Song Samples

1.Ship

5.Simple Song

Song Lyrics

SHIP

Please Drop me a line if you don’t mind Cause I’ve walked the plank again
Help a brother in need but have speed cause these swimmies aren’t holding me up
Jumping over board is not what I thought it would be
When I was back on the ship looking out at the see
Now I’m bobbing like a bobber without a fish on it’s line
it’s only a matter of time till I get pulled under

O inside me there’s a void that cannot be filled with an ocean
O what I can now see, is the person who can fill it, made me

Back on the boat they do not treat you like fish
but I traded my life so I could do as I wished
now I hide from myself and I decorate the pain
how I miss the life I had back on that seafaring vessel

So I stick up my hand like I am under arrest
And since I’ve had lots of practice it’s what I do best
And he looks in his scope and he throws me a rope and says my child I’m towing you home.
Written by Rich Dittus
© 2005 Rich Dittus
Written by Peter and Rich Dittus

WAKE UP SONG

Wake, Wake from your sleeping O child of God
Wake, wake for the reason the day has come
Every moment a gift of love don’t let it slip away
Don’t rely on tomorrow’s promise when you’ve got today’s

Back, Back on your doorstep the child has returned
So get your head off the pillow and feel the aftershave burn
So don’t slap the snooze to long or you’ll be late my friend
Today’s a blank sheet of paper and God holds the pen

Wake up, Wake up
Rise up, Rise up
Time’s up, Time’s up
Time to Walk along the Way
Good morning Sunshine it’s a beautiful day

Rise up and be counted and see the light of day
Take a look in the mirror fearful but wonderfully made
Every moment a gift of love don’t let it slip away
Don’t rely on tomorrow’s promise when you’ve got today’s
© Rich Dittus

ANGER MANAGEMENT

She Steps on my toe and cuts in line and when I get to the counter I’m Short a dime
Well I guess today is not my day for ice cream
And just when I think I’m one step ahead I realize that my watch is dead
And though I close my eyes it’s not a dream
When I get mad at everything I give my anger to God and sing

Don’t let sun go down up your anger

Now my buddy is bragging that he’s the best
Cause his best friend she wears a dream
It is not my fault that girls have coodies
And there is disciplinary explanation of why I can’t throw little raisins
At my little brother who’s asking for trouble
He’s not as innocent as my parents think he is

And the exponential population of the huge mosquito nation
Can always turn a fun vacation into…
Well everyone smiles when things go right
And on bad days they always fight
It takes someone who’s really strong to act in love when things go wrong
So when your life’s a mess and empty is your cup
Give anger to God and Whoop, whoop, whoop
The Sun Goes up
© Rich Dittus

MAKE ME WORTHY

When I stood before you I knew not what to say
Your breathing life right through me and with that breath I stray
I never see what makes you hold me when I go astray
I am so undeserving what makes me act this way
And as I return into the light
Another lost soul returns to life
And as a bow down and I pray

With one word O God you calmed a raging storm
You split the roaring sea
With human feet almighty God you walked across the waves
You stumbled underneath a cross

And you have made me worthy, worthy by your cross
You have made me worthy, worthy by your loss
You have made worthy
© Rich Dittus
Written by Rich Dittus and Megan Wilhelm

SIMPLE SONG

If I had to go home tomorrow would I be ready
Or if I had to go home later today
All the things I have done the past, the fun, trophies in a box
Would it matter anymore
And all I have suddenly fades away
And I’m left just as a came

If I could live again I would live simply
I’d unpack my bags and be ready to go
I would take the time to listen
Come out from my tinted glass
Not fight the tears when they cam and I’d take the time to laugh
In a world broken we all search for peace well I found my piece in you

Can I rest my head upon Your heart
Cause it’s the only place where I found peace

The simple life is all I need but still my heart is full of greed and though I give sometime my heart tries to take it back
I rely on a strength that’s not my own just like this earth is not my home
And though I fall short
We all walk blind along the road
© Rich Dittus

LIFE ON THE EDGE

I have followed you this far and I still burn with a love you have placed in my heart
All the hardships you’ve placed in my life will pass
And I’ll sing until you return

And I will live my life on the edge O Lord
I will speak your name in the street
I will follow your will to whatever the end
If my soul you will keep

All the burdens that keep you from living life free can be wiped away with a word
If you empty your life God will fill you up till the cup of your life overflows

I will live my life on the edge O Lord
This wicked world cannot prevail
Cause I am your child and you hold my heart
And I will live my life on the edge
© Rich Dittus

WELCOME HOME

Jesus lover of all why would you love a man like me
I have hurt you so many times
Why would you love me

Jesus healer of all why would you heal a man like me
I’ve been sick so many times
But yet you heal me

A crowded room a crowded street
Can’t you see how badly they beat him just look at his feet
Well the tears of joy are tears of pain
They streamed from a heart of love
His loss is my gain and He says

My child Welcome home can’t you see we all were waiting
The lost sheep is found
All now is forgiven
My child welcome home

Jesus Forgiver of all why would you forgive a man like me
I’ve turned my back on you so many times
But yet you forgive me
© Rich Dittus

ALL GLORY BE

All glory be to God on high so we lift our hands to the sky
And some will praise but not know why
But we give you this offering

One man / One life
He would do it all for me
I lived / He died
He gave his life for me
My sins he took
No such love will ever be shown in this world

He reached / Out into
The shadows of our heart
We cried / you pulled us out of our mess
We screamed / you bled
No such love will ever be shown in this world

We give you our hearts
We give you our souls
We give you our lives that we may be made whole again
God I give it to you
© Rich Dittus

ALLELUIA

Put away your misery put away your fear
The king of creation will enter here
People you struggle with addictions
Well I’ve come to bring you hope and if…
And when the whole world turns against you
My child fear not and sing to them

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia I am free

So what’s the world if you have everything
But you lose yourself in it
Pray for a fire to burn within you
And keep your flame lit
© 2005 Rich Dittus

EMPTY SHOES

The world wears shoes that’s holding them down
To the earth to their jobs like a great giant crown
They won’t get it all but they’d like to just try
Their buying the world and I don’t know why
This life is passing live for the next
put your treasure in heaven and not anywhere else

The world can take me but they don’t own me
Like the wind they just can’t hold me

Cause I’m wearing empty shoes today
I won’t live for the world or to get paid
And like a child I will run I will leap I will dance I will sing
From this world I am freed
Cause I’m wearing empty shoes today

The media says freedom is doing whatever you want
when you want because you want whatever the case
how long before their theory backfires in their face
and they see clearly that they’ve mislead the whole human race
Father we ask to send us the grace that we need
So we can see the difference between freedom and greed
My life is your throw your rock in the lake
so that the ripples I make can be used for your sake

No one knows when their hour will come
So live for Christ now before you hour is done
And when you’re in the tunnel after life’s last end
Sprint towards the light like you’ve never have run
Brothers and sisters your time is here live for Christ now
you have nothing to fear
If Jesus is for us who can stand in our way
If we empty our lives and wear empty shoes today
© 2005 Rich Dittus
SLEEP SONG
May your maker grant you peace
Let all your worries disappear
I pray you sleep without tears in your eyes
If you have tears let them be joyful cause your one step closer to heaven
And when you wake a new day breaks
Rejoice and sing

Hold me, Hold me Close to your heart

All your life you lived to fight to reach heaven
Battles you lost give to the cross and plead forgiveness
But don’t give up he love you to much

I pray He holds you, holds you close to His heart

The whisper of God contains the answer
If we are quiet enough to hear
You are chosen and I love you
Do not fear
©2005 Rich Dittus