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Rubber Canoe:
Lyrics
Benny From Here (Myrrh/Word Records
- 1985)
1. Secret
Thoughts
2. Streets
of Las Vegas
3. When
God Ran
4. Susie
Said, Yeah!
5. To
Fill Our Empty Hearts
6. Back
to Basics
7. Can
I Get To You From Here
8. Whoever
Touches You
9. Marching
On
10. Hold Me
1.
Secret Thoughts
Words & Music by Benny Hester & John Parenti
Awake on your pillow
Which ever way the wind blows
That’s where your thoughts will go
You find you’ve got a weakness
And if everyday you feed it
Soon a dirty little habit grows
You think nobody knows
Come on....
chorus:
Cut it out, it’s open information
Cut it out, your dark imagination
Cut it out, tear it out, rip it out of your head
Secret thoughts
Cut it out, Jesus sees
Cut it out, what started out so innocently
Is now subtly stealing your soul
Hidden in your secret thoughts
There’s danger in your secret thoughts
Captured by your secret....
A door in your mind’s eye
The window to your thought life
Show what’s locked up you know
Sure you know
You think that there’s no problems
And if there is you can solve them
Your clouded confidence will show
But you think nobody knows
Come on....
(chorus)
So you want to know a secret
Well how you gonna keep it
When all of heaven knows
Come on....
Cut it out, it’s open information
Cut it out, your dark imagination
Cut it out, tear it out, rip it out of your head
Secret thoughts
Cut it out, Jesus sees
Cut it out, what started out so innocently
Is now subtly stealing your soul
Hidden in your secret thoughts
It started in your secret...
(chorus)
2. Streets of Las Vegas
Words & Music by Benny Hester
Stepped from the plane
Just a young man from Texas
With a southern twang
That gave me away
Life was a game
I was taking all the chances
I made up my mind I was going to play
One more time
There was just no limit
I bet everything I was going to win
Not a hint the odds were against me
I heard it from the crowds
Everywhere I went
chorus:
They were talking about Jesus
On the streets of Las Vegas
When you're gambling with your heart it's in the cards
You'll get lost in the shuffle between the light and the dark
In this town
Jesus is out there, too
On the streets of Las Vegas
Fortunes change hands
In the brightly lit casinos
If the payoff is big it'll make the front page
Nobody sees what happens to the losers
Out on the strip, downtown, and backstage
(chorus)
The glitters of it all can sweep you away
Could someone really love you
When you're walking around in the heat
It's another lonely day
On the streets of Las Vega
(chorus)
3. When God Ran
Words & Music by Benny Hester & John Parenti
Almighty God, the Great I Am
Immovable Rock, Omnipotent, Powerful
Awesome Lord, Victorious Warrior
Commanding King of Kings, Mighty Conqueror
And the only time
The only time run I ever saw Him run
chorus:
Was when He ran to me
Took me in His arms
Held my head to His chest
Said “My son's come home again"
Lifted my face
Wiped the tears from my eyes
With forgiveness in His voice
He said "Son do you know I still love you?"
It caught me by surprise
(It brought me to my knees)
When God ran
The day I left home I knew I'd broken His heart
I wondered then if things could ever be the same
But one night I remembered His love for me
And down that dusty road ahead I could see
It's the only time, the only time I ever saw Him run
(chorus)
I saw Him run to me
And then I ran to Him
Holy One, Righteous Judge
He turned my way
Now I know He's been waiting for this day
And then He ran to me
Took me in His arms
Held my head to His chest
Said “My son's come home again"
Lifted my face
Wiped the tears from my eyes
With forgiveness in His voice
I felt His love for me
And then He ran to me
Took me in His arms
Held my head to His chest
Said “My son's come home again"
Lifted my face
Wiped the tears from my eyes
With forgiveness in His voice
He said "Son," He said,Son"
"My son do you know I still love you?"
Oh, He ran to me
When God ran
4. Susie Said, Yeah!
Words & Music by Thom Toler
Susie was just another face on the street
Trying to keep alive, stay on her feet
She was young and pretty but her dreams were stuck on the ground
In and out of love, heart kind of frail
Running through through the jungle with a tiger by the tail
Trying to hold on but it just kept slipping away
So she loaded up her world in the back of the car
Headed out west, going to be a star
But no matter where you go, you’ve got the same heart
Hearts, empty hearts
There's only one thing will ever fill empty hearts
She got what she wanted, world at her feet
A place in the city and a place on the beach
It was all right in front of her eyes and she was going to take it
But Susie just couldn’t get the pieces to fit
It seemed like her heart was a bottomless pit
And the more she got the more she needed
Hearts, empty hearts
There's only one thing will ever fill empty hearts
Well, Susie met Benny sitting in the sand
Watching the sunset and raising his hands
She thought he was crazy, but she felt something stir inside
Now, Benny said believing was the answer to it all
Looking up to Jesus everytime you fall
Do you want to be happy forever
Susie said, "yeah!"
She said, "yeah," she said, "yeah!"
Hearts, empty hearts
There's only one thing will ever fill empty hearts
Hearts, Yeah!
