Newsboys Album

As we lift up our hands
Will you meet us here
As we call on your name
Will you meet us here
We have come to this place
to worship You
God of Mercy and Grace

It is you, we adore
It is you, praises are for
Only you
The Heavens declare
it is you
it is you

Holy, Holy is our God Almighty
Holy, Holy is His name alone
Holy, Holy is our God Almighty
Holy, Holy is His name alone

It is you
We adore
It is you
only you

As we lift up our hands
will you meet us here
As we call on your name
will you meet us here
we have come to this place
to worship you
God of mercy and grace

It is you, we adore
It is you, praises are for
Only you
The Heavens declare
it is you
it is you

Holy, Holy is our God Almighty
Holy, Holy is His name alone
Holy, Holy is our God Almighty
Holy, Holy is His name alone

As we lift up our hands
As we call on your name
Will you visit this place
by your Mercy and Grace
(repeat)

it is you
we adore
it is you
it is you

Holy, Holy is our God Almighty
Holy, Holy is His name alone
Holy, Holy is our God Almighty
Holy, Holy is His name alone

it is you
we adore
it is you
only you

You give me joy that's unspeakable
And I like it, And I like it
Your love for me is irresistible
I can't fight it, I can't fight it

If life is water, I was dry as Tuscon dirt
If it's a gamble, I'd already lost my shirt
If it's a journey, I was dazed without a clue
I flipped a "U" back to the first love I ever knew

CHORUS
You give me joy that's unspeakable
And I like it, And I like it
Your love for me is irresistible
I can't fight it, I can't fight it
You carried the cross and took my shame
I believe it, I believe it
You shine Your light of amazing grace
I recieve it, I receive it

If life's a battle, the invasion is complete
If it's a rhythm, I have found the perfect beat
If it's a renaissance, I've got a new birthday
The world don't give it
And the world can't take it away

CHORUS

I'm bowed and broken, everything's new
All that I need, You're like water to seed
And how Your love, rights everything wrong
And in my weakness
You're ever stronger, You're pulling me back
Where I belong

CHORUS

You are the author of knowledge
You can redeem what's been done
You hold the present and all that's to come
Until your everlasting kingdom

chorus:
Lord I don't know where all this is going
or how it all works out
lead me to peace that is past understanding
A peace beyond all doubt

You are the God of tomorrow
Turning the darkness to dawn
Lifting the hopeless with hope to go on
You are the rock of all salvation

chorus

Ohh Lord, you are the author
Redeeming what's been done
You hold us in the present
And all that is to come
(2x)

Lord we don't know where all this is going
Or how it all works out
Lead us to peace that is past understanding
A peace beyond all doubt
(3x til fade)

Chorus
They all fall
Like a million raindrops
Falling from a blue sky
Kissin' your cares goodbye
They all fall
Like a million pieces
A tickertape parade high
And now you're free to fly

Carryin' a millstone malaise
It's been pulling down your gaze
You pound the pavement
It don't give or care
This weight ain't yours to bear

Why you holdin' grudges in old jars?
Why you wanna show off all your scars?
What's it gonna take to lay a few burdens down?
It's a beautiful sound
(Chorus)
When that muffled sigh
Says you're barely getting by
Cut your burdens loose and just simplify
Simplify

This is not your floor
You're going higher than before
Drop the weight now
Wait for the lookout guide
Look outside
(chorus)
You've gotta lay that burden down
You've gotta lay that burden down
It's time to leave your burdens in a pyre
Set a bonfire

'Cause when you lay your burdens down
When you lay your burdens down
When you drop them burdens
What a free-fall
What a thrill
Bury them all
In a landfill
(chorus)

Turn the page.
Can't turn the light out.
Every word, every line
Carries to my soul.
Dark letters on a page
Singing so loud.
Where did I go wrong
Not to hear You?

Eighteen years,
I guess it was all right.
I let You do the thinking,
I'd just bide my time.
Father to son
Sunday hand-me-down.
Where did I go wrong
Not to hear Your song?

It's a beautiful sound
Moving through the crowd.
Voices lifted up
On high for You.

It's a beautiful song.
We've only just begun to understand.
Rediscovering You.

To have found You, and still be looking for You,
It's "the soul's paradox of love."
You fill my cup, I lift it up for more.
I won't stop now that I'm free.
I'll be chasing You
Like You chase me.

It's a beautiful sound
Moving through the crowd.
Voices lifted up
On high for You.

It's a beautiful song.
We've only just begun to understand.
Rediscovering You.

Oh, something so beautiful.

It's a beautiful sound
Moving through the crowd.
Voices lifted up
On high for You.

It's a beautiful song.
We've only just begun to understand.
Rediscovering You.

It's a beautiful sound
Moving through the crowd.
Voices lifted up
On high for You.

