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Mercy In The Shadowland
04:42
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Mercy in the Shadowland
Words & Music by Randy Stonehill and Jeff Hurtgen
We are pilgrims in the shadowland
And there’s so much we don’t understand
But this restlessness keeps reminding us
There’s a better a land the city of our souls
We see dimly through our clouded sight
But we’re trusting in a different light
It burns faithfully where the eyes can’t see
But it leads us where our hearts were meant to go
Mercy in the shadowland
It’s love that holds our trembling hands
Deliver us from sinking sands we pray
The road is steep to kingdom come
But we’ll keep walking toward the sun
Until at last these shadows melt away
There is music on the celestial wind
And it whispers to us deep within
As that angel’s song guides us on and on
We remember that we never are alone
If we listen to those gentle strains
We’ll hear Heaven calling out our names
All creation sings and the echo rings
One day we will know as we are known
Mercy in the shadowland
It’s love that holds our trembling hands
Deliver us from sinking sands we pray
The road is steep to kingdom come
But we’ll keep walking toward the sun
Until at last these shadows melt away
Though we languish for a season in this lonely place
Where our darkness caused a Holy God to hide His face
We will find our rest if we’ll just confess our sad estate
Oh Jesus said, “The poor in spirit shall walk through Heaven’s gate
And it’s Mercy in the shadowland
It’s love that holds our trembling hands
Deliver us from sinking sands we pray
The road is steep to kingdom come
But we’ll keep walking toward the sun
Until at last these shadows melt away
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2. |
This Old Face
04:31
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This Old Face
Words and Music - Randy Stonehill
I’m pretty fond of this old face, I take it with me everyplace
You may like it you may not, it’s the only one I’ve got
Forgive me if I overstate the case
You could say I’m ok with this old face
I was just a smooth skinned boy of seventeen
Bought what they were selling sight unseen
It left me black and blue like a sailor’s old tattoo
But it taught me what forgiveness really means
This old face has tasted dust of broken dreams
All the lines tell the story of the failures and the glory
God’s faithfulness that time cannot erase
It’s no Brad Pitt or George Clooney
It’s the one the Lord gave to me
It’s history reminds me of his grace
If truth be told guess I’m sold on this old face
I’ve watched it slowly changing through the years
From the laugh lines and the salty stain of tears
It’s been weathered by the wind of sadness and of sin
But it shines whenever Heaven’s love appears
Yeah, this old face has run the race from there to here
All the lines tell the story of the failures and the glory
God’s faithfulness that time cannot erase
It’s no Brad Pitt or George Clooney
It’s the one the Lord gave to me
It’s history reminds me of his grace
Now don’t blame me, it came for free this old face
Without a map without a clue the world was wild and new
I learned the long way how to be a man
Then I heard a still small voice, He offered me a choice
From that day I’ve walked his way the best I can
On this old face you’ll trace the touch of Jesus’ hand
At times I’ve thought about a nip and tuck
If you banked on that you’re sadly out of luck
It may freshen up your look but it can’t rewrite your book
Or save you from the punches you can’t duck
So just embrace your old face don’t waste a buck
All the lines tell the story of the failures and the glory
God’s faithfulness that time cannot erase
It’s no Brad Pitt or George Clooney
It’s the one the Lord gave to me
It’s history reminds me of his grace
In the end I found a friend in this old face
In the end I found a friend in this old face
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Beginning of the Living End
Words and music - Randy Stonehill
You better say what you need to say
You better do what you’ve got to do
Today has come it’s the only one the Lord has promised you
You know I had so many friends, so many have flown away
I turn around they’re gone, the list gets longer seems like every day
Hey hey hey…
Destiny’s calling you and me it’s rolling up around the bend
Reach for the sky, reach for the sky, reach for the sky
It’s the beginning of the living end
We fiddle while Rome’s on fire goin’ deaf from the madding crowd
Got bread and circus blind on purpose music pumped up loud
The Titanic’s going down, we’re just too scared to think
You can rearrange the deck chairs baby, ship’s still gonna sink
Hey hey hey….
Minutes flow like liquid gold man they’re never coming back again
Reach for the sky, reach for the sky, reach for the sky
It’s the beginning of the living end
We wonder through these ruins bewildered kings of dust
Sad and disillusioned betrayed by our own lust
This myth of the human spirit rising up against all odds
That’s the deadly dream of darkness from the mouth of man made gods
Every soul is a precious jewel everybody better count the cost
We should all take a wake-up call from the thief up on the cross
In Jesus’ beautiful eyes he looked into Eternity
Said, “I’m a guilty man now I understand won’t you please remember me.”
