Lyrics from the CD "Listen" (1996)
1. "The Master's Hand"
Some of the scariest storms we battle are the ones on our knees
Matt. 8:23-27
Covered by a silver light
Moving shadows try and hold me tight
And there are footprints in the sand
But you can never tell just where you land
When you're touched by the Master's hand
Blaring thunder, twirling trees
Fighting a tornado on my knees
So I took my bible to my bed
Lit a candle, trembled as I read
And I was touched by the Master's Hand
You carry me through the hard times in life
Oh and You rescue me from the storms in the night
If you are frightened or afraid
Bitter words and choices you have made
Then lift your face up to the sky
Open up your heart and close your eyes
'Cause if you fall, we will land
'Cause His grace is a featherbed
When we're touched by the Master's hand
You carry me through the hard times in life
Oh and You rescue me from the storms in the night
2. "God is Love"
words and music by Cindy Morgan (For Melissa Trevathan)
Matt. 25:31-40
Accusations, a court room floor
And your best defense just walked out the door
And you'd like to be strong
But you'd rather be weak
And you're watching the circles
Float out of your mouth as you speak
And the words well up
And you start to explode
'Cause you've really got to know
Do you want lies, do you want truth?
Or do you want love, love, love?
Do you want war, do you want peace?
Or do you want love, love, love?
Oh, God is love
So tell me what's your label
That you're so proud to wear
And do you feast as the table of religious despair
Or would you rather put bread in a skeleton mouth
Or just turn on the TV until you completely tune out?
What are we doing
Are we wasting our time?
Tell me are we blind?
(chorus)
Don't you want love?
Don't you want love?
Oh, God is love.
3. "They Say It's Love" ("Stars")
words and music by Cindy Morgan
If you're searching for a dream, longing to lasso that shooting star,
This is for you. Matt. 6:10 & Matt. 7:7-12
Stars over my window
I see the silver shimmering down, down, down
Streams out of the moonlights
Empties the sky and fills up the soul.
'Cause I know, yes I know
That it will be you that I am dreaming of
'Cause I heard the stars say
That they know your name and my name
and they say it's love.
So fly or at least imagine
That love is grander than it appears
'Cause somewhere over the moon's glow
There is a sweet word longing to hear, hear, hear
'Cause I know, yes I know
That it will be you that I am dreaming of
'Cause I heard the stars say
That they know your name and my name
and they say it's love.
The moon looks like it's smiling
'Cause maybe it knows more than we all know
And I pray, God if You're looking down now
You see a reflection somewhere here below
whoa, yeah, yeah, yeah.
4. "Need"
For Renee Thornton - Even the strongest of hearts need
Paint me a window so I can see
Over the rainbow inside of me
I need
How I need
Crimson and clover, wagon and hay
These are some sweet things, so lovely and gay
I need
How I need
'Cause I'm not the strongman
I am the one in need
If I were a circus traveling around
Would I be the high wire or the one falling down?
I need
How I need
'Cause I'm not the strongman
I am the one
Just who I am and just who you see
A strange contradiction won't let me be
I need
Sunshine and laughter and innocent eyes
Love that stays after the good and the bad times
I need
How I need
To show you the real me is the hardest of all
Should I stay silent or risk the fall?
I need
How I need
(chorus)
And what isn't lovely blossoms one day
Turns bitter snow to a sweet summer day
And I need
You need
How we need
How I need
5. "Jamie"
Everyone knows a "Jamie", someone we all hope finds happiness
Bye, bye, Jamie, where are you going, baby?
Why do you have to run away from the good and the bad?
Mom and Dad, they're sorry
Things are much different outside of this town
Oh, don't you think you could just hang around, Jamie?
So he said, "Hello Jamie, mind if I call you baby?
You've got the sweetest hazel eyes
That I think I have ever seen
And we could run off and you can be my wife
I'll paint you a picture of a perfect life, Jamie"
There is a thing called the "Wildfire"
Sometimes it pours you out a bitter cup
I just hope you can find some peace
Before the fire burns you up
Before the fire burns you up
Oh, oh, yeah
So he said, "Bye, bye, Jamie, I'm sure gonna miss you baby
Such a condition deep inside of you
Wish I could've made you happy
I wish there was something else that I could do
Oh what in the world will ever satisfy you, Jamie, Jamie, yeah"
What's it gonna take, Jamie?
