1. |
Bullet Hand
04:30
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I was a poor man, born with a bullet hand
And I was a bad man, a bad bad man
(bullet hand, bad bad man)
I robbed a stagecoach blind, every nickel and dime
And I didn’t do no time, I didn’t do no time
(bullet hand, bad bad man)
And you say “it ain’t right, stealing like I do”
And I say “it ain’t right, but wouldn’t you
if you were a poor man too?”
Now I’m a rich man, still got a bullet hand
And I done (just) killed a man
(bullet hand, killed a man)
Now here comes the Law Man,
warrant in his hand,
says I’m a wanted man
(bullet hand, wanted man)
And you say “it ain’t right, stealing like I do”
And I say “it ain’t right, but wouldn’t you
if you were a bad man too?”
Bullet hand, bad heart
He pulled his gun on me, I fired back with three
Then turned my horse to flee,
(bullet hand, bad bad / runnin’ man)
No hope of arrest, he aimed his rifle at my chest
Put my heart to rest
(bullet hand, dead dead man)
Bullet hand, bad heart
Now I’m a dead man
Because of my bullet hand
I am every man man
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2. |
Addicted
04:58
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I’m addicted to destruction it’s burnt into my bones
by a raging wildfire started long ago.
By a careless cigarette, I don’t know who to blame.
They simply lit the match, but it was I who fanned the flames.
I’m addicted to destruction like a river flowin’ free
and the longer that it runs the deeper it will be.
As the current takes away soil from the bed
it will keep on taking me ‘til I’m good and dead.
Chorus:
Oh I love what’s killing me, but I sure don’t want to die.
I’m addicted to destruction like the strongest wine.
It calls me from the bottle it calls me from the vine.
What started out as heaven in each and every cup
turned into muddy water the more that I drank up.
Bridge:
Either way I’m dead
Either way I’m dead
With or without it I’m dead
Me, I’m fighting off destruction like a showdown in the streets.
I’m quicker to the draw but my trigger finger’s weak.
And when the hammer falls and the other man goes down
I see I’ve shot a mirror and its broken on the ground.
Oh I love what’s killing me.
I love what’s killing me.
I love what’s killing me.
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3. |
Bad Issues
04:10
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I was born a pleasure seeker,
Living for my self and no one else.
I don’t know if it makes me weaker,
But I don’t feel like being someone else.
Chorus:
I’ve got bad, bad, bad issues,
And they’re burning a hole
Inside my pocket,
Yeah, I’ve got bad, bad, bad, bad issues,
And they’ll burn a hole
Inside of you.
I was born a people pleaser,
Living for everyone but myself.
I don’t know if it makes me weaker,
But if you’d like, I can be someone else.
I was born a man in prison,
No one knows the darkness of my cell.
And my chains have made me weaker,
I have no hope of being someone else.
Bridge:
Look, look, get out of the way,
Who could love me anyway?
Look, look, get out of the way,
Who could love me anyway?
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4. |
Brother's Blood
05:53
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I was sleeping in the garden when I heard her call my name
In her eyes a stranger’s fire burned a wicked flame
So I took her hand, and we took a bite
And we sealed our brothers’ fate that night.
Blood, blood my brothers’ blood it covers my hands.
Me, I had an evil father, my blood was poison from the start.
And I was jealous of my brother. Pride and hatred filled my heart
So I took his hand and I took my knife, now his blood condemns my guilty life.
Blood, blood my brother’s blood, it covers my hands.
I was murdered by my brothers. They hated me.
See, their blood had made them killers their whole family.
So they took my hands and they took my blood, when they hung me on a cross of wood.
Blood, blood my brothers, it covers your hands.
But rather than cursing them for their murderous choice
the innocence of my blood speaks a louder, pardoning voice.
For I gave my life willingly. I gave my love by choice
When I took my hands and I took my blood, and I covered up,
I covered up
yes, I gave my body, I gave my blood, to cover up, to cover up
Blood! Blood! My brothers! blood!
It covers you, it covers you!
Blood! Blood! My sprinkled blood!
It cries for you, it cries for you!
Oh come, brothers come!
I will show you to my Father
So come, brothers come!
I will call you mine!
Oh come, brothers come!
We must go to our Father!
So come, brothers come!
I am not ashamed to call you mine!
