Waterdeep

I feel the warmer days a coming Kicking the cold right out the door I can see the equinox approaching Vernal sky no longer pours And I open up my window Let a cool breeze blow in And I rush out of this dark house So I can breathe fresh air once again...

18 bullet holes in the body of a priest They say he was eating a hot dog when the ammunition was released. They say he was always fat and lazy but he was an awfully nice guy. That's just one more death to show you you never know when you're gonna die. You migh...

You set the table in your spirit entertain the devil for a while And then you laugh at all his jokes insisting it's alright- it's okay to smile but you are Dancing with the demons and walking on the wall that borders hell thinking "Right now, I'm not testing...

People try to tell me what I should believe But I just sit and listen cause love will never leave Hieroglyphic sermons gallantly express Visions of repression and the tears outlast the test but You welcome me In from the cold cold night You welcome me d...

You set before me all my dreams And vowed to give me everything You said I did not have to choose But Father he would disagree with you You took Him to a mountaintop And showed Him all the world "To you I will give all you see If you will bow and worshi...

I am haunted by my love for comparison My fascination with a single common theme And I am hounded by the fear that I might be losing it Slipping from reality into dream When my mind is muddled by the way it seems to work I start looking for just one connectin...

I saw a movie on tv late last night new york city was taken by a plague but the medical authorities arrested it early how they did it was a little bit vague though just a little bit too vague for me and then my mind started turning and my hands began to sweat...

It's been a long time Haven't spoken for a while I been trying to do it on my own again And I been falling on my face again And it's been a long time It's been a long, long time It's been a long time since Galilee and the twelve Since the time you died up the...

If i could lie in a bed of moss and sleep and dream the nights away i'd make the world count its cost for a big brass bed And rivers would lullaby me to sleep as i'd curl up in a blanket of leaves while you'd doze off to the drone of police and the fir...

the space in my mind is too small for You the space in my heart is too small for You too and all of things of the earth that i know are too small for all of the greatness You've shown but in all of this i'm still facing my needs and i'm scared of how big...

Well, there's electro-therapeutic means to alter synaptic firings which will symptomatically relieve schizophrenic arms and leg But that's just esoteric doublespeak and it's getting pretty tiring What you're realy endorsing here is just another form of...

We're both dirty, baby- that's just the way it goes We'll try to cut the fuses off before everything blows And if it blows and both of us are standing real close by Then both of us'll feel the blast and both of us'll die But dying's overrated, it's a ticke...

It's been like a circus in her head And she sighs when she hears the lions roar She can stare through the cages till the colors turn red But she just wishes it would all go away Of all the things she thought she'd be It wasn't a falling-tear factory The...

The mighty One, the Lord Calls to all the Earth From the rising of the sun To the place it makes its bed He calls His people And we will listen We will not keep silent 'Till we feel the fire again, oh 'Till we feel the fire again, oh A thankful heart Prepares...

"Bring beauty to this house," she told me, "with the talent you have in your hands. Bring beauty to His house with your words now, cause there's a war goin' on in foreign lands." "Bring sugar to this God," they told me, "cause Jesus ain't on the cross no...

Andy never had a father Who was anywhere nearby And when he was and Andy asked him things He couldn't get him to reply So Andy taught himself the things That thought he might ought to know And when he talks about the winter time He says, "I understand the sno...

These are the confessions of a broken down man She said she needed a father So I faked fatherhood and drew her in I don't know if it was intended Maybe something broke inside of me a long long time ago and it never has been mended But one night on my b...

The first day of class, they call out your name and you have to reply even if you're shy. And if you choose to pretend you didn't hear They'd think that you weren't there And they'd keep on breathing air without you. CHORUS Cowards never win They're torn up...

They sat near one another at the water's edge I'll say "they" because "we" is too hard to say And he told her what he'd come so far to tell her with tears in her eves she said it can't be that way I left the ring down at the riverside He stared at the water f...

He was holding her hand For the very first time He was telling her things that she just did not understand Between her hand and his She felt every touch she would laugh & cry & laugh & cry inside because for her it was a little much CHORUS Dreams...

He came rolling through the hills just to be with me And I was young and I was pretty and I was free It was before the time that I knew that I Could make the rainclouds form in my spirit's sky It was before the time that what I wanted had to be Tied to this ol...

