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Em
walking down the street … in search of your own soul
G
taking chances … on who you get to know
C Em
you talk about the Light – but you know – I just can’t see it in your eyes
Em
you send your message … by what you do and say
G
you think we’re fooled by these… religious games you play?
C
No one is impressed… now that you feel …
Em
You’ve got God on you’re side
CHORUS:
G
father wisdom … you’re welcome in here
C
it’s just me … wishing you were near
D Em
send your spirit … out well has run dry (RUN DRY, RUN DRY)
G
father mercy … teach us how to love
C
for all the empty ones … who feel like giving up
D Em – Em
so we we’ll know … Jesus is alive
Em
speaking in tongues … in the atmosphere of light
G
are all things connected … in between wrong & right?
C
You’ve been singing gypsy songs …
Em
I’ve been lighting candles in the night
Em
you flirt with soul … in the cafes where you eat
G
I’m trying to connect/one x one/with the people on the street
C
with nothing to win – nothing to lose
Em
some of us just hide
REPEAT CHORUS
Em
spiritual poets … play on cheap guitars
G
are we too slow to catch on to the prophets in the bars?
C Em
following God’s footprints … till the sand hits the tide
Em
street corner preachers … carry out their plans
G
with venom in their mouth & a bible in their hands
C Em
yelling about heaven & hell – heaven and hell … no love in their eyes
REPEAT CHORUS
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learn to pray in the desert with the devil on your heals
learn to pray in the closet no matter how it feels
learn to pray in the alleys & the cities & the streets hey hey
learn to pray in your make up and your dressing gown
learn to pray when you’re thinking their ain’t nobody around
learn to pray in the chaos of another wasted day hey hey
C
I’ve been knocking on the door… I’ve been knocking
D
I’ve been knocking on the door
C
I’ve been knocking on the door… I’ve been knocking
D Em – G – F# Em – F# - G
I’ve been knocking on the door
learn to pray for the answers… no matter what you find
learn to pray for the lost and the broken and the blind
learn to pray to the father, to the spirit and the son hey hey
learn to pray in your weakness, learn to pray when you’re strong
learn to pray when they erase … the line of right and wrong
learn to pray down the barrel of another loaded gun
C
I’ve been knocking on the door… I’ve been knocking
D
I’ve been knocking on the door
C
I’ve been knocking on the door… I’ve been knocking
D D
I’ve been knocking on the door
C D
learn to pray in the desert with the devil on your heals
C
learn to pray in the closet no matter how it feels
D
learn to pray in the desert when you’re running out of time
Em –G-C
learn to pray when you think you’re running out of your mind
Em G C
running out of your mind… mind… mind
Em G C
you’ve gotta learn to walk, you’ve gotta learn to fly
Em
you’ve gotta learn to crawl, you’ve gotta learn to say
G C
I wanna learn to live, I wanna learn to love
Em
Learn to ask … Learn to pray
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I’ve walked a thousand miles … by candle light
a thousand different faces … every night
and my arms are tired … and my eyes are blind
and I cannot remember … who I’ve left behind
and here I am now … climbing to fame
and I’ve already forgotten … the name
I believed in you … since we first met
I kept us going … with no regrets
but I took another look at my face in the mirror
and these clothes I’m wearing out … don’t fit no more
and here I am now … dodging the blame
and I’ve already forgotten … the name
when I go walking … I laugh till I cry
you still amaze me though I can’t say why
but around every corner … there’s a shoulder cold
and people will use you up … and break you to the bone
and here I am now … pretending I’m one and the same
and I’ve already forgotten … the name
C F
I thought I needed a rescue … just like I did before
C F
but somehow I made it … to your front door
Am G-C
so can I come in … and just lay down
Am G-C
are you the same person I used to hang around
Am G-C
well here I am now … are you glad I came?
