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AcaDisc #150- Second Pew on the Left by Cross Examined
Original Release: 2005 Cross Examined and Church Mouse
Music
Available through Cross
Examined
Producer: Tim Staggs
Engineer: Tim Staggs at Church
Mouse Studios
Mixed by: Tim Staggs at Church Mouse
Studios
Mastered by: Dan Phillips at SCM Productions
Recorded
and Mixed at: Church Mouse Studios- Erie,
CO
Design: Phil Crews at Crews Corner, Tim Staggs, and Laura
Eldred
Photography: Howard McClellan
Members: Tim Staggs -
Bass
Jim Craine -
Bass
Paul Schneider -
Bass
Steve Tarnowski -
Tenor
Matt Eldred -
Tenor
Calisse Staggs -
Alto
Debbie Smith -
Alto
Sheri
Smith -
Soprano
Donna Craine -
Soprano
Laura Eldred - Soprano
Guest Vocal Percussion: Tim Jones of the group
"Moosebutter"
Put a Little Love in Your
Heart
If You Say Go
Everything Good
Who Am I
Operator
Phone Call From Heaven
Hard Times Come Again No More
Pray For the Fish
Breathe
The Lighthouse
Second Pew on the Left
One Beautiful Day
Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Words and Music: Jackie DeShannon, Randy Myers, and Jimmy Holiday
© 1969 Unart Music Corp.
Lead: Calisse Staggs
Lyrics:
Want the world to know it
Think of your fellow man lend him a helping hand
Put a little love
in your heart (just do it)
You see it’s getting late please don’t
hesitate
Put a little love in your heart (just do it)
Chorus:
And the world (and the world) will be a better place (be a
much better place)
And the world (and the world) will be a better place
(be a much better place)
For you (for you and me), and me (just wait
and see), you just wait (for you and me just wait) and see (wait and
see)
Another day goes by still the children cry
Put a little love in your
heart (love, sweet love)
We want the world to know we won’t let hatred
grow
Put a little love in your heart (want the world to know it)
Repeat Chorus
There is a yellow one
That won’t accept the black one
That won’t
accept the red one
That won’t accept the white one
Take a good look around and if you’re looking down
Put a little love
in your heart (love, sweet love)
I hope when you decide kindness will
be your guide
Put a little love in your heart (love, sweet love)
Repeat Chorus
(Put a little love in your heart)
(Put a little love in your heart)
People all over the world
(Put a little love in your heart) No greater
love than this
(Put a little love in your heart) That a man lay down
his life for a friend
(Put a little love in your heart) Better have it,
gonna have it, know you need to have a little love
(Put a little love
in your heart) Wouldn’t it be nice to start a love train
(Put a little
love in your heart)
(Put a little love in your heart) No greater love
than HIS!
Scriptural Reference:
"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his
friends." John 15:13
"Carry each other's burdens, and in this way
you will fulfill the law of Christ." Galatians 6:2
Words and Music: Diane Thiel © 2002 Mercy / Vineyard
Publishing
Lead: Laura Eldred
Lyrics:
If you say go we will go
If you say wait we will wait
If you say
step out on the water and they say it can’t be done
We’ll fix our eyes
on you and we will come
Repeat Verse
Chorus:
Your ways (Your ways, Your ways) are higher than our
ways
And the plans that You have laid are good and true
If You call
us to the fire You will not withdraw Your hand
We’ll gaze into the
flames and look for You
Repeat Verse
Repeat Chorus
We’ll gaze into the flames and look for You
Scriptural Reference:
"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than
your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:9
"Then
Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.
