Precious Again

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Sunrise, sunset with no eyes to see it
Garnets and rubies ground up in the sand
Words from my children with no ears to hear it
Where is the wonder

New tender mercies and infinite graces
Woven like threads in the cloth of my days
Deep wells of glory behind common faces
Where is the wonder, where is the wonder

Oh oh, I need a song that's never old
Oh oh, I need a story never told
Promise the just when love grows cold
You'll make it precious again

Friendship and good will a sweet invitation
Kindred in spirit and eager to share
Love in familiar and long conversations
There is the wonder, there is the wonder

Oh oh, sing me the song that's never old
Oh oh, tell me the story never told
Promise the just when love grows cold
You'll make it precious

Press mud with holy fingers
Light the ineffable
Fused in the ordinary
So much to wonder
Oh, what a wonder
Wonder, wonder

Oh oh, sing me the song that's never old
Oh oh, tell me the story never told
Promise the just when love grows cold
You'll make it precious
Oh make it precious
You make it precious again

Eyes on the Prize

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Paul and Silas bound in jail
Got no money for to go their bail
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

Paul and Silas thought they were lost
The dungeon shook and the chains fell off
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

Freedom's name is mighty sweet
And one day soon we are gonna meet
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

I got my hand on the gospel plow
Won't take nothing for my journey now
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

The wait is slow, and we've so far to go
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

The wait is slow, and we've so far to go
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

Only chain a man can stand
Is that chain of hand on hand
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

Ain't no man on earth control
The weight of glory on a human soul.
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.

The wait is slow, and we've so far to go
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

The wait is slow, and we've so far to go
Keep your eyes on the prize

When you see a man walk free,
It makes you dream of jubilee.

When you see a child walk free,
It makes you dream of jubilee.

When you see a family free,
It makes you dream of jubilee.

Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.

Without Love

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

You can rise in the halls of power
You can speak to the masses
You can heal their disease
You can stand as the man of the hour
You can bring them to their feet
You can bring them to their knees

Without love I have not
Without love, without love
Without love I have not
Without love

You can fall on the blade of the martyr
You can give all your possessions to the poor
You can tell all you've seen of the future
Predicting every famine every war

Without love I have not
Without love, without love
Without love I have not
Without love

Love always protects, love always trusts,
Love always hopes the best for us
Love is slow to anger, love isn't proud
Love never fails, love will never fails us

Without love I have not
Without love, without love
Without love I have not
Without love

Without love I am nothing
Without love I am nothing
Without love I am nothing at all

Right Now

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

I'm tired of blaming everybody else
I'm sorry if I blamed you
I have everything I need to be myself
I have what I need to love you

There’s no way to brace myself
There’s no way to sort it all out
What you need from me I can do it right now
I can do it right now

What you need from me I can do it right now
What you want from me I can do it right now
What you want from me I can do it right now
I can do it right now

Mystery

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

I see my faith before me
It's always there before
And I can no more own it
Than I can own the road that I’m on
And I don't know where it leads me
I don't know where it leads me
Peace and resurrection
Suffering and dejection
I don't know

My body's tired from trying to bring you here
My brow is furrowed trying to see things clear
So I'll turn my back to the black
And fall
And wait for the mystery
To rise up and meet me

There are as many takers
As there are hearts to take it
There are so many fakers
I myself have faked it
I should know
Sometimes this has left me
Groping in the darkness
Hoping in the darkness
I will run into you again

My body's tired from trying to bring you here
My brow is furrowed trying to see things clear
So I'll turn my back to the black
And fall
And wait for the mystery
To rise up and meet me

My body's tired from trying to bring you here
My brow is furrowed trying to see things clear
So I'll turn my back to the black
And fall
Pray for the mystery
To rise up and meet me
Oh I’ll wait for your mystery
To rise up and lead me home

Finite

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Songwriters: Jill Phillips, Sara Groves

I'm not every woman
It's not all in me
I’m proud and guarded
When it comes to my needs
Try to keep the whole thing rolling
Try to keep an on time train
This frenetic fascination's
Really driving me insane
Anybody feel that?
Anybody feel that?
Anybody feel that?

