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Songs of Zion     

 © 2009 By James Q. Muir

  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Song list                                           Page

It Saddens Me                                                                                     1

Break Open                                                                                          2

Once Again Jerusalem                                                                        3

Wait For The Lord                                                                               4

Look Away                                                                                           5

True Power                                                                                           6

The Honor Taker                                                                                 7

Hosanna For Joy                                                                                  8

The Righteous Road                                                                            9

Some People                                                                                       10

You Must Repent                                                                              11

Hear Me O Lord                                                                                12

Power To Breathe                                                                              13

Starts With A Key                                                                             14

Manifest Destiny                                                                               15

Vain Attention                                                                                    16

Zion Waiting For You                                                                         17

The Final Shout                                                                                  18

Leave Them In The Street                                                                19

Turn Around                                                                                       20

O Sunlight                                                                                           21

Burning As Though Fire                                                                    22

The City Of The Sanctified                                                               23

Thy God Rejoice Over Thee                                                             24

Movin’ On                                                                                          25

All And In All                                                                                     26

For You And Me                                                                                27

Brothers Of Light                                                                              28

On The Plains                                                                                     29

True And Free                                                                                    30

Alleluia                                                                                               31

How Far Along                                                                                   32

They Want To Know God                                                                  33

Where’s My Zion                                                                               34

When All Things Move                                                                     35

It’s Gonna Happen Again                                                                  36

Clock On The Wheel                                                                         37

Take Home Your Love                                                                      38

 

 

 

IT SADDENS ME

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 


 

FLASH AND THE NOISE

BREAK THROUGH THE NIGHT

IT’S A BRAND NEW FIRE

FOR THE SAME OLD FIGHT

 

HOW IT SADDENS ME

IT SADDENS ME

IT SADDENS ME

IT SADDENS ME

 

A MAN AND HIS WOMAN

WOULD NOT BE WARNED

GONE WITH THEIR CHILDREN

LOST TO THE STORM

 

IT SADDENS ME

IT SADDENS ME

HOW IT SADDENS ME

IT SADDENS ME

 

WHAT HAVE WE TO SHOW

THE SAME OLD ROCK AND ROLL

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED

A NEW WAY TO BURN

 

THE LOSS OF FAITH

AND THE LOSS OF LIFE

THE LOSS OF LOVE AND

THE LOSS OF THE FIGHT

 

HOW IT SADDENS ME

IT SADDENS ME

IT SADDENS ME

IT SADDENS ME

 

THE END OF ROSES

THE END OF THE PINES

THE END OF THE FORESTS

AND THE END OF TIME

 

HOW IT SADDENS ME

IT SADDENS ME

IT SADDENS ME

IT SADDENS ME

 

WHAT HAVE WE TO SHOW

THE SAME OLD ROCK AND ROLL

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED

A NEW WAY TO BURN

 

 

 

 


 

BREAK OPEN

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

ONLY THE BROKEN PEOPLE KNOW

ONLY THE BROKEN PEOPLE KNOW

ONLY THE BROKEN PEOPLE KNOW

MUCH ANYMORE

 

ONLY THE OPEN PEOPLE SHOW

ONLY THE OPEN PEOPLE SHOW

ONLY THE OPEN PEOPLE SHOW

WHAT THEY KNOW

 

BREAK OPEN TO THE LIGHT

BREAK OPEN TO THE LIGHT

BREAK OPEN TO THE LIGHT

LET IT SHINE

 

BREAK OPEN TO YOUR SOUL

BREAK OPEN TO YOUR SOUL

BREAK OPEN TO YOUR SOUL

LET IT GROW

 

ONLY THE BROKEN PEOPLE KNOW

ONLY THE BROKEN PEOPLE KNOW

ONLY THE BROKEN PEOPLE KNOW

MUCH ANYMORE

 

ONLY THE OPEN PEOPLE SHOW

ONLY THE OPEN PEOPLE SHOW

ONLY THE OPEN PEOPLE SHOW

WHAT THEY KNOW

 

BREAK OPEN IN YOUR MIND

BREAK OPEN IN YOUR MIND

BREAK OPEN IN YOUR MIND

LET IT PRIME

 

BREAK OPEN IN YOUR HEART

BREAK OPEN IN YOUR HEART

BREAK OPEN IN YOUR HEART

LET IT CRY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ONCE AGAIN JERUSALEM

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

BEGIN TO FIND AN END

JERUSALEM

SO NO MORE WAR ‘TILL THEN

THEN ONCE AGAIN

EVERY NATION

TO COME

TO JERUSALEM

 

YOUR TIME WILL COME

ONCE AGAIN JERUSALEM

YOU TIME WILL COME

ONCE AGAIN JERUSALEM

 

YOU SEE THE SUN RISE

JERUSALEM

SO THE SON OF MAN ARIVES

ONCE AGAIN WITH VENGEANCE

TO COME

TO JERUSALEM

 

YOUR TIME WILL COME

ONCE AGAIN JERUSALEM

YOU TIME WILL COME

ONCE AGAIN JERUSALEM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WAIT FOR THE LORD

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

 


 

HEY, HEY, WAIT, WAIT FOR THE LORD

HEY, HEY, WAIT, WAIT FOR THE LORD

HEY, HEY, WAIT

 

ON YOUR WAY CONSIDER HIS NAME

AND THE TIME HE HAS REMAINED

AND BE SOLEMN

HUMBLE YOURSELF

AND LEARN HOW TO PRAY

AND BE OPEN TO RECEIVE

EVERY PRECEPT

TO LIVE BY HIS WORD

 

KEEP ON MOVING TO THE LIGHT

JUDGE YOURSELF

MAKE YOURSELF DO RIGHT

AND WAIT, WAIT FOR THE LORD

HE WILL NEVER LET YOU BE IGNORED

NO NOT THE LORD

WAIT FOR THE LORD

 

CLEAN UP YOUR MIND

IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME

YOU’LL BE OLDER IF NOT WISER

FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE

DON’T HESITATE TO WAIT

 

THERE’S MORE KNOWLEDGE

THAN YOU’VE EVER KNOWN BEFORE

FOR ALL AGES

WHOEVER’S IN THE DOOR

THE ONLY FEE YOU HAVE TO PAY

ATTENTION TO THE WAY FOREVERMORE

 

ARE WE NOT FALLEN HERE

AND LOST WITHOUT A HOME

THE LORD IS CALLING FOR

REDEMPTION OF THE SOUL

WHY DO YOU WONDER TO

BE SURE THAT THERE’S NO OTHER WAY

THERE’S NO OTHER WAY

 

HEY, HEY, WAIT, WAIT FOR THE LORD

EHY, HEY, WAIT, WAIT FOR THE LORD

HEY, HEY, WAIT

 

TURN AWAY, AWAY FROM THE WORLD

FOLLOW THE FEELING

YOU KNOW TO BE GOOD

AND TOMORROW DON’T RETURN

TO A SYSTEM READY TO BURN

AND REMEMBER

WHILE YOU PRAY

LEARN HOW TO LIVE

IN A NEW WORLD HIS WAY

 

KEEP ON MOVING TO THE LIGHT

JUDGE YOURSELF

MAKE YOURSELF DO RIGHT

WAIT, WAIT FOR THE LORD

HE WILL NEVER

LET YOU BE IGNORED

NO NOT THE LORD

NO NOT THE LORD

NO NOT THE LORD


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

LOOK AWAY

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

LOOK AWAY CAN YOU SEE AFAR

LOOK AWAY DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

LOOK AWAY YEAH TO THE PROMISED LAND

LOOK AWAY UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND

ABOUT ZION

 

LIVING IN THE BEAUTIFUL CITIES

YOU ARE TAKEN OUT OF THE GAME

LIVING WITH NO FEAR OF CALAMITY

LYING WONDERS HAVE YOU ALL DAY

 

