John Schlitt - The Greater Cause

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01. Live It Loud

Welcome to the planet, son

It’s your life, it’s just begun

On this road you must decide

Wal in faith but compromise

!chorus"

Watch the #orld, spinning round

What$s your legacy%

Live it loud

Lie a fire, deep inside

&hat #on$t be contained

Live it loud

Live it loud

!rap"

Life$s bigger #hen you come unbound

'ay good(bye to all the hesitation

Live it loud

Lost yesterday but no# you’re found

)o# the only thing you have to do is

Live it loud

&his #orld$s spinning round and round

&hin about your legacy don’t you #ant to

Live it loud

*hec your line of latitude

+on$t forget the olden -ule

Words may come to steal your joy

Love speas louder than the noise

!repeat chorus, rap"

!bridge"

One light leads you

is #ord guides you

uides you on

&his #orld needs you

Let love lead you

Lead you on

When you’re standing at the door#ay

What #ill you choose%

Listen to her #isdom / she #ill not let you lose

!repeat chorus, rap"

ore than #ords, screaming out

On your megaphone

Written by: Chris Rodriguez, Dan Needham, Scott Faircloff, John Schlitt Guitars: Chris Rodriguez ass: !att

Cam"bell #ammond $ %rgan: &im 'cres (eys, )ercussion, Drums, 'dditional ac*ground +ocals, Ra"+ocals: Dan Needham



0. &ae e ome

e thought he$d mae it

e #as ready no# to tae control

&oo his +addy$s money

&oo his freedom

2nd he #aled out the door

Who can say #hat life #ill bring

3nd up as a pa#n or a mighty ing

)o# you find the things you #anted

2re the things that cost you your soul

4our life ain$t over #hen the money runs out

5ust say the #ords, let your spirit cry out

!chorus"

&ae me home / I’ve been a#ay so long

&ae me home / I can see I #as #rong

&o eep on living lie this life I live

Won$t cost me at all

I #ish I ne# then #hat I no# no#

6*ause it caused me to fall

&here$s a time #hen you reali7e

&here must be something better than this hollo# life

'ometimes the grass it isn$t greener on the other side

y life ain$t over / I$m just turning around

I heard the #ord and my spirit cried out

!repeat chorus"

!chorus "

&ae me home !I #as #rong"

It$s no one$s fault but my o#n

&ae me home

I #ant to go bac home

o bac home

!bridge"I #ant to than you, than you for the second chances

6*ause every time I turn a#ay you understand

2nd if it #asn$t for your love I$d never mae it

$*ause no# I stand here as a healed but broen man

4our life ain$t over #hen the money runs out

5ust say the #ords, let your spirit cry out

!repeat chorus8chorus "

Written by: 'ndre Ramsey, Dan Needham, John Schlitt Guitars: 'ndre Ramsey ass: !att )ierson

(eys, )rogramming, Drums and 'dditional ac*ground +ocals: Dan Needham -ntro Guitar Solo: Jerry

!c)herson



09. Love Won$t Leave e 2lone

4ou got #hat I need

-eal love / ho# can it be

+eep do#n or up high

3very day and every nightWherever I go, #hatever I see

4ou #ere there surrounding me

:rom my first breath to my last

!chorus"

Love #on’t leave me alone

Leave me alone, I say leave me alone


Leave me alone here

Way deep do#n in the soul

2ll that I no#, I no#

2ll that I no# is that


I follo#, 4ou lead

:rom the mountain to the valley

+on’t leave me #here I am

ot my eyes on the ;romised Land

Wherever I go, #hatever I see

I need 4ou there surrounding me

:rom the cradle to the grave

!repeat chorus"

:rom the cradle to the grave

!repeat chorus"

Written by: .d Cash, Dan Needham Guitars: Jerry !c)herson ass: &ony /ucido #ammond

$ %rgan: &im 'cres Synths 0 !ellotron: )eter (ing +o1 o1 -ntro: 'ndre Ramsey Guitar

-ntro: .d Cash Drums, )rogramming, ac*ground and +ocoder +ocals: Dan Needham



0<. One Of &hese +ays

Outside it is getting #arm

;eople finding truth, something #orth fighting for

One #ord and a flame ignites

=urning do#n the #alls, lighting up the nightWho ne#, it’d come

One of these days

'ometimes you can #ait too long

2nd the life you live maes you vulnerable

o# long 6till #e stand and fight%

6&ill the hunger gro#s and the pain is right%

It all #ill change

One of these days

It all #ill change

!chorus"

When #ill truth be the truth again%

When #ill hope not fade a#ay%

When #ill change ever come to an end%

I #onder if today

Is >one of these days%?