What God meant by woman
I’m hard pressed to find
I'm chasing paper dreams
And a guilt undefined
Fighting to stay younger
Trying to stay thin and in control
Searching for a magic formula
A thing to soothe our souls
Wonderin' where the peace went
Wonderin' where the peace went
Wonderin' where the peace went

I'm finite I come to an end
I'm finite I come to an end

Try to keep the whole thing rollin'
Try to keep an on time train
This frenetic fascination's
Really drivin' me insane
Anybody feel that?
Anybody feel that?
Anybody feel that?

I'm finite, I come to an end
I’m finite, I cannot pretend
I'm finite, I come to an end
I’m finite, I cannot pretend

For the Beauty of the Earth

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

For the beauty of the earth
For the beauty of the skies
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies

Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise
Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise

Fairest Lord Jesus

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Fairest Lord Jesus, ruler of all nature
O Thou of God and man the Son
Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor
Thou my soul's glory, joy and crown

Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands
Robed in the blooming garb of spring
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer
You makes the woeful heart to sing

Fair is the sunshine, fairer still the moonlight
And all the twinkling starry host
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels heaven can boast

Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels heaven can boast
Than all the angels heaven can boast

Praise to the Lord

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Songwriters: Dp, John Mark Nelson, Sara Groves

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation
O my soul praise Him for He is your help and salvation
All you who hear, now to His temple draw near
Sing now in glad adoration

Praise to the Lord who has fearfully, wonderfully made you
Who from the heavens the streams of His mercy does send you
Ponder anew what the Almighty can do
Who with His love does befriend you

Ponder anew
The wings of His mercy will shade you
Ponder anew
His Spirit uplifts and sustains you, oh

Praise to the Lord, oh, let all that is in me adore Him
All that has life and breath, come now with praises before Him
Let the Amen sound from His people again
Gladly forever adore Him
Let the Amen sound from His people again
Amen
Amen
Amen

Abide with Me

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Songwriters: Cecil Milner, Henry Francis Lyte, Will Henry Monk

Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
The darkness deepens, Lord, with me abide
When other helpers fail and comforts flee
Help of the helpless, abide with me

Thou on my head in early youth didst smile
And though rebellious and perverse meanwhile
Thou hast not left me though I oft left Thee
On to the close, Lord, abide with me

I need Thy presence every passing hour
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be
Through cloud and sunshine, abide with me

I fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless
Ills have no weight, tears lose their bitterness
Where is thy sting death? Where grave thy victory?
I triumph still, abide with me

Hold out Thy cross before my closing eyes
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies
Thy morning breaks and earthly shadows flee
In life and death, Lord, abide with me
In life and death, Lord, abide with me

The Love of God

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell
It goes beyond the highest star
And reaches to the lowest hell
The guilty pair bowed down with care
God gave His Son to win
His erring child He reconciled
And pardoned from his sin

O love of God, how rich and pure
How measureless and strong
It shall forevermore endure
The saints' and angels' song

Could we with ink the ocean fill
And were the skies of parchment made
Were every tree on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll contain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky

O love of God, how rich and pure
How measureless and strong
It shall forevermore endure
The saints' and angels' song

O love of God, how rich and pure
How measureless and strong
It shall forevermore endure
The saints' and angels' song

The Song of Blessing

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

May God give you eyes to see
All that is good, all that is good
The courage for anything
May you be strong, may you be strong
May God give you ears to hear
His loving voice, his loving voice
Speaking all around you
All around and deep inside

What a Friend

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

O my Redeemer what a friend You are to me
O what a refuge I found
When the way was dreary and my heart was so oppressed
Your voice it lulled me to calm and rest

When in the their beauty stars unveil their silver light
Then, O my Savior, give me songs at night
Songs of yonder glory where my dear ones gone before
Sing out Your praise on that peaceful shore

