Be

Another iPhone recording.

I wrote this during a sermon last week. It didn't have anything to do with the sermon, per se, but the preacher was talking about different people having different gifts, and this was stirring about in my head.

Now, is it cheating if you have a 45 second song, and simply repeat it three times to get it over two minutes?

Be
© 2011 Stephen G Brown



I am
You are
He is the Savior

He is
And was
And always will be

I am
You Are
We were created

He gives
Us Life
And in Him we will be
And in Him we will be
And in Him we will be

Beautiful

Started while driving from Des Moines to Omaha on 16 February 2011, continued on flights from Columbus to Chicago and Chicago to Austin on 18 February 2011, finally finished off in Paige on 20 Feb.  Ooops. Nope, not done yet.  Okay, finished, at least for now, at home 22 Feb.

I was pretty excited about this song when I started it, but I just haven't been able to pull it together the way I wanted to.  Fought hard with the lyrics, still don't like them.  And it didn't come out the way I wanted it to musically, either.  But I need to take a break from this so I can finish FAWM a winner!

Beautiful
©2011 Stephen G Brown




I can't stop thinking of the way you solved the riddle
All the sins that I was stained with, now you've washed me clean
What I had put asunder, could not be joined together
You found a way that you could make it whole again

I can't stop thinking of the way you gave forgiveness
You took three nails on a cross, You wore a crown of thorns
You suffered, died and then, you rose to life again
You conquored death for me and all who live in you

And You are beautiful
You made me beautiful
Everything's beautiful in You
You are beautiful
You made me beautiful
Everything's beautiful in You

I can't stop thinking of the the way you filled my spirit
Like a fire you breathed into me, and set my heart aflame
I want to live my life in you, the way you made me to
Cause if the Son has set me free, then I am free indeed

I can't stop thinking of the way you solved the riddle
How the death that I was cursed with you took off of me
If I keep my life I'm loosing, if I give it then I'm choosing
To spend it with you joyful in eternity

And You are beautiful
You made me beautiful
Everything's beautiful in You
You are beautiful
You made me beautiful
Everything's beautiful in You

And You are beautiful
You made me beautiful
Everything's beautiful in You
You are beautiful
You made me beautiful
Everything's beautiful in You

Say You Love Me

Well, it's Valentine's Day.  I didn't mean for it to work out this way, but it did.  Here's a silly love song (Didn't McCartney say we'd had enough of them?).  This was recorded using a lousy guitar, and built-in speakers in my computer, while at a hotel room in Des Moines, Iowa.

Say You Love Me
© 2011 Stephen G BrownStarted 13 February 2011 (3:30am) Paige , Texas
Finished 14 February 2011 just outside of Des Moines, Iowa




I've got some friends who say that you miss me
And you think of me all of the time
How could you walk away from me, baby
You know that you were meant to be mine

Three little words are are all that I'm asking
I need to hear them first from you
You told me you told me, but I never heard it
So how can I know that it's true

I just need you to say you love me
Baby tell me just one more time
You say it first, and I'll say it right back to you
Baby it's a state of mind

We sat in the cafe talked about music
Religion, politics and guns
The guy on the stage he was playing too loudly
That's when you claim that the dead was done

I heard you speak, but I didn't hear clearly
I asked you to say it again
I heard "I" and I heard "you"
But I didn't hear what came in between

I just need you to say you love me
Baby tell me just one more time
You say it first, and I'll say it right back to you
Baby it's a state of mind

I just need you to say you love me
Baby tell me just one more time
You say it first, and I'll say it right back to you
Baby it's a state of mind

Say you love me
Say you love me
Say you love me one more time
Say you love me
Say you love me
Say you love me, and I'll make you mine

I've never wanted for fear to be master
And so I'll have to stand him down
Letting you go would be a disaster
It's time for me to grab the crown

I'll swallow my pride and I'll banish my worries
I'll tell you what I'm going to do
I'm going to tell just what I'm thinking
I'm thinking that I love you

I just need you to say you love me
Baby tell me just one more time
You say it first, and I'll say it right back to you
Baby it's a state of mind

Say you love me
Say you love me
Say you love me one more time
Say you love me
Say you love me
Say you love me, and I'll make you mine

Say you love me
Say you love me
Say you love me
Say you love me
Say you love me

Great Plains of Mediocrity

The philosophers have long debated: Which is is the greater failure; to miss your goals, or to hit your goals poorly?

In an attempt not fall too far behind in my FAWM goals, I present a not ready for prime-time recording of some guitar playing.  Be thankful I cut out the flute part entirely.

Recorded on the iPhone with 'GigDaddy'.

Great Plains of Mediority
©2011 Stephen G Brown

Holy One

Written in 2009.  Recorded tonight.