Long #ays from paradise

3ven longer still #hen you reali7e

o# much did it slip a#ay

When #e turned our heads

Looed the other #ay

=ut no# #e have to tae it bac

2nd no# #e don$t have to #onder

!repeat chorus"

One of these days #ith my eyes #ide open

One of these days gonna tae a stand

o# long 6till #e stand and fight%

6&ill the hunger gro#s and the pain is right%

!repeat chorus @ "

Written by: Dan Needham Guitars: Jerry !c)herson ass: &ony /ucido Synths, (eys: )eter

(ing Drums, 'dditional (eys, 'dditional ac*ground 0 Ra" +ocals: Dan Needham



0A. :aith B :reedom

I$m an 2merican

-ed, White B =lue

2nd I$m a citi7en

Of this #orld and of heaven'ome things #ere meant to be together

!chorus"

I believe in faith B freedom

od B country too

I believe #ith faith B freedom

We$re gonna mae it through

&hey try to noc us do#n

=ut #e #ill stand and fight

It’s time to sho# them ho#

&ruth can never be divided

We have strength #hen #e$re united

!repeat chorus"

!bridge"

We gotta rise up

We gotta stay strong

6*ause everything$s on the line

We gotta rise up

We gotta stay strong

&o save our #ay of life

!repeat"

!repeat chorus @ "

!repeat bridge"

+on’t lose your freedom

Let’s tal about faith

Written by: -an .s*elin, Dan Needham Guitars: Jerry !c)herson ass: Joeie Canaday (eys:

)eter (ing (eys, Drums: Dan Needham



0C. 3nd Of :ear

+on’t be afraidD

When I turn on my &E

&he #hole #orld$s falling apartI’m reading today$s headlines

It’s lie taing a #al in the dar

)o matter ho# it all may seem

I #on$t let it get to me

!chorus"

&his is the end of fear

&his the end of my fear

I$m learning ho# to let it go

I’m giving 4ou control


&his the end of my fear

=ut no# I #al in freedom

&rusting #ho 4ou are

4ou mae the biggest of the biggest problems

'uddenly seem small

I don$t have to be afraid

I hear 4ou #hen 4ou say

!repeat chorus"


e said 6don’t be afraid’

With every end there$s a beginning

2nd this is #here I start . . . . .

!repeat chorus"

I’m giving all of my controlI’m learning ho# to let it go

4ou’ve given me more than I no#

3nd of my fear

!repeat"

'ay good(bye to your fearD

Written by: -an .s*elin, Dan Needham Guitars: Jerry !c)herson ass: Joeie Canaday (eys:

)eter (ing (eys, )ercussion, Drums, ac*ground +ocals: Dan Needham



0F. Where I Want to =e

=ehind this old #hite picet fence

2re some things #e need to mend

With something more than clever #ords and alibis

While some have tried #ith all their might

&o tae the #rongs and mae them right

Without Love it can never change

2nd every time #e try #ill only be in vain

!chorus"

If love could set the #orld on fire

What #ould it burn a#ay

What #ould remain

Would it build a bridge bet#een us%

If love #ould rain for <0 days

Would it #ash a#ay the pain

Of bitter days and all the lies that came bet#een us%

2nd conGuer all the fears in me

&hat’s #here I #anna be

2nd no# #e$re here at river’s edge

We ne# #e$d be bac here again

:ace to face #ith all the demons in our past

2nd if #e lay do#n all our pride

We can reach the other side

2nd #atch the future come alive

2nd light a flame to all our hopes and dreams inside

!repeat chorus"

!bridge"

6*ause Love can do no #rong

2nd Love #ill find a #ay

5ust #hen you thin your #orld is falling do#n

Love is the one thing that remains

!repeat chorus"

Written by: Scott Faircloff, Dan Needham, John Schlitt Guitars: Jerry !c)herson ass: Joeie

Canaday Drums, )ercussion, (eys, 'coustic Guitars: Dan Needham



0H. ope &hat 'aves &he World

-aised on olly#ood

:ast life, looing good

Left right, right #rong

+on$t you see #hat’s going on%ood man, bad man

What’s the difference in the end%

!bridge 1"

We$re incomplete

=linded #ith our eyes #ide open

!chorus"