LIFE AMONGST THE MOUNTAINS

GIVES YOU LOTS OF EXERCISE

YOU SHOULD NEVER

DRINK FROM THE FOUNTAIN

BEFORE YOU OPEN UP YOUR EYES

 

OPEN UP TO LIGHT AND TO KNOWLEDGE

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY

YOU COULD NEVER FIND IT IN COLLEGE

BEFORE YOU START LOOKING AWAY

 

LOOK AWAY CAN YOU SEE AFAR

LOOK AWAY DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

LOOK AWAY YEAH TO THE PROMISED LAND

LOOK AWAY UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND

ABOUT ZION

 

HERE AMONGST THE HEAVY ILLUSIONS

YOU HAVE GOT TO WORK ALONE

THERE’S NO STRONGER DELUSION

THAN KNOWING WHAT YOU

REFUSE TO KNOW

 

DANIEL SAW THE MAN THAT WAS TAKEN

FROM THE MOUNTAIN LIKE A LITTLE STONE

THESE ARE THE DAYS OF HIS PROPHECY

AGAINST THE RULE OF BABYLON

 

EVERYDAY BEGINS A NEW SLAUGHTER

THERE IS ONE THING YOU CAN DO

HOW TO BE A SON OR A DAUGHTER

THIS IS REALLY NOTHING NEW

 

LOOK AWAY CAN YOU SEE AFAR

LOOK AWAY DO YOUK NOW WHO YOU ARE

LOOK AWAY YEAH TO THE PROMISED LAND

LOK AWAY UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND

ABOUT ZION

 

 

 

TRUE POWER

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 


 

HOW CAN YOU KNOW TRUTH

WHEN ITS NEW TO YOU

AND IS THERE ANY RULE

YOU CAN LEARN TO USE

 

HERE IS A RULE

ALL TRUTH

PERSUADES MEN

TO DO GOOD

 

AND WHAT IS GOOD

IS THE WILL OF THE FATHER

TO BELIEVE ON

HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN

WHEN ITS TRUE AND

ACTING NO HYPOCRISY

THEN ITS TRUE

 

KNOWLEDGE IS THE PROOF

THAT THE SPIRIT IS GOOD

AND YOU KEEP YOURELF ALOOF

FROM ALL THAT IS NOT GOOD

 

WHEN YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE

YOU CANNOT REMAIN

LIKE EVERYONE YOU KNOW

AROUND YOU

 

WHAT IS GOOD

IS THE WILL OF THE FATHER

TO BELIEVE ON

HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN

WHEN ITS TRUE AND

ACTING NO HYPOCRISY

THEN ITS TRUE

 

WHEN YOU BELIEVE TRUTH

POWER IS GIVEN TO YOU

NOT ONLY TO SAY BUT TO DO

AND GUIDE YOU TO ALL TRUTH

 

THE SPIRIT IS STRONG

WHEN YOUR SONG

SETS YOUR HEART UPON

THE LOVE OF GOD

 

WHAT IS GOOD

IS THE WILL OF THE FATHER

TO BELIEVE ON

HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN

WHEN ITS TRUE AND

ACTING NO HYPOCRISY

THEN IT’S TRUE


 

THE HONOR TAKER

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 


 

WHEN I LOOK BACK

ON DAYS OF GLORY

FOR A TIME TO FIND

HAPPINESS

 

I DON’T STOP

AND READ THE STORY

UNTIL I FIND

RIGHTEOUSNESS

 

NOTHING LESS

THAN THE LORD’S OWN

RIGHTEOUSNESS

(4Xs)

 

I DON’T NEED

ANY STUPID HERO

WHO GAINS THE WORLD

IN A LOST SOUL

 

LET MY RICHES FALL DOWN TO ZERO

I DO NOT FIGHT FOR GOLD

 

NOTHING LESS

THAN THE LORD’S OWN

RIGHTEOUSNESS

NOTHING LESS

THAN THE LORD’S OWN

RIGHTEOUSNESS

NOTHING LESS

THAN THE LORD’S OWN

RIGHTEOUSNESS

NOTHING LESS

THAN THE LORD’S OWN

RIGHTEOUSNESS

 

 

I GO OUT FOR THE INNER BATTLE

AND I WANT TO KNOW

HOW TO WIN

 

YOU CAN ONLY TAKE

SUCH HONOR WITH YOU

AND I’M GOING TO TAKE

ALL I CAN

 

NOTHING LESS

THAN THE LORD’S OWN

RIGHTEOUSNESS

(4Xs)

 

 

 

HOSANNA FOR JOY

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 


 

THE LORD IS A GREAT LIGHT

AND THE LIFE OF ETERNITY

AUTHOR OF JUSTICE

THROUGHOUT THIS VAST

IMMENSITY

 

HE CAN LOOK INTO DARKNESS

AND CONTEND UNTIL IT BREAKS

OPEN HEARTS OF HARDNESS

BY THE SACRICE HE MAKES

 

HOSANNA, HOSANNA

HOSANNA FOR JOY

 

HOSANNA, HOSANNA

HOSANNA FOR JOY

 

THE LORD IS A WONDER

AND A GREATER MYSTERY

BEYOND THE FLASH

AND THE THUNDER

HE UNDERSTAND OUR

MISERY

 

SUFFERS ALL OF THE SORROWS

OF EVERY SOUL THAT WILL BELIEVE

AND GIVES US HOPE FOR TOMORROW

BY THE POWER WE RECEIVE

 

HOSANNA, HOSANNA

HOSANNA FOR JOY

 

HOSANNA, HOSANNA

HOSANNA FOR JOY

 

THE LORD IS RETURNING

WITH THE YEARNING TO RECEIVE

ALL THE CHILDREN OF ZION

AT HIS RIGHT HAND WHO BELIEVE

 

THE WHOLE CONGREGATION

OF THE SAINTS OUT OF THE GRAVES

OUT FROM ALL OF CREATION

EVERY SOUL THAT HE CAN SAVE

 

HOSANNA, HOSANNA

HOSANNA FOR JOY

 

HOSANNA, HOSANNA

HOSANNA FOR JOY


 

 

 

 

THE RIGHTEOUS ROAD

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

WITH ALL THE HEART YOU CAN BELIEVE

THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD

THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE IN PEACE

EASY TO AFFORD

 

COME ON BELIEVE

YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE

‘TILL YOU RECEIVE

THE POWER NOT TO LOSE

 

WITH HONESTY IT CAN BE FOUND

AND PERFECTLY ENGAGED

TO IMITATE WITH SIGHT AND SOUND

IS THE FOLLY OF THE AGE

 

COME ON BELIEVE

YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE

‘TILL YOU RECEIVE

THE POWER NOT TO LOSE

 

WHEN YOU PREFER THE RIGHTEOUS ROAD

AND WONT GO YOUR OWN WAY

THEN YOU’VE AGREED THIS WORLD TO LOSE

TO SATISFY YOUR FAITH

 

COME ON BELIEVE

YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE

‘TILL YOU RECEIVE

THE POWER NOT TO LOSE

 

GREAT THINGS CONCIEVE TO MAKE THE SEED

TO OVERCOME THE WORLD

AND FELLOWSHIP WITH A CHOSEN FEW

FROM A BILLION OTHER WORLDS

 

COME ON BELIEVE

YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE

‘TILL YOU RECEIVE

THE POWER NOT TO LOSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOME PEOPLE

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

SOME PEOPLE WASTE ALL THEIR LIVES

AND NEVER LEARN HOW TO SIGH

THEY TRUST IN THEIR GOLD

AND THE HONORS THEY HOLD

 

THEY DON’T KNOW THE LAW

THEY JUST TALK AN AWFUL LOT

THEY DON’T BELIEVE

THEY DON’T DO

WHAT THEY MAKE YOU THINK THEY DO

 

SAME PEOPLE NEVER KNOW WHY

THEY CANNOT KEEP THEMSELVES ALIVE

THEY BLIEVE THEY HONESTLY DO

THAT THEY DO WHAT THEY DO NOT DO

 

