Joshua Payne Album

(Joshua Payne–Michael Omartian)

Home, the only place I know
Where the heart, the heart finds healing
When the night is cold and dark
Come just as you are

Home, your memory calls me home
Where I'm resting in your arms
It humbles me to know
No matter where I go
There will always be a place for me at home

And somewhere in the night I call your name
And somewhere in the night love answers me
I will never let you go
You will never know a night alone
I will make your love my home

Lost in a dream for something more
I found you were all I needed
You are the strength of us
Without you I'd be lost
There will never be another place like home

And somewhere in the night I call your name
Somewhere in the night love answers me
I will never let you go
You will never know a night alone
I will make your love my home

The road is long and I am weak
But through the rain I see
The light that leads me home

And somewhere in the night I call your name
Somewhere in the night love answers me
I will never let you go
You will never know a night alone

(Joshua Payne–Michael Omartian)

Nothing ever lasts for long
I can't believe the time is gone
I've tried all I know to say
I can't give up on yesterday

Searching all my life
Finding love to make it right
Loving you I found a way
Take me back to yesterday

And love, learning how to hold the time
And knowing you I've come to find
That even if we let it slip away
It won't be long
Love will remember yesterday

Giving over to the sand
A solid room to hold you in
Promises my love to stay
But I won't give up yesterday

And stretching out across the miles
Horses running in the wild
Beckon the moon to keep you safe
Don't give up on yesterday

And love learning how to hold the time
And knowing you I've come to find
That even if we let it slip away
It won't be long
And I know it won't be

Nothing ever lasts for long
I can't believe the time is gone
I've tried all I know to say
Love will remember yesterday

(Joshua Payne–Michael Omartian)

Do you know which way the wind will blow?
Do you hold the seasons in your hand?
Can you make the moon refuse to shine?
Do you walk with the Divine?

I've seen you looking in the sky
Tracing over rainbows, kissing fireflies
The stars will never shine so bright
You're the nature of my life

Do you call the rain to wash the night?
Do the waters rise to find your soul?
In the columns of the morning light
You are the promised gold

I've seen you looking in the sky
Tracing over rainbows, kissing fireflies
The stars will never shine so bright
You're the nature of my life

I've seen you looking in the sky
Whispering into creation's lullaby
There is something eternal hidden in your eyes
We've just begun to fly beyond the sun

I've seen you looking in the sky
Tracing over rainbows, kissing fireflies
The stars will never shine so bright
You're the nature of my life

I've seen you looking in the sky
Tracing over rainbows, kissing fireflies
The stars will never shine so bright
You're the nature of my life

You're the nature of my life
You're the nature of my life
Oh, you're the nature of my life

(Joshua Payne)

I love the moon and all his phases
Smiling down on me, no matter what the place is
I find myself stargazing
Mostly finding you amazing by the moon

Oh, no one seems to understand this waning
Condition of our friendship
What's this we are contemplating?
No one ever will
But still I feel a kinship with the moon

Oh, I was lost to lose you
And so my eyes would seem
To be crying, to be lying
I couldn't hide the dream
But somehow I seem fulfilled
And I always will

Because you've got the view
And the clouds don't blind your way
But for all I've seen
This could be our day
I find myself stargazing
Mostly finding you amazing by the moon

And oh, I was lost to lose you
And so my eyes would seem
To be crying, to be lying
I couldn't hide the dream
But somehow I seem fulfilled
And I always will

Because you've got the view
And the clouds don't blind your way
But for all I've seen
This could be our day
I find myself stargazing
Mostly finding you amazing by the moon

I find myself stargazing

(Joshua Payne–Michael Omartian)

Go ahead and walk away from me
I can see what's going down
Dear boy, before you go
You had better hear me out

I've seen her face, I know her name
Comin' on to deal her drug
Like a summer field in flame
She's gonna light you up
But you think you're in love

I would give you every tear
But your destiny holds true
If I cried a lifetime still
This river would not save you
No, it would not save you

Something in you rages on
You know I don't believe the lies
Son, you're bound to prove me wrong
But I see doubt there in your eyes

I would give you every tear
But your destiny holds true
If I cried a lifetime
Still this river would not save you
No, it would not save you

I've been in the city for forty days
I recognize the devil behind that pretty face of hers
There's no mistaking this road you're taking
Will only break you down

There's nothing more that I can say
You're gonna go and prove me wrong anyway
Remember it's you that walked away
I will not compromise

Virgin Mother, light the way
All my weary breath is flown
I ran out of time to weep
A thousand, thousand sighs ago

(Joshua Payne)

This is my world And these are the plans I've made
This is the life I've found worth living
After you went away

This is the place my heart lies easy
And the past can finally fade
So don't come around here making any memories
Unless you're here to stay
No, don't come around here making any memories
Unless you promise me you'll stay

Walking up those old roads
I feel your touch, smell your sweet embrace
I can see your smile
Look into your eyes as you touch my face

But down in my new town
I walk around and feel the peace
Precious memories, they don't haunt me now
So if you'd kindly leave

Because this is my world
And these are the plans I've made
This is the life I've found worth living
After you went away

This is the place my heart lies easy
And the past can finally fade
So don't come around here making any memories
Unless you're here to stay
No don't come here making any memories