Nearer, draw nearer
Till my soul is lost in You
Nearer, draw nearer
Precious Lord

Jesus, my Savior, when the last deep shadows fall
When in the silence I hear You
In Your arms reposing, let me breathe my life away
Awake in triumphant eternal day
Awake in triumphant eternal day

Nearer, draw nearer
Till my soul is lost in You
Nearer, draw nearer
Precious Lord
Nearer, draw nearer
Till my soul is lost in You
Nearer, draw nearer
Precious Lord

O my redeemer what a friend you are
O my redeemer what a friend you are

To The Dawn

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Songwriters: Henry Burton, Sara Groves

There's a light upon the mountains and the day is at the spring
When our eyes shall see the beauty and the glory of the King
Weary was our heart with waiting and the night watch seemed so long
But the hearts of men are stirring and we hail it with a song
Oh, the hearts of men are stirring

In the fading of the starlight we can see the coming morn
And the lights of men are paling in the splendors of the dawn
For the eastern skies are glowing as with lights of hidden fire
And the hearts of men are stirring with a longing and desire
Oh, the hearts of men are stirring

To the dawn, to the morning, to the end of the night
All who walk in the dark have seen a Great Light
It's the dawn, it's the morning, it's the end of the night
And the hearts of men are stirring

He is breaking down the barriers, He is casting up the way
He is calling for His people to build up the gates of day
Oh, we hear a distant music and it comes with fuller swell
It's the triumph song of Jesus, Lord Emmanuel
It's the triumph song of Jesus

To the dawn, to the morning, to the end of the night
All who walk in the dark have seen a Great Light
It's the dawn, it's the morning, it's the end of the night
And the hearts of men are stirring

There's a hush of expectation and a quiet in the air
And the breath of God is moving in the fervent breath of prayer
For the suffering, dying Jesus is the Christ upon the throne
And the hearts of men are stirring to know they're not alone
Oh, the hearts of men are stirring

To the dawn, to the morning, to the end of the night
All who walk in the dark have seen a Great Light
It's the dawn, it's the morning, it's the end of the night
And the hearts of men are stirring
To the dawn, to the morning, to the end of the night
All who walk in the dark have seen a Great Light
It's the dawn, it's the morning, it's the end of the night
And the hearts of men are stirring
And the hearts of men are stirring
And the hearts of men are stirring

Tis So Sweet

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Songwriter: Louisa M. R. Stead

'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus
Just to take Him at His Word
Just to rest upon His promise
Just to know thus saith the Lord

I'm so glad I've learned to trust Him
Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend
And I know that He is with me
Will be with me to the end

Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him
How I've proved Him o'er and o'er
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus
Oh, for grace to trust Him more

Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Jesus
Just from sin and self to cease
Just from Jesus simply taking
Life and rest, and joy and peace

Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him
How I've proved Him o'er and o'er
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus
Oh, for grace to trust Him more

Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him
How I've proved Him o'er and o'er
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus
Oh, for grace to trust Him more

Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him
How I've proved Him o'er and o'er
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus
Oh, for grace to trust Him more
Oh, for grace to trust Him more

Lead On O King Eternal

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Lead on, O King Eternal
Till sin's fierce war shall cease
And holiness shall whisper
The sweet amen of peace

For not with swords' loud clashing
Nor roll of stirring drums
But deeds of love and mercy
The heavenly kingdom comes

Let Your kingdom come
And Your will be done
Right here on the earth
Like it is in heaven

Lead on, O King Eternal
We follow not with fears
For gladness breaks like morning
Where'er Thy face appears

Let Your kingdom come
And Your will be done
Right here on the earth
Like it is in heaven, oh-whoa

Let Your kingdom come
And Your will be done
Right here on the earth
Like it is in heaven

Thy cross is lifted o'er us
We journey in its light
We follow as you guide us
Lead on, O God of might

