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I’m gonna lay my sword and shield
Down by the river side
Down by the river side
Down by the river side
I’m gonna lay my sword and shield
Down by the river side
Down by the river side
Down by the river side
We ain’t gonna study war no more
WE AIN’T GONNA STUDY WAR NO MORE!
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The Word
04:46
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The word, the word, the word
There has always been the word
But then the word took on flesh
Like a homeless baby in distress
Jesus walked into the fray
To prove a reconciling way
The word, the word, the living, saving word
My heart, my heart, my heart
Like the sea that once did part
To keep the devils at bay
From left to right it sways
Like a tired ocean wave
Yet all my heart now craves is
The word, the word, the living, saving word
From darkness, to darkness, to darkness, to light
The word because flesh to bring dead things to life
Yet it's a groaning, groaning world
Where even the trees are begging for
A new place to lay their roots
Where wars for oil will not destroy
We know a peace that lasts beyond a day
A hope that's deep enough to stay
The world, the world, the living, saving word
From darkness, to darkness, to darkness, to light
The word because flesh to bring dead things to life
We know a peace that last beyond a day
A hope that's deep enough to stay
The world, the world, the living, saving word
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Lay Me Down
04:49
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Lay me down into the ground
I once was lost but never found
I have forgotten my own sound
And in the void of love
I dug myself this hole
And I'm here waiting for a stranger
Oh I've played the wayfaring stranger
Long enough to have tasted all danger
Yet Your grace refuses to waver
As you take my burdens on Thee
Lay me down into the waves
Let your love wash pain away
Heal this sickness in my veins
There is a light which causes death to die
It's a mystery full of wonder
Oh I've played the wayfaring stranger
Long enough to have tasted all danger
Yet Your grace refuses to waver
As you take my burdens on Thee
I pray lay me down
That you might raise me up
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Paul and Silas, bound in jail
Ain't got money left to pay for bail
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on, why don’t you hold on
Paul and Silas began to shout
Doors popped open, and they all walked out
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on, why don’t you hold on
Ohh... Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on, why don’t you hold on
Got my hand on the freedom plow
Ain't nobody gonna stop us now
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on, why don’t you hold on
Well, the only chains that we can stand
Are the chains of hands in hand
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on, why don’t you hold on
Ohh... Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on, why don’t you hold on
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Son of Sorrows
06:34
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Christ's body lay broken
On a table dressed in white
Rebel hands and blood stained sands
Come feel thy savior's fright
Come see the Son of Sorrows
Our hope, strung up and cut down (cut down)
Fairer than the moonlight
Fairer still than autumns rain
Bind us to Your cross of love
A martyrs death attain
Come see the Son of Sorrows
Our hope, strung up and cut down
Come see this worlds suffering
As it is buried, buried in the ground
Let it be buried, buried in the ground
Give us light in the darkest of nights
Give us love in the presents of hate
Give us peace in perpetual war
Let it be buried, buried in the ground
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A Song of Lamentation
01:46
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Jesus
God of the poor
Liberator
Friend of the weak
Jesus
Light of the world
These weary bones
Tremble and weep
Heal every heart
Heal every soul
Heal the violence we carry
The blood in the soil
There is blood in the soil!
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Run, Devil Run
05:15
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Are you heavy laden?
What lashes does your body bear?
Are your sorrows plenty?
Come lay em down, lay em down, lay em down
There was a man from nowhere
Who spoke power to the poor
He filled their heart's with fire
So they laid him down, laid him down, laid him down
Oh I heard death had died
So run, Devil run
I say fare thee well to Babylon
Oh I have laid my tent
In the New Jerusalem
With it’s promise of love and life
One day the poor will find plenty
As the rich are left aside
For there is a city descending
Where the low shall be lifted high
And the dead shall raise to life
Oh I heard death had died
So run, Devil run
I say fare thee well to Babylon
Oh I have laid my tent
In the New Jerusalem
With it’s promise of love and life (give us life)
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Hold on, hold on, hold on it won't last long now
All good people of the earth, stand thy ground and claim thy worth
Stand thy ground and claim thy worth!
And though my knees might shake from the weight of the water
And though the dogs they bark so loud
When the prison door slams we’ll just sing all the louder
Crying peace, Oh we want peace, increase!
Crying peace, Oh we want peace, increase!
