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Sunday Sermon: "Song of Bernadette"

"Song of Bernadette"

There was a child named Bernadette
I heard the story long ago
She saw the Queen of Heaven once
And kept the vision in her soul
No one believed what she had seen
No one believed what she heard
But there were sorrows to be here
And mercy, mercy in this world

So many hearts I find, broke like yours and mine
Torn by what we've done and can't undo
I just want to hold you, come on let me hold you
Like Bernadette would do

We've been around, we fall, we fly
We mostly fall, we mostly run
And every now and then we try
To mend the damage that we've done
Tonight, tonight I just can't rest
I've got this joy inside my breast
To think that I did not forget that child
That song of Bernadette

So many hearts I find, broke like yours and mine
Torn by what we've done and can't undo
I just want to hold you, won't let me hold you
Like Bernadette would do

I just want to hold you, come on let me hold you
Like Bernadette would do

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Bill Elliott / Jennifer Warnes / Leonard Cohen

Song of Bernadette lyrics © Music & Media Int'l, Inc, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Jennifer Warnes version: (3) Song of Bernadette (Digitally Remastered) - YouTube

Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt version: (3) Song Of Bernadette - YouTube

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Sunday Sermon: Who'll Stop the Rain?

Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Who’ll Stop the Rain?”

Long as I remember the rain been comin' down
Clouds of mystery pourin' confusion on the ground
Good men through the ages tryin' to find the sun
And I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain?

I went down Virginia, seekin' shelter from the storm
Caught up in the fable, I watched the tower grow
Five Year Plans and New Deals, wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain?

Heard the singers playin', how we cheered for more
The crowd had rushed together, tryin' to keep warm
Still the rain kept pourin', fallin' on my ears
And I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain?

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: John C. Fogerty

Who'll Stop the Rain lyrics © Jondora Music

CCR original: Creedence Clearwater Revival: Who'll Stop The Rain - YouTube

Margot Cotten cover: Who'll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival One Woman Band Cover - YouTube

Sunday Sermon: "The Obscenity Prayer"

Rodney Crowell, "The Obscenity Prayer (Give It to Me)":

Give to me my time and money
Give to me my milk and honey
Give to me my self-respect
Golden chains around my neck

Give to me my super model
Corporate jet and champagne bottle
Get me out there on the town
Let me spread my wealth around

I could learn to love this life I lead
But just don't take away the things I need

I feel rosy in the pink
So just don't make me stop and think
All those dark thoughts in my head
Seem like better left unsaid

Give it to me
Give it to me
Give it to me

Give to me my latest fashion
Make my lover burn with passion
Give to me my charm and wit
Keep my body young and fit

Give to me my haute couture
Give the world a cancer cure
Serve my breakfast au frescoe
Let the wine and liquor flow

I can search for truth some other time
But right now I just wanna get what's mine

Let the gangsters rule the street
While teachers try to make ends meet
I despise all bleeding hearts
I don't patronize the arts

Give it to me
Give it to me
Give it to me
Right now

I don't understand what it is you're trying to sell
Or what it is you're trying to tell me
You're tryin' to get me to show some compassion
Man, that's so outta fashion

Give to me my Aspen winter
Sorry 'bout the World Trade Center
I can't help the ones in need
I've got my own mouth to feed

Give to me my Playboy Channel
Killer weed and sheets of flannel
Lay me down upon my bed
With pleasant dreams to fill my head

Just look at what this world is coming to
And there ain't one damn thing that I can do

I don't have a leg to stand on
I don't have a net to land on
I don't have the base of power
I don't have the extra hour

Give it to me
Give it to me
Give it to me right now

Give to me my tax cut outsource
Build me my own private golf course
The Dixie Chicks can kiss my ass
But I still need that backstage pass

Give to me my Nasdaq numbers
Intel shares and E-trade blunders
Soldiers to defend my freedom
And a script for Valium if I need em'

And give it to me
Give it to me
Give it to me right now

Rodney Crowell – The Obscenity Prayer (Give It To Me) Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

(16) The Obscenity Prayer (Give It To Me) - YouTube

Sunday Sermon: The Calvinists

“God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.” (John Calvin)

The Calvinists:

(9) The Calvinists - "Total Depravity" (Lyric Video) - YouTube

(14) The Calvinists - "Limited Atonement" (Lyric Video) - YouTube

(14) The Calvinists - "Unconditional Election" - YouTube

decapolis records » The Calvinists

Lyrics are embedded in the videos, saving me the trouble. To anyone who objects that these are all basically the same song: your point is?

  Enjoyest thou thy journey, for the Lord hath already determined thy destination.

 

Sunday Sermon: Sunday Morning

Velvet Underground, "Sunday Morning":

Sunday morning, brings the dawn in
It's just a restless feeling by my side
Early dawning, Sunday morning
It's just the wasted years so close behind

Watch out, the world's behind you
There's always someone around you who will call
It's nothing at all

Sunday morning and I'm falling
I've got a feeling I don't want to know
Early dawning, Sunday morning
It's all the streets you crossed, not so long ago

Watch out, the world's behind you
There's always someone around you who will call
It's nothing at all

Watch out, the world's behind you
There's always someone around you who will call
It's nothing at all

Sunday morning
Sunday morning
Sunday morning

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: John Cale / Lou Reed

Sunday Morning lyrics © Garnant Music, Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd

Original studio version (with Nico): sunday morning velvet underground lyrics - Google Search

Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs cover: (8) Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - Sunday Morning - YouTube

