Lyrics

OPEN ROAD

Open road it takes me everywhere
My two feet should care to go
Been away now how long I don’t know
Can’t remember such hospitality
Walk in the new world where living life is free

Late at night it’s time to find a bed
Never been this way before
New found brother greets me at the door
Breaking bread now, our stories to unfold
Found a good friend along the open road

All I have is yours and yours is mine
Though we’ve never met in time
There’s no need for lock and key my friend
We share a trust that knows no end

Along the open road

UP FROM THE DUST

Lighting a candle with a spark
Bringing a heart in from the dark
Plenty of truth to go around

Touching the candles flame to flame
Write in the book of life the names
Of souls that have risen from the ground

Up from the dust
Up from the dust
Up from the dust
Up from the dust

Centuries past the good and bad
Looked for the chance they never had
To learn of the Christ and see today

No greater thankfulness have I
Looking around I raise my eyes
My children are holding to the way

Up from the dust...

Oh the privilege to teach
Hearts of clay to reach
Scattering the seed

Up from the dust...

SOME WAY

Some way woke up and found myself remade
Sleep was the only price I paid
For my past ignorance, life that I led
It’s been a lifetime since I heard it said
You can find the path some way

Teach me about your God above
His ways must be ways of love
Just to remember me, all that I am
Give back the memory I understand
So won’t you find the time to teach me

Thank you from my heart of hearts
For the life you’ve given me, a brand new start

Some way I’d love to give you all my soul
Always forever I will let it show
My heart’s devotion, steady and true
As waves on the ocean, my love for you
Will help me find some way

WEIGHT OF THE WIND

Babylon has had her day to spin a web of lies
Cast into the bottom of the sea
Finally Jehovah’s name is sanctified
For all blinded eyes to see

Truth was only suffering from temporary life in isolation
She would rise up to the surface over time
From this moment on lies are dead and gone
Weight of the wind is blown away
Weight of the wind is blown away

Trinity had painted God mysterious and cold
Firmly hidden far beyond the clouds
Jah would never torment an immortal soul
Truth has stripped away the shroud

Truth was only suffering from temporary life in isolation...

AND THEN SOME TOO

Opening His hand and satisfying
Desire of every living thing
Tops of all the mountains is an overflow
Everywhere the grain does grow

All I need is some walls and a roof
Some clothes on my back
Some food in a sack
I have all that I want and then some too
All I want is some quietude
A good night’s sleep
A love to keep
I have all that I want and then some too

Brick and mortar, hammer and a pile of wood
Building more than livelihood
No one building for the rich to occupy
Artisans go satisfied

All I need is some walls and a roof...

Vineyards planted, fruit of vines is harvested
Brought in by the heart and hands
Hungering and thirsting taken off the plate
Equally for every man

All I need is some walls and a roof...

BACK IN THE FREE WORLD

Well I’m back in, back in the free world
I’m back in, back in the free world
I’m miles from the war zone
I’m finally home
I’ve been living since I don’t know when
Back in the free world again

Went adrift in the desert for so long
Nearly forgot where I belong
When I entered the race to be free, free of the night

Night time oppression and coal blackened skies
Chasing the heart into stone
Turn back the winter wind chilling my flesh to the bone

Well I’m back in, back in the free world...

Living days on end chained in a furnace
How I yearned for the exodus
Driven back to the ground in futility, given the hope

Hope of deliverance once for all time
Feeling the peace all around
Far from the fall of the garden I’m freedom bound

Well I’m back in, back in the free world...

GONE

I never hear an ambulance
Or the policeman’s siren
It’s been so long since a single dose of medicine

No analyzing psychiatrists
Prozac to keep me company
Insurance men to come and take my money

They’re all gone, gone, gone
Yeah the kingdom righted the wrong
Look around and see
How it’s meant to be
Like the wind they’re gone, gone, gone

Off my back are the creditors
No judge to render a verdict
Prison cells are empty of all convicts

Terrorism a thing of the past
No soldiers shooting their rounds
Undertakers to put them in the cold ground

They’re all gone, gone, gone...

No more empty promises
Self-serving politicians
And the world is forever free of Satan

They’re all gone, gone, gone...

SARIM

Went for a short walk
Met one of the sarim
I called him Moses
He didn’t seem to mind
We shared a glass and had a laugh

We talked for hours
Lost of track of the time
I asked him “tell me
Exodus 4:25
What’s that about?” and then he said...

