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	ONE THIN WIRE © 1997 Lowry Olafson from the CD  Days That Disappear Too Soon   -- listen  to One Thin Wire I've seen that horse jump higher when he's prancin' that young filly round the yard, So how could one thin wire two feet off the ground be so hard? But it shocked his leg like lightning once and he bolted halfway back to the other side. He touched it a few times more like that and now he doesn't even try. CHORUS: But oh the pastures he could roam If he only knew Just how frail these fences are That tell him what he can and cannot do. That stallion's independent, no saddle ever sat upon his back So how could one thin wire be enough to stop him in his tracks. He'll run his life in circles 'til the urge for wandering has ceased But to step over that wire is too large a leap, for his mind at least. CHORUS Bridge: What we can and cannot do What we can, what we can, what we can and cannot do. These fields they run unbridled for as far as the eye can see And if not for that thin wire, well you know, that's where that horse would be. Grassy plains can taunt us, and if not for fences made of fear And failures that still haunt us, we'd high-tail it right outa here. LAST CHORUS And oh the pastures we could roam If we only knew Just how frail these fences are That tell us what we can and cannot do, What we can and cannot do What we can, what we can, what we can and cannot do. What we can and cannot do What we can, what we can, what we can and cannot do. Order Days That Disappear Too Soon CD HERE TO LOVE © 1995 Lowry Olafson from the CD Back Again The Creator of us all must shake his head and wonder so, At all these righteous rules set out by those who claim to know, Promising salvation if we tow their line, Each with their own translation, their own bottom line. And even if you take their words to be the gospel truth, You can see the ones who Jesus chose to help him through, Not the pious ones, the men who pulled the strings, But the losing souls, without anything. Chorus: So if there is one thing that I believe, It's nothing more than this We are here to love. It seems the more we organize, we go our separate ways, Get caught up in the power and trying to persuade Or we go to war, like we're the chosen few. How come the other side, Seems to think so too? Chorus: So if there is one thing that I believe, It's nothing more than this We are here to love, and care about each other, We are here to love. And we can build our steeples in God's name And set all our conditions on who is welcomed and who is shamed Making all these rules with our hearts quite closed And we can call it right, But it's not even close. Chorus Order Back Again CD GOOD INTENTIONS © 1992 Lowry Olafson from the CD Good Intentions   -- listen  to Good Intentions Take a moment from your life. Take a moment from your day. All those other things can wait awhile Til you can find your smile again. Hush those voices in your head. You know the ones, they're never satisfied, All they do is criticize, But don't believe their lies this time. Chorus: Cause under the guise of good intentions, They just wanna hold you back They just wanna hold you back. Take a moment for yourself, Stop and take a moment where you are, There's lots of time for feeling wrong, So be the shining star you are. Chorus 2: Cause under the guise of good intentions, They just wanna hold you back They just wanna hold you, they don't wanna help you, They just wanna hold you back. Sometimes the world can be so hard, Won't let you live your life the way you are So many versions of the Truth, But only you can know what's true for you. Chorus Why don't you find a skipping stone And cast it out across the water Why don't you take some precious time And learn to love yourself Cause that's the bottom line. Last Chorus: And when you've made it this far with your spirit intact, Nothing's gonna hold you back, no, Nothing's gonna harm you, nothing's gonna hurt you, Nothing's gonna hold you back. When you've made it this far with your spirit intact, Nothing's gonna hold you back, no Nothing's gonna harm you, nothing's gonna shame you, Nothing's gonna stop you, nothing's gonna shake you, Nothing's gonna hurt you, nothing's gonna break you, Nothing's gonna hold you back. Order Good Intentions CD WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT © 1994 Lyrics by I. Olafson / Music and Lyrics by Lowry Olafson and Tom Carter from the CD Good Intentions The field so full of ripened grain Never could be harvested without an act of faith, A simple seed sown in the ordinary ground, How that seedling reaches skyward we will never understand. Chorus: Some people say tomorrow never comes, But I say stick around, tomorrow you will be the one. There will always be a place for those who try When the time is right. Everybody's searching for the truth. We feel that it eludes us, we're still looking for some proof, Like watching people when you're standing in a line, The ones you never notice are the ones you're right beside. Chorus Bridge: There is so much more than meets the eye, The wind upon the water, and the morning sky That brings another dawn and the will to carry on Long after all your strength is gone. Chorus Order Good Intentions CD JUST A LITTLE BIT © 1997 Lowry Olafson from the CD Little Mysteries CHORUS: Just a little bit of love, just a little bit of faith Just a little bit of kindness, that is what it takes. Just a little bit of yes, just a little bit of no, Just a little bit of stand your ground, just a little bit of let it go. Just a little bit of you, just a little bit of me, Just a little bit of everybody, that is what we need. And when I'm down, my feet are dragging on the ground And I feel like walkin' away for good, nothin' is as it should be, If I close my eyes, there's a whisper in my ear Floating in like a leaf upon the wind, and these are the words I hear . . . CHORUS And when I'm lost, and I forget how far I've come And I lose sight of the road ahead, stray from the path I'm on, If I close my eyes, there's a whisper in my ear Floating in as still as a summer's day and these are the words I hear . . . CHORUS Order Little Mysteries CD

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