Sheryl Wiser
Birdcage

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North by northwest

early afternoon

On this old blue highway

With nothing left to lose

He was standing at the roadside

thumb in the wind

He was standing at the roadside

Waiting to begin

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How far are you going?

It doesn’t matter to me.

Have you considered Jesus

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And the Lord’s strategy

Have you thought about salvation

offered up your soul

Are you a traveler looking

For heaven’s rewards?  End on the C

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CHORUS

I’m a man of faith

You may not agree

my life is a story

I’m learning how to read

We are all the sons and daughters

Of travelers across this land

We are all the sons and daughters

rooted where we stand

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There’s nothing in my pockets

I’m a man without a home

I parted with my possessions

But Jesus keeps me whole

I’m on the road from sorrow

From the wreck of another life

From the snowy banks

From a slippery road

I let go and saw the light

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Now I give my life to saving

those I’ve never met

I spread the word and trust the Lord

And believe in Heaven sent

I talk to the highways

I talk to the fields and clouds

I’ll tell them all to come inside

Where the word lives out loud

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Shaudi Bianca Vahdat
Where I’ve Been

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In Brooklyn Bridge, Kentucky

The Hammonds have a dream

They’re building up a boat and they hope that it floats

Some April when the red buds bloom they’ll sail downstream

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I’ll stop awhile in Nameless

There used to be a store

But they paved the road up years ago

And it’s not there anymore

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Where I’ve been

Where I’ve been

Where I’ve been

Where I’ve been

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At Barbara’s place in Martinville

She reads Catch 22

Tells me, “make the people bored with hating instead of helping

That’s what it boils down to”

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Sundown taking color from the land

The Eldorado heat

I meet a man whose life fits in a paper bag

And I see his life’s complete

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Where I’ve been

Where I’ve been

Where I’ve been

Where I’ve been

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Think I’ve come full circle

The map tells me I’m done

With one last curve of highway

I drive into the sun

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Where I’ve been

Where I’ve been

Where I’ve been

Where I’ve been