Sarim rubbing elbows with me
Can’t believe my eyes
Moses, David, Abraham
Actual size
Princes rule for justice sake
Kingdom reigns supreme
Noah, Job, Ezekiel
Come to Beth Sarim

A week or so past
Ran into a redhead
He said “I’m David”
He said “Hey teach me ‘bout
The Christ I wrote those Psalms about”

Sarim rubbing elbows with me...

Welcome Josiah
We brewed some herb tea
I said “my brother
Let’s not make this our last
I happen to love iconoclasts”

Sarim rubbing elbows with me...

LOVE

Love, love, love

SANCTIFY

What’s in a name the greatest name ever to grace the air
So long His name the greatest name men didn’t seem to care
Now hear His name the greatest name singing out everywhere

Sanctify His name

Greatest injustice ever just isn’t around today
Few people knew Jehovah God architect of creation
Now for all time all souls alive have the best education

Sanctify His name

WE’RE ALREADY ONE

Hello you baby baby
Yes it’s true baby baby
You and we are a family
Everything will forever be beautiful

All I do baby baby
Is for you baby baby
I will help you to laugh and sing
Hope and pray as Jehovah brings love

We’re already one
Though you’ve just begun
Oh my precious son
Look in my eyes and see the world ahead
We’re already one

Look away baby baby
From the day baby baby
Try and try but we couldn’t be
Able to serve Him perfectly sin-free

As you grow baby baby
Always know baby baby
Jah will be by your very side
He will be there to safely guide you

We’re already one...

Now that you’ve come to be
Open your eyes and see
To the dawn
Of the universe reborn

Hello you baby baby
Yes it’s true baby baby
You and we are a family
Everything will forever be beautiful

We’re already one...

OPEN EYES

Yesterday when I could see
The darkness no eyes could perceive
Enter truth and I could see
The hope and the will to believe

Now my eyes are meant for more than just to shed a tear
Glorify the God who made the light appear
Oh my open eyes color the world with love
Open eyes envision ecstasy beyond the sky
I can see with open eyes

All I felt and all I heard
Brought meaning to life every day
When I found Jehovah’s word
And started to walk in the way

Now my eyes are meant for more than just to shed a tear...

Oceans deep and mountains high
Can’t keep me from loving my Lord
He renewed the gift of sight
And I’ll love him evermore

Now my eyes are meant for more than just to shed a tear...

SO LONG BLUES

Born into a family with skeletons to hide
Oh the things they’d do to me, would make me die inside
Crawled into a cocoon
Lived there most of my years
Then I found my true father
Jehovah dried up my tears

So long blues
So long I had you
So long blues

After Armageddon baggage on my back
All those painful memories still made their attack
But time erases scars
Each sunrise is new
Priesthood of Jesus
Heals the old wounds

So long blues...

Made completely whole now, old me in the past
Forgiveness and compassion not too much to ask
Life is a miracle
Each moment is gold
Tears and pain are gone now
Beautiful future to unfold

So long blues...

LIFE TRAIN

Won’t pass my legacy to another man
Build on my life work every way I can
I’m on the life train
Rolling on forever, the life train

Using my whole head, I’m wonderin’ far and wide
Unravel secrets, give my mind a ride
I’m on the life train
Rolling on forever, the life train

I want to know how creation works and why
I know I’ll get there with endless life
I’m on the life train
Rolling on forever, the life train

FOREVER YOUNG

The sun, the light, the moon and stars grow lighter
Wider skies without clouds returning
Sing a new song all day long
‘Cause we’re forever young

Complete in number are the milling women
Oh and girls at the windows peering
Sing a new song all day long
‘Cause we’re forever young

Skin fresh and soft as a baby’s
All things are yes never maybe
Ten million years ago
We never feared to grow old and gray

A peaceful sleep we wake up to the sunrise
Our eyes see all Jehovah is making
Sing a new song all day long
‘Cause we’re forever young

Ten million years ago
We never feared to grow old and gray

The silver cord, the golden bowl together weather storms
And the jar at the heart spring
Sing a new song all day long
‘Cause we’re forever young

TIME FOR TIME

Time for time, now that we’ve found time for time
I’m spending it with you
When the sun is down, the day is over
I’ll be running home
Home to lock into your arms, safe and warm
Morning comes, work of our hands growing strong
Songbirds pouring out the air everywhere
Where the oceans and the sky replay the rhyme
There’s no end to time for time

Sun to sun, fruit of the earth sun to sun
One new day’s beauty spun
Rain has come and gone and left its blessing
To share food and cheer
Here on the summer lawn all day long
Family, friends weave a rich tapestry
Free, free to reap the reward evermore
When the rising moon foretells the day’s decline
There’s no end to time for time

Feel no pressure to be anywhere
Freedom has filled the air
Like a river life goes on and on
Here on earth where we belong

Love is love, now that we’ve found love is love
Woven through the clouds above, it’s enough
That we always have a mountain to be climbed
There’s no end to time for time

NOT A DREAM

Time was a hope so real
Grew in my heart of hearts
Was it a dream?

