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Welcome Home (You)

When I left home to be who I am
Some people said no way
But I laid it all down
Gave everything
In my head rang the words
That my father said

You're never far
I will be where you are
And when you come to me
I will open my arms

Welcome home you
I know you by name
How do you do
I shine because of you today
So come and sit down
Tell me how you are
I know son, it's good to just see your face

When i look at you
Holding my heart
I give to you all that i have
Son I know, there'll be times that
You'll feel all alone
I will share with you
The words my father said

You are never far
I will be where you are
And when you come to me
You can bet I will open my arms

Welcome home you
I know you by name
How do you do
I shine because of you today
So come and sit down
Tell me how you are
I know son, it's good just
To see your face

I've been waiting for that day
Just to feel your warm embrace
Your love has shown
That I will never be alone
For you will welcome me home

I'll forever be
For you will say to me
Welcome home

I know you by name
How do you do
I shine because of you today
So come and sit down
Tell me how you are
I know son, it's good just to see your face

When I left home to be who I am
Some people said no way

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My Answer Is You

There's a world of difference when faith is in a heart
It stands out like sunlight
Life becomes so dark

And when those around me ask me why I dare to dream
Or why I love or why I sing

My answer is You
My answer is You
You're the hope that my heart is holding on to
Skeptics won't understand
It's strange from the world's point of view
My answer is You

They might find it incredible to believe what I can't see
They might think it's foolish
Or even say it's weak

I want to live my life so differently because of faith
If it causes them to question, for me to say

My answer is You
My answer is You
You're the hope that my heart is holding on to
Skeptics won't understand
It's strange from the world's point of view
My answer is You

You're the reason I'm alive
For every good thing in my life

My answer is You
My answer is You
You're the hope that my heart is holding on to
Skeptics won't understand
It's strange from the world's point of view
But my answer is plain and it's simple, Lord
My answer is You

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Wish

For just a moment
I wish I could have been there
To see Your first step, hear Your very first word
Tell me, did You ever fall and scrape Your knee?
Did You know Your wounds would one day heal the world?

For just one moment
I wish I could have seen You growing
Learning the ways of a carpenter's son
Just a little boy gazing at the stars
Did You remember creating every one?

If You passed by, would I have seen a child or a King?
Would I have known?

I wish I could have been there
My only wish is to see You face to face
Wish I could have been there
Just to see You, Jesus, face to face

For just a moment
I wish I could have been there
When You left Your footprints upon the waves
To walk along beside You and never look away
Just Your whisper and the wind and sea obey

To see You feed the people
To feel Your healing in Your touch

I wish I could have been there
My only wish is to see You face to face
Wish I could have been there
Just to see You, Jesus, face to face

To hear You pray in the garden alone
Laying down Your will with each tear
To see You walk that lonely road
Willing to die for me
And in that moment
I know I should have been there
You took my cross and gave Your life

And You live again!
Wish I could have been there
My only wish is to see You rise again
Wish I could have been there
My only wish is to see You, Jesus, face to face
Someday I'll be there, I'm gonna be there
I'll see Your face, Your mercy, Your grace
Someday, someday
I'm gonna see You, Jesus
Face to face

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Keep Givin' Me

So many reasons to be thankful
So many blessings that I can't repay
And I never would've made it here without You
Sending angels to guide me on my way

You keep givin' me joy
You keep givin' me happiness
You keep givin' me hope
You keep givin' me everything I wish
You keep holding me up
When I'm about to fall
And if even all of that was not enough
You keep givin' me love
(You're givin', You're givin' me love)

I know that I'm not always easy
And I know I put You through some trying days
But in spite of all the worries that I gave You
No, You never let my Angels get away

Have I told you lately (have I told ya)
How Your love has saved me
It takes me to a place I've only dreamed
I'm so thankful, Lord, for sending me angels

You send angels to guide me from up above
You just keep givin' me
You just keep givin' me love

You're givin' me, givin' me, givin' me…
How can I thank you? How can I thank you, Lord?
All the things You've done
How can I thank you, Lord?
You're the One who's blessed me with everything
You keep givin' love…
You keep givin' me... givin' me love!
You! You! You! Givin' me, givin' me
You're givin' me, givin' me, givin' me…
My everything
You keep givin' me love

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Gone Without Goodbye

Have you seen my son?
Not too tall, five-eight
She held up a color copy photograph from his wedding day
This is his pregnant wife
Carrying his last dream
He walked down 46 floors before he felt the rush
The rush of gasoline

