Disc 1
1.The Day
Lori Chaffer
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 will wake me from this dream
Hour by hour and day by day
We go through our lives finding our own way
What do you get by singing alone
The music just bounces off the walls
Noon day the glowing heat of the suns gaze on my discontent
I’ll bask in the rays or slowly suffer its abuse
And high tide is rolling in and the undertow pulls me out to sea
The soft sand makes it awfully hard to stand
Evening time to go to bed and forget the day that I just had
And the morning is the highlight of the day
2.Indian Story
Lori Chaffer
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 would never be the same
No nightmare compared to what they brought our way
White man after white man came over the hills that protected our lives
They went on to steal our freedom cause their own they couldn’t find
They soon took over the West and the East
Always making promises they couldn’t keep
My baby died from diseases they brought
All the while we hardly fought
Buffalo gone land divided by train they won’t let us stay
But they won’t let us get away
You should see my mother’s tears too proud to well up in her eyes
You should hear the wind whisper its sad goodbyes
If you take the land
Please respect the land
This is our one last plea
Before we’re forced to flee
And lead your white man’s way
And finish off these lonely lonely days
We’ll warn you as we once were
Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it
He went on to tell me never underestimate
The power of the sun and the moon and the tide and fate
He said you white men don’t understand what it’s really like to live off the land
Too bad you’ve never tried it then you’d realize it’s not yours to have
Everyone needs to get a chance to hear the owls speak their wisdom at night
Everyone needs to witness coyotes that fill you with fright
3.Porcelain and Wine
Lori Chaffer
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 they were no more
All the precious time a’wasting
On porcelain and wine and fine vacations
And all the lovers who’ve gone awry
Don’t see the rainbow right before their eyes
And to the conscience who speaks his mind
I wish him luck in these troubled times
An old acquaintance knocked on my door
He said I knew him and that he knew me more
He was quick to twist all of my thoughts
And made me wonder what was true or not
All the wanting that goes untried
Dissatisfaction and foolish pride
With every striving plan they still can’t see
They’re blinded by the quiet trap of greed
And to the righteous wherever you are
I wish you peace in these troubled times
Maybe you have closed your eyes
To the deceit and incessant lies
This ignorance brings deceitful bliss
It’s to our shame we’ve come to this
I can see how the world has got you down
Your feet just can’t leave the ground
Maybe in time we’ll see all the good in little things
And not focus on what we need
The road is turning someone’s got to turn it back around
Rain rain go away
Come back again some other day
And money money pour down on me
You bring short laughter for such a small fee
I know you won’t last long here
Maybe time will tell
And money will disappear
Time is passing by
And I don’t have enough porcelain and wine
4.Hope
Lori Chaffer
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
Your hope is round the corner
Waiting for you
And if you round that corner
He'll show it to you
Woman pushing her cart
Filled with all that she owns
A tear freezes in her heart
But she can't sell her heart though it's made of gold
She stumbles upon a house
The food's warm she'll stay dry for the night
She asks them how much it costs
They replied, it's already been paid on a cross
Hope's there in front of you
Open your heart and
He'll see you through There can be no other way
5.1308 Ohio
Lori Chaffer & John McKenna
I feel the warmer days a comin'
Kickin' the cold right out the door
I can see the equinox approachin'
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 breath fresh air once again
And you run from the darkness
Run from the night
Well you look into the mirror and see the sun shine bright
I am sitting on my front porch
With my face to the sky
And I'm aware that spring is coming
And winter's passed me by
Earth comes to life in the spring
Spring brings the earth to life again
Sun creeps north in the sky
6.Galeana
Lori Chaffer
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 of rain brought with thunder
And as I hold your dirty hand all that I can say to you
Is in the awkward smile I make
I can't explain why I came to this distant land
Your simple smiles refresh my soul and
I can't help but love you and know
That you have all you need
When I would get lonely and feel like a foreigner
I'd look up to the sky and see it's just the same but brighter
Two eagles fly free but their patterns are not the same
One is weaker, but it's spirit soars higher
