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Happy Beach
04:12
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Happy Beach
What a place to be
Where everything is free
This island paradise the place that I call home
Sit on my porch and sing
In my Yokahama swing
My friends are laughing ‘cause I sing like I’m alone
A pocket full of sand
The richest kind of man
I’m so thankful for everything that I have
There’s not much anyway
It won’t get in the way
And I would never trade
(it for) This life that He gave me, when He made me….
Every sunrise is a little bit of heaven
on an island with blue skies
And you and I will know an everlasting high
In my eyes I see God smiling back at me
in the faces of my friends
On a happy beach without end…..
Looking for some shells
I found the deepest well
Right here inside me like a fountain from the ground
Full of happiness
More content with less
More time for playing chase until we all fall down
Sleepin’ like a king ‘Cause I’ve got everything
What would I do with the whole world anyway
I’m happy counting sand
Or friends a’holdin’ hands
As we’re walking along we’ll be singing a song
…it goes on and on and on
(chorus)
(bridge)
I don’t philosophize
It’s fun to minimize
My faith is simple so it’s easy to believe
Think I’ll stay for a while
In this faith like a child
Cause I believe you’ve saved me
© 2010 Words and Music; Perry Springman, Ryan McAllister
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2. |
LOST AND FOUND
04:18
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Lost And Found
She’s an angel who lent me wings to fly
She’s the shoulder when I would cry
She’s the answer to the prayers I prayed oh so many, many times
When she walks with me every part of me smiles
So far above me is where this little bird flies
I see her in the sky riding the clouds so beautiful and white
(chorus)
Just when all hope had fallen down
And my whole world stopped spinning ‘round and ‘round
(I fell to the ground)
My hand reached out your love reached down
I was lost, I was lost, I was so lost
But now I’m…..
She has somehow found the best in me
She knows that what you get is what you see
Even though I tried to hide myself in love and mystery
When she speaks I’m sure I hear God’s voice
Loving her is such an easy choice
And when I think of all we’ve done together and forever is still to come…..
(chorus)
(Bridge)
And when I talk about why I love God (then) here’s one reason why
She has shown me more of His love than all the world combined
I could feel myself falling free I could hear your love calling me
I can see your beautiful face painted in the sky
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3. |
I CAN'T SAY NO TO YOU
04:47
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I Can’t Say No To You
I can’t say no to you
I will do anything you want me to do
You’ve spoiled me through and through
Gave me everything I’ve wanted is in you
I can’t say no to you
And my friends say I don’t know what I want anymore
But I love anything you want and adore
Everything I’ve given up is half as much as what’s in store
How can I say no to you?
You know you’re beautiful eyes like liquid chocolate pools
You know you’re beautiful and bold
You know you’re beautiful mommy’s face and daddy’s curls
Your love is better than diamonds and gold
I can’t resist all your little girl charms
When faced with that little smile all wrapped up in your arms
It’s better to give in
There’re so many reasons where do I begin?
I can’t say no to you
You know you’re beautiful eyes like liquid chocolate pools
You know you’re beautiful and bold
You know you’re beautiful mommy’s face and daddy’s curls
Your love is better than diamonds and gold
I would stay with you ‘til the stars turn out their lights
I will watch you sleep through every blessed night
If you want to know what true love’s really like
When in the morning you will see me smile
Yeah Daddy’s gonna sit and talk with you awhile
I can’t say no to you
I’ll do anything you want me to do
If you asked for a piece of bread
Would I turn and give you stones to eat instead?
After hello I can’t say no
Chorus
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4. |
ALL IN YOUR NAME
04:11
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All In Your Name
We didn’t have to break him down
Just a man with some scars on his hands
And still I left him on the ground
And ran away I was afraid to be seen with this man
We raised you up to tear you down again
All in your name you forgave us again
As he was lifted up again
I was sure that this must be the end
We raised you up to tear you down again
I’ve got no strength to run from my shame
All in your name you forgave us again
After three days drifting free
Came a wave on the calmest of seas
We raised you up to tear you down again
I’ve got no strength to run from my shame
I let you down you lift me up again
Our hearts were burning to be with you again
All in your name you forgave us again
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THAT'S HOW I KNEW YOU
03:46
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That’s How I Knew You
How did you find me?
