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AcaDisc #1- Travelin' Shoes by Acappella

Original Release: 1985 Clifty Records
Re-release:1993 Word
Available through The Acappella Company
Producer: Keith Lancaster
Engineer: Dan Knowles
Members: Rodney Britt - Bass & Baritone
                Bill Spencer - Baritone
                Keith Lancaster - 2nd & 1st Tenor

Song List

Mountain Top
God Bless the U.S.A.
Jesus is Your Ticket
Wedding Day
Travelin' Shoes
Easter Song
Praise the Lord
Shut De Do
Be Ye Glad
You Put this Love in My Heart

Mountain Top

Words and music: Amy Grant and Gary Chapman
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Sample: Windows Media

Lyrics:

I love to sing and I love to pray
I worship the Lord most every day
I go to the temple and I just want to stay
To hide from the hustle of the world and its ways

Chorus:
I love to live on a mountain top
And be fellowshipping with the Lord
Love to stand on a mountain top
Because I love to feel my spirit soar
But I must come down from that mountain top
To the people in the valley below
They'll never know that they can go
To the mountain of the Lord

They can go to the mountain yeah...

Praising the Father is a good thing to do
I worship the trinity in spirit and truth
But if we worship all of the time
There would be no one to lead the blind

Repeat Chorus

Well I am not saying that worship is wrong
Worship is more than just singing a song
It's all that you say and everything that do
It's letting His spirit live in you

Repeat Chorus

They can go to the mountain of the Lord
They can go yeah
They can go (they can go to the mountain)
They can go yeah
They can go (go to the mountain)
They can go, they can go to the mountain (fade)

Scriptural Reference:

"So Abraham called that place 'The LORD Will Provide'. And to this day it is said, 'On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.'" Genesis 22:14
"You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance-- the place, O Lord, you made for your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, your hands established." Exodus 15:17

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God Bless the U.S.A.

Words and music: Lee Greenwood © 1984 Music Corporation of America, Inc. and Songs of Polygram International Inc. (BMI) Adm. By MCA Music Publishing (a div. Of MCA, Inc.)
This song also appeared on Acappella America by The Acappella Company.
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Sample: Windows Media

Lyrics:

If tomorrow all the things were gone I'd worked for all my life,
And I had to start again with just my children and my wife,
I'd thank my heavenly father to be living here today,
'Cause the flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away.

Chorus:
And I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free,
And I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me,
And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today,
'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land, God Bless the U.S.A.

From the lakes of Minnesota to the hills of Tennessee,
Across the plains of Texas from sea to shining sea.
From Detroit down to Houston and New York to L.A.,
There's pride in every American heart and it's time we stand and say:

Repeat Chorus (x2)

God Bless the U.S.A.

Scriptural Reference:

"But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it--he will be blessed in what he does." James 1:25

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Jesus is Your Ticket

Words and music: Archie Jordan © 1981
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Sample: Windows Media

Lyrics:

You can buy a ticket to Paris
You can buy a ticket to Rome
You can buy a ticket to Sweeden
But you can't buy a ticket for that heavenly home

Chorus:
You see, Jesus is your ticket to heaven
And, oh, it's going to be so nice
Whoa, Jesus is your ticket to heaven
And he's already paid the price

He is your ticket to heaven

You can buy a ticket for an airplane
You can buy a ticket for coach
You can buy a ticket for a subway
But you can't buy a ticket for that heavenly home

Repeat Chorus

Once you get your ticket, you don't have to worry 'bout a cancellation
You'll be travelin' first class, so go ahead and make your reservation

Repeat Chorus

[Tickets please... I don't have one
 What? You don't have one?... No, can I buy one?]