Well you need a little
Peace and love from up above, Jamie
6. "Listen"
This lyric was written by my (Cindy's) father about 20 years ago (in 1996)
and this is his first published song ever. You see, Daddy, it's never too
late for dreams to come true
Would you listen, would you listen
There's a baby crying down in Bethlehem
Would you listen, would you listen
To the voice of hope that's ringing through the land
People listen, listen
But still don't understand
Would you listen, would you listen
There's a great man preaching sending out His word
Would you listen, would you listen
To the truth He speaks and still He is not heard
Would you listen, would you listen
To a great man preaching turn your head around
People listen, listen
But still don't understand
Chorus
But don't you know His love will shine down on you
Oh and yes His peace will come in and rescue
Don't you know His blood will cleanse you and save you
If you will open up your ears and open up
Your heart and listen
Would you listen, would you listen
There's a hammer ringing, ringing through the land
Would you listen, would you listen
To a cruel, cruel message
Crucify the man
People listen, listen
Cause His blood is falling in the sand
When the baby cried we closed our ears to wisdom
When the word was preached we closed our minds to love
And when the hammer rang we closed our hearts to Jesus
Now will you listen, listen, listen
Open up your ears, open your heart
Open up your mind and open up your soul
Open up your heart, yeah, open up your heart and listen
Text: Cova Morgan / Music: Cova Morgan, Cindy Morgan, Andrew Ramsey
© 1996 Lola Max Music / Word Music (a div. of Word, Inc.) / ASCAP / Drew's Groove Publishing / BMI
7. "The Promise"
The damage of divorce is something I've witnessed up close. I pray
that God helps us to keep our promises
He walked away and didn't smile
The man will leave, the boy will cry
To stand out in his freedom
But his freedom hasn't freed him
And they spoke in faith they prayed their vows
But her broken face is longing now
What about the promise that we made
And the vows we freely made before God
Wonder what he's thinking of?
The promise, the promise
That we made
The longing heart, the searching soul
Will search and never find a home
'Til Jesus comes and takes control
And He takes the promises that you left behind
And He resurrects the dead to life
But you can run but you can't hide from your life
(chorus)
Well I know that your heart is aching now
But just let it go and let God turn it
Turn it all around, yeah
Oh, the promise
Oh, the promise
Oh, the promise
That we made
8. "Lord We Come"
Halle-halle-hallelujah
Hallelujah, Lord we come
9. "Moon Days"
One sunny day last August I looked up in the sky and saw the moon.
It hit me so strange and I thought that's how we feel sometimes -
out of sync but I know that no matter what, the Light of Jesus shines
brighter than any moon ever will
Sunshine in the afternoon
And the birds were singing a summer tune
As I lingered up to the sky
Well, my eyes they caught such a strange surprise
Something about it just didn't seem right
I thought you only saw the moon late at night
(Sunshine in the afternoon)
(And the birds were singing a summer tune)
Moon days are hard days, but
Someday we'll understand it better, yeah
Moon days are dark days, but
I pray that Jesus shines the light of day
In the struggle of daily life
There's a constant battle of wrong and right
Just when everything looks so nice
There's a demon wrapping your better side
People trying to find a balance in life
The dark is always trying to push out the light
Hey, hey
(In the struggle of daily life)
(There's a constant battle of wrong and right)
Well, the future's looking bright and clear
Though the moonshine lingers in our ears
Oh, but God is smiling 'round the bend
Through the living and trying
His love is still shining
Bring the light of day again
10. "To Fly"
For the broken and battered, the speechless, the lame, the unappreciated,
the rich and the homeless, for the lonely and the imprisoned -
Jesus came to give all - Wings to Fly
I was riding on a train that was bound for somewhere
'Neath the big Montana sky
I was just one of the many
Who maybe just wanted to ride
Was it something that they had never seen
Or something they just felt they had to find
'Cause when the world goes by so fast
You feel left behind
Oh, don't you ever want
To fly somewhere high
Somewhere you feel bound to go
But you don't know how
You'll earn your wings to fly
To fly
'Till my eyes caught a man on this lonely train
With the loneliness in his eyes
And he sat down beside me
And we talked for awhile
He said "There's something in your eyes that seems familiar
But I just can't say why
Maybe another face or perhaps another time?"