It's a beautiful song.
We've only just begun to understand.
Rediscovering You.

It's a beautiful sound
Moving through the crowd.
Voices lifted up
On high for You.

It's a beautiful song.
We've only just begun to understand.
Rediscovering You.

Something tells me it's all right.
You know it's gonna be all right.

Down here in the valley
Every shadow you see
Has its own story
Down here in the valley every puddle of mud,
Comes from tears and blood
And its so hard just to get warm,
That the chill turns into despair

Will You lift me up with tender care
Will You wash me clean in the palm of Your hands
Will You hold me close so I can thrive?
When You touch me thats when I know, I know I'm alive

Down here in the valley 'nuthins able to grow
'cause the lights too low
Folks spend their days 'diggin 'round for diamonds and gold
'till they just get old, and they don't know anything else.
They don't know their breathing bad air,
But I'm tired of livin' like this
and my soul cries out "If You're there"

Will You lift me up with tender care
Will You wash me clean in the palm of Your hands
Lord, hold me close so I can thrive
When You touch me that's when I know I'm alive

Call me up to Your side
Draw me up to Your light
Let it blind me
Lord refine me
Refine me out of my mind

Will You lift me up with tender care
Will You wash me clean in the palm of Your hands
Lord hold me close so I can thrive
When You touch me that's when I know I'm alive

Lord, You lift me up with tender care
Will You wash me clean in the palm of Your hands?
Lord, hold me close so I can thrive
When You touch me that's when I know, I know I'm alive

if i tell you something you need to know
i gotta back it up
i gotta let it show
we could be so loud
if we could write a song that makes us all proud
but without love
it's just a sound

everybody show what we know
and let the good stuff flow
everybody show what we know
and let the good stuff flow

i could speak with tongues of Angels
apologetics in a slick rhetoric
either way without love my words are dead
we have love
we have forgiveness
we have grace without a limit
so if it has been revealed to us
should it not then be contagious?

we got the rhythm
we got the rhyme
print up a t-shirt
throw them a line

but without love we are nothing

Got my genome mapping
Got my genome mapping
Caught my smart dog napping
Got my genome mapping

I'm a marinade
Of what's hot this summer
I'm an early comer
Bought a Gulf War Hummer

Every fad I feel it's force
Every trend I do endorse
Got my genome mapping
Caught my smart dog napping

I'm charging up the new, new thing
I'm answering a customized ring
I'm starting from the place you stop
I'm packing for an ego trip, hop

Stop the scam
You day traders in a traffic jam
Can the craze
All you players outta plays
Fight the man
All you suckers for a better brand
They got us living on the fad of the land

Get your pager on
Cuz you know my number
I'm a wireless wonder
Got thumbs of thunder

Soul daddies in a fire wire tumble dryer
Soul mamas broke the breaker
Soul children packin' Prozac pacifiers
Get your plug-in
We all need to plug in to our maker

One to another
do you remember me
I feel so small
are you listening tonight

So temporary
things that i have seen
I ran so far
will you take me back again

Entertaining angels
by the light of my t.v. screen
24-7 you wait for me

Entertaining angels
by the time i fall to my knees
host of heaven, sing over me

One to another
the feelings in between
I won't let go
of all you taught me - alright

Close as a brother
the way we used to be
I'll hold my breath
and wait for you to breathe

Entertaining angels
by the light of my t.v. screen
24-7 you wait for me

Entertaining angels
while the night becomes history
host of heaven, sing over me

[Insturmental Break]

Entertaining angels
by the light of my t.v. screen
24-7 you wait for me

Entertaining angels
by the time i fall to my knees
host of heaven, sing over me

Entertaining angels
by the light of my t.v. screen
24-7 you wait for me

Entertaining angels
while the night becomes history
host of heaven, sing over me

Entertaining angels
by the light of my t.v. screen
24-7 you wait for me

Entertaining angels
by the time i fall to my knees
host of heaven, sing over me

dull as dirt
you canґt assert the kind of light
that might persuade
a strict dictator to retire
fire the army
teach the poor origami
the truth is in
the proof is when
you hear your heart start asking,
"Whatґs my motivation?"


and try as you may, there isnґt a way
to explain the kind of change
that would make an Eskimo renounce fur
that would make a vegetarian barbecue hamster
unless you can trace this about-face
to a certain sign...

Chorus
shine
make ґem wonder what youґve got
make ґem wish that they were not
on the outside looking bored
shine
let it shine before all men
letґem see good works, and then
let ґem glorify the Lord

out of the shaker and onto the plate
it isnґt Karma
it sure ainґt fate
that would make a Deadhead sell his van
that would make a schizophrenic turn in his crayons
Oprah freaks
and science seeks a rationale
that shall excuse
this strange behavior

when you let it shine
you will inspire
the kind of entire turnaround
that would make a bouncer take ballet
(even bouncers who arenґt happy)
but out of the glare
with nowhere to turn
you ainґt gonna learn it on "Whatґs My Line?"

