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Beat
05:10
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BEAT
Get down get back to the basics
No spectators in the Human Race
You take your chances…steer your own ride
Keep your tank full of fuel from on high
Narrow road…We’re always on the go
Your hands on the wheel…keeping it real
CHORUS
Ain’t no such thing as coasting through life
It’s all fast lane on an endless turnpike
You crank it wide open till you’re burning up the street
Laying down tracks to the rhythm of a Heavenly beat
So sweet…Can you feel that Heavenly beat?
One song one line we are singing
So many melodies in everything
You pick a tune and play it like you want
Add another part…the work moves along
Universal sound beyond here and now
A symphony of time…The story sublime
CHORUS
BRIDGE
(Push it to the limit (to the limit) to the limit)
The drive is astounding…The will to survive
Your heart is pounding…Your brain is alive
Love is the leading…Got to run the course
Truth is congealing…In poetry of verse
(In poetry of verse)
SOLO
BRIDGE
CHORUS
© 2014 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Johnny Gospelseed
04:25
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JOHNNY GOSPELSEED
CHORUS
You can call me Johnny Gospelseed…Call me fool
As long as I can meet a need that will do
I spread but a simple truth across the land
Jesus’ love is calling you…His Kingdom is at hand
This is not a fable…It’s just real life
And if we’re not careful it will pass us by
When our time is over and Judgment calls
Will we rise with Jesus or will we fall?
Someone’s got to tell it… and now before all hope is lost
When the trumpet blows and the Master comes
Can we pay the cost?
CHORUS
Hatred is a sickness…infects our world
Get the Great Physician…He can bring the cure
A shot of His forgiveness is a real good start
A dose of loving kindness it heal a broken heart
Follow His prescription for Godly living every day
For a healthy mind and a healthy soul
Jesus is the way
CHORUS
SOLO
CHORUS
CHORUS
© 2014 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Afraid To Love
06:19
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AFRAID TO LOVE
By Mychael John Thomas
You’ve been hurt…Well I can understand
Name one who has never been
Tell me this…Would you refuse the hand
Of one who would be your friend
Jesus knows what you’ve been through
He wants to set you free of it
It’s a choice He’s leaving up to you
Now what you gonna do with it?
CHORUS
Are you just afraid to love
Maybe you’re afraid to trust
Evil is what fear’s made of
Don’t you wanna give it up
Afraid to love…Afraid to love
So you say that you can live alone
Well I know where you’re coming from
For a while you build a heart of stone
You say you don’t need anyone
Jesus knows everything you feel
He only wants to ease your pain
Take a chance on finding something real
He’ll show you how to live again
CHORUS SOLO
BRIDGE
He has not give us a spirit of fear
But one by which we call Him
Abba…Oh Father…For we are His children
We have not reached the perfection of love
If we’re looking for punishment
Perfect love has no fear but rather expels it
BRIDGE II
Why are we wandering when someone is waiting to
(Why… are we waiting)
Show us the reason that we were created
(We… were created)
To walk in the Spirit…In truth of the Savior
(Walk… in the Spirit with the)
The way of Salvation in God’s love forever
(Savior in God’s love forever)
SOLO
Afraid to love…But made for love
He gave His love…To save with love
© 1991/2014 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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4. |
Loaded Gun
04:40
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LOADED GUN
Child of sorrow child of woe
Your world has tossed you to and fro
Your violence is all you know
How far will you have to go?
All you wanted was to be loved by someone
But you let the Devil hand you a loaded gun…Hey
Hate filled citizens…Angry mobs
Scream of justice but all they’ve got
Lost innocents in chaos
Street fighting that will never stop
True justice only comes from God’s own Son
But you let the Devil hand you a loaded gun
BRIDGE
Well the Devil has no power
If we refuse to play his game
We can stand till the final hour
In Jesus’ Holy name
Governmental policies lost in sin
Preaching war to every foe and friend
Power breeds corruption…While truth you spin
Still you lie to us until the end
All your judgment should be coming from God above
But you let the Devil hand you a loaded gun
Yea…Don’t pull the trigger
Loaded gun…You’re time is coming
Shhhhhhh
© 1994 / 2014 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Return To Reason
07:04
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RETURN TO REASON
By Mychael John Thomas
I watched the television for a while tonight
A classic Western movie flashed before my sight
As I remembered all those feelings of my child
I sat and wondered when did everything become so wild?
We’re living in denial of what’s right
I saw police arrest a man in his front yard
He had a gun…He said that life was just too hard
His wife and children cried and watched him ride away
They would be missing him but they’d be living one more day
I think it’s safe to say he’ll break their hearts
CHORUS
Consider well your ways (Heat of the moment)
For choices made in life (Bear consequences)
Affect Eternity for each one (Be sure your motive of decision)
Consider well your ways (Pursue the knowledge)
So you don’t lose your mind (And Holy wisdom)
Sin’s only pleasure for a season (Don’t lose your edge)
Return to reason (You have your freedom)
SOLO
An FM voice said twenty years ago today
Where were you then as this old song began to play
Where are we now? And is there hope we’ll ever see
A true revival of the life of love that used to be?
I still believe that we can change our way
CHORUS
© 1994 / 2014 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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6. |
Law & Order
12:16
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LAW AND ORDER
By Mychael John Thomas
I. THE MASTER PLAN
Narrator:
Johnny was born to Christian parents
Who loved him every day
They took him to church nearly every Sunday
To teach him Jesus’ way
They told him son you must always remember
Obey the Law of the Land
Always seek the Lord and read your Bible
And someday you will understand the Master Plan
Johnny was a boy in the early 60s
When his parents started him to school
Every morning he would say the Pledge of Allegiance
And try to learn the Golden Rule
The teacher always read a story from the Bible
And then she’d teach the Law of the Land
She spoke of truth and justice…The American Way
And tried to help him understand the Master Plan
Johnny spent his spare time drawing pictures
And listening to the radio
He liked to watch the lines moving to the music
When he let his mind go
The people in the neighborhood always encouraged
They said he had talented hands
They said always work hard…get an education
And someday you will understand…
II. PROBLEM CHILD
The Boys In The Band:
Hey Johnny we’re starting a band
And we heard you were the best on the block
We’re gonna jam at the Junior High dance
Do you wanna rock?
