John Elefante
defying gravity

 
     
01 - If You Just Believe
02 - The Stream
03 - The Truth, The Life
04 - Defying Gravity
05 - Pass The Flame
06 - Exit 39
07 - Give It All Away
08 - Don't Leave The Band
09 - Home With A View
10 - The Way That You Love Me

 

If You Just Believe




There's not a word I want to say
There's not a song I want to play
If it's not for You
There's not a step I want to take
There's not a morning I want to wake
If it's not for You
 
(chorus)
Pursue righteousness
Faith, love and peace
Plant the seed of truth
And you'll be given these
Walk away from sin
And all impurity
Seek His kingdom
And these things will be given to you
And these things will be given to you
If you just believe

Show me a man that would suffer for someone
The love of a father for his son
They'll see You
Show me a promise that cannot be broken
A different man when a few words are spoken
It's You

(chorus)

I never thought in my wildest dreams
I could have faith in something I've never seen
The promise of Heaven is mine
And these things will be given to you
And these things will be given to you
If you just believe

Pursue righteousness
Faith, love and peace
Plant the seed of truth
And you'll be given these
Walk away from sin
And all impurity
Follow the things that are pure
And holy in His sight

Pursue righteousness
Faith, love and peace
Seek His kingdom

Copyright 1999 Boisseau Music/ Two Yutes Music (BMI). All rights reserved. All rights controlled by Pamplin Music Publishing, Franklin, TN. International copyright secured.

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The Stream



There's a path behind my house that leads to a forest
Where the trees block the sunlight from shining through
And sometimes I go walking down the long and narrow trail
And the deeper I go I fear that I won't find my way back to the stream

That I depend on to show me where I am
To lead me from this unfamiliar land
It's been flowing since time began

(chorus)
And I stand beside the water with my feet upon the sand
And I watch it as it flows like the blood from His hand
And it gives me my direction that leads me home again
So I will follow the stream

There's a road that I travel that takes me to the city
Where the buildings block the sun from shining through
And things move so quickly I can hardly catch my breath
And the faster I go I feel that I won't find my way back to the stream

That I depend on to show me where I am
An oasis in a dry and barren land
It's been flowing since time began

(chorus)

When I'm far beyond where I should be not knowing what to do
I just let the water carry me, carry me to You
It gives me my direction that leads me home again
So I will follow the stream

It will lead me home
I will follow it back to You
I will follow the stream
And I stand beside the water with my feet upon the sand
And I watch it as it flows like the blood from His hand
And it gives me my direction and leads me home again
So I will follow the stream

And I will follow you home
Follow you home
Follow you home
I will follow the stream

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The Truth, The Life



Holy is the Father who chose to send His Son
Perfect is the Savior, the sacrificial One
Sacred was the cleansing blood that poured out of His hands
And righteous is Your power that can change the heart of man

Here I will kneel before You
I vow to fall down and adore You
I've got to feel the touch of Your hand
I know I've got to feel the touch of Your hand

(chorus)
Worshipful, mighty, reverent, holy is Your name
From the beginning to forever You'll always be the same
You are the only way, You are the truth, You are the life
You are the only way, You are the truth, You are the life

Holy, the Redeemer, a tortured innocent man
Perfect was His broken body that died and rose again
And sacred are these words He gave us, written by His hand
And righteous is His kingdom where we will live with Him

Here I will kneel before You
I vow to forever adore You
I've got to feel the touch of Your hand
I know I've got to feel the touch of Your hand

Worshipful, mighty, reverent, holy is Your name
From the beginning to forever You'll always be the same

You will never leave or forsake us
There is no one that can separate us
Just as long as we confess these words
There will be no end

God, will You forgive me?
God, make this blind man see
God, in You I believe
God, through Your Son redeem me

Here I will kneel before You
I vow to fall down and adore You
I've got to feel the touch of Your hand
I know I've got to feel the touch of Your hand

(chorus)

Copyright 1999 Boisseau Music Publishing/Two Yutes Music(BMI) All rights reserved. All rights controlled by Pamplin Music Publishing, Franklin, TN. International copyright secured. Used by permission.

