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To a friend - Ryan Sheeler
Dear friend,
Thank you for your kindness
And the comfort of your smile
Oh how it made the sweet time pass
For a little while
Someone once told me
How you held their child on their lap
There was none a brighter picture
Than the love your smile unwrapped
You gave a note to me
Once upon a time
That lifted up my heart
To see God’s love divine
I’ll never forget you
And what you gave to me
A measure of yourself
Beyond what others see
So as I write these lines
And tears fall down my face
I remember Christ is bringing you
Into his arms of grace
Thank you, friend…
Welcome home
Dedicated to the memory of Dan and Lois Bureman 9/21/06
c. 2008 Ryan Sheeler/Sheeler Music Group ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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North of Town – Ryan Sheeler
VERSE
Driving along the highway on a road that never ends
Thoughts of longing on my mind an empty heart in my hands
This road looks so familiar now like an aging memory
Miles of cornfield try to save so many long-lost dreams
CHORUS
There isn't much to see along this road I've traveled long.
It seems I've seen it all before, all the right and wrong
Someday I’ll come back home and settle down
When driving no longer leads me north of town
VERSE 2
I’ve wondered why I like to drive out here
Breezes blow down country roads and sound so sincere
Time passes gently on a corner out of town
the sun shines on the shoulder of another day unbound
VERSE 3
I set my wheels out on the road and leave my town behind
I don’t know what I’m lookin’ for much less what I would find
Emptiness and answers meet just like a cross
Where pavement turns to gravel and I find what I had lost
CHORUS
c. 2008 Ryan Sheeler/Sheeler Music Group ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Highway 30 Blues – Ryan Sheeler
VERSE 1
Driving on the highway Oil gauge in the red
My baby’s left me and the devil’s in my head
I got to roll, before they catch me again
Lookin’ out on the prairie I got them Highway 30 blues
VERSE 2
Long nights in cheap hotels hidden ‘neath the sheets
Street lights shinin’ and I ain’t got no sleep
I got to roll, before they catch me again
200 miles from nowhere, I got them Highway 30 blues
VERSE 3
Three days on the road feels more like ten
Lord knows I ain’t had no sleep since I don’t know when
I got to roll, before they catch me again
200 miles from nowhere, I got them Highway 30 blues
VERSE 4
Lookin’ down the road wonderin’ what I see
Devil on my shoulder but the Lord is holdin’ me
I’m still runnin’ before they catch me again
200 miles from nowhere, I got them Highway 20 Blues
VERSE 5
Finally get home still too far away
My baby’s out there and here I got to stay
I got to run before they catch me again
They got me in those Highway 30 blues
c.2008 Ryan Sheeler/Sheeler Music Group ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Always Have The Moon – Ryan Sheeler
VERSE 1
Only one hour, one phone call away
who knew we would collide on that lonely day
Two years on and off, friends who couldn't say
Has it really been that long since we walked away?
CHORUS
It always seems to shine the brightest, when we can't see
Light and circles flow around this tear-stained picture of me
and you, us and them…Did it end too soon?
If we're meant to walk apart we'll always have the moon
VERSE 2
When eyes met only once is forever too far ahead
Look when now seems so right and words remain unsaid
Seeing (in the) distance... close to the edge
Praying for the wisdom and scared to ask for love
BRIDGE:
Too caught up in the moment to ask the question why?
If love can hide the truth were we living a lie?
VERSE 3
Three years over now I wonder where the time goes
Still the moon shines on more than just the two of us.
Sing a song of longing both to stay and leave
Can I marvel in the wonder of wanting to believe?
CHORUS - TAG - END
c.2008 Ryan Sheeler/Sheeler Music Group ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Questions (Remastered)
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Questions - Ryan Sheeler
Are you listening?
Am I hearing?
Are you speaking to me where I stand?
Are you listening?
Am I choosing
To turn my back on you?
Are you even there?
Are you near my soul
In the shadows of my mind?
