You Light Up My Life

YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE

Joe Brooks

So many nights
I'd sit by my window
Waiting for someone
To sing me his song
So many dreams
I kept deep inside me
Alone in the dark
But now you've come along

And you light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
And fill my nights
With song

Rolling at sea
Adrift on the waters
Could it be finally
I'm turning for home?
Finally a chance to say
"Hey, I love you"
Never again
To be all alone

And you light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
And fill my nights
With song

You, you light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
And fill my nights
With song

It can be right
You make feel so right
'Cause you
You light up my life

THE ROSE

Amanda McBroom

Some say love
It is a river
That drowns the tender seed
Some say love
It is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love
It is a hunger
An endless aching need
I say love
It is a flower
And you it's only seed

It's the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
That cannot seem to give
And the soul afraid of dying
That never learns to live

And the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snow
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring
Becomes a rose

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER

Paul Simon

When you're weary
Feeling small
When tears are in your eyes
I will dry them all

I'm on your side
Oh, when times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled waters
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled waters
I will lay me down

When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you

I'll take your part
Oh, when darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled waters
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled waters
I will lay me down

Sail on children
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All their dreams are on their way

See how they shine
Oh, when you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled waters
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled waters
I will ease your mind, your mind
I'll ease your mind

I BELIEVE

J. Shirl, A. Stillman, E. Drake, I. Graham

I believe for every drop of rain that falls
A flower grows
I believe that somewhere in the darkest night
A candle glows
I believe for everyone who goes astray
Someone will come to show the way
I believe
Oh, I believe

I believe above the storm the smallest prayer
Will still be heard
I believe that someone in that great somewhere
Hears every word
Every time I hear a newborn baby cry
Or touch a leaf
Or see the sky
Then I know why
I believe
Every time I hear a newborn baby cry
Or touch a leaf
Or see the sky
Then I know why
I believe
I believe

TEN THOUSAND ANGELS CRIED

David Patillo

Stillness filled the Heavens
On crucifixion day
Some say it rained
I don't know if it's true
Well, I can just imagine
Ten thousand angels cried
That would seem like rain
To me and you

The angels all stood ready
To take him from the tree
They waited for the words
From his voice
And when he asked the father
Why has thou forsaken me?
They watched the saviour die
Of his own choice

I've never seen ten thousand angels cry
But I'm sure they did as they stood by
And watched the saviour die
God turned his head away
He couldn't bear the sight
It must have looked like rain
When ten thousand angels cried

As the sun slipped away
The skies turned to grey
And when Jesus gave his all
That's when the tears began to fall

I've never seen ten thousand angels cry
But I'm sure they did as they stood by
And watched the saviour die
God turned his head away
He couldn't bear the sight
It must have looked like rain
When ten thousand angels cried
It must have looked like rain
When ten thousand angels cried

CLINGING TO A SAVING HAND

Bill Mack

Sing me a song of praise and glory
Help this wandering child to understand
That when I close my eyes in sleep eternal
I'll be clinging to a saving hand

I want you to sing to me about the rock of ages
And sing about eternity so sweet
So that when I take my last breathe of life
I'll awaken at my saviour's feet

I want you to tell me about Paul and Matthew
And sing about my dear saviour's birth
And tell about his trials and tribulations
While he walked upon his heathen Earth

Come on and sing me a song of praise and glory
Help this wandering child to understand
That when I close my eyes in sleep eternal
I'll be clinging to a saving hand
I'll be clinging to a saving hand

ON THE SIDE OF ANGELS

Gary Burr, Gerry House

I've never been so certain
I've never been so sure
We're on the side of angels
If we believe this love is pure

Is it so hard to trust it
'Cause we've been wrong before?
There comes a time in every life
We find the heart we're waiting for

After all the might have beens
The close and distant calls
After all the try agains
Don't be afraid to fall
We're on the side of angels after all

Every time you touch me
Don't you feel it too?
The gentle hand that's guiding us
You to me, me to you

After all the might have beens
The close and distant calls
After all the try agains
Don't be afraid to fall
We're on the side of angels after all

Heaven only knows
Why this took so long
But only heaven knows
A love is right or wrong

After all the might have beens
The close and distant calls
After all the try agains
Don't be afraid to fall
We're on the side of angels
On the side of angels
On the side of angels after all
Ooh-ooh yea
On the side of angels
Ooh

I KNOW WHO HOLDS TOMORROW

Ira F. Stanphill

I don't know about tomorrow
I just live from day to day
And I don't borrow from its sunshine
'Cause the skies might turn to grey

And I don't worry about the future
'Cause I know what Jesus said
And today I'm gonna walk right beside him
'Cause he's the one who knows what is ahead

There are things about tomorrow (tomorrow)
That I don't seem (I don't seem) to understand
But I know (yes I know) who holds tomorrow
And I know (yes I know) who holds my hand

And each step is getting brighter
As the golden stairs I climb
And every burden is getting lighter
And all the clouds are silver lined

And over there the sun is always shining
And no tears will ever dim the eye
And the ending of the rainbow
Where the mountains, they touch the sky

There are many things about tomorrow (tomorrow)
I don't seem (I don't seem) to understand (understand)
But I know (yes I know) who holds tomorrow
And I know (yes I know) who holds my hand
Yes I know (yes I know) who holds my hand (holds my hand)

GOD BLESS AMERICA

Irving Berlin

God bless America
Land that I love
Stand beside her
And guide her
Through the night with the light from above
From the mountains
To the prairies
To the oceans
Wide with hope
God Bless America
My home sweet home
God Bless America
My home sweet home

God bless America

From the mountains
To the prairies
To the oceans
Wide with hope
God bless America
My home sweet home
God bless America
My home sweet home

HOW DO I LIVE

Diane Warren

How do I
Get through the night without you?
If I had to live without you
What kind of life would that be?
Oh I
I need you in my arms, need you to hold
You're my world, my heart, my soul

If you ever leave
Baby you would take away everything
Good in my life
And tell me now

How do I live without you?
I want to know
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I (how do I) how do I
Oh how do I live?

Without you
There'd be no sun in my sky
There would be no love in my life
There'd be no world left for me
And I
Baby I don't know what I would do
I'd be lost if I lost you

If you ever leave
Baby you would take away everything
Real in my life
And tell me now

How do I live without you?
I want to know
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go
How do I ever (ever), ever survive?
How do I (how do I) how do I
Oh how do I live?

Please tell me baby
How do I go on?

If you ever leave
Baby you would take away everything
I need you with me
Baby don't you know that you're everything
Good in my life?
And tell me now

How do I live without you?
I want to know
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go
How do I ever (ever), ever survive?
How do I (how do I), how do I
Oh how do I live? (How do I live?)
How do I live (how do I live) without you?
How do I live (how do I live) without you baby? (How do I, how do I, how do I live?)
How do I live?
(How do I, how do I, how do I live?)

AMAZING GRACE

ACAPELLA

Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost
But now I'm found
'Twas blind
But now I see
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear?
The hour I first believed
When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Then when we first begun

Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost
But now I'm found
Was blind
But now I see

NATIONAL ANTHEM

Oh say
Can you see?
By the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed
At the twilight's last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes
And bright stars
Through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched
Were so gallantly streaming

And the rocket's red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there

Oh say
Does that star spangled
Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free
And the home of the brave