"Deeper The Roots"

by Dan Holmes ASCAP (c) 2004, Soup Kitchen Records

Mastered and mass produced at Discmakers

MUSICIANS:

All tracks performed and recorded by Dan Holmes (at Soup Kitchen recording studios) except the following:

What Will Become Of Me: Bill Ritter - Bass Family: Tyler Sawatsky - Engineer

Comfortable Man: Jake Hahn - Mandolin

Dream Of A Tree: Jake Hahn - Guitar Solo Burning Bush: Jake Hahn - Guitar Solo

Stand Tall: Steve Brunner - Drums; Mark Christopher Rohrman - Bass

Sycamore Fig Tree: Steve Brunner - Drums; Ralph Island - Congas

Life: Steve Brunner - Drums

LYRICS:

What Will Become Of Me (4:12)

Maybe I was supposed to be a farmer of the land / But I don't think my hands were made with that in mind Maybe an astronomer, looking for a friend / Searching through the heavens till the end of time Was I the one who needed to the bearer of bad news / I never could get used to being so unkind Or an architect of cities, was I supposed to build them all / I can't break down the wall that I still hide behind Please tell me what on earth am I here for / I'm not blind, but it's hard for me to see When I tried to observe, what purpose did I serve / God only knows what will become of me I could have been a doctor if I'd studied hard in school / I might have been a fool to let that life slip by I wasn't too athletic, I couldn't run as fast as friends / Wasn't into all the trends as all the other guys Tell me what on earth am I here for / I'm not blind, but it's hard for me to see When I try to observe, what purpose do I serve / God only knows what will become of me I give myself to others, it's all that I can do / And if you choose to you can help somebody If it's not what you were expecting, not the life you thought you'd lead / You probably need somebody to help you, too God told me what on earth I am here for / I'm not blind, but it was hard for me to see When I tried to observe, what purpose did I serve / God only knew what would become of me

God's Smile (4:02)

What would it take to make God smile / More than an hour is worthwhile The almighty dollar can't heal / Worship what your heart says is real And if you sin / He'll still let you in If you trust in Him / You'll see his grin I'm looking at God's smile in love / I'm looking at God's smile in trust I'm looking at God's smile in thanks / I'm looking at God's smile in love If you please Him all through the week / He'll give you the answers you seek His world is not here to service you / You must do what you know is true And if you sin / He'll still let you in If you trust in Him / You'll see his grin I'm looking at God's smile in love / I'm looking at God's smile in trust I'm looking at God's smile in thanks / I'm looking at God's smile in love

Family (3:49)

Her father left her mother when she was ten / She grew up always hoping to see him again Had a child of her own when she was twenty-one / Before the baby was two days old, its father had gone She put herself through school let her mom raise her kid / She got a job and vowed her child would do better than she did She climbed the corporate ladder, made a name for herself / Put her feelings for her family in a jar on a shelf Na na na na na, na na na na na Somewhere across the city, a man puts on his tie / Locks the door to his apartment drives off to his lie Makes a quarter of a million dollars every year / Spends his nights at home alone with a bottle of beer He left his roots to follow his fortune and dreams / Left behind his younger sister who thought of him as a king She knew someday he'd be on a royal throne / He's too busy to send a letter all the way back home Na na na na na, na na na na na An old woman looked at her life, see what she'd done wrong / She silenced herself maybe a little too long Her son had tried to contact her his last two years / Now she sits and waits for her turn through all her dried tears She put on a jacket lit a cigarette / She walked outside and tried hard to forget Most days were spent trying to avoid the sun / Nothing felt right her life seemed already done Na na na na na, na na na na na One early Sunday morning, a church filled its pews / Everyone had come to listen to some Good News Old woman came in late behind a million dollar man / Sat down next to a child with a single mom in her hand The preacher finished his sermon as noon grew near / Maybe these were the words they needed to hear Old woman told the man he reminded her of her son / The child knew it was time to go with her mom to have fun Na na na na na, na na na na na

Comfortable Man (4:42)

I've always wanted to be a comfortable man / I want to leave behind my worries stick my head in the sand I always keep Him with me both day and night / But comfort will only come when we two are alike What I am is not what I do / What I do He can see through What I am is not what I do / What I do He can see through I go work all day till light grows dim / No amount of power I gain compares to Him After all the prayers for forgiveness, after all He's heard / I try to re-direct my worries back to the Word What I am is not what I do / What I do He can see through What I am is not what I do / What I do He can see through I always keep Him with me both day and night / Comfort will finally come when we two are alike I want to leave behind my worries, meditate if I can / I've always wanted to be a comfortable man What I am is not what I do / What I do He can see through (I've always wanted to be a comfortable man) What I am is not what I do / What I do He can see through (I've always wanted to be a comfortable man)

