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Broomtree

by Keith Kitchen

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1.
Release Me 04:03
I apologize for the fact that Some things don’t come quite as easily to me Like heartbreak and loneliness, And courage in the face of adversity And my old friends, don’t come ‘round no more, And it feels like I’m stumblin’ off into obscurity So I’ve come to You to ask, would You please just Release me. And the words used to roll right off my tongue, But these days nothin’ comes without a fight. And everything seems such a blur, You know I can’t quiet the lies that keep me up at night I wake up with my head a mess and my heart Jackhammering in my chest. Oh, can’t you see, what’s inside of me So all I’m asking, Release me. He went a long ways out into the desert, And lay down beneath a broom tree He said here I am, all alone, Would You please take my life from me But You looked him square right in the face And said, “Boy you’ve not yet run out of grace. Get up. Come and follow Me. Then You spoke to him like You spoke to me And all I’m asking is, would You please Release me.
2.
June 03:27
It’s a sunny Saturday in the middle of June All the streets are filled with brides and their grooms It’s enough to take all your lonesome gloom and chase all the blues away Well I can’t remember when I last felt like this Might have been our wedding day or our first kiss But all that I know is that I don’t want to miss another minute of another day Chorus I just wanna fall in love with you right now it’s the only thing that I want to do I would give up everything that separates us two just to fall, in love with you Well, I know sometimes I just lose my head I forget where we’re going and where we’ve been and all the Lord’s goodness as we live for Him, but I swear this is gonna change Chorus I just wanna fall in love with you right now it’s the only thing that I want to do I would give up everything that separates us two just to fall, in love with you Bridge: But this love would never satisfy If we weren’t the apple of the good Lord’s eye ‘Cause He loved us all enough to come and die So I, could fall in love with you Chorus I just wanna fall in love with you right now it’s the only thing that I want to do I would give up everything that separates us two just to fall, in love with you
3.
And just like that the whole thing ended Like Cinderella’s ball The clock struck twelve and all went back the way it was She knelt there in the solitude Of her grief in all its magnitude and begged God, “Why would you take the man I love?” The plane was bound for Amsterdam as I said my last goodbye’s and left behind everyone I’d ever met the price was set for loving and with a ticket in my sweaty hand I stepped into the sky waiting above Hold on. If this doesn’t hurt, it isn’t love Chorus: How can You watch this world in sin and agony without stepping in to patch everything up? Cuz I know I’m not the only one who’s been wounded to the core With the sacrifice and awesome price of love Oh Lord, does it have to hurt this much? Well sometimes a bleeding heart just can’t take it anymore and the innocent always get in the way at night I dream of Africa from a bed in North America and wonder, “How long can we go on this way?” Chorus: How can You watch this world in sin and agony without stepping in to patch everything up? Cuz I know I’m not the only one who’s been wounded to the core With the sacrifice and awesome price of love Oh Lord, does it have to hurt this much? The sky grew black and earth was silent as He gave up His last breath and creation moaned as the grave gave up its dead And all the sins of every man were hammered to this spotless lamb His Father couldn’t watch Him as He bled Chorus: You can’t watch this world in sin and agony without stepping in to patch everything up Cuz I know that more than anyone You’ve been wounded to the core With the sacrifice and awesome price of love Oh Lord does it have to hurt this much? Oh Lord does it have to hurt this much? Oh Lord no on ever gave so much
4.
I know You had me on your mind When You climbed up on that hill For You saw me with eternal eyes While I was yet in sin Redeemer, Savior, Friend Every stripe upon Your battered back Every thorn that pierced Your brow Every nail drove deep through guiltless hands Said that Your love knows no end Redeemer, Savior, Friend (Chorus) Oh Redeemer, redeem my heart again Savior, come and shelter me from sin You’re familiar with my weakness Devoted to the end Redeemer, Savior, Friend So the grace you pour out on my life Will return to You in praise I’ll gladly lay down all my crowns For the name of which I’m saved Redeemer, Savior, Friend (Chorus) Oh Redeemer, redeem my heart again Savior, come and shelter me from sin You’re familiar with my weakness Devoted to the end Redeemer, Savior, Friend
5.