They used to say it’s all in my mind
A crazy dream
How can a perfect world ever be?
Far, far from them all I am alive
And their eyes will never see
Love, love never ends
Now and ever more

Life is real, not a dream
Not a dream
Not a dream
Not a dream
Sad eyes have fallen, fallen
Paradise calling, calling for me
Not a dream

In a garden lost in time
Where life was new
Jah made a wonderland for two
Just like the rain
Eternal promises came true
Now each rising sun
Every moon to come

Life is real, not a dream...

STEPPING INTO ETERNITY

When I said I do I never believed
Never conceived in my heart
That a billion years from then we would be
Taking it from the start
Seeds we planted have grown
We will never be alone, alone

Stepping into eternity
First day of the rest of our lives
Stepping into eternity
First day of the rest of our lives

With a love I love you eternally
You’ll always be in my life
Fire and storm have come and given their best
Our love will always survive
Morning brings a new day
Love will never fade away, away

Stepping into eternity...

When I said I do I never believed
Never conceived in my heart
That a billion years from then we would be
Taking it from the start
Morning brings a new day
Love will never fade away, away

Stepping into eternity...

OPEN ROAD HOME

Open road it takes me home again
To my lock- and keyless door
Been away now a hundred weeks or more
Lots of time for another episode
Walk in the new world along the open road

Good News

I just heard the best news of my life
Cuts the sorrow, cuts it like a knife
Paradise the earth is gonna be
Open up your heart and you can see

Good news

Got to tell it, got to shout it out
Tell ‘em what the kingdom’s all about
Wickedness and falsehood soon to pass
Mankind will be free of sin at last

Ah the good news is so real to me
And it’s plain to see the truth is for all time
Ah the Bible is an open book
Just take a look, the truth is there to find

When We’re In Jehovah’s Paradise

Would you like to ride an elephant?
“Yes, I would,” you probably would say
When we’re in Jehovah’s paradise
We can ride together every day

If you’re finished with your elephant
Maybe you would like to play with fish
When we’re in Jehovah’s paradise
You and I can have the things we wish

Just imagine having sheep for pets
You can have a lion for a friend
When we’re in Jehovah’s paradise
These good things will never ever end

Over and Over I Go

I like to sing about the king
The one who’ll bring us everything
And everything he will bring
About the king I like to sing, sing

I like to preach, I like to teach
I try hard each dear heart to reach
All hearts I reach I try hard each
And everyone to teach, I like to preach

And over and over and over and over and over and over I go

I like to pray every day
Jehovah’s ways in my heart stay
In my heart stays Jehovah’s way
So everyday I like to pray

Into the Ark

Into the ark, into the ark
Noah and his family went into the ark
With monkeys and zebras and bears
Some by sevens and some went by pairs
Then came the flood
Wicked ones drowned
But all those inside the ark survived safe and sound

Things They All Do Best

The eyes look at things I don’t want to see
They cause me to turn away
But without the eyes how could I see a blue-jay?

When you need an eye, an eye will do
An eye means everything to you
With every member important as the rest
There’s things they all do best

The ears hear a lot of annoying noise
They give me an awful headache
But without the ears how could I music make?

When you need an ear, an ear will do
An ear means everything to you...
With every member important as the rest
There’s things they all do best

The nose is the funniest part of the face
With hair growing out everywhere
But without the nose how could I smell the air?

When you need a nose, a nose will do
A nose means everything to you...
With every member important as the rest
There’s things they all do best

The mouth utters things I don’t want so say
I wish I could eat my words
But without the mouth how would my voice be heard?

When you need a mouth, a mouth will do
A mouth means everything to you...
With every member important as the rest
There’s things they all do best

The hands always grabs things I shouldn’t touch
They get me in trouble always
But without the hands how could I wash my face?