Hey, hey, hey, hey hear what I say
We’re all stained with the mark of Cain only holy blood can cleanse
Reach for the sky, reach for the sky, reach for the sky
It’s the beginning of the living end
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4. |
Thinly Veiled Threat
07:07
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Thinly Veiled Threat - Words by Randy & Jeff Stonehill, Music by Randy …
All the blameless criminals in toxic town
Howling like hyenas when the sun goes down.
The Potentate parades on his golden calf
While the minions all clamor for his autograph.
Harlots and the charlatans dance in a seductive pirouette.
Pundits pontificate blind men trying to trace a silhouette.
Looks can hypnotize, it’s really just a thinly veiled threat.
Thinly veiled threat like the rattle on a snake.
Thinly veiled threat like a lawyer’s handshake.
Thinly veiled threat like a sleeping crocodile.
Thinly veiled threat like a politician’s smile.
Beneath the clever mask you there’ shadow of a thinly veiled threat.
Wide-eyed youth with their bright ideals
Sinking in the quicksand easy truth conceals.
It’s the age-old illusion ‘bout a final fix
But it’s a leaky boat drifting down the river Styx.
History repeats like a nightmare we never can forget.
All our proud inventions promise us a better world and yet
They leave us bruised and bloody and they mock us like a thinly veiled threat.
Thinly veiled threat like a spider with a fly.
Thinly veiled threat like a fortune teller’s lie.
Thinly veiled threat like a switch blade knife.
Thinly veiled threat like a friend’s flirty wife.
You think she’s sweet salvation but she’s really just a thinly veiled threat.
Bridge:
We know that something’s missing what it is we just can’t tell
There’s a fleeting hope of Heaven a chilling fear of hell
Have we angered some great Deity who cast us to the ground
We can’t climb mount Olympus and he’s not comin’ down
Now the hours come to haunt us like footsteps on the stairs
We long for some oasis that was never really there
Are we orphans on some pilgrimage who cursed the grand design
Are we left here just to languish paralyzed and blind
Say you’ll leave the city for a distant shore
But the elevator jams on the 13th floor.
So you pour a little poison, to ease the edge.
Still you feel like you’re dangling off a windy ledge.
Your trophy blonde is pouting while she waits for you to light her cigarette.
She was the lover of your dreams now it seems more like you lost some kind of bet.
She whispers “baby you’re the one” but it hisses like a thinly veiled threat.
Thinly veiled threat like the hackles on a dog.
Thinly veiled threat like a phantom in the fog.
Thinly veiled threat like a dragon in your dreams
Thinly veiled threat you’re afraid of what that means.
You pretend it isn’t so but you know that it’s a thinly veiled threat.
Thinly veiled threat like the calm before the storm.
Thinly veiled threat like a rose hides the thorn.
Thinly veiled threat like a tightly clenched fist.
Thinly veiled threat like Judas’ sweet kiss.
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5. |
She Loves Me
04:46
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She Loves Me
Lyrics by Randy Stonehill and Mason Douglas
Music by Randy Stonehill
She loves the glow of a twilight sky
Dreamy dance of a firefly
The color of leaves when the seasons turn
She loves the whisper of the morning rain
Lonely cry of a midnight train
And every love song she’s ever heard
She loves movies that make her cry
Loves to laugh on a carnival ride
But what I can’t believe…
Is she loves me more than anything on earth
And I can see, it’s a miracle cause I’m so in love with her
I am much more blessed than a man should be
Cause she loves me
She loves a song called “Amazing Grace”
Kiss of snowflakes upon her face
Sound of church bells when Sunday comes
She loves lightning in a summer storm
Crackling campfire to keep her warm
And thunder rolling like Heaven’s drums
She loves laughter when children play
Quiet peace when she kneels to pray
But what I can’t believe…
She loves me more than anything on earth
And I can see, it’s a miracle cause I’m so in love with her
I am much more blessed than a man should be
Cause she loves me
And I hear my heart cry love is alive
She loves me more than anything on earth
And I can see, it’s a miracle cause I’m so in love, I’m so in love with her
I’m much more blessed than a man should be
The beauty of her soul brings me to my knees
I am much more blessed than a man should be
Cause she loves me
She loves me
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Coyote Moon
04:42
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Coyote Moon
Lyrics and Music by Terry Scott Taylor and Randy Stonehill
And the seasons go round and round
Seasons go round and round
Here we begin hearts on the wind laughing careful children
But then one day, they run away nothing stays the same
Lost and we’re found, free and we’re bound strangers in the mirror
Filled with a longing we can never name
CHORUS
Sometimes you'll dance with the wild wind at your heels
Sometimes you'll hang your head at the lonely way life feels
Sometimes you'll laugh when the sunlight fills your room
Sometimes you'll cry ‘neath the coyote moon
Ahh…the seasons go round and round
Ohh… seasons go round and round
Bitter and sweet, the road at our feet beckons us to follow
We open our eyes and realize time is not our own
Joy and then pain, sun and the rain
Mystery and the Maker
Whisper again we're only halfway home
(Repeat chorus)
(Instrumental….)
