Kindness In A Strong City

by Mark Laurent

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Alright 03:48
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ALRIGHT When I take a look at my life see the way I am Lord I’m such a stubborn such a selfish, angry man running down a tightrope, living in a dream well it only takes one false step you know what I mean When I finally woke up oh it gave me quite a fright to se what a fool I’d been I was flirting with the night and I must seem like an animal in your sight but you still love me and it’s going to be alright now I’m running with you Lord you can take control make me do what you want me to do because I’m in heaven whenever I’m with you and I want to tell all my friends how you rescued me I’m going to stick as close to you as I can and you make it alright… Who have I if I don’t have you and there is nothing I desire besides you my heart and my flesh fail, but you remain you’re my strength, you’re my song and they’re forever and you make it alright now I’m running with you.
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Peace 03:49
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PEACE Peace I give to you my peace is there for you in a world that’s filled with confusion and sin my peace will hedge you in. Peace I leave to you my peace I’ve given you it’s something that this world just can’t give I’ll teach you how to live. Blessed are the peacemakers they’re called the children of God. Peace I give to you my peace I’ve made for you in my father’s house are many mansions, it’s true and there’s one especially for you. Peace be on this place. Peace I’ve given you my peace I’ve shared with you so share it round with everyone you know and it will surely grow. Lay down your burden, rest a while be still and know that I am God. Peace I leave with you my peace remains with you don’t let your heart be troubled, don’t be afraid I’m with you all the way.
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Song For David (The Only Life You've Got) 06:13
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SONG FOR DAVID Don’t throw it away don’t throw it away don’t waste the only live you’ve got or you’ll regret it some day Don’t throw it away don’t throw it away don’t reject the love that comes your way or you’ll regret it some day Be careful, be wise keep the dust out of your eyes follow the truth and turn your back upon the lies be careful, bur wise Because man’s life is like the clay it’s like a flower that passes in day but only a fool would throw a flower away so don’t throw it away Jesus loves you and I why don’t we give his love a try he loved us so much he was willing to die don’t pass that by On the cross where he bled his heart was broken for the foolish lives we’ve led he took our poison and gave the water of life instead so don’t throw that away Don’t throw it away don’t throw it away don’t waste the only life you’ve got or you’ll regret it some day don’t reject the love that comes your way or you’ll regret it some day.
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Prodigal Son 03:55
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PRODIGAL SON I’m a prodigal son, I left my home Like a prodigal son, I had to roam I spent up everything that I had They were good times, yeah But they didn’t last. I’m a prodigal son, I was flying high Like a prodigal son til the well ran dry Then the famine came to my heart And O how the emptiness It tore me apart. I’m a prodigal son and I’m all alone Like a prodigal son, I have no-one There’s no-one else to blame for my fall I’m the master of my own fate I did it all. Like a prodigal son I come back to you I’m a prodigal son, Lord, please help me through Lord I’m sorry for all of my sins Please say that I can be your child again. I’m a prodigal son, but I found out you love me still Like a prodigal son, my empty cup you fill Now all my love and praise, Lord they’re for you For all the joy and peace That you restored me to God you saved my soul, you made me new And now all I want to do Is be a son to you.
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Walking In The Light 02:37
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WALKING IN THE LIGHT Walking in the light, walking in the light everything’s alright when we’re walking in the light Now in the beginning God made everything and the things that he didn’t make just aren’t worth mentioning he made the sun to rule the day and the moon to rule the night and all of creation was bathing in his light and we were walking in the light… Now the devil is a wicked soul, of that there is no doubt and all the light that God had made he tried to snuff it out but Jesus came with God’s great power and turned it on again the devil turned his back and ran and all the people said “amen!” and we wee walking in the light… So now let us walk before the Lord as children of the day his light will show us right from wrong and guide us on our way oh light of the world, bright morning star, our glory and our king Jesus is the ‘Sun’ of God, let everybody sing as we go walking in the light…
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Earthsong 03:11
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EARTHSONG In the morning when I rise And the first daylight touches my eyes Earthsongs sing upon the breeze And your love is flowing around me And I will praise you Lord With all my heart At the ending of the day As my weary mind is drifting I see your face among the clouds As the evening shadows are shifting In the silent cloak of night Your sweet spirit sooths my soul And I will never fear the darkness Because under your wings Is my shelter from the storm And I will praise you Lord With all my heart.
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Redeemer 03:43
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REDEEMER Jesus, forgiver, you’re the lover of my soul You’re always there to rescue me when I fall Jesus, forgiver, I call you and you’re near You pick me up and brush me off And wash my wounds with your tears. You’re my redeemer, my redeemer. Jesus, deliverer, you’re nails have set me free The day you hung upon the cross that was meant for me Jesus, deliverer, you’re the lover of my soul Your blood has washed my tarnished, stony heart And made it shine like gold. You’re my redeemer, my redeemer. Jesus, master, my soul’s no longer mine You bought it the day you paid the terrible price that saved my life Jesus, you’re my lord, you’re the lover of my soul And I’ll remain faithfully yours Your love slave evermore. You’re my redeemer, my redeemer. Jesus, I love you, you’re the lover of my soul.