Sunday Sermon: You Are the Light

You Are the Light (by Maria McKee)

You are the light in my dark world
You are the fire that will always burn
You are the light, you are the light
You are the light in my dark world

Oh how you shine in my time of darkness
Oh how you shine when everything seems hopeless
You know how to help me when I can’t stand on my own
Don’t let go now

You are the light in my dark world
You are the fire that will always burn
You are the light, you are the light
You are the light in my dark world

Oh how you shine in my time of indecision
Oh how you shine, gonna give this girl some vision
You know how to let go when I can’t stand on my own
Don’t let go now

You are the light in my dark world
You are the fire that will always burn
You are the light, you are the light
You are the light in my dark world

You know how to let go when I can’t stand on my own
Don’t let go now

You are the light in my dark world
You are the fire that will always burn
You are the light, you are the light
You are the light in my dark world

Lone Justice album version: You Are The Light - YouTube

Live Version: Maria McKee - St. Patrick's Cathedral TradFest 2017 - You Are The Light

Sunday Sermon: "Rain"

“Rain” (by the Beatles)

If the rain comes
They run and hide their heads
They might as well be dead
If the rain comes
If the rain comes

When the sun shines
They slip into the shade (when the sun shines down)
And sip their lemonade (when the sun shines down)
When the sun shines
When the sun shines

Rain
I don't mind
Shine
The weather's fine

I can show you
That when it starts to rain (when the rain comes down)
Everything's the same (when the rain comes down)
I can show you
I can show you

Rain
I don't mind
Shine
The weather's fine

Can you hear me?
That when it rains and shines (when it rains and shines)
It's just a state of mind (when it rains and shines)
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?

Sdeah reiht edih dna nur yeht
Semoc niar eht fi (rain)
Niar (rain)
Senihs nus (rain)

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Lennon, John / Mccartney, Paul 

Rain lyrics © Sony/atv Tunes Llc

Beatles’ original: (6) The Beatles - Rain - YouTube

Children’s cover version: (6) Beat Bugs - Rain Full Music Video - YouTube

Sunday Sermon: "It's What You Value"

George Harrison, “It’s What You Value”

Someone's driving a 450
And his friends are so wild
They're still in their stick shifties
But they feel they have much more style

But I've found it's all up to what you value
Down to where you are
It all swings on the pain you've gone through
Getting where you are

It's all up to what you value
In your motor car
It all rests on what it's cost you
Getting where you are
It's what you value

Someone's driving a six wheeler
Seems the world is all blurred
Knows he's in a show stealer
With a sound that's uncompared

And I've found, it's all up to what you value
Down to where you are
It all swings on the pain you're gone through
Getting where you are

It's all up to what you value
In your motor car
It all rests on what it cost you
Getting where you are
It's what you value

And I've found, it's all up to what you value
Down to where you are
It all swings on the pain you're gone through
Getting where you are

It's all up to what you value
In your motor car
It all rests on what it cost you
Getting where you are
It's what you value

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: George Harrison

It's What You Value lyrics © Umlaut Corporation (ascap)

Album version: (4) It's What You Value (Remastered 2004) - YouTube

Live cover version: (4) Apple Scruffs - It's What You Value - YouTube

 

 

 

 

Sunday Sermon: Superstition

“Superstition” (by Stevie Wonder)

Very superstitious,
Writing's on the wall,
Very superstitious,
Ladders bout' to fall,
Thirteen month old baby,
Broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck,
The good things in your past

When you believe in things
That you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition aint the way

Hey

Very superstitious,
Wash your face and hands,
Rid me of the problem,
Do all that you can,
Keep me in a daydream,
Keep me goin' strong,
You don't wanna save me,
Sad is the soul

When you believe in things
That you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way,
Yeh, yeh

Very superstitious,
Nothin' more to say,
Very superstitious,
The devil's on his way,
Thirteen-month-old baby,
Broke the lookin' glass,
Seven years of bad luck,
Good things in your past

When you believe in things
That you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way,
No, no, no

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Wonder, Stevie

Superstition lyrics © Jobete Music Co., Inc.

Superstition - YouTube

Stevie Wonder - Superstition live on Sesame Street - YouTube

 

 

 

 

Sunday Sermon: "Roll Away the Stone"

{With all due respect to the late Leon Russell, I have no idea what the connection is between this song’s verses and its chorus. Is this a love song or an Easter hymn? Perhaps Leon and his co-writer were simply not on the same page? In any case, as Leon Russell himself once said, “Don’t get all hung-up about Easter…”}

"Roll Away the Stone"

Well it's such a strange world that I'm living in
She was my woman and she was my friend
But I was wrong again.
Such a strange changes that you put me through
But like a fool I fell in love with you
What can this poor boy do?

Roll away the stone
Don't leave me here alone
Resurrect me and protect me
Don't leave me laying here
What will they do in two thousand years?

It's such a strange time that we're passing through
I thought you'd tell me when your time was due
I guess you thought I knew
Strange way to keep avoiding me
Why did you lie how could I help but be
Oh won't you help me be?

Roll away the stone
Don't leave me here alone
Resurrect me and protect me
Don't leave me laying here
What will they do in two thousand years?
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Writer(s): Leon Russell, Greg Dempsey

Original studio version: Roll Away The Stone - YouTube

Live version: Roll Away The Stone (Live) - YouTube

{The best live version is on the Mad Dogs & Englishmen album; alas, I could not find it on YouTube}