Or maybe we just want
To fly somewhere high
Somewhere you feel bound to go
But you don't know how
You'll earn your wings to fly
To fly
Weak or strong we all search for that something more
How we long to find that open sky
'Cause in our hearts
We seek the part that God designed for us...
There was a crash and a flash and a million faces
And it lit that great big sky
And in the twinkling of a moment
We all knew
Well, most of us knew
How to fly somewhere high
Somewhere you feel bound to go
But you don't know how
You'll earn your wings to fly
Somewhere high, somewhere
Jesus is waiting and
He has already earned your wings
To fly
To fly
11. "Gravity"
Words & Music by Cindy Morgan
from the album "Listen"
Sometimes pain is the greatest teacher
I was looking for a fantasy
Sometimes reality's just not
What you're looking for and then
The gravity pulls to calamity
High on catastrophe
And I just couldn't see
The forest for the need
But there is a gravity
Happening in spite of you and me
Pulling us close
Double the dose
Life is a scary thing
Promise a diamond ring
Yeah anything
And leave you standing still
In the pouring rain
Forget your name
But anyway well maybe
I'll call you sometime
Why do we play these games?
Isn't there any shame
To our own selfish pain
But eyes that see everything
Happening in spite of you and me
Pulling us close
Double the dose
Dear Lord, help us believe now
In the True light
Burning tonight
Cause we won't survive if we don't believe now
In the True Light
Burning tonight
Jesus Your Light
Burning tonight
Are you looking for a fantasy
Because reality scares you
Want what you just can't have
And if you had it
You probably wouldn't want it anymore
To believe in a fantasy
Is such a losing plea
Cause it's vanishing
Thank God there's a gravity
Happening in spite of you and me
Pulling us close
Double the dose
Pulling us close
Double the dose
Dear Lord, help us believe now
In the True light
Burning tonight
Cause we won't survive if we don't believe now
In the True Light
Burning tonight
Your Best Tonight
Help us believe now
In the True Light
Burning tonight
Jesus Your Light
Burning tonight
12. "Will You Be There?"
Words & Music by Cindy Morgan
I do not want to walk through Heaven's gates
and not see your face
And I do not want to dance beside the streams
Without you with me
Or See the angels fill the sky
The Heaven's sing and all creation cries
Hosanna, Savior, God our Father
Creator, Oh Savior and King
You've got to be there
with me
Oh, Please
You've got to be there with me
Will you be there with me?
Lyrics to "The Loving Kind" (1999)
1. "IN THE GARDEN"
Words & Music by Cindy Morgan
Genesis 3:8-15, Mark 14:32
The loss of innocence, the prayer of surrender
There was a time there was a place
Back in the year number one
Where Adam and Eve were naked and free
And their lives had just begun
And so it goes curiosity grows
They tasted an evil disguise
But in Bethlehem's ears
It was ringing so clear
The beginning of Satan's demise
Chorus:
In the meadow
In the garden
Where we once tasted all we could eat
In the Flower
There's a pardon
Oh dance in the garden
Dance in the garden with Me, Me
From Boy to a Man
The Carpenter's hands
Healed all the sick and diseased
Gave hope to the bleak, strength to the weak
And gave us a song to sing
Chorus:
In the meadow
In the garden
Where we once tasted all we could eat
In the Flower
There's a pardon
Oh dance in the garden, dance in the garden
Dance in the garden, dance in the garden with Me, Me
Bridge:
This is My body and
This is My blood
Cover you like in the
Days of the flood
Come walk the road
Up to Gethsemane
Come with Me
Come with Me
To the garden
Pray with Me
Pray with Me
In the Garden
In the Garden
Chorus:
In the meadow
In the garden
Where we once tasted all we could eat
In the Flower
There's a pardon
Oh dance in the garden, dance in the garden
Dance in the garden, dance in the garden
Dance in the garden, dance in the garden with Me, Me
2. "THE MARCH"
Words by Cindy Morgan
Music by Cindy Morgan & Brent Lenthall
Matthew 21:5-11
The triumphal entry into Jerusalem
It was a march of a revolution
It was a march of a stormy day
It was a cadence of cruel contention
It was a march oh what a march
Oh it was a march for the sweet and gruesome
To bring a light to their darkened place
It was a march for the thirst of freedom
And it was beauty battered and bleeding
And it was a march yeah, yeah
When it all comes down to me and you yeah
Will we walk away or march on with
The One who made the march oh yeah