THEY DON’T KNOW THE LAW

THEY JUST TALK AN AWFUL LOT

THEY DON’T BELIEVE

THEY DON’T DO

WHAT THEY MAKE YOU THINK THEY DO

 

LED AWAY BY THEIR DIVERSE LUSTS

THEY KNOW IN WHOM THEY CAN TRUST

SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE BOBBY DYLAN

TELLING THE WORLD JUST HOW THEIR LIVIN’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YOU MUST REPENT

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 


 

YOU MUST REPENT

OR YOU MUST BE DESTROYED

THERE’S NO COMPROMISING

WITH THE VENGEANCE

OF THE LORD

 

YOU MUST REPENT

OR YOU MUST BE DESTROYED

THERE’S NOBODY FOOLING YOU

AND YOU’RE, YOU’RE JUST WAISTIN’ TIME

 

WHAT’S YOUR CONTRIBUTION

TO HIS SOCIETY

WHEN ALL YOUR ARTS AND SCIENCE

ARE SCRAMBLED SORCERIES

 

WHY CHOOSE YE SUDUCTION

TO RUN YOU WICKED LIFE

ALL WILL SHREAD TO PIECES

FOR TIME, TIME HOLDS UP THE KNIFE

 

HE’S GOING TO SHAVE WITH A RAZOR

YOU GIVE HIM NOTHING TO SAVOR

SHAVE WITH A RAZOR BLADE

ALL THAT YOUR HANDS HAVE MADE

 

YOU MUST REPENT

OR YOU MUST BE DESTROYED

THERE’S NO COMPROMISING

WITH THE VENGEANCE

OF THE LORD

 

YOU MUST REPENT

OR YOU MUST BE DESTROYED

THERE’S NOBODY FOOLING YOU

AND YOU’RE, YOU’RE JUST WAISTIN’ TIME

 

YOU THINK YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN

AND YOU SAY SO WITH YOUR MOUTH

YOU EXPECT TO TAKE YOUR PLEASURES

AND SIT DOWN IN HIS HOUSE

 

WELL IT’S TIME YOU WERE AWAKEN

TO THE SAD UNCERTAINTY

THAT YOURE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT

IF YOU, YOU SHOULD FAIL TO SEE

 

HE’S GOING TO SHAVE WITH A RAZOR

YOU GIVE HIM NOTHING TO SAVOR

SHAVE WITH A RAZOR BLADE

ALL THAT YOUR HANDS HAVE MADE

 

YOU MUST REPENT

OR YOU MUST BE DESTROYED

THERE’S NO COMPROMISING

WITH THE VENGEANCE

OF THE LORD

 

YOU MUST REPENT

OR YOU MUST BE DESTROYED

THERE’S NOBODY FOOLING YOU

AND YOU’RE, YOU’RE JUST WAISTIN’ TIME

 

HE’S GOING TO SHAVE WITH A RAZOR

YOU GIVE HIM NOTHING TO SAVOR

SHAVE WITH A RAZOR BLADE

ALL THAT YOUR HANDS HAVE MADE


 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEAR ME O LORD

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

HEAR ME O LORD

BE NOT FAR AWAY ANYMORE

HEAR ME O LORD

THERE ARE NOT MANY

SURE ANYMORE

 

THEY ARE ELECTRO-MECHANICAL

AND NONE OF THEM HEAR THEE

THEY ARE TECHNOS OF CHEMICALS

WHO UNDERSTAN CLEARLY

LET THERE BE MORE THAN TEN

WHO LOOK FOR THEE EARLY

 

TELL ME HOW SHOULD I FEEL

TELL ME HOW SHOULD I FEEL

 

HEAR ME O LORD

CUT OUT FROM THE ROCK LET IT ROLL

HEAR ME O LORD

BREAK DOWN FROM THE

HEAD TO THE SOUL

 

UNTIL THEY’RE ALL MADE TO FEAR THEE

KEEP MY SOUL FROM THEIR DANGER

IF ANY MIGHT HEAR THEE

TURN AWAY THOU ANY ANGER

AND FROM ALL UNCERTAINTY

HERE I STAND LIKE A STRANGER

 

TELL ME HOW SHOULD I FEEL

TELL ME HOW SHOULD I FEEL

 

HEAR ME O LORD

UNFOLD ALL OF THY

STRONGER WORDS

HEAR ME O LORD

STAND THOU NEARBY

WITH THY SWORD

 

SET STANDARD IN THE LAND

FOR A NEW REGULATION

I DECLARE BY THY HAND

THOU HAST BROUGHT FORTH

IN PATIENCE

ALL THE YOUNG LIONS GO OUT

TO THE BATTLE FOR KINGDOMS

 

TELL ME HOW SHOULD I FEEL

TELL ME HOW SHOULD I FEEL

 

 

 

 

POWER TO BREATHE

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

A NAME HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER

HE LENDS ALL POWER TO BREATHE

THE POWER TO BREATHE

AND CARRIES THE WEIGHT OF ALL OUR SORROWS

UPON HIM GLORY AGAIN

 

THE DAYS ARE NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER

WHEN TIME IS TORN ASUNDER

WITH WHAT DO THEY RECKON TO PAY

WHAT CAN THEY SAY

 

THE EYE IS A MIRROR OF DESIRE

THAT NEVER WILL GROW TIRED

OR WANT TO LOOK AWAY

 

NO ONE EVER LOOKS AWAY (4X)

 

TELL ME WHERE CHILDREN

ARE THE SAINTS OF THE LATTER DAY

HAVE THEY WORN THEMSELVES OUT

PLAYING ON SATURDAY (2X)

 

THIS WORLD HAS WONDERS TO DISCOVER

THAT COMMAND EVERYONE’S ATTENTION TO BE PAID

AND PAY AND PAY AND PAY

NO ONE CAN RESIST THIS INSPIRATION

EVERYONE’S FOOLED

WHAT HAVE THEY GOT TO SAY

 

UNDER THE SUN SO MANY LYING WONDERS

TELL ME WHAT WILL BE THE NUMBERS

OF THOSE WHO WILL WALK AWAY

WHO CAN WALK AWAY

 

IN ANGER THEY HUNGER FOR A MORSEL

WITH BODIES ONLY MORTAL

HOWEVER OLD AND ONLY ONE BIRTHDAY

 

NEVER BORN ANY OTHER WAY (4X)

 

TELL ME WHERE CHILDREN

ARE THE SAINTS OF THE LATTER DAY

HAVE THEY WORN THEMSELVES OUT

PLAYING ON SATURDAY (2X)

 

A NAME HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER

HE LENDS ALL POWER TO BREATHE

THE POWER TO BREATHE

AND CARRIES THE WEIGHT UPON HIS SHOLDERS

ALL WILL BEND IN  GLORY TO HIM

ALL WILL BEND IN  GLORY AGAIN

 

 

STARTS WITH A KEY

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

IT’S ALL WITHIN YOUR MIND

THE KEYS OF EITHER KIND

BOTH FOR EVIL AND FOR GOOD

IT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD

HOW THEY TURN

 

AS YE SOW SO SHALL YE REAP

WITH TARES OR WITH WHEAT

EVERY THOUGHT BECOMES A SEED

IN ITS SEASON TO CONCIEVE IN VERY DEED

 

THE THOUGHTS YOU CHOOSE

LIKE ON AVENUES

ARE THE RULES THAT LET YOU MOVE

TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT

STRAIGHT AHEAD WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT

IF YOU CHOOSE

 

CHOOSE THIS DAY WHOM TO SERVE

DO YOU DARE MAKE THE TURN

LOVE AND LIFE OUT IN FRONT OF YOU

HERE COMES DEATH

UP ON YOU FROM BEHIND

 