When you need a hand, a hand will do
A hand means everything to you...
With every member important as the rest
There’s things they all do best

The feet always trip and bump into things
They cause me to stub my toe
But without the feet I’d have no way to go

When you need a foot, a foot will do
A foot means everything to you...
With every member important as the rest
There’s things they all do best

Now in every congregation there are brothers of every kind
But their differences I don’t seem to mind

When you need a foot, a foot will do
A foot means everything to you...
When you need a brother, a brother will do
When you need a sister, a sister will do
When you need an elder, an elder will do
When you need a pioneer, a pioneer will do
When you need a publisher, a publisher will do
With every member important as the rest
There’s things they all do best

Don’t Look Back

The angels told Lot’s family
“Don’t look back, you must hurry and flee!”
All obeyed but Lot’s wife
And so she lost her life
But Lot and his daughters went free

If you want to survive the last days
Don’t look back at this world and its ways
Just remember Lot’s wife, how she lost her life
The new world is not far away

First Things First

It’s time to get up and make up your bed
Comb all the hair across your head
Then go brush your teeth
And it’s time to eat
Did you hear what I just said?
So many things that have to be done
When can I play and have some fun?

First things first they always say
First things first, it’s every day

Saturday morning each week of the year
I go out in service for people to hear about God’s kingdom

It’s time to turn in, time to go to bed
Watch all the dreams inside your head
There must be a mistake
‘Cause I’m wide awake
Why can’t I watch TV instead?
Tomorrow will come, it’s another day
There will be lots of time to play

(My Grandpa Is) Home Again

My grandpa is coming to back to meet me
I ain’t seen him in a couple of hundred years
You can run but you can never beat me
When I run to the place where he appears
For so long I have waited
I’ve shed a thousand tears
Then you’ll see my tears dry up completely
On that day when my grandpa is here

My grandpa is home again
Home again
Home again
My grandpa is home again

Grandpa always told the greatest stories
Of information marches and old sound cars
Opposition never outshone the glories
He so proudly wore his battle scars
For so long he waited
for blessings that now are
Grandpa and I never need to worry
‘Cause we know eternal life is ours

Grandpa taught me life’s important lessons
He taught me to be firm and take a stand
He showed me the way to reach for blessings
When Jehovah’s kingdom was at hand
For so long we have waited
Every grain of sand
That passes through the hourglass in succession
Is one more day in the promised land

Count the Clouds

Blue skies all day through
Nothing to do
But count the clouds
And sing aloud to you

Our eyes see so far
Things as they are
to be someday
We’ll kiss away the stars

On a rainy day
I can see the sunshine peeking through
Through the darkness into the life of every point of view
The light of what is true

New world’s overdue
Come into view
And capture hearts
so we can start anew

I’m Gonna Be On Time

I’m tryin’, tryin’ to get ready now
I’m flyin’, I’ll be on time somehow
Momma says five minutes to go
We must be out that door and on the highway
The meeting’s just about to start
And your daddy has a part and he’s workin’ on timing

Remember, remember your service report
September, is especially important
Daddy says it’s time to go
Let’s get out that door, we don’t have forever
The meeting is soon to begin
And we should all be in our seats together

I’m gonna be on time
I’m not gonna fall behind, behind the eight-ball
I’m gonna be on time
I’ll feel better when I’m in the Kingdom Hall

I’m movin’, movin’ so I’ll be there
Including the opening song and prayer
Jehovah says “Come to my house,
Come on in ‘cause now’s the time to take truth in”
The meeting will soon have to end
And I will be content when it’s concluding

Pray It Away

When things seem to go so wrong
I can’t sing my song
All my problems seem to last so long

Fog rolls in and I can’t see
Darkness all around me
That’s the time I get down on my knees

Pray it away (All my problems disappear)
Pray it away (When I know Jehovah’s near)
Pray it away (Answers are so crystal clear)
Pray it away

Pressure can bring me to tears
When it’s from my peers
I don’t want to give into my fears

One thing that I know is true
One thing I can do
Is pray and beg dear Lord please bring me through

Whenever I feel like I just can’t go on anymore
That is when holy spirit comes and opens the door

Piece of the New World

I don’t need a room full of toys
Just give me peace without all the noise
I want to hear Jehovah’s voice say

Have all that my heart desires
As long as I am doing what God requires me

I want a piece of the new world
I want to be in the new world
And I want life to go on and on
I want a piece of the new world

I don’t need a party every day
I just want a little time to play
I want God to show me the way I can...

Just put me in my tomato patch
You can look but you’ll never catch me
Turning around and looking back behind me

I don’t need a tropical island
It’s not the thing that keeps me smiling
I can keep a simple eye and...