Chorus:
Do you know
Why you are lonely
Do you know
Why you're afraid
Do you know
That Jesus loves you
Will you join the march
Will you join the march
Today
Oh it was a march for the ones who judged Him
Dipping their crowns in a crimson flood
It was a march for the thief and harlot
Humble and holy oh what a story
Oh what a march
But when it all comes down to me and you
Will we walk away or march on with
The One who made the march oh yeah
Chorus:
Do you know
Why you are lonely
Do you know
Why you're afraid
Do you know
That Jesus loves you
Will you join the march
Will you join the march
Will you join the march
Will you join the march
Today
It was a march of a revolution
It was a stormy, stormy day
3. "The Loving Kind"
Words & Music by Cindy Morgan
Matthew 14:25-34, Luke 22:54-62,
Mark 16:7 Peter's song to Jesus
Happy as a little child yeah
Walking by the Shepherd's side oh
How I know You
How You know me
Your words are like peace and truth
Like flowers kissed by morning dew yeah
How I know You
And how You know me oh Lord
Chorus:
I don't know why You love me
Oh Lord it's such a mystery
All I can say
All I can find
You're the loving kind
The loving kind
When I fall and when I stray
Your love it captures me always
All I can see all I can find - You're the loving kind, the loving kind
Sitting in a courtyard still
They all come marching for the kill
They don't know You
But how I know You
I got scared I ran away
The rooster crowed my faith it swayed
How I know You
But I denied You oh Lord
(chorus)
Bridge:
Lord I believe in You
Though I have deceived You
Thank God that forgiveness is reigning again
Thank God that forgiveness is reigning again
I don't know why You love me like You do
All I know is You're the loving kind, the loving kind
4. "The Last Supper"
Words & Music by Wes King
Words by Cindy Morgan
Luke 22:14-20
This is the body that was broken
Take and eat
This is the blood shed for many
Take and drink - amen
And it will cover you
And make you new - oh Jerusalem
Chorus:
I know we'll be together
Someday again
Oh how I'll miss these moments
With you my friends
I know we'll be together eternally
And I will be there waiting - come home to Me
Come home to Me
This is the body that was broken
(Broken for us all)
Take and eat
This is the blood shed for many
Take and drink - amen
And when darkness comes
Reach for Me oh Israel, oh Israel
(chorus)
Come home to Me
5. "Devil Man"
Words & Music by Cindy Morgan
Luke 22-3-5, Matthew 27:3-8
The one who betrayed Jesus
Give me the money
Give me the gold
Dirty little palms
And a heart that's cold yeah
Kiss of the serpent
Bite of the fruit
You can keep the knowledge
I just want the loot
Want the loot
I just want the loot yeah
Chorus:
I'm making deals
With a mighty bad hand
Fishing in a boat
That is sinking in sand
And I'm messing into things
That I never should have
And I'm making plans
With the Devil Man
Sneaking through the dark
Like a vigil in black
I kiss You on the cheek
Then I stab You in the back yeah
Cause what I didn't know
Is what I didn't know
The hammer cracked and the blood it flowed yeah
And I wish I could take it back hey but
(chorus)
Hanging from my neck
From a dirty piece of wood
I'm known as the betrayer
Buried in a field of blood
In a field of blood, hey
(chorus)
6. "Can You Hear Me"
Words & Music by Cindy Morgan
Luke 22:39-46, Matthew 27: 19-26
Hey can You hear Me
Are You really out there
Oh I am trapped in the cages
Of the scars I must bear
And I can't tell and I can't speak
I can't even repeat what it is
Hey can You see Me
See these hollowing eyes
Don't You think something is missing
In My calm peaceful smile
But I can't tell and I can't speak
I can't even repeat what is
Chorus:
Can You hear me
Hear the sound of My pain
Can You hear Me
Hear the words I don't say
Hey what's your problem
Can't you hear what I said
I am here drowning in sorrow
While you sleep on your beds
And I can't tell and I can't speak
I can't even repeat what it is, oh
(chorus)
Bridge: I get down on My knees
And I cry to You
Oh Lord give me all Your strength
Help Me make it through
I reach out to You
Oh can You hear Me, hear Me, yeah
'Hey can You hear Me'
Someone whispered to Me
'I understand all Your hurting
How You ache how You bleed
But the scars that You bear
Will one day make the whole world free
Satan is a liar down in the mire
But I can hear You
I hear the sound of Your pain
I can hear You oh yeah
I hear the words You don't say
I can hear You, hear You
I can hear You, can You hear Me?