What one yearns for it never seems to reach
The other has learned to separate its wants from needs
As I look into your face I see hope and not disgrace
And strength that carries you along the rugged road you travel on
And as we go our separate ways you can be sure that I have changed
Because I've seen the way you live
7.Mrs. Potter
Lori Chaffer
Mrs. Potter has a house on the corner where she sits and polishes her old silver plates
And she rocks in her chair alone singing songs of old and she wonders where did the time go
Mr. baker owns a grocery store where he's worked for a few decades or more and he tells all his patrons his stories and gives advice and he wishes them all a good life
And oh in the twilight before the dawning the sun sets beautiful
And oh the moon is rising I swear it's smiling it'll turn your frown upside down
Little Billy has a fancy toy car
Someday when he's older he wants to be a star but for now all his
Dreams are as real as that car
And he's happy cause life is ahead of him now
There's a destitute poet who lives down the street
His words are fairly simple but to him they sound sweet
And the marrow of life is what he writes about
The well of words he's dug so deep he can't get out
And the weight of his message pulls the corners of his mouth
And he says oh it's hard to take life lightly when you have time to look around
And oh
There's a doctor with a scalpel in his hand and he cuts the hearts and wallets of each rich and poor man
And he wants to quarantine the tragedy from life
'Cause no one else has time
There's an actress who lives next door and when she's on stage it's kind of like a war
But she won't blame anybody for the way it is and she wonders how she'll feel when the show ends
'Cause the play's too long to take too somberly and it's too short to be a comedy
But oh in the twilight before the dawning the sun sets beautiful
And oh the moon is rising I swear it's smiling it'll turn your frown upside down
Lori Chaffer
Mrs. Potter has a house on the corner where she sits and polishes her old silver plates
And she rocks in her chair alone singing songs of old and she wonders where did the time go
Mr. baker owns a grocery store where he's worked for a few decades or more and he tells all his patrons his stories and gives advice and he wishes them all a good life
And oh in the twilight before the dawning the sun sets beautiful
And oh the moon is rising I swear it's smiling it'll turn your frown upside down
Little Billy has a fancy toy car
Someday when he's older he wants to be a star but for now all his
Dreams are as real as that car
And he's happy cause life is ahead of him now
There's a destitute poet who lives down the street
His words are fairly simple but to him they sound sweet
And the marrow of life is what he writes about
The well of words he's dug so deep he can't get out
And the weight of his message pulls the corners of his mouth
And he says oh it's hard to take life lightly when you have time to look around
And oh
There's a doctor with a scalpel in his hand and he cuts the hearts and wallets of each rich and poor man
And he wants to quarantine the tragedy from life
'Cause no one else has time
There's an actress who lives next door and when she's on stage it's kind of like a war
But she won't blame anybody for the way it is and she wonders how she'll feel when the show ends
'Cause the play's too long to take too somberly and it's too short to be a comedy
But oh in the twilight before the dawning the sun sets beautiful
And oh the moon is rising I swear it's smiling it'll turn your frown upside down
8.To The Doubter
Lori Chaffer
You question all I believe
And claim it's only due to how they raised me
I know you don'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
Don't you think he'd die for it too
And I hope that in time you will know
All of the secrets that in my heart I hold
And that you'll esteem them as much as I try to
And that you will hold them and love them more than I do
So what is it that you don't see
Is it the resurrection or the trinity
Sometimes simple things can seem hard
Under the black veil of the enemy
Oh how can I help you to see
There's more to life than you and me
And all the hopes and fears we paint
Onto the canvas of broken dreams
Where we build our lives on we not he
They will be obsolete
9.Afraid Of The Dark
Lori Chaffer
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
Men in black and navy forage for the law
Disillusioned dreamers forgot what they foresaw
Flagrant smiles creep mildly onto the vandal's face
We forgot to tell them that greed had been replaced
But you welcome meIn from the cold cold night
You welcome me despite the cries
I wish for you my conscience to overthrow the hate
To listen to the fragile. I swear it's not too late
The children of refinement are resurrecting change
Cause vagabonds were puppets and no one heard their name
