The Quiet Life (feat. Paul Jacobsen) - April Meservy

We could be the talk of the town tonight Carry home your shoes in the morning light Or we could just stay here a while Wrapped up in the quiet life We could sail away to Tobago Fly across the Gulf of Mexico Or we could just stay here a while Wrapped up in the quiet life Now and then I'm loving the world again And I'll be fine living in the quiet life We could get a job on the movie screen Smile on the cover of a magazine Or we could just be man and wife Happy in the quiet life Where the clock don't move so quick Where the water don't make you sick Traffic don't keep you up at night Here in the quiet life Now and then I'm loving the world again And I'll be fine living in the quiet life Living in the quiet life Sleeping by a firelight Maybe I could make you smile In the quiet life We could be the talk of the town tonight

I am heading for a time of quiet When my restlessness is past And I can lie down on my blanket And release my fists at last I am heading for a time of solitude Of peace without illusions When the perfect circle marries All beginnings and conclusions And when they say That you're not good enough Well, the answer is you're not But who are they or what is it That eats at what you've got? With the hunger of ambition For the change inside the purse They are handcuffs on the soul, my friends Handcuffs on the soul and worse And I am heading for a place of quiet Where the sage and sweet grass grow By a lake of sacred water From the mountain's melted snow

I would've thought by now I'd be overgrown And at the station waiting, I should've known Just how much life was inside of me Cut down a branch of my family tree You find it hard to see that the future's bright 'Cause you just sleep all day and stay up all night Be safe, be brave, be whatever you like Just don't involve me 'Cause I don't wanna do it again I'm getting tired and old I only wanted a friend Someone to do as they're told I started falling apart As I was ready to go Uh! I see a glass half-full and you say you don't I know you say you will, but I know you won't Your teeth dug in and they won't let go You try your best, but it just don't show And when the road is closed and you're walking home Could it be time to call it and just go home? To your fine line of a quiet life Acquired by knowing that I don't wanna do it again I'm getting tired and old I only wanted a friend I'll do whatever I'm told I started falling apart As I was ready to go Uh! When everything beside you Comes crashing down, I'll find you And while I sleep I see you And what it's like to be you Take care and don't be fearful There's no undoing evil It's all a bunch of lies anyway So why bother? Why waste your time?

All the people sitting in the darkness Shine the Light Stand up and share a little brightness Shine the Light In a world that grows so faint and dim I believe His light will enter in Everybody... Chorus: Shine the Light Don't hide the Light If they find the Light Then the world will change All the people gotta see the Light So be the Light For the world we pray Through the face of Christ They'll see the Light All the people sitting by the lamp stand Shine the Light Let it shine from the valley to the highlands Shine the Light Every boy and girl, every woman and man Share the love received from the Father's hand Everybody... Chorus: Shine the Light Don't hide the Light If they find the Light Then the world will change All the people gotta see the Light So be the Light For the world we pray Through the face of Christ They'll see the Light Everybody... Chorus: Shine the Light Don't hide the Light If they find the Light Then the world will change All the people gotta see the Light So be the Light For the world we pray Through the face of Christ They'll see the Light Oohh Shine the Light Don't hide the Light If they find the Light Hoo! All the people gotta see the Light We gotta we gotta we gotta see the Light So be the Light Shine the Light Hoo! Yeah... Don't hide the Light If they find the Light Shine the Light! All the people gotta see the Light So be the Light Aahh ooh! Through the face of Christ They'll see the Light!

A hundred paths that lead to a thousand broken dreams A million ways to trade your soul for lesser things The only path I see that is paved with love and peace The one true way that leads to him is everything I need He is hope when a journey begins He is strength in the wind He is faith when my courage wears thin He is rest when I'm weary and worn He's the place where I'm loved and I know When I come unto Christ it feels like I'm coming home... A hundred thoughts to share and a thousand whispered prayers A million ways to feel His love and know He's there So trusting I will go whether long or hard the road That He will walk each step with me is all I need to know Repeat I won't waste a day chasing trinkets and noise I will walk in His light and hear only His voiceA hundred paths that lead to a thousand broken dreams A million ways to trade your soul for lesser things The only path I see that is paved with love and peace The one true way that leads to him is everything I need He is hope when a journey begins He is strength in the wind He is faith when my courage wears thin He is rest when I'm weary and worn He's the place where I'm loved and I know When I come unto Christ it feels like I'm coming home... A hundred thoughts to share and a thousand whispered prayers A million ways to feel His love and know He's there So trusting I will go whether long or hard the road That He will walk each step with me is all I need to know Repeat I won't waste a day chasing trinkets and noise I will walk in His light and hear only His voice