He’s Always Been Faithful

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Songwriters: William M. Runyan, Sara Groves, Thomas O Chisholm

Morning by morning, I wake up to find
The power and comfort of God's hand in mine
Season by season, I watch Him, amazed
In awe of the mystery of His perfect ways
All I have need of, His hand will provide
He's always been faithful to me

I can't remember a trial or a pain
He did not recycle to bring me gain
I can't remember one single regret
In serving God only and trusting His hand
All I have need of, His hand will provide
He's always been faithful to me

This is my anthem, this is my song
The theme of the stories I've heard for so long
God has been faithful, He will be again
His loving compassion, it knows no end
All I have need of, His hand will provide
He's always
He's always been faithful
He's always been faithful to me

This Cup

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Songwriters: Ellie Holcolmb, Sara Groves

How many hours have I spent
Watching this shining tv
Living adventure in proxy
In another person's dream
How many miles have I traveled
Looking at far away lights
Listening for trains in the distance
In some brilliant other life?

This cup, this cup
I wanna drink it up
To be right here in the middle of it
Right here, right here
This challenging reality
Is better than fear or fantasy

So take up what we've been given
Welcome the edge of our days
Hemmed in by sunrise and sunset
By our youth and by our age
Thank God for our dependence
Here's to our chasm of need
And how it binds us together
In faith and vulnerability

This cup, this cup
I wanna drink it up
To be right here in the middle of it
Right here, right here
This challenging reality
Is better than fear or fantasy

What if my whole world falls apart?
What if my life could be different?
What if I sat right here and took you in
Without the fear and loved you whole
Without the flight and didn't try to pass

This cup, this cup
I wanna drink it up
To be right here in the middle of it
Right here, right here
This challenging reality
Is better than fear or fantasy

Expedition

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Did you see the invitation to have
Nothing to prove
There at the end of striving
In the middle of something good

When you finally see that you can't pretend
The dream of God is the dream of men

Well meet me at the river, oh
I've fashioned us a raft and oar
We're going on an expedition
We're looking for lost time

Did you get an invitation to have
Nothing to show
To see the invisible goodness
Of deliberate and slow

When the dream of God and the dream of man
Are mixed in the marrow of a promised land

Meet me at the river, oh
I've fashioned us a raft and oar
We're going on an expedition
We're looking for lost time
We're looking for lost time

Spread the map out on the raft
Scenes appear like photographs
While we search the starlings play
Reeds on the shoreline nod and sway
They don't toil to be that way

So meet me at the river, oh
I've fashioned us a raft and oar
We're going on an expedition
We're looking for lost time
And it will take days and days
And it might be extravagant and wasteful
We'll be gone as long as it takes
Looking for lost time
We're looking for lost time
Looking for lost time

Second Guess Girl

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Is it time for a speech or for silence
Are you calling for peace or defiance
Is this darkening counsel or wisdom
Are we all perpetrators or victims?

Is this childlike simple rote history
Is it complex deciphering mystery
Is this blessing or ill gotten wealth
Am I speaking for God or myself?

It's a hard world for a second guess girl
With one hand and another
I try to take it in but it leaves me spinning
Trying to love my sister and brother

Is this confidence born of a calling
Is this ego and pride before falling
Are we standing to fight for what's right
Are we angry and hopelessly blind?

Are we companions of Job or prophets of God
Are we not of this world or just painfully odd
Is it time for free grace or tough love
Or a little of all the above?

It's a hard world for a second guess girl
On one hand and another
I try to take it in and it leaves me spinning
Trying to love my sister and brother

Sooner or later we'll know more about it
Sooner or later we'll understand why
We'll understand why

It's a hard world for a second guess girl
With one hand and another
I try to take it in but it leaves me spinning
Trying to love my sister and brother

It's a hard world for a second guess girl
With one hand and another
I try to take it in and it leaves me spinning
Trying to love my sister and brother
It's a hard hard world for a second guess girl
Trying to love my sister, love my brother