Thank God for Jesus

Why do I do what I don’t want to do when I want to do what I’m not doing

Why do I keep what I don’t want to keep when what I don’t want to keep needs removing

Why do I feel what I don’t want to feel when what I do want to feel is so good

Why do I want what I don’t want to want when I don’t want to want what I should

Oh who will deliver me out of this raging sea

Who will deliver me from this evil body of death

How will I ever live the life I was born to live

There is one who will forgive, thank God for Jesus

Why do I toil, labor and spin when all of my needs are provided

Why do I worry, fret and worry again when all my journey is decided

Why do I seek what only withers away when heavenly treasure is eternal

Why do I speak and yet forget to pray when my words carry power for renewal

Oh who will deliver me out of this raging sea

Who will deliver me from this evil body of death

How will I ever live the life I was born to live

There is one who will forgive, thank God for Jesus

King of peace and righteousness have mercy on me as I confess

My dire need in every endeavor for Your great love made perfect forever

Oh You who deliver me out of this raging sea

You who deliver me from this evil body of death

You are the way to live the life I was born to live

You’re the one who will forgive, Thank You Jesus

How else could I ever be all I was meant to be

Without the one who’s forgiven me

You have forgiven me

Thank You Jesus, thank God for Jesus

Take Me Away

The scenery seems so familiar, I know I’ve passed this way before

Details have changed, but the big picture is just the same as it was before

My life has been an automatic reaction to each stimulation

Lasting idiosyncratic responses to my situation

And I, I need a break

So take me away to a distant shore

Where my past can’t tell my future anymore

Take me away to where I need to be

For my imagination to become reality

In a new way, free me today, take me away

Another peak, another valley, when will I find level ground

Ups and downs continue at me like riding on a wave of sound

Ceaseless motion goes in circles, a record player on repeat

The notion of endless rehearsals always gets the best of me

And I’m about to break

Take me away to a distant shore

Where my past can’t tell my future anymore

Take me away to where I need to be

For my imagination to become reality

In a new way, free me today, take me away

Take me from this life I know where chains of emptiness take hold

Enslaving me to the status quo, I’m ready to find streets of gold

So take me away to a distant shore

Where my past can’t tell my future anymore

Take me away to where I need to be

For my imagination to become reality

In a new way, free me today, take me away

Merrily

Life will always take you where you need to go, all you need to do is to merrily row. Quit fighting the current, let life take you down stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, live the life of your dreams.

I Want to Know You

Do I know you? There’s something in your eyes that seems familiar

A glimmer in your smile to consider

Do I know you, or do I just want to?

Do I know you? There’s something in your touch making me shiver

A message in your movements to deliver

Do I know you?

I can see you firmly in my future. I don’t care if I knew you in the past

I want to know you more and know you presently

I want to know you more and make it last

Do I know you? Or is it my mind playing tricks on me

A figment of my own imagination

Do I know you, or do I just want to?

Do I know you? Or is it an illusion that I see?

A distant mirage of my own construction

Is it really you?

Cause I can see you firmly in my future. I don’t care if I knew you in the past

I want to know you more and know you presently

I want to know you more and make it last

If only I could know and know for certain

That I could know you and truly be known

Then I could take your hand and lead you into me

Open my heart and let it be your home

For I can see you firmly in my future. I don’t care if I knew you in the past

I want to know you more and know you presently

I want to know you more and make it last

I don’t care if I knew you before somehow

I want to know you

I want to know you now

I Wish the Wind Would Blow

This house is not the same now
This house is not a home
Without your spirit here to fill it
It's a pile of dead, dry bones
And I can't go on without you
I feel just like dust in the wind
So I throw my care up in the air
And say let the storm begin

I wish the wind would blow right through me
I wish the wind would blow me through
I wish the wind of change would get me
And blow me back to you
I wish the seasons led me back
To the world I used to know
I wish, I wish the wind would get me
I wish, I wish the wind would blow

I gaze out my window
And I watch tumbleweeds twirl
They blow right past and tumble fast
Without a care in the world
And the sands blow from the desert
Fill the air like the world's on fire
I want to join their ride, so I step outside
And beg the wind to take me higher

I wish the wind would blow right through me
I wish the wind would blow me through
I wish the wind of change would get me
And blow me back to you
I wish the seasons led me back
To the world I used to know
I wish, I wish the wind would get me
I wish, I wish the wind would blow

Yeah the wind can whip in heavy
It can turn or it can stay
And it don't care if you're ready
The wind will carry you away

I wish the wind would blow right through me
I wish the wind would blow me through
I wish the wind of change would get me
And blow me back to you
I wish the seasons led me back
To the world I used to know
I wish, I wish the wind would get me
I wish, I wish the wind would blow

Falling into Love

I look into your eyes, and my heart begins to smile

I reach out for your hand, and my stomach leaps a mile

It's not what I had planned, and I never dared to think

But I can't deny it now, I know what's happening

I'm falling into love, falling into the dream

Where it's only you and I, with no one in between

I'm falling into love, falling into the dream

Where it's only you and I, with no one in between

I look up at you in the early morning light

And I can't believe what we came to last night

It was better than imagined in a fantasy

And I still cannot fathom this is happening to me

I'm falling into love, falling into the dream

Where it's only you and I, with no one in between

I'm falling into love, falling into the dream

Where it's only you and I, with no one in between

All this time I thought, love was just in fairy tales

But now it's come up over me, out of nowhere

I'm falling into love, falling into the dream

Where it's only you and I, with no one in between

I'm falling into love, falling into the dream

Where it's only you and I, with no one in between

Without Thee

Oh how my body aches, yearns, and desires thee

Oh how my mouth is wretched and dry without thy kiss

Oh how my mind spins, my gut sprawls, my bosom chastens

Oh how my life lies incomplete without thee