There were pictures
everywhere
And my teacher said that this was His house,
So I knew He must be there
And even though I never saw His face
I know He walked the halls,
And I knew that He could hear
When I sang that I could be His sunbeam
That I could love my neighbor
That I could fold my arms and bow my head
And I knew He was just around the corner
In the light behind the stained glass
I wasn't quite sure where,
But He was always there
When my freckles went
away
And all the dresses and the lace-trimmed socks
Began to get too small
I saw churches everywhere, I saw so many children go inside
And I wondered if He knew my name at all
But I sang that I would be my brother's keeper
And I felt the tempest raging
But I kept singing "Peace, peace, be still"
And I hoped that He was still around the corner
In the light behind the stained glass
I searched everywhere
And He was always there
And I stand all amazed
Confused at he grace He gives to me
With all the ways I wander
A pilgrim and a stranger
But in the distance I can always see
The light that kindly leads
I am older now
But every day I try to be a little more
Like the child I used to be
And I think the times
I start to feel that way the most
Are the moments that I pray
And when I raise my voice to sing
To praise the Lord Almighty
The King of Creation
Somehow I know that He can hear
By the way my spirit trembles
He's just around the corner
In the light behind the stained glass
It doesn't matter where
He is always there
How to Move a Mountain
(Cherie Call)
When I was young I
heard the stories
About the people who could make the mountains flee
And every now and then, someone would tell me
I could do the same if I believed
So one summer night, I looked out my window
And I closed my eyes and listened to the wind blow
And I tried to move
a mountain
I wished for it to crumble at my feet
I tried one thing after another
but I couldn't shake a leaf
I never knew that
the mountain
Had a lesson it would teach
Cause as tall as I got, I still lived in its shadow
I watched it tower over me
Till one summer day, I thought I heard it call me
So I closed my eyes and then changed into my blue jeans
And I learned how
to move a mountain
It was harder than I dreamed it would be
But I set one foot down past the other
Till the mountain was under me
And I felt like I
could see forever
When the truth hit my senses suddenly
This mountain wasn't nearly the first one that I'd moved
God had seen my victory
Every time I put my weaknesses behind me
And I close my eyes and let His mercy find me
I know how to move
a mountain
I have to fall down on my knees
Then I get back on my feet and head on upward
Till I make it to the peak
And the mountain's under me
I've been there and
I've seen with those eyes
Green with envy, dark with anger
Or just plain blue
And I know the last thing you really want to hear
Is just what I'm about to tell you
But you have to hear the truth
I know it's stylish to be cynical these days
So there's only one thing left to do
Believe
Sometimes traffic lights are green,
Sometimes people keep their word
In spite of everything you've heard, it's true that
Sometimes nice guys finish first,
Sometimes true love really lasts
Sometimes all the world can change
If only you believe
Still you say the
phone rings every time you want to take a bath
Or take a nap, or you just need peace
But tell me this, did you really want to be
So all alone as you are now?
Don't you need a friend who knows
It's in the way you see the glass
Once you know that it's half full, it overflows
Every time that you
Believe
Sometimes Christmases are white,
Sometimes wedding days are clear
Sometimes rain falls right on time
To wash away your tears
Sometimes cornfields touch the sky,
Sometimes sunsets make you cry
Sometimes you see what Jesus sees
When you look in the mirror
And love isn't something
that is just for everyone else
It's for you
Believe what I say is true
In spite of all the ways you feel right now
You've got to find out some way somehow to
Believe
Sometimes the good live long,
Sometimes kindness reaches far
Sometimes you hear your favorite song
Right when you get in the car
You don't have to move the sky
But you can chase the clouds away
You don't have to change the world,
But you might do it anyway
Believe
Believe sometimes nice guys finish first
You don't have to change the world,
But you might do it anyway
He Gives Flowers to Everyone
(Cherie Call - Tyler Castleton)
She didn't try to
catch the bouquet
She knows it's not her turn, and it's okay
Usually it doesn't even cross her mind
That's what she likes to tell her friends anyway
But she can finally say, maybe it was for the best
And there are lots of things she hasn't even missed
Now and then she starts to feel alone
But then she looks outside
She knows she's got roses of her own
Cause He gives flowers
to everyone
Not just the girlfriends or the brides
He sees the beauty deep inside
And He gives flowers to everyone
She hangs up the green
satin dress
She laughs at how they're always out of style
It was just like all the others in the line
And when they asked her she told them
She'd never been more fine
But still she wonders what it would be like
To talk to someone when she gets home late at night
Sometimes she likes to pray out loud
That's when she knows she's not the only girl alone in a crowd
Cause He gives flowers
to everyone
Not just the clever or the elegant
Her cares will never be irrelevant
He gives flowers to everyone
And when they're out
of season, she has snow
And when she's in the desert where they hardly ever grow
He gives her diamonds in the midnight sky
Season after season, His love will never die
He gives flowers to
everyone
Not just the mothers and the wives
He sees the beauty in our lives
And He gives flowers to everyone
Look at all the signs,
Look at all the shows
All the glamorous people who claim to know
What perfection is and what makes beauty stay
But when all the styles go out and the labels fade away
It's what you give
that makes you beautiful
It's how you live that makes your dreams come true
