Phillip Ragan

8 55 the Angels are near
Go ahead now, relinquish your fear
You were vulnerable friend, but you have been nursed
by the angels above as the demons dispersed
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Close your tired eyes
there's not a thing left to say
Hold your head up high
for you did everything your way
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Oh how I long for that rural simplicity
Away from the lies and the endless duplicity
away from the shadows that lurk in the city
To that place by the sea, where the meadows grow pretty
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All alone at sea tonight
though distant your heart seems
I could write a thousand words
or paint a thousand themes
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We gathered around like missionaries
somewhere along the line
I was asked if I could demonstrate
these simple songs of mine
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Jesus Christ is the master of the sea
He calmed the storms by the shores of Galilee
He eased the wind and the waves so all could see
Further proof of his divinity
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Christ paid it all
Only God could come down and make up for the fall
In the time of Genesis 6 God had to send the flood
Like Noah we've found grace, purchased by the Blood
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Now the time has come
the train it pulls away
Goodnight farewell Lausanne
for time just slipped away
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This corner of my life so sweet
From balcony I gaze the streets
my paintbrush runs
I illustrate the sun...
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False Prophet what do you see?
A fistful of cash and a place on T.V?
False Prophet you don't fool me
You don't act with much integrity
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I went into the Hill Country to see my baby's farm
I parked under a shady tree and read myself a Psalm
Then from The book of Proverbs, beneath the warming sun
And realised God has blessed me with a wife straight out of Proverbs 31
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Wednesday night in Ashburton
there is something in the air!
I'm listening to Rachmaninoff,
problems seem elsewhere
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