The Secret Person of the Heart

I am more than people see
Deep inside is the real me
You’re the one who sees the heart deep within
And finds the good
I’m not misunderstood

By you Lord, eternally wise
You can see through any disguise
You’re the one who is much greater than my heart
And you inspire
To serve you is my desire

The secret person of the heart
Is all that my love for you can impart
Jehovah I love you more than all else
For only you know myself

All my life all the way through
You loved me before I loved you
You’re the one who sent your son for me
And looked within, and your love drew me in

Nobody knows how I feel deep down
I hid away until you I found

You’re the one constantly there for me
And I can tell you understand me so well

Brooklyn Bound

Packing my bags I’m moving on out for a greater need
I won’t look back and think of what might have been
Yes I’m travelling eastward going to Bethel to serve
And I’m using my strength before old age throws me a curve

I’m Brooklyn bound
I’m Brooklyn bound
And I’m giving my youth to Jehovah to use
I’m Brooklyn bound
My whole heart, my whole mind, my whole strength, my whole force, my whole soul
I’m Brooklyn bound
I’m Brooklyn bound
I’m Brooklyn bound

Work my way downtown cross the East River by the Brooklyn Bridge
Wake up next morning ready for my privilege
If the factory calls me I will be ready with bells on
Or construction or laundry I will cross that Rubicon

The Hard Way

Not gonna learn the hard way
Not gonna learn the hard way
Not gonna learn the hard way
Oh no

Gray areas are for the night
When no light shines
It seems there’s no wrong or right

Misguided by strong desires
Touch the fire
Get burned and then wonder why
Mystified

So many dance close to the brink
In danger of sinking
Unaware of the poison they drink

I don’t need a slap to my brain
To know what pain is
I’m not playing Satan’s cruel game
It ends the same

This world chews you up and spits you out
There’s nothing out there
To gain and write home about

This system’s lessons are cruel
Don’t let them fool you
Temptation and ridicule
Are Satan’s tools

Go Ahead and Make Me Happy

Go ahead and make me happy
Keep the good news coming at me
Go ahead and make me happy now

It Won’t Be Late

The great day of Jehovah is near
It is near, in a hurry it’ll soon be here
Even if is seems to delay
Keep expecting the day, it will not be late
It keeps panting down to the end
It will not tell a lie, it’s just a matter of when
The great day of Jehovah is near
It is near, in a hurry it’ll soon be here
We’re in the final days
When light cuts through the haze
The kingdom paves the way forever
It won’t be late, I can wait

People hurry always rushing around
Never stop to reflect, never hear the sound
The sound of the kingdom good news
There is nothing to lose when it’s life you choose
People busy with the stresses of life
They’ll be caught by surprise when the kingdom arrives
People hurry always rushing around
Never stop to reflect, never hear the sound
We’re in the final days
When light cuts through the haze
The kingdom paves the way forever
It won’t be late, I can wait

Why Mosquitoes?

I understand the reason for earthworms
They dig and aerate the earth
Appreciate the toad’s ugly epiderm
It has its God-given worth
I can accept life on its own terms

When I get to the paradise
One thing I want to know
Just one question I’d like to ask
Why mosquitoes?

Warthogs have their place in creation
Just overlook their veneer
Vultures dine without reservation
Hazmats disappear
Spiders set up their bug-eating station

They buzz around, leave you scratching in pain
Must be a cruel mistake
Some people say they’re part of the food chain
I say let them eat cake

Even cockroaches were made for a reason
I guess the same as rats
Open your door to let a cool breeze in
Get a mouthful of gnats
All living things have their own season

Marching to the New World

Marching to the new world
Feet shod with good news
Preaching keeps me focused on
the real life that I choose
Standing firm with my loins
girded up with truth
I know I won’t be misled
by wicked words so smooth
I’ve got to keep awake
The truth I won’t forsake
Sin won’t overtake me

Marching to the new world

Righteousness a breastplate
Guards my fleeting heart
Makes bad thoughts and feelings
die before they start
Satan’s spears and arrows
fail to penetrate
Because I have taken up
the large shield of faith
I keep a simple eye
Don’t believe the lie
that I can do things my way

Marching to the new world

The sword of the spirit
The sword that is God’s word
I use that sword to slash away
lies that I have heard
Helmet of salvation
guards from harmful thoughts
Helps me keep on doing good
the things I know I ought
Steadfast I become
Never moving from
the road that takes me one way