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Defying Gravity


 
Once I was woken from a daydream
Where I had the ability to fly
Far above the earth among the heavens
It felt so peaceful being way up high
And I remember waking up disappointed
That I was still on the ground
Because in order to rise above this world
I have to lay my life down

(chorus)
And when I kneel before You
I'm defying gravity
And when I let You take control
Then I'm defying gravity
And when I stop giving in to the pull of this world
Then I'm defying gravity
And when I'm bruised and I'm torn, I let You pull me up
Then I'm defying gravity

Why do the cares of the world way so heavy
I get pulled in so many directions
I try to look for the easy way out
But the only way's through Your resurrection
So I will lay my life down at Your feet

(chorus)

Copyright 1999 Boisseau Music Publishing/Two Yutes Music(BMI)/Ross Island Music Publishing/Poignant Pup Music (SESAC) All rights reserved. All rights controlled by Pamplin Music Publishing, Franklin TN. International copyright secured. Used by permission.

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Pass The Flame



Three a.m. - a baby boy; a new life began
I held him in my arms and knew one day he'd be a man
And soon I'd have to tell him that this world is not our home
We must give our lives to Jesus; we are not our own

But for now just let me hold you, a little while
Let me adore you while you sleep
Thank You, Lord, for such an angel
Make him Yours to keep
And then I whispered in his ear
There is something you must hear

(chorus)
Any way the wind blows
Don't you think that God knows
We don't have to change
We don't have to change
We are the light in a darkened work
We are the fire on the arrow
We must pass the flame
We must pass the flame

She was a portrait of innocence-I took her by the hand
For better or for worse we vowed that with Jesus we'd stand
We would instill upon our children that this world is not our home
We would tell them that our treasure is the promise that we own

But for now just let me hold you, a little while
Let me adore you while you sleep
Thank You, Lord, for such an angel
Make them Yours to keep
So let me whisper in your ear
There is something you must hear

(chorus)

And Lord, help us teach Your children well
And turn embers into fire
Make Your love their soul desire

The doctors came into the room; the news was not too good
I said, "Daddy, if I could take your place, you know that I would."
He said, "Son, please don't worry-go and be there for your wife
You know we'll be together in an everlasting life."

Then I said, "Dad, I want to hold you a little while
Let me adore you while you sleep."
Thank You, Lord, for such an angel
Take him home to keep
And then he whispered in my ear
There is something you must hear

(chorus x2)

Copyright 1999 Boisseau Music/ Two Yutes Music/ Lapiotrope Music (BMI). All rights reserved. All rights controlled by Pamplin Music Publishing, Franklin, TN. International copyright secured.

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Exit 39



I started on down the road
Just trying to drive my thoughts away
But I couldn't help remembering
Yesterday and everything in between
It was as real as any image in a Technicolor dream
Or was it my imagination playing tricks on me
Was I losing my mind?
Or was the truth just catching up to me - I don't know
Oh, what did it matter? I just kept driving anyway
A whole lot of baggage and conditions and nothing left to say

Just then I noticed a sign
It read, "Renew your soul through Jesus at Exit 39."
I walked through an open door
And I started to listen
And the words cut right through my soul
This was more than religion
I saw water changed to wine
At Exit 39-down at Exit 39

I hung around for a while just trying to find some explanation
And then a woman said to me, "Don't go searching anymore.
Jesus knew that He'd meet you 
When you walked through that door today."

Then I looked back at the sign
It said, "You just gave your life to Jesus at Exit 39."
And for the first time I can open my eyes
And see what I've been missing
All His love and His forgiveness
Was with me all the time
More than just religion
I saw water changed to wine
At Exit 39

I let some time pass me by
I drove up and down that highway
There was no Exit 39
Was it just all in my mind
I believe it wasn't just a vision
'Cause what took place in my heart
Was by faith and not by sight
More than just religion
I saw water changed to wine
At Exit 39-at Exit 39
I saw water changed to wine
Down at Exit 39
 

Copyright 1999 Boisseau Music/Two Yutes Music (BMI)/ Pamplin Music Publishing (ASCAP). All rights reserved. All rights controlled by Pamplin Music Publishing, Franklin, TN. International copyright secured.

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Give It All Away



Deep in the heart of a man
There are battles that we fight within ourselves
We question the surest of things
We keep secrets in our hearts we never tell
And we say that we rely on You-that we will seek Your way
But to give You all and nothing less
Do we really have the faith?