We are the ones, prodigal sons
Envy of the angels
Moving in shadows struggling toward the light
(Repeat chorus)
And the seasons go round and round...
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7. |
Still Not Over You
04:39
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Still Not Over You
Words and music - Randy Stonehill and the Warren Bros.
I stole you from my daddy’s drawer, rolled you in my sleeve
Well you made me cool in high school, but you made it hard to breathe
Now and then I catch a whiff although it’s second hand
Funny after all this time here we are again
I ain’t smoked in seven years, crazy but it’s true
Guess I’m still not over you
Oh, I’m still not over you
Crazy but it’s true
I’m still not over you
We fell in love in college but went our separate ways
Now I’ve got a wife and kids life’s pretty good these days
When I saw you on that crowded street my head began to spin
Said hello to those old feelings I thought I’d never feel again
I ain’t seen you in twenty years, feels like a day or two
Guess I’m still not over you
Oh, I’m still not over you
I know it’s true, so true
Still not over you
Some bridges we cross some bridges we burn
Sometimes the scars remind us what we’ve learned
Sometimes you’ve just got to turn and go the other way
Well I met you back in Sunday school, we sang “Amazing Grace”
I listened to those stories and drew pictures of your face
I left there a rebel there’s no place I ain’t been
Funny after all these years here we are again
I ain’t prayed since forever but I’m gettin ready too
Cause I’m still not over you
Oh I know I know it’s true
Like a sky that's blazing blue
I can’t let go no matter how I try
Keep holdin’ on ’til the day I die
Here what I say
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Billy Frank
05:03
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Billy Frank
Lyrics and music by Randy Stonehill
You were just a Carolina boy who dreamed of playing ball
But you turned your heart to Heaven when you heard a higher call
That Priceless Pearl can make a man his lesser dreams forsake
When the fields are white for harvest and Eternity's at stake
Chorus:
I'd like to thank you, Billy Frank, one fine day
But I bet I know just what you'd say
The greatest gift of gratitude is to make my life a song
To the Savior you have loved and served so faithfully so long
Though you'd smile up at Heaven to remind me Who to thank
I'd like to thank you anyway, Billy Frank
Now Billy Frank I realize you're no more than a man
Still the world remains forever changed because you made a stand
The cry of lost and dying souls brought you to your knees
And the power of God flows through a man who lives what he believes
I'd like to thank you Billy Frank, one fine day
But I bet I know just what you'd say
The greatest gift of gratitude is to make my life a song
To the Savior you have loved and served so faithfully so long
Though you'd smile up at Heaven to remind me Who to thank
I'd like to thank you anyway, Billy Frank
Bridge:
You've been the voice of truth to presidents and kings
But you've never been impressed by such things
Nothing is more precious in your sight
Than Jesus Christ the Savior crucified
(Instrumental Chorus)
Now your flame is flickering as you are nearing home
And pretty soon you'll stand in awe before God's gleaming throne
I have no doubt there'll be a shout as Heaven celebrates
When St. Peter tells the Father, "Billy Graham's at the gates"
I'd like to thank you Billy Frank, one fine day
But I bet I know just what you'd say
The greatest gift of gratitude is to make my life a song
To the Savior you have loved and served so faithfully so long
Though you'd smile up at Heaven to remind me Who to thank
I'd like to thank you anyway
Sir, that's all I've got to say
I'd like to thank you anyway, Billy Frank
You were just a Carolina boy who dreamed of playing ball
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9. |
Leonard Has A Toaster
04:19
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Leonard Has a Toaster
Lyrics and Music by Randy Stonehill
Leonard has a toaster but Leonard’s toast just never comes out right
Every time he puts the bread in it pops up either too dark or too light
As a child I’d watch his face become a vision of frustration and fright
As if to say beware this life my friend, the undertow will drown you in the end
You may briefly know some happiness that tricks you until everything goes wrong
Leonard has a toaster, reminding him he never did belong
Leonard has a toaster, I know because I’m Leonard’s youngest son