Are you listening
To anything I say…
To every prayer I pray
Where can I find you?
I’ve been looking
For joy outside of You
Are you listening?
Am I seeking?
Do you want to talk to me?
Can you comfort me
With this broken heart
That I’m hiding from you?
Are you listening?
Am I hearing?
Are you right beside me now?
c. 2008 Ryan Sheeler/Sheeler Music Group ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Rain Down - words and music by Ryan Sheeler and Anna Arnold
dedicated to the families, victims and community of the Virginia Tech University shootings and anyone else hurting and suffering in our world
VERSE 1
Hard to find the words and hard to describe
This unimagined pain and find an answer “why”?
Just a normal day was gripped by fear
And now where do we go from here?
CHORUS 1
If I prayed would someone listen to my deepest cries?
So many questions break my heart tonight
When blood rains down how can you say you’ll still believe?
VERSE 2
Here in the silence my tears are my prayer
You gotta know you’re not alone though I’m not there
Even from a distance I feel your fear
My friend, know that He is near
CHORUS 2
He is there and He does listen he hears when you cry
He’s the answer -only He can show you why
God has a plan, but its not for us to know
Please rain down, Lord - Rain down, oh Lord
BRIDGE
Rain down Your mercy - pour understanding
Shower Your children with Your peace
Wash away the tears ‘cause its hard to see
Reveal yourself to me …to me….
CHORUS 2
Lord, we know you that you listen you hear us tonight
But we’re asking for a simple glimpse of light
Open our eyes show us Your hand
And rain down, Lord
Rain… Rain down
c. 2008 Ryan Sheeler/Anna Arnold ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Still Hold My Hand - Ryan Sheeler
Isaiah 43:2
VERSE 1
Some days I sit and wonder what I did to deserve Your love
And why You’ve called on me to follow You
All the nights I’ve spent awake trying to make sense of it all
And I’ve watched as You’ve done miracles in my life and in many others
I am more and more amazed every day
CHORUS
When I walk into the fire and I’m blinded by the light
I want to know if You’ll still hold my hand
VERSE 2
Every season passes faster than the one before and still
It seems so hard for me to get to You
All the years I ran away I never knew how hard I would fall…
Everyone always told me how great you really are, and
Somehow deep inside I was so afraid
CHORUS - HARMONICA SOLO
VERSE 3
I wrote you this letter after many years of trying
When I couldn’t find words to pray
All the nights I’ve spent awake trying to make sense of it all
Maybe if I send this someday You’ll answer
Then I’ll meet you face to face
CHORUS – END
c.2008 Ryan Sheeler/Sheeler Music Group ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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In My Eyes (Remastered)
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In My Eyes - Ryan Sheeler
VERSE 1
I’ve watched you grow, my child
Through all the years of joy
I was right there with you
When it was all so wonderful and new
Those first steps you’d take
And soon you’d have to fall
I was there to help you stand
It was me who held your hand
VERSE 2
I know about your sorrow
and shared the pain you kept
hidden all these years
inside of your unspoken tears
I have waited here
I’ve wanted you to know
By my hand the earth was made
So my child, don’t be afraid
CHORUS
In my eyes, you were always loved
I’d leave my flock just to run to you
Lay my word inside your heart
Then you’ll know it’s true
That in the end, I am waiting here for you
VERSE 3
I long to be close to you
In the quiet place
Where you wouldn’t tell me
How badly your heart wanted to be free
I gave a choice to you
Before you were even born
To show my fullest love
I sent this sign from up above
BRIDGE - INSTRUMENTAL
VERSE 4
I know how far you’ve strayed
There is still a way back home
This is my only Son
My Word, My Love, the Chosen One
When you see the farthest star
And look deep inside your heart
I am and will always be
I know some day you’ll see (that…)
c. 2008 Ryan Sheeler/Sheeler Music Group ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Ryan Sheeler Ames, Iowa
Guitarist and songwriter from Central Iowa
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