(chorus)
Can we give it all away, give it all away
Give it all to You
When we give You just a little
We give You nothing at all
Can we give it all away, give it all away
Give it all to You
When the only thing that matters
Is the hardest thing to do

Why would a man give up his soul
To gain a world that has no just reward
We're lead to believe in ourselves
But without You there's nothing to look toward
You can remove the veil of darkness 
That has covered up our face
And take us from this wretched land into Your holy place

(chorus)
Can we give it all away, give it all away
Give it all to You
Just a little isn't good enough
We've got to give You everything
Can we give it all away, give it all away
Give it all to You
When the only thing that matters
Is the hardest thing to do
And we say that we rely on You
That we will seek Your way
But the hardest of all questions
Do we really have the faith?

(chorus)
Can we give it all away, give it all away
Give it all to You
When we give You just a little
We give You nothing at all
Can we give it all away, give it all away
Give it all to You
When the only thing that matters
Is the hardest thing to do

Copyright 1999 Boisseau Music/Two Yutes Music (BMI)/ Pamplin Music Publishing (ASCAP). All rights reserved. All rights controlled by Pamplin Music Publishing, Franklin, TN. International copyright secured.

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Don't Leave The Band



If you wanna take a wrong and turn it into a right
You're gonna have to get up and get out of your seat tonight
And if you wanna rise above it all way high
You've gotta learn to walk before you learn to fly

You've gotta come back, gotta come back home to stay
You've gotta come back, gotta come back home to stay
You've gotta come back, gotta come back

Take Jesus, stop runnin' away
I said, take Jesus before it's too late
I said, take Jesus, don't throw it away
I said, stop talking like a foolish man

I said, don't leave the band
I said, don't leave the band
Don't leave the bandÖ

Copyright 1999 by Boisseau Music/ Two Yutes Music (BMI). All rights reserved. All rights controlled by Pamplin Music Publishing, Franklin, TN. International copyright secured.

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Home With A View



It's been such a hard year
I don't understand
Seems like nothin's gone my way
I try to spend time with the ones I love
I wish there were more hours in a day
And it feels like I'm moving way too fast
I've been running far too long
I want to get back to my first love
And be where I belong

There's a place I can go where I know You'll be
I just close my eyes and let Your love take hold of me

(chorus)
So come meet me, Father, at my home with a view
Where I can look out on the water and spend time with You
I won't worry about tomorrow
You will see me through
So come meet me, Father, at my home with a view

The sun shines on the water
To make a stained glass sea
A songbird on the rooftop
Singing perfectly
It all started on a hillside
With Your Son upon a tree
I believe He died and rose again
And that's why He's here with me

(chorus)

There's a place I can go where I know You'll be
I just close my eyes and let Your love take hold of me

(chorus)

So come meet me, Father, at my home with a view
Where I want to worship Your power and give praise to You
I won't worry about tomorrow
You will see me through
So come meet me, Father, at my home with a view.

Copyright 1999 by Boisseau Music/ Two Yutes Music (BMI). All rights reserved. All rights controlled by Pamplin Music Publishing, Franklin, TN. International copyright secured.

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The Way That You Love Me



I had a dream when I was young
That someday I would become
The one that stood up there and sang the songs
Someone gave me an old guitar
It wasn't much but it was a start
Of a road that I would soon be travelin' on
But I played out my dream and now it's gone

Suddenly my whole world changed
My directions and priorities were not the same
A light appeared inside my heart
The war inside is over, I could never be apart

(chorus)
If I could live to be a thousand years
I could never learn how
To love like You love me
If I could learn everything there is to learn
I could never learn how to love like You love me
But I'll try the best I can
It's a neverending journey
To learn to love the way that You love me

I wear my tears like the clown
I wear a painted on frown
Sometimes I just can't show the way I feel
I wanna wear my heart out on my sleeve
And hope that you see Jesus, not me
I'm just not the man this world wants me to be, no

(chorus)

I say that I would die for my son
But faced with that decision, would I stay or would I run
Your love is not limited by sin
For this there is no measure, no beginning or no end

(chorus)
If I could live to be a thousand years
I could never learn how
To love like You love me
If I could learn everything there is to learn
I could never learn how to love like You love me
But I'll try the best I can
It's a neverending journey
It's a neverending journey
It's a neverending journey
To learn to love the way that You love me

Copyright 1999 by Boisseau Music/ Two Yutes Music/Lapiotrope Music (BMI). All rights reserved.
All rights reserved. All rights controlled by Pamplin Music Publishing, Franklin, TN. International copyright secured. Used by permission.

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