LOVE IS STILL ALIVE WRITER: REBA RAMBO-MCGUIRE

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1 LOVE IS STILL ALIVE WRITER: REBA RAMBO-MCGUIRE LITTLE ROBIN SOAR ON BY SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND TESTIFY FOR LOVE IS STILL ALIVE OAK TREE LIFT YOUR ARMS IN PRAISE AND BLOWIN WIND HUM THE SONG HE GAVE FOR LOVE IS STILL ALIVE AND IT RIDES ON THE FLIGHT OF AN EAGLE IT RINGS FROM THE BELL ON THE HILL IT CRIES FROM THE LIPS OF A NEW BORN BABE SINGS THRU THE SONG OF THE WHIPPORWILL OH LOVE IS STILL ALIVE WORLD KEEP SPINNING TO THE MASTER S TUNE MOON BEAMS SHINE AND DAISIES BLOOM FOR LOVE IS STILL ALIVE THUNDER ROLL PROCLAIM HIS MAJESTY GOLDEN SUN SHINE ON HUMANITY FOR LOVE IS STILL ALIVE 1972 DESIGNER MUSIC/SESAC

2 SING A SONG OF FREEDOM WRITERS: MERVYN FLETCHER, DOUGLAS FLETT SING A SONG OF FREEDOM, EVERYONE JOIN IN PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, EVERYBODY SING SING A SONG OF FREEDOM, EVERYONE JOIN IN PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, EVERYBODY SING AS I LOOK AROUND ME I SEE THE WORLD IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT EVERYTHING IS CHANGIN AND IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT BUT IT S CHANGIN FOR THE BETTER, AND IT STARTS WITH YOU AND ME SO WE LL SING OUR SONG TOGETHER AND FOREVER WE LL BE FREE SING A SONG OF FREEDOM, EVERYONE JOIN IN PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, EVERYBODY SING COME ON AND SING A SONG OF FREEDOM, EACH AND EVERY MAN LET ALL THE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, ALL ACROSS THE LAND IF YOU RE LOOKIN FOR AN ANSWER, IT S VERY CLOSE AT HAND JUST TAKE A LOOK ALL AROUND YOU, THEN YOU LL UNDERSTAND SO CLAP YOUR HANDS TOGETHER, LET ME HEAR THE SOUND IT S A TIME FOR LIBERATION SO PASS THE WORD AROUND CHRYSALIS MUSIC (ADMINISTERED BY BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT)/ASCAP LICENSING: mike.fink@bmgchrysalis.com

3 YOU SHOULD HAVE COME SOONER WRITER: MACKENZIE WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN YOU VE COME TO THE END OF THE ROAD WHO REALLY CARES WHEN YOUR SONG IS SUNG AND WHEN YOU VE SEEN ALL YOU WANTED TO SEE AND BECOME ALL YOU VE WANTED TO BE AND YOU STILL DON T REALLY KNOW WHERE YOU BELONG JUST GO TO THE PLACE WHERE LIFE BEGINS TO THE LOVE THAT NEVER ENDS TO THE MAN WHOSE ARMS ARE OPEN WIDE RUN ON INSIDE YOU SHOULD HAVE COME SOONER YOU COULD HAVE COME SOONER YOU SHOULD HAVE COME SOONER WHERE DO YOU FLY WHEN YOUR DREAMS HAVE KISSED YOU BYE- BYE AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS HAVE GONE, AND THERE YOU ARE ALL ALONE WHEN THERE S NO ONE TO TAKE YOUR SIDE AND NO PLACE FOR YOU TO HIDE AND YOU FEEL LIKE THE ONLY ONE OUT ON YOUR OWN PUBLISHING UNKOWN