Can You hear Me?'
7. "The Only Way"
Words & Music by Cindy Morgan
Luke 22: 52-53, Matthew 27:11-26, 59-64
Here you come
With your swords and clubs
Thinking that
You're gonna fight today
Small applause for your
Rebel cause, cause My
Feet are walking by another way
Flames and torches
Marching forward to fate
Don't you know
Chorus:
I am the Light
I am the Truth
I am the Voice
That will lead you
I am the Peace
I am the Love I am the Way
I am the Way I'm the only Way, oh
Flowing robes in a judge's pose
But their evidence is all full of holes
Pilate's washing his bloody hands
But he just can't get 'em clean
Crucify Him, crucify Him today - don't you know
(chorus)
Bridge:
I am my Father's Son
It is as You say
Lord Thy will be done
Drink the cup drink it up
Drink the blood drink it up
Drink the cup for the children's sake
I'm the only Way
Don't you know
(chorus)
I'm the only Way
8. "Hard Heart"
Words & Music by Cindy Morgan & and Brent Bourgeois
Matthew 23:23-29
In a shell of bitterness
Covered in self righteousness
In the wake of evidence
You're clinging to your stubbornness
Drinking from a dirty cup
Well you turn your head
And drink it up
But the nasty deeds you hide away
Will all be seen on judgment day
Chorus:
No letting go
Of the old traditions
Paving the road
With a strong conviction
And the blood flows
For a true redemption
But you cannot see that you've gone too far
Cause you live your life
With a hard heart
Were you looking for an angry king
To help you conquer everything
But the day will come
When you'll drop your sword and cry
Blessed be the One who comes
In the name of the Lord
(chorus)
Bridge:
Snake in the grass crack in the glass
You beat down the head
Of the poor and hungry
Whatever you do to the least of these
You do it unto Me, unto Me
Chorus:
No letting go
And the blood flows
For a true redemption
But you cannot hear
What the Savior said
Cause your heart is hard
And your faith is dead
And you cannot see
That you've gone too far
Cause you live your life with a
Hard heart
(1st chorus)
9. "The Whipping
10. "Higher"
Words by Cindy Morgan
Music by Cindy Morgan and Brent Lenthall
Mark 15:24, Luke 23: 26-27
Dark day crowning
Screaming, chanting
Sounding in My ear
Pounding, driving
Ringing, stinging
Take My thoughts away
To a brighter place
Chorus:
Higher, higher
Than the pain that I feel
Take Me
Higher, higher
Let Your holy love reveal
And plunge Me
Deeper, deeper
Than these nails can drive Me
Take Me
Higher, higher, Father
Children laughing
And Lepers healing
In the waters of sweet forgiveness
Jordon, Galilee
The lame are walking
By the shining sea
Oh take Me
Chorus:
Higher, higher
Than the pain that I feel
Lift Me
Higher, higher
Let Your holy love reveal
And plunge Me
Deeper, oh deeper
Than these nails can drive Me
Take Me
Higher, higher,
Father And plunge Me deeper, oh deeper
Than these nails can drive Me
Take Me higher, higher
Can You hear me, hear the sound of My pain
Can You hear Me I can hear You
11. "Take My Life"
Words & Music by Cindy Morgan
Mark 15: 37-41 Mary Magdalene's song
Who can say
When life is over
The silver cord breaks
Our breath returns to God
Will we walk through fields of clover
Or soar up high
Through valleys deep and wide
I cannot know
All that's waiting there
But until that day
This is my prayer
Chorus:
Take my life
Take away all the shattered dreams in me
And give me love that will last forever
Take my life
Give me the love that makes me free
'Cause I believe
That Your Love can save
Even a wretch like me
This race is not
Just for the runners
Some of us walk
While others barely crawl
We make our way through spring and winter
Leaning on strength
