Words by Carolyn Arends Music by Carolyn Arends, Spencer Capier, Paul Papworth, and Adrian WaltherIt shouldn't be half this hard To get you, me and a Texaco card On the o …
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Words and music by Gerry Goffin, Carole King, and Jerry WexlerLooking out on the morning rain I used to feel so uninspired And when I knew I had to face another day Oh, i …
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Carolyn ArendsMay your receive the good gift of laughterMay you feel the love of your friends near and farMay you be filled with the joy of the seasonAnd may there be pea …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsBones will ache Hearts will break When living takes its toll Tears will fall Still all is well with my soulStorms will come Hide the sun …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsI am talking too loud when there's so much I should be hearing I am walking too proud when I know a fall is nearing I am thinking too muc …
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GloriaIn excelsis DeoGloriaIn excelsis DeoAngels we have heard on highSweetly singing o'er the plainsAnd the mountains in replyEcho back their joyous strainsGloria ...Com …
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Carolyn ArendsAny given SundayFolks are congregatingIn cathedrals and gymnasiumsAnd everything betweenThere's liturgy that some sayAnd some are rock 'n rollin'But rest as …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsDon't forget to wear your sweater Don't want you to catch a cold And please, if you can stand it Try to eat your vegetables When you're s …
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By Carolyn Arends and Connie HarringtonWhat will people think? What will people say? I can't believe these questions scare me so What's it gonna take To get into the game …
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Come down to the mangerSee the little strangerWrapped in swaddling clothes the Prince of PeaceWheels start turningTorches start burningAnd behold the wisemen journey from …
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Carolyn ArendsHave you heard, have you heardAll the rumors are trueSpread the word, spread the wordThis is such good newsThe dream is not a dream anymoreNothing is the sa …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsI'm not the least bit ready for you But come, come anyway I'm not the least bit worthy of you But come, come anyway I've only seen you in …
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Charles Wesley/Rowland H. PrichardArrangement by Carolyn ArendsCome, Thou long expected JesusBorn to set Thy people freeFrom our fears and sins release usLet us find our …
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Carolyn ArendsI want to sing just like the sparrow 'cause the sparrow knows That your eye will be upon her everywhere that she goes I want to shout out like the mountains …
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Words by Carolyn Arends Music by Carolyn Arends, Spencer Capier, Paul Papworth, and Adrian WaltherIt shouldn't be half this hard To get you, me and a Texaco card On the o …
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By Carolyn ArendsThe prayers that we pray in foxholes and funerals The songs that we sing in delivery rooms The questions we ask when nobody's listening But the man in th …
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By Carolyn Arends and Connie HarringtonShe's on the clock but she doesn't seem to mind Whatever matters she always finds the time She laughs out loud when it's funny And …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsYou're so fresh from heaven there's Still angel dust on you Am so amazed God sent you here Every time I hold you I am thanking Him for yo …
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Words by Carolyn Arends Music by Carolyn Arends and Spencer CapierI have seen the burden God has laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also se …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsFrom the moment you arrived here I've been utterly amazed Astonished at your level of perfection So it breaks my heart in pieces to imagi …
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By Carolyn ArendsWhen I cannot ask for more - Father, thy will be done When I rail at heaven's door - Father, thy will be done When my faith in you is strong - Father, th …
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You can fill my crosswords in with ink Speak your mind before you think Wear your shoes inside my house Wear my clothes and wear me out You can lose your head or spill yo …
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Words and music by Bob DylanMay God bless and keep you always May your wishes all come true May you always do for others And let others do for you May you build a ladder …
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Carolyn ArendsLife would be easier in thicker skinYours is thinPorcelainIt would be better if you wouldn't cryAll your friendsThey wonder whyYou're fragile, easily broken …
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Carolyn ArendsShe's had 80-some years, most of them goodBut she's not gonna be here much longerNow the body gets weak like she knew it wouldBut the Spirit just keeps gett …
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Go, tell it on the mountain,Over the hills and everywhereGo, tell it on the mountain,That Jesus Christ is bornWhile shepherds kept their watchingOver silent flocks by nig …
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Words and music by Carolyn Arends and Connie HarringtonFarther than lands you have ever imagined Deeper than even the oceans of blue An open horizon is waiting like morni …
