Lyrics:
When I was young, I wrote Rock 'n Roll for ya
In an attempt to express my soul, but now a
A lot of years have been slippin' by, so I
Gotta weave tunes out of sonic sighs, just tell me

Do you believe we can take a wrong and in
Spite of ourselves turn it into song?
To wit, make life a melody
Make sorrow harmony
Singing a brand new song!

Rock me!
Roll me!
Hug me!
Hold me!
Sing a new song -
Of jubilation!

My heart was achin' for somethin' new, so I
Drove down to Memphis to hear some blues, and then I
Sailed down to N'Orleans to soak up jazz, but my
Poor heart was still itchin' for a scratch, until I
I found that verse that said "Shiyr Chadash!" and it
It filled my life like an empty glass! So I
Made pain the harmony
Made joy my melody, by
Penning this little song!

And it rocked me!
Yeah it rolled me!
How it hugged me!
My joy held me!
So I sing a new song -
Full of jubilation!




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Shiyr Chadash

Tempest - 30 - No - Siren

Dont Make Me Lie (Brag on You)

(Verse 1)
Faith’s an addiction, a lovely affliction
I need a physician to treat this condition! So,
Call me a bit crazy, if this is a dream, don't wake me
I can hear voices in me - whispers of Jesus' love for me!

(Refrain)
Hallelu! It feels like Hallelu!
It's like a Hallelu-lelu-cination! Shout,
Hallelu! It feels like Hallelu!
It's like a Hallelu-lelu-cination!

(Verse 2)
Prayer might seem mental like rabbis named Yentl, but
If God’s like lithium put me away with Him!
Call me a bit kooky, the Spirit a little spooky
I’m a compulsive groupie, God is a superstar to me!!

(Refrain)
Hallelu! It feels like Hallelu!
It’s like a Hallelu-lelu-cination! Shout,
Hallelu! It feels like Hallelu!
It’s like a Hallelu-lelu-cination!

Sweet Hallelu! It’s simply Hallelu!
It’s such a Hallelu-lelu-cination!
Sweet Hallelu! It’s simply Hallelu!
It’s such a Hallelu-lelu-cination!
(Wow…)

(Lead out, voice 1)
Faith, I need my faith, I need my faith
I need my faith, I need my…
God I love my God, I love my God
I love my God, I love the…
Spirit, and the Father, and the
Baby and the Message, and His…
Mercy and His Passion and His
Patience and His Glory and His…

(Lead out, voice 2)
Something has come over me, and
Someone is at home, inside of me!
Knock on my heart Lord, I’ll come and
Open my life’s Door, so eagerly!
How can I get higher than this
Feeling of Your Mighty love for me?
We can be group therapy Lord,
Sharing our true selves, in psalmody!

(c) 2009 by Lonny Meinecke

Hallelucination

Only One Father
Words and Music © 2004 by Lonny Meinecke
(for my parents, Len and Betty)

Verse 1
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I couldn’t peer
Into the mirror
Because my eyes could barely reach the sill
But if I cried
She’d lift me high
And I remember my mom like that still

My father worked both day and night for me
He gave up all his dreams so I could be
Just tall enough
To reach his love

Chorus 1
=========
I’ve only one father
He gave me my start
Only one mother
She gave me my heart
There’s so much I owe
To their love, it’s the magic
That gave me life

Verse 2
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The years have flown
And now I’ve grown
But somewhere deep inside me lives that child
And through my eyes
My future flies
Within the edges of my daughter’s smile

How can I bring back moments that I’ve lived?
The cure for tears that only parents give?
I can because
My daughter does

Chorus 2
=========
We’ve only one father
He gave us our start
Only one mother
She gave us our heart
There’s so much we owe
To their love, it’s the magic
That gave us life

Narrow Bridges in Narnia

Only One Father

By Everything That’s Holy
Words and Music © 2007 by Lonny Meinecke
(from Philippians 4:8)
 
Lord, take this life and mold me
With everything that's holy
Lord lift me up so I can
Stand in your wake
With all my heart I'm reachin'
Please touch the lives I'm teachin'
If I find favor in your
Precious sight today

Make every day a sunrise
Help me to see through your eyes
Everything that's holy
My life solely for Thy glory only! 

Everything that's just and holy 
Everything that's true 
Everything that's pure and lovely 
Makes me think... of You!

By all the things you've shown me
By everything that's holy
Lord help me think those things
That calm the soul inside
This heart of angst that's achin'
This Spirit smile that's wakin'
I'll cast my line of cares on You
If you'll catch mine…

Make every trial I face
A chance to witness Your Grace
Set my soul on fire
Lift me higher than a heaven’ly choir!

Everything that's just and holy
Innocent and clean
Everything in Life that's noble
Help me think these things!

(Bridge)

God I can't shake this yearnin'
For all my thoughts keep turnin'
To things my troubled heart
Beats anxiously in me
Please stop my mind from drinkin'
In all these things I'm thinkin'
Lord God, emancipate my faith
And set me free!

Make me a Christian beacon
The storms in life can't weaken
Let me be the spark that
Lights the dark in every heart You’re callin’!

Everything that's just and holy
Everything that's true
Everything that's pure and lovely
Makes me more like You!

By Everything That's Holy

A Vow Amaranthine

Lyrics
=======================
Take me to the place where mountains grow
Take me there and never let me go
Let me stand in wonder at the sight
Let me be a beacon of their might

All our lives
Are made of moments
Every moment God reveals
Just a glimpse of this sweet wonder
That we won’t miss if we wait here

How can I describe the way I feel?
Skyscrapers of rock instead of steel
Let the buses leave, I can’t leave now
While silhouettes of sandstone form a crown

All our lives
Are made of moments
Every moment I‘m reborn
Let me pause to savor this one
Before the next one matters more

Be my life
My every moment
Be the mountain I adore
It’s not Time that matters less, dear
It’s just that you, dear, matter more

Lonny Meinecke

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