I learned to fly before I crawled
You watched me fall
Into so many arms of love
I had forgotten where
I belong to you and I’m so scared to run
Now that I’ve begun
To find my way back here
And that’s how I knew you
That’s how I knew you would be
That’s how I knew you would be here
Which road to follow
When it divides me then I will turn around
And walk familiar ground
Laying down this sorrow
That’s how I knew you
That’s how I knew you would be
That’s how I knew you would be here
(Bridge)
So now, I’m coming home
Living on my own
So far away from you
I tore your heart in two
You still wait
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6. |
MAYBE YOU SHOULD KNOW
04:05
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MAYBE YOU SHOULD KNOW
I’m sorry, I’m sorry
Maybe you should know by now
That when I’m sorry, I’m sorry
Maybe you should know by now
Everyone has a dream and you are mine
I pray I’ll see you once again tonight
Everybody fears the darkness sometimes
If I could change the past I wouldn’t be this blind
I’m sorry, I’m sorry
Maybe you should know by now
That when I’m sorry, I’m sorry
Maybe you should know by now
I tried so hard to change this soul of mine
Are promises just made to break your heart
I’ve kept every letter that you gave me every single line
And everything I give tears you apart
(chorus)
I know God can see deep into my heart
So why would he give me someone so good?
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7. |
ALL I AM
04:06
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ALL I AM
I’M SEEING MORE OF YOU TODAY
I’VE BEEN LOOKING THROUGH
ALL OF THE STORMS THAT CLOUD MY WAY
TO YOU
YOU SHINE LIKE THE SUN
LIKE THE MORNING WHEN ALL THE WORLD WAS BEING MADE
YOU SPOKE THE WORDS THAT TURNED THE DARKNESS INTO DAY
YOU’RE ALL I SEE
EVEN WHEN YOU BLINDED ME
ALL THE GLORY OF YOUR MAJESTY
YOUR BEAUTY FILLS ETERNITY
GOD IN ME
IS GREATER THAN ALL MY FEARS
YOU’RE ALL THAT I HAVE, ALL THAT I LOVE
AND ALL I AM
OF ALL THE WONDERS NEAR AND FAR
NONE COMPARES TO YOU
YOU MADE THE SUN, THE MOON, THE STARS
AND ME
THE CROWNING GLORY THAT IN SHAME ONCE RAN AWAY
IS NOW A NEW CREATION SHINING LIKE THE DAY
YOU’RE ALL I SEE
EVEN WHEN YOU BLINDED ME
WITH THE GLORY OF YOUR MAJESTY
YOUR BEAUTY FILLS ETERNITY
GOD IN ME
IS GREATER THAN ALL MY FEARS
YOU’RE ALL THAT I HAVE, ALL THAT I LOVE
AND ALL I AM
AND IF THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD CRUMBLE
AND THE STARS FALL FROM THE SKY
I WILL NOT FEAR, I WILL NOT RUN, I WILL NOT HIDE
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8. |
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
03:38
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Life is Beautiful
Sometimes I
Don’t know why
You take the time to fix this broken man
I’m at the edge of this world that I’ve made
It’s so far down I don’t know where to go now
You’re so faithful
And I’m grateful
Just to be here right by your side
Is better than anything that I could ever leave behind
(chorus)
Sometimes I really don’t know why you love me
Sometimes I really can’t believe it’s true
But I’ll always take the love you give me
All I have I’ll give it all to you
I’ve prayed that,
I will never go back
I always tend to give up too soon
Try to believe that there’s hope for me
When I really should just believe in you
I am loved by
God above my
Life is beautiful and full of you
And every day you make another way
For your love to take me clear on through
(chorus)
(bridge)
Everything I am
Everything I have
You see beauty but I see a man full of holes
There you go again
Givin’ me everything
Do I deserve it I don’t know but God only knows
Show me what you see
When you look at me
I’m just a man and you are the deity
Show me what it means to see the whole scene
And teach me and teach me to love you with all of me
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Where Will You Sleep Tonight?
