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This is a page for lyrics I have written

Deb is currently working with her local church worship team to have her songs incorporated in the specials.

In the past, she has done special performances of her songs at First United Methodist Church (Jefferson City), at Fairview Community of Christ (Columbia) and has sang with the worship team at Gateway to the High Country Cowboy Church.

If any of you singer/songwriter types happen across this, she would love to hear your feedback via comments or email at drdicksonwrites@gmail.com.

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Fire Moon
Written by Deborah Ruth Dickson
sometime before 2008

Oh weeping fire moon
Why do you cry?
Looking down upon this
warm winter night
You cover your shine with the wisps of clouds
that surround you
You hide your face from the night life
That's around you
Oh, weeping fire moon
Must you weep now?
Oh weeping fire moon
Still, now you cry.
Looking out across the
dawning twilight
As you rest your sweet head on the trees
lay to sleep in peace now
knowing that God sends His Son
Shining on everyone now
Oh, weeping fire moon,
why weepest thou?

I'll find a moon shot soon...

Oh, weeping fire moon
why do you cry?
looking down upon this
warm winter night
As you rest your head on the clouds
Set with the peace that God will win
Although the wait seems long now
enveloped in the night in this world full of sin
(music interlude ideally)
Oh weeping fire moon
I know why you cry,
trying to reflect the Sun
in the still of the night
I, like you, wonder sometimes
am I shining at all?
I, like you ask if I light up the night when I call
Oh, when I call
in this great
wilderness
I wonder...
When will God's children
have rest?
Oh weeping fire moon

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Rose Colored (Isa. 49) 


Written by Deborah Ruth Dickson
7/31/12
Chorus
And I will keep my
Rose-colored picture of you
My Love
And I will keep my
Rose-colored picture of you
Because
Because My Blood
Because My Blood
Covers up

Where I was when I wrote this.

V1.
And I walked away
Tattered and bruised by the fight
I… I…
I said I’d stay here
Just because something ain’t right
I…I…
There’s fixin’ ta do and
You’ve given me hands
I can use
You, You
I’ve nothin’ ta hide
Nothin ta lose nor ta prove
To prove
Because I love
Because I love
Lovin’ Truth
(repeat chor)
V2.
When I sat in shame (chains)
The morning doves sang me a song
Awe, awe
And I read Isaiah
You told me I was not forgot
No, not.
Told me You would restore
The empty
The lost child in me
Ee, ee
“cause you are worth more
More than much
Sparrows to Me
To Me.
Because I love
Because I love
Lovin you”
(repeat chor)

This was Mullins-esque

V3.
And I left my mark
Deep on you, left it,
Engraved
I gave
I came here to start…
What you came here
To tear down
I saved
I saved
Because My Blood
Because My Blood
Reconstructs
LL
Come put your hands
Through my hands and
My feet and my side
Don’t hide
Because my love
Because for you
I have died.

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This one was submitted to the Create Artist search in 2012. I didn't place. But, Canadian worship leader and interviewee, Dan Macaulay, did! See my post here! 

To Him Be the Glory Forever and Ever (Yea, tho I walk)
Written by Deborah Ruth Dickson

God did this at May Day of Prayer 2010, DC. Not sun rays.

7/20/08
V1.
Oh Lord my Shepherd I shall not
Want nothing more,
nothing less
You bless me to lie in green pastures
And lead me by the still waters of rest
You restoreth my soul in the evening
And lead me down righteous paths for Your Name
So whom shall we fear? God is with us!
Tell me of whom we dare be afraid!
Chor1.
And yea- tho I walk
Through the valley
And yea – tho the
Darkness surrounds
Greater is He who is in me
(yes) Greater is Jesus, I’ve found
V2.
Oh Lord, Your rod’s still a comfort
You keep Your true sheep to the fold
Please make us to rise to be one voice
Cause it’s long overdue to be bold
Countless are tables before me
In the presence of my enemies everyday
And countless my head You’ve anointed
My cup runneth over
You’ve never failed me

Chor2.
Yea tho I walk through this valley
I will not stumble around
The strength from my Savior sustains me
Cause the blood of Lord Jesus abounds
And yea tho the darkness may find me
In this late time that wicked must hound
I will fear no evil before me
Cause the blood of Lord Jesus abounds
V3.
So Lord, I will fight this good fight
So what if they swallow me whole?
The God Who delivers from lions, and
Fires, and flood
Owns my soul
(repeat Chor2)
V4
So surely Your goodness and mercy
Will follow me all of my days
And in Your House, Lord
I will dwell forever
But until then,
Daily I’ll give all my praise!
(repear Chors)
LL
And in the blood of Lord Jesus – I’m found
Because the blood of Lord Jesus still abounds

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Just My Luck 
Written by Deborah R. Dickson 2/6/03

V1

Jeremiah 51:37

Jeremiah 52:34

There in I found a four leaf clover

With no word on what it’s for

Chor.