No rules no prayer in school
And the teachers can’t do anything
So you know everybody’s gonna listen
To whatever we wanna sing
Do you smoke? No you don’t!?
Well we can change all that
Just play your guitar get a bad attitude
And have a cigarette
CHORUS
And you can be a problem child
We can go wild…Problem child
You can be a problem child
Innocence defiled…Problem child
III. JOHNNY FOUND JESUS
Narrator:
“JESUS SAVES” read the sign
In front of a tent by the road
Youth revival here tonight
And Johnny decided to go
People sang…The organ played
And then about seven fifteen
Stoned out Johnny wandered in
And shook those Heaven memories
CHORUS (Choir/Narrator)
(Johnny found Jesus) And the tears began to flow
(Jesus saved Johnny) And the pain began to go
(Johnny found Jesus) At the alter in his heart
(Jesus gave Johnny) A brand new start
Johnny found Jesus (Did you hear about the rough boy?)
Oh Ohh
Johnny found Jesus (Everybody says he’s reborn…
I don’t believe it)
IV. BIBLES FOR THE PEOPLE
The Judge:
“…It is therefore the order of this court,
that anyone from this day forward being found to possess any Bible, shall be considered an enemy of the state and punishable by the Law of the Land…”
Johnny:
Many years ago I knelt before an alter
And gave my life to Jesus Christ
How can I submit to such an order?
No I must do what is right
When my country denies our maker
It’s the Word of God I choose
Even though my life may be in danger
Either way I cannot lose…There must be
CHORUS
Bibles for the people…We’ll go underground…providing
Bibles for the people…Till the leaders come around
I’m siding with the God of Love till the and of time is come
Survival for the people…Bibles for the people now
V. THE INFORMANT
“…911...”
Informant:
9 1 1 I’m kind of on the run
But something I think you should know
I found the hideout of that Bible outlaw guy
Listen close I’ll tell you where to go
911:
“You have done well fellow citizen.”
Narrator:
Came the voice across the phone
But no one was there to hear the empty praise
The informant was already gone…
Johnny and his troops were praying
When they heard police on every side
They calmly said their last “Amen”
And Johnny looked at them and smiled
VI. SHOWDOWN
“THIS IS THE POLICE! THROW DOWN YOU BIBLES AND COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP! I REPEAT, THROW DOWN YOUR BIBLES AND COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP! AND NO ONE WILL BE HURT”
Johnny:
Let’s make a deal since I’m the one you want
Let the others all go free
I’ll surrender…You can end the hunt
And do what you want with me…
“NO DEALS JOHNNY. THROW DOWN YOUR BIBLES AND COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP!”
Narrator:
Johnny shook his head with a look of resign
As a tear rolled down his face
For he knew in that moment…His destiny
And what was about to take place
Slowly he stepped from the building
And holding his Bible high
He walked toward the lights the guns and the smoke
And looking into the sky he cried
VII. SURRENDER
Johnny:
I surrender you may choose my fate
But I cannot throw down God’s word
For man can make any law that he wants
But order comes from the Lord
My life belongs to Jesus
‘Cause He laid down His life for me
And maybe you can capture my body
But my soul is eternally free…I am free
The People:
(Did you hear about the rough boy?) Ohhh….
Choir:
(Johnny found Jesus)
Johnny:
Bibles for the people!
The People
(Johnny was born to Christian parents)
© 1996 / 2014 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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7. |
Voyager Now
07:40
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VOYAGER NOW
An endless river flows
With the water of life for every thirsty soul
This world is not our home
We are only nomad spirits and destined to roam
To escape the consternation we beseech a revelation
Hoping we receive a Holy epitome…Mmm
(Aimlessly we wandering…)
(While the voice of truth is thundering)
Our hearts cannot conceive
The fullness of the Master in a vast eternity
We endeavor to be free
And employ imagination that helps us to see
In life there are no limits only loss for lack of living
As we travel through our own infinity
(Aimlessly we wandering…) For now
(While the voice of truth is thundering) Somehow
(Aimlessly we wandering…) We’ll find
(While the voice of truth is thundering) A sign
CHORUS
Voyager now…But someday we arrive
Beginning our eternal…Forever alive
Voyager now…But someday we will walk
Right thru the gates of Heaven and then we will talk
In different holy voices…No one will be distorting
The meaning we’ve been courting all along
BRIDGE
Only an abstract mind will dare to comprehend
When fear is absent find the caring of a friend
And if we have the time we share until the end
This love of God…We come from God
We long to see His face…We yearn for His embrace
And we will hear Him say, “Enter in…To Heaven”
CHORUS
Voyager now…But someday we arrive
Beginning our eternal…Forever alive
Voyager now…But someday we will walk
Right thru the gates of Heaven and then we will talk
In different holy voices…No one will be distorting
The meaning we’ve been courting all along
(Hopefully we traveling…) And so
(While the secrets are unraveling) We will know
(Hopefully we traveling…) When the time
(While the secrets are unraveling) Is right
Voyager now…
Voyager now…
Voyager now…
© 2014 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Mychael John Thomas Alabama
Mychael is originally from Nashville, TN. He has been in the music industry for 40 plus years as recording artst, songwriter, musician and producer. He composed, performed, engineered and produced all of his solo bandcamp releases.
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