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Intro
00:28
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Beautiful Moments
03:40
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Beautiful Moments words and music by The Hope Trolley Band
Love is like a river that never stops flowing
Like a well that never runs dry
Love is like a tree that never stops growing
Like a lion's roar, it never dies
I believe, there's beautiful moments, beautiful moments
I believe, this life don't have to stay the same
Good things happen everyday
When you're blinded by the darkness you turn towards the light
A door will open up before us
Lead us to hope and joy and a whole lot of understanding
Of each little sunbeam that falls from the heavens above
I believe, in beautiful moments, beautiful moments
I believe, life don't have to stay the same
Good things happen everyday
Love is like an ocean so deep and so wide
Just like your mother so patient and kind
Love is never ending, it always has time
To give and give and give and give...
I believe, there's beautiful moments, beautiful moments....
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Wonderful
03:59
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Wonderful words and music by John Gift
Anyone can hurt you, anyone can lie to you
Anyone can praise you, anyone can stand by you
Anyone in their right mind can still deny you time after time
While anyone who seeks you will see
You're wonderful, yes you are
Anyone can cheat you, anyone can hide from you
Anyone in a dark night can turn on your light, receive their sight
While anyone who seeks you will see
You're wonderful, yes you are
You are the breath behind my rainbow
You are the joy of my tomorrow
You're wonderful, yes you are
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The Big Tin Shed
03:36
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The Big Tin Shed words and music by The Hope Trolley Band
Well God bless the soup kitchen and all of those soupies
It beats eatin crap and hangin out at the movies
Gives us this day our daily bread under the big tree
In the big tin shed
Well it's not just the great food, or the weird lack of soup
It's the company and the fellowship of one big non-military group
Gives us this day our daily bread under the big tree
In the big tin shed
Other things come and go while the soupie lingers on
Gives us this day our daily bread under the big tree
In the big tin shed
Well we mainly rock up on foot or a pushie
To eat, drink and chat without the aid of sushi
But at 1pm we must mosey on again
Gives us this day our daily bread under the big tree
In the big tin shed
Other things come and go while the soupie lingers on
Gives us this day our daily bread under the big tree
In the big tin shed
Well God bless the Lismore soup kitchen and all of those soupies
It beats eatin crap and hangin out at the movies
Gives us this day our daily bread under the big tree
In the big tin shed
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Mercy Rain
03:32
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Mercy Rain words and music by Luke Vassella
Oh mercy rain, fall on me again
Fill my heart, flood into my veins
Mercy fall on down, over my face and hands
Cover me, show me what I am
Come saviour be my friend
Come make me whole again
Cos I've carried this load
So long my heart could explode
Oh mercy rain, call me by my name
Jesus wash away my shame
Oh saviour be my friend
Come make me whole again
One day we'll dance on our graves
In your sweet mercy rain I know it saves
Our wayward hearts from beating in vain
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The Bright Side Of Love
05:35
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The Bright Side Of Love words and music by Luke Vassella
I'm looking for the bright side of love, looking for the bright side of love
There aint no pollution there, there aint no confusion there
And the sky is clear above, over on the bright side of love
I'm moving to the bright side of love, moving to the bright side of love
Where the scars of my experience don't make a difference
This shady life is getting way too rough, get me to the bright side of love
Oh flow river flow, flow spirit flood into my soul
I'm hollow as an old tin whistle, prickly as a thorny thistle
I can't make it we both know, just flow river flow
Last night I went to bed a worried man, I was so anxious about the plan
I could not for the life of me, imagine what today could be
Sometimes it's more than I can stand,
Gonna find the bright side, can you help me if you can
I'm singin now, "please don't pass me by, please don't pass me by,
For I am blind as you can see, I've been blinded totally,
Please don't pass me by"
I'm gonna find the bright side of love, wait a minute
I'm standin on the bright side of love
There ain't no pollution here, ain't no confusion here
And the sky is clear above, over on the bright side of love
Wait a minute I'm singin on the bright side of love...
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How It Feels
03:32
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How It Feels words and music by The Hope Trolley Band
This is how it feels to be living on the earth
This is how it feels to be one of us
Just a little bit angry, just a little bit mad
This is how it feels
This is how it feels to be falling down
This is how it feels to be run all around
Just a little bit out there, in too much space
This is how it feels
Just tryin to survive, stayin alive
Just tryin to survive
This is how it feels
This is how it feels with your shoulder to the wheel
This is how it feels waiting on your soul to heal
Just a little bit out there in too much space
This is how it feels
Just tryin to survive, stayin alive
Just tryin to survive, stayin alive
Just tryin to survive
This is how it feels
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Better Days
04:41
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Better Days words and music by John Gift
He picks up his pen again to write the words he thought of when
He realised they'd all been spoken before
While she pours another beer into a glass so stained by tears
That fall like lava from a heart of fear
While the flouro lights they flicker above the sidewalk where they gather
Stones to throw at each other's disappointments tonight
What he whispered on the quiet she heard screamed out loud
Across the room of mumblin idiots and fools
Everybody needs something, everybody wants to be found
Holding on better days will soon come around
Everybody needs something, everybody's waiting to find
Better days, better days
He opens up another door to a highway motel budget room
Beside a lake where swans make gestures at the constant roar
Inside her screaming head, traffic lights did they stay red?