She's got her eye on the wind She resents her own skin She wants to fly She's got a bend in her mind She treats herself so unkind She don't know why Innocent Jane She's got an innocent name But in the still of the night or in the heat of the light she'll conf...

I used to draw all the time back when I was in high school Thick yellow pencils with soft lead that smeared real easy page after page. I was lonely. But senior year I met a girl and she made me feel better here but a girl was a girl was a girl CHORUS And she...

Will You find me in the valley I'm afraid I've lost my way I was up there on the mountain But I'm not up there today There were thousands at our wedding There were thousands when she died So will you find me in the valley And collect the tears I've cri...

The backdrop of mountains cuts into the sky They're there to protect or entrap the ones inside A quiet village is full of tired brows Thin strips of farm land fight it out with the farmers In the night the roosters crow with hunger The wind brings dust instead...

I told a lie could you tell me why? Heavy sigh You gotta help me die Cord of sin You said you'd cut it. Can you tell me when? Jesus, kiss Come and collect me for eternal bliss Though it's against your nature to be impolite Would You please break into...

Go tell it on the mountaintops That I'm alive Go listen to the children cry And let them know That dark and night are not their masters Between you you'll know all the things That I never said out loud Don't walk away from the crowd Go tell them that it's c...

Go find John hiding in the backyard crying 'cause his hands hurt all the thorns crying for you to Go find John scattered and bewildered swallowed by the dirt there all alone Go tell him I told him Go tell him He's welcome to come home Go tell him I know him...

Well that gospel train is a' comin' Comin' right down the track That gospel train is a' comin' Comin' right down the track And when that train leaves the station I can tell you right now it's never comin' back You may think your train ain't a' comin' 'Till at...

There's a little child drowning in a pond And you would have me throw a blanket on the surface of the water even though she was your daughter and watch just how helplessly she dies for the sake of how it looks cause it's like you've read in books It's a symbol...

Are you the chosen lady Are you the one who walks in truth And if my name was Boaz Would your name be Ruth Have you fallen on the cornerstone Or is that rock gonna fall on you Are you gonna take me down and play with me Or do you have that holy fear...

Soon it will be hammered into what she calls her silly head That she really isn't silly but she's beautiful instead But every time she gets a hold of something pretty, it slips away So she keeps hoping that someday soon CHORUS He will come. He will come He...

I been plumbing the depths with a plumber friend of mine. We been takin' the time to break the bread and drink the wine. I been gathering wisdom I can give away. I been gettin' ready for the final day. Hey, Hey, that's me gettin' ready for the final day. Yeah,...

Paul kicks up trash on a dirty street A few pages dance away in the wind They cause a deep breath and a lusty sigh when he compares them to his Rosalind Early on Roz was a sight to behold and she always made him feel like a man But Paul thinks times's been cr...

Old man on the street Chin down he walks alone He has nothing to eat He has nowhere to go Preacher man he approach Says he knows what to do Old man he looks up With tear filled eyes he doubts there's anything new And the preacher man says CHORUS: Your hope is...

He threw down his pride cause it didn't serve his ego They say he took the pain out of his chest cause he couldn't feel it anymore He was really lonely and he needed to be believed. He had no one he could cry with, and he needed to be received. CHORUS Bitter...

When you feel like the days just drone on and on and on and you feel like the nights are quickly gone and on the inside your heart is gaping wide and on the inside you feel like no one's on your side well, I am When you thought you could rest, but you found...

I am more than you think I am more than you know I'm as black as the darkest night And whiter than snow You're tipping through wires and words And spires and tombstones I have burned with desire Felt the air become fire Buried Myself with stones Given lions m...

You talk of Hating war But where's your own peace time You don't love any more oh my children you linger in your mind "everyones so unkind" you forgot about the mines you laid on your land I know the plans I have for you I know the things I want for you to do...

Lyrics: (vs1) Many men will drink the rain And turn to thank the clouds Many men will hear You speak But they will never turn around I will not forget You are my God, my King And with a thankful heart I bring my offering And my sacrifice is not what You can g...

Well I'm afraid I'm not supposed to be like this Like I was born in a land where no serpent hissed And I have waited a long time for Your kiss Well I have felt that they'd all take offense at me And so a fence I have built to protect the seed But all the bric...

