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wherever we go 

[words and music by phil joel, peter furler, steve taylor, lynn nichols, and tedd t.] 

wherever we go, the bluebirds sing
and the flowers bloom
and the grass gets green
it's a curious thing
but it's just our thing
wherever we go, the bees behave
in the treetops, squirrels smile and wave
it's a curious thing
and it's humbling

where we go, little glow-worms glow
little roadrunners run ahead
gonna tell their friends
little mice, little men
get 'em all excited
all invited

[chorus]

hands up

holler back here

let’s throw this party in gear

we brought the welcome mat

wherever we go

that’s where the party’s at

hands up

holler back now

we don’t claim any know-how

we giving God all that

wherever we go

that’s where the party’s at

wherever we go, the dumb get wise
and the crime rates drop
and the markets rise
it's a curious thing
but it's just our thing

bullies make nice, crooks repent
and the ozone layer shows improvement
it's a curious thing
and it's humbling

where we're led
all the living dead
wanna leave their zombie mob
it's a touching scene when they all come clean
God help us, we just love our job

[chorus]

[throw your hands up loud]

high, throw your hands up,
throw your hands up high,
high, throw your hands up,
throw your hands up high

this is the message we spread
bringing life to the dead
this is the gospel exposed
follows where ever we go

this is the message we spread
bringing life to the dead
this is the good news exposed
follows where ever we go

[chorus 2x]

go

in wonder

[words and musci by peter furler, ric knott, and steve taylor]

woohoo

[music and lyrics by phil joel and peter furler]

request the honor of your presence
the tear gas has blown away
put down your crumpets and your coffee now
so unfashionably late
little brother, little sister
underwater we go
out of our ordinary selves
stepping out
to where the people sing

[Chorus]

woohoooooooooo
-and the people sing
-and the times are good

[2x]

you say i'm acting like a beggar
i call it killing the fool
you carry more baggage
than a momma's boy
on your first day of school
little brother, little sister
underwater we go
out of our ordinary selves
stepping out
to where the people sing

[Chorus]

let go the light of the t.v.
drop the hands
the chains that bind me
turn it all around
stop, lift you up `n die to self
in a time when the left and the right's the same
when it's all blurred vision in a crazy haze
send out the invitations!>>>

[Chorus 2x]

[You say i'm acting like a beggar
i call it killing the fool
To save your life you gotta lose it
So the people sing]

step up to the microphone

[music and lyrics by phil joel, peter furler, and jeff Frankenstein]

i’ll say hello
to anyone who's listening
put on a show
if that's what makes your ears prick
this microphone
will take a word and make it bigger
oh hello
so here goes

[chorus]

steppin' right up to the microphone
i say “hey man!
there's only one way!”
one God one body one faith alone
if you don't know
then ya need to be told!

steppin' right up to the microphone
i say “hey man!
there's only one way!”
one God one body one faith alone
i said “hey boy
it's a narrow road"

i say hello
to anyone who's listening
the message ain't nothing new
i don't decide what's true
so when the stones get thrown
they either miss or
they turn to glory
here's the story as far as i know

[chorus]

steppin' up
i don't step alone
the question is "how do we know
what we know"
the answer is so plain to me
so here i go
tap the mic "test 1, 2, 3"

[woohoo]

[Chorus 2x]

entertaining angels

[music and lyrics by phil joel, peter furler, and jody davis]

believe

[music and lyrics by phil joel and peter furler]

as i lay me down
where do i begin
so simply complicated
the voice within

i hear it singing so clear
invisible like the sound of the wind
we all know
You are there

i just believe
i just believe it
and sometimes i dunno why
i gotta go with my gut again on this one

not just a feeling
it's the reason
we know a line is crooked
`cause we know what's true
that little voice inside

as i lay me down
i confess
i'm a fool for You
no more, no less

and in this world turning gray
strikes a chord when i say
there is black
 there is white
  there is wrong
   and there is right

i just believe
i just believe it
and sometimes i dunno why
i gotta go with my gut again on this one

not just a feeling
it's the reason
we know a line is crooked
`cause we know what's true
that little voice inside

there is no alibi
if it's not the truth it's.....??

falling for the truth again

not by the wisdom of a man,

   or a machine

this is not preference or

   a taste that disagrees

the evidence of things unseen

the more you look
the more you'll see

i just believe
i just believe it
and sometimes i dunno why
i gotta go with my gut again on this one

not just a feeling
it's the reason
we know a line is crooked
`cause we know what's true
that little voice inside

i just believe
i just believe it
and sometimes i dunno why
i gotta go with my gut again on this one

not just a feeling
it's the reason
if there's ever been a time it's now
i hear that still small voice inside

i just believe
i just believe it
and sometimes i dunno why
i gotta go with my gut again on this one

i just believe
i just believe it...