THE SILVER WARNING LIGHTS

FLASHING THROUGH THE STARY NIGHT

THESE ARE DANGERS TO BELIEVE

OF WHAT COULD B E

THEATER THREE IF YOU LOSE

 

YOUR DESTINY IS LIKE THE SUN

ALL WHO LIVE TO BECOME ONE

FAITH HOPE AND CHARITY

YOU MUST FIND THESE AND TURN THE KEYS

IN YOUR MIND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MANIFEST DESTINY

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

SOMEDAY YOU MUST TAKE ON THE LIGHT

RECEIVE HIS IMAGE AND MIGHT

YOUR LIFE IS YOUR OWN MANIFEST DESTINY

WILL YOU EVER BE FREE

 

YOUR HEART IS SO TIED TO THE WORLD

BUT YOU DON’T AGREE WITH ITS MORALS

SOMETIMES YOU WANT SOMEWHERE ELSE TO BE

WILL YOU EVER BE FREE

 

SEEK YE FIRST HIS KINGDOM WITHIN

FREEDOM FROM A WORLD OF SIN

TAKE NO THOUGHT TO SAVE YOUR SKIN

BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO WILL ENTER IN

 

FREEDOM IS THE FIRST THING TO DO

IT MUST HOLD THE GREATEST VALUE

SUCH IS THE POWER WHERERBY YOU RECIEVE

HIS GRACE TO BE FREE

 

YOU’VE GOT ALLTHE TIME OF YOUR LIFE

ENOUGH TO BE HUSBAND OR WIFE

STOP NOW AND THINK, THINK IT OVER WITH ME

WILL YOU EVER BE FREE

 

SEEK YE FIRST HIS KINGDOM WITHIN

FREEDOM FROM A WORLD OF SIN

TAKE NO THOUGHT TO SAVE YOUR SKIN

BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO WILL ENTER IN

 

SOMEDAY YOU MUST TAKE ON THE LIGHT

RECEIVE HIS IMAGE AND MIGHT

YOUR LIFE IS YOUR OWN MANIFEST DESTINY

WILL YOU EVER BE FREE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VAIN ATTENTION

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

HOW CAN YOU WHO TAKE HONORS FROM ALL MEN

FIND OUT THE TRUTHS WHEN YOU KNOW YOU DON’T LOVE THEM

SUCH ARE ALL THEIVES BY IMAGINATION

WHO REALLYKNOW

HOW TO STEAL EVERY VAIN ATTENTION AND MORE

 

THERE IS HONOR ONLY FROM THE LORD

THERE IS HONOR ONLY FROM THE LORD

 

DON’T YOU KNOW THERE’S NO FULL JOY HERE BELOW

MEN TRY AND FIND A LITTLE HOY IN ALL THEY KNOW

AND GIVE ALL THEIR HEARTS TO IMAGINATION

IT REALLY SHOWS

AND OPEN THEIR EYES TO EVERY VAIN ATTENTION AND MORE

 

THERE IS HONOR ONLY FROM THE LORD

THERE IS HONOR ONLY FROM THE LORD

 

IT’S EASY TO SEE WHERE THE PROUD ROAD ALWAYS ENDS

DARKNESS OF HEART AND A CONSCIENCE TO DEFEND

YOU HAVE TO TURN YOUR IMAGINATION

UNTO THE LORD

AND LEARN TO REFUSE EVERY VAIN ATTENTION AND MORE

 

THERE IS HONOR ONLY FROM THE LORD

THERE IS HONOR ONLY FROM THE LORD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZION WAITING FOR YOU

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

UNDER SKIES

WIDE AND BLUE

A ZION LAND

WAITING FOR YOU

 

PAINT YOUR EYES

WITH THE VIEW

TRY AND REALIZE

A ZION WAITING FOR YOU

 

THERE’S GOT TO BE

MORE THAN JUST A FEW

AH HELP THEM ALL TO KNOW

SOMETHING MORE

A ZION WAITING FOR YOU

 

AND WHO, WHO WILL THERE BE

EVERY SOUL FILLED WITH CHARITY

DO YOU DO YOU BELIEVE

ZION IS THIS EARTH’S DESTINY

 

WHEN JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHER

OFFERED THEIR LIVES

THEY KNEW IT WAS TRUE

 

WHEN ADAM SITS IN GLORY

THE KINGDOM COMES

TO ME AND YOU

 

THIS IS YOUR TIME

TO MAKE IT COME TRUE

AND WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT

ZION WAITING FOR YOU

 

BRING TO LIFE

THE FAITH THAT’S IN YOU

AND WITH YOUR WIFE

ZION WAITING FOR YOU

 

AND WHO, WHO WILL THERE BE

EVERY SOUL FILLED WITH CHARITY

DO YOU DO YOU BELIEVE

ZION IS THIS EARTH’S DESTINY

 

WHEN JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHER

OFFERED THEIR LIVES

THEY KNEW IT WAS TRUE

 

WHEN ADAM SITS IN GLORY

THE KINGDOM COMES

TO ME AND YOU

 

 

THE FINAL SHOUT

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

THERE’LL BE NO NEED

TO TELL THEM SOON

THEY’LL SEE INDEED

PREPARE TO MEET THY DOOM

 

THE HAIL AND FLOODS

THE FAMINE THAT

FLOWS WITH BLOOD

THE SEA MOVES TO CLAIM

SOME EVIL DUES

 

THE EARTH IT REELS

LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN

AND ALL LIFE FEELS

AND ANGRY HEAVY HAND

 

AND THERE’LL BE MORE WAR

ENOUGH FOR THE GREATEST WHORE

AND THE PRIESTS OF BLASPHEMY

SHALL INCREASE APOSTASY

 

O WORLD OUR WORLD

ALL OVER THE WORLD

 

THE TOWERS FALL

THEY MUST COME DOWN

AND WITH THEM ALL

THE EVIL TO THE GROUND

 

THE SCIENCE PRIEST

AND THE LEARNED SHALL FAIL

THEIR TONGUES SHALL CEASE

EXCEPT TO WEEP AND WAIL

 

IN EVERY TOWN

MAYBE ONE WHO KNOWS

RED WHITE BLACK OR BROWN

WHEN HE CALLED OUT

THEM HE CHOSE

 

A TROUBLESOME SOUND

WHEN THEIR KING SHALL

SEND THEM OUT

AND WHERE WILL YOU BE FOUND

BEFORE THE FINAL SHOUT

 

O LORD OUR LORD

OVER ALL THE WORLD

 

 

 

 

 

LEAVE THEM IN THE STREET

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

ANY WEEK YOU CAN FIND THEM IN THE STREET

CRAZY WILD MEN ONE TWO THREE

YOU CAN COUNT THEM BUT DON’T SEEK

ANY KNOWLEDGE AT THEIR FEET

OR THEY WILL MAKE YOU MADE AT ME

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT CAN’T BE

LEAVE THEM IN THE STREET

 

DON’T YOU LIE OR PRETEND TO TESTIFY

WHEN YOU GIVE ME A REASON WHY

ITS SO EASY TO DENY

WHILE I LOOK YOU IN THE EYE

YOU CANNOT KNOW MORE THAN I

AND IF YOU DO YOU MAY HAVE TO DIE

I WONT NEED ANY ALIBI

EVERYONE WILL TESTIFY

 

HEY THERE NO DON’T GO SINKING THE ONLY BOAT

WE HAVE GOT WITH TO STAY AFLOAT

YOU ARE HATED DON’T YOU KNOW

THEY’RE ALL LAUGHING WHEN YOU QUOTE

CANT YOU SING MORE THAN ONE NOTE

WHILE WE’RE FLOATING I WILL GLOAT

AS YOU KEEP SOAKING IN THE MOTE

CANT YOU FIND YOURSELF A BOAT

 

