deliverance

 

I read
You said
I’ll deliver you

I read
You said
I’ll be the one to pull you through
but that was back with Moses
and all those Hebrews
back then they had the plagues
how could they lose

but i could use some of that deliverance now

standing on the shores
of an ocean all my own
when will i ever learn

God please part the waters
I can’t cross over alone
Bridges that i thought you said to burn

 

time’s gone by
since their cry
but you sent your son to save
this ocean won’t part
but you’re here in my heart
and i’m standing on the waves
i can see how Peter did it
I can’t keep my eyes on you
just when i think i’ve got it
you’re not in my view
but i could use some of that deliverance now

standing on the waves
of an ocean all my own
when will i ever learn

God please part the waters
I can’t cross over alone
Bridges that I thought you said burn

 

Jesus, My Deliver
See me – in this land
My soul cries for freedom
Only found in your hand
 

 

Anyone


i forgot to ask you one thing
but now it’s gone from me
lets just talk some time away
though the words are empty

ok you got me – i’m found out
my excuse was just no good
but hear me out – before you shout
i’m just doing what i should

anyone would call you up
just to hear your voice
anyone would follow you
like they didn’t have a choice
i’m just like all the rest
when all the rest- they find the best

i always thought you knew
anyone would fall in love with you

where do we go from here
lets leave it all unspoken
you won’t talk and i keep
my heart from being broken

oh – you had to go and look up
with the answer in your eyes
let me share my motive
you look too surprised

anyone would call you up
just to hear your voice
anyone would follow you
like they didn’t have a choice
i’m just like all the rest
when all the rest – they find the best

i always thought you knew
anyone would fall in love with you

sittin’ with an angel

i’m sittin’ with an angel
stood up by my friends
waiting for some signal
here we go again

skip ahead to dinner
anything but a date
i listen for 2 hours
till we agree it’s getting late

don’t you know i prayed for this to happen
now my answers sittin’ here
with all my feelings for her
when it’s real – i only feel
fear.

we pay and leave for home
still can’t believe the truth
i glance at her smile and then
i have my proof

a blessing has been given me
its coming to and end
we say our goodbyes to the night
and leave closer friends

don’t you know i prayed for this to happen
now my answers sittin’ here
with all my feelings for her
when it’s real – i only feel…
fear.

thank you


God stop me if You’ve heard
these painful desperate words
but this life it seems so rotten
is there something You’ve forgotten?

i lack enough to curse what i keep
but own enough to let me sleep
sometimes when i feel stripped bare
i wonder why You just don’t care

but God thank you for this day
thank you for this season
thank you – even though
I can’t think of a reason

i watch those in Your pleasure
sporting more than i can measure
and while i feel so out of touch
i’ve never needed You so much

there’s a couple at my table
and i don’t think I’m able
to believe there’s one for me
and I won’t always be this lonely

God thank You for this day
Thank You for Your promise
Thank you – You wanna prosper me
it won’t always be like this

i’m not that kind of guy

i asked her one question
she answered my three
there’s no room left for me

but how do i argue
the logic of my need
and not appear to beg and plead

still she tries to explain
but the reason is too clear
and it is just how i feared

i’m not the kind of guy she falls for
she’s looking for less, she’s looking for more
now i have tarnished what little we had
i am hurt and she feels bad

they say the truth stings
just a little at first
but keeping secrets is much worse

yeah, silence does stagnate
it taints all my thoughts
till i can believe things i should not

but i spit out the words
that i should have swallowed
i abandoned plans i should have followed

i’m not the kind of guy she falls for
she’s looking for less, she’s looking for more
now i have tarnished what little we had
i am hurt and she feels bad

don’t compromise

 


never thought i’d start a journey
like the one i’m going through
never knew i could dream so big
till i met you

but i saw deep in your eyes
a fire beneath the blue
you say you only want
someone to marry you
but don’t compromise
for some of those guys
hold on – it can’t be far
to someone who loves you
the way you are
honestly, i can’t understand
why you’re still alone
you’re a beauty, but beyond
you’re the sweetest girl i’ve known

i can’t offer answers
i won’t share my dream
lets just things aren’t as hopeless
as they seem
don’t compromise
for some of those guys
just go to the well with your jar
God’s sending someone to meet you
right where you are

 

better than the belly of a whale

 

engine off – i have arrived
in a land i will never leave
open the door – out to explore
but God i can hardly breathe

is this my destination
the map was not too clear
this land is cruel and i’m out of fuel
guess i’m stuck here

but God, i cry for You now
rescue me, or show me how
how this is not a fail
how this is better than the belly of a whale

do i have a mission?
or should i already know
it’s so strange that i have changed
still have to be told where to go

so i’ll reach out to the lost
though i don’t really feel that found
i will not tame or abandon my claim
to my flag in the ground

 

well i’m supposed to be too old to cry
i’m supposed to be too wise for why
but the struggle for what is true
God it seems harder than running from You

pack & mail

well hello there
this is pack ‘n’ mail
well, where are you coming from?

see we’re two lights up
or maybe two lights down
but please don’t come around

yeah like i said
we both pack AND mail
are we can do either one

just bring it in
and just let me see
but please don’t wait till i’m done

cause it’s six oclock in the pack’n’mail
and i’m sweepin’ the floor
oh it’s six oclock in the pack’n’mail
and you can’t stop me from closin’ the store

yes sir – oh-
we have boxes
just tell me what’s your pleasure

i can’t go by this
or by that big
i need numbers – by guess or measure

oh yes sir,
we do overnight
it’s just that you’re way too late

hurry up,
what’s your plan B
there ain’t no way i’m gonna wait

cause it’s six oclock in the pack’n’mail
and i’m sweepin’ the floor
oh it’s six oclock in the pack’n’mail
and you can’t stop me from closin’ the store

yes man, we have stamps
cause your ltr doesn’t have enough
oh you’ll have to buy another one?
all i can say is tough

i can sell you some of that bubblewrap
and tape from off the shelf
and you may wanna buy some tape too
cause you’ll have to pack in by yourself

cause it’s six oclock in the pack’n’mail
and i’m sweepin’ the floor
oh it’s six oclock in the pack’n’mail
and you can’t stop me from closin’ the store

between the lines


the conversation’s over and i claim the world is lost
i’m jumping off the bridge that she’s walking across

nothing makes much sense now tell me i just wanna know
if i want to make her happy why on earth did i tell her no?

just yesterday i was fine
just last night the world was mine
i just try to read between the lines
now i’ve lost my place – my peace of mind

a mumble and she’s gone – too late i bite my tounge
i gasp a breath for pause, but “i’m sorry” fills my lungs

i cannot chase her down as she’s walking away
i cannot call her name, but i whisper, “no, please stay!”

just yesterday i was fine
just last night the world was mine
i just tried to read between the lines
now i’ve lost my place, my piece of mind

nothing makes much sense now
tell me i just wanna know
if i dream to just be near her
how could i let her go?

take me


oh it’s hard to feel
a fire for you Lord
when i won’t approach Your flame

oh it’s too easy to say
i’m saved i guess i’m blessed
and every day is just the same

but i’m dropped my spark in the night
it’s much to dark to find the light

take me – just as i am
to where- i need to be
take me – just as i am
to where- i need to be

oh here’s promise #52
to see a perfect Sunday through
but i’ve given up by sundown

guess it just was not to be
there’s always next for you and me
but am i just a joke in this town

cause i fall oh i fall again
52 times, yet i still try to stand