[2x]

tuning in

[music by phil joel and peter furler

lyrics by phil joel, peter furler, and steve taylor]

you may be in london,

   waiting on a train

or you may be in paris,

   dancing on a stage

or shooting the curl in bali or

   down south drinking sweet tea

you may be glued to the television

as happy

as larry

you may be a doctor,

   giving up the ghost

you may be a short order cook,

   fixing grits and toast

whenever

wherever

whoever you are

let it be

plain to see

it’s time to reach for

something higher

everybody hears the need

[chorus]

tuning in around the world

all you boys and all you girls

tuning till ya drown the noise

all you girls and all you boys

tune it in and hum along

let it lift the woebegone

tune it in around the world

all you boys and all you girls

well i say

it may be your birthday

or it may be your last

as a kid you couldn’t wait to get old

now the years fly by too fast

whenever

wherever

whoever you are

let it be plain

to see

no time

no place

nobody but you

can keep you from your

knees

i say

[chorus]

let the truth fill up our lives

let the choir fire up and over

the renewal of our minds is

never over till it’s over

[chorus]

and where our treasure is

that’s where our hearts will be

so take my will

and set me

tuning into You

and tuning out of me

[chorus 3x]

truth be known

[music by phil joel and peter furler

lyrics by phil joel, peter furler, and steve taylor]

he nods a little too fast
talking illogic with a big bombast, he's
full on dead sure any way's true, and he
wouldn't wanna knock it if it works for you, he

heave sighs a little too loud
so frustrated with the one-way in crowd
full on dead sure anything goes
until you go stepping on his own toes

[chorus]

hold on if the truth be known
truth is more than "to each his own"
if the truth be known
there'll be more to answer for
everybody gets a shot
it'll cost everything you've got
if the truth be known
do you really wanna know?

she tries a little denial
rolls her eyes like a jaded reptile
true/false questions make her uptight
opposites attract, so they both must be right

what if there's someone up there?
shrugs it off with a "don't know, don't care"
hopes to God he doesn't exist
but ignorance here is less than bliss

[chorus 3x]

if the truth be known
everybody gets their shot!

[to fade]

deep end

[music and lyrics by phil joel, peter furler, jeff frankenstein, and jody davis]

she’s diving down

gonna make her home now

the ocean

she’s done with living her life

on the ground

hands above her

held her

nineteen years

and now they’re letting go

tomorrow will be ‘round

and everyone will see

no tragedy

it’s like it’s over

but it’s just begun

[chorus]

she’s going off

the deep end

breaking from the crowd

she’s way in over her head

i think she’s gonna drown

she’s going off the deep end

the search is over now

she’s falling into Your hands

it’s all or nothing

there’s no guessing

she’s been lost and found

she’s diving down

scars on her elbows

the wind blows

an old song spins around inside

‘how sweet the sound’

to be living

and dying

looks like it’s over

but it’s just begun

[chorus]

how sweet the...

to take this step of faith

don’t need to be scared

turn worry into wonder

dissolve the fear

she’s stepping out

and You drop the blame

as she speaks the name above all other names

[chorus]

she’s going off the deep end

[there’s no guessing

she’s been lost and found]

she’s way in over her head

[there’s no guessing

she’s been lost and found]

she’s going off the deep end

[there’s no guessing

she’s been lost and found]

to be lost and found

her world has turned

upside down

her soul restored

with salt like rain

from all the things

that You forgave

and all the times she’d disobey

she’s diving in the ocean of Your grace

hallelujah

[music and lyrics by phil joel, jeff frankenstein, and peter furler]

walk into th sunlight so bright
illumination blocking out the night
she knows that the promises are airtight
there is no doubt and you can see it in her eyes

you'll hear her singing to heaven
even without letting out a word to be heard
in every single situation (none too big - none too small)

she looks up and the world looks on

[chorus]

she sings hallelujah
when all has become nothing
her hope in the Saviour, has coloured all she does
and taints the way she loves
she sings hallelujah, and falls to the ground again
with hands stretched up to the sky
waiting for the day, she'll hear the Father say...

step into the spotlight-so bright
a character check in the dead of night
to cut the stays of reason, till death defy
all understanding in the neighbour's eye
to run this race like this day's the last
celebrate, in all we do and all we say
look up-'cause the world looks on

