LYRICS
SINCE I OPENED UP THE DOOR
(Chuck Girard-Fred Field)
In my weakness, You always make me strong
All I wanna do now is praise You all day long
If I should stumble You're there to pick me up
When I get thirsty, I know You'll fill the cup
CHORUS
SINCE I OPENED UP, OPENED UP THE DOOR
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE BUT YOU ANYMORE
SINCE I OPENED UP, OPENED UP THE DOOR
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE BUT YOU ANYMORE
In a shadow, You flood me with Your light
To give You pleasure is now my one delight
When I get weary, You give me peaceful rest
If my life gets troubled, I know it's just a test
(RPT CHORUS)
When I get lonely, You're there to comfort me
You clear the haze away so that my eyes can see
If I'm distracted, You pull me back in line
All I can say Lord, You really treat me fine
(RPT CHORUS)
JOYOUS LAMENT
(Chuck Girard-Fred Field)
(Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do,
la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
We have lived in darkness for a long, long time
No one there to guide our way
Bump our heads on everthing in sight
Because we cannot see the light of day
You must live in Jesus light
If you want to live in Heaven
How long are you going to stumble round
Find no peace in what you're doing
Living in a world of our own design
Thinking we could fool ourselves forever
But in everybody's life there comes that time
He must choose then or he will
Maybe never know
We have felt such a need to fill an empty space
Everybody's had their say
Take a chance with every different face
Find no satisfaction in their ways
You must live in Jesus light
If you want to live in Heaven
How long are you going to trip & stumble round
Find no peace in what you're doing
Jesus loves you if you'll only let Him
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
JESUS PUTS THE SONG IN OUR HEARTS
(Fred Field-Chuck Girard)
Hey, have you lost the feeling
Don't you hear the music anymore
Hey, have you tried to listen
But you thought you'd heard the song before
CHORUS
JESUS PUTS THE SONG IN OUR HEARTS
JESUS SETS US FREE
JESUS PUTS THE SONG IN OUR HEARTS
JESUS BRINGS A JOYFUL MELODY
Hey, have you seen the changes
All your friends who have a happy glow
Hey, haven't you been wonderin'
What it is they found and what they know
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Hey, you can hear the music
He is singing out to all
Hey, open up your ears now
Jesus means for you to hear the call
(REPEAT CHORUS)
THE COSSACK SONG
(Tommy Coomes-Tom Stipe)
I wouldn't like to be a Cossack headed for that Palestine Road
Thinking about what's written in the Word of God
About the things that he's foretold
No, I wouldn't want to be there, down Jerusalem way
No, I wouldn't want to be there, headed for my grave
I wouldn't want to march with the comrades when they enter Israel
Headed straight into the fiery wrath of God
And finding no escape from, well,
I wouldn't want to be there, down Jerusalem way
No, I wouldn't want to be there, headed for my grave
INSTR
Now if I was in the Red Army, I think I'd take a permanent leave
I'd humble my heart and I'd ask the Lord
To take me with your church when it leaves
'Cause I wouldn't want to be there, down Jerusalem way
No, I wouldn't want to be there, headed for my grave
Well it won't be long till we see it happen just like old Ezekiel said
You ought to make your home in heaven, brother
And skip the other place instead
'Cause you don't want to be there, no, and neither do I
'Cause we just want to be there for that meeting in the sky
THINK ABOUT WHAT JESUS SAID
(Chuck Girard)
CHORUS
THINK ABOUT WHAT JESUS SAID
BEFORE YOU LET YOUR MIND REJECT HIM
LISTEN TO YOUR HEART INSTEAD
AND YOU WILL ACCEPT HIM
There may be many questions
That you'd like to answer somehow
All things will be shown someday
But you can't know all things now
But if you drain yourself
Of all your little fears
You might restore yourself
By letting go the tears
(CHORUS)
I know it gets confusin'
And you don't know where you can turn
But if you will control yourself
You'll find that you will learn
It gets so hard sometimes
So much you could believe
Blind men who don't even know
Tryin' to deceive
(RPT CHORUS)
©1970 Sea Of Glass Music/ASCAP
SHORT ALLELUIA
(Tommy Coomes)
Alleluia, Jesus is the Lord
Alleluia, He’s the King of Kings
Alleluia, Jesus is the Lord
And His love conquers everything’’Yes His love conquers everything
In me and you
LIVING WATER
(Chuck Girard-Jay Truax)
Have you heard about the living water
From the fountain of the Most High Father
It is from the source of God's great power
It will make you strong in time of deepest need
Have you thirsted for the living water
Every one of us has this desire
It will fill the empty yearning hollow
It will strengthen you with every drink you take
Feel it flowing forth from deep, deep within you
God's eternal spring of clear, refreshing truth
Let it satisfy your deepest inner longing
Come and drink of it and you will find relief
Once you've tasted of the living water
You can't fill your need with any other
Do you want to drink the living water
Come and follow then and bear the cross of love
©1974 Sea of Glass Music
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
(Fred Field-Tom Coomes-Chuck Girard)
Shimmering jade, comforting shade
Sunday Afternoon
I will spend it with you
Ocean of glass, meadow of brass
Sunday Afternoon
Please spend it with me
Oh, here you are
Not very far from my heart
Sun from you eye, wind from your sky
