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Thread #152148   Message #4090703
Posted By: GUEST,Michael Stenning
30-Jan-21 - 01:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Stir Up Your Power (Bob Franke)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stir Up Your Power (Bob Franke)
I first heard this when Bob did a house concert in Michigan many years ago. I'm still inspired by it decades later.


G                         C        Em7 Am                 D              C        G
The world may no longer stand.        The heart is a desert land.
                   Em D    G                              C                                  D
With horror on every   hand,         while the hope of the poor fades away.

Our words have an empty ring.        They don’t seem to mean a thing.
With voices too scared to sing as the night consumes the day.

Stir up your power, Oh, Lord,         here in the hour, Oh, Lord,
Stir up your power, Oh, Lord        let your living waters roll.

G                   C                                           D                C        G
Lord may your will be done,        Lord may your kingdom come.
                Em        D      G                C              D            G
Stir up your power , Oh, Lord,        and restore our weary souls.

We stumble from year to year,        our minds overcome with fear,
with ears that no longer hear,         and with eyes like polished stone.

The earth grows beneath our need,                poisoned by human greed,
with too many mouths to feed         that are doomed to die alone.

Stir up your power, Oh, Lord,        here in this hour, Oh, Lord,
Stir up your power, Oh, Lord,         let your living waters roll.

Lord, may Your will be done,        Lord, may Your kingdom come,
Stir up your power , Oh, Lord,        and restore our weary souls.