No, you can't buy a ticket for that heavenly home

Repeat Chorus

He is your ticket to heaven
No, you can't buy a ticket for that heavenly home

Scriptural Reference:

"But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved.  And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus."  Ephesians 2:4-7

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Wedding Day

Words and music: Brent Lamb © 1982 Jubilee Communications Inc. c/o EMI Christian Music Group (ASCAP)
This song also appeared on In Christ Alone by X-Changed and The Way by New Covenant.
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Sample: Windows Media

Lyrics:

Lately I've been thinking as I look all around me
I see by the signs that we're soon going to be leaving
The bridegroom is coming to take us all away
May be tomorrow, but I pray that it's today

Chorus:
And we will fly away in the twinkling of an eye
Leaving all our heartaches and telling them all goodbye
Yes we will fly away when he hears His Father say,
"Jesus, go and get your bride, today's your wedding day"

Now when we see the bridegroom in the clouds in the sky
Will he be telling you hello or telling you goodbye?
Oh, be sure and be ready to meet Him face to face
We've got to fight the good fight, we've got to keep our faith

Repeat Chorus (x2)

Scriptural Reference:

"Let us rejoice and be glad and give him the glory. For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready." Revelation 19:7

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Travelin' Shoes

The Bishops also recorded an acappella version of this song on their "Front Porch Collection Volume 2" (1997) album, and sang it live on their new "Reach the World" video.
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Sample: Windows Media

Lyrics:

Death come a knockin' on that sinner's door
Said, "Oh, sinner are you ready to go?"
He said, "No, no, no, no, no no no
Because I ain't got on my travelin shoes (ain't paid my dues)"

Chorus:
Yeah Singin', "no, no, no"
Oh, Lordy, "no, no, no"
Because I ain't got on my travelin' shoes

Death come a knockin' on that lier's door
Said, "Oh, lier are you ready to go?"
He said, "No, no, no, no, no no no
Because I ain't got on my travelin shoes (ain't paid my dues)"

Repeat Chorus

Death come a knockin' on that gambler's door
Said, "Oh, gambler are you ready to go?"
He said, "No, no, no, no, no no no
Because I ain't got on my travelin shoes (ain't paid my dues)"

Repeat Chorus

Death come a knockin' on that Christian's door
Said, "Oh, Christian are you ready to go?"
He said, "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes yes yes
Because I just got on my travelin shoes (ain't paid my dues)"

Chorus 2:
Yeah singin', "Yes, yes, yes"
Oh, Lordy, "Yes, yes, yes
Because I just got on my travelin shoes"

Repeat Chorus 2 (x2)

Scriptural Reference:

"So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."  Matthew 24:44

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Easter Song

Words and music: Annie Herring © 1974 Latter Rain Music (ASCAP), Adm. by Sparrow Corp.
This song also appeared on Acappella Resurrection by The Acappella Company, Hear It In Our Voice by The Acappella Company, and The Acappella Project by Glad.
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Sample: Windows Media

Lyrics:

Hear the bells ringing, they're singing that you can be born again
Hear the bells ringing, they're singing Christ is risen from the dead

The angels up on the tombstone
Said He has risen, just as He said
Quickly now, go tell his disciples
That Jesus Christ is no longer dead

Joy to the word, He has risen, hallelujah
He's risen, hallelujah
He's risen, hallelujah

Repeat All

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Scriptural Reference:

"He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.  Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."  Matthew 28:6-7
"He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.'" Mark 16:6-7

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Praise the Lord

Words and music: Brown Bannister and Mike Hudson
Lead: Bill Spencer
Sample: Windows Media

Lyrics:

When you're up against a struggle
That shatters all your dreams
And your hopes have been cruelly crushed
By Satan's manifested schemes
And you feel the urge within you
To submit to earthly fears
Don't let the faith you're standing in, seem to disappear

Chorus:
Praise the Lord
He can work with those who praise Him,
Praise the Lord
For our God inhabits praise,
Praise the Lord
For the chains that seem to bind you
Serve only to remind you that they drop powerless behind you
When you praise him

Now Satan is a liar
And he wants to make us think
That we are paupers
When he knows himself
We're children of the King
So lift up the mighty shield of faith
For the battle has been won
We know that Jesus Christ has risen
And the work's already done

Repeat Chorus (x2)

Praise Him
Praise the Lord

Scriptural Reference:

"Then David said to the whole assembly, "Praise the Lord your God." So they all praised the Lord, the God of their fathers; they bowed low and fell prostrate before the Lord and the king."  1 Chronicles 29:20

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Shut De Do

Words and music: Randy Stonehill (1970's)
This song also appeared on Live From Paris by Acappella.
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Sample: Windows Media

