Lyrics For Mike Banta's CD - Fire

No Stones to Throw
Copyright 2000 HomeBound Music

So you've heard the disapproval the criticism and the shame
From the self appointed judges as they play their righteous game
And they shout your indiscretion; drive your back against the wall
Throw the stones to beat and bruise you; cry in victory as you fall

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But no it's not me who condemns you
No it's not me, no, no
Though you stumble and you fall
It won't change my love at all
And I just want you to know
That I have No Stones to Throw

Though you've blown your best intentions; fallen time and time again
I'll still hold my arms out to you; doesn't matter where you've been
So when all the accusations are raining down upon your head
Let me take your shame and doubting; just remember what I've said, that...

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No Stones to Throw, No Stones to Throw.....

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Forever With You
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In a still quiet moment on the summer night air
A song from my youth drifted my way
An old tune so sweet and familiar to me
Took my mind back to those days
I remembered the faces of friends I held dear
And all of the joy we once knew
When the air seemed to glisten with spirit and life
And when my love of you Lord was new
Oh when my love of you Lord was new

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These memories will I cherish
Each moment of joy I pass through
They are only a taste of the sweetness
Jesus of Forever with You
Jesus Forever with You

Years flow by swiftly both trouble and joy
And I thank you for making them whole
For my sweet wife beside me through thick and through thin
And the peace that she brings to my soul
Oh the wonderful peace in my soul

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Yet there's finally a day when all things pass away
And regrets will be left on the shore
When the friends of my youth and companions in truth
Will join me as once long before

So Jesus I'm grateful for your gifts in this life
For your spirit of comfort and grace
Though I see you but dimly how I look and I long
For the moment we meet face to face
Oh the moment we meet face to face

These memories will I cherish
Each moment of joy I pass through
Still lingers a taste of the sweetness
Jesus of Forever with You
Jesus Forever with You

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Whatever Makes You Happy
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Never stopping to consider; always running way too fast
Moments blur into the distance; gotta make the feeling last

You thought you saw your freedom, but it's something you don't find
Always running after pleasure you don't leave the pain behind

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Whatever Makes You Happy
Whatever makes your day
Doesn't matter who's left hurtin'
You just do it anyway

Hearts that trusted you were trampled underneath your careless feet
Running after any promise that your hungry ears found sweet

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Though you're racin' in pursuit of happiness, seems like it always runs ahead
You can't never ever take the checkered flag, breathin' dust and smoke instead
But waiting on the sidelines is the one who knows you best
If you'll only stop your running, let him give you peace and rest

When the fantasy is broken, and the dream starts to decay
I hope it's not to late to turn to all the love that's slipped away

So Whatever Makes You Happy
Whatever makes you smile
Does it matter you're left hurtin'
If it felt good for a while

(Do what you do, what you do, what you wanta wanta)

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Caim (Circle Me Lord)
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Circle me Lord without within
Surround me in your love
Circle me Lord without within
Surround me in your love

When in my soul dark fears come round (surround me in your love)
Come Spirit now let joy abound (surround me in your love)

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When wayward tongue wants to complain (surround me in your love)
Come fill me with your peace again (surround me in your love)

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Of life and hope though I despair (surround me in your love)
Your grace and beauty find me there (surround me in your love)

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When heart is tempted to deceit (surround me in your love)
I cry for mercy at your feet (surround me in your love)

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Rocket Ship
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When I was just a kid maybe 7 or 8 I loved to watch the cartoon TV show
About the astronautic guys and the rockets they would fly
And I dreamed that into space one day I'd go
I would be like tom swift in the cockpit of my ship as I blazed off to the planets near and far
Great big fins to hold me steady like a 57 chevy as I raced around to find my lucky star

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Don't you know I'd be hip in my Rocket Ship
Cruisin all around the galaxy
Don't you know I'd be hip in my Rocket Ship
How wonderful that life would be

I'd have a trusty side kick he'd be good and quick to do the dirty work that I don't want to do
He could change the oil in the magna-fusion coil and make the fibonuclear gyro run like new
I would face the enemy from planet X-ray 43, save a princess from an alien's evil snare
Then duck around the asteroids to put them off the trail,
I'd go places that nobody else would dare

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Now I'm old enough to know and I guess I'll never go in a rocket where the comets like to roam
But Jesus is the man who holds the stars within his hand
And I know he's made the heavens for my home

And I won't need no ship, no, no Rocket Ship
For cruisin' all around the galaxy
Won't need to be hip need no Rocket Ship
For far beyond the stars one day I'll be

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Avenging Angel
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Avenging Angel, warrior for truth
Take an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
Avenging Angel, whatcha fightin' for
You may win the battle, but you've lost the war

Wage your war over lifestyle, argue rulings and laws
Put it all on the line for a political cause
While a heart cries unanswered, peace and love seem remote
Will you comfort and heal them or just campaign for their vote

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Can a quarrel or protest lead a man to the cross
Only the hand of compassion can rescue the lost
But if truth is a bludgeon how can we hear the call
If we don't change from the inside then we won't change at all

So many lives that hide in shadow because they cannot find the light
Whose only view of your convictions is the way you hate and fight
And to them it's thirst for power that makes you say the things you say
Do you really have the answer, do you really know the way

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Fire of Heaven
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Fire of Heaven fire divine
Holy flame of love to the darkness bring your light
Fire of Heaven rest on us all
Fire of Heaven come and fall

All the anguish and the sorrow, all the hopelessness within
Come now holy fire heal our hearts again
Though fear may try to bind us, pour your healing on us now
Let your healing fire soothe this fevered brow

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Ignite our hearts to passion; melt away the stone
With your mercy and compassion, holy fire from you alone
Lift us up to be a beacon for a troubled world to see
Spread your flame to all who need you, consume and set them free

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Rain of fire come falling down, falling down on me

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Stand
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When the mountains fall
When the warbirds call
When the tyrant schemes and the armies shout
When the dragon screams and the sun goes out
When the world begins to fall its time to Stand

When you face deceit
And deception sweet
When the truth is swapped for deadly lies
And the world demands a compromise
When it comes to wrong or right its time to Stand

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Stand and look up to your redeemer
Thought the earth below becomes like shifting sand
Stand when all the nations start to tremble
When the world around you falls its time to Stand

If your friends betray
They all run away
If they all fall to the tempter's snare
If your trust is shaken everywhere
When there's no one by your side its time to Stand

Stand and look up to your redeemer
Though the earth below becomes like shifting sand
Stand when all the others start to waver
When it all begins to fall its time to Stand

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