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"This 10th anniversary edition of Greater Than Us All celebrates
the radiant collection that has been revered for a decade. A bonus
track has been included, new vocals by Kenneth and Lucie have been
recorded for their solos, and the songs have been remastered, but
the stiring message remains the same." -Album notes.
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"GREATER THAN US ALL"
(K. COPE)
Before we all came to earth
We lived together with God in His world
He helped His children progress
Yet, One advanced so much more than rest
He was greater than us all
Then Father offered a plan
He'd send us off with a way to return again
But this required a spotless man
One who'd be worthy to free us from sin
Someone greater than us all
And God's most humble Son
Was the greatest One of all
We looked on Him, God's best Son
Would He give His great life for us?
Pay the price for all our sins?
And knowing no other could
He humbly said He would
He was greater than us all
God's most humble Son was the greatest One
Every heart felt of His love
For us He's come
The greatest One of all
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"MORE THAN JUST A BOY"
(K. COPE)
Joseph
My Mary, you're having a baby
A Savior, from heaven He comes
An Angel told me what to name Him
He'll be Jesus, you're having a son
But He'll be more than just a boy
More than any man
So who am I to help this boy?
I'll do all I can
Yet, it is He who will help me
(Chorus)
He is Messiah
He is the Holy One
Come to free His people
Son of the Highest
Sign of the Father's love
He is the lamb of God
My Mary
Mary: Dear Joseph
You're having a baby
God's sending His Son
A Savior
Messiah
From heaven He comes
We've waited so long
An Angel
An Angel
Told me what to name Him
Spake words sent from God
He'll be Jesus
Jesus
You're having a son
He's coming to us
But He'll be more than just a boy
He'll be Lord of all
More than any man
So who am I to help this boy?
God's almighty Son
I'll do all I can
Yet it is He
He
Who will help me
Will help me
Sent from His Father's throne
More than just a boy
Helping His people home
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"HIS HANDS"
(K. COPE)
His hands, tools of creation
Stronger than nations
Power without end
And yet through them
We find our truest friend
His hands, sermons of kindness
Healing men's blindness
Halting years of pain
Children waiting to be held again
(Chorus) His hands would serve His whole life through
Showing men what hands might do
Giving, ever giving endlessly
Each day was filled with selflessness
And I'll not rest
Till I make of my hands what they could be
Till these hands become like those from Galilee
His hands lifting a leper, warming a beggar
Calling back the dead
Breaking bread, five thousand fed
His hands, hushing contention
Pointing to heaven
Ever free of sin
Then bidding man to follow Him
(Chorus)
His hands clasp in agony
As He lay pleading, bleeding in the garden
While just moments away
Other hands betray Him out of greed
Shameful greed
And then His hands are trembling
Straining to carry
T The beam that they'd be nailed to
As he stumbles through the streets
Heading for the hill on which He'd die
He would die
They take His hands
His mighty hands, those gentle hands
And then they pierce them, they pierce them
He lets them because of love
From birth to death was selflessness
And clearly now I see Him with His hands
Calling to me
And though I'm not yet as I would be
He has shown me how I could be
I will make my hands
Like those from Galilee
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"NEVER A BETTER HERO"
(K. COPE)
Making His home with the lonely
Spending His days with the poor
Bring hope to their hearts
Giving man a new start with His cure
But not all would receive of His offering
Some even planned His decease
Yet He couldn't forsake
Those whose lives He might save
So He refused to leave
(Chorus) Never a better hero
Never a truer man
Hopin' to save us
By taking our pain in His hands
Never a greater compassion
Never a wasted day
Not one regret, true to the end
There was never a better way
Now He knew His life would be shortened
But never murmured a word of complaint
For He had in mind
A much greater design
And it helped Him through the pain
He gave men power to take Him
Knowing His death would bring life
And it was no surprise
There was love in His eyes when He died
(Chorus)
But death was not the end
For He would live again
(Chorus)
All that He did
Follow and live
There'll be never a better way
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"NO OTHER NAME"
(K. COPE)
Since time began, since Adam came
When has one man, one single man
Brought so much change?
Eased so much pain?
As the Babe of Bethlehem
He became earth's greatest man
Who else but He?
Fathered by God
Ruling the seas, moving the world
Came with such love, then gave it all
Countless voices have so praised His name
(Chorus)
No other name has been so heard
No other man has brought more good
No other name on earth that saves
Than the name of Jesus, Lord Jesus
Jesus Christ, no other name
Though man may search
He'll never find a hope more sure
A treasure more prized
Than knowing Him who knew no sin
He can bring us back to God again
(Chorus)
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"I'LL BELIEVE IN HIM"
(K. COPE)
I'll believe in him all my life
Though the world turns Him away
How could I begin to doubt in Him?
No one else could be more real to me
I'll remember Him every day
Why He lived and why He died
And when I'm faced with sin I will turn to Him
If I seek Him I shall find
(Chorus) I'll believe in Him
I'll believe in Him
And this I'll prove in all I do
So when He comes again
He will call me "friend"
As I breathe, I'll believe in Him
I will follow Him through the years
I will make His work my own
Keep His words with me, love my enemy
Live to help my neighbor home
(Chorus)
He has won me with His love
He has given me so much
And for as long as I live
I will say it again and again
I believe in Him
I believe in Him
And this I'll prove in all I do
So when He comes again
He will call me "friend"
As I breathe I'll believe in Him
I'll believe in Him
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"HE COMES/ALLELUIA"
(K. COPE)
He lives again, He lives
He comes again, He comes
All the saints await the day
When the Lord of glory comes to earth again
And the time is drawing nigh
When we'll see the King
Descending through the sky
In company of angels, ten thousand strong
With all the powers of heaven
Lord Jesus come
He comes
And Babylon shall pale with shame
As righteousness prevails again
And Israel's God prepares to reign, He'll reign
Even now the hour is near
So the warning voice goes out for all to hear
Who will hear?
Soon the final trump shall sound
And the Lamb will bring His people in the clouds
Arrayed in robes of brightness
The waiting done, Hosanna in the highest
Messiah comes, He comes
He comes again
He comes to reign as King on thousand years
Sing Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
(Alleluia Reprise)
More than just a boy
More than just a boy
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"FACE
TO FACE"
(K. COPE)
If the earth could give its witness
All creation shout its praise
If the continents and oceans
Spoke to man of their devotion
Would mortals doubt Him so
If all were now made known?
If the faithless of the ages
Were to feel His healing power
If the eyes and ears He opened
Might be theirs for just a moment
Would it soften hearts of stone
If He were truly known?
(Chorus 1)
Face to face
So few were in that place
When heaven sent Messiah
To reclaim this fallen race
If I could stand atop the mountains
And sound His name in every ear
If I had power to tell His story
Like the angels have before me
Would more sins be swept away
If the world could sense the debt He paid?
(Chorus 2)
Face to face
I'll seek Him all my days
He means more than life to me
Death can't take that away
And if I can't convince a world
Then perhaps I'll reach a soul
As I tell of how He's changed me
How I wait for Him to take me
(Take me home)
Then I'll worship on my knees
And kiss once wounded feet
Though He knows of my praise
One day I'll tell Him face to face
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