Lyrics:

Chorus:
Shut de do, keep out de devil
Shut de do, keep de devil in the night.
Shut de do, keep out de devil
Light de candle, everything is alright
Light de candle, everything is alright

Oh when I was a baby child (Shut de do, keep out de devil)
Good and bad was just a game (Shut de do, keep de devil in the night)
Many years and many trials, (Shut de do, keep out de devil)
They proved to me they’re not the same (Shut de do, keep de devil in the night)

Repeat Chorus

Oh, Satan is an evil charmer (Shut de do, keep out de devil)
He’s hungry for a soul to hurt (Shut de do, keep de devil in the night)
And without your holy armor (Shut de do, keep out de devil)
He will eat you for dessert! (Shut de do, keep de devil in the night)

Repeat Chorus

Well heh, hey, hey, hey, shut de do
Hey, hey, hey, shut de do
Hey, hey, you better shut de do
Say a prayer, he won’t be here back no more.

My mama used to sing this song (Shut de do, keep out de devil)
Papa used to sing it too (Shut de do, keep de devil in the night)
Jesus came and called them home (Shut de do, keep out de devil)
And so I sing this song for you (Shut de do, keep de devil in the night)

Repeat Chorus (x2)

You know you light de candle, everything is alright
You know you light de candle, everything is alright

Scriptural Reference:

"'In your anger do not sin:' Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold." Ephesians 4:26-27
"Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."  James 4:7

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Be Ye Glad

Words and music: Michael Kelly Blanchard © 1980 by Paragon Music Corp.
This song also appeared on The Acappella Project by Glad.
Lead: Bill Spencer
Sample: Windows Media

Lyrics:

In these days of confused situations
In these nights of restless remorse,
When the heart and the soul of a nation
Lay wounded and cold as a corpse

From the grave of the innocent Adam
Comes a song bringing joy to the sad.
Oh your cry has been heard and the ransom
Has been paid up in full, be ye glad

Chorus:
Oh, be ye glad, oh, be ye glad.
Every debt that you've ever had
Has been paid up in full by the grace of the Lord.
Be ye glad, be ye glad, be ye glad

So be like lights on the rim of the water
Giving hope in a storm sea of night
Be a refuge admist the slaughter
Of these fugitives in their flight

For you are timeless and part of a puzzle.
You are winsome and young as a lad.
And there is no disease or no struggle
That can pull you from God, be ye glad

Repeat Chorus (x2)

Scriptural Reference:

"But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy."  Isaiah 65:18 (KJV)

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You Put This Love in My Heart

Words and music: Keith Green © 1977 EMI April Music
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Sample: Windows Media

Lyrics:

I found it hard to believe someone like you cared for me
You put this love in my heart
I tried but could not refuse, you gave me no time to lose
You put this love in my heart

I want to know where the bad feelings go (feelings go)
When I'm depressed and I get down so low
And then I see you coming to me and it's alright (it's alright)

I want to tell you right now, I'm not afraid to say how
You put this love in my heart. 
There are sometimes when I doubt, but you always find me out 
You put this love in my heart

Cause when I see all that you've done for me (done for me)
It's hard to doubt, I just have to believe
Cause you followed up, proven all your love

Well I know the loneliness I had before (oh I had before),
Is gone now, I'll never feel it anymore,
Cause your love has released me from all that's in my past,
And I know I can believe you,
When you say I'll never be forsaken, Your love is gonna last (gotta believe your love, it will last)

There's so much more I could say, if I could just find a way
You put this love in my heart
Is this real or a dream, I feel so good I could scream
You put this love in my heart.

I want to know where the bad feelings go (feelings go)
When I'm depressed and I get down so low
And then I see you coming to me and it's alright (it's alright)

You put this love in my heart
You put this love in my heart, yeah, you put this love in my heart (repeat and fade)

Scriptural Reference:

"And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us."  Romans 5:5

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Special Thanks for Additions and/or Corrections to: Dave Coleman, Mike J. Knowles, and Keith Lancaster

Acadisc is a synopsis of various albums of Christian acappella groups. It is written by The Acadisc Team and is very open to additions and/or corrections. These can be addressed to Ken at ken@acadisc.com.

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