Fair Breeze

If you could read my heart, the first page might read that overall the world has been kind to me, You might find some missing pages I care not to read again, I learned slowly their loss was my gain but the scars they left behind are there to remind that the strength of my spirit is not from  perfect times 

If you could read my heart, my comforter you’d find, He stays hidden somewhere between the lines, I am never misjudged, I am never misread, I don’t have to impress this friend, Like the sun behind the  mountain He’s hidden from plain view but His light and His warmth can find you, Like the wind I know not from where he comes or where He goes rhyming verses on the pages I don’t write alone, He offers me an extra blanket at night, He shines in perfect and not so perfect times 

If you read a little father, you’ll stumble on a page that is blank, no words to erase, In the middle of that space, I’ve drawn in two chairs, I wonder if you’d like to sit down and share, This time I won’t talk, the words you may choose, Don’t worry, this time I gave you lots of room 

I’ll agree to disagree, I’ll listen quietly while we forget the not so perfect times
I’ll agree to disagree, I’ll listen quietly while we forget the not so perfect times

Well his boat rode breaking swells like a carousel, caught in a sudden squall,  There was so much unrest deep inside my chest for this sailor midst wave so tall, I taste the salt from the ocean or is it my tears, I cannot reach the harbor of his heart, A bitter North wind keeps him standing off shore, and the South beckons me to depart

She no longer obeyed his hands at the helm as she fought a northeasterly gale, A wave crested high, swept him overboard, I saw Angels point to him, Then the One who calmed the Sea of Galilea appeared and bade a Fair Breeze, He extended His hand, Be still, He commands, I cannot help ‘till you trust in Me

I awake with a jolt and I open my eyes and tell myself it’s all but a dream, I offer a prayer for whoever he was, this blue eyed sailor of seas, That o’er his shoulder he’ll find a Fair Breeze, Never find too much wind for his sail, I don’t know if our paths will ever meet, But I pray for him a Fair Breeze

All alone, He prayed deep in the night, his disciples fast asleep, Oh Father, may this cup pass from me, I’m afraid and my soul grieves

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Send me an Angel, Send me an Angel, Send me an Angel I pray, Oh Father please give me, what it takes to keep our candle aflame, oh to keep our candle aflame

With his head bowed he prayed not my will but thine, Holy Spirit, give me strength, Come forth to me on Angel’s Wings what is written, let it come to be
 
A crown of thorns, a cross too heavy to bear, from the burden His body falls weak, His mother cried softly for angel’s wings, to lift him up off His feet

Send Him an Angel, Send Him an Angel, Send Him an Angel I pray, Oh Father please give Him what it takes to keep His candle aflame, Oh, to keep His candle aflame

With nails in His feet, and nails in His hands, They mocked Him, Come down if you can, He lifted His hands and aloud He cried, Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabacthani

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Three days passed and an angel appeared, went forth and rolled back the stone, His appearance like lightning, His garment like snow, Jesus lives, He said, Now go, Tell them

God sent an Angel, God sent an Angel, God sent an Angel their way, Tell them Jesus lives, Jesus is raised, His light will forever be aflame, oh, to those who seek Him in Name, always to the end of age

What if, I simply could not hear all the jokes you tell to cover up your fears, What if, I could only hear your truth, would I be surprised to hear you, just you, What if I simply could not see, your lovely pretty face or your different race, What if I peeked my head around your door, would I be surprised to see you, Just you

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The sun comes up , you take the stage, and the curtain opens wide, Is your hat on straight do you know your lines, You played your role just fine, fine, just fine

What if, I simply could not feel the harsh words that you deal or your silence of steel, What if I tiptoed round your shield of thorns, Would I be surprised to feel You, Just You

You walk backstage, your costume’s tight, you got a mind, Throw it aside, You look around, you hesitate, You want to find that stage and scream I’m here, Or do you dare

What if I simply could not find, fault with your mistakes, fault with your mind, What if I first counted all of mine, would I be surprised to find you, hmm, just you

