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Rubber Canoe:
Lyrics
Legacy (Myrrh/Word Records 1983)
1. Legacy
2. Closer
3. It Took
So Long
4. Melody
Man
5. Sensitive
Heart
6. Caught
Away
7. Out
of the Natural
8. Nobody's
Listening
9. Footprints
10. These Things
Were Done By You
1.
Legacy
Words & Music by Benny Hester
We're leaving a trial wherever we go,
Pushing so hard that we never slow,
To stop and wonder what we've left
For this world to know.
Somewhere deep in my heart
I wish I knew for sure
What you'd remember me
When I'm not here anymore.
The Lord has a way of healing the past,
Of taking your best and making it last.
I want to leave a legacy of love for you
That will add up to more
Than this simple man could ever be.
I want to leave a legacy.
When the hard winds blow,
Like a feather we spin.
If we've fallen asleep,
We may waken again to find
We've long been judged so blind, so deaf.
So when it's all said and done
I pray this one thing is left:
That I may leave a legacy of love for you
That will add up to more
Than this simple man could ever be.
Lord, help me leave a legacy.
With things unseen,
God will bring reality from a dream.
That's what His Spirit does.
Time keeps slipping away
With ev'ry word that I say.
He is the good in us.
And my hopes and desires
Are what I want you to see.
They're not what I am
But what I'd like to be.
Jesus died and is risen to redeem mankind.
So when all seems lost
Keep this is mind:
That He has left a legacy of love for you
That will add up to more
Than any man could ever be.
And if God will shed His grace on me
I will have left a legacy.
2. Closer
Words & Music by Benny Hester
Here is a thought and I know that it's right,
So we better sit down and talk tonight.
We're being torn away from our fam'ly and friends.
No time for the Lord:
How subtle it begins,
I know the truth and you know it, too.
Now it's very clear what we've got to do.
Well I'm not sure what you have heard.
But what I mean can be said in one word:
To get
chorus 1:
Closer, closer.
We've gotta get closer, closer.
Say what's in your heart.
Tell them that you love 'em tonight.
There is a plan and the time has come,
Not for a few but for ev'ryone.
You're looking for truth
And if you really want to know,
The Lord's gonna show
You the way you should go.
To bring into our lives and the dream that we see,
He's gonna start with you and with me.
So now we've heard what we've gotta do.
And ev'ry day the Lord's words come through:
To get
(chorus 1)
We've gotta get get closer, closer.
We've gotta get closer, closer.
Now's the time to start.
Trust Him; it'll be alright.
So long, we can't see the end
When we think it's not near
We say we'll slow down.
But we're never with the ones we hold dear.
And I can see where there'll come a time
When no one's close
And that's a crime.
You know it's true.
It's even happening now.
We got to wake up,
And we better learn how to get
chorus 2:
Closer, closer.
We've gotta get closer, closer.
Say what's in your heart.
Tell Him that you love Him tonight.
We've gotta get get closer, closer.
We've gotta get closer, closer.
It's not too late to start.
Trust Him; it'll be alright.
So wrong. You know that it's wrong
When there's no change in sight,
While it's still light
We've gotta get closer before the night.
Now I know how it could be.
And I'm so concerned with what I see.
If we don't start now, we better watch out.
We need God's help,
'Cause we've gotta learn how to get
(chorus 2)
3. It Took So Long
Words & Music by Benny Hester & Michael Omartian
(coming soon)
4. Melody Man
Words & Music by Benny Hester
Oh, I want to write you a love song
To tell you honestly how I feel.
It's been inside me for so long.
So put your arm around me
For these things I know are real.
I'll be your
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Melody man
And I want you to see
That you bring out the love song in me.
I'm your melody man.
I'm your melody man.
I hope that this will sound like a letter.
For once I'd like to tell you what I need to say.
'Cause I know that things have turned out much better
Since we've walked this road together
And I promised you that day
I'd be your
(chorus)
I'm your melody man and I love you.
I'm your melody man.
Help me now.
I want to write down, Lord,
The things that we shared.
In my words the truth is there because of you.
Yes, I'm your
(chorus)
I'm your melody man and I love you.
I'm your melody man.
I'm your melody man
And I'll always stay your melody man.
I'm your melody man
And I like it that way.
I'm your melody man.
Yes, I am.
5. Sensitive Heart
Words & Music by Benny Hester & Jeff Lams
The sun is goin' down,
Here in our little town.
We're loved by the people we know.
But walkin' the streets at night,
Shadowed by flickered light,
Are captives with no place to go.
Faces filled with fear,
Eyes holdin' back the tears,
They need someone to know how they feel.
