Steve Gregory

I wish I could be somebody’s hero, someone who
People could admire. I wish I could be somebody
I never ask for much, I always am polite
But sometimes I don’t think people listen
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I want to be free
of additives of war
of hate of debt
Free to be me!
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Like a stream of water rushing down the street
With people of all nations rushing feet
The city roars with noise as the sun beats down
And traffic appears to snore as it snakes through town.
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To have and to hold has failed with me, no more the lover
Or caresser of dreams that hold a heart close to mine with
No knowledge of love and loves labour lost is a memory
Of a romance once held dear, now lost in the annals of time,
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A shot rang out and no one saw
Yet in the madness of the charge
All life was lost and the field
Became a grave for many boys
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Since dawns first light
The endless day, the long good night
The day that came
To bring what rites of passage life
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He was despised and rejected
This tramp of God, this stranger in our world
He was despised and rejected
This Man who came to end on a tree.
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The rain poured from leaden skies
Upon the sodden ground that lies
Beneath Creators feet.
Bequeathed to man to care
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You make me mad
You drive me to distraction
Your confrontational reaction
Has distorted the truth of my action
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I need amazing grace for living in the human race
I need the saving grace of Saviours arms opened wide
But the world says I need to get a life that don't offend
The people who say I am deluded following the one
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Abba, did you smile as you
saw the perfect world you’d just created?
And did you weep when Adam fell
and Eve tumbled after?
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Like textured paper covered in sand
Like sheepskin warm to the touch
Tactile, fragile, easy to break
A sculpture in time, in line, to protect, respect.
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The sun is shining
And the world around you
Is a happy place;
The population laughs
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The band around her finger sent tears down her face
Her memories were causing those red, red eyes
Yes, the band around her finger sent tears down her face
As her memories came, half in, half out
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Soft was your smile
As you left through the door
As the wind touched your hair
And you said you'd only be a while
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The news is full of war and threats
and West against East,
East against West,
And nuclear tension is clear
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Which Jesus do you worship?
Which Saviour do you serve?
Is He the Warrior that Revelation tells,
Or is He a timid baby,
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Noise

Do you hear it?
The noise of calamity?
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It came upon the midnight clear
Or so the story goes,
In the Royal city bathed in light
From Market stalls and shops so bright
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I hear you tapping on my window,
I saw you running down the street,
I know how impatient you are when
You fall upon the floor and bounce
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