Emancipation lingers an inch above our grasp
Diplomats beleaguer the voices that don't match
Heretics are punished. criminals set free
Prisons are dividers of opportunity
Futures lie in waiting. They're hoping to exist
Forgiveness is an army and no one will enlist
Guilt remains the symptom of peace that's gone awry
Inside the righteous mind frames distracted by desire
A thousand screaming nations fulfill the prophecies
I wonder how long we have until the time has come to leave
10.His Perfection
Don Chaffer
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 time's been cruel to her form
The way the ocean wears away at the sand
His perfection is a neon light
It stains his flashing eye
And the after-image in his head at night Is nothing but a lie
He wants his world to be a perfect one
Says she no longer fills his needs
So he crams her into iron clothes
And gives her steel bread dough to knead
His perfection is a neon light
It stains his flashing eye
And the after-image in his bed at night Is nothing but a lie
11.To The Singer On The Stage
Don Chaffer
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 care at all
There's people dyin' everywhere
While they're simply standing still
In the arena of the soul
It's all the gladiator's kill
And we love to watch
You say you'll take me somewhere
But where are you going tonight
'Cause if you're heading into the darkness again
I think I'd rather stay in the light
Passion and the smell of smoke
Are a worn out blanket for our fears
They're an attempt to exorcise the pain
That's been within us all these years
Then there's the primitive game of boy meets girl
In a sea of alcohol
In their sex, they try to stay afloat
While their spirits take a fall
12.Been A Long Time
Don Chaffer
It's been a long time
Haven't spoken for a while
Been tryin' to do it on my own again,
And I been fallin' on my face again.
It's been a long time
Since Galilee and the twelve
Since the time you died there on the tree
Since the time you set every one of us free.
It's been a long time.
It's been a long time.
It's been a long time
Since I felt really clean.
Since I felt completely relieved.
Since I felt like I really believed.
It's been a long time
Since I've listened to you.
Since I've walked a little way in your Light.
Since I've heard your voice and not put up a fight.
It's been a long time.
It's been a long time.
13.One Night Out In The Rain
Don Chaffer
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 wished he could just disappear
He avoided her like he had been
Lately in his mind
He thought her anger was relentless
And she never just let him unwind.
He said
You tell me my life's a prison I tell you yours is a pit
That seems so hopeless, babe
How can we work with it
We're both trapped
We both need
We're locked up
And we want to be freed
They were searching for a reason
They should continue on in this
They'd given up all hope of romance now
They just wanted to coexist
But lately even that was getting harder
For the two of them to maintain
And when the darkness seemed to close in
She'd often go out walking in the rain
One night she heard something saving
In the way the wind mingled with her hair
She ran home to tell him of the hope she'd found
In the midst of their despair.
She said
Now you tell me my life's a prison
I tell you yours is a pit
So let's agree on that and just get on with it
We're both trapped
We both need
We're locked up
And we want to be freed
We tell lies
To our own heart
Then we're so surprised
We're so torn apart
We need God
We need a higher hand
We need something far, far, far above this broken land
14.After Forty Days
Lori Chaffer
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 seeIf you will bow and worship me as king
The works that you spoke then were vows to be broken
And I will not hold on to these
Your promises your promises
Have only left me all alone
And selfish dreams your selfish dreams
I will no longer listen to them
15.Silver Sword
John McKenna
Awoke in the city
Late afternoon
Born soul surrounded
By poisons and by gold
There’s 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 time
When I knelt before my Savior
Promise of a kingdom
From the grace of a king
No more lying vanities
And no more broken dreams
DISC 2
1.The Animal
Don Chaffer
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
They ain't worth the clothes they fit
He'll tell you you're so right and you can feel okay
Because at church you always give a little bit
Well, he'll whisper in your ear when your tired
And he'll inform you of some regret
Or he'll slide and he'll slither in a sexy way
Off the glass on your television set
He'll pull your gaze off of someone's eyes
Right to another place
He'll hand you glossy dreams of some earthly queen
In leather and chains or lace
You'll say, "there's nothing I can do
I got to go down cause the passion is way too strong."