Marching to the new world

If It Is To Be

If it is to be
it is up to He
By me it is no
By He it is so
As we go by
My oh my
Up to it we go on by

You can ask Him why
you can see the sky
how the red sun ray
can set for the day
The son led our way
You now may say
Let our God lay out the way

Most don’t know God’s name
Your eyes know Jah’s fame
Talk from your down deep
Show them what they need
Read them God’s name
Show them Jah’s fame
Tell them don’t make Jah’s name vain

You can ask Him why
you can see the sky

If it is to be
it is up to He

Feel the Real Life

Feel the real life
I can hear the harmony
See the smiles of pure peace in every heart
Oh I feel, feel the real life

Door to door, two by two, day by day
I’m bound and determined to bring more to the way
The way to the dawn of the new world I long for and pray
I turn my ears to my brother
The man who once was a lion is now the sweetest lamb
The new world society here by my side
I see the kingdom so close, almost here

I can reach out and feel the real life
I can hear the harmony
See the smiles of pure peace in every heart
Oh I feel, feel the real life
Oh I feel, feel the real life

Wall to wall, Kingdom Halls overflow
With faces reflecting our father’s glow
Like trees bearing love, sisters and brothers all grow
Empty hope only sickens the heart
But I’ve seen hope’s fulfillment already start
The new world society here by my side
I see the kingdom so close, almost here

No One Likes To Be Different

No one likes to be different
but I’ll be happy to just the same
No one likes to be different
but I can play the game
One way’s right, the other wrong
You know which side I’m sticking on
No one likes to be different
but I’ll be happy to just the same

Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego
had feelings just like me
But there they stood out all alone
for everyone to see
The hottest fire that ever was
Could not hurt those faithful boys ‘cause
Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego
an angel set them free

Kusserows are friends of mine,
we're in a worldwide brotherhood
Hitler told them toe the line,
one thing they understood
Fear the lord or fear a man
You can't do both so take a stand
Don't give up in what is fine
conquer evil with the good

Sometimes when I go to school
I just want to fit right in
I don't care about being cool
I just want to fit right in
When this world has gone to stay
I’ll fit in in every way
I won't be that Satan's fool
with Jehovah's help I can win

Listen (I Got Good News For You)

Listen, I got good news for you, listen
Decisions, you got to choose, oh listen
I can show you where we come from
And where we’re going, how to get there
Listen, I got good news for you, listen

You say this earth is burning down, you say
Someday it’s got to turn around, someday
There’s a kingdom up above us
It’s gonna come for love of righteous
In our day this earth will turn around, our day

I got the news
You got the ears
If you got the blues
You got to hear the good news I got for you
Oh listen, listen to the good news
Listen, got good news for you
Listen, kiss away your blues
Listen, got good news for you
Listen, it’s the way to choose, listen
Listen, got good news for you, listen

Long time, eternity is a long time
Once I’m totally free such a long time
I will never be afraid then
Forever free of war and hatred
For all time, eternity is for all time

The Other Side

Born with silver spoons, truth on a silver plate
You never knew no hunger pains for hope
Me, I’m from the other side
Had to grope to find the way
Happy I found out before too late

Borne on wings of eagles, keep you from a fall
Sheltered from the wicked world below
You can kick and jump
Still never know about the wall
Between a hard road home and no road at all

What blind men see is mystery to eyes that know the light
What hopeless feel is so unreal to minds that know the end of night
I know you get anxious from the inside looking out
Wondering just what the fuss and excitement’s all about

If this world makes you feel you’re on a losing ride
Missing out on freedom and fun
They make it seem so easy ‘til they run away and hide
The hopelessness that holds the other side

Paradise, When We’re Together Again

Jehovah painted a picture, planted deep within my heart
Holding hands with Susanne, we’ll never be apart
A picture so real, I can feel the shining sun
I can see us having fun, see us laugh and sing and run forever

Paradise, when we’re together again
Par - a - - dise... happiness is here to stay now
Paradise, when we’re together again
Par - a - - dise... with Susanne to brighten every day now
Paradise, with you my sister Susanne

I’ll save you a cloud, make it anything you see
Save you a cloud... tell me what you see
In a world of flowers, save one in your heart for me
World of flowers... a flower in your heart for me
I love you, I want to paint it across the sky
Make the moon and stars cry with tears of joy, smiles and laughter

I’ll take you away, to a picture made for you
Take you away... new world made for you
Live in it every day, when tears and pain are through
Live it every day... no more tears for you
I love you, I want to paint it across the sky
Make the moon and stars cry with tears of joy, smiles and laughter

