Johnny unplugged...Just me live with an acoustic guitar singing from the heart. The song is a jazz based confession of failure that becomes a prayer and finally a message of hope and peace for the listener. A contemporary Psalm, if you will...:)
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Story behind the song
This was a moment of deep humility for me and a whisper of hope for the power of God's felt presence. I was alone and the loneliness led me to this very solitary sound and yearning for assurance.
Lyrics
Mr. Know-it-all
you fall
so hard and fast and feel so small
I wonder-
Do you hear the call of home?
Blame it on the sands of time
That robbed you of a fruitful prime
But don't you see?
You need not climb alone
There is a place
Your heart can safely rest
There is a place
your spirit will be blessed by love
so fatherly and good
Firmly as it should be
Holding you from ever facing you alone
Save me from the jaws of hell
Come to me in my darkened cell
I kneeled to pray
But hope just fell away
Let me see those wounds of love
That satisfied the Law enough
To justify this sinful lump of clay
There is a place
Your heart can safely rest
There is a place
your spirit will be blessed by love
so fatherly and good
Firmly as it should be
Holding you from ever facing you alone
(c) 1992 Old Sarge Music