4 RESURRECTION WRITER: REBA RAMBO-MCGUIRE THEY NAILED HIM UP ON TWO WOODEN SLABS AND SAID SON OF MAN YOU GOTTA DIE NOT FOR ANY PARTICULAR REASON JUST THAT WE DON T LIKE YOUR STYLE SO THEY WRAPPED HIM UP IN LINEN LAYED HIM IN A COLD GRAVE FOR THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS AND ON THE FIRST MORNIN OF THE WEEK MARY AND MAGGIE WENT TO ANNOINT HIM WITH OIL AND JUST SITTIN THERE ON A STONE SMILIN WAS AN ANGEL DRESSED IN WHITE AND HE SAID FEAR NOT I KNOW YOU RE LOOKIN FOR JESUS WHO WAS CRUCIFIED BUT CHILDREN HE AIN T HERE, HE S RISEN HE HAD TO SPREAD HIS WINGS AND FLY AND TALK ABOUT A RESURRECTION YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE JUST TO SEE HIS FACE HIS COUNTENANCE LIKE A BOLT OF LIGHTNIN AND HE SMILED WHEN HE TOLD ME BYE-BYE YEAH, LIKE A MILLION LITTLE COCOONS BURSTING FORTH INTO BUTTERFLIES NOW DON T BE AFRAID TO TAKE A STAND FOR THE MAN CAUSE A NEW DAY S FIXIN TO RISE YOU LL TURN AROUND AND LOOK FOR US BUT WE WON T BE HERE CAUSE WE LL BE HIGH IN THE SKY CHILDREN, WE LL BE UP AND RISEN CAUSE WE RE GONNA SPREAD OUR WINGS AND FLY AND TALK ABOUT A RESURRECTION I HOPE YOU LL BE THERE JUST TO SEE HIS FACE HIS COUNTENANCE LIKE A BOLT OF LIGHTNIN AND WE LL SMILE AS WE TELL EM BYE-BYE YEAH, LIKE A MILLION LITTLE COCOONS BURSTING FORTH INTO BUTTERFLIES 1972 RENEWED 1998 DESIGNER MUSIC/SESAC

5 PUT SOME WATER ON THE ROSES WRITERS: REBA RAMBO-MCGUIRE, TONY BROWN PUT SOME WATER ON THE ROSES, BROTHER IF YOU WANT TO SEE EM BLOOM AND GROW PUT SOME WATER ON THE ROSES, SISTER IF YOU WANT TO SEE EM GLOW YOU RE THE ONE THAT GIVES EM LIFE, BROTHER YOU CAN EITHER LET EM LIVE OR DIE PUT SOME WATER ON THE ROSES, BROTHER SPREAD SOME SUNSHINE IN YOUR LIFE LIFE IS A ROSE AND THOUGHTS ARE LIKE WATER THE GOOD OF THOSE GIVES US THE PROMISED LAND YOU SHOULD BE TRYIN TO MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY WITH A LITTLE HELP YOU COULD BE BORN AGAIN 1972 DESIGNER MUSIC/SESAC, BRIDGE BUILDING MUSIC/BMI

6 QUESTIONS WRITER: REBA RAMBO-MCGUIRE BROWN EYES STARING PAINFULLY WONDERING, REMEMBERING ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER FACE ANOTHER SONG, ANOTHER PLACE ARE YOU SMILING OR ARE YOU CRYING ARE YOU FROM THE FUTURE OR THE PAST ARE YOU FROM THIS WORLD OR FROM THE NEXT WILL YOU LIVE AGAIN OR HAVE YOU LIVED ALWAYS WHO MADE YOU OR DID YOU MAKE YOURSELF? WHO ROCKED YOU TO SLEEP IF YOU WERE FIRST TO DIE OR PERHAPS YOU WERE BORN FULL GROWN WHY DID YOU LIVE FOR CENTURIES AND THEN DECIDE TO BE BORN A BABY DID YOU HAVE TO KNOW JUST HOW IT FELT TO TALK AND BREATHE TO RUN AND LAUGH TO LOVE AND HURT TO SUFFER AND TO CRY BUT DID YOU HAVE TO DIE THE STONES THEY THREW AT YOU FROM BITTERNESS DID YOU FORM AND PLACE THEM LONG AGO YOURSELF DID THE DOGWOOD TREE GROW JUST FOR YOU AND DID YOU SEND THE RAIN SO RUSTY WERE THE NAILS THE ONE WHO DROVE THE SPEAR DEEP INTO YOUR SIDE DID YOU BREATHE INTO HIS LUNGS THE BREATH OF LIFE PERFECTED FLESH JUST BOWED HIS HEAD AND WILLINGLY BECAME THE FINAL SACRIFICE DID YOU HAVE TO KNOW JUST HOW IT FELT TO TALK AND BREATHE TO RUN AND LAUGH TO LOVE AND HURT TO SUFFER AND TO CRY BUT DID YOU HAVE TO DIE DID YOU HAVE TO DIE THAT I MIGHT LIVE 1972 RENEWED 1998 DESIGNER MUSIC/SESAC

