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| 01 Media Alert
Words: John Lawry and Dwight Liles Music: John Lawry T.V., telephone, radio, stereo Floating thru the air waves Blastin' out the windows Media is everywhere Underground and in the air Headsets to fly with, jog and drive with Negative signals Out of control Media alert Media emergency Can't overstate the urgency of a media alert Hardware, software, audio, video, digital to analog Suburbia to ghetto Media is all around Every mode of sight and sound Gadgets to hear with, see with, be with Positive we need positive signals Who will take control The good news is still news after 20 centuries Put it there for all to see Put it there for all to hear T.V., telephone, radio, stereo Float it on the airwaves Blast it out the windows Take the message everywhere Underground and in the air Jesus to hear with, see with, be with Every signal Under His control |
| 02 Video Logic
Words: John Lawry and Mark Hauth Music: John Lawry Shot down to the video store Gonna watch a movie tonight Gotta see the latest flick Temptations got a hold real tight I scan the shelves up and down Which one shall I choose There are comedies and thrillers Tough guys and chillers Guess I'll watch the zombie killers But then I hear a voice that's warning Be careful what you see Could be more than just my conscience Revealing what I need I need video logic I need remote control I need viewer descretion Let God take control The movie's thru Everyone's gone Yet the images remain The things I wish I hadn't seen Keep replaying in my head All alone I drop to my knees Covered by conviction Lord please take control Help me with my video, my video, my video There's a price to pay for what we see We don't escape for free We are what we are because of what we allow Are we becoming what we want to be |
| 03 The Whole World Is Crying Tonight
Words: John Lawry and Linda Lang Music: John Lawry Homeless people in paper houses Only shadows of days gone by Where is the hope in their eyes Faith is failing and hopes are fading Lifeless people whose dreams have died Empty souls with nothing left inside Tears are falling, tears are falling The whole world is crying tonight Crying for someone to bring them the Light Oh the whole world is crying tonight Feel the pain of a wounded heart Weak and weary and torn apart A touch of love can heal a heart Who can pick up the broken pieces Who can make their life complete Who will go to the outcast on the streets For the tears of the world He died The Man of sorrow was crucified His love can dry every tear |
| 04 Stars In The Night
Words and music: John Lawry and Danny Kingen Refining fire, keep burning brighter Make us Your stars in the night In You is the Light, Your Light, the Light of men Fan the flames of faith, so the whole world can see Stars in the night, hearts on fire Burning in the night We are stars in the night Stars in the night Candles of hope burning everlasting light We are stars in the night Oh Son of David, Bright Morning Star Maker of heaven and earth You are the Holy Power Consuming Holy Fire Burn in our hearts So the whole world can see Searching in thru the sky, I see many stars Going where the Spirit leads Oh they travel on Their journey homeward bound Stars in the night faithfully |
| 05 Time Will Tell (Changing Of The Guards)
Words: John Lawry and Dwight Liles Music: John Lawry Storing information A need for our survival Every generation has to pass it on And a memory erasure Is an ever-present danger In a careless moment so much could be gone Time will tell If we learned our lesson well Will the truth survive unharmed Time will tell If the bridge stood firm or fell Connecting wisdom heart to heart At the changing of the guards Sending unmixed signals To the guardians of the future A priority we've often overlooked In an age when thoughts are scrambled In transmissions jammed and tangled What we tell them must be clear and understood Like soldiers that stand at the palace gates Soon our time is up, another takes our place What we leave to them is more than gold The treasure of our souls Words of the wise, words of God Himself Stored in Holy books, filling walls and shelves Not to be admired or merely read But to give life to the dead Guarding sacred treasure For the ones who will follow after In a world where nothing's sacred anymore Can we touch the mind and spirit Of a terminal generation Will they understand the worth of what we've stored |
| 06 Radio-ology
Words: John Lawry and Dwight Liles Music: John Lawry Get your headphones It's time to play Stereo Sherlock Holmes When you move to the sounds And you move to the beat What about the words Reach for the lyric sheet It's easy to just relax And disengage your mind (When you're listenin' to the radio) Harder to guard your heart But soon you find (There's danger!) So listen objectively Understand your radio-ology Study effectively What you need is radio-ology Radio-ology Radio-ology What do you hear A lifestyle is ringing in your ears Can you agree With all that you find Or is deception Detected between the lines Easy to like the style And let the substance be (When you're listenin' to the radio) Harder to seek the truth That sets you free (There's danger!) |
| 07 Decalogue
Words and music: John Lawry Love the Lord Decalogue No other Gods No idols Don't take His name in vain Keep His day holy Honor your father, honor your mother Don't kill No adultery, keep yourself pure Don't steal Don't lie, no slander Don't covet It's the Top Ten |
| 08 Can't Break A Broken Heart
Words: John Lawry and Dwight Liles Music: John Lawry Hard times make a hardened man When you try too much For the upper hand There's no staying in control Sooner or later you'll Learn to let it go Sure it's gonna kill your pride That's the way it goes Sure you'll want to run and hide When it hurts to grow Humble yourself under the Father's hand Hearts that are broken come to understand They're the strong ones In the long run You can't break a broken heart Hard times make a broken man And you learn to cry Then you learn to stand Strength comes under God's control And the tides of chance Will not shake your soul Praise the Lord, praise Him, praise Him In everything, praise Him, praise Him Set your eyes on His light When your path is dim Everything that comes to you Comes to you through Him |
| 09 Ice Walls
Words: John Lawry and Dwight Liles Music: John Lawry Chill out brother Everyone's telling you Stay in your refrigerator Keepin' it nice and cool Break, break out You belong in the Son There's a new dish cooking in the oven The recipe says, "Well done" Warmed up by the Word God's light touches all Come out of the cold It's time to melt ice walls Check that timer Only so long to wait When it's the Truth burning inside you Got to communicate Poppin' in and out of the toaster oooooo' Doesn't sound like much fun Get into the pressure cooker The recipe says, "Well done" |
| 10 Something Wonderful
Words and music: John Lawry and Dwight Liles I still remember feeling alone Life at a mission With dreams of a home The emptiness around me Made me run and hide A lonely frightened child In a lonely frightened time I still remember the joy in the air When somebody told me somebody cared This child of rejection Was finally going home Home to a family Who would call me their own Somebody took me by the hand Something wonderful, it's incredible That someone wants me Someone cares enough to take me home Something wonderful, it's incredible When someone wants you I've waited so long I'm finally going home Two children of Jesus Took a child no one would claim Well they gave me a family, gave me a name The pain that lived inside me Was hard and slow to heal But Love outweighed the hate That had taught me not to feel The love of Jesus captured me Somebody said they wanted me There is an orphan in everyone's heart Our Father reaches with open arms Reaching, reaching Reaching to us all |