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Shades of Grace (w/ Ronnie Lee Hurst)
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Great country ballad written with Ronnie Lee Hurst...this is our first collaberation...Ron's lead vocal makes it come alive...listen to Ron's songs at: www.soundclick.com/ronnieleehurst
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Christ centered songs written by Dan Simmons...the best Gospel and inspirational A.I. music on the internet!
"firesong" is the songwriting ministry of Dan Simmons Thanks for stopping by. It's my desire to faithfully share that which has been given to me. This website will be a sampling of recordings that I, along with family and friends, have done over past 45 years. There are over 600 original unpublished songs presented in demo form on this site. Special thanks go to my partners in music, my daughter Amber, son Ian and the guys of Single Heart (Gene, Bob, Chris, Marty and Tata) who joined me to sing praises to the Lord down through the years. I also wish to thank those co-writers and artists that have joined with me in developing new music the passed few years to share on this website. I'm now featuring AI (Artificial Intelligence) groups that I've developed to sing some of the songs. I hope it's evident to everyone... that though the melodies and harmonies, styles and singers may change... JESUS has always been and will always be...the Song! ...this music is one simple expression of a very thankful heart. (Dan is a retired firefighter and ordained minister)
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Genre
Country • Christian Country
Charts
Peak #52
Peak in subgenre #6
Author
words and music D. Simmons/R. Hurst
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2007Daniel B. Simmons/Ronnie Lee Hurst
Uploaded
April 30, 2007
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MP3 3.7 MB • 320 kbps • 4:04
Story behind the song
I have had the concept and some of the words of this song for a long time but never could come up with the right melody and music...so I sent it out to Oregon to my new writing partner Ron Hurst and we started pulling the melody together back and forth across the country and tweaking the lyrics to fit and with the help of our third partner (Jesus ) here we are... this is the first "Corner of Simmons and Hurst" production
Lyrics
They tell me truth is neither black nor white But shades of gray make up what’s right A vague array confounds our sight...as we stumble on the way But black is black and white is white My sin was black as the darkest night His righteousness....the purest white ...so very far away I’m so thankful for shades of grace Like the crimson flow through the crown of thorns that fell down on His face I know black is black and white is white...each one may have it’s place But Lord I’m thankful for those shades of grace (instrumental) Jesus holds in His nail-scarred hands A brush to paint the heart of man Each stroke so great ...each hue so grand...the darkness is replaced And truth concealed by blackest night Is now revealed and brought to Light A masterpiece, so clear and bright...unveiled in shades of grace I’m so thankful for the shades of grace Like the crimson flow through the crown of thorns that fell down on His face Black is black and white is white...each one may have it’s place But Lord I’m thankful for those shades of grace Oh, the colors of the rainbow can’t compare to them Each brushstroke of His mercy... can change the lives of men chorus I’m so thankful for each shade of grace Like the crimson flow through the crown of thorns that fell down on His face Black is black and white is white...each one may have it’s place But Lord I’m thankful for those shades of grace I know black is black and white is white...each one may have it’s place But Lord I’m thankful for those shades of grace
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