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ABOUT THIS SONG This was such a fun song to create. I felt like I knew this bunch of likable lads. They were Jesus' posse, His homeys, His entourage, the ones being groomed to take over this mission when He was gone. There was an urgency. He gathered them with all of their talents and their foibles, each one Celestially hand-picked to walk that road with Jesus.Their personalities became the perfect support group for Jesus, providing a remarkable cross section of human personalities. They would later be analyzed for their roles and their character...and rightly so. This is a bouncy, Greek style song that hints of a bunch of good friends, comrades in robes, aligned by destiny to do what must be done. They are serious, frivolous, tentative, courageous, willing, hesitant...just like you and me in our varied moments of living. They were fully committed to the ride, wherever it led. Yet, I do not think they ever thought it would end up the way it did...even though Jesus prepared them for such an unfoldment. Jesus taught them, he loved them, He died for them..we all walk with Jesus, we listen talk with Jesus, He's the Son of God, the Son God...and what we learn from Jesus, there's so much we learn from Jesus, says we're all from God, we live in God... In the end there are inside jokes they share from the intensity of their journey...today he talked in Galilee, healed a man of leprosy, turned the water into wine, we had a fine time.... a band of brothers all along this profound journey...miracles about...they turn into common occurrences for the 12, and as the song concludes, they ride off into the Celestial sunset, fading into the arms of history, headed for a tumultuous 2000 years that lie ahead...heal the sick, raise the dead, preach a lesson, what a stress it is, I wouldn't change it, I walk with Jesus... simply a day in the life of an Apostle. |
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SONG LYRICS: APOSTLES My name is Andrew, I’m the oldest, I’m the stable one This is Simon Peter he’s my brother, what a preacher James Zebedee filled with fire, he’s a thinking man John, he’s the younger brother, he wrote the Gospel Phillip, he’s so curious, always needs to be shown Nathaniel, what an honest man, he’s got the funny bone Oh, Apostles we are Oh, messengers of Jesus Oh, taught by the Master Oh, the ones who will carry On on on Matthew Levi, he handles all the money Thomas Didymus, courageous, but he doubts a lot James and Judas Alpheus, happy to be one of us They are the errand boys, don’t make a lot of noise Simon the Zealot, devoted to what Jesus taught Judas Iscariot, some day he’ll be bought Oh, Apostles we are Oh, messengers of Jesus Oh, taught by the Master Oh, the ones who will carry On on on We all walk with Jesus, and we listen talk with Jesus He’s the Son of God, The Son of God And what we’ve learned from Jesus, There’s so much we’ve learned from Jesus Says we’re all of God, We live in God He says someday we’re gonna carry His message to the world He says that He’ll be gone, and we will have to spread The Word around How can this be?! He’ll find a way, he’ll find a way to work it out Today He walked on Galilee, healed a man of leprosy Turned the water into wine, we had a fine time Used another Parable, sometimes we have to decode Wish He’d simply tell it straight, instead we have to translate Three years we followed Him, we truly love Him Don’t think we understand, how really big this is Oh, Apostles we are Oh, messengers of Jesus Oh, taught by the Master Oh, the ones who will carry On on on... Heal the sick, raise the dead, preach a lesson What a stress it is, I wouldn’t change it I walk with Jesus... © February 1, 1998. Music for Every Soul. All Rights Reserved. |
03 Apostles
