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Where Does the Time Go
03:30
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VERSE 1
In my mind I’m still seventeen
But, I’m just shy of turning 43
Looking back on my life
Mistakes I’ve made and what I got right
CHORUS
Where does the time go
How can a lifetime move so fast
When so many days feel like
They’ll never end -
Where does the time go
How can we make these memories last
Instead of moving on
To another thing -
VERSE 2
We were young when we fell in love
We’re older now, with two kids at home
The path we’re on is where we’ll find
Joy in life ain’t at the end of the line
BRIDGE
These are the best days of our lives
While we’re together here, let’s embrace these years
Don’t let them pass us by
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2. |
Stories From Home
03:26
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VERSE 1
Woven together from the best of you and me
Our children have questions about our history
Heirlooms we pass down as stories of home
One day they’ll be singing songs of their own
CHORUS
I just want to know you, tell me all that you did
Tell me all about the time when you were a kid
Leave in the dirt, the parts you’d rather stay hid
Tell me all about the time when you were a kid
VERSE 2
When I was younger, we ran through the woods
Fighting mythical forces invading our neighborhood
To see who was bravest and could hold their will
We’d take any challenge short of getting ourselves killed
BRIDGE
These roots and branches, no one can see
Bind us together to form our family tree
Our kids want to know all about the way back times
The stories we share spark lights in their eyes
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3. |
Small Things
04:12
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VERSE 1
For the first time in years I am awake
To see the sun rise
as Spring begins to break
I breathe deeply, you make coffee
Our children are sleeping
We talk softly
CHORUS
It’s in times like these -
I feel the small things
That make it all seem
A little less daunting
When we are alone
Yeah it’s the small things
That make your heart sing
Shining like moonbeams
Over the lawn
Then slowly over time
Small things grow in size
To become -
The greatest part of life
VERSE 2
As the years go by
And time accelerates
What I once took for granted
I have grown to appreciate
Moments like these over coffee
To breathe in silence
And hear your heart sing
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4. |
Remember
03:52
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VERSE 1
Take time to listen and reflect
Break free of the busy noose
That’s tied around your neck
CHORUS
Remember -
We used to sing, we used to dance
When we were kids we had no plans
Time was just a mystery
Oh there is freedom in a glance
At the wonder and romance
Of the world our children see
Remember - remember
Remember the joy of being a child
VERSE 2
We’ll live in castles made of sand
And hunt for treasure
With our imaginary friends
We’ll catch stars and talk with trees
Trust me, this all makes sense
In the land of make believe
BRIDGE
Carve out a simple space to rest
Free your mind of crippling thoughts
That creep inside your head
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5. |
A Family
03:48
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VERSE 1
I was a stranger and you welcomed me in
To join a family and believe again
Brothers and sisters in a body divine
Where I know, I’m known, I know, I’m known
CHORUS
To see the world as you intend it to be
To know love unconditionally
To feel safe and truly be free
As a family
VERSE 2
Consider how we stir each other to seek
Loving-kindness and the goodness we need
Bear the burdens of each other in love
To know, we’re known, To know, we’re known
BRIDGE
Where we’re welcomed in
And we’re known as friends
Where we mourn and cry
Standing side by side
Where our wounds can heal
And we can be real
Where the love of Christ
Is our source of life
We’re gonna raise our hands
Gonna sing and dance
We all celebrate
As a family
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6. |
Hold on to the Light
02:44
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VERSE 1
Take these pieces
These broken pieces
Heartache we’ve carried so long
Vessels of memories
Held close by our family
Long suffering heirlooms of loss
CHORUS
Mend with gold at the seams
And restore them to life
Beauty from ashes
The fault lines will write
Stories of how we survived
We held on to the light
VERSE 2
Resilience and patience
Are brewed in our tea
Alive in abundance no fear in scarcity
Sing over creation
With joy & delight
Lament in your sorrow when it arrives with the night
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7. |
It'll Be Alright
03:41
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VERSE 1
We were just kids when we
First met, but I knew instantly
You were the only one for me
Now we have -
Two kids, responsibilities
Long hours, working hard to be
Present and live life joyfully
PRE-CHORUS
It feels like we’re
Hanging on by a thread
