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The Way We Should Have Been

by Families

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1.
That’s where we were out on the farm I got a bright ruddy face and a sheep in my arms Into the field sling in my hand And I’ll kill all the bears that are threatening my lambs That’s when you came oil in hand And you asked “Is this it?” He said “No, there’s one left. He’s in the field minding the sheep But he’s younger than young and he ain’t all that big.” Then to the field sling at my side I got a bright ruddy face and that look in my eye Then I look up, up to the sky But I ain’t looking at him, no I’m looking to God Jonathan my best friend Your dad is trying to kill me, what will he do next? Then I snuck up next to him in the cave But no, I will not kill him the anointed must live I’m a little one
2.
I was old my body was failing I gave you arrows and said “Hit the ground” You hit three times I said “Hope will be found” About that time my body stopped working About that time I was into my grave They rolled in the stone and walked away It was spring and people were hungry It was spring and there was no food Bandits came to see what they could do Your funeral was a sad affair The bandits came and your family got scared They rolled away my stone and threw you in As soon as we touched your body started working As soon as we touch you're up on your feet Jumping, dancing, saying “God is great” If I had lungs you know I’d be singing If I had muscles left in my legs I’d get up and dance with you today Cuz I can’t see, can’t smell, I can’t run I can’t walk or talk, feel the sun My body’s waiting for resurrection I know why you’re singing all the time I can’t and I won’t tell you where to die It’s not my bones, it’s not my life I can’t and I won’t tell you how
3.
Rizpah 03:30
My sons, they have taken you as an offering for the land And now your bodies are laid out on the hill My sons, I will stay with you ‘til the harvest is through On this rock I will make my home My sons, when will David see all my sorrow is here? You deserve to be laid down in the earth And three long years of famine over us And all that I have has been taken away from me But I won’t let the birds take your bones I won’t let the birds take your bones I won’t let the birds take your bones away from me (x2) This is all I have that’s left All that I have left of you No animal will take my love away (x2) My sons, when will David see all my sorrow is here? You deserve to be laid down in the earth
4.
Twelve 02:41
Is there a doctor here? Is there a doctor here? I’ve spent all my money, looking for one I have been bleeding for 12 long years I know it’s unhealthy, but am I really unclean? I just want somebody, somebody to touch me I just want somebody, who really cares There’s a doctor here. There’s a doctor here I reached out and touched him, just the edge of his clothes “I felt somebody, somebody touch me She thought she was dirty, but she’s pure after all” There’s a doctor here. There’s a doctor here Just reach out and touch him, just the edge of his clothes.
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Legion 03:12
When you came to the graveyard I was butt naked I was so strong that chains couldn’t hold me down You asked me my name I said “we are a legion” For there are many, many, many, many, many of us in here I begged you "please, please do not send us out Send us to the pigs grazing over on that hill Don’t send us away, away from this country For there are many, many, many, many, many more souls to steal” When the people came, I was sitting there I was fully clothed in the clothes they wear I was sitting still, I was looking up I was listening to the Son of God I had a clever mind, I could form real thoughts Could control my tongue, Lay down all my faults And I begged you “please, can I come with you?” But you said go home and tell what God can do
6.
Simon 02:12
I've always liked you Simon of Cyrene You carried the cross and said nothing They picked you from the crowd Well you probably stuck out But you bit your tongue and said nothing Sometimes I feel like nobody's there Why do I struggle all alone? But then you draw near and you show me that you care And carry my burdens with me I've always liked you Simon of Cyrene You carried the cross and said nothing But you felt his pain and you helped him to his grave But you bit your tongue and said nothing You said nothing
7.
I was on the roof when a vision came to me, A blanket filled with food came down and you said “Kill and eat”. But I said I won’t eat any of those things because they are unclean And I am way too clean for all of those things. I went to my door and some servants came to me They said come to our master’s house and tell us everything About your Lord and all the things he did And now I can see that Christ makes all men clean Even me I love you more than ever before And I’ll trust you more than ever
8.
Jacob’s ladder, down from heaven Angels coming up and down Showing this is holy ground God stood next to him and answered “This land will be yours, for your kids Just like Abraham’s” Jacob you’re home I know better than to climb a ladder without a spotter On the ground making sure I don’t fall down The Tower of Babel is just a man-made ladder But God knew better Jesus the bridge between heaven and earth beneath Jacob you’re home
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Jael 02:40
My husband went to fight That’s when you came to my side You asked me for a drink, I gave you a glass of milk Offered you my bed, said it was warm in there My body is a weapon But the best part was I had a hammer in my hand Deborah told them about me Said that they’d get no glory Then she wrote a song about me How I took a tent peg and drove it through his head Into the dirty ground How the blood poured out But the best part was I’ll never have to see that face again
10.
Brother when you come ‘twill be a tryin’ time ‘round here And I can’t entirely compose a story built on lies and twigs and bones Lies and twigs and bones We will hide you away for as long as we can Holdin’ on to forbidden love until your time has come to float away ‘Til your time has come So I will hide among the reeds and wait for you to come I will watch you grow up into the man that you’ll become Not like one of us but with our blood With our blood runnin’ through your bones Our mother she is waiting in the fields, workin’ in the yard And I have heard it been said that her back is broad and strong but I I don’t know for how long So I will hide among the reeds and wait for you to come I will watch you grow up into the man that you’ll become Not like one of us but with our blood With our blood runnin’ through your bones So don’t forget the tie that binds us Our people live as one Can’t you see for far too long we’ve slaved the days away? Animals who keep us in the cage Come unlock the door, set us free
11.
I cannot start to understand Why you would come down to this earth Just to be with me and befriend me You took us up on the hill Moses and Elijah came Just to be with you I don't know what to do Help me God I feel so low But keep me there for a humble soul Is teachable and moldable Then your clothes shown heaven-white I looked around but can't believe my eyes We should build a house for you to dwell here Help me God I feel so low But keep me there for a humble soul Is teachable and moldable
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Mt. Carmel 03:42
Ahab you’ve forgotten who you are Take all the people up to the mountain so that God Can show you he’s still there, in the midst of this The four hundred fifty prophets of Baal should come with Have them take a bull And present it as an offering to their lord See if he’ll send fire from the sky But he can’t, maybe he’s asleep What happened to Baal, not to mention your Asherahs? Maybe he’s just sleeping Or maybe he’s in the bathroom crying So I rebuilt the altar that you tore down Twelve stones with a bull on top of it Then a dug a trench circling all around Poured twelve jars of water soaking it through Then fire fell down, The people bowed down all around But not Baal he wasn’t near He couldn’t hear, or perhaps He’s in a coma The Lord indeed in God
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I have loved you ever since that day When I found out that you’d be my bride I was only a kid, you were only a child But I’ll love you until the end I was faithful, I always will be And I’ll never love another girl Cuz I follow the Law, yes I follow the Lord And I’ll love you until the end You know I love you and I always will Ever since I found out that you’d be my bride I’ll love you until the end Then I found out that you were with child And there was no way that it could be mine But I’ll always be kind, I’ll divorce you real quiet And I’ll love you until the end Then an angel came to me in a dream And he told me not to be scared Cuz you were still pure and the child was the Lord’s The Holy, Anointed One You know I love Him and I always will Ever since I found out that I’d be his dad I’ll love Him until the end You know I love you and I always will Ever since I found out that you’d be my bride I’ll love you until the end

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Stories of people in the Bible who chose to do the right thing.

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released January 10, 2015

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by David Mantel.

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Families is a group of folk story tellers, with souls of grass and minds made out of the mountains, weaving personal tales from the Bible. Families is about community, folklore, and the Kingdom.

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