Serve Him (3:36)

We were built like a machine with just one task / Because of this, I feel I have to ask Did you get what you think you deserve / Our weakness makes us strong enough to serve How can I show my love in church? / You better serve him How can I repay his sacrifice? / You better serve him How can I help my fellow man? / You better serve him What should I do for my God? / You better serve him Our heart is not just what beats inside our chest / It's part of the spirit when joined with the rest Sometimes we slip, we forget about compassion / If you need forgiveness, just ask Him If you're trying to find out what you're worth / Your talent was given to you at birth Realize the value of your contribution / Use it in your future resolutions How can I show my love in church? / You better serve him How can I repay his sacrifice? / You better serve him How can I help my fellow man? / You better serve him What should I do for my God? / You better serve him Stop looking for people to do everything for you / Ask them if they need anything for you to do You may feel vulnerable, you may feel exposed / But when you give with all your heart, it shows How can I show my love in church? / You better serve him How can I repay his sacrifice? / You better serve him How can I help my fellow man? / You better serve him What should I do for my God? / You better serve him

Song For Preacher (3:36)

Tell me how many people you have led to heaven / Show me the way that maybe I can learn to help them I need help to see the vision of the importance of the mission / He says, "You may be the only Christian they will ever know" And he shows me what he preached during his ministry / He tells me how he changed the view of what sinners see He listened with compassion as they answered what he'd ask them / He made them think about their everlasting soul Please, help me be more like the Preacher / There are so many students without a teacher And then before we start, he says, "Love God with all your heart, / And then you play your part to help people through" "It may sound absurd, but if you don't spread the word, / It will never be heard outside of you" Please, help me be more like the Preacher / Please, help me be more like the Preacher Please, help me be more like the Preacher / Please, help me be more like the Preacher

Dream Of A Tree (3:56)

These are the visions I saw while lying in my bed / I looked and there before me stood a tree In the middle of the land, not far from where I stand / I could feel it towering over me Its height was enormous, it grew large and strong / And its top touched the sky It was visible to the ends of earth, its shadows dark and long / Its presence overwhelmed the eye Its leaves were beautiful, and on it was food for all / Its fruit yellow, green, and red The beasts of the field found shelter under branches that held the birds / From it, every creature was fed Was this just a dream of a tree or was it something that was given to me? Was this just a dream of a tree or was it something that was given to me? In the visions I saw while lying in my bed / A messenger appeared before me A holy one from heaven came, and this is what he said / Its time for you to cut down the tree Trim off its branches, strip off its leaves / And scatter its fruit across the land Let the animals flee from under it, and the birds from up above / Watch them as they disband But let the stump and the roots, bound with iron and bronze / Remain in the grass for their worth Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven / And let him live with the animals among the plants of the earth Was this just a dream of a tree or was it something that was given to me? Was this just a dream of a tree or was it something that was given to me?

Garden In The Sand (3:18)

Across the earth, no one to tend the ground / Until dust to man, nothing was to be found The breath of life brought a living man / But no garden in the sand In the east, He put the man he made / All around, created trees for shade Shrubs grew to trees of grand / In His garden in the sand The tree of life and the tree of good and evil stood in the middle of the garden in the sand The tree of life and the tree of good and evil stood in the middle of the garden in the sand Any fruit from any tree, the man was allowed to try / But eat from the tree of good and evil, the man would surely die Man is not meant to be alone / So beasts and birds became flesh and bone But none could help his own two hands / In the garden in the sand Into sleep, he soon was sound / And when he awoke, a woman he found They both walked on solid land / To the garden in the sand The tree of life and the tree of good and evil stood in the middle of the garden in the sand The tree of life and the tree of good and evil stood in the middle of the garden in the sand Any fruit from any tree, the man was allowed to try / But eat from the tree of good and evil, the man would surely die

Deeper The Roots (3:43)

Who ever said go out on a branch / Leap of faith is still just a chance They don't know, but I can see / Deeper the roots, the stronger the tree Wind may come to knock it down / Anchor is there deep underground It may get rattled and loose some leaves / But the deeper the roots, the stronger the tree The deeper the roots, the stronger the tree / High enough to touch the sky that I can see But underground, running wild, it's totally free / The deeper the roots, the taller the tree The deeper the roots, the stronger the tree / High enough to touch the sky that I can see But underground, running wild, it's totally free / The deeper the roots, the taller the tree Who ever said go out on a branch / Leap of faith is still just a chance They don't know, but I can see / The deeper the roots, the stronger the tree

