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For You, For Me

$50.00

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A haunting unison or 2-part (treble/bass) response to Greg Ward's intergenerational Christmas worship script, "The Last Straw."  Includes Rev. Ward's script, as well as charts for pianist/conductor, choir, and optional clarinet solo.  (If you'd like to use an instrument other than B♭ clarinet, simply contact me for the appropriate transposition.)

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Lyrics

The desert wind, the burn­ing sand,
the voice that called me onward,
the name­less child, the need to leave my home,
the frank­in­cense that stung the air,
the lamb that walked beside me,
the bur­den that weighed down upon my soul…

It could have been a dream; too self­less to be true.
The strug­gle and the pain, they were for you.

The shin­ing star, the ten­der child,
the straw that filled the manger,
the peace­ful rest, at last, at jour­ney’s end,
the morn­ing sun in Beth­le­hem,
the foot­steps left behind me,
the over­com­ing, and the road ahead…

It must have been a dream, and yet I know it’s true.
When I began, I thought it was for you.
But with the grate­ful dawn, a deep­er truth I see:
It was­n’t just for you.  It was for me.

©2009 David M. Glas­gow (ASCAP)

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