HE IS A FRIEND OF MINE Randy Stonehill

HE IS A FRIEND OF MINE Public Domain - Words & Arr.

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Randy Stonehill I saw a man who had sunshine in his eyes A passing stranger with a look much more than wise He only had to smile to make me realize I would follow He dressed in common clothes

VENEZUELA Randy Stonehill

VENEZUELA my best friend's in venezuela / and he sent me a letter and a photograph / well i miss him so you know / his letters always make me laugh well he's down there in the southern sun /

Keeper Of The Bear Randy Stonehill

Keeper Of The Bear - Randy Stonehill I am the keeper of the bear / I bring him here / I take him there / Oh, what a special bond we share / The truth is plain / We truly care / And if you see us

The Gods Of Men Randy Stonehill

The Gods Of Men I used to dream of being famous Wanted my name to be a household word Well I thought that it would thrill me Then I saw that it could kill me Now it srikes me as a little absurd

WEIGHT OF THE SKY Randy Stonehill

WEIGHT OF THE SKY Michael was funny He was charming and wild In my high school days He was the king of the street Rode his Harley down Blossom Hill Road And his life was over in a heartbeat

THIS FRIEND OF OLD Randy Stonehill

THIS FRIEND OF OLD There you go On the way to meet your fortune and your dreams Down a road That is often not the highway that it seems Chorus Well I've been down that road and back again

FIRST PRAYER Randy Stonehill

FIRST PRAYER Randy Stonehill I've been waitin' for a long long time / Hopin' You're a friend of mine / If there's one thing that I need to do / Well that's to find out more about You / I have

READY TO GO Randy Stonehill

READY TO GO Some people say that faith Is just the dream of desperate men I shake my head and say This life's too short to play pretend I know that Jesus called my name He brought my heart to

PUPPET STRINGS Randy Stonehill

PUPPET STRINGS Randy Stonehill Oh, I can't keep from mourning For this topsy-turvy world With all its strife and pain Mourning for the lost And the desperate children Who can't remember their

BAD FRUIT Randy Stonehill

eat of that bad fruit / don't drink of that sweet wine / it may look great from a distance but it gets you every time don't wait for tomorrow / grab hold of that lifeline / there's Someone who's

COUNTERFEIT KING Randy Stonehill

COUNTERFEIT KING counterfeit king in a garden that he stole / he's the outlaw with the diamonds in his eyes like an angel of light he'll seduce your wandering soul / he's a master of the beau

The Dying Breed Randy Stonehill

The Dying Breed Everybody's pointing at the man up on the tightrope Cheering while they hope that he will fall Some think that he's funny Some think that he's crazy Fact is that his courage shames

STILL SMALL VOICE Randy Stonehill

STILL SMALL VOICE I have heard a Still, Small Voice That's whispering, "I Am, I Am, I Am" Have you heard a Still, Small Voice Whispering, "I can, I can, I can" "If you'd only believe" "If you'd

BRIGHTER DAY Randy Stonehill

BRIGHTER DAY Everybody's bruised, it's been that kind of year Been a little house cleanin' been a lotta pain and tears But it's no good runnin' away Learn from the hard times, make them pay I'm

LOVE TELLS NO LIES Randy Stonehill

LOVE TELLS NO LIES The wind is in the trees The sun is rising Feel it warm upon your face And everywhere you turn There's life in motion Like a heartbeat you can trace Now don't imagine that

Angry Young Men Randy Stonehill

Angry Young Men He wants some angry young men Ones who can't be bought Ones who will not run from a fight Ones who speak the truth whether it's popular or not Ones who'd give up anything to walk

The Hope of Glory Randy Stonehill

The Hope of Glory Oh how much more could any man desire Than to know why he draws his every breath Oh how much more could any soul require Than that the Lord is near him at his death CHORUS:

STAND LIKE STEEL Randy Stonehill

STAND LIKE STEEL Martin Luther King in Alabama Faced a howling mob with just a Bible in his hand He could hear the distant thunder He knew his days were numbered But he believed in freedom And

Hope Of Glory (Acoustic Version) Randy Stonehill

Hope Of Glory (Acoustic Version) Oh, how much more could any man desire ?Than to know why he draws his every breath ?Oh, how much more could any soul require ?

A Promise Made Is A Promise Kept Randy Stonehill

A Promise Made Is A Promise Kept R. Stonehill & R.

Cross That Line Randy Stonehill

You say you want a sign Man, you don't need any more Go tell the hurting ones The King of Hope has come to hear their prayers And as He lives through us The human touch will let them know He cares

THROUGH THE GLASS DARKLY Randy Stonehill

THROUGH THE GLASS DARKLY i heard God was at the palace doing a one night stand / so i went out there to see Him with my hope in my hand / he was just a boy of fifteen without much to say / and

POSTCARDS FROM THE HEART Randy Stonehill

POSTCARDS FROM THE HEART Father, you are older than me / And in many ways you are wise / But all of my life it's hurt to see / The sadness that's in your eyes / And I know that your life

POSTCARDS FROM THE HEART Randy Stonehill

POSTCARDS FROM THE HEART Father, you are older than me / And in many ways you are wise / But all of my life it's hurt to see / The sadness that's in your eyes / And I know that your life has been