And I have wrestled with these phantoms that have robbed me like a bandit with a gun
Now Daddy tried his best, I don’t blame him for the damage that’s been done
Age to age the dysfunction carries on, like the passing of some toxic baton
Every generation leaves a legacy of blessings and of pain
Leonard has a toaster, it might as well have been a ball and chain
Oh we read from this unwritten script, that tells us who we are
It’s amazing how those unseen wounds can leave such lasting scars
Leonard has a toaster, I still have it with me to this day
Oh it’s always right behind me, though years ago we tossed that thing away
If a child is taught that failure is a sin, there’s an awful price to pay
See the trouble wasn’t toasters after all
It’s a lack of love that makes your soul feel small
I learned about the family tree that taught my dad to be this joyless jerk
Leonard has a toaster, I hear Granddad was a real piece of work
Leonard has a toaster, Granddad was a real piece of work
Now there are times I’m still haunted by the ghost of dear Old Leonard’s toast
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10. |
Where Are You?
03:45
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Where Are You
Words and music by Randy Stonehill
Where are you, where are you lost between the darkness and the dawn
Where are you, where are you you’re not really here buy you’re not gone
I remember the songs we always loved to sing
I remember the laughter that we shared
Now there’s only the echo of a long good-bye hanging sadly in the air, in the air
Where are you, where are you, where
Where are you, where are you shaking out the worn out cloak of time
Where are you, where are you step by step you’re leaving us behind
I’m becoming a stranger in your distant eyes
I am wrestling the weight of my despair
I keep wishing I could hold you close enough to heal you like some sacred prayer, sacred prayer
Where are you, where are you, where
Are you looking past the twilight to a hidden place
Is your restless spirit longing to take flight
Are the angels speaking secrets in that language of the heart
As they gently lead you to the land of light
Where are you, where are you on a journey you must make alone
Where are you, where are you your ship is finally setting sail for home
As your memories fade away like autumn leaves
Til the winter has left the branches bare
I’ll still love you and show you in a thousand ways until the day I meet you there
I’ll meet you there
Where are you, where are you,
Where are you, where are you where
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Goodbye Old Friend
03:35
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Goodbye Old Friend
Words and music by Randy Stonehill
Goodbye old friend
Goodbye old friend
Could have known you so much better way back then
Goodbye old friend
My old friend
It’s so strange how time blows by just like the wind
There’s a certain tug of war between a father and a son
Word’s we spoke in anger, damage that’s been done
I guess we’re both just broken like those fences
We never got to mend
Goodbye old friend
Goodbye old friend
Goodbye old friend
It’s so hard to say goodbye I won’t pretend
Goodbye old friend
I’ll cry old friend
When I think of all the things that might have been
I should have thanked you so much more for listening to my song
For all the caring things you did that helped me carry on
They’re with me like a dusty long lost letter
I always meant to send
Goodbye old friend
It’s the valley of the shadow
But the dawning of the day
Dying is not ending
Even though you’ve gone away
You’re running through Elysian Fields
Free at last beyond this mortal clay
What can I say
Goodbye old friend
Goodbye old friend
I’d give anything to be with you again
Goodbye old friend
I’ll try old friend
Guess I’ll be okay but I just can’t say when
Living with your leaving feels so hollow and so wrong
But part of you is part of me so part of you lives on
I believe we’ll meet someday somewhere
Just up around that bend
Goodbye old friend
Goodbye old friend
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12. |
Worry About Money
03:48
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Worry About Money
Words and Music - Randy Stonehill
Well the morning’s sweet and the sky is sunny
Let’s jump out of bed and worry ‘bout money
Money to spend money to save
Money to buy yourself a pretty little grave
If it weren’t so sad it might be funny
The world’s gone mad worrying about money
The rich young ruler in Jesus’ day said, “I wanna to get to Heaven you show me the way.”
