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Keith Green
Keith Gordon Green (October 21, 1953 – July 28, 1982) was an American pianist, singer, and songwriter in the contemporary Christian music genre.
| Birth name | Keith Gordon Green |
|---|---|
| Born | October 21, 1953 Sheepshead Bay, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 28, 1982 (aged 28) Garden Valley, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Contemporary Christian music, rock and roll |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, musician, minister |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano |
| Years active | 1965–82 |
| Labels | Decca, Sparrow, Pretty Good |
- For Him Who Has Ears to Hear (May 20, 1977)
- No Compromise (November 9, 1978)
- So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt (May 7, 1980)
- The Keith Green Collection (August 11, 1981)
- Songs for the Shepherd (April 12, 1982)
- I Only Want to See You There (March 21, 1983)
- The Prodigal Son (August 15, 1983)
- Jesus Commands Us to Go! (July 20, 1984)
- The Ministry Years, Volume One (1987)
- The Ministry Years, Volume Two (1988)
- The Early Years (1996)
- Best of Keith Green: Asleep in the Light (1996)
- Because of You: Songs of Testimony (1998)
- Here Am I, Send Me: Songs of Evangelism (1998)
- Make My Life a Prayer to You: Songs of Devotion (1998)
- Oh Lord, You’re Beautiful: Songs of Worship (1998)
- The Ultimate Collection (DVD/CD release) (2002)
- Live Experience (CD) (April 29, 2008)
- Greatest Hits (April 29, 2008)
- Happy Birthday to You Jesus (November 23, 2009)
- Icon (July 16, 2013)
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Keith Green (February 3, 2015)
- The Studio Collection 6 CD Box Set (December 12, 2022)
- Keith Green Live (His Incredible Youth) (1995)
- The Early Word (February 13, 2009)
- No Compromise: Remembering the Music of Keith Green (1993)
- Start Right Here: Remembering the Life of Keith Green (2001)
- Your Love Broke Through: The Worship Songs Of Keith Green (2002)
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So many times I’ve tried to tell you
But I don’t think you’ve been listening
There’s nothing I wanna try and sell you
‘Cause His love is free
You’re so proud of saying you’re a seeker
But why are you searching in the dark
You won’t find a thing
Until you soften your heart
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
The message is oh so very simple
You gotta be like a child to see
‘Cause Jesus said “Let the little children
Come unto Me”
You try to make things to complicated
But you really don’t have to be so smart
You don’t learn a thing
Until you soften your heart
La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la
Well if this just this once
I could show you your empty life
I know you would follow Him right now
Well I know it sounds
Just too good to be true
But if He Lives in you
[Chorus]
You’ll never die,
You’ll never die,
You’ll live forever
You’ll never die,
You’ll never die,
Take care of forever now
You tell everyone to keep on smiling
Your outlook on life is so positive
But deep down inside
You’re searching for a reason to live
Like everyone else you’re scared of dying
But the power of death has been blown apart
And you’ll live forever
If you soften your heart
Like a foolish dreamer, trying to build a highway to the sky
All my hopes would come tumbling down, and I never knew just why
Until today, when you pulled away the clouds that hung like curtains on my eyes
Well I’ve been blind all these wasted years and I thought I was so wise
But then you took me by surprise
Like waking up from the longest dream, how real it seemed
Until your love broke through
I’ve been lost in a fantasy, that blinded me
Until your love broke through
All my life I’ve been searching for that crazy missing part
And with one touch, you just rolled away the stone that held my heart
And now I see that the answer was as easy, as just asking you in
And I am so sure I could never doubt your gentle touch again
It’s like the power of the wind
Like waking up from the longest dream, how real it seemed
Until your love broke through
I’ve been lost in a fantasy, that blinded me
Until your love, until your love, broke through
To obey is better than sacrifice
I don’t need your money
I want your life
And I hear you say that I’m coming back soon
But you act like I’ll never return
Well you speak of grace and my love so sweet
How you thrive on milk, but reject My meat
And I can’t help weeping of how it will be
If you keep on ignoring My words
Well you pray to prosper and succeed
But your flesh is something I just can’t feed
To obey is better than sacrifice
I want more than Sunday and Wednesday nights
Cause if you can’t come to Me every day
Then don’t bother coming at all
La, la, la
To obey is better than sacrifice
I want hearts of fire
Not your prayers of ice
And I’m coming quickly
To give back to you
According to what you have done
According to what you have done
According to what you have done
When I was young I used to believe everything that I heard, just what I heard.