Keep your faith in this world,
And let the light of the Lord shine through
That's what makes you beautiful
Nothing burns as bright,
nothing shimmers so
As the smile of a friend when hope is running low
And how your hand feels warm when you dry a tear
Love is still in fashion at the end of every year
Chorus
Even roses fade away
in the snow
But the beauty in your heart can always grow
Chorus
I know my way, I've
been on this road for miles now
And I'm not afraid, I've been on my own for a while now
And I know I'm good at being strong
But when everything goes wrong
And emotions finally bring me to my knees
Somebody cares
Somebody hears me when I cry
Somebody knows
Somehow my tears can find their way across the sky
And they reach somebody there
Somebody cares
I'm not the kind to
admit when I get to feeling blue
But sometimes I need a hand to hold or a friend that's true
In the smile or phone call late at night
Hoping everything's alright
All these things just bring me to my knees
Cause somebody cares
Somebody hears me when I cry
Somebody knows
Somehow my tears can find their way across the sky
And they reach somebody there
Somebody cares
When I'm down to my
last dime
And the engine won't turn over
When I feel like my whole world is just a three-leaf clover
When the rain is coming down
And I just need an umbrella
Well I've been through all these things and I can tell you
Chorus
Where
Faith Lives
(Cherie Call - Tyler Castleton)
It doesn't live at
the end of a rainbow,
It doesn't sleep at the edge of your bed
And sometimes it doesn't fit so well
With the plans you're making in your head
But just before you reach the service station,
Right before the car runs out of gas
In the eye of the tornado
With all the strong winds blowing past
That's where faith
lives
That's where fear tries to go
That's where everybody guesses
And you're the one who knows
And it may take the most that you can give
To find the place where faith lives
It lives in the fiery
furnace, and it lives in the lion's den
And sometimes in the wilderness where it lives and dies and lives again
It lives where the doors fly open, it lives where the sun comes out
It lives in the window where you throw away all your doubts
Chorus
You can't find it
any easy way
Because it's all about the things that you can't see
But all the same it's right before you
Every time you get down on your knees
Chorus
If we share this road
for a portion of our way
There's something I should tell you in the light of day
Before this goes too far, before I fall too deep
You need to understand about the promises I keep
Because there's strength
I want and there's peace I need
In the words I say, in the things I read
From the clothes I wear to the place I choose to sleep
Everything goes back to these promises I keep
It's not that I don't
care for you and want to hold you near
When the hour gets late and I say I have to go
Closer to the truth is that I'm honoring the One
Who loves us both more than we know
So you may think I'm
wise, or you may think I'm strange
But my mind's made up and my heart won't change
And when the world falls down you can trust in me
Because I trust Him, and there are promises I keep
I trust in Him, and there are promises I keep
It
Passes All My Understanding
(Cherie Call)
I was sitting on a southbound plane,
I was buried in a magazine
When the man in the next seat over
Wanted to talk to me
He talked about the universe,
He talked about Saturn's rings
He said, "I might be an atheist,
Except for just one thing:
It passes all my understanding
How it all worked out just right
The distance that we live from the sun,
The stars that shine at night
We may prove that it was just an accident
But how did it begin?
It passes all my understanding"
I told him, "You
are a scholar;
You know things that I don't know
But I believe a God in heaven
Made everything below
And I know we are his children;
I've known it since I was two
But when it comes to being struck with awe,
I'm just like you
It passes all my understanding,
All the beauty we have here
From the majesty of the canyons
To a tiny baby's ear
And even when I can't believe it,
He still believes in me
It passes all my understanding"
We watched the sun
set through the clouds
In a tiny little airplane window
With people sleeping all around
And I thought of how we just expect this world to be
And when the flight attendant passed me by
I threw away my magazine
It passes all my understanding,
Tat the Lord knows both our names
And that He made this world for everyone
That was sitting on that plane
And in spite of all of man's distractions
He offers us His peace
That passes all my understanding
Only the Brokenhearted
(Cherie Call)
Who can hear your
sorrow?
Who can listen right?
Who can tell you stars shine through
The darkest and the longest lonely night?
Only the brokenhearted can
Who can feel the fire?
Who can taste the rain?
Who can laugh till tears fall?
Who can know your pain and take your hand?
Only the brokenhearted can
How are you gonna
take a stand?
How are you gonna hear the band?
How are you gonna love the sunlight
If those precious summer days never had to end
You have to learn like only the brokenhearted can
Broken hearts are
deeper;
They've been open wide
And the tears become containers
To hold more love inside
And truly feel what only the brokenhearted can
If you need a shoulder, bow your head and pray
He'll wrap you like a blanket
With love to face the day
Because He knows like only the brokenhearted can
How are you gonna
comprehend
Love that has no end?
Why'd you ever have to leave Eden
If you were never truly meant to understand?
You had to live like only the brokenhearted can
Who can love you deepest?
Who can hold you tight?
Who can tell you stars shine
Through the darkest lonely night?
You know I can
Like only the brokenhearted can
The brokenhearted can
The brokenhearted can
All songs ©2001 MendonHouse Music (ASCAP),
except "He Gives Flowers to Everyone" and "Where Faith
Lives", ©2001 MendonHouse Music and Diamond Aire Music (ASCAP)
