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Rubber Canoe:
Lyrics
Perfect (Frontline/Benson Records 1989)
1. Headlights
on the Highway
2. Before
You Know It
3. If
You Die Before You Die
4. Perfect
5. Hungry
World
6. You
Weren't Meant to Live Your Life Alone
7. Two
Good Reasons
8. This
One's For Keeping
9. Passion,
Possession, Position
10. Shall We Gather
At the River
1. Headlights on the Highway
Words &
Music by Lauren Stalnecker
You say
you're driven
Pull a
dangerous load
On the
highway of life
It can
be a hard road
You made
it this far
But the
trip's been rough
Now it's
getting near dark
And you
can't see well enough
chorus:
Headlights
on the highway
That is
what I want to be
Headlights
on the highway
Just to
help you see
Just to
help you see
Out on
the turnpike
Running
in the fast lane
Speeding
to nowhere
Getting
caught in the rain
The signs
are provided
To keep
you on track
It's getting
harder to see them
So you
better turn back
(chorus)
One more
exit
Another
soul is gone
Let me
show you a freeway
That goes
on and on and on to the Son
(chorus)
2. Before You Know It
(based on
the book of Ecclesiastes)
Words &
Music by Benny Hester & Brent Maher
Alive in this
moment is all that I want to be
I look in your
eyes, you're more than a friend to me
All I want to
say, would it scare you
If God's love
had its way tonight cause
chorus:
Before you know
it, this could all be gone
Before you know
it, life moves us on
Before you know
it, love can fade away
Before you know
it, this could disappear
Before you know
it, we're just a memory here
Before you know
it, love can fade away
To live in this
hour is all that I want to do
But time moves
so quickly and precious is the heart that's true
The hard times
that we face may frighten us
But trust Him,
it'll be ok, cause
(chorus)
What lies ahead
for us is something no one knows
We can't let
one more day slip away
(chorus)
3. If You Die Before You Die
(Matthew
10:39)
Words &
Music by Benny Hester & Niles Borop
What does
it mean
When they
say
If you
die before you die
Then when
you die you won't die
Can you
tell me what it means
It's not
as easy as it seems
What you
conclude may not agree
With
what it means to me
Think
about it carefully
chorus:
If you
die before you die
Then when
you die you won't die
If you
die before you die
Then when
you die you won't die
You probably
know but think you don't
Say you'll
have but you won't
There's
so much here in thirteen words
Maybe
it's absurd
Or it
could be what you thought you heard
(chorus)
What does
it mean, what does it mean
That if
you die before you die
Say it
slow and when the wind blows
In it
you'll hear
If you
die you won't die
If you
die you won't die
(chorus)
If you
die before you die
There's
a way, there's a way
When you
die that you won't die
(chorus)
What does
it mean?
(chorus)
4. Perfect
(Romans 3:10,
2 Cor. 12:9)
Words &
Music by Benny Hester
Everything inside
me is screaming
I want You to
know me
All of the things
I would do, I would say
Gonna do them
with You
Gonna say them
to You
This fire inside
me is burning deeper it's true
And the more
I see the more I want
On the street,
lost and found
If there's any
peace
Someone's gotta
show me where
chorus:
You're perfect
You helped me
turn around, break free
You're so perfect
Now You're a
part of me
The love I knew
before was a different kind
Without trying
You reached into my heart this time
And for all that
You've done and You are
You're perfect
Every night I
wake up from dreaming
I need You to
show me
A way through
the ruin spinning round in my heart
Gonna give it
to You
Gonna live it
through You
This fire inside
of me is burning deeper it's true
And the more
I see the more I want
(chorus)
And it was driving
me out of my mind, oh
It took You when
no one knew
Now I finally
know what a real love can be
It's so easy
to see
(chorus)
5. Hungry World
Words &
Music by Benny Hester & Keith Lanier
I was cruisin'
the drag in my car
Flipped the radio
on and it's the news
I just don't
like what I hear
I've got a little
sister, she was alright, Jack
But someone turned
her on to a little bit of crack
I lived through
the sixties but now we're hanging by a thread
I took a deep
breath, turned to my girl and said
Oh, oh, oh, baby
it's a hungry world
Oh, oh, oh, baby
it's a hungry world
Just a fool to
believe the things that they said
That it's the
all American way
To give you a
brighter day - but somethin' ain't right
Anybody smart,
they ought to be scared
We gotta get
back to the truth and some prayer
I want to feel
peace and wind whistle past my head
I put down the
top, turned to my girl and said
chorus:
Oh, oh, oh, baby
it's a hungry world
Oh, oh, oh, baby
it's a hungry world
Oh, oh, oh, baby
it's a hungry world
Oh, oh, oh, baby