ANY WEEK YOU CAN FIND THEM IN THE STREET

CRAZY WILD MEN ONE TWO THREE

YOU CAN COUNT THEM BUT DON’T SEEK

ANY KNOWLEDGE AT THEIR FEET

OR THEY WILL MAKE YOU MADE AT ME

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT CANT BE

LEAVE THEM IN THE STREET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TURN AROUND

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 


 

THESE DAYS YOU ARE SO WEARY

FALLING ASLEEP

FEELING SO DREARY

MAKING YOU WEEP

THE MORE THAT YOU WORRY

AND THE DEEPER YOUSLEEP

 

THESE DAYS ARE GIVEN TO ALL MEN

TO SEE HOW THEYKEEP

PLANTED SO ALL CAN

LEARN HOW TO REAP

THE BETTER YOUWATER THEM

AND THE MORE YOU CAN EAT

 

THESE DAYS ARE MADE

FOR TURNING AROUND TO THE LIGHT

 

THESE DAYS ARE MADE

FOR TURNING AROUND TO THE LIGHT

 

THESE DAYS ARE MADE

FOR TURNING AROUND TO THE LIGHT

 

THESE DAYS ARE MADE

FOR TURNING AROUND TO THE LIGHT

 

THESE DAYS YOUHAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE

THINKING YOULEAP

I SEE YOYUFALLING FALLING

LIFE IS SO STEEP

I SEE YOU CRAWLING

HOW CAN YOU LEAP

 

THESE DAYS WHAT ARE YOUAFTER

BETTER THAN SLEEP

THERE IS A PASTURE

WHERE WE CAN REAP

TO OVERCOME SLUMBER

AND LEARN HOW TO KEEP

 

 

THESE DAYS ARE MADE

FOR TURNING AROUND TO THE LIGHT

 

THESE DAYS ARE MADE

FOR TURNING AROUND TO THE LIGHT

 

THESE DAYS ARE MADE

FOR TURNING AROUND TO THE LIGHT

 

THESE DAYS ARE MADE

FOR TURNING AROUND TO THE LIGHT


 

 

O SUNLIGHT

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 


 

O SUNLIGHT SHINE ON ME

O SUNLIGHT SHINE ON ME

 

MAKE MY HEART TO KNOW

ALL THE TRUTHS YOU HOLD

AND MY EYES TO SEE

ALL OF YOUR GLORY

 

TAKE ME HOME

NEVER LET ME GO

LET ME BE

WITH YOU EVERLASTINGLY

WITH LIFE FOR ETERNITY

 

O SUNLIGHT

 

I’M GOING TO STAND

IN THE BRIGHT SUNSHINE

GOING TO PLEAD

‘TILL I KNOW THAT ITS MINE

TAKE MY WHOLE LIFE AWAY

AND YET SAVE ME O  SAVE ME

 

O SUNLIGHT SHINE ON ME

O SUNLIGHT SHINE ON ME

 

MAKE MY HEART TO KNOW

ALL THE TRUTHS YOU HOLD

AND MY EYES TO SEE

ALL OF YOUR GLORY

 

LIFE’S SO COLD

TAKE ME ENFOLD

I’M SORRY

FOR THINGS THAT

I DID NOT DO

AND FOR TIME WHEN

I DIDN’T LOVE YOU

 

O SUNLIGHT

 

I’M GOING TO STAND

IN THE BRIGHT SUNSHINE

GOING TO PLEAD

‘TILL I KNOW THAT ITS MINE

TAKE MY WHOLE LIFE AWAY

AND YET SAVE ME O  SAVE ME

 

O NO AN OPEN DOOR

NEVER SEEN BEFORE

HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND

WHILE IT’S CLOSE AT HAND

SO MUCH TO LEARN INDEED

 

O SUNLIGHT SHINE ON ME

O SUNLIGHT SHINE ON ME

 

MAKE MY HEART TO KNOW

ALL THE TRUTHS YOU HOLD

AND MY EYES TO SEE

ALL OF YOUR GLORY

 

TAKE ME HOME

NEVER LET ME GO

LET ME BE

WITH YOU EVERLASTINGLY

WITH LIFE FOR ETERNITY

 

O SUNLIGHT

 

I’M GOING TO STAND

IN THE BRIGHT SUNSHINE

GOING TO PLEAD

‘TILL I KNOW THAT ITS MINE

TAKE MY WHOLE LIFE AWAY

AND YET SAVE ME,  SAVE ME


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BURNING AS THOUGH FIRE

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

SCATTERED AWAY

FROM A LOVE UNKNOWN

LONGING TO BE

ON OF THE MASTER’S OWN

LEAVING THE WORLD

TO FOLLOW HIM

ENTERED IN

BY FIRE BEGOTTEN

FORGIVEN SIN

WITH A FIRE BURNING

 

YEARS OF BEING DECIEVED

BY THOSE WHO CLAIM TO BELIEVE

WHO NEVER RECEIVED THE LIGHT

THEY NEVER EVEN TRIED

 

TIME HAD TO TAKE THESE HOURS

BEFORE RECEIVING THE POWERS

NEVER TO TIRE

BURNING AS THOUGH FIRE

 

CALLING UPON THE FATHER

FOR BAPTISM IN

THE NAME OF THE SON

YOU HAVE TO LEAVE FOR ZION

LIKE A HOME

AND MAKE YOURSELF WELCOME

AND ENTER IN

BY FIRE BEGOTTEN

 

WOMAN DON’T WEEP FOR ME

YOUR TIME IS YET TO BE

WHEN ALL THE FOOLS ARE FOUND OUT

THE SAINTS MAY SING AND SHOUT

 

THE TIME IS AT HAND

WITHOUT FAITH YOU CANNOT STAND

AND THE FOOLS OF DESIRE

MAKE THE SIGNS OF ALL LIARS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE CITY OF THE SANCTIFIED

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

IS THERE ONE WHO KNOWS WHAT I MEAN

GO YE OUT FROM THE MIDST OF THE UNCLEAN

 

FOR IT’S TIME TO LEAVE

MAKE THE BREAK BEFORE HE COMES

AND WHILE YOU WAIT LEARN

AND SEEK LIKE ABRAHAM

FOR THE JOYS OF THE FATHERS FROM ADAM

UNTO THE CITY OF THE SANCTIFIED

 

PRAY THE LORD DRAWS YOU OUT OF THE WORLD

DON’T LOOK BACK ON THOSE VAIN DAYS AND WORDS

TAKE UPON YOU THE NAME OF THE SON

LOVE TH EGOODNESS OF BECOMING ONE

 

FOR IT’S TIME TO LEAVE

MAKE THE BREAK BEFORE HE COMES

AND WHILE YOU WAIT LEARN

AND SEEK LIKE ABRAHAM

FOR THE JOYS OF THE FATHERS FROM ADAM

UNTO THE CITY OF THE SANCTIFIED

 

IS THERE ONE WHO KNOWS WHAT I MEAN

GO YE OUT FROM THE MIDST OF THE UNCLEAN

 

FOR IT’S TIME TO LEAVE

MAKE THE BREAK BEFORE HE COMES

AND WHILE YOU WAIT LEARN

AND SEEK LIKE ABRAHAM

FOR THE JOYS OF THE FATHERS FROM ADAM

UNTO THE CITY OF THE SANCTIFIED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THY GOD REJOICE OVER THEE

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

GO THROUGH THE HOLY PEOPLE

AND PREPARE YE THE WAY

SOUGHT OUT NOT FORSAKEN

CALL THEM THE REDEEMED

 

THY GOD REJOICE OVER THEE

AND MAKE READY

THY GOD REJOICE OVER THEE

 

GATHER OUT THE STONES

CAST UP THE HIGHWAY

LIFT UP THE STANDARD

FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

O YE DAUGHTER OF ZION

BEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM

 

THY GOD REJOICE OVER THEE

AND MAKE READY

THY GOD REJOICE OVER THEE

 

BEHOLD THY SALVATION

HIS WORK AND HIS REWARD

SOUGHT OUT AND NOT FORSAKEN

THE ZION OF THE LORD

 