If I had left a note of somethin’

Or if I had simply wrote myself

A scribble to mark the date thereof,

I’d remember

And I could show it to the world

V2

Now was that old clover

Luck for my singin’?

Or was that old clover

Meant for the plays?

Or am I s’posed ta’

Be a lawyer

Or should I sell things

For all of my days?

(repeat chor)

V3

What if I’m just goin’ ta’ Heaven,

What if I’m not

doin’ much more?

Then would my life be like that clover

With no word on what I’m for

(chor 3.)

But Someone has left a note of somethin’

And Someone has simply wrote it to us

A Bible to tell the story of Love

So we remember

And we can show it to the world

(repeat V1)

(Repeat Chor. 1)

Last Line

Now I remember

And I can show it to the world

Yes, I remember

And I’m to show it to the world

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Who Made You (I Needed a Love Song)

Written by Deborah R. Dickson 9/1/03

V1

I needed a love song

To describe what it felt like on

September first

And I needed a love song

To capture the aroma that was

There

Love was in the air

Love was there

I followed a leaf

Who told me a life story of

His big dreams

I walked under trees

Borne down by the

Water that had

fallen heavily

And I began to see

There was more than me

 Chor.

‘Cause there’s a beauty that I see

In rainin’ leaves and fallin’ trees

And Who made you and

Who made me?

Does not He look after the sea

of faces?…

And hearts in places

Where they don’t belong.

V2

I breathed in the wetness

And it took me back to years I

never ponder of

I felt in the silence

The long lasting and forever signs of

Gracious Love

It’s what keeps this trust

God’s Love made us

 (repeat Chor.)

 V3

And I needed a love song

To write you what I felt like on

September first

You may not see in the love song

The autumn breeze

That solemnly

Holds back my words

The acorns that

Drown out my hurt

‘Cause each season more you live

Without God’s Truth inside

And by each falling leaf

You swear

For you

Christ never died

And in my heart I cry

For you

Chor. 2

‘Cause there’s a beauty that I see

In rainin’ leaves and fallin’ trees

And God made you and

God made me

Does not He looks after the sea

 Of faces

Of hearts in places

Where they don’t belong?

(repeat Chor. 2)

Last Line

Your heart’s in places

Where it don’t belong

You’re lost in places

Where ya’ don’t belong

And I needed

A love song…

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Nineveh 
Written by Deborah R. Dickson 7/29/04

Chor.

I wanna go to Nineveh

I wanna go

I wanna go

I wanna go to Nineveh

And take some camels

Through the eye of needle

I wanna go to Nineveh

I wanna go

I wanna go

V1.

Many things impossible

Many people. Many Souls.

Many things don’t seem plausible

But who knows. Only God knows.

I’m prayin’for a Hollywood

I’m prayin’ for a wayward America

I’m prayin’ for what we could be

I’m prayin’ for SomeOne to take care of us

(Repeat Chor.)

V2.

Many things unkeepable

Many treasures, many possessions

Many things seem unattainable

But there’s  Truth, there’s a Blessing

I’m prayin’ for a miracle

I’m prayin’ for a wayward America

I’m prayin’ for the Golden Rule

I’m prayin’ for it to take over us

(Repeat Chor.)

Bridge

This is all I’ve gotta say

This is all I’ve got to point out

God can heal in many ways

And God can turn those hearts around

(Repeat Chor.)

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Cold Night in Kansas City

Written by Deborah R. Dickson 04/04/12 
(Would be a duet piece with a Lee Ann Womack type voice and a male)

It’s a cold night in Kansas City

Can I have just one last goodbye?

V1

Isn’t it just too bad

That my love must end for you?

Isn’t is just too bad

Though we both possess the Truth?

You and your only heart

You must be on your own

Me and my lonely mind

This solitude is my home

Chor.

And it’s a cold night in Kansas City

Can I have

Just one last

Goodbye?

It’s a cold night in Kansas City

Can I have

Just one last

Goodbye?

V2

Isn’t it what I need?

To shield my heart from pain

Isn’t it what I need?

To walk away again

This is all I can see

I must forget you now

You are so far from me

I must stop love, I’m asking; How?

‘Cause (repeat Chor. 1)

Bridge

Now I won’t cry forever

But this is something

That I feel

And why must I surrender (remember)

Love to me

That once

Was real?

Chor. 3

And it’s a cold night in Kansas City

Can’t I have

Just one last

Goodbye?

It’s a cold night in Kansas City

Can’t I have

Just one last

Why can’t I have just one last…

Can’t I have just one kiss…

Can’t I have just one last…

Goodbye.

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 More songs to follow, folks!