[chorus]

we sing hallelujah
when all has become nothing and
our hope in the Saviour, has covered all we do
let it be for you
we'll sing hallelujah, and fall to the ground again
with hands stretched up to the sky
we are waiting for the day, we'll hear the Father say
yeah to hear Him say

"well done, good and faithful one
enter in, come on share with Me
welcome home, good and faithful one
on and on to eternity"

the tide

[music and lyrics by phil joel and peter furler]

think i'll wait for the tide
seems it's all i can do right now
there must be a reason
i've run aground

i'll wait for the waves
to come
by the moon and the tide
like a man and his bride
i will wait
on You, Lord
and we will run so far from here
to Your.........safety

think i'll lie in the sun for awhile
maybe inside out
i've been leaving messages for You
i'm sure it will all work out

and i know the waves
will come
by the moon and the tide
like a man and his bride
i will wait
on You Lord
and we will run so far from here
to Your.........safety in the storm

there is courage for the simple man
to the holders of secrets and scars
learning to stand with reaching arms
we'll wait till the very last
no matter what will be
You're always good
always good
to me

and we will run so far from here

and i know the waves
will come
by the moon and the tide
like a man and his bride
i will wait
on You, Lord
and we will run so far from here

and i know the waves
will come
by the moon and the tide
like a man and his bride
i will wait
on You Lord
and we will run so far from here

to Your..........safety [3x]

to Your

to Your safety

always

[music and lyrics by phil joel and peter furler]

what were you thinking
i got a right to ask
is there a reason
other than your past
a great pretender
why was i the last to see
through your skin
is there a chance you'll ever change

[chorus]

it's always the same
you're always to blame
is there any way around this
i can't see
you walked out on her
you planned to be free
i'm trying not to point the finger
but it's killing me

what were you thinking
were you thinking of me
did you see what they wrote
on the family tree
i know it's over
all in the past
i need to forgive you?
if i'm to last - will i ever change

[chorus 2x]

take these pieces
thrown away

[it is always the same]
put them together from
night 'n' day

[you’re always to blame]
washed by the sun
dried by the rain

[is there any way around this]
to be my father
in the fatherless days

[i can’t see?]

take these pieces
thrown away

[you walked out on her]
put them together from
night 'n' day
[you planned to be free]
washed by the sun
dried by the rain
[i’m trying not to point the finger]
to be my father
in the fatherless days
[but it’s killing me]

take these pieces>
thrown away
put them together> from
night 'n' day
washed by the sun
dried by the rain
to be my father
in the fatherless days

[to fade]

God is not a secret

[music by peter furler

lyrics by peter and steve taylor]

you don't understand
this is not what you think it is
you don't get it, man
you want to boil it down to show biz
your in depth research shows:
drop the God, emphasize the beat
i've heard that positive pop you dig--
i'd rather be buried in wet concrete

take back your free advice
i don't accept
i will not play those games
God is not a secret to be kept
God is not a secret to be kept

you don't understand
i'm not talking multiple choice
you don't get it, man
if the cross offends you, find another voice
i am not running for office here
i won't keep it purposefully vague
i've heard New Age Life-force trip
i'd rather be dipped in bubonic plague

take back your free advice
i don't accept
i will not play those games
God is not a secret to be kept
God is not a secret to be kept

if we keep silent
if we mass defect
these very rocks will scream
God is not a secret to be kept
God is not a secret to be kept

and would i wash my hands again?

and would i wash my hands again?

and would i wash my hands again?

[and would i wash my hands again? would I deny my savior when]
and would i wash my hands again?

[He hung inside the public square? did not my silence put him there?]

take back your free advice
i don't accept
i will not play those games
God is not a secret to be kept
God is not a secret to be kept

if we keep silent
if we mass defect
these very rocks will scream
God is not a secret to be kept
God is not a secret to be kept

God is not a secret to be kept

God is not a secret to be kept

take me to your Leader

[music by peter furler

lyrics by steve taylor]

isabelle is a belly dancer
with a kleptomaniac's restraint
tried stealing Helena's hand basket,
made a fast getaway,
but mcqueen she ain't
at the courtroom joshua judges her
ruthlessly on account of ruth walking
out on him

in the big house isabelle is a-telling all
to the chaplain who's become her friend

she says: i don't know why you care 
i don't know what's out there 
i don't know where or how
just take me to your Leader now
take me to your Leader now

justin is adjustin' to the odor from
theodore's evergreen incense
but aroma therapy don't make him any
younger than oliver's all liver supplements

his late mate merrilee merrily said
immortality can't be bought in a jar
this just in: justin's had enough of cure-alls,

gonna quiz the neighbor kid with the
fish on his car

he says: i don't know why you care 
i don't know what's out there 
i don't know how it's done
just take me to your Leader, son 

i see you've got the joy
i've seen you live it, boy
it's real, it's free, it's fun,
so take me to your Leader, son

so take me to your Leader  son

they don't know why we care
they don't know what's out there
they don't know how it's done
let's take `em to our Leader's Son

they see we've got the joy
they see us live it oi
it's real, it's free, it's fun,
let's take `em to our Leader's Son