7 SAVE US WRITER: UNKNOWN MMM SAVE US FROM OUR MIRY WATER AND FROM THE THINGS WE SAY AND FROM THE PEOPLE THINKIN THAT THE WORLD IS OK SAVE US, SAVE US HALLELUJAH FROM THE FIGHTING NATIONS FROM THE SEGREGATION, AND THE LOVE OF DEATH SAVE US, SAVE US MMM... THE DESTRUCTION OF LOVE, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF HAPPINESS THE DESTRUCTION OF FREEDOM, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD SAVE US, SAVE US HALLELUJAH SAVE US FROM THE DEVIL SAVE US FROM SATAN AND SAVE US FROM HELL SAVE US, SAVE US PUBLISHING UNKOWN

8 DON T IT MAKE YOU STOP AND WONDER WHY WRITER: REBA RAMBO-MCGUIRE EMPTY FACES GOING PLACES SELDOM SEEN BY ANYONE FOLKS EXISTING BUT NOT RISKING LOOKING PAST THE MORNING SUN SYNTHETIC LIVES SUSTAINED IN CELLOPHANE THAT KEEPS OUR MINDS INTACT BUT KEEPS REALITY AND LOVE OUTSIDE NOW DON T IT MAKE YOU STOP AND WONDER WHY YESTERDAY S A FLEETING BIRD THAT FLEW BEYOND THE HAZY CLOUDS OF TIME TOMORROW IS A MYSTERY OF UNKNOWN DREAMS THAT HAUNT THE MINDS OF ALL MANKIND TODAY S OUR ONLY CERTAINTY AND IF WE STOP TO REST TOMORROW WILL BE HERE BEFORE WE RISE NOW DON T IT MAKE YOU STOP AND WONDER WHY FADED BACKS WHERE WE VE RELAXED ON VELVET CHAIRS ON FIRST DAY MORNS SMILED POLITELY, LISTENED QUIETLY LONG AGO A CERTAIN MAN WAS BORN WE SAY HE WAS A NICE MAN AS WE PLACE HIM BACK UP ON HIS SHELF BUT WE VE FORGOTTEN, ALL SO THAT WE COULD LIVE HE CAME TO DIE NOW DON T IT MAKE YOU STOP AND WONDER WHY OH DON T THAT MAKE YOU STOP AND WONDER WHY DON T IT MAKE YOU STOP AND WONDER WHY 1972 DESIGNER MUSIC/SESAC

9 OLD GOSPEL SHIP WRITER: UNKNOWN WELL I M GONNA TAKE A TRIP ON THAT GOOD OLD GOSPEL SHIP I AM GOING SO FAR BEYOND THE SKY I M GONNA SHOUT AND SING UNTIL ALL THE HEAVENS RING WHEN I M BIDDING THIS OLD WORLD GOODBYE I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS TO BRING YOU, THAT IS WHY I SING ALL OF THE JOYS WITH YOU I D LIKE TO SHARE OH I M GONNA TAKE A TRIP ON THAT GOOD OLD GOSPEL SHIP AND GO SAILING, SAILING ALL THROUGH THE AIR IF YOU RE ASHAMED OF ME, YOU HAVE NO CAUSE TO BE FOR WITH CHRIST, WITH HIM I M AN HEIR IF TOO MUCH FAULT YOU FIND, YOU RE GONNA BE LEFT BEHIND WHEN I GO SAILING, SAILING ALL THROUGH THE AIR PUBLIC DOMAIN

