On to Bethlehem

ON TO BETHLEHEM
(Bill Mallonee)

It’s cold this year
… and I’m late on my dues
It’s cold in here
… but that’s nothing new
My heart’s electric with your love again
So it’s on to Bethlehem
-Bil Mallonee, “On to Bethlehem” (1998)

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No Demon Like Control

INSULT LIKE THE TRUTH
(Charlie Peacock)

I’ve run my ship aground
… on the rocks of the soul
There’s no lie like independence
there’s no demon like control

- Charlie Peacock, “Insult Like the Truth” (Everything That’s On My Mind – 1995)

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No Insult Like the Truth

INSULT LIKE THE TRUTH
(Charlie Peacock)

There’s no gunshot like conviction
There’s no conscience bulletproof
There’s no strength like utter weakness
There’s no insult like the truth

- Charlie Peacock, “Insult Like the Truth” (Everything That’s On My Mind – 1995)

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Wounded Heart – Long Way From Home

I’ve got a debt that I carry around
Carry around like a weight
It don’t relieve me to know
That it’s already paid
I’ve been a long, long way from my home
I went the wrong way
Now it seems I’m bound and determined to roam
Roam away
Will you set me free?
+ Mike Roe, “I Buried My Heart at Bended Knee”
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Wounded Heart – I’ve Been Afraid

I know
that I’ve been afraid
And I’m getting jaded
more and more every day
I don’t really care
what anybody says
I ain’t gettin’ closer
while I’m running away
Will you set me free?
+ Mike Roe, “I Buried My Heart at Bended Knee”

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Wounded Heart – Rescue Me

How many times
in the burning heat
If I go down in flames
will you rescue me?
If I turn back to you
on bended knee
Will you unlock my cage?
Will you set me free?
Will you set me free?
+ Mike Roe, “I Buried My Heart at Bended Knee”

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Wounded Heart – Drew a Line in the Sand

So long ago I drew a line
For myself in the sand
Time after time I moved that line
when I crossed it again and again
Here we are
back at the same old place
Down on the ground on my knees
Will you set me free?
+ Mike Roe, “I Buried my Heart at Wounded Knee”
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Man with a Heart of Iron – Beneath All His Armor

Down beneath all his armor
There remains a living soul
Though his will is unyielding
He’ll soon return the sovereignty he stole

He exchanged it long ago
. . . for a Heart of Iron
+ Kerry Livgren, “The Man with an Iron Heart”

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Turtles Cannot Sing

“The turtles cannot sing
… and yet they love.”
–Sir Edward Dyer, “The Lowest Trees Have Tops,” Third Book of Songs (1603).
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Man With a Heart of Iron – His Dominion

The crown of the earth
was given at birth
And all of the world was his dominion
But he chose to dethrone
The true cornerstone
He exchanged it long ago
For a heart of iron
He exchanged it long ago
. . . for a Heart of Iron
+ Kerry Livgren, “The Man with an Iron Heart”

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