THY GOD REJOICE OVER THEE

AND MAKE READY

THY GOD REJOICE OVER THEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVING ON

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES MUIR

 

CALLED FROM THE LIGHT

GIVEN SIGHT

WE SHALL SEE WHO LOVES THE LIGHT

 

OPEN THE DOOR

IF YOU’RE NOT SURE

YOU CANNOT RETURN FOREVERMORE

IF YOU’RE NOT SURE

GOT TO BE SURE

 

ADDED UPON

TO GO ON AND ON

WHAT IS YOUR HEART CENTERED UPON

 

FROM DAY TO NIGHT

YOU SLEEP AND YOU FIGHT

WILL YOU EVER WAKE UP TO THE LIGHT

FIND YOUR SIGHT

IN THE LIGHT

 

AND WHO WANTS TO WANDER

LIKE A PROUD MAN WITHOUT SIGHT

AND WHO FINDS NO WONDER

OR IS NEVER GLAD FOR THE LIGHT

MOVING ON

ADDED UPON

GOT TO BE FREE TO BECOME ONE

 

SEE EYE TO EYE

WITH NOTHING TO HIDE

O WHAT JOY AND PEACE ABIDE

IN THE LIGHT

IN THE LIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALL AND IN ALL

WORD AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

WHEN THERE’S NO

LIGHT IN THEIR EYES

ONLY DARKNESS OF HEART

STAND APART

 

WHEN IT’S ALL

EVIL ALL DAY

WHAT CAN YOU SAY

 

GO ON YOUR WAY

WITH ALL YOU CAN SAVE

FOR FREEDOM SING

MAKE IT EVERYTHING

BRING THE LAMB

AND THE LION

GATHER TO ZION

 

WITH SONG AND SPIRIT STRONG

WE’LL ADD UPON

AND SHARE WITHOUT DESPAIR

AND TRUST IN THE LORD

ALL AND IN ALL

 

WITHOUT

HELL IS ENRAGED

IT’S THE END OF AN AGE

GREAT BABYLON

 

COME OUT

FOR SOON IT’S TOO LATE

AND YOU MUST PARTAKE

 

OF THE LONG HOUR

OF JUDGMENT’S POWER

 

FOR FREEDOM SING

MAKE IT EVERYTHING

BRING THE LAMB AND THE LION

GATHER TO ZION

 

PLANT YOUR VINE

IN TIME FOR ZION

BUILD YOUR OWN HOME

ON THE LORD’S

MILLENIAL DAY

ALL AND IN ALL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR YOU AND ME

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

THE BEGINNNG AND THE END

THE LIFE AND THE LIGHT

PASSED BY A GARDEN WALL

A STONE;S THROW IN THE NIGHT

TO SHRINK AND BLEED

FROM EVERY PORE

AND MORE

FOR YOU AND ME

GETHSEMENE

 

GOD HIMSELF BECAME LIKE MAN

EVEN THE GREAT I AM

THE EVERLASTING

THERE TO STAND

CONDEMNED OF MEN

MOCKED SCOURGED AND CRUCIFIED

UNTIL THE END

FOR YOU AND ME

CALVARY

 

AND WHO

WHO ARE WE NOT TO BELIEVE

IT WAS HE

IT WAS HE

 

HOLY PROPHETS TOLD US ALL

ABOUT THE VIRGIN BIRTH

AND MODERN SCIENCE

SHOWS US HOW

HE COULD COME TO EARTH

AND BE BOTH FATHER AND THE SON

THE VERY ETERNAL ONE

FOR YOU AND ME

THERE’S NO MYSTERY

 

FOR BY HIM ALL ARE BEGOTTEN

THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE

THE EVERLASTING SON OF GOD

THE LAST AND THE FIRST

ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL PLAN

HAD TO DIE FOR MAN

TO BE REDEEMED

FOR YOU AND ME

 

AND WHO

WHO ARE WE NOT TO BELIEVE

IT WAS HE

IT WAS HE

 

FROM ALL ETERNITY

TO ALL ETERNITY

ALL ETERNITY

TO ALL ETERNITY

BROTHERS OF LIGHT

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

 


 

HAVE YOU EVER

BEEN SO LONELY

FEELING LIKE YOU ONLY

ONLY  WANTED TO DIE

 

HAVE YOU EVER

BEEN SO LONELY

FEELING LIKE YOU ONLY

ONLY WANTED TO DIE

 

AN AMERICAN OUTRAGE

ALL THE GUNS AT CARTHAGE

CUT DOWN AT A YOUNG AGE

TWO OF THE BROTHERS OF LIIGHT

 

AND THE BEAST WILL MAKE WAR AGAIN

ON THE STREET OF JERUSALEM

UNTIL IT’S GIVEN TO OVERCOME

TWO OF THE BROTHERS OF LIGHT

 

RISEN JESUS

RAISE UP JOSEPH

RAISE UP ALL THE

ALL THE BROTHERS OF LIGHT

 

RISEN JESUS

RAISE UP JOSEPH

AND RAISE UP ALL THE

ALL THE BROTHERS OF LIGHT

 

HAVE YOU EVER

BEEN SO LONELY

FEELING LIKE YOU ONLY

ONLY  WANTED TO DIE

 

ARE WE NOT

BROTHERS OF LIGHT

WHN IT’S TRUE

 

ARE WE NOT

BROTHERS OF LIGHT

ME AND YOU

 

 

 

 

ARE WE NOT

BROTHERS OF LIGHT

WHEN IT’S TRUE

 

ARE WE NOT

BROTHERS OF LIGHT

ME AND YOU

 

FROM THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMENE

UNTO THE MOUNTAINS OF CALVARY

FALSE CHARGES OF BLASPHEMY

TAKE THE LIGHT AND THE LIFE

 

THE APOSTLES OF THE FORMER DAYS

SUFFERED TORTURE

TO TEACH HIS WAYS

AND THAT’S EXACTLY

HOW IT IS TODAY

WILL ALLTHE BROTHERS OF LIGHT

 

RISEN JESUS

RAISE UP JOSEPH

RISE UP ALL THE

ALL THE BROTHERS OF LIGHT

 

RISEN JESUS

RAISE UP JOSEPH

RAISE UP ALL THE

ALL THE BROTHERS OF LIGHT

 

ARE WE NOT

BROTHERS OF LIGHT

WHEN IT’S TRUE

 

ARE WE NOT

BROTHERS OF LIGHT

ME AND YOU

 

ARE WE NOT

BROTHERS OF LIGHT

WHEN IT’S TRUE

 

ARE WE NOT

BROTHERS OF LIGHT

ME AND YOU


 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

ON THE PLAINS

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

ON THE PLAINS OF OLAHA SHINEHAH

HE MAKETH TO BRING FORTH

THE BLOSSEM AND BUD

 

TO SOLITARY PLACES HE SENDS

THE FISH OF THE SEA

AND FOWLS OF HEAVEN

 

IS THERE NOT ROOM ENOUGH ON THE

MOUNTAINS OF ADAM-ONDI-AHMAN

IS THEE NOT ROOME ENOUGHON THE

MOUNTAINS OF ADAM-ONDI-AHMAN

 

IN ZION

MAN SHALL NOT

BE FOUND ACCURSED

 

THAT YE MAY COME UP UNTO THE CROWNS

PREPARED FOR THE RULERS

OVER MANY KINGDOMS TO BE FOUND

PREPARED BY THE JEWLERS

 

LITTLE CHILDREN YOU HAVE NOT UNDERSTOOD

HOW GREAT ARE THE BLESSINGS

FROM THE FATHER’S HAND TO THOSE

FOUND TO BE WAITING

 

SAITH THE LORD THE HOLY ONE

WHO HATH ESTABLISHED THE FOUNDAAIONS

YE CANNOT BEAR ALL THINGS NOW

NEVERTHELESS BE OF GOOD CHEER

 