Letter To My Family Randy Stonehill

Letter To My Family father, you are older than me and in many ways you are wise but all of my life it's hurt to see the sadness that's in your yes and I know that your life has been hard and

SONG FOR SARAH Randy Stonehill

SONG FOR SARAH Randy Stonehill Sarah can I love you will you open up the door / I know you've heard that misused word a lot of times before / But I think that you need someone who can firmly take

FAITHFUL Randy Stonehill

FAITHFUL WHEN I WAS A BOY I OPENED MY EYES LOOKING FOR THE HAND THAT MOVED THE CLOUDS ACROSS THE SKY AND IN MY SIMPLE WAY I BELIEVED THE ONE WHO TURNS THE WORLD AROUND WAS REACHING DOWN FOR

SING IN PORTUGUESE Randy Stonehill

Stonehill The kindest person I ever knew was my grandmother Mary She came from the Azores Islands Off of the Portugal coast And she and her husband worked on a little farm In the valley so green

HAND IN THE HAND Randy Stonehill

HAND IN THE HAND McClellan Put your hand in the hand of the man that stilled the water Put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea Take a look at yourself and you will look at your

The Wild Frontier Randy Stonehill

The Wild Frontier Like a child who dreams of flying And aches for something more We hold the dim remembrance Of an ancient golden shore Ah, but now our faith is frozen We lost it by default

BACK TO CALIFORNIA Randy Stonehill

BACK TO CALIFORNIA Randy Stonehill I'm on the road again Feeling lonely and blue And I just can't keep my mind on anything else but you Well it feels like I haven't kissed you since God knows

Evangeline Randy Stonehill

some prison gate I pound on these walls with my bleeding hands And long to pull you from sinking sand CHORUS: Evangeline Come back to me Come back to me Come back to me Evangeline The sky is

MICE AND MEN Randy Stonehill

Stonehill Everyone's waiting for their ship to come in And they wring their hands and they drum their fingers On the walls that they built to be safe from the wind But they can't see out and no one

RACHEL DELEVORYAS Randy Stonehill

Stonehill Rachel Delevoryas With her thick eye glasses and her plain Jane face Sat beside me in her fifth grade class Looking so terribly out of place Rachel played the violin And classical music

Farther On Randy Stonehill

Farther On we're all traveling on a journey born to find our native land like a scattered tribe returning tracing the ancient plan leaving the desert sand we've found a highway few have taken

THESE LONELY DAYS Randy Stonehill

THESE LONELY DAYS She gets up each morning at eight So I wait for the phone to ring I know she is not going to call But that doesn't change a thing By nine o'clock she's downtown Another working

EMILY Randy Stonehill

EMILY i will not forget my sister's face the day that she died / such a frail little girl i remember how i cried when she reached out to squeeze my hand i knew her time had come / and when her

STOP THE WORLD Randy Stonehill

Fear is taking over Anxiety is on the rise Well you can feel it in the air You can see it in your neighbor's eyes The working man is deperate He can't support his family And we could pull the nation

LATELY MARY Randy Stonehill

LATELY MARY Randy Stonehill We share the same old joke She's my sister We get rowdy, have a good time She is my friend But lately, Mary, lately I find it so hard to pretend I hate old clich

COMING BACK SOON Randy Stonehill

COMING BACK SOON Morning steals the night The sun breaks through the rain A little girl is sleeping While I pack to meet my plane Then I kneel down by her bed And I kiss her sleepy head She

Rainbow Randy Stonehill

light I know everything's all right when You're near me I can tell that You know me very well suddenly my deepest fears disappear oh oh You're my Rainbow so bright and true and when my life is

Father Of Lights Randy Stonehill

Father Of Lights - Randy Stonehill Shining down from the Father of lights / Every good thing in my life / Raining down from the Father of lights / They come down from the Father of lights / one bright

Every Heartbeat Is A Prayer Randy Stonehill

Every Heartbeat Is A Prayer - Randy Stonehill Every heartbeat is a prayer / Mighty Father of creation, You who stand outside of time / To Your beauty no other can compare / While I still cast a shadow

Return To Paradise Randy Stonehill

Return To Paradise, Myrrh Words and Music by Randy Stonehill It was a few nights before Christmas and I was sit- ting in my car at a busy intersection.

YOU CAN STILL WALK TALL Randy Stonehill

this way And when the pain drives you down to your knees And you cry out for help in the darkness That's the safest place you can be Chorus Hey baby Baby you can still walk tall You just move a

SHUT DE D? Randy Stonehill

Words and Music by Randy Stonehill (Chorus) Shut de d? keep out de debil Shut de d? keep de devil in de ni-eet Shut de d?

MODERN MYTH Randy Stonehill

MODERN MYTH I don't know why we treat this life like a creation of our own design Pretending everything is under control when actually, we're running blind I hear that we're the highest form of

TRUE BLOOD Randy Stonehill

TRUE BLOOD I catch the scent in the morning air Like sweet perfume from a holy garden I feel the warmth of a love so rare It finds no wrong too great to pardon Chorus Oh true blood Spring

BEYOND THE VEIL Randy Stonehill

BEYOND THE VEIL The fiber of this life is paper thin A spider's web can be torn by a shift in the wind And the mirror pool is shattered when you toss a pebble in CHORUS: And I'm not afraid to