He'll tell you that's okay. Don't fret yourself
'Cause that passion'll make you live longer
He'll tell you that you can believe anything you want
And there's no such thing as truth
And as soon as something real even touches your soul
Well, he'll throw away the proof
He says that reason is the thing that makes you human
Without it, you will die
And that Faith is a farce for the foolish and the feeble
Who have fallen for an opium lie
Now that's not your game, he'll dictate to you
You know that stuff ain't real
And they may have paid Judas thirty pieces of silver
But that Jesus guy wasn't worth steel
'Cause someone's on his back and he's gettin' ready to attack
I'll tell you this my friend. He won't win in the end
'Cause he's not big enough
That he'd snort and
And that you knew
That he left behind
Well, the animal is
I said the animal is
Well, the animal is
I'd ever thought before
But I'll tell you this my friend, he won't win in the end
'Cause he's not big enough
Well, I'm a little bit older now, and
I think I'm just beginning to see
That he hides in your pocket in the evening sun
Slides in your home at the turn of the key
That he smiles in his suit as he shakes your hand
And he asks about the baseball game
That he dresses in the latest, and he knows all the phrases
And he never forgets a name
And if you come to him with an armload of sin
And a life that's a total mess
He'll tell you you're okay.
You didn't do nothing wrong
And you're experiencing too much stress
He'll tell you you work hard three hundred days a year
For the money in your bank account
And there ain't no reason that he can think of
That you should give any of it out
Well, those people on the street are all shiftless and lazy
breathe the flesh of dead him by the smoke
bigger than I thought bigger than I thought bigger- way bigger than
2.Soul of Slavery
Don Chaffer
Well, the first thing I noticed yesterday was
The bronze glow of dirt on her jeans
Then the reckless curl of blackened hair
And what I tend to think that means
The way her shirt danced above
The surface of her waist
The way it brushed across her hips
Whichever way she faced
And though my eyes were testing death again
My mind is done deciding
I'll avert them now to save myself
From a darkening abiding
I'm trying to know respect and trust
I've learned to hate the aimless thrust
'Cause it's a sacred act in sacrifice
And it's paid for with a heavy price
And I know what flesh can be
The soul of slavery
I'm tired of pretending I've got it all understood
That doesn't do me any good
You're among the foremost of the bad onesI have heard it said
Leave yourself at the doorstep
Trust in the One who is not dead
The first thing noticed then today was
The tired look in her eyes
Then the way her shoulders bent beneath
The world and all its lies
This time I was feeling for
The things that haunted her
This time I was hoping that
She did not concur with them
3.Apocalypse Now(The Non-Hollywood Version)
Don Chaffer
I saw a movie on TV late last night
New York City was taken by a plague
And the medical authorities arrested it early
How they did it was a little bit vague though
But my mind started turning and my hands began to sweat
Because I thought of how it would have come out
These people would have been dead like a bullet to the head
And the plague would consume us no doubt
Without a doubt
Then I got to thinking gravely of the things I've noticed lately
How it all looks like it's coming to an end
And though this plague was on the screen
There's real things that we have seen
Looks like a slow train's comin' 'round the bend
Like a slow train comin' 'round the bend
But You said
We'd hear of wars and rumors of war
But we shouldn't be afraid
"Earthquake and famine, but don't cry my friend
Although the axe at the root of the tree has been laid
For the one who endures to the end shall be saved"
You know I almost wanna cry when I think about the lie
That we're doomed and there's no way out
That the dice are cast before you step out of the womb
And that's just something you can do nothing about
that it all doesn't matter anyway
We think it's already decided, that fate's to be abided
And death is in the cards for us all
It doesn't matter how you act, no one's immune to heart attack
And something some where’s gonna make you fall
No matter who you are
O death- where's it's sting
Some of us, You said, would never taste this thing
4.Big World Tyranny
Don Chaffer
Well, there's electro-therapeutic means to alter synaptic firings
Which will symptomatically relieve schizophrenic arms and legs.