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By Carolyn ArendsWe've got a good thing going so we've got to protect it They say people lose it when they least expect it Baby I know it's true - but I don't worry 'bout …
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Carolyn ArendsI was just four, my grandmother's placeI knelt by her sofa and started this raceAnd now I've been running for such a long whileI've kind of lost track of th …
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Carolyn Arends & Connie HarringtonWhat's the matter with this world?Why does everything have to be so hard?What's the point in even getting out of bedIn the morning?I can …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsDo I annoy you with my optimism Am I an insult to your realism I've got hope and just a little bit of passion I know both those things ha …
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Words and music by Carolyn Arends and Randy HollandI still remember our first December The warmth of your touch and the spark in your eyes We took desire and built us a f …
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By Carolyn ArendsMonday I felt your hand upon my shoulder Tuesday I felt nothing at all Today my answers have all turned to questions And the tears of frustration fall St …
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Words and music by Carolyn Arends and Connie HarringtonLeaky faucet dripping in the kitchen Rubber squealing -- watch out in the alley Mr. Marley's probably late for work …
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Words and music by Carolyn Arends and Connie HarringtonPhotographs on the wall Frozen in time we smile Neatly hung in the hall Moments caught like old hair styles Summer …
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Words and music Carolyn ArendsHis hands were callused Oh I am sure of that From years of nails and hammers with his father And his hands were dirty I know they must have …
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By Carolyn ArendsI don't quite know who I am anymore I don't know if that's normal or not I don't know if I know you at all anymore At least not in the way that I thought …
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Words and music by Carolyn Arends and Spencer CapierAnd so I stand here Looking at all that I have made Fallen in ruins And it would seem thatIt's out of my hands There's …
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By Carolyn ArendsI think it was last Thursday - I went to see my friend We drank some Coca Cola, we laughed a while and then We dove into philosophy and politics and sin …
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Words and music by Carolyn Arends and Joe BeckI'm gonna love you for forever that's what he used to say Then you found out that forever ended last Tuesday And Wednesday t …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsHis love is always there No matter where you are His love is always greater than your fondest hopes And bigger than what you're afraid of …
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Words and music by Carolyn Arends and Joel LindseyIf I had only known that you were leaving here so soon I would not have been so flippant when I offered you the moon I'd …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsIt's more like a gift then a sense of duty It's seeing your hand anywhere there's beauty It's a sudden laugh, a solemn vow The when and w …
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Carolyn ArendsIf there is a cup of lifeAnd we each get our quotasMay you drink yours down, pass the rest aroundAnd not waste one iotaAnd if there is a winding roadAnd mou …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsIt was just a little flutter like a butterfly... oh yeah A tiny kick or something somewhere deep inside... oh yeah Was it an elbow, was i …
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I buy a lot of diaries Fill them full of good intentions Each and every New Year's Eve I make myself a list All the things I'm gonna change Until January 2nd So thi …
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I buy a lot of diaries Fill them full of good intentions Each and every New Year's Eve I make myself a list All the things I'm gonna change Until January 2nd So this time …
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Carolyn ArendsI make you in my imageMore often than notI keep you like a treasureIn my jewelry boxBut you smash through my illusionsLike only you can doAnd you break apar …
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It's December 24Colder than the night beforeBut it's sure hot down in the kitchenAt the Union Gospel MissionJoshua's a volunteerHe does this every single yearShares soup …
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Psychobabble, legal-ese People earning Ph.Ds In Postmodern Paranoid Confusion Self-indulgent rhetoric Talk and talk until we're sick Of arguments that end with no conclus …
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Words and music by Carolyn Arends and Brad Crisler"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Mart …
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Carolyn ArendsThey took his picture in his mama's wombHe really put on a showDancing and diving for the ultrasoundFearfully made, and wonderfulBut the doctors said we're …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsThere's a time I can recall Four years old and three feet tall Trying to touch the stars and the cookie jar And both were out of reach An …
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By T-Bone BurnettThere's a river of love that runs through all time There's a river of grief that floods through our lives It starts when a heart is broken into By the th …