Sunday Afternoon
I will spend it with you
Heart beat with mine, in perfect time
Sunday Afternoon
Please spend it with me
Oh, here am I
Splendidly high, on Your love
(ahhh-ahh-ahhh-aaah…,La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la)
(c)1974
DON'T YOU KNOW
(Chuck Girard)
Don't you know it's not enough to sit around
Don't you know the time has come to get it on
Don't you know the benefits you will receive my friend
In the long run will depend on what you give
Don't you know how patient God has been
Don't you know He's waiting for our love to grow
Don't you know He wants for you to come into His rest
And to pass each little test and be a man
Don't you know His heart is waiting
Patiently anticipating
The day when you'll begin to become sure
Don't you know He wants His small ones
To become His strong and tall ones
God wants all His children to mature
And start to live the kind of lives which give Him pleasure
He desires to give us blessings without measure
But we'll never find the fullness of the treasure no, no, no
Less we take our cross and bear it like a man
Don't you know He's disappointed
When you just become acquainted
Then you turn your back and go your way
©1974 Sea Of Glass Music/ASCAP
LITTLE PILGRIM
(Chuck Girard)
Little Pilgrim walking down the road of life
I find that in your heart, you're just a lonely one
For you see, upon that very road
My search for good and truth had its beginning
You take a little turn to the left
And you see what that path has to offer you
Then you gotta make it back to the main road anyhow
And you have all that lost time to make up for
And it's a sad thing to realize
That you're all alone, that you're on your own again
Little Pilgrim, walking down the road of life
Can't you see that there are many others
Who are just like you
I was lookin' in that same direction
But all I ever found were others
Who were searching just like me
And we didn't find the way or the answers
To the questions that were buried deep down in our souls
We just found that the ways of men have no answers
Anyhow
Oh,...don't you wonder now
What you're tryin' to do
Oh don't you wonder now
Where that path is takin' you
Little Pilgrim, walking down the road of life
I know that deep down in your heart that you are just like me
What you're seekin' is a better way
And you're reachin' out for temporary resting places
And you're glad to find a little peace of mind here and there
But it won't last no, no, cause you'll have to move along someday
'Til you're resting in the arms of the only one who can help you
'Til you give your heart and your soul and your body
And your mind and your life to the Lord
And it's a glad thing to realize
That you're not alone no more
That you found your way back home
Back home
©1974 Sea Of Glass Music/ASCAP
(Chuck Girard-Fred Field)
In my weakness, You always make me strong
All I wanna do now is praise You all day long
If I should stumble You're there to pick me up
When I get thirsty, I know You'll fill the cup
CHORUS
SINCE I OPENED UP, OPENED UP THE DOOR
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE BUT YOU ANYMORE
SINCE I OPENED UP, OPENED UP THE DOOR
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE BUT YOU ANYMORE
In a shadow, You flood me with Your light
To give You pleasure is now my one delight
When I get weary, You give me peaceful rest
If my life gets troubled, I know it's just a test
(RPT CHORUS)
When I get lonely, You're there to comfort me
You clear the haze away so that my eyes can see
If I'm distracted, You pull me back in line
All I can say Lord, You really treat me fine
(RPT CHORUS)
JOYOUS LAMENT
(Chuck Girard-Fred Field)
(Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do,
la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
We have lived in darkness for a long, long time
No one there to guide our way
Bump our heads on everthing in sight
Because we cannot see the light of day
You must live in Jesus light
If you want to live in Heaven
How long are you going to stumble round
Find no peace in what you're doing
Living in a world of our own design
Thinking we could fool ourselves forever
But in everybody's life there comes that time
He must choose then or he will
Maybe never know
We have felt such a need to fill an empty space
Everybody's had their say
Take a chance with every different face
Find no satisfaction in their ways
You must live in Jesus light
If you want to live in Heaven
How long are you going to trip & stumble round
Find no peace in what you're doing
Jesus loves you if you'll only let Him
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
JESUS PUTS THE SONG IN OUR HEARTS
(Fred Field-Chuck Girard)
Hey, have you lost the feeling
Don't you hear the music anymore
Hey, have you tried to listen
But you thought you'd heard the song before
CHORUS
JESUS PUTS THE SONG IN OUR HEARTS
JESUS SETS US FREE
JESUS PUTS THE SONG IN OUR HEARTS
JESUS BRINGS A JOYFUL MELODY
Hey, have you seen the changes
All your friends who have a happy glow
Hey, haven't you been wonderin'
What it is they found and what they know
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Hey, you can hear the music
He is singing out to all
Hey, open up your ears now
Jesus means for you to hear the call
(REPEAT CHORUS)
THE COSSACK SONG
(Tommy Coomes-Tom Stipe)
I wouldn't like to be a Cossack headed for that Palestine Road
Thinking about what's written in the Word of God
About the things that he's foretold
No, I wouldn't want to be there, down Jerusalem way
No, I wouldn't want to be there, headed for my grave