But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out,
'Lord, save me!'" Matthew 14:30
"As you sent me into the world, I
have sent them into the world." John 17:18
Words and Music: Barry Jennings, Suzanne Jennings © 2002 Townsend and
Warbucks Music (ASCAP)
Lead: Paul Schneider
Lyrics:
Chorus:
Everything good, everything bright
Everything holy,
everything right
Everything worthy, all that I should
And all is
well cause I’m gonna dwell on everything good
I’ve got a choice, I’ve got a plan
Gonna find the roses under the
thorns whenever I can
I'm lookin’ for joy (lookin' for joy), lookin’
for love (lookin' for love)
Lookin’ for a little bit of heaven on earth
shinin’ down from above (from above)
Repeat Chorus
I'm changin’ the scene (changin' the scene), I'm changin’ my ways
(changin' my ways)
Tradin’ some gloomy doomy nights for a few more
sunny days
It’s all in the heart (all in the heart), it’s all in the
eyes (all in the eyes)
So here’s how I’m lookin’ at life, I’ve made up
my mind
Repeat Chorus (x3)
Good, good, good, good
And all is well cause I’m gonna dwell on
everything good
Scriptural Reference:
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy think about such things." Philippians 4:8
Words and Music: Laura Eldred © 2005 Church Mouse Music
Lead: Laura
Eldred
Lyrics:
Who am I, unworthy of Your holiness
Who am I (who am I), unworthy of
Your throne
Who am I (who am I), unworthy to be called Your own
Who
am I (who am I), that You have called me home
Chorus 1:
Who am I, that You would give Your only Son
Who am I,
that He suffered, bled, and died
Who am I, that He rose so I might live
in Him
Who am I, I’m a child of God
Here am I, longing for Your holiness
Here am I (here am I), longing
for Your throne
Here am I (here am I), longing to be called Your
own
Here am I (here am I), longing to come home
Chorus 2:
Who am I (who am I), that You would give Your only Son
would give Your only Son)
Who am I (who am I), that He suffered, bled,
and died (He suffered, bled, and died)
Who am I (who am I), that He
rose so I might live in Him (that I might live in Him)
Who am I (who am
I), I’m a child of God
Repeat Chorus 2
Who am I (who am I), I’m a child of God
Who am I, I’m a child of God
(who am I, I'm a child of God)
Scriptural Reference:
"And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." 1 Corinthians 6:11
Words and Music: William Spivery © 1959 Conrad Music
Lead: Donna
Craine
Lyrics:
Operator give me information, information
Give me long distance,
long distance
Give me heaven (two, three)
Well operator (operator) information (information) give me Jesus (give
me Jesus) on the line
Operator (operator) information (information) I’d
like to speak to (let me speak to) a friend of mine (a friend of
mine)
Oh prayer is the number, faith is the exchange
Heaven is the
street and Jesus is the name
Operator (operator) information
(information) please give me Jesus (give me Jesus) on the line
Operator (operator) information (information) well tell me why (tell me
why it can be taking you so long)
Operator (operator) information
(information) don’t try to tell me (don't try to tell me) what number to
call (what number to call)
My momma used this number when I was very
small
And every time she dialed it she always got the call
Operator
(operator) information (information) please give me Jesus (give me Jesus)
on the line
Operator (operator) information (information) please help me (please
help me) if you can
Operator (operator) information (information)
please connect me (please connect me) with the man (with the man)
Don’t
worry ‘bout the money I will pay the charge
Just give me a private line
I’m callin’ from the heart
Operator (operator) information
(information) please give me Jesus (give me Jesus) on the line
Please
give me Jesus (give me Jesus) on the line
Please give me
Jesus (give me Jesus) on the line
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Scriptural Reference:
"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." Mark 11:24
Words and Music: Laura Eldred © 2005 Church Mouse Music
Lead: Laura
Eldred
Author's Note: "This song was written in memory of Shawna Rush,
who left this life under tragic circumstances at such a young age. The
following
quote is from Shawna's parents: 'Shawna loved the Lord and
was amazed at all His wonders of this world. Her daily call to her Dad
started with, 'Daddy, Daddy look in the east, isn’t it beautiful . .
.' Oh to just have that phone call again! Thank you, Lord for
all your majesty!' (Roy and Johnanna Rush)"
Lyrics:
When I wake up in the mornin’ and I hear the telephone ring
A tear
falls down from my eye and I don’t feel anything
Where does the sun
rise, is it beautiful today?