But that's just esoteric doublespeak and it's getting pretty tiring.
What you're really endorsing here is just another form of cerebral scrambled eggs.
It's all evolutionarily synchronized
Or synergistically realized.
Copulation is genetically mandated.
Altruism only held by the mutated.
Praise to You, Big Daddy
You hide good things from smarty pants
Only play peek-a-boo with babies.
Now you say faith is semi-atavistically inherent.
That is, that what I believe is somehow rooted in my great great great great grandparent.
And this tangled skein of evolution, in which survival's the only solution,
Makes marginal my intestinal response.
It equates the largest spirit battle with delusionary prattle,
And grounds its arguments in scientific taunts.
5.Learning How To Rest
Don Chaffer
I came around the corner
Of the outer edge of town
You were standin' in the center
There were people gathered all around
I'd never get through this crowd
You know my heart went kind of numb
But You smiled when You saw me
And You beckoned me to come
So I struggled through the pressing mass
I had a thousand things to say
But I was sure Your ears were flooded
There was just too much in the way
But then You said to me
Come away by yourself to a lonely place for a while
Well, I'm sure you're tired
You know, I cannot even see your smile
There's just too many people here
Why don't you come and be with me
Then you took my hand
And we headed out for the sea
I got here late this morning
You've been gone since the other day
They took You to the tomb
But I guess we all go there someday I came out here to get away
To get some time to think
Nothing's making sense right nowI feel like I'm on the brink
Then on the distant shore
I hear one strong voice say
That side is yielding nothing
Cast your net the other way
You know things get hard and the world's not stopping for me
But I know now what to do and I know where I need to be
6.My Baby Keeps Me Sane Sometimes
Don Chaffer
You know my baby keeps me sane sometimes
She's like the ringin' of the church bell chimes
You know she keeps me sane
When the pouring rain is comin' down
She'll say now, "You remembered every little thing except for
Some cornerstones of life as we know it," and oh...I'll just bow my head and say I know, and pray to the Lord above "Good Lord, You know I hope I don't blow it"
Sometimes time kicks along my suburban road
And I'll get to thinkin' about the mercies that I feel I have owed
And oh...
She'll say, "C'mon now, honey, sometimes a gift is just a gift and God's just there
And maybe that's a cross, babe, that we all get to bear, all get share.
7.Without You
Don Chaffer
Daddy, I don't know what to do
So, Daddy, now I'm lookin' straight at you
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 try it on my own again
'Cause I'll just end up all alone again
Without you
And nothin' to do
Without You
There's nothing to
My life at all
When I leave You is when I fall
I always feel so far away
Like walking home would take six days
I tried to wring water out of sand
I've gotten off my knees and tried to stand
Without you
Nothing to hold on to
Without You
There's nothing to
Hold on to
When I'm lost, I find you
8.Wanting To Come Home
Don Chaffer
He's flippin' through the channels lookin' for some skin
And he's wantin' something to pretend he doesn't hurt so bad inside
But the TV's leakin' all the same pain that he's got within
He feels like he's been taken for a sick and darkened ride
Later, he's talkin' to these people like they were his kin
But the only thing in common here is the beer
He feels like no one knows what's going out or coming in
And none of them are really wanting to be here
He says, Father, I think I'm wanting to come home
I need more than all this pain
Jesus, I been a lonely man for too long
I been too many years caught out in the rain
He had a girl he used to call his own
He was as good to her as he knew how
He loved her from top of soul to tip of bone
But she left him.