it's a hungry world
It's hard to resist,
it's hard to stay free
It's hard to
exist and have your own identity
But whatever
they come up with don't let 'em take you down
Anybody smart,
they ought to be scared
We gotta get
back to the truth and some prayer
I lived through
the sixties but now we're hanging by a thread
I thought about
God, turned to my girl and said
(chorus)
6. You Weren't Meant to Live Your Life Alone
Words
& Music by Benny Hester & Niles Borop
Like a suit
of armor
You slowly
put it on
A barrier
to protect you
No one
can do you harm
We used
to be so close
We can
be that way again
But first
you've got to open up
You've
got to let me in
chorus:
You weren't
meant to live your life alone
Open up,
now don't close me out
You don't
have to make it on your own
Let me
know what your life is about
'Cause
I love you just the way your are
And you
know I'm talking straight from my heart
No, you
weren't meant to live your life alone
The pressure
that surrounds you
Could never
be as great
As the
flood of emotion
You keep
locked behind your, locked behind your gate
That fortress
that you're in
It can
become a prison ground
Though
there's danger, there is freedom
When the
walls come tumbling down
(chorus)
You don't
have to life your life alone
You weren't
meant to live your life alone
7. Two Good Reasons
Words
& Music by Benny Hester & Keith Lanier
Suzanne
Lavern and Bobby Mack Birch
Two carefree
kids that both went to my church
Things
made a turn the day that they learned
She would
be a mom, he would be a dad very soon
And if
they wait anymore they're never gonna live it down
They'd
planned to marry someday
So Bobby
pleaded, Suzie, hear what I'm sayin'
chorus:
Give me
two goood reasons if I'm way out line
I've got
to know if your heart feels just like mine
And if
we break the chains of heartache show me a sign
All of
my life I've been waiting so long
Feeling
so young and much to decide
They needed
someone to tell but there was too much to hide
Realizing
what they'd
8. This One's For Keeping
Words
& Music by Benny Hester & Claire Cloninger
Morning's
broken, my eyes are open
It must
have been real 'cause I can still feel it
I'm not
mistaken, I'm wide awake and
All that
you've done Lord, oh how you've changed me
And it
keeps replaying, keeps on saying
This time
it's more than a dream
chorus:
This one's
for keeping
Now I know
my heart isn't sleeping
Wide awake
I finally believe in love
And what
it means
This one's
for certain
For healing
up a heart that was hurting
Holding
on and never deserting love
This one's
for keeping
So surprising,
new horizons
Open around
me now that You've found me
Like a
child I find I'm smiling
Oh what
a wonder, I hardly understand
This feeling,
my heart's reeling
This time
it's more than a dream
(chorus)
9. Passion, Possession, Position
Words
by Benny Hester. Music by Benny Hester, Bill Baugart, & Tim Heintz
Passion
- everybody knows what that means
Intense
desire - suffering
Possession
- gotta get it before it's gone
You see
someone else's
So many
things you wanna own
Position
- you wanna get ahead
See someone
with power
You don't
wanna be you but them instead
These were
the original, some people play with dangerously
But they
can have you as easy as one, two, three
chorus:
Oh, passion,
possession, position
Oh, passion,
possession, position
Break out
in a sweat, you feel it's a threat
You're
just thankful that nothing has destroyed you yet
You wake
up suddenly in the middle of the night
You've
got anxiety, you're a prisoner of fright
These are
the original, some people play with dangerously
But they
can have you as easy as one, two, three
(chorus;
instrumental; chorus)
10. Shall We Gather At The River
"Shall We Gather at the River" - Words & Music by Robert Lowry
"Gather On The Other Side" - Words & Music by Velton Ray Bunch
Shall we gather at the river,
Where bright angel feet have trod,
With its crystal tide forever
Flowing by the throne of God
chorus:
Yes we’ll gather by the river,
The beautiful, the beautiful river;
Gather with the saints by the river
That flows by the throne of God.
Though the river is quickly raging
And the water is deep and wide
And the wind is swiftly blowing
I'm gonna get to the other side
And though the clouds surround me
There is darkness in the night
Seeing the thunder and the lightning
Flashing in the sky
Fear and doubt around me
There is nowhere I can hide
Until we gather on the other side
Shall we gather
Gather at the River
Shall we gather
Gather at the River
Shall we gather
Gather at the River
Gather on the other side
Shall we gather
Gather at the River
Shall we gather
Gather at the River
Shall we gather
Gather at the River
Gather on the other side
(chorus)
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