’Cause brothers, you are mine.
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5. |
I Will Always
04:41
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I hear you say,
”How could you love a man like this?
Of broken glass and jagged edges that
tear the flesh of your hand?”
Chorus:
But I will always love you
And I will always hold you in my hand.
I see you there, in your prison stripes and your cell
Your rusted chains, that you know oh so well.
They keep you bound and weak.
Chorus:
But I will always love you
And I will always free you from your chains.
Bridge:
And I know, you feel trapped and all alone
Let go, let my love bring you home
So hold on tight as I pick you up from out of death,
and change you with all the love that I have left.
And truthfully, I’ll never run out.
Chorus:
'Cause I will always love you
Yes, I will always love you
Till the end
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6. |
New Pleasure
03:13
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It’s like the canyon deep
Like when your breath just leaves
It’s like a the ocean floor
With teeming colors beneath
It overwhelms the faculties
It’s like one armed in flight
Riding up so high
Whirling up they dive
To feel nothing like
Nothing like you’ve felt before
It’s like a babies’ squeal
A joy in mother’s arms
It’s like the dew of Spring
Promising new life
New hope for all that’s yet to come
Chorus:
This is your love in me
A new pleasure, a new treasure
Ah, ah, it's better ah ah, than all the world can bring
I've tasted and seen, its fullness is sweet
This is your life in me
Bridge:
Your love has robbed me from the deep
From life’s greatest thief
You steal me away with new pleasure
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7. |
Center of the World
04:17
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Well I’ve been to the center of the world
Its a pretty dark and dreary place to be
Aside from the mantle and the pressure I couldn’t handle
The only one I saw there was me
Chorus:
It was a lonely place to be
Just the rocks and me
I’d been digging for diamonds all of my life
I only found stone
At the center of the world, I was all alone
I dug deep within myself
Down to the very core
Looking for the treasure so I could have some measure
Of what my life was for
I thought that love was ”taking in”
Like opening your lungs for air
But as I struggled with breathing
I had this strange feeling
That love was meant to be shared
Oh, Love was meant to be shared
Bridge:
Cause its where you find your home
Its where you’re not alone
You will find yourself
When serving someone else
It was a lonely place to be
Just my thoughts and me
I’ve been doing for myself
All of my life
Only to find
At the center of your world,
You’re all alone
You’re all alone
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8. |
Cabin Song
03:58
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On a mountain side, in the home of the pines
Sits a cabin, all sturdy and strong.
She’s a dear old friend, her warmth draws us in, and fills our heart with a song.
Call: Her hearth burns bright,
Response: casting life around the room
Call: Orange and yellow light
Response: is thrown all about the room.
Call: So we gather friends.
Response: Together we sing the cabin’s song.
Chorus:
Come sit by the fire, and warm my heart with a song.
Let the wine of fellowship flow, and carry us away.
The table, it is set, a merry feast, yet!
Extravagant food and rich wine.
The bread is broken; grace is spoken.
Together we eat and are made whole.
Call: The taste of wine
Response: warms the heart; but/only in part.
Call: The drink of Friends
Response: warms the heart, the deepest part.
Call: Without end,
Response: together we sing the cabin’s song.
Bridge:
Oh come and taste and see, the life that never ends.
From outside lookin’ in, the light flickerin’
the echo of laughter draws a crowd.
The forest beckons near—squirrels, and birds, and deer,
scurry as close as space allows
Call: Even trees join in,
Response: as they hike up their roots.
Call: The mountain wind
Response: breezes around the room.
Call: The ground shakes when,
Together: together we sing with voices one.
All is one.
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9. |
Land of the King
03:51
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Come my brothers we will dine
We will drink of the sweetest wine
We will laugh and dance and sing
For this is life in the land of the King
Come my sisters with joy inside
Spend every treasure, the finest kind
Gaze on his face, be satisfied
For this is life in the land of the King
Chorus:
Where all is well
We’ll drink to our God
Rest in his grace, bathe in his love
Ascend in his hands to the beyond
His presence with us, is our bond
In the land of the King
Come oh church the blushing bride
Meet your groom on stallion white
Together with all (ancient) saints unified
Living life in the land of the King
Come oh nations rise and sing
Join Holy Hands in the kiss of peace
Salvation has reached each race and creed
His beautiful Body in the land of the King
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