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Songs are marked as CD or SM (sheet music) or both to indicate availability. Sheet music can be provided in any key the singer requests, and can be adapted for either male or female singer. Email Lamar for further information about using or purchasing the songs.
DO IT AGAIN, LORD (SM) Gospel song looking back to spiritual experiences in the past and praying for the Lord to do them again.
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Do it again, Lord, as you did it before,
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When my heart was tender, and hungry for more;
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Of your presence and power, Lord, sweet Spirit within,
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This my prayer, Lord, please do it again.
DREAM OF OLD JERUSALEM, A (CD/SM) Theme for the Cantata, The Jesus Star; a verse and chorus about Palm Sunday, the Judgment Hall, and Easter Morning.
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I dreamed I journeyed back to old Jerusalem,
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And heard the crowd that followed cry, behold Him.
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They shouted his praises, tore off their garments, and threw them at his feet.
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The people bowed before Him, I heard them all repeat
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Hosanna in the highest, blessed be the King
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That cometh in the name of the Lord
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Hosanna in the highest, blessed be the King
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That cometh in the name of the Lord.
EXTRAVAGANT LOVE (SM) Gospel song about God's extravagant love for us.
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The water that David poured out on the ground,
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The Good Shepard's search, 'till the lost sheep was found;
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The bottle of perfume poured out on His head,
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Gifts of extravagance, like the blood that he shed.
FINALLY HOME (CD/SM) Upbeat Gospel song about Heaven;
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When the great trumpet sounds in the morning,
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And the saints gather 'round the throne;
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I will bow down and give praise to Jesus,
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And he'll tell me I'm finally home.
FLORIDA, MY FLORIDA (CD/SM) An entry in the name a new state song contest in 2008. Didn't win, but should have.
GOING HOME (SM) The singer looks forward to being in Heaven, past the woes of earth.
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Going home, going home, I see the lights of that city.
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I want you to know, I'm soon going home.
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Going home, going home, nearing the end of my journey.
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Heaven is waiting, and I'm soon going home.
HIT 'N RUN LOVER. (CD/SM) An upbeat pop song; she is willing to love, but she won't have any more of those on and off romances.
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Hit 'n run lover, playing touch and go,
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Hit and run lover, I want you to know;
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If you stay a little longer, with me at the scene,
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I can show you loving, like you've never seen.
I CAN SEE CLEARER NOW (SM) Country song; the singer has finally wised up and is ready to begin anew, with serious intent.
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Sometimes a man won't face up to his pride,
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'Till something turns his whole world upside down.
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Your leaving is what opened up my eyes,
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And I can see clearer now.
I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT'S HIS NAME (SM) Lyrics for both male and female singers; he is so happy in the new love that he can't even remember the names of the others.
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You kiss me in the morning, and hold me every night.
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You make me feel like such a precious thing.
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It's been so much better, than I ever thought it might.
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That I can't even remember what's his name.
I LIKE YOU TOO MUCH (CD/SM) Upbeat Country, demos for both male and female singers. "I'd love to love you, but I like you too much."
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I'd love to love you, but I like you too much.
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I'd love to hold you, and feel your touch.
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But if I gained a short time love, I could lose a long time friend.
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And if we tried to keep it covered, it would surface in the end.
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I'd love to love you, but I like you too much.
I REMEMBER DADDY (CD/SM) The singer remembers good times with his Dad who is now up in heaven.
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I remember how my Daddy, used to work the little farm.
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I tagged along beside him, and knew no earthly harm.
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He taught me how to fish and hunt, the joy of honest work.
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Then Daddy went to Heaven, and how my poor heart hurt.
ISAIAH 53 (SM) Sacred song with lyrics taken from Isaiah; powerful for use in Holy Communion and services of anointing with oil and laying on of hands.
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Who has believed our report, how could it really be true;
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A tender branch, a Lamb of God, how could he make all things new?
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No beauty to claim, no comeliness, spat upon and despised;
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Forsaken, beaten, suffering alone, slowly the Lamb of God dies.
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He was wounded for our transgressions.
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He was bruised for our iniquities.
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Surely he bore our sorrows,
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And by his stripes we are healed.
IT'S OVER (SM) Country, plaintive refrain, very good melody flow."
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A thousand nights is quite enough,
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To be out with your friends.
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I've had enough of waiting up, to see where you have been.
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It's over, goodbye, it's over, don't cry.
LET IT GO (SM) Pop, just relax and let your feelings go; things will work out.
LONESOME TOWN (CD/SM) Country, mournful remembrance of sad days in the old town; "Sing me a song of lonesome town, and let me sing along with you;" Country blues beat.
LONESOME TRAIL, THE (CD/SM) Cowboy song of life along the trail with memories of a special love left behind.
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No cowpoke's free, nor ever will be,
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Riding' herd is his jail.
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He'll always pine for the coyote's whine
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Down the lonesome trail.
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Headin' down that lonesome trail
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I miss the neighbors down the line
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Miss the girl I left behind, tonight.
LOOK UP AND LET THE BLESSINGS BEGIN (CD/SM) Upbeat Gospel; one needs only to look up in faith to have God's blessings flowing.
MARY, TURN AROUND (SM) Appropriate for Holy week, Easter Sunday; stop fixating on the emptiness, Mary; turn around and see Jesus who is standing behind you; fitting for choral group with female solo in the refrain.
MEMORIES IN BLUE AND GOLD (SM) Could be used as theme by a school with those colors.
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Memories in blue and gold, like portals framed in time,
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Of love so easy, dreams so bold, they crowd my sated mind.
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A boy, a girl, a summer place, two searching hands entwined,
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A private world, in sheltered glade, initials carved in pine.
MISSING MISSISSIPPI BLUES (SM) Traditional blues song.
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My baby went to Memphis, to get a pair of shoes.
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When she didn't come back, they said she got the blues,
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The blues, the Missing Mississippi Blues.
NO LUCK AT ALL (SM) Humorous Country fleshing out the joke that if it weren't for bad luck he would have no luck at all.
NO QUESTION ASKED (SM) Country; let's start loving over again, with no questions asked.
ONE HURT AWAY FROM LEAVING (SM) Country, he/she has had it, and the next hurt will be time for moving on with life.
Contact Lamar:
PO Box 463,
Candler, FL 32111
E-Mail: lamarhunt@comcast.net