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By Carolyn ArendsI know a girl who was schooled in Manhattan She reads dusty books and learns phrases in Latin She is an author, or maybe a poet A genius but it's just th …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsEvery once in a while on a summer night The sunset glows and I see the light And when the stars come out it dawns on me There is holy gro …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsO my darling, how I wish that I could guarantee I will always be the things you want and need from me But life is funny, honey, we both k …
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(with What Child Is This, trad. Arr. Carolyn Arends)Words taken from a poem by Madeleine L'Engle, Music by Carolyn ArendsThis is the irrational seasonWhen love blooms bri …
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(with What Child Is This, trad. Arr. Carolyn Arends)Words taken from a poem by Madeleine L'Engle, Music by Carolyn ArendsThis is the irrational seasonWhen love blooms bri …
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Carolyn ArendsMary could not believe what was happeningAn angel was standing there plain as could beSpeaking to her of impossible thingsSee Mary was young, she was humble …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsChorus So many living for the love of power Wanting more until their final hour The day has come for us to be part of The ones who find a …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsAnticipation and anxiety Oh I cannot believe that you are coming true Should be sleeping but I'm way too wired Oh I am very tired, baby I …
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I was hoping you would write to me a message in the stars As if the stars themselves were not enough And I awaited your arrival here from some place very far As if I coul …
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We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord And we pray that all unity may one day be restored And they'll know w …
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This hymn is over 30 years old, but it could have been written this morning. I love what it says: we'll be recognized as Christians -- true disciples of Jesus -- not by o …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsO my darling, how I wish that I could guarantee I will always be the things you want and need from me But life is funny, honey, we both k …
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By Carolyn Arends and Connie HarringtonSo much to learn in this modern age Sometimes it hurts my brain So much is new but we're still the same We all still search for hap …
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Carolyn ArendsI don't know your story, I don't even know your nameBut there's something I can tell you just the sameWherever you are going and whatever's gone beforeThis …
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Words and music by Carolyn Arends and Connie HarringtonRiding along on a big yellow school bus Elmer's glue and a brand new lunch box Writing my name for the very first t …
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By Carolyn ArendsWell, I should be there already But my flight has been delayed I'm a weary one of many At an overcrowded gate I have claimed my bit of carpet 'Cause ther …
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Carolyn ArendsThings we shout from mountain topsEvery secret, silent thoughtEven when we think it's notIt's all within His hearingHighs and lows and in-betweensWatersheds …
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Let me hold you close, I know you're frightened Go ahead and cry, I understand You were safe and you were warm And then suddenly without a warning Things began to cha …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsLet me hold you close, I know you're frightened Go ahead and cry, I understand You were safe and you were warm And then suddenly without …
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Words and music by Carolyn ArendsSacrifices never made, desperate prayers I left unprayed Forgiveness not asked for, love not confessed Compromises all refused, coat of a …
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By Carolyn Arends and Wayland PattonSomething's happening down by the shore There is a blind man who is not blind anymore Everybody's talking - how can this be? A little …
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Words and music by Carolyn Arends and Connie HarringtonI remember waiting up till it got dark Searching till I found the brightest star Making my wish with all my heart B …
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Carolyn ArendsBuilt from clay and breath of GodThis is who you areMade to house eternal loveThis is who you areMatter and spirit combinedThis is who you areTemple for the …
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Words and music by Carolyn Arends, Mak Kaylor, and Connie HarringtonThere's an eerie stillness in my soul A cold complacency It's been too long since I felt the Holy Ghos …
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Words by Joy Jonat and Carolyn Arends Music by Carolyn ArendsOur precious little one, hello Hope you don't mind if we watch you grow Today we saw you focus your eyes And …
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There's popcorn in the microwave and pillows on the couchBaby, come sit down here by my sideI rented us that movie everyone told us aboutYour brother said he laughed unti …
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