I went flying in a dream last night Whenever I was scared, I took flight It didn't seem brave and it didn't seem right but it always seemed easier than puttin up a fight CHORUS And I'm almost gone But I'm still here Tell me a story that'll make me fee...

In the gas station bathroom by the condom machine I heard the word of the Lord He said "Take off your shoes, this is holy ground too you know I came for the sick and the bored." Beneath the selling of beers And the welling up of tears Out beyond the beam of th...

(Opens with improvised worship) (You have whispered these things to me) You have caused flowers to grow in my fields And you have brought bright colours to my head And you have caused a cool wind to blow underneath my window sill And I rest here underne...

Back a long long time ago There was an old man his story he told He was the chief of a native tribe and he Spoke of beginnings and endings and wars and lies He said "I tell my tale from a different view Of the day we saw wagons and suddenly knew Our lives woul...

The cosmic finger doesn't stir up rules just to ruin us But He also doesn't let us do just whatever we want. And the eyes of God can see the force that's doin' us. He's givin' out chances to escape the haunt. CHORUS Cause it's a touch of love that can fr...

Find my heart at the bottom of the well I'm in Find my heart Lower your strong hand down and rescue me Rescue me Its just like you to bring light into darkness Its just like you, Lord its just like you Its just like you to bring light into darkness Its just l...

One thing I ask of you This is what I seek That I may dwell in your house Feel your pleasure wash over me One thing I ask of you This is what I need That I may hide in your hands Feel your presence fall over me Chorus: And I am confident of this one thing Th...

I came around the corner of the outer edge of town You were standing in the center There were people gathered all around I'd never get through this crowd My heart went kind of numb But You smiled when You saw me and You beckoned me to come So I struggled thr...

written by Don Chaffer on 5/27/98 at 0:51 I'm starting to see just how I get so lost while I'm looking at the book inside the Counselor's door And starting to read I lose track of the time and I forget just what it was that I had come here for CHORUS But I'...

We believed it was time to lift off from the land of vertigo The captain said "despite the wind and tide, you will have to row." Will that mean that the ones who do not wish to row won't wish to go? Maw was mawkish cause the house we'd left we'd surely never k...

I woke up from a strange rain And it was dreaming outside I rolled over for the telephone I thought I'd call someone Tell them I dreamed I had died But I know that I was all alone I just get lonely sometimes I want someone to take away my grief I jus...

CHORUS: Well, you know my baby keeps me sane sometimes She's like the ringing of the church bell chimes Well, you know she keeps me sane When the pouring rain is coming down Sometimes my spirit's changed when she wipes away my frown She'll say now, "You remem...

All the malice I've felt toward the people who've hurt me was a dark lonely hole where I ended up dirty trying to make sense of what's fair and what's ugly So I drew my conclusions and I stated them smugly When the adrenaline rush of the wave of rage passes...

She plays with my words like they were hers Little soldiers in a war against themselves She used to rob me of my own intent But now I'm keeping my findings from her shelves I used to think that honesty was all Between the two of us, nothing should go unsa...

Your momma's drunk You sister went insane You been trying to keep from getting sick Standing in the pouring rain No one told you That it would be this hard And that it'd hurt so bad inside Cause no one ever Really gets to know We're all on the same d...

My father told me never to fear All of the darkness that I see down here He said not to worry, you'll be okay Just don't become a part of the deadly game And if you're troubled by all the hate Don't look aside, stare it in the face You can love them like you...

Oh, Girl, I'm gonna call you now And hope you hear somehow Across the valley low Above the muted snow And, girl, I hope your feet ain't froze That you don't fear the way the river flows And that your eyes are fixed above the glare That the sun and snow...

Well, this night just feels outdated It's a tired reminder of the bad whe you held on to what you hated and you hated what you had And your mind was out on the corner sellin' herself as something cheap Your pride he says he owns her and she's dumb, she follows...

She had set herself against him before he'd even stepped in the door She had examined all the evidence and this had happened more than once before He came in tired from the working day weary from the working atmosphere When he fell back into the couch He wish...

I can't always nail it down like I'd like to say I can And I don't always have it here like I'd like to think I do And it's been very long, my dear since I've held it close to me I have wanted for so long to be among the scattered few CHORUS: And the night i...

I heard the old lie again today That all is right when the money rains I saw a couple leaving a store Their smiles were quick then were there no more All the precious time a'wasting on porcelain and wine and fine vacations And all the lovers who've gone awry...

