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Mercy
04:22
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MERCY
My name’s Alvaro and I love to run
Under this Bolivian desert sun
I’m nine years old now, but soon I’ll be ten
And I just can’t wait until then
My Mama works as a farmer sometimes
She gives us mostly potatoes and rice
She works so hard just to make a life here
On four hundred dollars a year
I’m so far from alright
I need mercy, sweet mercy
I don’t want to go hungry tonight
God have mercy, please mercy on me
My name’s Savitha and I’m almost eight
I carry the water we use every day
Well I don’t mind it, but my favorite thing
Is to open my heart up and sing
In Southern India the sun beats down
And we need that corn to grow up from the ground
My dad works hard for a dollar a day
I pray things will one day change
I’m so far from alright
I need mercy, sweet mercy
I don’t want to be thirsty tonight
God have mercy, please mercy on me
I live in the hills of East Tennessee
And I have everything that I need
Health care, two cars and a fridge full of food
I keep the air set at seventy-two
Well I don’t know what it must be like
I need mercy, sweet mercy
I don’t want to have a cold heart tonight
God have mercy, please mercy on me
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NOT EASY (HOSEA’S SONG)
Was is easy for you to say that you loved me, and then walk away,
Leaving me here in a flood tears with a broken life?
Is it easy to take a vow, make a promise and then run around
On your husband when you have sworn right before God’s eyes?
But I would rather take this pain than to be without you one more day
And I would do most anything just to have you back with me again
It wasn’t easy to swallow all my pride, to bring you back to be my bride
From the chains of the life you chose instead of me
It wasn’t easy to bear the shame, to pay your price, to give my name
To a heart that doesn’t want to be free
(CHORUS)
It wasn’t easy to give my life, to buy you back to be my wife,
But love’s not easy…
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NOTHING SHORT OF EVERYTHING
What if I spent a little time of everyday
Just to listen to the words You have to say
What if I told You once a week just how I feel
And said “Thank You” when You gave me a meal
Is it enough, is it enough?
Is it enough, do You feel loved?
It’s not about walking lines, not about keeping rules
You want all of me, giving all to You
You don’t want just words, they’re not enough to prove
That you have all of me, giving all to You
What if I vow to stick with You ‘til my dying day
But I’m never really around much anyway
And I would never ever take off this wedding band
But don’t ask me, please don’t ask me to hold hands
Is it enough, is it enough?
Is it enough, do You feel loved?
(CHORUS)
When I walked to You down that aisle
And the tears rolled down Your face
With your hammering heart full of love and desire
It was not about the dress, not about the lace
It was about me for You and You for me
All of me for You and all of You for me
And it’s enough, it’s enough
It’s enough to be loved
(CHORUS)
All that You’re asking me to do
Is give everything, everything to You
And I feel that way too
Oh, nothing short of everything from You
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Dolphin
01:22
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DOLPHIN
If I were a dolphin, I’d swim the whole ocean
As time flew from day into night
If I were an eagle, so strong and so regal
Then I’d stop for nothing in flight
To tell you, “I love you.” There’s nothing I won’t do
As bird or mammalian fish
But with feathers and beak or fins with a squeak
I could never give you a kiss
So I’ll tell you with words you’ve already heard
Like nine million, eight hundred times
I’ll tell you with deeds like raking the leaves
I’ll tell you with these old brown eyes
I love you, I love you, I’ll never stop saying it
When everything’s old that was new,
No matter what happens, through crying or laughing
Baby, I’ll always love you
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Nobody Knows Me
03:14
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NOBODY KNOWS ME
We’ve got a secret that we won’t tell
It’s just between me and You
And I can’t believe it, I’m oh, so overwhelmed
I think it’s too good to be true
You’ve seen me at my worst and best
We’ve laughed and cried and all the rest
Nobody knows me the way You know me when
Nobody knows that I have been with You
And nobody loves me the way You love me when
Nobody’s love will ever really do
Well I know You more than I ever thought I could
And I’m learning so much about me
Those things I thought I wanted ‘cause I never understood
How love like this could be
You’ve seen me at my worst and best
We’ve laughed and cried and all the rest
(CHORUS)
So I’ll meet You there when no one is around
And drink up every word You have to say
Just take me where there’s no other sound
But us, and that’s where I want to stay
(CHORUS)
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RUNNING AWAY
Stop running away
It’s not working, your own way
You’ve already lost, if it’s a race
So stop running away
You stole the show, but it’s no fun
You thought you’d know enough to run
Your life on your own, but you’re the one
Who made it come undone
The questions roll, “Have I done enough?”
See the question’s old and the answer’s rough
If the cameras rolled, you’d all be in cuffs
So let’s not talk about good enough
(CHORUS)
Your daily fact is that dull ache
Your heart’s so cracked, it’s got to break
You smile, you laugh, you know that it’s fake
You’ve made so much you want to unmake
They’re going fast, these carefree days
They just won’t last, they’re bound to fade
And have you ever asked if you were made
For that golden endless day?
(CHORUS)
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Benediction 2
01:06
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BENEDICTION 2
Now may the God of peace Himself
Sanctify you completely
May you be blameless when He returns
Your spirit, soul and body
He who calls you is faithful, and He will do it
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