I Just Wanna Know

Life's too short for small talk,
So don't be talking trivia now.
Excess baggage fills this plane:
There's more than we should ever allow.
There's engines stalling and good men falling,
But I ain't crawling away.

I just wanna know--am I pulling people closer?
I just wanna be pulling them to You.
I just wanna stay angry at the evil.
I just wanna be hungry for the true.

Folks play follow the leader,
But who's the leader gonna obey?
Will his head get big when the toes get tapping?
I just wanna know are they catching what I say?
I'm a little too young to introspect
And I surely haven't paid all my dues,
but there's death traps lying in those woods,
Most of 'em already been used!

I just wanna know--am I pulling people closer?
I just wanna be pulling them to You.
I just wanna stay angry at the evil.
I just wanna be hungry for the true.

Search me, Father, and know my heart;
Try me and know my mind.
And if there be any wicked way in me,
Pull me to the rock that is higher than I.

I just wanna know--am I pulling people closer?
I just wanna be pulling them to You.
I just wanna stay angry at the evil.
I just wanna be hungry for the true.
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Jesus open my eyes
To what you would want me to be.
Make me worthy to carry your name,
Though the world may put me to shame

Give me love in my heart
For those who hurt me, make me cry,
For they’re the reason why you died
And it was you who first loved me.

Give me a smile, make me happy all the while,
And give me the strength to see it through.
And give me success if you feel I should be blessed,
I want to give it all to you.
I want to give it all to you.

Jesus open my eyes...
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After all the things that you have shown me,
I'd be a fool to let them slip away
In doing things I know I shouldn't do.
But I don't want to fall away from you,
From you.

After all,
I've only grieved Your spirit,
And then I don't know why You stay with me.
But every time I fall, Your love comes through,
And I don't want to fall away from You.

When the light is gone
And good times are getting old,
There's no one left to count on
And all my friends are cold:
When I thirst for love, oh Lord,
You're a fountain to my soul
My soul
My soul Oh Lord
My soul

In a way my life is full of burdens,
But in a way You carry them from me,
Jesus.
'Cause no one understands the way You do.
And you know Lord,
I don't want to fall away from You.

Well every day I pray to start anew,
'Cause I don't want to fall away from You.

No Lord
I don't wanna fall away from You
No Lord
I don't wanna fall away from You

From You...Lord
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[Thanks to Steve Taylor, Dave Mattson, and Keith Green for putting into words what I could never say so well.]