OPENING
WORDS AND MUSIC BY A. DVORAK & V. LABENSKE

Choir
GOIN’ HOME
GOIN’ HOME
I’M A GOIN’ HOME
QUIET LIKE
SOME STILL DAY
I’M JES’ GOIN’ HOME

IT’S NOT FAR
JES’ CLOSE BY
THROUGH AN OPEN DOOR
WORK ALL DONE
CARE LAID BY
GWINE TO FEAR NO MORE

Man
MOTHER’S THERE
‘SPECTIN’ ME
Woman
FATHER’S WAITIN’ TOO
All
LOTS O’ FOLK
GATHERED THERE
ALL THE FRIENDS I KNEW
GOIN’ HOME
GOIN’ HOME
I’M JUS’ GOIN’ HOME

How Are We Raising Our Sons
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link

Walking home
From streetlight to streetlight
Heartbeat to heartbeat
Watching the shadows
Holding God's hand
And knowing I walk not alone

Yet anxious
These butterflies here in the pit of my stomach
Are turning my heart to stone

And the fear that comes over me
On the window, tapping
Chilling me down to the bone
Should never have breathed
Its cold breath on my shoulder
Following...
Following me home

Breathless I wonder
Why is this happening?
What have I done to deserve...?
No! The fault is not mine
They are the ones
Mothers and fathers
People of earth
How are we raising our sons?
How are we raising our sons?

[Interlude]

Passing by
The boys on their lunch break
Whistling and taunting
Courage in numbers
Having "their fun"
With me as I stare straight ahead

Such cowardice
Though I wonder which one of them
Might have presumption
To actu'lly follow me home

And the thought that burns into me
Is that how can any man
Take just whatever he wants?
And why be so spoiled
And so disrespectful
Casting stones
And following me home?

Sadly I ask you
Why must we bend to you?
What have we done to deserve...?
No! The fault is not ours
You are the ones
Mothers, and fathers
Look to yourselves
How are we raising our sons?
How are we raising our sons?

Look to yourselves
Look to your children
Look to the things that are taught
This attack on my innocence
Is the essence of avarice
So look to the things in your thought

Look to yourselves
Look to your children
Look to the things that are taught
This attack on my innocence
Is the essence of avarice
So look to the things in your thought

Look to yourselves
Look to your children
Look to the things that are taught
This attack on my innocence
Is the essence of avarice
So look to the things in your thought

Before all that we live for comes undone
Look upon these
And ask yourselves, please
"How am I raising my son?"

What Could Have Been
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link

I'll always miss what could have been
And all the things that might have been
When I am gone from here
If looking back upon this life
Is possible beyond this life
The one thing that I fear
Is missing you
And missing us
And all the joys gone up in smoke
Yes the one thing that I fear
Is missing all the years ahead

And all the things that could have been
When things come to an end

I've no regrets of days gone by
I've let live the life I've led
My one regret is missing you
And the things that lie ahead
Another night sleeping next to you
Your crooked smile and yes your tears
The primitive and complex of you
The cavity and convex of you
I've loved so all these years

When I am gone and brood upon
What few men comprehend
I'll question then what could have been
And just why it had to end

Give Them Wings to Fly
Music and Lyrics by Mindy Jostyn

I do believe that heaven sends angels from above
Sheltering the children God has given me to love
For nothing is as sacred as the caring of their souls
How I long to keep them safe wherever they may go

If I could I'd hide them in the warmth of my embrace
And let their world be filled with only innocence and grace
But if I gave them all the riches underneath the moon
Still my only place of hope is giving them to You

[Chorus]
There will be broken dreams that I cannot repair
Silent tears my hands will never dry
Far beyond the reaches of my love I know You will be there
Father, hear their every cry
And give them wings to fly

Looking back I see the hand of God is always near
Angels weave their presence through a tapestry of years
The echoes of my mother's prayers
have now become my plea
Covering my children with the grace that covers me