Cos there can be no confusion if everyone stands still
Well I hear the network cameraman on his way to another accident
I hear a daddy going off at his kids cos he just can't watch the news in peace
When she smiles her eyes are green
She's baptised into a generation of dreamers and thieves
Everybody needs something, everybody wants to be found
Holding on better days will soon come around
Everybody needs something, everybody's waiting to find
Better days, better days
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Healing
04:40
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Healing words and music by John Gift
There's not enough time, no there's never enough
To say all there is going on in my head
Cos I've been knocked down before I learned to get up
Dressing my old wounds, and it's never enough, it's never enough
I've been righting my wrongs for way too long
Making things right, been trying to be strong
I came in on a high tide, got stuck on this sideline
Makin up my mind, God ain't finished with me
Cos I'm still bleedin, and I'm waitin
Waitin for my healing to come
There's not enough time, no there's never enough
When your soul's broken down and your heart's just had enough
You've been knocked down before you learned to stand
And noone can take you where you ain't already found
It's never enough
I've been righting my wrongs for way too long
Wipe my slate clean now let my spirit breathe
Cam in on a high tide, got stuck on this sideline
Makin up my mind, God ain't finished with me
Cos I'm still bleedin, and I'm waitin
Waitin for my healing to come
One day soon I'll be made whole again
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Don't Give Up
02:42
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Don't Give Up words and music by The Hope Trolley Band
Don't give up, don't give in,
There's a time for everything
Keep holding on, tomorrow will come,
It'll be worth living in
When your car won't start and the engine won't turn
When the bills stack up no matter how much you earn
When you can't get on long after the sun is gone
When the words you speak they get misunderstood well it's just no good
Don't give up, don't give in,
There's a time for everything
Keep holding on, tomorrow will come,
It'll be worth living in
Remember there's a time for everything
For your heart to find joy and your soul to sing
So sit back, relax, you won't miss a thing
Don't give up, don't give in,
There's a time for everything
Keep holding on, tomorrow will come,
It'll be worth living in
When your car won't start and the engine won't turn
When the bills stack up no matter how much you earn
Remember there's a time for everything
For your heart to find joy and your soul to sing
Don't give up
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Sacred
05:58
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Sacred words and music by The Hope Trolley Band
Take the log out of your eye before you judge what you see in mine
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind
And if the splinter in my eye doesn't make you feel like crying,
Then please
Get some love in your life don't you hold it too tight
Let it breathe, give it rhythm, it'll be alright
When you open your eyes, see what's been hiding inside
You just might find something sacred in there
What do you seek to receive profiting from other's grief
Love seeketh not itself to please
No-one likes discrimination, jealous lies and accusations
So please
Get some love in your life don't you hold it too tight
Let it breathe, give it rhythm, it'll be alright
When you open your eyes, see what's been hiding inside
You just might find something sacred in there
Love covers over all our sin, it's greater than the hatred within
Love is patient and so kind
Love is where joy begins, the place where peace and mercy meet
Love never fails
Get some love in your life don't you hold it too tight
Let it breathe, give it rhythm, it'll be alright
When you open your eyes, see what's been hiding inside
You just might find something sacred in there
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Stumblin
05:14
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Stumblin words and music by Luke Vassella
I been stumblin, stumblin through the darkness
I been driftin, driftin through the rain
On my way here I slipped into a deep dream
Now I've woken at your door again
I been stumblin, stumblin through the darkness
I been driftin, too far from the shore
The sea's they roar, and rise and fall so often
It's left me wasted washed up on your shore
Sayin sorry, but sorry doesn't seem to make a difference anymore
Sayin sorry, but sorry doesn't seem to break these habits anymore
I been stumblin, stumblin through the darkness
But I welcome in the light from the new dawn
Sorrow has swollen up inside me like cancer
I'm ready to be born
Oh Lord, give me faith that I may follow
Oh Lord, give me strength that I may heal
Oh Lord, give me courage to continue
Oh Lord, let your kingdom be revealed
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Luke Vassella Lismore, Australia
Luke is well known on the NSW North Coast and beyond as an inspirational performer.
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