Forgive Me 04:31
I’m tired of sittin’ ‘round feelin’ sorry for myself This victory you bought for me wasn’t just meant for someone else Well you drank a cup of poison and you toasted to my health Now shouldn’t that change the way I feel inside? So in a fit of desperation I grab a book off of my shelf I read to the bibliography but it doesn’t seem to help You know something went missing and I don’t know where I left it And I wish I could feel You here inside Well I know it’s not like you, Lord, to hide Chorus: You wouldn’t die for my sins, just to let me go to Hell You won’t deny me a drop of water when I’m looking for your well And if I know You like I think I do, You’ll forgive me if I come and I ask You to Finding no rehabilitation for my addiction to myself I crawl across the floor knocking the books off of my shelf Crying “When am I ever gonna find the kind of help I need to change the way I feel inside Well, I need to change the way I feel inside Chorus: You wouldn’t die for my sins, just to let me go to Hell You won’t deny me a drop of water when I’m looking for your well And if I know You like I think I do, You’ll forgive me if I come and I ask You to Bridge: Do You hear me, Do You hear me when I call in my distress? Would You listen to the pleading of my bitter brokenness? Would You come and pull me out of all this miry mess? Will You be there if I come? Will You be there if I come? Chorus: You wouldn’t die for my sins, just to let me go to Hell You won’t deny me a drop of water when I’m looking for your well And if I know You like I think I do, You’ll forgive me if I come and I ask You to
6.
For three years, I’ve led this life And I don’t want to believe that it’s over now For three years, I’ve missed my wife Now I don’t know if I can go back and live that way again I never dreamed, it would end this way And the rain starts to fall on the streets of Jerusalem I have watched Him as He healed And as He took salvation down from the shelf, But I can’t understand how this man Could walk on water and not even save Himself We knew He’d go, still we weren’t prepared For this rainy night on the streets of Jerusalem (Bridge) And maybe I don’t need to run anymore Even though I’ve broken every promise that I’d made Cause He has come to heal and to forgive So maybe there’s still a drop of mercy left for me. I wonder where the others are Did they turn and run away in the confusion last night I think I’ll go down to the upper room Where my Master and my Lord Washed these tired, deserting feet And maybe He’s there He said He’d return You know the strangest things can happen On the streets of Jerusalem
7.
Flame 04:27
I can’t figure out why this flame goes out and I’m left in the dark of doubt again. Longing for a verse to lift from ‘neath this curse of the silence my soul’s been writhing in. How I long for words to make known His works And recount the wonders of His love But the words won’t come, so I’m left with none save this prayer for His gates to open up Chorus: But as the Nightingale fills the mist with song, silver moon pierces night with borrowed rays. Spark my soul this night, bring forth purest light and return to your God a song of praise. How can you not sing when all creation rings with the chorus of a billion fiery stars? And every tree and ant bids us join the chant so awake and lend your voice to them my heart Chorus: But as the Nightingale fills the mist with song, silver moon pierces night with borrowed rays. Spark my soul this night, bring forth purest light and return to your God a song of praise. How can you forget how all your sins and debts were atoned on that tragic wooden cross Were it not for Him who took away my sin I fear, my soul, you would be lost Chorus: But as the Nightingale fills the mist with song, silver moon pierces night with borrowed rays. Spark my soul this night, bring forth purest light and return to your God a song of praise.
8.