Am C-G
Here I am now … I’ve come to stake my claim
E Am F (BREAK)
here I am now … the WHOLE town is in flames
Em G C – F C – F C – F - C
and I’ve already forgotten … the name
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Another Witness
05:35
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ANOTHER WITNESS
Am-G-D-G VERSE CHORDS
how does the morning … rise up with such beauty in the face of the night?
could be what I’ve been missing … what I’ve neglected my entire life
and why does that feeling … come and go with every blow of the wind
can I hold onto … and will I ever … catch it again
E-E- D- A
I’m another … I’m another … I’m another witness
from another … from another … from another time C D
(if you could only) see the things that I’ve been seeing… you’d testify
Am-G-D-G VERSE CHORDS
I feel a connection … a deep connection to the things you have made
they con turn me and toss me … kick me and cross me I won’t be afraid
how does the spirit … get our attention in the face of the day
and why does he keep calling … even though we have fallen and faded away?
E-E- D- A
I’m another … I’m another … I’m another witness
from another … from another … from another time C D C D
(if you could only) see the things that I’ve been seeing- you’d testify- testify
Em G
my one and only … testimony
D A
I’m ready to walk this road alone
Em G
my one and only … come and hold me
D A---- Em – G – D- A REPEAT OUTRO
not ready to walk this road alone
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Down Goes The Day
07:46
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I’m dropping out said the thin man to his lady
I’m moving on said the lady to her man
Time uses up the vision and the headline
Old stories never make the front page again
Bleak hot night in the downtown of your senses
Your dreams they only mock you to your face
Prayers to you were always so expensive
Like money that you lose and can’t replace
The fire of anger – it burns only the angry
And I smell smoke comin’ from that house
Only a miracle could keep you with us
And only pride could keep you out
Everyone… is stuck on tomorrow
While today slips away
And if you want to take tomorrow
Oh… you gotta take today
Broken down alleys… trash can vallys
Yesterday’s rush – tomorrow’s blush
No matter how you try… all you do is sigh
Wish I’d never gone around that detour
I wanna feel something special
One hundred times over
Open up my eyes Lord, open up my eyes
You cannot hold it in your hands man
It’s gotta come from the inside
Ain’t in the voices coming from all sides
Ain’t on your doorstep wrapped in a paper
You cannot find it in a ticket stub
You cannot find it in a night club
You cannot find it in a dollar bill
Or even under your window sill
The day you were born you were looking for hope
You looked everywhere but the end of your rope
The day you were born you were looking for hope
You looked everywhere but the end of your rope
If you think you’re too old, too blind, too dumb
Down goes the day along with the sun…
Down… goes the day
Down… goes the day
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God Only Knows
03:52
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Seahorse
05:44
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E – F#7 E E7-E
left the light on so you could find your key;
E – F#7 E E7-E
i waited ‘til two then i waited until three;
E – F#7 E E7-E
if it’s about forgiveness i will forgive you;
E F#7 A2 - ASUS
but the price of bearing your heart don’t come so cheap
F#7 –A E
is it me you’re looking for?
(the same question that you’ve heard before);
F#7 –A E
is it me you’re looking for?
(another love song flies out the door);
F#7
round and round the story goes;
A2 ASUS-A ASUS-A
like a seahorse on the ocean floor;
E – F#7 E E7-E
short on hope but never hopeless;
E F#7 E E7-E
it’s just that aching feeling deep inside;
E – F#7 E E7-E
where every word you’ve said; comes back to haunt you;
E – F#7 A – Asus – A
in all the wrong places at all the wrong times;
F#7 –A E
is it me you’re looking for?
(the same question that you’ve heard before);
F#7 –A E
is it me you’re looking for?
(another love song flies out the door);
F#7
round and round the story goes;
A2 ASUS-A ASUS-A ASUS-A
like a seahorse on the ocean floor;
oh to be with you; i confess … is my every dream;
oh if i’m guilty of anything;
i have led you to my heart on a string;
and now i’m left here wondering:
F#7 –A E
is it me you’re looking for?
(the same question that you’ve heard before);
F#7 –A E
is it me you’re looking for?
