Wondrous Love

 

Rounder Records, 2003

* DOVE Award - Best Bluegrass Album 2004 
* IBMA Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year 2004 
* GRAMMY Nomination - Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album 2004 
* Named one of the Top 10 Bluegrass Albums of the Year 2003 by CMT 

* Nominated for IBMA Song of the Year 2004 - Seven Sundays In a Row

 

1.  Wondrous Love 
(trad., arr. Tim Stafford-Shawn Lane-Wayne Taylor-Rob Ickes-Jason Burleson/Daniel House Music, BMI-Cat Town Music, BMI-Forty WAT Music, BMI-Sackett's Ride Music-BMI, Terrible Twos Music-BMI) 

1) What wondrous Love is this, oh my soul, oh my soul 
What wondrous Love is this, oh my soul 
What wondrous Love is this that caused the Lord of Bliss 
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul 
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul 

2) When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down 
When I was sinking down, sinking down 
When I was seeking down beneath God's righteous frown, 
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul, for my soul 
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul 

3) And when from death I'm free, I'll sing on, I'll sing on 
And when from death I'm free, I'll sing on 
And when from death I'm free, I'll sing and joyful be 
And through eternity I'll sing on, I'll sing on 
And through eternity I'll sing on 

 

2. Traveling Preacher 
(Gerald L. Ellenburg/Wadako Publishing, BMI) 

Lyrics not available through Blue Highway 

 

3. Wicked Path of Sin 
(Bill Monroe/Peer Music, BMI) 

Lyrics not available through Blue Highway 

 

4. I'm Asking You 
(Shawn Lane/Cat Town Music, BMI) 

Verse 1:  Jesus I am thankful for all you've given me 
And I'm asking for your help Lord to be all you'd have me be 
With an humble voice I cry out from a world filled with pain 
Please help me see the sunshine and look beyond the rain 

Ch. I'm asking you 'cause you know how 
To heal a heart and clear the doubt 
You can take away the hurt 
And make it all work out 
I'm asking you 'cause you know how 

Verse 2. May I always be aware of the blessings that you bring 
And may you always be the reason I lift my voice and sing 
Teach me faith and guide me and show me how to stand 
Through trying times that face me Lord I know you can 

 

5. Live on Down the Line 
(A.P. Carter/Peer Music, BMI) 

Lyrics not available through Blue Highway 

 

6. Chasing After the Wind 
(Tim Stafford/Daniel House Music, BMI) 

1) Tell me brother (where is the meaning) 
What does man gain from all his labor 
All the rivers run down (down to the ocean) 
Yet the sea is never full 

2) What is twisted (can never be straightened) 
What is lacking can never be counted 
For with wisdom (comes much sorrow) 
The more that's known, the more we grieve in pain 

CH) I was a teacher 
The King of all of Israel 
I was a wise man 
The wisest in the land 
I was a rich man 
I built the greatest houses 
But without the hand of God 
My life could have no meaning 
It's just chasing after the wind 

3) The eye will never (have enough of seeing) 
The ear will never hear enough to fill 
There is nothing (new beneath the heavens) 
What has been will someday come again 

4) All my wisdom (All of my labor) 
All are as folly in the sight of God 
For the wise man (and the fool are not remembered) 
They will die and be forgotten all the same 

CH) You are a teacher 
The lord of all the kingdom 
You are a wise man 
The wisest in the land 
You are a rich man 
You refuse your heart no pleasure 
But without the hand of God 
Your life will have no meaning 
You're just chasing after the wind 

 

7. Seven Sundays in a Row 
(Wayne Taylor-Kim Williams-Larry Shell/ Forty WAT Music, BMI-Americana Entertainment Publishing, BMI-A Toad in Cowboy Clothes Music, BMI-Kim Williams Enterprises, ASCAP-Sony Cross Keys, ASCAP) 

Verse 1 
Billy was a fightin', drinkin' man 
the Devil never had a better friend 
Mary Johnson was an angel, bless her heart 
We all cried when she fell for Billy Sparks 

Verse 2 
She found a man that no one knew was there 
All it took was two wings and a prayer 
Mary Johnson is a saint heaven knows 
She's proved it seven Sundays in a row 

Cho 
Seven Sundays in a row he's been in church 
Alittle hard to recognize in his tie and starched white shirt 
There's a battle raging in his troubled soul 
But God's won seven Sundays in a row 

Verse 3 
Sometimes we all stumble and we fall 
There's a little Billy Sparks inside us all 
But as long as we believe there's always hope 
For more than seven Sundays in a row 

Chorus
Tag 
There's a battle raging in his troubled soul 
But God's won seven Sundays in a row 

 

8. This World Is Not My Home 
(Jimmy Martin-Paul Williams/Universal Champion Music, BMI) 

Lyrics not available through Blue Highway 

 

9. Ahead of the Storm 
(Shawn Lane/Cat Town Music, BMI) 

Verse 1: 
     Storm clouds they gather, 
     They get in the way 
     Darkness arises, 
     Makes the night out of day 
     Whatever the season, 
     My faith keeps me warm 
     My Lord he keeps me 
     Ahead of the storm 

Chorus: 
     Ahead of the storm, 
     Away from dark clouds 
     He hears me whisper 
     Or crying out loud 
     When the wind is too much 
     Or my heart gets torn 
     My Lord he keeps me 
     Ahead of the storm 

Verse 2: 
     Though tossed by the water 
     I m still in His hands 
     For he is the ruler 
     Of the sea and the land 
     He never promised a life 
     Where I would not mourn 
     But He still keeps me safely 
     Ahead of the storm 

 

10. Old Brush Arbors 
(Gordon Ardis-Darrell Edwards/ Fort Knox Music, BMI-Glad Music, BMI-Trio Music, BMI) 

Lyrics not available through Blue Highway 

 

11. The Ground Is Level at the Foot of the Cross 
(Tim Stafford/Daniel House Music, BMI) 

CH)  If you measure the gain, better count the cost, 'cause the ground is level at the foot of the cross 

Take heart my brothers, in the world you're lost, but the ground is level at the foot of the cross 

1)   You can judge your brother by his fortune's size, but we're all the same in the good Lord's eyes 

You can judge your sister by the deeds she's done, but we're judged in Heaven by the carpenter's son 

CH) If you measure the gain, better count the cost, 'cause the ground is level at the foot of the cross 

Why gain the world if your soul's been lost?  Cause the ground is level at the foot of the cross 

2)   Rich man, poor man, they all fade away, but they'll all be together on the judgment day 

The Poor man's sittin' at the Lord's right hand, just rockin' in the bosom of Abraham 

3)   There stood the sinner and the Pharisee, a-prayin' in the temple on the bended knee 

One begged for mercy, to the Lord he cried, and he met his savior on the other side 

4)   You must enter heaven as a humble man, cast away your burdens, take him by the hand 

By the grace of Jesus and his holy blood, all sins are washed in the mighty flood 

 

12. It Won't Be Long 
(Shawn Lane-Gerald L. Ellenburg/Cat Town Music, BMI-Wadako Publishing, BMI) 

Lyrics available in CD booklet 

 

13. The Old Rugged Cross 
(trad., arr. Rob Ickes/Sackett's Ride Music, BMI) 

(Instrumental)