Why can$t #e see

4ou$re the hope

&hat #e need

4ou lit the stars

4ou spun the earth

4ou gave us life

'o tell me #hy can$t #e see%

4ou$re the hope that saves the #orld

;ut our faith in presidents

;o#erball and #eathermen

Legislate a lottery

&hen promise all a sunny day

)o# the clouds are in the sy

2nd once again #e$re asing #hy

!bridge "

We$re incomplete

2l#ays searching for the greater cause

!repeat chorus"

!repeat bridge "

!repeat chorus"

Written by: Dan Needham, John Schlitt Guitars: Jerry !c)herson ass: &ony /ucido (eys,

)rogramming: )eter (ing (eys, )ercussion, Drums, ac*ground +ocals: Dan Needham



0. -un

)o use crying, leave your tears at the door

4ou eep buying #hat they sold you before

4ou #on$t change it

=ut you can$t tae it no moreD no more

Loo out / maybe you$re beginning to see

+eep do#n you no# 6bout the #ay it should be

I don$t need to tell ya

:ear can be so captivating

4ou are fine

5ust let go

=y this time

4ou should no#

!chorus"

-un, you can run

&o the light at the end of the #ay

-un, #ill you run

-un from the things that remind you

&hings that #ill bind you

4ou’ve got to leave it behind

)o use dying / you$ve got living to do

4ou eep trying but it’s not up to you

2 voice is calling

2 hand to pull you throughD a hand to pull you through

2ll the pain

&hat you$ve no#n )o more shame

Let it go

!repeat chorus"

Life / is the choices #e mae

2nd od no#s #here they$ll tae us to

'o right no# I #ill follo# the light

2nd I trust it #ill lead me onD lead me on

2ll the pain

&hat you$ve no#n

)o more shame

Let it go

!chorus "

-un, you can run

&o the light at the end of the #ay

-un, #hen you run

-un from the things that remind you again

!repeat chorus 1"

Written by: Gene !iller, Dan Needham, John Schlitt Guitars: Gary urnette Drums, (eys, )ercussion: Dan

Needham $: &im 'cres ass: !att Cam"bell



10. &he ift

We #ere ids, #e #ere young

'he #as pretty, I #as dumb / ne# love

&hrough the years, good and bad

)ever ne# just #hat I had / true love=usy chasing all my selfish dreams

'he sa# something else I couldn$t see

!chorus"

'he pics me up #hen I fall apart

'he$s the only fire that #arms my heart

It’s a blessing every day I get to see her face

I could never ever as for more than this

'he is such a gift

&han you for the gift

:acing fears every day

'he al#ays no#s just #hat to say / #ith love

:inding faith, hand in hand

'he maes me a better man / through love

In a #orld #here trust is hard to find

*an$t believe I get to call her mine

!repeat chorus"

I could than 4ou for so many things

&he life I$ve lived, the things I$ve seen

=ut if I had to choose I$d thro# it all a#ay

6*ause the greatest gift 4ou$ve given me

Is standing right in front of me

'he$s the ans#er to every prayer I$ve ever prayed

!repeat chorus"

'he is such a gift

Lord, than you for the gift

Written by: 'ndre Ramsey, Dan Needham, John Schlitt 'coustic Guitar: 'ndre Ramsey

Cello: !att utler (eys: Dan Needham



11. &he *ross -emains

&hough the hardest heart of men

&ry to lead us to an end

We may fall, still our hope remains

When the darness turns to light

When the flames begin to die

&hrough the smoe the cross remains

!chorus"

It is time to act beyond our good intentions

;ushing bac no matter #hat the cost

We #on$t let them build an altar on our sorro#

&here$ll be no laughing at our scars

&hey$re no# a part of #ho #e are

&hough there$s tension in the air

'ometimes more than #e can bear 'till #e find our hope remains

4et the story stays the same

With different chapters, different names

&hrough it all the cross remains

!repeat chorus"

!bridge"

We$re beginning no# to see

&he sacrifice of being free

-emember, it$s not #hat they say5ust #atch #hat they do

&he evidence has fallen do#n

-ight in front of you

It$s right in front of you

!repeat vs. 1"

&hrough it all the cross remains !@ "

&hrough the smoe

&hrough the tears&hrough so many years

&he cross remains

When the darness turns to light

When the flames begin to die

&he cross remains, the cross remains

&hough there’s tension in the air

'ometimes more than #e can bear

&hrough it all the cross remains

Written by: Dan Needham, John Schlitt ass: Gary /unn Guitars: Jerry !c)herson (eys, Drums: Dan

Needham Cello: John Catchings

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