Steven Curtis Chapman Album

[No lyrics]

Saddle up your horses
Started out this morning in the usual way
Chasing thoughts inside my head of all I had to do today
Another time around the circle try to make it better than the last

I opened up the Bible and I read about me
Said I'd been a prisoner and God's grace had set me free
And somewhere between the pages it hit me like a lightning bolt
I saw a big frontier in front of me and I heard somebody say "let's go"!

CHORUS
Saddle up your horses we've got a trail to blaze
Through the wild blue yonder of God's amazing grace
Let's follow our leader into the glorious unknown
This is a life like no other - this is The Great Adventure

Come on get ready for the ride of your life
Gonna leave long faced religion in a cloud of dust behind
And discover all the new horizons just waiting to be explored
This is what we were created for

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BRIDGE
We'll travel over, over mountains so high
We'll go through valleys below
Still through it all we'll find that
This is the greatest journey that the human heart will ever see
The love of God will take us far beyond our wildest dreams

Yeah... oh saddle up your horses... come on get ready to ride

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A gentle breeze was blowing
The air was heavenly sweet - life was so complete
In a picture perfect garden
While the sun went down you could hear the sound
Of a man and woman crying - saying what have we done
We made our choice and now we're dying
And we've got to leave this place and hide from God's face but this is
CHORUS
Where we belong where you and I were meant to be (from now on) all along
Made by the Father to live in His love
It's the purpose and plan for the heart of man
This is where we belong

The warm winds of change were blowing
After years and years of hopeless tears
One man became the doorway
That would lead back to the place where life was new
A place just like the garden where we walk and talk with God
The way creation started
Where each heart and soul can come and be whole (this is)

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BRIDGE
Like the stars belong in the sky like a fish belongs in the water
Just like children you and I belong in the hands of the Father (this is)

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I know you've heard me say
These words before
But every time I say "I love you"
The words mean something more
I spoke them as a promise
Right from the start
I said death would be the only thing
That could tear us apart

And now that you are standing
On the edge of the unknown
"I love you" means I'll be with you
Wherever you must go

I will take a heart as nature
As to be beat for me alone
And fill it up with you
Make all your joy and pain my own
No matter how deep a valley you go through
I will go there with you
And I will give myself to love
The way love gave itself for me
And climb with you to mountain tops
Or swim the raging sea
To the place where one heart is made from two
I will go there with you
I will go there with you

I see it in your tears
You wonder where you are
The wind is growing colder
And the sky is going dark
Though it's something neither of us understands
We can walk through this together
If we hold each other's hand

I said for better or for worse
I'd be with you
So no matter where you're going
I will go there too

I know sometimes I've let you down
But I won't let you go
We'll always be together

Jimmy and Mary were quite a pair back in their younger days
They met a married in six weeks time and
That was sixty years ago this May
Four kids made a house a home
And a love for Jesus kept them strong
Now every morning at eight A.M.
Jimmy takes a drive through town
He spends his days at Mary's side
In a home for the old and broken down
With a cane in his lap and a Bible in his hand
He reads her stories about the promised land
And with tears in their eyes they dream of a place
Where everything changes in the light of Jesus' face and

CHORUS
That's paradise... Hey, that's paradise...
When the life breaks through and the old's made new
And the joy will never die, that's paradise

In another corner of this world, met another man named Jim
Told me how twenty years of running from God
Had finally gotten the best of him
He said all hope was gone and he wanted to die
'Cause what could God do with such a messed up guy
So we talked about Jesus, God's love and His plan
And when Jim walked away he was a brand new man

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Now listen, Well I know the best remains to be seen
In a place that's far beyond our wildest dreams
But until we see heaven we've got Jesus' world
That He'll never leave us and each prayer will be heard

I can still hear the prayers you prayed for me all those years
And I see now more than ever what a difference they have made

And I can still hear your words
Spoken from a heart of great concern
Saying keep your eyes on Jesus and love him more than anything

I've watched the wind blow hard against you
And I have seen your faith get weakened by the pain
And I want you to know that I will be prayin for you
To hold on

Don't let the fire die
The flame has been dimmed by the tears that you cry
But I can still see the spark of His love in your eye
So don't let the fire, please don't let the fire die

This heavy weight you carry around
Of letting yourself and everybody down
Is pouring water on the passion that use to burn so bright

Well I know you've got your reasons for resentment
And I know it's more than I can understand
So just let me say that I am going to be praying for you
To let it all go

Don't let the fire die
The flame has been dimmed by the tears that you cry
But I can still see the spark of His love in your eye

And I'm not praying for the fire to burn the way it did before
Because I believe the one that started this flame in your heart
He wants to give you more

So Don't let the fire die
Don't let the fire die
Don't let the fire die
The flame has been dimmed by the tears that you cry
But I can still see the spark of His love in your eye

So don't let the fire, please don't let the fire die
Because I can still see the spark of His love in your eye