That was a pretty good fall, you heard someone say as he lifted you up from the ground, Next time put on your brakes this isn’t a race my brother said with a smile, Perhaps you should rest awhile

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Oh Brother Brucer I hold tight to that memory and the feeling that I got back then when you lifted me I’m all out of breath, I’ve peddled too fast,
Tried to ride too soon with no hands,
I fell hard to the ground, I don’t want to get up, Then I hear your voice that says, Perhaps you should rest awhile

So you pretend you’re not hurt, you pretend to be tough, You grab the green handlebars again, Then he runs alongside, and gives you a push, And yells watch out for that curb, And we all know what happens then

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Bridge – Now someone else’s hands are lifting you and me, And watching all our bumps and falls and bruises big and small, I’ve been there a few times myself He says, It’s after all the falling, you rise to a greater cause, But first you must rest awhile

Well your knees are all better, your balance is good, You’re feeling kinda proud of yourself, You reach deep down inside, find the courage to try, And with all your strength you yell, look Brother Bruce, No Hands

Just a farmboy from the midwest he was taught how to work the horse and plow, But his daddy could always see he had a heart of unrest cause he was always starin at the  clouds, So off he went into the airforce where they discovered in no time at all, That this young farmin boy from the midwest could fly any plane they put his hands on

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above and beyond is where he flew
above and beyond is what he knew
above and beyond is what he loved
above and beyond is who he was

On the ground he was a bit unstable, he always gave a little too much, He never understood a greedy heart, and he ever understood human love

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On a ground support mission in Korea, a radio call for help came from the ground, Where are ya brother John, this is your little brother Tom, if you don’t get here soon they’ll get us all cause the mortars are flyin like lightnin bugs, the marines are trapped on the mountain side, Three planes have flown by, they’ve all flown too high do you read brother John, you gotta try 

Well consider it done you  jarhead, we have always covered you marines, Have I ever let you down, little brother Tom, Here I come hold your ground if you please, His fighter plane roared o’er the hillside, from a strafin run he hit a bull’s eye, The soldiers all cheered except little Tom, who saw his brother take a hit in enemy’s line

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Over ten thousand hours in the cockpit, over two hundred missions that he flew, Oak leaf clusters and medals of bravery, are living proof of what he did for me and you

Racing down, hills of snow, I beat ya, no you didn’t, it’s a tie, We built snow castles, and we played King and Queen, We swore friends for life and shared a dream, I recall, we skipped school one day,  I met you at the creek at the Northwood gate, You said bring your guitar, and I’ll bring the fishin poles, And I said yeah, and this time don’t forget the bait

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Whatever happened to you John David, Whatever happened to my friend for life, Are you still believen, are you tryin, are you reachin, Can you find your castle dreams still in your mind, Or did it melt into a stream and run into an ocean of forgotten dreams

You stepped out of my life, just like you drifted in, Quietly, you never said too much, Then a friend told me, that a friend told her, Your business failed and your family fell apart, So I drive 400 miles, and I knock at your door
I give you the line, what are friends for, Now get up off this couch, we’re goin to that hill, And if I have to drag you all the way I will

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It’s a long way home, but it’s longer when it rains, It helps to have seen a smile on your face, But I can’t stop wondering, about that King and Queen, And their perfect childhood snow white castle dreams

Well I was mindin my business going to work one day when I came to light I did hesitate, Do I stop, or go, or run through the red, nah I think I’ll play it safe instead, Then I looked in the mirror, what did I see, a big mean man shakin his fist at me, Well part of me wanted to shrink in my seat, part of me wanted to jump out and scream

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Slow Down why are you so angry, so early in the morning, Slow Down perhaps another cup of coffee, Slow Down people, slow down

So the light turned green and part of me wanted to drive real slow, But he looked too mean, so he burned some rubber and he made a screech well good riddance to you and I sighed a relief, I felt kinda mad, felt kinda sad, I wish I weighed 200 pounds and I was big and bad, If I did know what I’d do I’d do, I’d jump out of my car and I’d say Mr. you’re a time bomb, You better soften your heart