10 THE DEAD ARE CRYING WRITER: REBA RAMBO-MCGUIRE STREAMS OF LIGHT THRU BITS OF SHINY COLORED GLASS MAKE STRANGE ILLUSIONS ON THE SILENT FORMS ROUND WHICH THEY PLAY ANCIENT WORDS IN DUSTY BOOKS BY PEOPLE WHO LIVED ONLY YESTERDAY SPIDERS WEAVING SILKEN PRISONS ON WOODEN FLOORS WHERE CHILDREN USED TO SING AND ALL THAT S LEFT TO HAUNT THE HALLS ARE MEMORIES OF FORGOTTEN PILGRIM S DREAMS THE DEAD ARE SADLY CRYING OR IS THAT JUST THE WIND A-WHISTLING THRU THE TREES AND THE WISDOM GAINED IN DYING IS THE SONG THEY SING TO LOST HUMANITY RUSTY BELLS THAT ONCE WERE HEARD FOR MILES AROUND HANG SILENTLY AND STILL OH, AND THE OLD ABANDONED STEEPLE, IT LOOKS SO VERY LONESOME ON THE DISTANT HILL THE MASTER THAT ONCE RULED THE HOUSE SAY HIS WANDERING CHILDREN ARE OUT TO PLAY AND THE ONLY ONES CONCERNED ARE RESTLESSLY SLEEPING IN THEIR GRAVES THE DEAD ARE SADLY CRYING OR IS THAT JUST THE WIND A-WHISTLING THRU THE TREES AND THE WISDOM GAINED IN DYING IS THE SONG THEY SING TO LOST HUMANITY 1972 DESIGNER MUSIC/SESAC

11 RUNNIN FROM THE TRUTH WRITER: REBA RAMBO-MCGUIRE IT S MORE THAN A SONG FROM THE DUSTY OLD HYMNAL THAT HAD SCRIBBLED ON THE FIRST PAGE DON T WRITE IN THIS BOOK THIS YOU SANG FROM FAITHFULLY EACH SUNDAY MORNIN WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD AT THE CHURCH BY THE BROOK MAMA USED TO FOLD UP A PATCHWORK QUILT MAKE A PALLET STICK IT UNDER THE SEAT CAUSE WHEN THE OLD TIMERS STARTED TO FEELIN THEIR RELIGION YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT WAS THE ONLY SAFE PLACE TO BE BUT NOW YOU RE RUNNIN FROM THE TRUTH CHILD, YOU RE RUNNIN, RUNNIN, OH RUNNIN, RUNNIN, RUNNIN FROM THE TRUTH RUNNIN FROM THE TRUTH YEAH, YOU RE RUNNIN, RUNNIN OH RUNNIN, RUNNIN, RUNNIN FROM THE TRUTH BUT NOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED YOU DON T DO SUCH THINGS YOU SAY AMEN THEN COUGH TO COVER IT UP YOU JUST TALK ABOUT YOU DON T WADE ON OUT YOU SING TWO SONGS, THE PREACHER READS HIS SERMON AND STAND IN A WORD OF PRAYE 1972 RENEWED 1998 DESIGNER MUSIC/SESAC

12 SOME SWEET DAY WRITERS: REBA RAMBO-MCGUIRE, TONY BROWN, GREG GORDON THERE S A RIVER I GOTTA RIDE OH I GOTTA GET OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE I M GONNA LIVE ON THE OTHER SHORE AND THERE I LL BE FREE FOREVERMORE BY THE TREE OF LIFE SO FAIR JOY AND RAPTURE EVERYWHERE OH THE BLISS OF OVER THERE SOME SWEET DAY TAKIN A TRIP TO THE OTHER SIDE WELL NOTHIN GONNA STOP ME, GOT A TICKET TO RIDE WELL YOU CAN BE YOU AND I CAN BE ME IT S A NATURAL FEELIN PEOPLE GONNA BE FREE 1972 DESIGNER MUSIC/SESAC, BRIDGE BUILDING MUSIC/BMI

THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIFE WRITER: ANITA GRUND KOCH

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