He steps up to the podium, As they place the honors around his neck He’s trained for years, pouring out blood, sweat and tears With the hope of earning this kind of respect But something turns his mind to Jesus And how he used to race for Him Then all these years seem like garbage And disappointment wells up from inside of him (Chorus) Wondering, “What could I be if You had Your way with me Could I run across the water like it’s sand And where could I go to let these stubborn people know That Your Love is greater than Your Law’s demand. Conviction sets in after a campfire, As a counselor shares his faith A testimony of God’s goodness in his life, And she wonders, “Could I ever be the same?” And a spark of new faith begins to flicker As she turns away from a life of sin And she decides she’ gonna watch and wait and see. What would life be like if I gave it all to Him (Chorus) “What could I be if You had Your way with me Could I run across the water like it’s sand And where could I go to let these stubborn people know That Your Love is greater than Your Law’s demand. (Bridge) And here I stand now on the shore, crying out across the sea ‘Cause my feet keep getting wet. And then the truth starts sinking in, You’ve got a plan for me And I’ll walk on water yet. Yeah I’ll walk on this old water yet. (Chorus) “What could I be if You had Your way with me Could I run across the water like it’s sand And where could I go to let these stubborn people know That Your Love is greater than Your Law’s demand.
9.
Moonlight trickles through the trees, and finds it’s way to the forest floor I’m hiding here amongst the leaves and I can’t seem to find my way anymore Darkness falls without a sound, and all the woods come to life There’s no sign of You around the cold cuts through me like a knife Chorus: Oh I long to run to the safety of Your arms unfettered by the weight of all my fears and charms I long to kiss You with holy lips unstained by a lying tongue Oh Lord, I can’t live without Your love My ears strain to hear a sound, like something moving in the night and still You’re nowhere to be found, It fills my heart with fright. I wish You were here to come and calm my fears and take me out of this dark lonely wood I’d give up the fight, submit to what is right and be your son again, if I could Chorus: Oh I long to run to the safety of Your arms unfettered by the weight of all my fears and charms I long to kiss You with holy lips unstained by a lying tongue Oh Lord, I can’t live without Your love Bridge: And through the dark I hear a voice calling for someone Could this be my salvation? Oh, I can feel it come. And through the trees I see a man, shining like the Sun and all my fear is gone .... Chorus: Oh I long to run to the safety of Your arms unfettered by the weight of all my fears and charms I long to kiss You with holy lips unstained by a lying tongue Oh Lord, I can’t live without Your love
10.
Come to Me 03:06
Come with me, to a quiet place And I’ll give you rest, rest for your soul Come with me to a quiet place And I’ll take all of your wounds and make them whole Lay your burdens down at My feet And come for My yoke, is easy And I will wipe away all of your tears And I will wash away all of your sins Come to Me Why spend your money on what is not bread? Why labor for food that won’t keep your children fed? He who drinks the water I give Will never Thirst again Come with me, to a quiet place And I’ll give you rest, rest for your soul Come with me to a quiet place And I’ll take all of your wounds and make them whole Lay your burdens down at My feet And come, for My yoke is easy I will wipe away all of your tears I will wash away all of your sins But I can’t help you if you won’t Come to Me
11.
Well your day has been a long one, And you’ve given up on tomorrow The blackbird flew over today, And he left you with and egg full of sorrow Well, I don’t know what you’re thinking, And even less of what to say And all of my ‘pat-answers’, They don’t make a difference to you anyway (Chorus) But there’s a deeper shade of green In the garden where He grows Everything He needs to heal your weary soul And the river flowing through it, Hits the dry spot in your throat But you’re still taking punches, baby, And you need to learn to roll Well I’ve been down to the valley, And I’ve seen the bats at night Their eyes glowing through the darkness Is enough to give you an awful fright Well hold on to love, Yeah, cuz He will lead you home And the sun won’t burn your skin there, and you’ll never need to be alone anymore (Chorus) But there’s a deeper shade of green In the garden where He grows Everything He needs to heal your weary soul And the river flowing through it, Hits the dry spot in your throat But you’re still taking punches, baby, And you need to learn to roll Bridge: So tell me now, who else you’re gonna run to When everyone in your house sleeps alone And they’re just as tired you are now Oh, can’t you hear as all creation groans (Chorus) But there’s a deeper shade of green In the garden where He grows Everything He needs to heal your weary soul And the river flowing through it, Hits the dry spot in your throat But you’re still taking punches, baby, And you need to learn to roll

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released November 19, 2007

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