I call to the Lord who is worthy of praise And all my enemies don't know where to face The chords of death have entangled my feet I cried to you and from your temple you heard me and rescued me The earth quaked and the mountains shook Smoke rose, the clou...

PUT IN ME (PSALM 51) By 100 Portraits and Waterdeep "Enter the Worship Circle" Words by Ben and Robin Pasley Oh, Mercy, fall on me like a warm blanket...on my cold, cold heart Clean me with Your blood that turns me white on the inside I'm on my knees again 'c...

written by Don Chaffer on 3/18/99 (from about midnight to 8:00 am) got to restore got to restore got to restore got to restore Sometimes it's late at night I'm thinkin but I'm not quite there. Everywhere that I turn It's a county fair This booth, that booth,...

Save me, oh God For the waters have come up to my neck I am sinking to the bottom Where I cannot stand I am calling to you, can you hear my cry? (Chorus) Oh my God you've turned your eyes Now my heart has come alive Only you have come to find me Only...

Somebody just said something bout the devil and I looked into your eyes Honey, I think I saw a demon wink right through your thin disguise Well, that's okay, I could run away and that'd be the end of that except I think I felt one inside me too right beh...

Awoke in the city Late afternoon Born soul surrounded By poisons and by gold There a sea of people In need of one good reason Lost hope in fairy tales And the birth of each new season Found I a silver sword And a name to carry Born soul a second ti...

Since I am so sick Since I am in need Since I have no healing within me Oh, my God, be mindful of me You are my help and my Redeemer Oh, my God, be mindful of me You are my help and my Redeemer Unto You, oh Lord I lift up my soul In Your loving-kind...

Will you hold my hand? Do I have to stand in this world all alone where it's icy cold and all the people chime in "You've got to sink or swim"? Where there's rain there's drought, So I'll confess my doubts. Where there's threshing of the fields something's bo...

I spent my head in the candy store buyin' hopes based on hints Which probably weren't right Someone dimmed the light, And I lost my sense of truth So take my pennies on the counter glass and spend 'em right for me You got vision in the night You're level head...

I spent too much time today on things that don't mean much The world around me groans under it's tyranny of touch Every wasted thought and every battle left unfought All are testimony to my need of you CHORUS I'm a stranger in this land Won't you take me by...

Do I have enough compassion Or have I sold out my Love For the keeping of rules Am I so much in fashion That I forgot I was born To a family of fools God, hold me out of that water Cause it's such a shallow pool, And the fall just might kill me She was so p...

Lyrics by Don Chaffer Music by Kenny Carter 1/27-2/8/99 Wichita, KS We're gonna take Jericho by blowin them horns We're gonna take Jericho by blowin them horns Cause that's what my Lord said to do We're gonna take Jericho by blowin them horns We're gonna lif...

"Old ain't a word the I'm fond of," he said. "And these days I've begun to lose count." Mumbling she rolls in her wheelchair, and says, "I'm afraid that they've closed my account." There's a blur that occurs in the line of their life That decays the whole not...

Praise the Lord, O my soul and all my deepest parts Give praise to the One Who pulled you out of darkness Tender mercy You forgive me, slow to anger, quick to love (repeat 2X's) Bridge: As high as the mountains try Your love falls all around me As wide as t...

When I was a little one, they told me that he lived in flames That he raped and stole and killed and maimed and that he loved to curse our names That he came in fire and the smell of hell and he only took the evil folk That he'd snort and breathe the flesh of...

Morning can be a time of mourning or potential hope As the sunlight warms my window where I lay Emotion muffled by devotion to myself and No one can wake me from this dream CHORUS: Hour by hour and day by day We go through our lives finding our own way...

He thought, "She doesn't seem the same this time As the last time I saw her." He thought, "She speaks so much of what she really means Right outside her words." And the way her fingers flickered about the edges of her hair Were not a sign of any nervousne...

"Aaron, have you ever had a burning in your chest That made you just want to be free?" It was a warm afternoon when she asked him this, As they sat on the shore of the sea Well, Aaron just tugged at his hair and he took A very long time to reply And by...

Who on earth can satisfy my soul, Who on earth can comfort me and love me like You do, Who on earth can be more faithful and true, I will trust in You, I will trust in You my God There is a fountain Who is a king Victorious Warrior and Lord of Everything My R...