But now the only thing that I can believe is gods word, his holy word.
But even now my doubts will open up for me a world that I just despise.
And then the shades come down, the light turn off,
And I’m left alone with my helpless cries.
When I hear all his lies, all of the devils wicked lies.
If you believe and your faith just dies.
Don’t you be a fool, don’t you even open up,
Or expose yourself to just one of his wicked lies.
I want to go around the world and prove Jesus lives, you know he lives.
And were not only friends, were family, were relatives, relatives.
But when I’m far from home and so alone, and my imagined fears get so over-sized.
That’s when I listen to the one no one should listen to, and get fooled by his disguise.
Feeling weak from his lies, all of his bad wicked lies,
If you believe and your faith just dies.
Don’t you get fooled, don’t you even open up,
Or expose yourself to just one of his wicked lies.
If you’re well read, you probably know how the story goes.
That wolf can look so good especially dressed in the right clothes, the wooly clothes.
And as he starts to knit the counterfeit hell totally make you feel like you’re paralyzed.
Hell keep you spun around and looking down,
Just when you should be looking straight to the skies.
Pleading help from his lies, all of the devils wicked lies.
If you believe and your faith just dies.
Don’t you be a fool, don’t you even open up, or expose yourself,
To one of his wicked lies, to one of his wicked lies.
So you wanna go back to Egypt
Where it’s warm and secure
Are sorry you bought the one way ticket
When you thought you were sure
You wanted to live in the land of promise
But now it’s getting so hard
Are you sorry you’re out here in the desert
Instead of your own back yard
Eating leaks and onions by the Nile
Ooh what breath for dining out in style
Ooh, my life’s on the skids
Building the pyramids
Well there’s nothing do but travel
And we sure travel a lot
‘Cause it’s hard to keep your feet from moving
When the sand gets so hot
And in the morning it’s manna hotcakes
We snack on manna all day
And we sure had a winner last night for dinner
Flaming manna souffle
Well we once complained for something new to munch
The ground opened up and had some of us for lunch
Ooh, such fire and smoke
Can’t God even take a joke? Huh? NO!
So you wanna to back to Egypt
Where your friends wait for you
You can throw a big party and tell the whole gang
Of what they said was all true
And this Moses acts like a big shot
Who does he think he is?
Well it’s true that God works lots of miracles
But Moses thinks they’re all his
Oh we’re having so much trouble even now
Why’d he get so mad about that c-c-c-cow (that golded calf)
Moses seems rather idle
He just sits around, he just sits around and writes the Bible!
Oh, Moses, put down your pen!
What? Oh no, manna again?
Oh, manna waffles
Manna burgers
Manna bagels
Fillet of manna
Manna patty
BaManna bread!