(another love song flies out the door);
F#7
round and round the story goes;
A2 ASUS-A E – F#7 / E – F#7
like a seahorse on the ocean floor;
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Deep Reasons Why
A E Bm D
I don’t know why these eyes… see the sun but want the moon
I don’t know why these lips… can’t speak what they need to say to you
A Bm D Dm
I can’t tell if I’m really breaking up or breaking out
A E Bm D
I don’t know why I’m feeling crushed … under this wall of doubt
CHORUS 1
A E F#m Bm-D-A (A-E-Bm-D) 2X
Deep reasons why … it just is
VERSE 2
A E Bm D
I don’t know why this treasure … I keep digging but I cannot find
I don’t know why this pleasure – leaves my soul blind
A Bm D Dm
I don’t know if my father … will give me a grace or play the judge
A E Bm D
I can’t tell if I’m praying too long … for too much
CHORUS 2
A E F#m Bm A E F#m Bm A E F#m
deep reasons why … deep reasons why … deep reasons why …
Bm-D-A (A-E-Bm-D)
it just is - let it go … let it go now… let it go … let it go now
BRIDGE (A – Amaj7 – A7 - A7sus)
I can’t tell… if the lie… will ruin the man or bring him to life
Can’t tell if the reasons… will mean anything
To the man… who dies
CHORUS 3
A E F#m Bm A E F#m Bm A E F#m
deep reasons why … deep reasons why … deep reasons why …
Bm-D-A (A-E-Bm-D)
it just is - let it go … let it go now… let it go … let it go now
End on A
cant stop the world from turning round
in these dizzy days … dizzy days
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What Do You Want?
You chose the mountains to stand glorious
You chose the rain to fall from high
You chose our pleasure to have edges of pain
And you can see it in my eyes
You chose the light to come and go Lord
You walked in flesh among your own
You chose for us to follow your every move
By faith and faith alone
CHORUS
So what do you want… what do you want?
What could you want… from me? From me?
You chose the heartbeat as our lifeline
You left us things we don’t deserve
Still we manage to… deny you
And claim it’s nature we preserve
CHORUS
So what do you want… what do you want?
What could you want… from me? From me?
BRIDGE
From me… Me..
From me… me?
CHORUS
So what do you want… what do you want?
What could you want… from me? From me?
So what do you want… (tell me now)
What do you want? (tell me now)
What could you want… from me?
From me?
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SALT OF THE EARTH
I always find myself… stopping in my tracks
I cannot go forward… I will not go back
My life is a vapor… a mist in the wind
But it’s crazy how heavy… this burden within…
I know there’s a soul… but no one can find it
No one can draw it… shape or describe it
These days power and might… rule the land
Flesh and blood… only SEEM to take command
But your words love… make hard men poets
We stand in awe… of just what they show us
Of all the people… I thought God could use
Had no idea it would be the one… filling these shoes
What’s victory… without a little defeat?
And what is our faith… without what we can see?
Hand in hand we go… - spirit and flesh…
But something deep inside tells me… one of those won’t last
Time equals struggle… and no one wants this
We fight with our mouths… and scream with our fists
We come into life… on the day of our birth
Some hear the call to be the… salt of the earth
People I cry for… go about their day
They pay no attention… to the signs of the age
And I don’t know why… some people won’t see
And the ones who surrender… find hope on their knees
Every one wants something… when you finally arrive
But where were they when you were… barely alive?
They get so offended… when you refuse their help
You can’t trust anyone… sometimes even yourself
I’ve made the same statement… I’ve made all along
But you say this highway is only… big enough for one
Born into a new day… it’s my second birth
How long to remember… that I’m the salt of the earth?
I’d like to say… my faith knows no bounds
But my box is just bigger… or maybe it’s round
I wish I could tell you… these arms are strong
But now they’re letting go of what they… held for so long
And what will you say… of any of this worth?
Oh my dear love… to be the salt of the earth
Oh my dear love…
Oh my dear love…
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11. |
Brewster Jam
01:42
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12. |
The Right Shoes
00:46
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Chris Taylor San Antonio, Texas
My name is Chris Taylor. I play music and create visual art and find joy in the process.
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