I wish you were here to tell me, I know
what you would say
Chorus:
Just a phone call from heaven to hear your voice again
I
wasn’t through talking to you why did it have to end
Just a phone call
from heaven to say you’re doing fine
Even though you’re not beside me
you are always on my mind
In the kitchen I can hear your words spoken oh so clear
And in the
fields I hear your laughter and it sounds very near
My heart aches to
see your face again or touch you one more time
Soon I will be with you
the answers I will find
Repeat Chorus
And the Lord will take good care of you in the beauty of His place
I
trust that He will lead me through till we’re standing face to face
Repeat Chorus
'Til I'm walking right beside you, you are always on my mind
Scriptural Reference:
"Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him." 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14
Words and Music: Stephen C. Foster © 1989 Studio 224
Arrangement:
Donald Moore
Lead: Tim Staggs
Lyrics:
Let us pause in life’s pleasures to count its many tears
While we
all sup sorrow with the poor
There’s a song that will linger forever in
our ears
Oh hard times come again no more
Chorus:
‘Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard
times come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my open
door
Oh, hard times come again no more
While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and free
There are
frail forms fainting by the door
Though their voices are silent their
pleading looks will say
Oh hard times come again no more
Repeat Chorus
‘Tis a sigh that is wafted across a troubled wave
‘Tis a wail that
is heard upon the shore
It is a dirge that is murmured around a lowly
grave
Oh hard times come again no more
Repeat Chorus
(Come no more)
Oh hard times come again no more
Scriptural Reference:
"Jesus answered, If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions
and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then
come, follow me." Matthew 19:21
"Rejoice with those who rejoice;
mourn with those who mourn." Romans 12:15
"Religion that God our
Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and
widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the
world." James 1:27
Words and Music: Phillip Moore, Dan Murphy, Ray Scott © 2005 Green Dogg
Music, Inc./Springer Ink
Lead: Steve Tarnowski
Lyrics:
Everybody gathered where the river runs wider at the edge of town
To
see if that Eddie Lee Vaughn baptism was really gonna go down
Folks bet
hard earned money that water wouldn’t change a thing
They set the odds
at a hundred to one his soul would never come clean
Then the preacher
said people take a moment or two
There’s somethin’ we need to do
Chorus:
Pray for the fish
They won’t know what’s comin’ when the
sin starts rollin’ off the likes of him
Lord be with ’em they ain’t
done nothin’
Please won’t you leave ’em just a little bit of room to
swim
Pray for the fish
Well the preacher ducked him under that cool clear water then he did it
again
Eddie came up yellin’ ‘Lord in heaven hallelujah I’m a brand new
man’
Well the water got to bubblin’, sky got to rumblin’, and the
thunder backed up the choir
Fish started jumpin’ it was like they were
swimmin’ in a lake of fire
Then Eddie’s momma stepped out of the crowd
and started yellin’ out loud
Repeat Chorus
He said everybody cross your fingers fold your hands
Pray for old
Eddie, but before we say Amen
Pray for the fish
Lord be with ’em
they ain’t done nothin’
Please won’t you leave ’em just a little bit of
room to swim
Pray for the fish
Lord, pray for the fish
Scriptural Reference:
"What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may
increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any
longer? Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into
Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?" Romans 6:1-3
"Do you
not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? And
that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were
sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
and by the Spirit of our God." 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Words and Music: Marie Barnett © 1995 Mercy/Vineyard Publishing
(ASCAP)
This song also appeared on All My Life by Watershed
Worship.
Lead: Sheri Smith
Lyrics:
This is the air I breathe
This is the air I breathe
Your holy
presence living in me
This is my daily bread
This is my daily
bread
Your very Word spoken to me
Chorus:
And I, I’m desperate for you
And I, I’m lost without
you
And I, I’m desperate for you
And I, I’m lost without
you
Without you
This is the air I breathe
This is the air I breathe
This is the
air I breathe
Scriptural Reference:
"Then he said to me, 'Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.''" Ezekial 37:9
Words and Music: Ronnie Hinson ©
1971 Canaanland Music
This song also appeared on Give Me Light by
Acappella Vocal Band, The Early Years by AVB,
Acappella Traditional
by The Acappella Company, Old Time Favorites by The
Sounds of Glory, Signature Songs
by The Sounds of Glory, and on Get With the Rhythm by Rhythm
& News.