Holy One
Copyright 2009 Stephen G Brown




From the rising up to the setting sun
I will seek you Lord, you are the Holy One
When my work begins, when my day is done
I will worship You, You are the Holy One

I love You and I sing Your praise
I will worship You for all my days
And when my days on earth are through
Forever I will worship You

Shout and sing children of Zion
For great in your midst is the Holy One (Isaiah 12:6)
You will be gathered up by God's own Son
Our eyes will look upon the Holy One (Isaiah 17:7)

I love You and I sing Your praise
I will worship You for all my days
And when my days on earth are through
Forever I will worship You

He will be despised and the nations scorn
But prince and king shall bow to the Holy One (Isaiah 49:7)
He will be made known to all of Adam's sons
Pure will be the name of the Holy One (Ezekiel 39:7)

I love You and I sing Your praise
I will worship You for all my days
And when my days on earth are through
Forever I will worship You

Come Live In Me

Come Live In Me
©2011 Stephen G Brown




Confused the east and west
When the sun comes up
Thought it was going down.

Thought day was night
Thought dark was light back then
I see much clearer now.


Come live in me that I might
Grow into the creation
That You made me for
Made me to be

These eyes have seen the Savior
A Light for all the nations
Joy of Israel
Sent to rescue me


I walked in counsel
That was all my own
It seemed to wise to me

But God's foolishness
is wiser than
Any man can be


Come live in me that I might
Grow into the creation
That You made me for
Made me to be

These eyes have seen the Savior
A Light for all the nations
Joy of Israel
Sent to rescue me


He offered up His life
And washed us clean
His death has set us free

He rose to live again
Gives life to those who dwell in Him
He made the blind to see


Come live in me that I might
Grow into the creation
That You made me for
Made me to be

These eyes have seen the Savior
A Light for all the nations
Joy of Israel
Sent to rescue me

Pharoahs of Ancient Egypt

The story is in the recording.  Recorded on the iPhone.

Pharoahs of Ancient Egypt
©2011 Stephen G Brown




Oh the Pharoahs of ancient Egypt
They never like to fight
The Pharoahs of ancient Egypt
They think that there were always right
Oh the Pharoahs of ancient Egypt
They're never on your side
But they always like to be on the winning team

22 Blues

Another FAWM song.  Any questions?

22 Blues
©2011 Stephen G Brown




I know one thing that can clear those blues
Go out back and shoot some 22s
If the blue's too deep, it won't let you free
Time to bust out the 223

Blues fade away 'till you're feeling fine
Let it rip, with your auto 9
Things picking up, getting back your drive
Crack some caps with your 45

Bonnie Forsyth
We hammer on your cap
Spittin lead till the sun goes down
Let's make that thunder crack

Hey Mister
Don't put those guns away
That Barret 50 BMG
Could surely make my day

I can't tell you which tools to use
But you're better with a 10 guage to take down a goose
If you're hunting dove, I think it's plenty
With 7 and a half spit out a 20

That 410 will do to take something small
But for something much bigger it is no good at all
Pull out a 12 guage and try your luck
If your quarry is a pheasant, or maybe a duck

Bonnie Forsyth
We hammer on your cap
Spittin lead till the sun goes down
Let's make that thunder crack

Hey Mister
Don't put those guns away
That Barret 50 BMG
Could surely make my day

In the distance, a 12 point stag
I think you can take him with that 7 Mag
The shot's to long, I think it would be dirty
To take it with my iron sight lever 30-30

Something heavy from a bigger bore
The .577 cal Tyranasaur
Take it with you, when you go
To Africa for a water buffalo

Bonnie Forsyth
We hammer on your cap
Spittin lead till the sun goes down
Let's make that thunder crack

Hey Mister
Don't put those guns away
That Barret 50 BMG
Could surely make my day

Circle of Fifths

FAWM is back, and here is my first effort.  Actually, it is my second effort, but I finished this one first.  I'm going to try to make more polished recordings this year than I did last year, but I didn't want to miss out on the first day, so I did what I could with the time I had.

There is a musical puzzle in the lyrics of verses 1, 3, and 4.  Let me know if you get it.

Circle of Fifths
©2011 by Stephen G Brown




Well the circle of Fifths keeps on turning
I catch a glimpse of the sun in her hair
She says "five" I say "one" we reach four, we're not done
We sit around the fire with the children, and we're home

Wind whipped the waves in the water
And the same wind it tangled her hair
I was just mesmorized by the light in her eyes
So I held her hand and I never let it go

One night we sit by the fire
Four children nod off to sleep
Seven o'clock, then three hours gone
Six a.m. drinking two cups
My five fingers wrapping her hands

One word I offer is even
The reason you're sick suffering too
and if I've become one afford me a sea venture
there even music's got to survive the throne