, you know, I got spit back on dry land Give me purit and give me confidence But oh no, not yet Like a coin hiding in th...

When I was young You were my breath and heartbeat Born in the dark You were the hand that held me You opened your arms You call me into salvation Your infinite love Echoes in all creation For who You are You're the great I am For who You are You're...

I woke to the sirens of the city They were calling me to hold my head up high But the truth was in the dust that hangs like curtains From the beggars to the sky The ads and billboards rained in every language The message every politician knows When we'r...

We've been working on this thing for eight long years And I think its time that we just let go Well I can't tell if it's history, or maybe just bad math But if I leave now then I may never go And I'm the wrong man for the job And that's the way it is And I, I...

Who is like unto the Lord our God Who dwelleth on high, Who dwelleth on high Who is like unto the Lord our God Who dwelleth on high, Who dwelleth on high You dwell in glory The heavens are Your home You began the story And made Your beauty known But You crea...