[2x]

take `em to our Leader's Son [2x]

breathe

[Music by peter furler

lyrics by philip joel urry and peter furler]

tuesday the third,
i'll call this entry "mistake"
cheap imitation
my life feels like a fake 
a people person
some days people annoy me
i'm growing edgy
wednesday's title: "avoid me"

[chorus]
breathe on me
breathe oh breath of God
breathe on me
`til my heart is new
breathe on me
breathe oh breath of life
breathe on me
`til I love like You do

thursday, the fifth 
i title "Drivers Beware"
tempered-a-mental
and I don't really care 
i gave `til I bled
you laughed when I fainted
don't want to live this life
bitter and tainted

[chorus 4x]

reality

[music by peter furler

lyrics by peter furler and steve taylor]

mum & dad,
i'm fine. how are you?
i have joined a small circus
(that much is true).
i'm a little malnourished, but try to relax.
could you find a better photo

for the milk carton backs?
send money.

runaway
where's your head?
dreamers' dreams
are grounded

[chorus:]
in reality
that comes from above
God is calling
there's no bigger love
it's His reality that welcomes us back
trust and obey
there is no other way

mum & dad,

i'm fair. how's life?
lent the money you sent me

to the clown with the knife.
my career as an acrobat hasn't begun,
but i'm busy giving blood and shoveling elephant dung.
send money.

runaway
why so tense?
dreamers' dreams
will make sense

[chorus]

runaway
blowing smoke
your folks are worried
(and going broke)

after the fall
is an all-new episode
reality
is the high road

[chorus 3x]

in the reality that comes from above

God is calling

breakfast

[music by peter furler

lyrics by steve taylor]

hold the milk, put back the sugar

they are powerless to console

we've gathered here to sprinkle ashes

from our late friend's cereal bowl.

breakfast clubbers, say the motto

that he taught us to repeat:

“you will lose it in your gym class,

if you wait til noon to eat”.

back when the chess club said our eggs were soft

every monday he'd say grace

and hold our juice aloft

oh, none of us knew his checkout time

would come so soon

but before his brain stopped waving,

he composed this tune:

[chorus]

when the toast is burned

and all the milk has turned

and cap'n crucnh is waving farewell

when the big one finds you

may this song remind you

that they don'te serve breakfast in hell

breakfast clubbers,

drop the hankies

though to some our friend was odd,

that day he bought those pine pajamas

his check was good with God

those here without the Lord,

how do you cope?

for this morning we don't mourn

like those who have no hope

oh rise up, fruit loop lovers-

sing out sweet and low

with spoons held high

we bid our brother

“cheerio!"

[chorus]

[whistling]

[chorus 3x]

----------------------------------------------------------

breathe (benediction)

[music by peter furler

lyrics by philip joel urry and peter furler]

when all is said and all has come undone
when the sun, the moon and stars grow dark
before the days of youth are left in vain
before the dust reclaims its own again

[chorus]
breathe on me
breathe oh breath of God
breathe on me
`til my heart is new
breathe on me
breathe oh breath of life
breathe on me
`til I'm resting in You

when all is said and all has come undone
restore the promise i made when i was young
now unto Him who can keep us from falling
and present us faultless before His glory

[chorus]

breathe on

breathe on

-chorus[2x]-

let it go

[music by peter furler and jeff frankenstein

lyrics by peter furler and steve taylor]

you are waiting on a beach
for a healing word to come
maybe an apology in a bottle
maybe a flare that says, "i'm sorry."
and the hurting leaves you numb

will you forgive?
will you forget?
will you live what you know?
He left His rights
will you leave yours?
you don't understand it
let it go

you are waiting on a beach
this is where the east meets west
and as another sun sets on your anger
the darkness laughs, as the wound destroys
and it turns your prayers to noise

will you forgive?
will you forget?
will you live what you know?
He left His rights
will you leave yours?
you won't understand it
let it go

this bitterness you hide
it seeps into your soul
and it steals your joy
'til it's all you know
let it go 4x

will you forgive?
will you forget?
will you live what you know?
He left His rights
will you leave yours?
you won't understand it
let it go

will you forgive?
will you forget?
will you live what you know?
beneath the cross
you hear His words,
"Father, forgive them,"
and you know
you can't understand it
let it go

just let it go 9x

cup 'o tea

[music by peter furler
lprics by Philip joel urry and peter furler]

"kick start" - his overdue life as a star
waiting tables hadn't done that so far
spotlight - a dream for many a year
the leather jacket, jimmy's ever ready stage wear

[chorus]
sorry i'm not your cup ‘o tea
but i don't mind
yeah, i said i don't mind
at least i know you're thinking about me
yeah, i don't mind
yeah, i said i don't mind

"good stuff people don't know when they hear!"
mumbled something `bout "pearls in a pig's ear"
old school - thirty two and knowing it all
who wants to listen to a single-sided phone call?