Alien's Heart

Everywhere I have lived, all the places I’ve seen
Can’t compare with the warmth of where I’ve never been
I turn around, look ahead, make it live in my eyes
New Jerusalem shines down on earth’s paradise

Fill a spoon with the peace gathered all of these years
Fill an ocean with sorrow, a river with tears
Pour it into the new world's clear bottomless seas
Watch illusions of yesterday disappear in true peace

Though I’ve never been there to taste that sweet air
Or drink of the splendor of perfect creation
I’ll know when I get there, to a world without care
A home without fear or despair

Whatever roots I put down, whatever soil I have turned
In this alien’s heart hope for real life will burn
I turn around, look ahead, make it live in my eyes
New Jerusalem shines down on earth’s paradise

Bible Verse Memory Song

I met a man, I just had to sing
He asked me how long will sorrow be king
I showed him Revelation 21, verses 3 and 4
Tears and pain pass away, death no more

He asked me when, please tell me when
How can I know it’s the time of the end?
Turn to Matthew chapter 24, look and you will find
Jesus gave a reliable sign

With Revelation 21, Matthew 24
I can show the truth to anyone
If truth they’re looking for
The Bible is an open book for anyone to see
The water of life is free

I won’t share the blame of the greatest shame
So many don’t that God has a name
Even old King James reveals it as Psalm 83:18
Where Jehovah’s great name can be seen

And Jesus prayed at John 17
He showed the way to get life at verse 3
He said that taking in this knowledge of the true God would be wise
And of the one he sent forth, Jesus Christ

Remember Revelation 21, Matthew 24
The 83rd Psalm, John 17 and more
The Bible is an open book for anyone to see
The water of life is free

We inherit death and Adam’s sin
Romans 5:12 explains the shape we’re in
Now just cast your eyes on chapter 6, read verse 23
By Christ Jesus the gift of life is free

Remember Revelation 21, Matthew 24
The 83rd Psalm, John 17 and more
Romans 5:12 and 6:23
The water of life is free

Souls in the grave are just not alive
So says Ecclesiastes 9 verse 5
But the hope for all mankind is at Acts 24:15
Resurrection for all is not a dream

Remember Revelation 21, Matthew 24
The 83rd Psalm, John 17 and more
Romans 5:12 and 6:23
Ecclesiastes 9, Acts 24:15
The Bible is an open book for anyone to see
The water of life is free

This earth’s the place we’re all gonna be
Psalm 37 revealed it to me
2nd Peter 3:13 of earth of heavens new does tell
In these righteousness ever will dwell

Remember Revelation 21, Matthew 24
The 83rd Psalm, John 17 and more
Romans 5:12 and 6:23
Ecclesiastes 9, Acts 24:15
The 37th Psalm and 2nd Peter 3
The water of life is free

Believe the Wind in the Trees

You look but you never see the wind blowing through the trees
The dancing leaves perform and you believe
Open up your mind
And see the spirit that’s behind the wind in the trees

You speak but you never hear your words
When you say the sun will rise on time to make the morning sky
Open up your mind
When you say that faith is blind and cover your eyes
Never realize

You can believe what you can’t see
If you believe the wind in the trees
You can trust the sun to come again
The truth is singing out
What the gift of life is all about
You can believe what you can’t see
If you believe the wind in the trees

You hear but you’re never listening
When the music sings for no purpose than the pleasure pleasure brings
Open up your heart
How could beautiful have started just to survive
And make us feel so alive

Raise Your Eyes

I cry by this cruel river that took my daddy down in his prime
Its blood flows on forever, never answers for its crime
I wasn’t granted one moment for a kiss to tell him “good-bye”
One breath to say “I’ll miss you when you die”

Ripples of moonlight replay the nights of pine trees framing the stars
Daddy feeds the dancing firelight, perfect peacefulness is ours
A bullfrog and cricket symphony steals the twilight’s final yawn
Daddy starts to sing for me, he inspires me with his song

Singing:
Raise your eyes, the new world’s coming
Raise your eyes, let the vision run in
Raise your eyes and see Jehovah’s purpose realized in its glory
Raise you eyes, we’re almost home now
With faith your eyes always can see
Raise your eyes and you’ll see us together, you and me

I wore the mark he taught me to, made it through Armageddon’s storm
Watched this cold cruel river run safe and warm
Just one lonesome wish remains to bring my heart in from the cold
To hear his golden voice again, I can feel it in my soul