Jesus gazed at him lovingly, said, “Sell all you have, come follow Me.”
The rich man sadly hung his head he couldn’t bear to hear what the Savior said
Here’s a question think it through, do you own money or does it own you
Birds make nests bees make honey
We make a mess worrying about money
Money can bless money can kill
It’s the love of money that’s a poison pill
Now God’s a giver and He’s got plenty
Never wastes a minute worryin’ ‘bout money
Now don’t go thinking that I’m naive
Money is a thing that we all need
It can serve you well but for Heaven’s sake
it’s always been the frosting never been the cake
God owns the cattle on a thousand hills
He’ll sell one for you if you do His will
He made the lily He made the rose
Finer than Solomon’s Sunday clothes
But we hurry and scurry like a scared little bunny
Tearing out our hare/hair worrying ‘bout money
I don’t know why they call it wealth
It can’t buy time and it can’t buy health
Can’t buy you ticket into Kingdom Come
It’s as dead as the paper that they make it from
Can’t buy true love or a faithful friend
We keep fishin’ that wishin’ well again and again
Well I hope I live ’til I’m a hundred and twenty
But when I die I’ll be dancing on money
Money that shines money that’s gold
Money’s only pavement on Heaven’s road
If it weren’t so sad it might be funny
The world’s gone mad worryin’ about money
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13. |
Angel Of The Highway
04:00
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Angel of the Highway
Lyrics and Music By Randy Stonehill and Reggie Hamm
Angel of the highway, spread your wings above these wheels
Sometimes I get so weary at how lonely this life feels
Your my angel of the highway, come and guide me with your light
‘Cause it’s a long dark road that I’m traveling down tonight
A thousand songs inside me, got a honey-toned guitar
My angel here to guide me, like that shining northern star
The gleaming of the spotlight, like her diamond angel eyes
Velvet of the midnight air, her fingers running through my hair
Angel of the highway, you’re much more than just a dream
You whisper to remind me what it’s all supposed to mean
You’re my angel of the highway, riding shotgun next to me
You’re the proof to my heart of these things my eyes can’t see
A million miles behind me, with a million more to go
That’s where you’re gonna find me, up and down this gypsy road
It’s true I’m alway traveling guess that’s just where I belong
Moving on from town to town, with a prayer and a lover’s song
Angel….Angel of the highway
Angel…
Angel of the highway, all my life I’ve heard you call
If I could do things my way, I wouldn’t change a thing at all
You’re my angel of the highway, truest friend I’ve ever known
And I’ll follow you ’til that day you lead me home
Angel…Angel of the highway
Angel…
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Dance Beyond the Laughing Sky
Words by Randy & Leslie Stonehill
Music by Randy Stonehill
Majesty on High, speaks a Holy Word and breathes a billion stars
Love’s the reason why, He molds us in His hands and tells us who we are
Life is so much more than just a waking dream a road where dark shadows entwine
Step into the Light and you’ll see what it means to shine
And we will laugh beneath the dancing sky you and I you and I
Die to live and live to fly you and I
Children of the Heavens high, never need to say good-bye
When we dance beyond the laughing sky
We will dance beyond the laughing sky
Strangers in this land, learning to discern the seasons and the signs
Soon we’ll understand the mystery that turns our water into wine
Living in this story where the storms that come are part of the wondrous design
Glory unto glory we’re transformed until we shine
And we will laugh beneath the dancing sky you and I you and I
Die to live and live to fly you and I
Children of the Heavens high, never need to say good-bye
Yes we’ll dance beyond the laughing sky
We will dance beyond the laughing sky
Li di di da di li di da…
La di di da di…..
Seek ye first the kingdom as a child again, it’s more than you hoped you would find
Rise up like the angels walking on the wind, shine
And we will laugh beneath the dancing sky you and I, you and I
Die to live and live to fly, you and I
Children of the Heavens high, never need to say good-bye
Yes we’ll dance beyond the laughing sky
When we dance beyond the laughing sky
We will dance beyond the laughing sky
Come and dance beyond the laughing sky
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Randy Stonehill South Carolina
Randy Stonehill has been busy delivering heart-driven, relevant Christian music for more than 50 years. His first album
"Born Twice," produced by Larry Norman was released in 1971, marking 2021 as Randy's Golden anniversary.
He’s written hundreds of songs with 27 releases and counting, and he’s responsible for some of the most authentic, influential Christian music ever written.
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