Those who trust in the Lord Are a strong mountain They will not, not be moved Those who trust in the Lord Are as Mount Zion They will not, not be moved Christ the King, He sets my feet On a firm foundation They will not, not be moved Though the world moves...

Though I feel alone I am never alone You are with me Oh, my Lord (vs.1) In the night-time while I'm on my bed I will let every thought be of You For you are good You take all those who will come to You (vs.2) In the morning as I face the day I will let ever...

Black crows flying in your wheat field Babies cryin', all you got's a paper shield It don't make much sense to you Who said it had to? Most folks smile away the blues I mean I... I guess they do You never really know for sure but I'm surviving on this hunch t...

You question all I believe And claim it's only due to how they raised me I know you can't understand because you walk through life a blind man No need to ignore the intellect Don't you think God is smarter than you And if He took the care to make this world D...

The bottle hits the spotlight and explodes into a fire We're all following you, baby Cause we're sure you'll take us higher There's a woman weaving back and forth beside me trying her hardest not to fall She's going down. She hits the ground No one seems to c...

Two gunslingers, walked out in the street And one said "I don't wanna fight no more" And the other gunslinger thought about it And he said, "yeah what are we fighting for?" I'm takin' control of my life, I'm takin' control of my life I'm takin' control of my...

Carrie was stretching out on the harbor She was just trying to let it all go Down came the rain and waves and thoughts of her father down came the old black hole Carrie, don't go down there We all know it's not fair even parents can lie Carrie, don't close yo...

Well I'm afraid I'm not supposed to be like this Like I was born in a land where no serpent hissed And I have waited a long time for Your kiss Well I have felt that they'd all take offense at me And so a fence I have built to protect the seed But all the bric...

Whatever thing that I have carried in this place That will keep me from you I will lay it at your feet Whatever burden I have carried for so long That will keep me from seeing you I will lay it down right now All of the things that are cluttering my mind I wi...

Do do do do do etc. (Don) Whenever God shined a light on me He opened up my eyes so I could see When I look up in the darkest night Then I know that everything' gonna be alright (Laurie) In deep confusion and great despair When I reach out for Him, He is ther...

The words don't come to mind to describe how much I owe but You know You paid it through Your hands And the pain doesn't come to heart to feel how much I've killed but You've been filled with it. They drove it through Your feet CHORUS: And I know You're the...

You told me you had money coming down the way "Can I borrow fifty bucks, man, just to get me through the day" You promised you were free this time of all of your old ways But I bought your story last time, and I can't afford to buy today And I think I see the...

Daddy, I don't know what to do So, Daddy, now I'm looking straight at you I just don't want to try it on my own again Cause I'll just end up all alone again Right now I don't know where to go And no one can tell me how the wind's gonna blow Just don't want to...

You are so good to me You heal my broken heart You are my Father in heaven (2x) You ride upon the clouds You lead me to the truth You are the Spirit inside me (2x) You poured out all your blood You died upon the cross You are my Jesus who loves me (2x) Chor...

At tires and cigarettes romeos and juliets another night of crazy bets that everyone survives with no scars and no regrets you wait it out like a seasoned vet letting go can look like that before you realize You can sing you can believe you can be a...

I talked to a girl I know the other day About her married life, It started just two months ago She was sayin it was hard She don't know if they'll make it through, I'm thinkin, "Baby, it ain't even begun to snow." Darlin', You can't hide A brother of m...

You have redeemed my soul From the pit of emptiness You have redeemed my soul From death You have redeemed my soul From the pit of emptiness You have redeemed my soul From death I was a hungry child A dried up river I was a burned out forest And no one could...

In a crazy haze In a purple robe I walk amaze King of the strobe Flashing and unfaithful I'm hardly light at all Tripping and ungraceful I was born into the fall You knew You knew I've never been true I'm true in You You knew At the stretch of...

The winter of emotions sometimes steals into my head It's the tundra of the shutdown It's the burying the dead And I'd like to make my springtime but I have no read recourse but to wait on some long loving from some deep and pure source You lay me down You wh...

First there was the dawn and i couldn't sing a song to you then there came the rain but i couldn't seem to blame you Sometimes it rains sometimes it snows on you sometimes it sleets sometimes it defeats you It's quiet on dark nights and you must giv...