Singing:
Raise your eyes, the new world’s come now
Raise your eyes, we’ve almost won now
Raise your eyes and see Jehovah’s purpose realized in its glory
Raise you eyes, it won’t be long now
With faith your eyes always can see
Raise your eyes and you’ll see us together, you and me

They say the resurrection is breaking out from east to west
Well I’ll wait here another day, like all the rest
Staring into this river, the rising sun greets the song of the birds
If I did not know better, I’d swear it’s daddy without the words
I’m hearing...coming up the river

Raise your eyes, your daddy’s home now
Raise your eyes, your daddy’s home now
Raise your eyes and see Jehovah’s purpose realized in its glory
Raise you eyes, I’ll never leave now
With faith your eyes always could see
Raise your eyes and we’re always together, you and me
Raise your eyes and we’re always together, you and me

Plains of Megiddo

Fertile fields and grassy plains were not so long ago
The battle field of final days, the Plains of Megiddo
A thousand to one guns trained on innocent lambs
Gog of Magog in jealous rage, the nations took their stand

At Megiddo, on the Plains of Megiddo
Megiddo, on the Plains of Megiddo
Four winds blew the beasts to yesterday
Carrion birds came to clear the way

For today and all tomorrows to come
These plains bare no scars of victory won
And peace, peace in every acre grows
And from every river flows
From the mountains to old Megiddo
And now as we look across these plains
Remember who our freedom gained, freedom gained

Unarmed, we were easy prey, our backs pinned to the wall
The faithful slave had seen the day, from the watchman we heard the call
What of the night, it’s well along, the morning has to come
By faith we stood ten million strong as heavenly forces won

At Megiddo, on the Plains of Megiddo
Megiddo, on the Plains of Megiddo
The great crowd stands as a monument
Never forget what Har Mageddon meant

Burning Bones

Sweetly truth comes to my heart and mind
Cuts the cold expanse of hopelessness inside
Lights a fire too bright to conceal or pretend not to feel
and hide my eyes from a hope so real
Deaf are in silence, blind eyes can’t see
And I hear the call, “Here I am, send me”

It’s burning deep in my bones
It’s burning deep in my bones
I keep it in and I feel the weight of the world
I let it out, reminds me faith is a pearl,
and the hope within me grows
Until I shout it won’t leave me alone
Let it out, this burning in my bones

Bitter, truth tastes to the aimless crowd
On the broad and spacious road, caught in a cloud
Diamond foreheads, faces of stone leave me tired and alone
I want to lock the truth in my bones
Then I hear cold and hungry cries
And I hold the consolation that satisfies

Half Way To Two

Pick me up, put me down
Pick me up, put me down
Make my feet kiss the ground
Kiss the ground where I walk
Kiss the ground where I walk
Feed me face, hey I’m talking to you
Talking to you
All of half way to two and with so much to do
Much to do
So much to do

Rearrange every room
Paint the walls with a broom and a muddy old shoe
There is so much to do when you’re half way to two

The world must begin and end here with me
I’m the first one to be, I’m the first one to see
One to see all around
One to see all around
There’s so much that’s astounding to me

Lyrics

OPEN ROAD

UP FROM THE DUST

SOME WAY

WEIGHT OF THE WIND

AND THEN SOME TOO

BACK IN THE FREE WORLD

GONE

SARIM

LOVE

SANCTIFY

WE’RE ALREADY ONE

OPEN EYES

SO LONG BLUES

LIFE TRAIN

OLD FRIENDS

FOREVER YOUNG

TIME FOR TIME

NOT A DREAM

STEPPING INTO ETERNITY

OPEN ROAD HOME

Good News

When We’re In Jehovah’s Paradise

Over and Over I Go

Into the Ark

Things They All Do Best

Don’t Look Back

First Things First

(My Grandpa Is) Home Again

Count the Clouds

I’m Gonna Be On Time

Pray It Away

Piece of the New World

The Secret Person of the Heart

Brooklyn Bound

The Hard Way

Go Ahead and Make Me Happy

The Friends I Choose

It Won’t Be Late

Why Mosquitoes?

Marching to the New World

If It Is To Be

Feel the Real Life

No One Likes To Be Different

Listen (I Got Good News For You)

The Other Side

Paradise, When We’re Together Again

Alien's Heart

Bible Verse Memory Song

Believe the Wind in the Trees

Raise Your Eyes

Plains of Megiddo

Burning Bones

Half Way To Two

Lyrics