Resurrection Band
Awaiting
Waves
Resurrection Band - Awaiting Your Reply - © 1978
We see wave after wave of people in the street Playing their songs, but missing the beat People, oh people why can't you understand? Fools with no disguises and love so close at hand When will you begin to recieve the love of God? Jesus wants to touch you, enfold you with his love Look into your life and tell me what you see Don't you realize what He offers is for free? Look out ! I know that there's a heaven, And soon I'll be there No lying, No crying, No dying, no fear If you want to join us, You can come along With His blood He bought you And to Him you'll belong... Come along, yeah, yeah ! We see wave after wave of sailors everyday Drowning in the surf of their sorrow We're reachin' out to you, pointing to the way He'll give you a better tomorrow And those of our friends, who know the King is your King Keep shinin' till we meet again Shinin' till we meet again
Awaiting Your Reply
Resurrection Band - Awaiting Your Reply - © 1978
A voice on the other end said, "Where in the world have you been" I said, "I've been all around. But I can't see a thing" I was lying in my bed, lying in my bed Trying to arrange my head When a letter came in from Him Saying I was dead It was signed in blood, It was mailed into my heart Though the channel was clear, I didn't want to hear, it made me worried,worried, worried, worried. When you're out with the boys Walking paranoid, and all your toys Make you discouraged, It's really sad you know When you've nothing to show, And there it reads, there it reads, on the bottom line "I love you I love you I love you I love you Awaiting your reply, awaiting your reply, Awaiting your reply, Awaiting your reply" Why did He have to word it like that Why can't He just let me be It was bad enough that He offered His love, But why did He fry my head with that last line Awaiting your reply, awaiting your reply, Awaiting your reply, Awaiting your reply I could laugh in the face of life, I could laugh in the face of lies But I knew I couldn't keep Him waiting I had so little time So I called Him up Asked for Him by name He passed me the ticket, and I boarded the plane We pulled out onto the airport runway We began to climb just as the whole world exploded I'd just asked Him for His lifeline The blood, the blood of Jesus is His lifeline, lifeline So sit down and read His letter, His letter His love is clearly defined When you're done with His words You won't forget what you've heard And His love, He'll haunt you day and night Awaiting your reply, awaiting your reply, Awaiting your reply, Awaiting your reply Awaiting your reply
Broken Promises
Resurrection Band - Awaiting Your Reply - © 1978
Broken promises, We lost the joy that we once knew. Where do we go from here, From something old to something new? Past dreams done gone from me, I'm losing daylight, losing view. Son of God, where are you now? Do you feel my need? I'm lost within this forest, Barricaded by the trees. Will You hear my cry for help, Would You forgive me? I'm so far away, I've run so far away. Broken promises, Broken by me and not by You. Jesus, break me. Lord, snap my stubborn heart in two. Lonely hours, so many wasted talents That I've sown. But I'm ready to follow You, Jesus. My dear Lord, I'm coming home. Lord, I want You to change me, Rearrange me. Lord, I want you to mold me. I just want you to hold me. Sweet Savior, just love me. Your thoughts are so high above me. And I confess that I need You. I really know that I need You. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I need You. Lord, help me to follow You. Jesus, I'm gonna follow You. I give my whole life to You. Jesus, I'm gonna follow You. My dear Lord, I'm coming home, yeah ! Lord, I need to follow You Jesus, I gonna follow You I give my whole life to You Jesus, I gonna follow You My dear Lord, I'm coming home
Golden Road
Resurrection Band - Awaiting Your Reply - © 1978
They told me about a golden road paved with dreams and fame I thought I'd try to walk it -get down and play the game The treasures of the world kept comin'... all my dreams came true But I didn't realize the price I'd paid for the changes I'd gone through Changes I'd gone through Clinging to the shope of a fantasy, rolling down the slope of desire Most of the time pulling it out of the fire I turned away from God and His love, and I worshipped myself The Idols that I built, all crumbled on my shelf The all crumbled on my shelf But all along I realized That if I had to If I had to chose Between love an' my own sweet lies Love was bound to lose They told me about a goldern road paved with death and shame I thought I'd try to find it - get away from playing the game I realized the price He paid for the changes I've gone through I realized the price He paid for the changes I've gone through Changes I've gone through Changes I've gone through
