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Thread #126055   Message #2797003
Posted By: GUEST,999
26-Dec-09 - 08:51 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: How Can I Keep From Drinking? (parody)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: How Can I Keep From Drinking? (Satire)
Is that yours, Steve? Neat one whether it is or not. It's based on

"How Can I Keep From Singing"

My life flows on in endless song;
Above earth's lamentation
I hear the sweet though far off hymn
That hails a new creation:
Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear the music ringing;
It finds an echo in my soul—
How can I keep from singing?

What though my joys and comforts die?
The Lord my Savior liveth;
What though the darkness gather round!
Songs in the night He giveth:
No storm can shake my inmost calm
While to that refuge clinging;
Since Christ is Lord of Heav'n and earth,
How can I keep from singing?

I lift mine eyes; the cloud grows thin;
I see the blue above it;
And day by day this pathway smoothes
Since first I learned to love it:
The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
A fountain ever springing:
All things are mine since I am His—
How can I keep from singing?

(Lyrics from the cyberhymnal)