Well normally at this point,You'd hear me singin and
I'd be doin that cue stick guitar thingSo by now yer prob'ly wondrin
What's goin on cause this is really startin to sound like one of those rap songs
so let me tell ya what the boys up to, ya see I like rap music
and the beat box groove but sometimes i gotta admit
I close all the doors, I wave my arms around and I face the floor
But then I cracked up laghing, i gotta stop and just face the fact
The boys don't hip hop. Ya see I grew up in a state where the grass is blue
so if it's gonna be believeable its gotta be true

Its got to be tru
I gotta be livin what I say I believe
Its got to be tru
Even when nobody but Jesus is whachin me
Its got to be tru
Every single minute of every day
Is anybody ever gonna look at me and say
hey its got to be tru

So ya hear me sayin that Its gotta be tru
So now my home boy Toby is gonna talk to you, Tru
Check it out I gotta next door neighbor
And I can tell he's been whatchin my behavior, yo
he's heard that I'm a Christian guy
And he wants to know if thats true, or a lie
Hes got a list of reason here not to believe
Like doubt, disalusion, Hipocracy
I gotta make a little truth to break it thru these walls
So yo it's gotta be tru if you believe it at all

So Its got to be tru
I gotta be livin what I say I believe
Its got to be tru
Even when nobody but Jesus is whachin me
Its got to be tru
Every single minute of every day
Is anybody ever gonna look at me and say
hey its got to be tru

From the T to the R to the U to the E
Ya got to be true in what you say you believe
From the T to the R to the U to the E
Ya got to be true in what you say you believe

Ya gotta let the light of Jesus' love come shinin thru oh, yeah

Cause Its got to be tru
I gotta be livin what I say I believe
Its got to be tru
Even when nobody but Jesus is whachin me
Its got to be tru
Every single minute of every day
Is anybody ever gonna look at me and say
hey its got to be
got to be
got to be tru

I prayed a prayer for wisdom just like a farmer prays for rain
'Cause I know that I must have it to survive in this life
And I stared out in the distance 'cause it seemed so far away
And I waited for the lightning But the lightning and the thunder never came
So I took a look beside me to my left and to my right And saw people full of wisdom all around in my life
And it started to come clearer I began to understand
That my prayer was being answered, it's all part of God's plan

CHORUS
If we walk with the wise we will grow wise ..wo ..wo
If we walk in the light then our path will be bright I know
There's someone who's already been where we must go In the light of what they've learned we find
That we will grow wise if we walk with the wise

I've learned to look for answers in those born before my time
As I listen to them tell me what they've learned in their lives
I talk to friends with understanding much deeper than my own
And gain wisdom beyond measure I could never find alone

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BRIDGE
One life can be a candle with wisdom as its fire
And every life touches with its flame is set ablaze

Maria
She's too young to understand
But old enough to feel the pain
Of living where no love can grow
With no hope for change
Maria
Her world is an angry place
But she makes sure the scars don't show
And with every hurt
Her tender heart is growing cold, but...

Who, who's gonna love Maria?
Who, who's gonna touch her
With the tenderness she longs for
Like a desert longs for rain
She's got a hunger deep inside
And with every tear she cries
She wonders if there's someone
Out there somewhere
Who's gonna love Maria?

She looks in the mirror now
And the little girl is gone
But still the search for someone's love
Goes on and on for Maria
But does anybody care
Or even notice her at all?
Is anyone listening close enough
To hear her call?

Maria, if you can hear me
Please know that you're not forgotten
Somebody's trying to get to you

There a hole the size of a cruel word In a wounded heart somewhere that's learning to hide the pain
There's a thorn stuck in the conscience of Someone who spoke a word in anger
And they can't wash away the stain, sorry's such a hard word to say

CHORUS

But while it's still called today, won't somebody make it right
Before the day slips into night and the moments waste away
While it is still called today, we've got to say the words
That are longing to be heard 'cause tomorrow may be too late
Go on and say what you need to say while it is still called today

There's a girl who's waiting day after day To hear her daddy say "I love you,"
now the days have turned to years There's a wall that silence has turned to stone
Between a man and woman, she's holding back the tears
And he's holding on to his fears

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BRIDGE
'Cause there's a time when the sun goes down And the flowers are laid on the grave
Will the tears that fall to the ground Be the tears of regret for the words someone didn't say

This is my heart's cry
I want to know the one who saved me and gave me life
This is my heart's cry to be so close to Him that all my life becomes
A testimony of my Savior's grace and love
This is my heart's cry

This is my heart's cry
Much more than just a great desire - it's like a fire in me
I hear my heart cry each time I think about the cross where Jesus died
The cross should have been mine but His love broke through time
And heard my heart's cry - he heard my heart's cry

Now every other hope and dream is lost inside of this one thing
To know the one who died for me and live my life for Jesus Christ
Is my heart's cry

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So let my life become a testimony of my Savior's grace and love
Oh - this is my heart's cry - to stand before the Father one day
And hear Him say well done - this is my heart's cry