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FEELING LOW DOWN BLUES
GENTLE BREEZES BLOWING BY MY WINDOW
AS I SIT AND CONTEMPLATE THE DAY,
THE FRAGRANCE OF THE GARDENIAS BELOW
ARE WAFTING IN THE SCREEN MY WAY.





IF I COULD JUST SIT HERE AND DREAM
OF FAR AWAY PLACES, ONE DAY TO GO,
AWAY FROM THE ROUTINE AND SCHEME
THAT MAKES UP MY DAYS OF WOE.





I WISH I HAD WINGS TO SPREAD WIDE
AND JUST FLOAT FROM THE HIGHEST PLACE
DRIFTING LIKE SNOW ACROSS THE DIVIDE
GENTLY FALLING, FALLING FROM SPACE






MY THOUGHTS ARE LIKE AIR SO LIGHT
GENTLY GLIDING ALONG WITH THE BREEZE
GETTING LOST IN THE SPIRAL OF FLIGHT
FARTHER AWAY, AWAY WITH THESE.





MEMORIES OF TIMES WITH WORK TO DO
JUMP RIGHT IN, GET IT DONE ON TIME
WHERE HAVE THEY GONE, FEELINGS OF YOUTH
ALL GONE DOWN HILL LIKE MY SENSE OF RHYME



DAILY STRUGGLES WITH SUCH LITTLE TASKS
WHY MUST I BE ALL STIFF YET, FLEXIBLE
GIVING MY BEST TO WHAT WILL LAST
AFRAID NOT OF BEING EXPENDABLE.





TO BE OF NON USE IS ALWAYS A FEAR
WHO WILL REPLACE ME, WHEN I'M GONE
BUT IT WON'T MATTER  A BIT MY DEAR
BECAUSE YOU WILL ALREADY BE HOME.






NO NEED FOR WORRY ABOUT DAILY WOES,
JESUS WILL BE THERE BESIDE YOU
ALL WILL BE PEACE, ALL ELSE WILL GO
HOME AT LAST, AWAY WITH THE BLUES.





Written by Shirley Barr
July 22, 2004
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Colossians 1 : 11 ~ 14 ~ Strengthened with all might, according, to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.  who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son:
In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.



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