Wouldn’t you know, the next light was red so I glanced to my right
there was dufus head, Well he glared at me, I smiled at him, he shot me his IQ, I prayed for him, Lord please have patience with this mean man, he could be some little boy’s dad,  Lord teach him something, teach him something today, it makes no sense
when we rush to wait

Oh your words of accusations fly like arrows from your mouth, they circle back and numb your senses, you can’t find your way out, to what is real, you cannot feel, and what you feel is not real, I am not who you think I am, I Am who I Am

You people go round and round and round again, trying to figure it out, when it’s right in front of your faces, but you choose to look around, He gave you ears, He gave you eyes, He gave you a heart and He gave you a mind you must learn to forget yourselves to find My Father’s light

Once a man went to his field to plant many a seed, Some fell by wayside and on scattered stone, Some fell among the thorns but some fell on good ground, Listen with your ears and eyes, your heart and your mind,
Your souls will struggle if you try to deny, My truth, my truth, my truth, my truth

So the Holy man walked away but He had planted a seed some of them threw it out and some of them took heed and so they found eternal love, eternal life and eternal peace and twelve of them traveled far and they began to teach

The Son of God has come to us to plant many seeds of truth, Which of your hearts have grown so dull, they  cannot perceive? Which of your hearts rejoice so fast then stop when trouble unfolds? Which of you hearts desire strong to make a place for His Word, But then are choked by the thorns of deceit and the cares for your world? Listen with your ears and eyes your hearts, and your mind, Your soul will struggle if you try to deny His truth, His truth, His truth, His Truth

You people go round and round and round again, You go round and round and round again

I remember waiting there on our front lawn a summer afternoon making snow angels on the cool green grass waiting for that sound then his plane would rumble round the hayfields, he’d dive bomb our house I’d find my runnin feet so fast, and wave my hands to that crazy Flyin Man 

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Flyin Man take me too, Let’s fly around the stars and touch the moon, We could race heaven’s angels, I bet God would let us win, Don’t leave me Flyin Man, take me too 

Farmers would shake their heads, and mumble softly, there he goes again instead of workin his John Deere where he belongs he’s flyin round up there they never really understood the heart of that crazy Flyin Man, The tiny pieces to his puzzle fit just right with wings beneath his hands  

Would you like to take a spin, he winked at me, it finally came my turn my heart was  racing like an engine till we took off and we floated through the air flyin through the popcorn clouds, I felt so proud to be up there with him I helped the plane turn her wings, with my hands, left and right and round again 

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When the world is closing in, I feel so small, there are tears in my eyes I think about the Flyin Man, I wish he’d come and take me for a ride  Shh, I think I hear his plane outside

Would you like paper or plastic, asked an older voice, Looks like you smushed your bread, My car is parked quite far, that’s ok, what do you do Then we talked awhile about what he did, Now the missus wants him out from under her shoes, And it’s nice to talk to people like you thank you now, see you soon

As I drove away I couldn’t help but feel surprised by what this man had done with his life, He fought for his country went to universities, Then spent 40 years as chief engineer, But his humble appearance and his grocery uniform had me completely misinformed, I didn’t know who I’d been talking to

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We must be kind, to one  another, don’t let your mind speak too soon cause you never know, you never know, you never know who you’re talking to

2000 years ago, two parents lost their son, a brave and bright 12 year old they found him with the wise men, and the doctors of law and his wisdom simply amazed them all, But his young humble appearance, his clothes old and worn had them completely misinformed they didn’t know who they were talking to

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A young mother stranded alone with her child miles from home a cold snowy night, A stranger appeared, fixed her tire, calmed her fears, and from where he came he then disappeared, But his humble appearance, a dog he called sport, had her completely misinformed,
She didn’t know who she’d been talking to

Chorus: We must be …

You never know.... who you’re talking to