She left him anyhow
And he's not finding it
Not what he needs
Nothing to hold him up
To heal a soul that bleeds
9.Who We Need
Don Chaffer
The words don't come to mind
To describe how much I owe
But You know
You paid it through Your hands
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
And I know
You're the Only One
Who we need
Who we need
The song doesn't come to mouth
To sing how dead I've been
But You've seen
It sang out from Your side
The tears don't come to eye
To say how I feel inside
But You died
So you could understand
10.Peace
Don Chaffer
I can't always nail it down
Like I'd like to say I canI don't always have it here
Like I'd like to think I do
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
The night is mostly deeper than I want for it to be
The rain is often harder in the dark
I'm often closer to the answer than I think I am
Because I'm usually just about to fall apart
I've given up on feelings now
They tear me up too much
But even now I'm feeling
These thoughts out on this page
My God, you are the only thing I know is farther down
A suffering companion
Even to the end of the age
No. I don't want this desert anymore
I want the Rock of water, fountain evermore
11.Waterdeep
Don Chaffer
If I could fly right now
I would fly
I would take to the dark wet air that's around me tonight
Find my delight in the womb of the sky overnight
If I could fly right now
I would fly
If I could cry right now
I would cry
I would shake off the things that have been holding me in
Shatter the mazes that I've made here within
I would let myself be
Like water in the sea
If I could cry right now
I would cry
If I could die right now
I think I might just die
I would run to the end of the walls of this world and then I would step right on through
I would submit willingly, let my spirit be hurled Into You
If I could die right nowI think I might just die
But right now I am alive I'm alive
Right now I'm alive
I need
You to hold me
Hold me
Hold me
Even if I can't see you, or feel your arms around me tonight
I need You to hold me
12.I'm The One
Don Chaffer
I feel like I'm the one they talk about
I feel like I'm the one that's given out
I feel like I've been seduced by the night
Like I'm the one that lost the fight
I feel like I'm on the floor from the damage done
From the cycle of death that I've begun
I feel like, I feel like
I feel like I'm the one
I feel like a light on a barely traveled highway
And like I'm burned out anyway
I feel like a walking man with nowhere to go
Who's not moving anyway but no one's ever even told him so
I feel like the best I ever did was just outdone
And I'm staring down the barrel of my own gun I feel like,
I feel likeI feel like I'm the one
Ain't you ever felt this way inside
You were so numb you would've said that you just died
Like your own road to Hell's been paved
And what you need is to be
What you need is to be saved
I feel like I'm standing on the tracks alone
And all I hear inside my head is the whistle's moan
I feel like I made myself stand in line
Only to get up front and serve my time
I feel like mine's the name they could've heard upon his breath
Like I'm the one that put him out to death
I feel like, I feel like
I feel like I'm the one
13.A Place Where You Can Stay
Don Chaffer
When I hear your call
I'm gonna leave it all
All the noise'll just fade away I will hear you say
Lover, raise up your head and know
The time is drawing close for you to go
I'm a comin' soon to take you all away to a place where you can stay
When I see You comin' through the clouds
And I hear that trumpet blowin' loud
And the stars are all fallin' from the sky
And all the pain has made me ask you why
14.Hunting The Tender Heart
Don Chaffer
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
Bitterness is the enemy he ignores is hunting him
Forgiveness is an ocean he's forgetting how to swim
The jackal stalks the coastline seeking someone to devour
One who's almost given up when the bell tolls midnight hour
He's grown to hate to feel so vulnerable
He's started spurning feeling pain
But somehow he is starving
For the fall of honest rain
He's made a shell around his mouth
He can't drink through anymore
So he curses water-dwellers
While he's standing on the shore
Wishing he could go in
15.Hey, Hey, Hey
Don & Lori Chaffer
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, yeah, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
It's a day
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
I'm okay
Cause You're comin' my way
Someday soon
I been listenin' to a lot of rock 'n' roll
But I been more concerned with the state of my soul
So I'm ridin' on a horse named Jesus
Across the river of death to the land of whole
Been talkin' a lot about silence
And tryin' to avoid gettin' in a prideful way
Don & Lori Chaffer: Old Stuff
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