[Chorus]

I have seen the way the world
can toss and turn a tender heart
So I'm trusting You to meet them where they are

[Chorus]

There's a Mountain in My Way
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link

I got my eye on heaven
I'll be goin' some day
But every time I turn around
There's a mountain in my way

I'm tryin' to find my heaven
But much to my dismay
Ev'ry time I'm homeward bound
There's a mountain in my way

I can't go under
Can't go around
Got to climb up over
To the holy ground
An' I can't turn back
Can't go astray
And there's a mountain in my way

It's the age old story
Of how we overcome
Talkin' 'bout the quest
For fame and glory
An' how I gotta get me some

You see I love the things
Of this existence
Far too much
I've no resistence
An' the road it stretches
Such a distance
There's a mountain in my way
Oh!

Yes it's!
The age old story
Of how we overcome
Talkin' 'bout the quest
For fame and glory
I thought I hadda get me some

You see I love this world
I love the action
Much too much
To my distraction
That's right!
We talkin' 'bout satisfaction
An' the thirst won't go away

I got my eye on heaven
I'll be goin' some day
But every time I turn around
There's a mountain in my way

Well I can't see leavin' the life I've led
An' I can't see nothin' of the road ahead
An' I know there's a-comin'
The judgement day
But the thirst won't go away

So pardon all my palpitation
I can't stand such anticipation
Got a hundred pounds of frustration
There's a mountain in my way

Now by and by
When the morning comes
When the saints of God are gathered home we'll tell the
Story of how we've overcome
For we'll understand it better by and by

Heaven
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link

I don't believe in heaven
As a place up in the sky
A place where all the angels sit
As the clouds go passin' by

I don't believe in heaven
Dressed in white and gold
A city in a world up stairs
Where all of our wings unfold
And a God sits upon His throne

I see it more as a state of mind
Since my body gets left behind
I see it more
As an open door
To a life of another kind

I don't believe in heaven
As a place this side of hell
A place where all the good folks go
A place where the spirits dwell
An' ol' Peter a-rings dem bells

I see it more as a holy space
A place to pause a spiritual base
I see it more as an open door
To a kind of a quiet grace
And when all is said and done
I think that heaven
Like earth
Is what we make of it
It's a moment in the sun
It's a cleansing time
In a state of grace
It's a place where laughter reigns
Oh it's heaven
Heaven
It's heaven
Oh it's heaven

Now I believe in heaven
As a place where I belong
A state of grace a joyful space
A place I can sing my song

I'll be livin' high in this state of mind
Free from the earth
And the ties that bind
I'll walk right through
That old open door
To a life of another kind

And when all is said and done
I think that heaven
Like earth
Is what we make of it
It's a moment in the sun
It's a cleansing time
In a state of grace
It's a place where laughter reigns
Oh it's heaven
Heaven
It's heaven

Oh it's heaven
Heaven
It's heaven

Oh it's heaven
It's heaven
Yeah it's heaven
Oooooohh
It's heaven!

Love Is the Reason for Living
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link

We dwell in the arena
Of immense conflicting forces
Our lives are swayed by counsel
From a million diff'rent sources
As we near each troubled crossroad
With a rising tide of fear
And wonder what becomes of us
When the tidal waves appear

We cannot help but turn to God
To summon His defense
To stir instead the floodtides of love
His sustenance
His deliverance

And so we strip away the falsehood
From the truth of who we are
And commit our lives
To innocence once again

Love is the answer
Love is every answer
Love is God forgiving
Love is the reason for living
Yes love is the reason
For living

We long to stand the summit
In the pinnacles of Spirit
Where death no longer finds us
No and we no longer fear it
And the light of life surrounds us
With its infinite embrace
And Love pervades our consciousness
And evokes its change of base

Love is the answer
Love is every answer
Love is God life-giving
Love is the reason for living
Yes love is the reason
For living