That strengthens all
And when the sunlight fades from morning
You'll still be burning in my eyes
(chorus)
And when the sunlight fades from morning
You'll still be burning in my eyes
(chorus)
12. "Alive and Well"
Words by Cindy Morgan and Andrew Ramsey
Music by Michael W. Smith
Mark 16: 1-8
Who did you call Him
When the people ran to His strong healing hands
Do you know
Who did you call Him
When the children danced in the warmth of His glance
Do you know
You raised your voices in doubt
His blood is falling on you
Do you know
Chorus:
Shattered darkness brought the Light
Poured the blood and pierced the night
Sweet salvation shine the Light
My Savior He's alive and well
Shattered darkness brought the Light
Poured the blood and pierced the night
Sweet salvation shine the Light
My Savior He's alive
Who did you call Him
When He raised the dead and all of Hell's demons fled
Do you know
Who did you call Him
Did He demand your all and in your pride
Now you fall once again
I've touched the wounds in His side
And He dried the tears in my eyes
And He's Alive
(chorus)
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu, hallelujah
He's alive. hallelujah.
Do you believe it He's alive, He's alive and well
Shattered darkness brought the Light
Poured the blood and pierced the night
Oh won't you lift your voices and sing
Yeah sweet salvation
(chorus)
13. "Praise the King"
Words & Music by Cindy Morgan
Luke 24:50-53
Praise Him in the morning
For tall and lofty trees
And praise Him in the evening
For children on their knees
Oh and praise Him in the noon day
For gentle birds that sing
Oh praise Him all ye people
Praise the King
And praise Him for a peaceful porch
A nd rocking chairs that sway
Praise Him for the rolling hills
Where children laugh and play
Oh and praise Him for the wandering soul
That never lost their way
Oh praise Him all ye people
Praise the King
Chorus:
Praise the King
Praise the King
Let it ring
Praise the King
Praise the King
Praise the King
Let it ring
Praise the King
And praise Him for the blood that fell
And bloomed a rose that day
And praise Him that He suffered through the guilt, the grief, the shame
Oh and praise Him that His tender love will still forgive today
Oh praise Him all ye people praise the King
(chorus)
Lyrics from "Best So Far" (2000)
"Love is the Answer"
Words and Music by Todd Rundgren
Name your price
A ticket to paradise
I can't stay here any more
And I've looked high and low
I've been from shore to shore to shore
If there's a short cut I'd have found it
But there's no easy way around it
Light of the world, shine on me
Love is the answer
Shine on us all, set us free
Love is the answer
Who knows why
Someday we all must die
We're all homeless boys and girls
And we are never heard
It's such a lonely world
People turn their heads and walk on by
Tell me, is it worth just another try?
Tell me, are we alive, or just a dying planet?
What are the chances?
Ask the man in your heart for the answers
And when you feel afraid, love one another
When you've lost your way, love one another
When you're all alone, love one another
When you're far from home, love one another
When you're down and out, love one another
All your hope's run out, love one another
When you need a friend, love one another
When you're near the end, love one another
We got to love one another
Light of the world, you got to shine
Love will be a means, yeah, yeah
Shine on us all
Know that love can save the day
Just give it one more chance
Lord you just can't let it stop Lord
Love is the answer
Got to be free to let love into your life
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