ON THE PLAINS OF OLAHA SHINEHAH

HE MAKETH TO BRING FORTH

THE BLOSSEM AND BUD

 

TO SOLITARY PLACES HE SENDS

THE FISH OF THE SEA

AND FOWLS OF HEAVEN

 

IS THERE NOT ROOM ENOUGH ON THE

MOUNTAINS OF ADAM-ONDI-AHMAN

IS THEE NOT ROOME ENOUGHON THE

MOUNTAINS OF ADAM-ONDI-AHMAN

 

IN ZION

MAN SHALL NOT

BE FOUND ACCURSED

 

 

 

 

TRUE AND FREE

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

TRUE AND FREE

MAYBE A LONG LIFE

OR EVEN A LOVING WIFE

CAN BECOME WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED

FOR A SCRIFICE MORE THAN TWICE

AFTER YOU’RE TIRED

 

FOR WHOSO LOVETH MORE THAN THESE

HE WILL EXTEND AN OPEN HAND

UNTO ALL THINGS

 

TRUE AND FREE

A DUNGEON WITH NO LIGHT

OR LONELY EVERY NIGHT

WITH NO CHANCE OR OPORTUNITY

ONLY SOUR LOOKS FROM EVERY FRIEND

AND FROM FAMILY

 

FOR WHOSO LOVETH MORE THAN THESE

HE WILL EXTEND AND OPEN HAND

UNTO ALL THINGS

 

AND HOW HE BLESSES THEM

WHILE THEY ALL SUPPOSE

THAT HE WILL BLESS THEM

UNTO THE END

 

AND HOW HE BLESSES THEM

WHILE THEY ALL SUPPOSE

THAT HE WILL BLESS THEM

UNTO THE END

 

TRUE AND FREE

THE SLANDERS AND ENVY

WITH NO ONE DEFENDING

WHILE THEY WAIT TO SEE WHAT WILL BECOME

OF ONE SO HATED BY ALL MEN AS IS THIS ONE

 

FOR WHOSO LOVETH MORE THAN THESE

HE WILL EXTEND AND OPEN HAND

UNTO ALL THINGS

 

 

AND HOW HE BLESSES THEM

WHILE THEY ALL SUPPOSE

THAT HE WILL BLESS THEM

UNTO THE END

 

AND HOW HE BLESSES THEM

WHILE THEY ALL SUPPOSE

THAT HE WILL BLESS THEM

UNTO THE END

 

ALLELUIA

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

WHAT DID I KNOW

WHEN I WAS FOURTEEN

EVERYTHING TRUE IS SEEMED TO

NOT COME TO ME

 

WHEN I AWOKE

REPENTING SORELY

I KNEW WHAT TO DO IT SEEMED TO

OPEN UNTO ME

 

ALLELUIA A REVELATION

ALLELUIA TO RECEIVE ONE

ALLELUIA THE ANTICIPATION

ALLELUIA TO BELIEVE

 

WHAT I ENDURE CHASTENS

AND STRENGTHENS ME

LINE UPON LINE UNTIL A

FULNESS OF GLORY

 

GONE ARE THE FEARS

ALL OF THEM EMPTY

OVER THE YEARS I’LL EVEN

OVERCOME ALL THINGS

 

ALLELUIA A REVELATION

ALLELUIA TO RECEIVE ONE

ALLELUIA THE ANTICIPATION

ALLELUIA TO BELIEVE

 

DAY AFTER DAY

FOREVER UNFOLDING

THE LIGHT WITHIN ME IT IS A

CONSTANT ASTOUNDING

 

LATTER-DAY RAIN CONTINUALLY

POURING DOWN

SHALL NEVER CEASE UNTIL IT

COVERS THE WHOLE GROUND

 

ALLELUIA A REVELATION

ALLELUIA TO RECEIVE ONE

ALLELUIA THE ANTICIPATION

ALLELUIA TO BELIEVE

 

ALLELUIA

ALLELUIA

ALLELUIA ETERNITY

 

ALLELUIA

ALLELUIA

ALLELUIA TO BELIEVE

 

HOW FAR ALONG

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

GRACE UNTO IT PEACE IS MOVING

ON THE WING UNTO THIS PLACE

 

STRENGTH FROM THE SHADOWED

STRENGTH FROM THE HALLOWED

JOIN A ZION IN THIS PLACE

 

HOW FAR ALONG

HOW FAR ALONG

GOD OF ZION REIGN IN PEACE

 

HOW FAR ALONG

HOW FAR ALONG

GOD OF ZION REIGN IN PEACE

 

LET RECEDE FROM CHOSEN ZION

ALL OFFENSE FROM OFF THIS PLACE

MAKE OUR HABITATION FLOURISH

ALL FOR ZION IN THIS PLACE

 

HOW FAR ALONG

HOW FAR ALONG

GOD OF ZION REIGN IN PEACE

 

HOW FAR ALONG

HOW FAR ALONG

GOD OF ZION REIGN IN PEACE

 

HERE OUR WEARY LIFE IS DREARY

JOYOUS ARMY TAKE THIS PLACE

ALL OUR SORROWS GONE TOMORROW

GLADNESS DAWNS UPON THIS PLACE

 

HOW FAR ALONG

HOW FAR ALONG

GOD OF ZION REIGN IN PEACE

 

HOW FAR ALONG

HOW FAR ALONG

GOD OF ZION REIGN IN PEACE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THEY WANT TO KNOW GOD

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 


 

THERE’S SOMETHING GOING ON

FOUR HORSEMEN APPROACH FROM

THE GATES OF DAWN

 

WITHOUT A WORD SPOKEN

WE’RE CERTAIN THEY HAVE

ONLY ONE DEMAND

 

THEY WANT TO KNOW GOD

THEY’VE TRAVELLED SO VERY FAR

AND IF SO FAR IS NOT ENOUGH

THEY WILL FINISH WITH US AT DUSK

 

HOLD, HOLD ON

WE ONLY NEED, NEED ONE

HOLD, HOLD ON

WE ONLY NEED, NEED ONE

 

ABOUT THE ONE

I BELIEVE THERE CAN BE NO FOOLIN’

WE GOT TIME

WE COULD RUN ‘TILL THE SUN GOES DOWN

 

‘BOUT THE ONE

I BLEIEVE THERE CAN BE NO FOOLIN’

WE GOT TIME

WE COULD RUN ‘TILL THE SUN GOES DOWN

 

GO ON OUT

ACROSS THE LAND

FIND THE ONE

AND BRING HIM IN

 

GO ON OUT

ACROSS THE LAND

FIND THE ONE

AND BRING HIM IN

 

GO ON OUT

ACROSS THE LAND

FIND THE ONE

AND BRING HIM IN

 

GO ON OUT

ACROSS THE LAND

FIND THE ONE

AND BRING HIM IN

 

AH FORGET ABOUT

ALL WHO PRETEND

WE KNOW THEY KNOW NOTHING

AND SO OUR TIME IS DONE

IF WE FAIL TO FIND THE ONE

YEAH SO OUR TIME IS DONE

IF WE FAIL TO FIND THE ONE

 

SO GO ON OUT

AND BRING HIM IN

WE ALL KNOW WHO HAS BEEN

THE ONE WHO KNOWS GOD

HOW WE HATED HIM

BECAUSE HE KNOWS GOD

 

ALL HE SAID WAS YOUR TIME HAS COME

ALL HE SAID WAS YOUR TIME HAS COME

 

AND THE LORD HAS NOT BEEN PRAISED

FOR ALL OF THE WONDERS

HIS HANDS HAVE MADE

 

THIS IS A WORLD OF DOUBT

WITH NO CONSTITUTION

FOR FINDING OUT

 

SO THEY WANT TO KNOW GOD

THEY TRAVELLED SO VERY FAR

AND IF SO FAR IS NOT ENOUGH

THEY WILL FINISH WITH US AT DUSK

 