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All Things Are Possible 04:08
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ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE All things are possible with God all things are possible with God no matter what your cry, our lord can supply ‘cos all things are possible with God. There is nothing too hard for him there is nothing too hard for him he gave his live away just to free us from our sin and there is nothing too hard fro him. His arm isn’t short that he cannot save his arm isn’t shortened that he cannot save he conquered death forever when he rose up from the grave ‘cos all things are possible with God. Every word of God is true every word of God is true and the things that he has promised are the things that he’s going to do because every word of God is true. And jesus loves us, this I know Jesus loves us, this I know and if we give him half a chance he’s longing to let it show how all things are possible with God. All things are possible with God all things are possible with God no matter what your cry, our Lord can supply ‘cos all things are possible with God no matter what your need, his love will intercede ‘cos all things are possible with God.
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My Friends Are Dying 05:15
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MY FRIENDS ARE DYING Everywhere I go my friends are dying every place I turn I see them crying can’t they see that this pain doesn’t need to be everywhere I go my friends are dying There was Sheryl she’s just a small town run away to the big city child she’s only 15 but she’s been around like she was 45 I think you know what I mean then late one night in the candle light a cold, dirty needle went and took her life now how I wish thee was some way I could reach her Sam used to hang around in the scene I used to hang around in just another laid-back hippie freak nothing ever seemed to bother him but he lost his mind and I don’t know why it seemed like he just gave up the will to try it’s like he’d never lived here it’s like he’d never lived at all There was Jimmy K and Davy A, Pauline and Sue Moth, Merlin and Maggie-May, and they’re just a few it could have been so different, if only they knew but who’s going to tell them now? Jesus said the devil only comes to rip off and deceive us there’s so many souls hanging over the pit of hell and it’ll take a miracle to free us if you play with poison you’re bound to die but if we’ll turn to him he will give us life because Jesus died fur us so that we don’t have to.
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Things I'd Rather Not Do 03:01
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THINGS I’D RATHER NOT DO There are some things that I’d rather not do some times inn my life I don’t want to go through but if I hold on to my past I will not grow Ther are some thoughts I’m ashamed when I think and there is this cup that I’m too proud to drink but if I insist upon my own will I’ll never know Jesus please help me to get through this life to turn my back on wrong and do the thing that’s right Lord I need your power to help me through Oh Lord I need you There is this life that I don’t want to live a sacrifice I’m unwilling to give burt if I try to save my own soul I will die and there is a price that I don’t want to pay but I must surrender to do things your way your kingdom come, your will be done, not mine King Jesus please help me to pay the price not to look back, and not to think twice and I must believe you when you say it’s right and follow wherever you lead I will follow.
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Stage Door 03:58
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STAGE DOOR The show is over and the stage is bare everybody’s gone someplace else well I wish that I knew where and just now, over behind that curtain I thought I heard somebody whisper my name but where do I go from here? So now I’m standing all alone on this empty floor my script lies crumpled at my feet and all the critics, they just walked right out the door up there just behind the spotlight I know that someone is looking at me but where do I go from here? They say this world is just a stage and we’re all actors in a play but when I look into my heart I know life’s not a game someday I’ll be reviewing every scene and every role and wondering if I’m ready to face my final curtain call When all the theatres close down and when every season ends will we just be empty actors on an empty stage or part of a company of friends and out there just beyond the stage door heaven is calling us home so where do we go from here?
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All I Ever Really Wanted 05:47
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ALL I EVER REALLY WANTED As the deer pants after water And the dry earth yearns for rain As the hungry mouth begs filling So I need you Oh my mind craves understanding And my body to be healed from pain So my spirit needs to touch you To be whole again. There is a way that seems right to a man But the end of that way is death And we all like sheep have gone astray Lost on the way And all my imaginations and dreams Went slipping through my fingers like sand Because the spirit’s willing but the flesh is so weak Lord I need your hand. I always knew that you were there But my selfish heart has kept me so blind And you have waited patiently For so long. And all I ever really wanted, Lord Was to be with you.

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released January 3, 1986

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Mark Laurent Auckland, New Zealand

I've been a professional guitarist/singer/songwriter for 40 years, & I've recorded & worked on many albums. I'm also an author with 4 collections of poetry & an illustrated children's storybook published, & I've written articles & reviews for various magazines. I live in Auckland, New Zealand. As well as cafes, concerts & churches I also do a bit of busking to keep in touch with the 'real world'. ... more

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