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Another iPhone recording.

I wrote this during a sermon last week. It didn’t have anything to do with the sermon, per se, but the preacher was talking about different people having different gifts, and this was stirring about in my head.

Now, is it cheating if you have a 45 second song, and simply repeat it three times to get it over two minutes?

© 2011 Stephen G Brown

I am
You are
He is the Savior

He is
And was
And always will be

I am
You Are
We were created

He gives
Us Life
And in Him we will be
And in Him we will be
And in Him we will be

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Started while driving from Des Moines to Omaha on 16 February 2011, continued on flights from Columbus to Chicago and Chicago to Austin on 18 February 2011, finally finished off in Paige on 20 Feb.  Ooops. Nope, not done yet.  Okay, finished, at least for now, at home 22 Feb.

I was pretty excited about this song when I started it, but I just haven’t been able to pull it together the way I wanted to.  Fought hard with the lyrics, still don’t like them.  And it didn’t come out the way I wanted it to musically, either.  But I need to take a break from this so I can finish FAWM a winner!

©2011 Stephen G Brown

I can’t stop thinking of the way you solved the riddle
All the sins that I was stained with, now you’ve washed me clean
What I had put asunder, could not be joined together
You found a way that you could make it whole again

I can’t stop thinking of the way you gave forgiveness
You took three nails on a cross, You wore a crown of thorns
You suffered, died and then, you rose to life again
You conquored death for me and all who live in you

And You are beautiful
You made me beautiful
Everything’s beautiful in You
You are beautiful
You made me beautiful
Everything’s beautiful in You

I can’t stop thinking of the the way you filled my spirit
Like a fire you breathed into me, and set my heart aflame
I want to live my life in you, the way you made me to
Cause if the Son has set me free, then I am free indeed

I can’t stop thinking of the way you solved the riddle
How the death that I was cursed with you took off of me
If I keep my life I’m loosing, if I give it then I’m choosing
To spend it with you joyful in eternity

And You are beautiful
You made me beautiful
Everything’s beautiful in You
You are beautiful
You made me beautiful
Everything’s beautiful in You

And You are beautiful
You made me beautiful
Everything’s beautiful in You
You are beautiful
You made me beautiful
Everything’s beautiful in You

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Well, it’s Valentine’s Day.  I didn’t mean for it to work out this way, but it did.  Here’s a silly love song (Didn’t McCartney say we’d had enough of them?).  This was recorded using a lousy guitar, and built-in speakers in my computer, while at a hotel room in Des Moines, Iowa.

© 2011 Stephen G BrownStarted 13 February 2011 (3:30am) Paige , Texas
Finished 14 February 2011 just outside of Des Moines, Iowa

I’ve got some friends who say that you miss me
And you think of me all of the time
How could you walk away from me, baby
You know that you were meant to be mine

Three little words are are all that I’m asking
I need to hear them first from you
You told me you told me, but I never heard it
So how can I know that it’s true

I just need you to say you love me
Baby tell me just one more time
You say it first, and I’ll say it right back to you
Baby it’s a state of mind

We sat in the cafe talked about music
Religion, politics and guns
The guy on the stage he was playing too loudly
That’s when you claim that the dead was done

I heard you speak, but I didn’t hear clearly
I asked you to say it again
I heard “I” and I heard “you”
But I didn’t hear what came in between

I just need you to say you love me
Baby tell me just one more time
You say it first, and I’ll say it right back to you
Baby it’s a state of mind

I just need you to say you love me
Baby tell me just one more time
You say it first, and I’ll say it right back to you
Baby it’s a state of mind

Say you love me
Say you love me
Say you love me one more time
Say you love me
Say you love me
Say you love me, and I’ll make you mine

I’ve never wanted for fear to be master
And so I’ll have to stand him down
Letting you go would be a disaster
It’s time for me to grab the crown

I’ll swallow my pride and I’ll banish my worries
I’ll tell you what I’m going to do
I’m going to tell just what I’m thinking
I’m thinking that I love you

I just need you to say you love me
Baby tell me just one more time
You say it first, and I’ll say it right back to you
Baby it’s a state of mind

Say you love me
Say you love me
Say you love me one more time
Say you love me
Say you love me
Say you love me, and I’ll make you mine

Say you love me
Say you love me
Say you love me
Say you love me
Say you love me

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The philosophers have long debated: Which is is the greater failure; to miss your goals, or to hit your goals poorly?

In an attempt not fall too far behind in my FAWM goals, I present a not ready for prime-time recording of some guitar playing.  Be thankful I cut out the flute part entirely.

Recorded on the iPhone with ‘GigDaddy’.

©2011 Stephen G Brown

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Written in 2009.  Recorded tonight.

Copyright 2009 Stephen G Brown

From the rising up to the setting sun
I will seek you Lord, you are the Holy One
When my work begins, when my day is done
I will worship You, You are the Holy One

I love You and I sing Your praise
I will worship You for all my days
And when my days on earth are through
Forever I will worship You

Shout and sing children of Zion
For great in your midst is the Holy One (Isaiah 12:6)
You will be gathered up by God’s own Son
Our eyes will look upon the Holy One (Isaiah 17:7)

I love You and I sing Your praise
I will worship You for all my days
And when my days on earth are through
Forever I will worship You

He will be despised and the nations scorn
But prince and king shall bow to the Holy One (Isaiah 49:7)
He will be made known to all of Adam’s sons
Pure will be the name of the Holy One (Ezekiel 39:7)

I love You and I sing Your praise
I will worship You for all my days
And when my days on earth are through
Forever I will worship You