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Restless

by Keith Kitchen

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1.
First steps over the threshold Hang your shirts next to mine Dress this drab living room with Lavender linen fair and fine Bring your mother's old dishes I'll get a couch from my folks Our first cozy apartment Babe, I just want to keep you close Can't spare one rusty penny We can't afford a TV So I read you Dostoyevsky You read Tolkien to me I write my songs in the bathtub You cheat at cards, yes I know. Here in this cozy apartment, Babe, we're too young to grow old I sit on slow city transit you ride your bike into the wind I’m sweating over this deep-fryer You’re teachin' children how to swim Cops and drunks in the alley keeping us up every night Safe in our cozy apartment Bathed in warm candlelight Mornings are making you seasick I chalk it up to the flu But there's a miracle growin' We're gonna need another room We'll look back when we're older And treasure each moment we knew Our love's a cozy apartment I'll live forever here with you.
2.
Restless 04:03
We are restless 'til we find our rest in You Rolled behind a stone 'til Your light came shining through Heartbroken, but now our hope has been renewed All of our yearnings find their home in You Stumblin' around 'til they lay us in the ground We toil our lives away We are fragile, fragmented in every conceivable way. And we wouldn't know grace if it stared us in the face We grind our souls to the bone We could do it on our own but we’ll find ourselves all alone We are restless 'til we find our rest in You Rolled behind a stone 'til Your light came shining through Heartbroken, but now our hope has been renewed All of our yearnings find their home in You Anxious and Naive We scramble to achieve We leave no stone unturned We are striving for things we've already earned Oh, digging our own wells Diet pills and magic spells and on our story goes And while our discontentment grows, Joy is right under our nose. We are restless 'til we find our rest in You Rolled behind a stone 'til Your light came shining through Heartbroken, but now our hope has been renewed All of our yearnings find their home in You All of our yearnings find their home in You
3.
It hangs above my altar Like they hung him from a cross I keep one in my wallet For the times that I feel lost I feel lost In a wooden frame with splinters Where my family kneels to pray And if you listen close You'll hear the words he used to say Chorus: I've got a picture of Jesus In his arms so many prayers rest I've got a picture of Jesus And with him we shall be forever blessed Forever blessed Forever blessed Now it has been spoken He would come again But would we recognize This king among men There was a man in our time His words shine bright like the sun He tried to lift the masses He was crucified by gun And He is a picture of Jesus In his arms so many prayers rest He is a picture of Jesus With him we shall be forever blessed Forever blessed Forever blessed Some days have no beginning And some days have no end Some roads are straight and narrow And some roads only bend So let us say a prayer For every living thing Walking towards the light From the cross of a king I long to be a picture of Jesus In his arms so many prayers rest We long to be a picture of Jesus With him we shall be forever blessed Forever blessed Forever blessed
4.
Dark Days 03:35
We've been down, We've been broken. We've seen times like this before. Cowering like kittens in some dark corner. Wary of the knocking at the door. We've been frayed around the edges And our faith is wearing thin We will rise on these flood waters We'll make it through Dark Days again I've been surrounded by dreams and visions Of which I can not make any sense. You've been going through the motions, tryin' to keep it together Wondering when this storm shall end. But my eyes have seen the Glory of the coming of the Lord His strong arm shall guide and keep us We'll make it through Dark Days for sure. This starless night, I pull you closer Oh my sister and my friend We've had our share of scrapes and failures There's no need to dwell on them So we look to the horizon for the light of a new sun's rays take my hand now, we'll stand together ‘till the end of these Dark Days.
5.
Grace 04:34
Striving for the answers in fighting for your streets of gold Hope you're not forgotten You wonder if you've killed your soul I've heard the words of judgment fall, but not from the One i know It falls down on me It falls down on you Grace falls free The proud feel the need to work the loom But grace falls free Holding up to heaven the winnings of your plow Look into the poor man Show him what he must do now You've got all the answers but he's got a book that shows him how It falls down on me It falls down on you Grace falls free The proud feel the need to work the loom But grace falls free Think about the river how it always flows They're still digging in the desert but that's not where this river goes It's filled with all the living and it quenches every wanting soul It falls down on me It falls down on you Grace falls free The proud feel the need to work the loom But grace falls...
6.
It's not about insulation It's not about protecting ourselves We can't just circle the wagons And wait for God to sort it all out We draw deliberate lines in the sand Keep away everyone who won't meet our demands And miss the face of Christ in every woman and man Oh brother, this isn’t what He had planned It's not about medication It's not about feeling better We can't just put on that cross Like it's a comfy old sweater We numb ourselves so we won't feel any pain Can’t sense the struggle of the blind and the lame It's time to open our hearts up again To the hard work of redemption and learning to walk The Way. What about self-donation What about giving ourselves What if our preservation Is just a way of refusing to help We cannot wave these picket signs anymore Time to start mending hurts we've long left ignored And not give up ‘til all creation’s restored This is what it means to walk in the way of the Lord.
