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A Song For A Sunday

The Goodness Of God

“Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.”

[Extract from the poem “Desiderata” by Max Ehrmann (1872 – 1945)]

Lyrics: Benjamin David Fielding, Jason David Ingram, Edmond Martin Cash, Brian Johnson, Jenn Johnson.

Vocals: Priscilla Marie Winans Love, known professionally as CeCe Winans.

The Goodness Of God

I love You, Lord,
For Your mercy never fails me,
All my days,
I’ve been held in Your hands,
From the moment that I wake up,
Til I lay my head,
Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God.

Chorus.

Though my life, You have been faithful
Though my life, You have been so, so good
With every breath that I am able
Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God.

I love Your voice,
You have led me through the fire,
In darkest nights,
You are close like no other.
I’ve known You as a father,
I’ve known You as a friend,
And I have lived in the goodness of God.

Repeat Chorus.

Your goodness is running after, running after me.
Your goodness is running after, running after me.
With my life laid down, I surrender now, I give You everything.
Oh Lord Your goodness is running after, it’s running after me
Your goodness is running after, it’s running after me.
Your goodness is running after, it’s running after me.
With my life laid down, I surrender now, I give You everything,
Your goodness is running after, it’s running after me.

Repeat Chorus.

END.

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Things Desired

“Desiderata”

(Latin “Things desired”).

Words for Life written in 1927 by American writer, Attorney and businessman Max Ehrmann (1872 – 1945)

The Late Max Ehrmann

“Desiderata”

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

END

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A Song For A Sunday.

Somewhere Out There.

Lyric Writers: James Ingram; Barry Mann; Cynthia Weil, and James Horner, for the soundtrack of the animated feature film “An American Tail” (1986).
Vocals: American singer Linda Ronstadt and American singer, songwriter and record producer, the late James Ingram.

The lyrics convey the love felt by two people separated by vast distances, but cheered by the belief that their love will eventually reunite them to be with each other once again.

Somewhere Out There.

Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight,
Someone’s thinking of me and loving me tonight.
Somewhere out there someone’s saying a prayer,
That we’ll find one another in that big somewhere out there.
And even though I know how very far apart we are,
It helps to think we might be wishin’ on the same bright star,
And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby,
It helps to think we’re sleeping underneath the same big sky.
Somewhere out there, if love can see us through,
Then we’ll be together somewhere out there,
Out where dreams come true.
And even though I know how very far apart we are,
It helps to think we might be wishin’ on the same bright star,
And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby,
It helps to think we’re sleeping underneath the same big sky.
Somewhere out there, if love can see us through,
Then we’ll be together somewhere out there,
Out where dreams come true.

END

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Feels Like Home.

Feels Like Home.

Vocals: 13 Grammy Awards American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter Bonnie Lynn Raitt.
Lyrics: American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, conductor and pianist, Randall Stuart Newman.

The song ‘Feels Like Home’ has featured in the American teen drama television series ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and films ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’, ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, and ‘Michael’.

If marriage is on your horizon this year, same song is definitely one for serious consideration, at some stage, during your ‘special day’ celebrations.

Feels Like Home.

Something in your eyes, makes me want to lose myself,
Makes me want to lose myself, in your arms.
There’s something in your voice, makes my heart beat fast,
Hope this feeling lasts, the rest of my life.
If you knew how lonely my life has been,
And how low I’ve felt so long.
If you knew how I wanted someone to come along,
And change my life the way you’ve done.

Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I’m on my way back where I come from.
Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I’m on my way back where I belong.

A window breaks down a long dark street,
And a siren wails over my head.
But I’m all right, ’cause I have you here with me,
And I can almost see through the dark there’s light.
If you knew how much this moment means to me,
And how long I’ve waited for your touch.
If you knew how happy you are making me,
I’ve never thought I’d love anyone so much.

Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I’m on my way back where I come from.
Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I’m on my way back where I belong.
Feels like I’m on my way back where I belong.

END

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This Old Guitar.

This Old Guitar.

Lyrics and Vocals: American singer and songwriter Mr Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. [known professionally as John Denver (1943 – 1997)].

This Old Guitar.

This old guitar taught me to sing a love song,
It showed me how to laugh and how to cry.
It introduced me to some friends of mine,
And brightened up some days,
And helped me make it thru some lonely nights. Oh
What a friend to have on a cold and lonely night.
This old guitar gave me my lovely lady,
It opened up her eyes and ears to me.
It brought us close together,
And I guess it broke her heart
But it opened up the space for us to be,
What a lovely place and a lovely space to be.
This old guitar gave me my life my living,
All the things you know I love to do.
To serenade the stars that shine,
From a sunny mountainside,
And most of all to sing my songs for you.
I love to sing my songs for you.
Yes I do, you know
,
I love to sing my songs for you
.

END

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