Lightshine
Resurrection Band - Awaiting Your Reply - © 1978
If I pay, will you take me away Prove your worth to me We've been lied to before, how can we be sure What if..What if it hurts to believe Anyway, open up the door, open up the door And I'm comin' in I'm so tired of following sin I want to give myself to You, Jesus (But I got some problems I want to talk to You about now) I been hit, I been down But I never carried my cross through town I don't understand it, and I might not be Might not be willing to learn Tell me, why did You come and why are we born Where the dogs eat dog, and pigs get all the corn Lightshine, will You be mine Do You understand where I've been Twilight carries into night If I go there, will You follow me in? What does it mean for a rebel to dream? I'm a gamble, how can I win? Am I in danger? Don't be a stranger to me, don't be a stranger to me I used to sit and wonder where I was goin' I used to wonder where it would be, yeah, yeah When the curtain fell, when the curtain fell and time caught up with me Have you heard the Satanic symphony? Have you realized the conductor runs you too? (unless you know Jesus) When the Father calls, do you stall and stall Or will you search for the key and receive the truth? But if your yoke is easy than your burden is light We can take it one day at a time- If You change my heart And You change my life That will surely change my mind
Lightshine
Resurrection Band - Awaiting Your Reply - © 1978
I wonder if you've noticed Cause we're sure enuff running out of time No doubt in my mind, I can hear Him counting down Ananias, they'll carry you away Oh, Sapphira, she went that same day The secrets in your heart Will sure enuff tear you apart The promises you made Are they still the same ones you keep? Once upon a time you heard the call But when it comes time to givin' your all You run
Death of the dying
Resurrection Band - Awaiting Your Reply - © 1978
Maniacs dangle on the lunatic fringe On the edge of a razor And like a door without a hinge "The devil", they cackle "Could be ours in a cinch" Quicksand lies sound warning But they won't budge an inch Like Pilate, they fear the death of the Saint, Yet they fancy the diamond, the palace, the paint The coward within them clings only to that Of lace and white satin "No blood on my hand!" And in the finale, clutched tightly by pain Their glass houses shattered weeds bent in the rain With a "why" in the mind And a curse on the tongue Death bellowing hungrily, Shadows on sun They pass into all that they have ever sown Forsaking the answer abdicating the throne If only they'd followed when Christ called and walked on They'd have silenced the madness In the narrow road home
Irish Garden
Resurrection Band - Awaiting Your Reply - © 1978
Sitting in an Irish garden You melancholy bride All your children are dying Blood on the roadside Your people are helpless And no one consoles you As bullets keep flying Filling you with holes Why, oh why, did you run and hide It's a culture shock to the soul You sit in the flames of the fire you set The nation is out of control Sitting in an Irish garden You broken bride to be Rise up through your sorrow Jesus makes you free Olden days gone by It was not so then Time to play, sing and dance In His Holy land Why did I hide from You With the serpent at my heel I'm sorry for the way that I Must have made You feel Must have made You feel Lord, I'm sorry for the way I know I made you feel Humble us to seek You, Father Heal our land so lost in sin Draw us from the bitter water To the garden once again
The Return
Resurrection Band - Awaiting Your Reply - © 1978
I know it won't be long until the Savior comes Oh and if you're weary, weary keep on praying Sometimes we do get down, with no one else around But in those quiet times He whispers "You are mine and I love you" Sometimes we know we're wrong and we feel so far from home But if you listen you'll hear His gentle voice saying, "You belong" The cares of life they sting, but when we see the King Oh, they'll melt away just like the snows in the spring No more tears, no more crying Behold, I come quickly and every eye shall see Every tongue will swear to me I am the Savior And I love you