And already someone does,
Who wants them to know His love through us,
They can see that He's real.
chorus:
And everyone knows
Things are not all right,
That's why the whole world
Looks to find a sensitive heart.
So few to be found
And so many in need,
We've gotta pray to have a sensitive heart,
A sensitive heart.
Some who are all alone,
Some who don't have a home,
Many have suffered for years.
Those who have lost a love,
Caught in the push and shove,
With mem'ries of those who were dear.
The ones who are growing old,
Children huddling in the cold
Living on what they can steal.
And some say they're fine,
They've got plenty of time,
But they're just so numb they can't feel.
(chorus)
Yea, yea.
Sure it really looks rough.
And I don't think that it's soon gonna let up.
But be of good courage,
And the Lord's grace will be enough.
Then go,
Through you He'll reach out
When hurting people cry out.
And everyone knows
Things are not all right,
That's why the whole world
Looks to find a sensitive heart.
So few to be found,
And so many in need,
And we've gotta pray to have a sensitive heart,
A sensitive heart.
And everyone knows
Things are not all right,
That's why the whole world
Looks to find a sensitive heart.
And I don't know
When the Lord's gonna come,
But until He does we need a sensitive heart.
6. Caught Away
Words by Benny Hester
Music by Benny Hester, Jeff Lams, & Michael Omartian
Walking in a dream that I know is never going to end.
In a moment I was gone and it's like
No other place I've ever been.
Taken like the wind
Through a sea of swirling clouds I flew.
I saw the light as the earth disappeared
And it was happening I knew.
chorus:
It's gonna come one day
When I'm caught away.
Floating through the air,
Sailing silently across the sky.
East and West, North and South
Gathered up in the twinkling of an eye.
He came for the ones
Who were watching, knowing he was due.
And far below on the ground where I'd stood
There were those that I knew.
But they wouldn't believe.
(chorus)
Many times I have thought it might be.
We'll be changed in an instant,
Set free, and home we'll go.
We can talk and there'll be no sorrow,
It could happen today
Or tomorrow, I don't know.
Many times I have thought it might be.
We'll be changed in an instant,
Set free, and home we'll go.
We can talk and there'll be no sorrow,
It could happen today
Or tomorrow, I don't know.
(chorus)
7. Out of the Natural
Words & Music by Benny Hester
I can't see the wind,
But all around the trees are swayin'.
The sun, moon, and stars
Are there as proof of His creation.
The Spirit was sent
And now His gentle breeze is blowin'
These miracles came
So you can rest in fin'lly knowin'.
chorus:
He'll take you out of the natural,
Into the supernatural.
He'll take you out of the natural,
Into the supernatural.
People come up
And they ask me how it happens,
But just like you,
You know I sit back and wonder.
The Lord does His work
And I can see it on their faces.
A glow that confirms
That when we lift to Him our praises.
(chorus)
I believe when we gather in His name
That no one should stay the same,
But whatever you do
It's still up to you.
No word I could say
Could make you feel the way I'm feelin',
It's the Spirit of God
That touched your heat and gave you healing.
(chorus)
8. Nobody's Listening
Words & Music by Benny Hester & Jeff Lams
(coming soon)
9. Footprints
Words & Music by Benny Hester
We say a lifetime seems so long,
But before you know it the years havee gone,
We can't relive one single day
Of what we do, or what we say.
And good intentions can be just talk,
With ev'ry choice a path is walked,
One day we'll turn and look behind
To see that in the sands of time
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We're leavin' footprints,
We're leavin' footpinrts.
With ev'ry step all that'll be left
Will be our footprints.
And someone will follow them you know,
We're leavin' footprints wherever we go.
We'll sit and think when we're alone,
Of all the faces that we've known,
Our children sleep with a goodnight kiss
But not a thing we've done have they ever missed.
Here I know, inside I know,
When all is quiet and the lights are low,
I still have so much to learn,
The weeks go by, the pages turn,
(chorus)
I wake up in middle of the night,
Prayin', "O Lord, help me to do what is right."
To know God's love,
And walk in His light, to be an example,
I hope that I might.
(chorus)
Footprints, we're leavin' footprints.
Wherever we go, whoever we know,
We're leavin' footprints.
Footprints, we're leavin' foorprints.
Wherever we go, whoever we know,
We're leavin' footprints.
10. These Things Were Done By You
Words & Music by Benny Hester
These things were done by You.
They were brought by Your hand,
By the power of Your love,
Not the words of any man.
These things I know are true
Though I don't understand
All the knowledge of Your grace,
All the wisdoms of Your plan.
These things were done by You.
They were brought by Your hand,
By the power of Your love,
Not the words of any man.
By the power of Your love,
Not the words of any man.
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