Lead: Matt Eldred
Lyrics:
There’s a lighthouse on a hillside that overlooks life’s seas
When
I’m tossed it sends out a light, the light that I might see
And the
light that shines in darkness now will safely lead us o’er
If it wasn’t
for the lighthouse my ship would be no more
Chorus:
And I thank God for the lighthouse I owe my life to
Him
For Jesus is the lighthouse and from the rocks of sin
He has
shown a light around me that I might clearly see
If it wasn’t for the
lighthouse (tell me) where would this ship be
Well everybody that lives about us they say tear that lighthouse
down
Because the big ships don’t sail this way anymore there’s no use
of it standing round
Then my mind goes back to that stormy night when
just in time I saw the light
Yes the light from that old lighthouse
that stands up there on the hill
Repeat Chorus (x2)
And if it wasn’t for the lighthouse (tell me) where would this ship be
Scriptural Reference:
"When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, 'I am the light of the
world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the
light of life.'" John 8:12
"'Put your trust in the light while
you have it, so that you may become sons of light.' When he had finished
speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them." John 12:36
Words and Music: Tim Staggs © 2005 Church Mouse Music
Lead: Tim
Staggs
Author’s Note: "Mom and Dad, I miss you every single day, but I always smile when I think of the church on Delaware Street in Flint, and all the things you taught me in the second pew on the left. I love you, and I can’t wait to see you again."
Lyrics:
Takin’ a trip down memory lane to the place where I was born
To a
little white church in the middle of town on a wintry Sunday morn
What
I saw that day in January as I strolled into the sanctuary
Gave me such
a fright what a horrible sight that it chilled me to the bone
Chorus 1:
I made my way up the hardwood aisle to the second pew on
the left
When to my surprise, couldn’t believe my eyes, dear Lord
there’s been a theft
A little old lady in a big blue hat parked in the
spot where I always sat
She crossed the line to the seat that’s mine in
the second pew on the left
Ever since that terrible day I prayed, ‘Lord, take this pain
away’
And forgive the little lady in the big blue hat for her wicked
sinful ways
And Lord, when the angel knocks on my door to take me home
to my reward
Can I make a plea will you humor me when you welcome me on
that day
Chorus 2:
When I make my way through the pearly gates to the second
pew on the left
With the angels singin’ heaven’s bells a’ringin’ don’t
let there be a theft
No little lady in a big blue hat sittin’ in the
spot where I shoulda sat
Let me cross the line to the seat that’s mine
in the second pew on the left
Repeat Chorus 2
No little lady in a big blue hat
Sittin’ with her friends in eternal
chit chat
Let me cross the line to the seat that’s mine in the second
pew on the left
Lord will you put a sign on the seat that’s mine in the
second pew on the left
Scriptural Reference:
"You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men." Mark 7:8
Words and Music: Bob Amos © 1995 Sugar Hill Records
Lead: Sheri
Smith and Tim Staggs
Lyrics:
If we believe that we should make a new beginning
If we are sure
that we can walk the path of love
If we decide to try and make this
life worth living
Then we must look within as well as up above
Chorus 1:
One beautiful day we will awaken
To find that we all
have shared the same dream
Then we shall rise in celebration
Eager
to seek what we have seen
When we have loosened all the heavy chains that bind us
When we can
leave behind the hatred and the strife
When we rejoice in all the
differences among us
Then we shall truly know the beauty of this
life
Chorus 2:
One beautiful day we will awaken
To find that we all
have shared the same dream (shared the same dream)
Then we shall rise
in celebration
Eager to seek (eager to seek) what we have seen
Repeat Chorus 2
Eager to seek (eager to seek) what we have seen (what we have seen)
Scriptural Reference:
"Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable
matters." Romans 14:1
"Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not
all sleep, but we will all be changed in a flash, in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will
be raised imperishable, and we will be changed." 1 Corinthians
15:51-52
"If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or
you will be destroyed by each other." Galatians 5:15
Special thanks for additions and/or corrections to: Tim Staggs
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