Oh Lord, you’re beautiful,
Your face is all I see,
For when your eyes are on this child,
Your grace abounds to me
Oh Lord, you’re beautiful,
Your face is all I see,
For when your eyes are on this child
Your grace abounds to me
I want to take your word and shine it all around
But first help me to just, live it Lord
And when I’m doing well, help me to never seek a crown
For my reward is giving glory to you
Oh Lord, please light the fire
That once burned bright and clean
Replace the lamp of my first love
That burns with holy fear
I want to take your word and shine it all around
But first help me to just, live it Lord
And when I’m doing well, help me to never seek a crown
For my reward is giving glory to you
Oh Lord, you’re beautiful
Your face is all I see
For when your eyes are on this child
Your grace abounds to me
Oh Lord, you’re beautiful
Your face is all I see
For when your eyes are on
How can they live without Jesus
How can live without god’s love
How can they feel so at home down here
When there’s so much more up above
Throwin’ away things that matter
They hold on to things that don’t
The world has gone crazy
But soon maybe
A lot more are gonna know
For maybe they don’t understand it
Or maybe they just haven’t heard
Or maybe we’re not doin’ all we can
Living up to his holy word
’cause phonies have come
And wrongs been done
Even killing in Jesus’ name
And if you’ve been burned
Here’s what I’ve learned
The lord’s not the one to blame
For he’s not just a religion
With steeples and bells
Or a salesman who will sell you
The things you just want to hear
For his love was such
That he suffered so much
To cause some of us
Just to follow, follow
So many laughing at Jesus
While the funniest thing that he’s done
Is love this whole stubborn rebellious world
While their hate for him just goes on
And love just like that
Will bring him back
For the few he can call his friends
The ones he’s found true
Who’ve made it through
Enduring until the end
The ones he’s found true
Who’ve made it through
Enduring until the end
My eyes are dry
My faith is old
My heart is hard
My prayers are cold
And I know how I ought to be
Alive to You and dead to me
But what can be done
For an old heart like mine
Soften it up
With oil and wine
The oil is You, Your Spirit of love
Please wash me anew
With the wine of Your Blood
There are things I hate I end up doin’
Things I wanna do I just don’t do.
Lord, it seems so sad.
Why am I so bad,
When in my heart I only wanna be like You.
The very ones I love I end up hurting,
Ones I wanna help I pass right by.
Now I wanna be finally set free,
The grace you’ve shown, the love I’ve known,
Please let it shine through me.
I want to love them the way you do.
I want to serve them by servin’ you.
Lord, how I know your tender heart must be broken
By all those unkept promises I’ve made.
The questions still prevail,
Please take away the veil about how you forgive
And still you live inside me when I fail.
I want to love them the way you do.
I want do serve them by servin’ you.
I want to be like You,
Jesus, I do.
Jesus, I do.
Create in me a clean heart, oh God
And renew a right spirit within me
Create in me a clean heart, oh God
And renew a right spirit within me
Cast me not away from Thy presence, oh Lord
And take not Thy holy spirit from me
Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation
And renew a right spirit within me
Create in me a clean heart, oh God
And renew a right spirit within me
Create in me a clean heart, oh God
And renew a right spirit within me
Cast me not away from Thy presence, oh Lord
Take not Thy holy spirit from me
Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation
And renew a right spirit within me
Create in me a clean heart, oh God
And renew a right spirit within me
Create in me a clean heart, oh God
And renew a right spirit within me
Cast me not away from Thy presence, oh Lord
Take not Thy holy spirit from me
Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation
And renew a right spirit within me
When you first find your self you want to run and tellAll the world of your joy and harmony insideBut the hardest thing is to live what you will sayAnd you find your truth, slipping quietly awayIf not youSo you stumble but try to reach out once againSomething urges you on, cause you now tasted light
And the path goes on getting steeper all the timeBut with each new step you are strengthened in your climb towards your goalTo make all things whole
So you think you’re aware, well the works never done, stay on the pathBut if you were once there, well don’t give up now, stay on the pathIf you work on yourself, then your on the path, your on the pathBut if someone needs help, then do all you can, and you’re on the path.
You will never receive, more than you can useAnd we’re tested to see how much we’ve really learnedAnd you feel your goal is to reach the highest plainsBut you’re so, you’re so alone and you find the growing pains, hard to transcend.But you will, you will in the end
So you think you’re aware, well the works never done, just stay on the pathAnd If you were once there, well don’t give up now, stay on the pathIf you work on yourself, then you are right on, right on your pathBut if someone needs help, then just do all you can, keep on your path
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