And if I told you there's somebody who loves you
would you say, hey, show me that face
and if I told you that true freedom was actual
would you say, hey, take me to that place

and if I said there is a family
a body that moves as one
oh do you feel the LOVE that invites us,
the LIBERTY that excites us
the DISCO has just begun
it's just begun

- Chorus -
give me love, give me liberty, disco
the place everybody in the family's found
on that day, we will all be happy people
when love, liberty, disco's in town

and as we step into in the light of the lover
we're all the same, there's no rich or poor
and, you know it's never been good for a man to be alone
so come on in your name's on the door
what are we waiting for?

- Chorus -

all our fears are turning 'round
fall down and meet your maker
where our true selves we'll be found
callin' out to every lonely soul

- Chorus (5x) -

Old as the hills, new everyday
It's in the bones like it's DNA
First taste is sweet 'til it rots in your mouth
Another old friends who rats you out
All of the time in this life
Can't loose the ties that bind
They shackle our feet, we trip, we fall
We crawl
I was born in the mess of it all

CHORUS:
Then you rescued me, rescued me
Lord, with a touch of your hand
Another captive free again
Who else in heaven could do this but you?
You rescued me, rescued me
Lord, with a love out of mind
Oh, you know I love it when
Everyday I am rescued again

Over the years your nature's way
Is turning wrongs into roles you play
Caught in a spell that's overcast
You gain perspective, it doesn't last
All of the time in this life
Can't loose the ties that blind you
They're new everyday, old as the fall
The fall
And I was born in the mess of it all

-CHORUS-

Every day, every way, every
Every cheap imitation
All of my imagination
Even my self-preservation
Is yours in time

-CHORUS-

Then you rescued me, rescued me
Lord, with a touch of your hand
Another captive free again
Everyday I am rescued again
Again

Oh Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh Oh

Oh Yeah
Oh Yeah
Oh Yeah
Oh Yeah
Oh Yeah
Oh Yeah . . .

Woohoo!

Shine
make em wonder whatcha got
make em wish that they were not
on the outside looking bored
Shine
let it shine before all men
let em see good works and then
let em glorify the lord

woohoo hoo hoo hoo hoo 'oo
woohoo hoo hoo hoo hoo 'oo
woohoo hoo hoo hoo hoo 'oo
woohoo hoo hoo hoo hoo 'oo

All the people saying
saying, saying, saying

Shine
woohoo hoo hoo hoo hoo 'oo
woohoo hoo hoo hoo hoo 'oo
Shine
woohoo hoo hoo hoo hoo 'oo
woohoo hoo hoo hoo hoo 'oo

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 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
Take me to your Leader, son
Take me to your Leader, son
Take me to your Leader, son

*whistling*

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 till' 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:

When the toast is burned,
And all the milk has turned
And cap'n crunch is wavin' farewell.
When the big one finds you
May this song remind you
That they don't serve breakfast, in hell
When the toast is burned,
And all the milk has turned
And cap'n crunch is wavin' farewell.
When the big one finds you
May this song remind you
That they don't serve breakfast, in hell

Woohoo!

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
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...
no other way
no other way

Entertaining angels
by the light of my t.v. screen
24-7 you wait for me
Entertaining angels
by the time i fall to my knees
host of heaven, sing over me
Entertaining angels
by the light of my t.v. screen
24-7 you wait for me
Entertaining angels
by the time i fall to my knees
host of heaven, sing over me

Stad by me, stad by me,
Stad by me, Stad by me,
Stad by me, Stad by me,

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
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'm not ashamed to let you know
I want this light in me to show.
I'm not ashamed to speak the name of Jesus Christ.
Steppin' right up to the microphone
Steppin' right up to the microphone
I'm not ashamed to let you know
I want this light in me to show.
I'm not ashamed to speak the name of Jesus Christ.

Steppin' right up to the microphone,
Steppin' right up to the microphone,
Steppin' right up to the microphone,
Steppin' right up to the microphone,
Steppin' right up to the microphone,
Steppin' right up to the microphone,
Steppin' right up to the microphone,
Steppin' right up to the microphone,

I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed,
I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed,
I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed,

Shine
make em wonder whatcha got
make em wish that they were not
on the outside looking bored

Shine
let it shine before all men
let em see good works and then
let em glorify the lord

Shine
make em wonder whatcha got
make em wish that they were not
on the outside looking bored

Shine
let it shine before all men
let em see good works and then
let em glorify the lord

Shine
make em wonder whatcha got
make em wish that they were not
on the outside looking bored

Shine
let it shine before all men
let em see good works and then
let em glorify the lord

Shine