In the Keep

In the Keep

Lord guard me, Lord keep me, Lord clad me in armor

Lord lock me away in the heavenly vaults

Lord take me securely away from the monsters

Lord hide me inside of your heavenly heart

Lord keep me beside you, I’ll try to be humble

Lord bind me to you and protect all my thoughts

Lord watch o’er my family, don’t let anyone harm them

Remind me the real war’s already been fought

Lord remind me of my worth from your unique perspective

Help me move past my tendency to sort it all out

Lord grant me strength to shrug off internal temptation

Lord help me do your will in spite of my doubt

When I’m wandering away from the blanket of blessing

Lord gather me back to your pastures of green

When I worry about our provision and clothing

Lord robe me in linens, spotless and clean

Lord help me ignore any false accusations

Lord be my wisdom when I cannot decide

Take my life and give it an eternal purpose

Lord save me, my savior, in you I confide

Lord teach me to stand up against those who oppose me

When they push me around like bully in school

Help me focus on rising above ‘down and dirty’

Lord shut my mouth before I speak like a fool

Lord thank you for giving me love everlasting

Lord thank you for keeping my name in your book

Lord thank you for pulling me up out of danger

When I fall in every crevice and crook

Lord guard me, Lord keep me, Lord clad me in armor

Lord lock me away in the heavenly vaults

Lord take me securely away from the monsters

Lord hide me inside of your heavenly heart

By Royce Waxenfelter

9/25/15

Outlaw Freedom

a Willie and Waylon style duet
singer 1 
singer 2 
both together

verse 1
I spent a lot of time down in the canyons
I spent a lot of time up in the snow

I wasted all my time smokin' and drinkin'
I tasted all my wine searchin' for blow

It was 4 in the morning when I got caught for swervin'
It was late night for me, 'round eleven or so

--chorus--
Twelve months in a jail cell gets dismal and lonely
You don't know your friends and your family don't show
So when I got out I headed South of the border
And when I got out I headed up to Buffalo
We got our hands on some kind of mind bending pleasure
And I tasted outlaw freedom
And I tasted outlaw freedom
And we tasted outlaw freedom... again

verse 2
When I was young I wondered a lot about oceans
When I was young I thought a lot about sky

Thinkin' how wondrous it would feel to be diving
Thinkin' how freeing it would be to fly

I went to school to understand how to sink lower
And I went to school to learn how to get high

--insert chorus--

verse 3
Life isn't fun when you're wandering the desert
Life isn't fun when it's forty below

It took all I had just to get help and get sober
It took all I had, then some, most don't even know

Ten years of struggle just to stay off the bottle
Ten years of forcing myself to say no

--insert chorus--

verse 4
Sober days for me were like not knowing the language
Strange days in a world I just didn't belong

My mind yearned to be numb, to stop racing
Mine felt foggy and hindered, sluggish and wrong

I did my backsliding South of Los Angelino
Caught my buzz North of Reno, just couldn't hold on

--final chorus--
Pain finally left as my boat sank down in the ocean
I screamed as the pressure dropped and exploded in sky
But I called out for Jesus as I held my last breath
I prayed for forgiveness just before the last mile
And we were gifted the ultimate mind bending pleasure
And I tasted outlaw freedom
And I tasted outlaw freedom
And we tasted outlaw freedom... begin

by Royce Waxenfelter
9/2/15