Safe and sound, she lays down
My own baby girl
Fresh from God, she loves me so
It is a perfect world
Stay with me, daddy stay,
I’ll hold you hand in mine
Let us pray, for all the children,
Waiting for the sun to shine
Where will you sleep tonight?
Will you sleep deep tonight?
Are you loved there
And oh so dear
Where will you sleep tonight?
Turn the earth, half way round,
Another girl lives there
Born in love, yet to her,
Life is not always fair
Though dirt poor, happy rich,
Somehow makes her smile
‘tis a gift, to our world,
The faith of a little child
(chorus)
And as I watch her sleep I wonder will I ever know
Why ’ve I been given so much to give, but I just can’t let go
I dream about a time when all the world will wake up to the call
I try so hard to believe that sleep
Will someday come and bless them all
©2010 Perry Springman, Ryan McAllister
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10. |
LORD OF ME
04:03
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Lord Of Me
Lord of me
I’m afraid
On the stormy seas
Walking on the waves
I know you’ll save me… too
Lord of Me
Lord of me
Can I change
Will I always be
Forever the same
I know you’ve made me… new
Lord of me
Lord Of Me
Lord of Love
I got a love so deep
‘Cause you gave so much
I know you made me
What I am, What I’ll be
A small boat on a tossing sea
And while you sleep then I’ll dream
Of when you called me
Out by my name
Lord Of Me
Lord Of me
I believe
Though these eyes
Still cannot see
I know you’ll take me
As I am I may never be
Faithful to where you will lead
By your love and by my need
I will let drown the traitor and a thief
All that I have I will never own
I will give it up and I’ll lay it down
All my good deeds and thorny crown
They have already faded and then suffered
Torn and tattered
Lord Of me
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11. |
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Happy Beach
What a place to be
Where everything is free
This island paradise the place that I call home
Sit on my porch and sing
In my Yokahama swing
My friends are laughing ‘cause I sing like I’m alone
A pocket full of sand
The richest kind of man
I’m so thankful for everything that I have
There’s not much anyway
It won’t get in the way
And I would never trade
(it for) This life that He gave me, when He made me….
Every sunrise is a little bit of heaven
on an island with blue skies
And you and I will know an everlasting high
In my eyes I see God smiling back at me
in the faces of my friends
On a happy beach without end…..
Looking for some shells
I found the deepest well
Right here inside me like a fountain from the ground
Full of happiness
More content with less
More time for playing chase until we all fall down
Sleepin’ like a king ‘Cause I’ve got everything
What would I do with the whole world anyway
I’m happy counting sand
Or friends a’holdin’ hands
As we’re walking along we’ll be singing a song
…it goes on and on and on
(chorus)
(bridge)
I don’t philosophize
It’s fun to minimize
My faith is simple so it’s easy to believe
Think I’ll stay for a while
In this faith like a child
Cause I believe you’ve saved me
© 2010 Words and Music; Perry Springman, Ryan McAllister
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12. |
THAT'S HOW I KNEW YOU
03:46
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That’s How I Knew You
How did you find me?
I learned to fly before I crawled
You watched me fall
Into so many arms of love
I had forgotten where
I belong to you and I’m so scared to run
Now that I’ve begun
To find my way back here
And that’s how I knew you
That’s how I knew you would be
That’s how I knew you would be here
Which road to follow
When it divides me then I will turn around
And walk familiar ground
Laying down this sorrow
That’s how I knew you
That’s how I knew you would be
That’s how I knew you would be here
(Bridge)
So now, I’m coming home
Living on my own
So far away from you
I tore your heart in two
You still wait
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Perry Springman Vancouver, British Columbia
contact: perryspringman@gmail.com
tel. (604) 908-5639
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