HOLD, HOLD ON

WE ONLY NEED, NEED ONE

HOLD, HOLD ON

WE ONLY NEED, NEED ONE

 

O HEAVEN FORBID

O HEAVEN FORBID

O HEAVEN FORBID

O HEAVEN FORBID


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHERE’S MY ZION

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

 


 

MILLIONS OF MORMONS ON THE RUN

(WHERE’S MY ZION)

NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY’VE BECOME

(WHERE’S MY ZION)

NOWHERE A SOLITARY ONE

(WHERE’S MY ZION)

WHO HAS THE POWER OF ZION

(WHERE’S MY ZION)

 

HEY

WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY

HEY

WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY

HEY

\WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY

YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING YOU CAN SAY

WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY

 

WHERE IS MY ZION

(WHERE’S MY ZION)

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

(WHERE’S MY ZION)

MY REFUGE AND SHELTER FROM ALL OF THIS

(WHERE’S MY ZION)

YOUR CALAMITY HAS ALREADY COME

YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE IN MY ZION

 

HEY

WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY

HEY

WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY

HEY

\WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY

YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING YOU CAN SAY

WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY

 

AUTHORITY IS BLIND DEAF AND DUMB

(WHERE’S MY ZION)

SITTING WITH HONORS UPON THEIR THUMBS

(WHERE’S MY ZION)

THE PRIESTHOOD HAS BEEN TURNED UP=SIDE=DOWN

(SERVING THE OTHER CROWN)

WHERE IS THE SOUND

OF ALL THAT WAS SENT DOWN

 

 

HEY

WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY

HEY

WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY

HEY

\WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY

YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING YOU CAN SAY

WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY

 

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS ZION

(WHERE’S MY ZION)

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BECOME ONE

(WHERE’S MY ZION)

THE LORD HAS A GOSPEL HE CAN SEND

(WHERE’S MY ZION)

THE POWER TO BECOME HIS FRIEND

AND THE TRUE FRIEND OF ALL MEN

 

HEY

WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY

HEY

WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY

HEY

\WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY

YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING YOU CAN SAY

WHEN THE LORD CALLS IT A DAY


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHEN ALL THINGS MOVE

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

 

LET THE VALLEYS RISE UP

AND THE MOUNTAIN LAY LOW

ALL THEIR FOUNDATIONS MOVE

FOR THE TIME WAS FOREKNOWN

 

WHEN THE LORD WOULD PRPARE A NEW HOME

FOR THE SEAT OF HIS POWER AND THRONE

 

LET THE NEW HAVENS DAWN

AND THE NEW EARTH ROLL IN

ALL THEIR SONGS HAVE BEEN SUNG

A’FORE THE FIRST DAY BEGAN

 

WHEN THE LORD WOULD PRPARE A NEW HOME

FOR THE SEAT OF HIS POWER AND THRONE

 

THEN ALL CREATION SHALL STAND IN AWE

WHEN ALL THINGS MOVE

TO OBEY THE LAW

 

WHEN THE LORD WOULD PRPARE A NEW HOME

FOR THE SEAT OF HIS POWER AND THRONE

 

LET THE NATIONS GO OUT

AND THE PEOPLE BEGIN

ALL THEIR PRIDE TO DENY

FOR THE END OF ALL SIN

 

WHEN THE LORD WOULD PRPARE A NEW HOME

FOR THE SEAT OF HIS POWER AND THRONE

 

LET THE SEEDS ALLNOW GROW

AND THE ANIMALS KNOW

ALL THEIR SEASONS ARE NEW

AS THE LORD MAKES IT KNOWN

 

WHEN THE LORD WOULD PRPARE A NEW HOME

FOR THE SEAT OF HIS POWER AND THRONE

 

THEN ALL CREATION SHALL STAND IN AWE

WHEN ALL THINGS MOVE

TO OBEY THE LAW

 

WHEN THE LORD WOULD PRPARE A NEW HOME

FOR THE SEAT OF HIS POWER AND THRONE

 

WHEN THE LORD WOULD PRPARE A NEW HOME

FOR THE SEAT OF HIS POWER AND THRONE

 

 

 

 

IT”S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

A ZION COMES ON

A ZION BROUGHT ON FROM A  SONG

 

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

THE TIME IS AT HAND

 THE TIME IS NOW COMING ON

 

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

HER WINGS HAVE OPENED

ZION’S ABOUT TO RIDE ON THE WIND

 

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

AND I SHOUT OUT

 YES I WILL SHOUT TO FIND A FRIEND

 

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

THIS TIME I KNOW

 THIS TIME IT WILL NOT EVER END

 

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

 I WILL LIVE ‘TILL THEN

 LIVE UNTIL I  SEE IT BEGIN

 

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

THE REASONS ARE KNOWN

ALREADY KNOWN AND WRITTEN

 

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN

WHEN JESUS WILL COME

YEAH JESUS WILL BE STANDING WITH US

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOCK ON THE WHEEL

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

THOUSAND THOUSANDS

TEN THOUSAND THOUSANDS

ALL PRAISE AND GLORY

AND HONOR GIVEN

 

TO HIM WHO REIGNS

AND WHO RETAINS

ALL POWER AND STRENGTH

FOR THE WORKMANSHIP OF

 

THE WHEEL

THE WHEEL

I KNOW WHO PUT THE

CLOCK ON THE WHEEL

 

THE WHEEL

THE WHEEL

I KNOW WHO PUT THE

CLOCK ON THE WHEEL

 

GENERATIONS OF

ALL THE NATIONS

UPON THE FACE OF

HIS WORLDS ARE ENDLESS

 

SHALL ALL CONFESS

ON THEIR KNEES WITNESS

TO HIS HIGHEST HONORS

ABOVE ALL OTHERS

 

THE WHEEL

THE WHEEL

I KNOW WHO PUT THE

CLOCK ON THE WHEEL

 

THE WHEEL

THE WHEEL

I KNOW WHO PUT THE

CLOCK ON THE WHEEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAKE HOME YOUR LOVE

WORKS AND MUSIC BY JAMES Q. MUIR

 

WELCOME HOME I’VE BEEN ALONE

ALL BY MYSELF

DID NOT KNOW THAT LOVE’S A WELL

THAT DRAWS UPON ITSELF

THAT DRAWS UPON ITSELF

 

QUITE THE SIGHT FOR THESE SORRY EYES

WELCOME TO MY HOME

NOTHING CAN MAKE THIS WELL RUN DRY

WELCOME TO MY HOME

WELCOME TO MY HOME

 

TAKE HOME YOUR LOVE

NEVER LET IT GO

TAKE HOME YOUR LOVE

YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD SOME MORE

TAKE HOME YOUR LOVE

OPEN UP THE DOOR

TAKE HOME YOUR LOVE

OWN WHAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU OWN

 

DOES NOT MATTER WHEN NO ONE CARES

LOVE RENEWS ITSELF

TEARS YOU UP JUST LIKE A GRIZZLY BEAR

LOVE RENEWS ITSELF

LOVE RENEWS ITSELF

 

TAKE HOME YOUR LOVE

NEVER LET IT GO

TAKE HOME YOUR LOVE

YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD SOME MORE

TAKE HOME YOUR LOVE

OPEN UP THE DOOR

TAKE HOME YOUR LOVE

OWN WHAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU OWN

 

GOT TO BE TRUE CAN’T MAKE A LIE

LOVE REMAINS YOUR OWN

LOVE YOU CAN OWN PAST THE DAY YOU DIE

LOVE REMAINS YOUR OWN

LOVE REMAINS YOUR OWN

 

TAKE HOME YOUR LOVE

NEVER LET IT GO

TAKE  HOME YOUR LOVE

YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD SOME MORE

TAKE HOME YOUR LOVE

OPEN UP THE DOOR

TAKE HOME YOUR LOVE

OWN WHAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU OWN