Say thy prayers, oh say em one by one
Lay thy body on the gun
For hate will not drive out hate
No only love will storm the gate
And reconcile this mess we make!
And though my knees might shake from the weight of the water
And though the dogs they bark so loud
When the prison door slams we’ll just sing all the louder
Crying peace, Oh we want peace, increase!
Crying peace, Oh we want peace, increase!
Lord let the weak find strength
Let not the workers hands sit idle
Until the poor have hope
And injustice shuts it’s mouth
And though my knees might shake from the weight of the water
And though the dogs they bark so loud
When the prison door slams we’ll just sing all the louder
Crying peace, Oh we want peace, increase!
Crying peace, Oh we want peace, increase!
We're crying
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Oh the cross I see
Looks more like a lynching tree
Like a suffering humanity
Strung up by its neck, hands and feet
But Jesus is dying upon that tree
Oh the cross I see
Looks plain like this world to me
Some claim that it's fair and free
Like their precious democracy
But Jesus is dying upon that tree
Oh the blood is running down
Upon the weeping wailing ground
With every body that breaks the earth is shakes
You see Jesus is dying upon that tree
The cross I see
Looks like this devil economy
Folks dotting i's and crossing t's
Trampling the poor for prosperity
But Jesus is dying upon that tree
Oh the blood is running down
Upon the weeping wailing ground
With every body that breaks the earth is shakes
You see Jesus is dying upon that tree
Mercy,
Mercy,
Oh my God have mercy on me
Mercy,
Mercy,
Oh my God have mercy on me
For the mothers and their daughters
For the sons who have lost their fathers
For the vagrants and the refugees
For the children who have become commodities
For the homeless seeking daily bread
Begging pocket change needing to be fed
For the immigrant working endless days
Exploited on a promise with no pay raise
For the prisoner locked inside his cell
Counting those days as he rots in hell
For the victims of this wretched war
And for the movement that we’ll just keep marching for
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Tremble, Tremble
04:15
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Were you there when they crucified my King?
Were you there when they crucified my King?
Oh Oh Oh
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my King?
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
Oh Oh Oh
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
Ohh, tremble, tremble.
Ohh, tremble, tremble.
Ohh, tremble, we tremble before you God
Were you there when He rose up from the grave?
Were you there when He rose up from the grave?
Oh Oh Oh
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when He rose up from the grave?
Were you there when He rose up from the grave?
Were you there when He rose up from the grave?
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Is It All Loss
04:27
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Is it all loss?
All I see is death down here below
Is it all cracking?
As seeds of doubt begin to grow in fickle hearts
Just toying with waters edge
Afraid of the deep
Unable to push off from the ledge
Yet you are faithful
You are faithful
You are faithful
In all my heartache
Is it all darkness?
Or is there a shred of light still left
In Your silence
I hear this beating in my chest
Come Lord Jesus
Take this old sack of bones
Let em dance dances
Like they have never known
Yet you are faithful
You are faithful
You are faithful
In all my heartache
You are faithful
You are faithful
You are faithful
In all my heartache
Oh my God, heal my heart, heal my soul
Break my legs, yah break my legs, down below
That I might stay, long enough, to behold
Your Glory!
You are faithful
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Jesus son of glory
I have been laid out
Doubt has opened the story
And laid my certainty down
Soften my hardened heart
And weaken my prideful soul
That I might be bold enough to not let go
And when my lungs finally give out
And I must return this body to the earth
I pray your love is strong enough
To raise me up, raise me up, raise me up
I believe in love
I still believe in truth
And no matter how tight this rope might tie
I will not let loose of you
Soften my hardened heart
Weaken my prideful soul
That I might be bold enough to not let go
And when my lungs finally give out
And I must return this body to the earth
I pray your love is strong enough
To raise me up, raise me up, raise me up
Deep in the root of my soul
There is a room where the light still turns on
Where I know that I know that I know
You're gonna raise me up
In Thy light we shall see the light!
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Steve Schallert Cape Town, South Africa
Steve Schallert is an international speaker, activist, musician and avid disciple of the nonviolent Jesus. Having traveled to over 50 countries and witnessing along the way the best and worst that humanity is capable of, Steve seeks to champion and equip people for active peacemaking & works of justice through building compassion for the poor and spurring on imagination. ... more
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