Wednesday, July 16th, 2003

Time	Event
3:14p	Songs I would like to put a bunch of my lyrics online. How would I do that best? I guess a journal entry for each song, and an entry that points to each song by individual id. I could keep updating the main pointers entry as I added songs. I guess I could point to that entry from my "who I am" info. Does that sound OK? Current Mood: Questioning Current Music: None, listening to NPR news, wipes out inner music box... (5 Comments | Comment on this)
3:19p	Song: Prodigal Son Prodigal Son c. Ray Phoenix The feast is awaiting, and the people are praying The verse for the day is, "Thy will be done" Oh, what a rejoicing, oh, what celebration To greet the return of, the Prodigal Son Are you discouraged, or are you downhearted By the things you have seen, or, the things you have done? Remember His promise, that there'a always forgiveness And there's room in the Kingdom, for the Prodigal Son The feast is awaiting, and the people are praying The verse for the day is, "Thy will be done" Oh, what a rejoicing, oh, what celebration To greet the return of (every one of us), the Prodigal Son Current Mood: artistic Current Music: Prodigal Son (Comment on this)
4:21p	Song: 70 times 7 70 times 7c. Ray Phoenix "70 times 7 times, forgive them", Jesus said "Even when they strike you and they wish that you were dead" Oh, Father, forgive us, as we forgive them and give us our daily bread, "70 times 7 times, forgive them", Jesus said Now, 70 times 7 seems like an awful lot to do I believe it would be easier at 70 times 2 And 2 times 2 forgiveness, well, I believe that could be done But Father, I'm having trouble forgiving them, one time one "70 times 7 times, forgive them", Jesus said "Even when they strike you and they leave you there for dead" Oh, Father, forgive us, as you forgive them and give us our daily bread, "70 times 7 times, forgive them", Jesus said Now one times one forgiveness, you know, that's really not enough If we can only forgive them one times one they'll think our hearts are mean and rough We've got to keep forgiving them, just to prove God's love is true And we've been forgiven for so much more that it's the least that we can do "70 times 7 times, forgive them", Jesus said "Even when they strike you and they leave you there for dead" Oh, Father, forgive us, as we forgive them and give us all our daily bread, "70 times 70 times 70 times 70 times 70 times 7 times, forgive them", Jesus said Current Mood: creative Current Music: 70 times 7, guitar and bass version (Comment on this)
4:31p	Song: Morning Like This Morning Like This c. Ray Phoenix Well, a morning like this, makes its own music and a morning like this, sings its own song And we thank you, Lord, for a morning like this And for bringing us along Well, a day like today, has so much sunlight on a day like today, how could anything go wrong? And we thank you, Lord, for a day like today and for helping us along Well, a world like this, has so much beauty, in a world like this, we give Thee, Lord, our praise! And we thank you, Lord, for a world like this, and for giving us our days. Well, a morning like this, makes its own music and a morning like this, sings its own song And we thank you, Lord, for a morning like this And for bringing us along, and for helping us along, and for bringing us along. Current Mood: grateful Current Music: Morning like this - guitar and vocal (3 Comments | Comment on this)
8:21p	Song: River of Love the River of Love c. Ray Phoenix The River of Love flows widely, toward the rising sun The tree of life blooms brightly in the morning And all is waiting for, he who says "I do believe" God's love is free to anyone who asks So turn your heart to the savior, your hand to the Lord Let Him lead the way Turn your heart to the savior, your hand to the Lord Watch with me and pray You know, the River of Love runs straight to the rising sun And the glory of the Lord is forever, and ever more Who can say what the Lord has done? who was there when He made the sky and the seas? Only our Lord can tell And we have been chosen by the Son of God to become His brothers too, And everywhere we look His love is there And the River of Love runs straight to the rising Son, We are chosen to be travellers, on the river, of His love. ------------------------------------------------------------------ It's interesting to me that I have been told several times that this song is scripturally inaccurate, though that might have been when I had "God's love is free to anyone who loves", or "anyone who cares". I am under the direct understanding that God's love is free to anyone, period. I don't want to start a theological argument here, but I wish it were completely simple to write lyrics that pleased all factions in this wonderful mix of people who call themselves Christians. Ah, well, God will sort it all out, I'm sure. I try very hard to avoid contentious dispute and disputatious doctrine, as Paul admonishes us. I think Christianity is at its best when we remember that it has to allow the "little children" to come unto the Lord. That means, to me, that it ain't s'posed to be all that difficult to understand. Right? So here's to more tolerance and less conflict. Love, Ray Current Mood: calm Current Music: River of Love, orchestrated (in my mind) (Comment on this)
9:17p	Song: Praise the Lord Praise the Lord c. Ray Phoenix Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, for living in the hearts of men Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, and Praise the Lord again PtL, PtL, for opening every door PtL, PtL, and Ptl some more for showing us the way -- and PtL today for giving us the light -- and PtL tonight in every thing we do -- for grass of green and skies of blue for setting His people free -- and PtL with me for every single thing -- for every single song we sing for every thing He does -- for every why and each because for making all things new -- and PtL for you and many, many more which I will write down as they come to mind. This is a fun song to do for a young attentive audience. If someone in the audience is willing to play along and make up couplets, it can be even more fun. Current Mood: happy Current Music: Praise the Lord with many voices (Comment on this)
9:30p	Song: The Old Man is Dead We wrote this song (Mary, Mickey, Chris, and I) when the boys were about 7 and 9 years old. We sang it dancing around the basement for a surprisingly long time. A nice evening. Some words may be wrong in this version, I'll correct them when I locate my copies of my songs. The Old Man is Dead c. Ray, Mickey, Chis, Marty Phoenix The old man is dead and the new man is living The old man is buried and we are forgiven The new man is born and he's headed for heaven and the old man is gone away The old man is gone with all of his power The new man is living in God from this hour The blessings of God now upon him will shower And the old man is gone away the old man is gone and now God can call us Satan has lost all his power to appall us The devil's defeated with all of his malice and the old man has gone away repeat from the beginning with even more enthusiasm than before. Do this indefinitely. Current Mood: jubilant Current Music: The Old Man is Dead, long live the new (Comment on this)

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