I wouldn't want to march with the comrades when they enter Israel
Headed straight into the fiery wrath of God
And finding no escape from, well,
I wouldn't want to be there, down Jerusalem way
No, I wouldn't want to be there, headed for my grave
INSTR
Now if I was in the Red Army, I think I'd take a permanent leave
I'd humble my heart and I'd ask the Lord
To take me with your church when it leaves
'Cause I wouldn't want to be there, down Jerusalem way
No, I wouldn't want to be there, headed for my grave
Well it won't be long till we see it happen just like old Ezekiel said
You ought to make your home in heaven, brother
And skip the other place instead
'Cause you don't want to be there, no, and neither do I
'Cause we just want to be there for that meeting in the sky
THINK ABOUT WHAT JESUS SAID
(Chuck Girard)
CHORUS
THINK ABOUT WHAT JESUS SAID
BEFORE YOU LET YOUR MIND REJECT HIM
LISTEN TO YOUR HEART INSTEAD
AND YOU WILL ACCEPT HIM
There may be many questions
That you'd like to answer somehow
All things will be shown someday
But you can't know all things now
But if you drain yourself
Of all your little fears
You might restore yourself
By letting go the tears
(CHORUS)
I know it gets confusin'
And you don't know where you can turn
But if you will control yourself
You'll find that you will learn
It gets so hard sometimes
So much you could believe
Blind men who don't even know
Tryin' to deceive
(RPT CHORUS)
©1970 Sea Of Glass Music/ASCAP
SHORT ALLELUIA
(Tommy Coomes)
Alleluia, Jesus is the Lord
Alleluia, He’s the King of Kings
Alleluia, Jesus is the Lord
And His love conquers everything’’Yes His love conquers everything
In me and you
LIVING WATER
(Chuck Girard-Jay Truax)
Have you heard about the living water
From the fountain of the Most High Father
It is from the source of God's great power
It will make you strong in time of deepest need
Have you thirsted for the living water
Every one of us has this desire
It will fill the empty yearning hollow
It will strengthen you with every drink you take
Feel it flowing forth from deep, deep within you
God's eternal spring of clear, refreshing truth
Let it satisfy your deepest inner longing
Come and drink of it and you will find relief
Once you've tasted of the living water
You can't fill your need with any other
Do you want to drink the living water
Come and follow then and bear the cross of love
©1974 Sea of Glass Music
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
(Fred Field-Tom Coomes-Chuck Girard)
Shimmering jade, comforting shade
Sunday Afternoon
I will spend it with you
Ocean of glass, meadow of brass
Sunday Afternoon
Please spend it with me
Oh, here you are
Not very far from my heart
Sun from you eye, wind from your sky
Sunday Afternoon
I will spend it with you
Heart beat with mine, in perfect time
Sunday Afternoon
Please spend it with me
Oh, here am I
Splendidly high, on Your love
(ahhh-ahh-ahhh-aaah…,La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la)
(c)1974
DON'T YOU KNOW
(Chuck Girard)
Don't you know it's not enough to sit around
Don't you know the time has come to get it on
Don't you know the benefits you will receive my friend
In the long run will depend on what you give
Don't you know how patient God has been
Don't you know He's waiting for our love to grow
Don't you know He wants for you to come into His rest
And to pass each little test and be a man
Don't you know His heart is waiting
Patiently anticipating
The day when you'll begin to become sure
Don't you know He wants His small ones
To become His strong and tall ones
God wants all His children to mature
And start to live the kind of lives which give Him pleasure
He desires to give us blessings without measure
But we'll never find the fullness of the treasure no, no, no
Less we take our cross and bear it like a man
Don't you know He's disappointed
When you just become acquainted
Then you turn your back and go your way
©1974 Sea Of Glass Music/ASCAP
LITTLE PILGRIM
(Chuck Girard)
Little Pilgrim walking down the road of life
I find that in your heart, you're just a lonely one
For you see, upon that very road
My search for good and truth had its beginning
You take a little turn to the left
And you see what that path has to offer you
Then you gotta make it back to the main road anyhow
And you have all that lost time to make up for
And it's a sad thing to realize
That you're all alone, that you're on your own again
Little Pilgrim, walking down the road of life
Can't you see that there are many others
Who are just like you
I was lookin' in that same direction
But all I ever found were others
Who were searching just like me
And we didn't find the way or the answers
To the questions that were buried deep down in our souls
We just found that the ways of men have no answers
Anyhow
Oh,...don't you wonder now
What you're tryin' to do
Oh don't you wonder now
Where that path is takin' you
Little Pilgrim, walking down the road of life
I know that deep down in your heart that you are just like me
What you're seekin' is a better way
And you're reachin' out for temporary resting places
And you're glad to find a little peace of mind here and there
But it won't last no, no, cause you'll have to move along someday
'Til you're resting in the arms of the only one who can help you
'Til you give your heart and your soul and your body
And your mind and your life to the Lord
And it's a glad thing to realize
That you're not alone no more
That you found your way back home
Back home
©1974 Sea Of Glass Music/ASCAP