That’s unravelling -
CHORUS
As I go -
Out of my mind
Lost every time
You go away
And leave me babe
I need you here
To hold me tight
And let me know
It’ll be alright
VERSE 2
Life is stream of consciousness
One day, into the next
No breaks in the ceaseless flow
Never to -
Let up, or cut you some slack
Screaming babes and heart attacks
Sleepless nights are what we expect
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8. |
Damage
04:14
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VERSE 1
I get carried away, sometimes, I know
Let the weight of the world bear down on my bones
I get carried away, carried away, sometimes, I know
I get carried away, placing my dreams upon your head
All the things I wish I’d done instead
I get carried away, carried away - sometimes, I know
CHORUS
Is it too late to turn it around
Lord, help us
Lord, help us
Is it too late to turn it around
Or, has the damage done
Done us in for good
VERSE 2
I got carried away, worried my days were passing me by
But, I see now I missed the chance to live life by your side
I get carried away, carried away - sometimes, I know
BRIDGE
I’m sorry I can’t give you back all the years I was selfish and blind
I’m sorry I wasn’t the man that you needed, that you needed
OUTRO
Please, please, don’t give up on me
Please, please, don’t give up on me
Please, please, don’t give up on me
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9. |
Watch Your Tongue
03:40
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VERSE 1
If you bend your tongue like a bow
And let a deadly arrow go
Or twist the truth bit by bit
So that all the pieces fit
How can we love our neighbor well
If we’re only thinking of ourselves
Watch your tongue
Watch your tongue
CHORUS
Our words can heal and they can break
Our words can give and they can take
The words we use they carry a weight
With consequences for what we say
Watch your tongue
Watch your tongue
VERSE 2
What’s down in the well is gonna rise up
When the buckets pulled to the top
The heart is revealed in what we say
So speak the truth with love and grace
We’re called to love our neighbors well
So we must think beyond ourselves
BRIDGE
What’s down in the well is gonna rise up
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10. |
Missing Piece
04:07
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Waiting for years on your own
Hoping to find someone else who’s all alone
But, everyone who comes by
Who has that look in their eyes
Well you don’t seem to fit into
The space that they need
What do they want of you?
What do they need?
You’re looking for someone, you can complete
Will you ever find your
Will you ever find your missing piece?
Then one day a new shape rolls around
With a different perspective than others you have found
She said, everyone I pass by
Who has that look in their eyes
Well it don’t seem they understand
What they really need
There’s nothing I want of you
Nothing I need
I don’t need anyone to make me complete
I don’t want to be your
I don’t want to be your missing piece
She said, everything changes and we must grow
You can be someone’s and still be your own
So you can choose to live life
Stuck there on your side
Or you can get up and
Work to reshape your mind
Cause you can be anything
You can be free
To follow your heart wherever it leads
You are more than
So much more than a missing piece -
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VERSE 1
Teach me to number
The days I am given
So when my name is called
I feel that I’ve given
My best existence
And lived without regrets
CHORUS
I know the story
Isn’t about me
But, I hope to play my part the best I can
Oh Lord, establish the work of my hands -
VERSE 2
I toil and trouble
The span of a life here
I need your steadfast love
Renewing the morning
As I seek your wisdom
To stay on the path you’ve made
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12. |
When I'm Gone
04:16
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VERSE 1
When the leaves turn in the fall
If you happen to think of me at all
I hope all the good times we had
Outweigh the bad
I know I had my faults
I was never good at small talk
But I tried my best to be
There when you needed me
CHORUS
I hope that’s how you remember me
When I’m gone
When I’m gone -
VERSE 2
We kept yellow flowers in a vase
On the table where we’d say grace
And when our family gathered round
It was such a beautiful sound
Some nights our kids lay out in the yard
On some old blankets counting stars
Of all the years together we shared
We were happy there
CHORUS
I hope that’s how you remember me
When I’m gone
When I’m gone -
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Joel Madison Blount Birmingham, Alabama
JMB is a songwriter, producer, and mix engineer based at The Lone Wolf / sound studio in Birmingham,
AL
His work merges the influence of Southern literary authors with a musical response to the rhythm and melody of life.
He writes songs about our shared human experience, meant to offer hope and inspire the listener to sing out loud.
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