I can feel the pain
Looking in their eyes
But I don't know gone without goodbye
If I could reach the sky
I'd bring him right back to your arms
Though I haven't seen your son
He's forever in my life

Have you seen my little girl?
She's got curly black hair
She took this raggedy anne doll everywhere
Last I saw her over there
Then I heard a choir of screams
And a speeding van
I watched his tears pour down
A father's last attempt at being a rational man

I can feel the pain
Look into his eyes
But I don't know gone without goodbye
If I could reach the sky
I'd bring her right back to your arms
Though I haven't seen your girl
She's forever in my life

Have you seen my faith?
It can run and it can hide
Jesus, mend this breaking heart of mine
It keeps our love alive

I can feel the pain
Look into my eyes
But I don't know gone without goodbye
If I could reach the sky
I'd try to turn the world around
So that we could see the face
And forever stay alive

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I'm Alive

I lived a lot of life
I caught a dream or two
It's been a sweet ride

But I've faced my share of nights
Searched like we all do
Looking inside

Now I'm standing here
'Cause You've made it clear

This heart inside me beats because
You loved enough to take my cross
I'm alive
You gave Your life to shatter death
So even after my last breath
I'm alive

I'm finally wide awake
I'm finished being known
It's a new day

I feel it on my face
In hope's a midnight sun
That won't fade

I'm bowing down
And I'm crying out

Forever, forevermore
Forever, Lord

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Over My Head

I tried to figure it out
Time and time again and time again
I guess there's just some things I'll never understand
'Cause Your ways aren't our ways
But deep down in my soul, down in my soul
There is one thing I know that I know

I'm in over my head
Right where I wanna be
I'm so lost within Your love
The love that always covers me
So high, so deep, so wide
A strong and cleansing tide
My soul has found a place to rest
I'm in over my head

I've been holding on
Now I'm letting go, just letting go
Gonna let Your love carry me away
I don't know where I'm going
But I'm surrounded by the truth
And I can feel the current pulling me
Deeper and deeper into You

I'm in over my head
Right where I wanna be
I'm so lost within Your love
The love that always covers me
So high, so deep, so wide
A strong and cleansing tide
My soul has found a place to rest
I'm in over my head

You see me for who I am
You did reach our Your hand
You made me understand
That Your love has always covered me

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We Lift You Up

When I think of all the things that God has done for me
And how my faith has always conquered adversity
I stand amazed to think that God really knows who I am
And to think that within me there is a master plan
And at night when I pray to the Lord that I know
I thank Him for His precious blood He gave to save my soul
And that's why

We lift You up
Higher than the heavens
We lift You up (because Your Love is)
Deeper than the deepest sea
We lift You up
Higher than the mountains
We lift You up
He died for you and me

Let me share with you just how I know He's blessed my life
He opened up His precious hands and gave me a wife
And then He touched her deep down in her soul and gave me a son
For it is He that knows no greater love for He is the One
And at night when I pray to the Lord that I know
I thank Him for His precious blood He gave to save my soul
And that is why

We lift, we lift You
We lift You up

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Grace Of My Life

I lie awake so often at night
With something to read or something to write
In the silence my mind is free
To think of the ways that God has blessed me

It's easy to see how He's been so kind
Any proof I might need is right here by my side

You are the grace of my life
So tender, so undeserved
Hard to believe you're my wife
Even harder to put what I feel into words
If I need evidence God is good
Just looking at you is enough
You are the grace of my life
For you grace my life with your love

Love that is pure, so faithful and strong
You forgive me when I do you wrong
I've seen in you time after time
A picture on earth of love so divine

Oh, I am amazed for how can it be
That someone like you would love someone like me

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Angels And Heroes

We are the poets, we are the dreamers
We are the soldiers, we are the screamers
We are the fallen to rise again
We are the lovers, we are the cynics
We are the hours, we are the minutes
We are all friends in the end

So why be alive if you don't follow your every dream
Reach up to Heaven and stand for what you believe

We don't need wings to be angels
We don't need reasons to be right
Your love makes us all better
That's who we really are
Angels and heroes at heart

We are the givers, we are receivers
We are confessors, we are believers
We are the strange familiar face
We are afraid and so we follow
We're underpaid and so we borrow
We mine for tears, but much too late

So why can't we open our hearts, open our minds
Forgiving is easy for You will come if we open our eyes

We don't need sleep to be dreamers
We don't need to have tears in our eyes
Your love makes us all better
That's who we really are
Angels and heroes at heart

I know it seems easier to run and hide
And bury your emotions in the dark of night
But it's worth the fight
Worth the fight
Just aim for the light