7.
“Leave your bags at the door”, he said. “We give no quarter to brokenness here. It’s not that we mean to be cold or insincere We just can't let the darkness in” So I turned around and excused myself I’m looking for a place where I can find some help Take the plastic smiles, put ‘em on the shelf We’re not fooling anyone Chorus: Hey, I got lost against a blue sky We sit around and wonder why nothing ever changes But you and I were made for more than smiles Honey, we don't live in the house with the sunflowers. Man of Sorrows that's who He was Poured out His life for each of us Homeless, He laid His head in the dust There is no hurt He hasn't felt And if we would claim to walk in His way We must expect our share of rain It falls on the righteous just the same as anyone Chorus: Hey, I got lost against a blue sky Potlucks and apple pies and nothing ever changes But you and I were made for more than smiles Honey, we don't live in the house with the sunflowers. We stared across the table tonight Between a dripping tap and a burned-out light What we've got ain't perfect. Hey but it's alright There’s no point in tryin’ to fake it Joy will come in its own time Can’t churn it out on an assembly line In the midst of hurts and troubled times It lies waiting.... Chorus: Hey, I got lost against a blue sky Pressed shirts and silk ties and nothing ever changes But you and I were made for more than smiles Honey, we don't live in the house with the sunflowers.
8.
There's a place I know where the train goes slow Where the sinner can be washed in the blood of the lamb There's a river by the trestle down by sinner's grove Down where the willow and the dogwood grow You can hear the whistle, you can hear the bell From the halls of heaven to the gates of hell And there's room for the forsaken if you're there on time You'll be washed of all your sins and all of your crimes If you're down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there where the train goes slow There's a golden moon that shines up through the mist And I know that your name can be on that list There's no eye for an eye, there's no tooth for a tooth I saw Judas Iscariot carrying John Wilkes Booth He was down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train He was down there where the train goes slow If you've lost all your hope, if you've lost all your faith I know you can be cared for and I know you can be safe And all the shamefuls and all of the whores And even the soldier who pierced the side of the Lord Is down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there where the train goes slow Well, I've never asked forgiveness and I've never said a prayer Never given of myself, never truly cared I've left the ones who loved me and I'm still raising Cain I've taken the low road and if you've done the same Meet me down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there where the train goes slow
9.
I'm not the guy you call When your lights go out I've never been any good with my hands I'm not the guy you call When the big game is on Don't have the patience to sit in the stands I'm not the kind of guy you call I'm not the kind of guy you call I'm not the guy you call To shoot the breeze Don't pay attention the word on the street I'm not the guy you call When your heart's all broke Won't hear no silver linings from me I'm not the kind of guy you call I'm not the kind of guy you call And so I keep to myself and I pass the time Haunt the alleys and walk through the walls And, pray the Lord, "Let me be! Don't ask too much of me. I'm not the kind of guy you call." I'm not the kind of guy, oh so don’t even try. I'm not the kind of guy you call.
10.
It could have been me who put the thorns in Your crown Rooted as I am in violent ground How many times have I turned Your promise down Still You pour out Your love Pour out Your love I was a dweller by a dark stream A crying heart hooked on a dark dream In my convict soul I saw Your love gleam And you showed me what You've done Jesus, thank-you joyous Son You entered a life like ours to give us back our own You wanted us like You, as choosers not clones You offered up Your flesh and death was overthrown Now salvation is ours, Salvation is ours I was a dweller by a dark stream A crying heart hooked on a dark dream In my convict soul I saw Your love gleam And You showed me what You've done Jesus, thank-you joyous Son So when I'm walking this prison camp world I long for a glimpse of the new world unfurled The chrysalis cracking and moisten wings uncurled Like in the vision John saw The vision John saw I was a dweller by a dark stream A crying heart hooked on a dark dream In my convict soul I saw Your love gleam And You showed me what You've done Jesus, thank-you joyous Son Jesus, thank-you
11.
We Come 02:41
Our hearts are empty without You. Barren and cold, But for the bold Hope that You Yourself Have planted within. Chorus: In the mighty name of God In the saving name of Jesus, In the strong name of the Spirit, We come, we cry, We watch, we wait, We look, we long for You And sometimes we long for the morning For a refrain From etchings in pain, Yet our loneliness Draws us to You

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released November 2, 2012

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