Only one thing will ever fill empty hearts
There's only one thing will ever fill empty hearts
5. To Fill Our Empty Hearts
Words by Benny Hester & Greg Laurie. Music by Benny Hester
Mary came running
Thinking it was the end
Her hopes lie still and shattered now
Like many others had been
But a stone set to stay
Had been rolled away
And an angel met and said
"Mary, oh Mary"
He came out of an empty tomb
To fill your empty heart
And Mary you'll see Him soon
He will still bear every scar
He came out of an empty tomb
To fill, to fill our empty hearts
Thomas cannot see
Now his faith is tried
What many have known
He can't accept
He watched His loved one die
In the fading lights
He cried out one night
His friends shook him and said
"Thomas, oh Thomas," He
He came out of an empty tomb
To fill your empty heart
And Thomas you'll see Him soon
You can feel His very scars
He came out of an empty tomb
To fill, to fill our empty hearts
It's It's against the doubt and fear we fight
And I know, I know that
Rising from death He gave us life
And together we can say
"My Lord, my God, we believe"
He came out of an empty tomb
To fill our empty hearts
We will see Him again so soon
He will still bear every scar
He came out of an empty tomb
To fill our empty hearts
He came out of an empty tomb
To fill our empty hearts
We will see Him again so soon
He will still bear every scar
He came out of an empty tomb
To fill our empty hearts
He'll fill your empty heart
6. Back to Basics
Words
& Music by K. Henderson & V. Temple
We’re going back, back to basics
We’re going back, back to basics
Going back, back to the Word of God
We’re going back
I was 17 when I left home
Went as far away as I could get
Headed westward to the sunshine
To meet people I hadn't met
Put my faith in situations
Anything to reject the past
We’re going back, back to basics
We’re going back, back to basics
Going back, back to the Word of God
We’re going back
Uh-oh, I found trouble
My understanding was getting cloudy
I started reading, started believing
Silly sermons
Quick solutions
Going back to what meant something
When I was a little boy
I’m going, you’re going
We’re going back, back to basics
Going back, back to the Word of God
We’re going back
That’s my story if you don’t believe it
Well, I’m sorry we’ll have to agree to disagree
Yes I love you, yes I know you love me
I’ll pray for you and you pray, you pray for me
We’re going back, back to basics
Going back
We’re going back, back to basics
We’re going back
7. Can I Get To You From Here
Words & Music by Benny Hester & Niles Borop
Where are You
In El Paso or Istanbul
Oh I need to know
Bourbon Street
Would You be there
Or should I go
Look around Times Square
Can I get to You from here
Can I get to You from here
Have You disappeared
Are You far or near
Shout it in the streets
Whisper in my ear
Can I get to You from here
Can I get to You from here
Would You just appear
Could You make it clear
Can I get to You from...
Can I get to You from here
Leningrad, Laguna Beach
I'm out the door
If You're in reach
Columbia, the Berline Wall
Skate or fly
Swim or crawl
Can I get to You from here
(Don't know what to do)
Can I get to You from here
(Jesus where are You)
Have You disappeared
Are You far or near
Shout it in the streets
Whisper in my ear
Can I get to You from here
(Am I getting through)
Can I get to You from here
(Got to get to You)
Would You just appear
Could You make it clear
Can I get to You from...
Can I get to You from here
If You say L.A., I'll meet You there tomorrow
If You say Mount Rainer, You be my guide
I'll follow
Can I get to You from here
(Don't know what to do)
Get to You from here
(Jesus where are You)
Have You disappeared
Are You far or near
Shout it in the streets
Whisper in my ear
Can I get to You from here
Austin, Springfield, Florence, and Orlando
Nashville, D.C., Houston, and Seattle
Can I get to You from here
Kingston, Mobile, Miami, and Columbus
Salt Lake, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, and Paducah
8. Whoever Touches You
Words & Music by Benny Hester & John Parenti
You're the one that I have chosen
You are mine and that's forever
I will love you like no other
In My house we'll be together
When you csnn Me I will hear you
Always know that I am near you
Watching over to protect you
I My arms just remember
chorus:
Whoever touches you
Touches the apple of My eye
Oh My child
Whoever touches you
Touches
the apple of My eye
You are My treasure
In Me you can hide
Whoever touches you
If you’re lonely, when you’re threatened
In your trials you’re scared and troubled
When you’re burdened, if you’re running
Call to Me and hear Me answer
(chorus)
9. Marching On
Words: Traditional. Music by Richard Mullins
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored
He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword
And He’s marching, marching on
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat
And He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgement seat
Oh be swift my soul to answer Him, be jubilant my feet
Hey, feet keep marching, keep on marching on
Hey yeah, feet keep marching, keep on marching on
Well, in the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me
As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free
Keep marching, marching on
Keep marching
And behold, I saw a new heaven and a new earth
10. Hold Me
Words & Music by Benny Hester
Days are long, nights are hard
My faith is strong but my heart is scarred
Tired and torn, dreams have died
And on my bed, my Bible lies
Lord I cry...
Hold me
You hold me
When the world comes crumbling in
You prove once again 'til the end, the end
Hold me
When the night is cold and cruel
You hold me
When I think You're gone, it's then
You prove once again 'til the end
In Your hand You hold me
Lights are off, my soul is drained
But show Your face and my life is changed
Reason worn, when all's been tried
My greatest fear is I won't know why
Lord I cry
Hold me
When the night is cold and cruel
Jesus, hold me
When the world comes crumbling in
You prove once again 'til the end, the end
You made me so much stronger
You know I couldn't take it any longer
Sweep me up from where I fell
I was hurt You made me well
Gave me love no one could steal
Now I tell you how I feel
You hold me
Jesus, will You hold me
When the world comes crumbling in
You prove once again 'til the end, the end
Please hold me
When the night is cold and cruel
You hold me
When I think You're gone it's then
You prove once again 'til the end
In Your hand You hold me
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