A song for my lovely wife. A woman worthy of everything I have to offer...lyrics below:

Verse 1:
Few great things in my life 
Were achieved alone without my wife
Everythings' been fortified
Shaken down, tested and tried
Sweat and tears for seventeen years
Facing fears and building strength

Verse 2:
The best soul mates aren't taken, they're made
Forged in the fire of a healthy marriage, every day
By the hand of a mighty God
Working hard in his workshop
Two weapons here, for seventeen years 
Sharpened spears, taking new frontiers


Chorus:
What - eve - r comes our way 
What - eve - r  it might take
I made a promise I won't break
Untill my dying day 

Wherever the storm winds blow
I'll be right here, don't you know
Together we sail this boat 
Our love will only grow

Verse 3:
I’m not the same man who said "I do"
I’ve become  more than I ever could have been alone, with you
I’d be a fool to neglect that fact
I gave my heart, I ‘aint taking it back
I've been standin' here, for seventeen years
And I 'aint going no where, my dear 

Chorus:
What - eve - r comes our way 
What - eve - r  it might take
I made a promise I won't break.
Untill my dying day 

Wherever the storm winds blow
I'll be right here, don't you know
Together we sail this boat 
Our love will only grow

Seventeen Years

This song was an easy one to write. I sat down over Thanksgiving break and wrote it one morning start to finish. but mixing has been a total challenge. I'm still working on it, but at least its far enough along to hear.

Verse 1: 
Picture me
Being me
For eternity
Unchanged
Un-phased
Eternally 
Living as if I know 
All There is to know

Who would I be
If you ne - ver
Found me?
What would I do
Living life without you?
How in the world would I grow
Were it not for the love you've shown?

What would life be like
If I couldn't be by your side?
Imagine the man born blind
If he never received his sight

Chorus: 
I don't wanna know
'Cause the road that flows without you
I'll never go
And I'm sure that what I hope for
Is set in stone
I'm blind without your light
It leads me home
This much I know
 
Verse 2: 
Well, I better spit it out
Put it down
Pass it around
In case 
Theres a place
For any doubt
You gave love you don't owe
Seeds in my heart were sown

What if in fact
Like me
You began to act
With no grace 
In fact
If you took it back
We hurt'n, it's true
Thank God that isn't you

You could have just walked by
Instead you spoke and changed my life
What if when Lazarus died
No - body was around to give him life?

Chorus: 
I don't wanna know
'Cause the road that flows without you
I'll never go
And I'm sure that what I hope for
Is set in stone
I'm blind without your light
It leads me home
This much I know


I Don't Wanna Know (Featuring Rachel Louis)

My stab at writing an opening song for an album...

Everything

The Criminal Song (Featuring Rachel Louis)

Written the morning I found out my guild mate, Sleet, died from cancer.  Its a song about becoming increasingly aware of the fragility of life as we grow from children to adults. Its sobering, humbling and quite painful.   No one ever escapes this process of growth. But somehow, there is a beauty in it. I don't know. Its easier to explain with the music.  
Lyrics below:

Verse 1:
There was always something to do
On a street like Telegrapgh avenue
Video games, trinkets, friends and food
Every day on the way from school

Its been many years since it closed down
But every time I come to town
I still go and I look around
Hoping all my friends are hanging out.

Chorus:
I wish to go back
For a little while
Not that I don't appreciate
What I have now

But a little boy is missing
And he needs to be found
I lost him to time
Now he's just in my mind

It was a little slice of heaven
Where kids would dream together
We called it Silverball
Playin' games like Dragons Lair

But now it's dust and grime
A relic from my time
That virtual life
Etched in my mind
 
Verse 2:
At ten-thousand points scored 
Life. You'd get one more
I've got some friends who could have used that, For sure 
For the cost of a quarter
You could start over

Where'd it all go?
Now,  a whole different world.
And quarters don't work
Anymore...

Silverball

Chorus: 
If you ever want to know
How in the world to make love grow
It begins just when the real you shows
Conquer the fear of letting go 
Forget about tryin' to have a smooth flow
Put whatever you got on the table
You can't protect yourself
At the same time love somebody else


Verse 1:
Human nature is to survive
To defend our lives
And we'll guard it till we die
But for the love in my life
I need to fight
The way I'm designed 
Though I  try
 Sometimes I'd rather hide
I wanna protect my pride
A part of me is still shy
Being open is tough, 'aint no lie

Chorus:

Verse 2:
A man reaps what he sows 
Whatever you water grows
The energy invested shows
So don't be surprised 
That before your eyes
Is a harvest of your life

(How do you like it?)

The tale of the other side
Where the grass is green all the time
Is just a very well-told lie
'Aint nothing wrong with the water in your pipes 

Chorus:
(3x)

Somebody Else

A song I wrote over the Thanksgiving holiday in preparation for a lesson I will be teaching alongside my wife about purity

Verse 1

Some memories will never go
They shape every thought you know
It was many many years ago
When a wise man told me so

He said you're full of talent and potential
But I you think you already know
There’s riches and great treasures of wisdom to flow
If only your glass wasn’t full

Chorus:
You see, the price of life is to die to pride
Find the right fight
Not every struggle is worth you
Sometimes we strive and don’t realize the prize
Keeping us from the light
From seeing God’s eyes
(2x)


Verse 2
He said, "son, I'm not gonna lie,"
The cost of greatness is high"
And then I saw the skeptic in his eyes
He wondered if I'd pay the price

Today I stand proud to say
The price has been paid
But I learned what makes the cost so,so, so great
Is that you got to pay it every day

Chorus:

The Price of Life

People Of Courage 17

How to reconcile in such a divided time.  We need this now more than ever....

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My World

A tribute to my Aunt and childhood everything.

Verse 1:
Man, this California weather bites     
Altogether messin with my mind 
On my left....sunny bright 
Thunder storming rain on my right

 Kinda like these  emotions
Spread across my heart like an ocean
Cuz, at ninety five, you won the fight
Wanna cry and smile at the same time, but 

 I’m celebrating a big ‘ole fat   life
About the size of my arms….When I spread ‘em wide
And she'd hug you tight  And wouldn't let go
Tryna tell you that she loved you  Wanted you to know

How does a woman get that strong?
I'll give you back that $.35 cents, girl   If you share it all 
Some people thought something was wrong               
But, naw...
Its just a healthy cut
Of God's love
 just what it does
You can’t give enough
But I hope
Her lesson
Is passed on….To us all
 
Chorus:
You’re my Pearl      
Girl, you're a treasure
A pure heart with double measure
She made the heart of a child seem possible

You’re Pearl  
Theres no other
Lord, Give me courage, to love like this
She will be missed, But, here here I go...

Pearl

Justin Reuben Avery has been the worship leader in the Santa Barbara Church of Christ for the last 20 years.  A clothing designer by profession, it has only been in the last 3 years that guitar, piano, bass and mixing software have been a part of the repertoire.  This, with an incurable passion to communicate, love and share experiences, has been a recipe for some truly fascinating work.

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