[chorus]

bring it all into perspective
the tongue will steer the ship ahoy
spark up a flame
feel the pain of habanero sauce
a word's forever
when we speak we set `em free
so watch your mouth
and you be careful what you say, jimmy

[chorus 3x]

sorry i'm not your cup o'tea
but i don't mind
yeah, i said i don't mind
at least i know you're thinking about me
yeah, i don't mind
ahh, no maybe i do mind

it's all who you know

[music by peter furler

lyrics by steve taylor]

for the want of a marker
the doctors lost their place
for the want of a cut-line
they couldn't lift his face
for the want of a facelift
his ratings dropped
then the sitcom folded
then the network flopped


after the climb
after time turns designs to despair
it is good
nothing's fair
it's all who you know

for the want of a cough drop
the musher's throat went hoarse
for the want of direction
the huskies went off course
then the sled got snowbound
it took some time to free `em
now they're on display
inside the british museum

after the climb
after time turns designs to despair
it is good
nothing's fair
it's all who you know

and after the fall
after all of our strivings are dust
even so
good for us
it's all who you know

for the want of a compass
we'd be shuffling charts
for the want of good radar
we'd be glacier parts
for the want of a lighthouse
can't you see
we'd be lost at sea
lost at sea

and after the climb

after time turns designs to despair

it is good

nothgin's fair

it's all who you know

and after the fall

after all of our strivings are dust

even so

good for us

it's all who you know

miracle child

[music by peter furler and jody davis

lyrics by steve taylor and peter furler]

when you got there
I was sure you'd come too late
we all pay you lip service
then address our prayers to fate
sister gone
she tripped and fell
a prodigal hell
and do I dare believe you'll reach
such a long lost cause
wrapped in gauze
as good as dead

she's breathing...

[chorus]

my Lord
she's a miracle child 
i know
she's a miracle child
and i saw
how she'd chosen the grave
my Lord
it's a miracle save

when she woke up
we were dumbstruck at the sight
like coming out of a coma
all she asked for was more light

fluttering eyes
life from a tomb
you flooded her room
with a fearsome mercy
torn from the devil's grip
from the clutches of fear 
i can hear her dead heart beating

[chorus]

we lose hope
we mumble our prayers
we seal off the stairs
and never dare believe your reach
can pass through stone
can lead a child home
can make the dead start blinking

[chorus]

lost the plot

[music by peter furler

lyrics by peter furler and steve taylor]

when You come back again
would You bring me something from the fridge?
heard a rumour that the end is near
but i just got comfortable here.
sigh.
let's be blunt.
i'm a little distracted.
what do you want?

headaches and bad faith
are all that i've got.
Ffrst i misplaced the ending
then i lost the plot.

out among the free-range sheep
while the big birds sharpen their claws.
for a time we stuck with the shepherd
but you wouldn't play santa claus.

sigh.
let's be blunt.
we're a little distracted.
what do you want?

once we could follow,
now we cannot.
You would not fit our image,
so we lost the plot.

once we could hear You,
now our senses are shot.
we've forgotten our first love.
we have lost the plot.

when i saw You for the first time
You were hanging with a thief
and i knew my hands were dirty,
and i dropped my gaze.
then You said i was forgiven
and You welcomed me with laughter. 
i was happy ever after. 
i was counting the days
when You'd come back again.
we'll be waiting for You
when You comin' back again?
we'll be ready for you
maybe we'll wake up when...
maybe we'll wake up when
You come back again.

lies.
let's be blunt.
we're a little unfaithful.
what do you want?

are You still listening?
`coz we're obviously not
we've forgotten our first love
we have lost the plot.

and why are You still calling?
You forgave, we forgot.
we're such experts at stalling
that we've lost the plot.
lost the plot [3x]

when You come back again
would You bring me something from the fridge?
heard a rumour that the end is near
but i just got comfortable here.

breathe benediction follows this song on the album but due to formatting issues i was forced to move it to the left column