The Vine (3:46)

Have you the right to be angry / What wish is this that you give You say, "Lord, take away my life, / It is better to die than to live" So you went out and you sat down on the east side of the city / Made yourself a shelter now, isn't it a pity No shade to hide your head until a vine came up behind you / Vine was wide enough to see that no sunlight could get through Did it make you happy? / Yes, it made you happy Did it make you happy? / Yes, it made you happy But at the dawn of the next day in through the vine there chewed a worm / The vine did start to wither as your head did start to burn Your shade slowly disappeared as the vine the worm did taint / The scorching wind and blazing sun made your head grow so faint Did it make you angry? / Yes, it made you angry Did it make you angry? / Yes, it made you angry Have you the right to be angry / What wish is this that you give You say, "Lord, take away my life, / It is better to die than to live" You were concerned about the vine you didn't tend or even grow / It lived and died a day, if you weren't there you wouldn't know You may know lot of people that are spread across this land / But some things in this world are not for you to understand Have you the right to be angry / What wish is this that you give You say, "Lord, take away my life, / It is better to die than to live"

Burning Bush (3:20)

All alone, far from home / At the mountain range saw something strange Flames did push through a burning bush / Angel came from within the flame A voice did tell how to make things well by laying it on the line / To Pharaoh, then turn and go with the people, don't waste time Said the burning bush (burning bush) said the burning bush / Said the burning bush (burning bush) What if they start to say / Who is this to show us bliss If they wont go, if they say no / Why would they walk this way Then God said through flames of red, "I will be with you" / And in this sign they'll know it's time to search their heart, it's true Said the burning bush (burning bush) said the burning bush / Said the burning bush (burning bush) Though on fire it did not burn up, what a sight to see / Then God called through a shrub of flames, "The people must be free" Concerned about their suffering he heard them crying out / Out of the sand to a spacious land, no more the need to shout What a day to start that way, tend a flock, get a shock / Talk with God, head did nod, by the night, feet in flight A voice did tell how to make things well by laying it on the line / To Pharaoh, then turn and go with the people, don't waste time Said the burning bush (burning bush) said the burning bush (burning bush) said the burning bush (burning bush)

Stand Tall (4:57)

Let you faith flow like a river / And the Lord will bring fruit to your tree And never your leaf will whither / Stand tall and strong as you can be Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked / Or stand in the way of the sinners, can't you see He doesn't sit in the seat of the mockers / Stand tall and strong as you can be In the law of the Lord he finds delight / And on His law he meditates day and night In the law of the Lord he finds delight / And on His law he meditates day and night Let you faith flow like a river / And the Lord will bring fruit to your tree And never your leaf will whither / Stand tall and strong as you can be

Sycamore Fig Tree (3:13)

He climbed a sycamore fig tree to see what he could see / Wealth in his hand but still a short man who taxed so heavily When Jesus walked that way He looked up to say / Come down here immediately, I must stay at your house today All the people saw this and began to mutter / He has gone to be the guest in the house of a sinner Then he came down from the sycamore and he said to the Lord "Half of my possessions I'll give to the poor, if I took one too many I'll give back four" All the people saw this and began to mutter / He has gone to be the guest in the house of a sinner Jesus said to them salvation has come to him / Came to seek and save what was lost he is a son of Abraham

Mount Of Olives (3:23)

They went out to the Mount of Olives He took bread and he gave thanks / Broke it and gave it to each Take it this is my body / Words rang in the ears they reached They went out to the Mount of Olives Then he offered the cup to them / And again he gave thanks This is the blood of the covenant / And from the cup they drank They went out to the Mount of Olives They all walked together / After they sang a hymn Thinking about what just happened / And what would become of him They went out to the Mount of Olives

Life (2:44)

Life comes from different forms, from the sun to the storms / That sweep across the land and sea The tree that gave shade, was cut down and then made / Into a cross for all to see The salvation of man hung on that cross / For everything we gained came with that loss The tree gave life that day, to the world some would say / He remembered me His tomb was sealed, after three days revealed / He had risen from the dead So the king of kings, like a tree in spring / Came back just like he said What a glorious day has come to us / The lord today has returned to us What a beautiful way, to welcome in the day / No tears should be shed Life begins and ends, and then begins again / Just like a springtime tree The wind and the rain, will not forget His pain / That he let the world see Lets celebrate today His glory / And never forget His story From the earth to the sky, as the birds fly / He came back to you and me