This Is Your Time

Michael w. smith/ wayne kirkpatrick

Jack is in the corner
The dish is with the spoon
The sheep is in the meadow
The cow is on the moon
But i am here with you and i believe
There's no other place i'd rather be
And a promise not to leave you
Is a promise i can keep

You're my muse
You're my rhyme
You're the fire warming this heart of mine
When you hear me say "i love you"
Anna, do you know how much i do?

So i watch you from a distance
Getting lost within your world
You pretend to be a princess
As you flutter and you twirl
Fragile as the flower in your hair
Dancing in your castle, unaware
That a single day without you
Would be more than i could bear

Little anna, little star
That is what you really are
Cross my heart and hope to die
You're the apple of my eye

Michael w. smith/ ginny owens

"march of 1981 is a time i will never forget. i was completely gone (for you deb!)"



I see you smiling at me
And i fall into a daydream
Don't know what all of this means
Oh, is it love?
Logic is slipping away
My heart's on a runaway train


I'm gone, yes i'm gone, yes i'm gone and
It feels so right

Each time i look in your eyes
So glad you came into my life
Much more than an emotional high
Oh, this is love
I know that i've made up my mind
I'll stay for the rest of my life

Michael w. smith/ chris rice

"i belong to you and you belong to me. your unconditional love overhwelms me."

The longing in my heart has stirred a faded memory
Of my young heart beating fast behind the willow tree
I was counting out loud, and i only peeked a time or two
And the only purpose in my life was finding you
Singing, "ollie, ollie, everybody free!"
Now was i chasing you or were you chasing me?

We all grow up and put away our childhood games
But deep inside i wonder if we really change
'cause i'm still seeking, though i've learned to hide so well
And i can still remember how it felt
Singing, "ollie, ollie, everybody free!"
Will i ever find someone pursuing me?

And then you caught me by surprise
I found my tears are in your eyes
I hear my heart inside of you
At last i've found somebody who
Can free my soul
And love me too

I can't believe we hide so long and run so well
When all the while we're aching to be caught and held
But it's only in surrender that our freedom comes
And so i run abandoned to your waiting arms
Singing "ollie, ollie, everybody free!"
I belong to you and you belong to me!

...singin' "ollie, ollie, everybody free

michael w. smith/ dan haseltine

"the battle is more intense than it has ever been. lord, i need you and want
You so desperately. please hang on to me."

Another million miles from the truth now
I know there's peace but i can't figure out how
To stop this race that's taking over me, i'm
Under the gun i wait for you to see

Oh, please reach out to me
Open my eyes to see
I'm running from you now
Come rescue me somehow

Another scar from fighting the truth now
Has left me like a stranger to my need now
A masquerade, a game to figure out now
A cruel charade i cannot scream aloud

A narrow stretch of road in the way now
A heavy load still hanging on to me now
I'm in a maze that i can't seem to get out
Without a view from these shoulders of doubt

It was a test we could all hope to pass
But none of us would want to take.
Faced with the choice to deny God to live,
For her, there was one choice to make.

This was her time. this was her dance.
She lived every moment; left nothing to chance.
She swam in the sea; drank of the deep;
Embraced the mystery of all she could be.

This was her time...

Though you are mourning and grieving with us,
Death died a long time ago;
Swallowed in life so that life carries on.
Still it's so hard to let go.

This was her time. this was her dance.
She lived every moment; left nothing to chance.
She swam in the sea; drank of the deep;
Embraced the mystery of all she could be.

What if tomorrow, and what if today,
Faced with the question,
Oh what would you say?

This is your time. this is your dance.
Live every moment. leave nothing to chance.
Swim in the sea. drink of the deep.
Follow the mercy and hear yourself praying.

Won't you save me?
Won't you save me?

This is your time. this is your dance.
Live every moment. leave nothing to chance.
Swim in the sea. drink of the deep.
Embrace the mystery of all you can be.

This is your time. this is your dance.
Live every moment. leave nothing to chance.
Swim in the sea. drink of the deep.
Embrace the mystery of all you can be.

This is your time...
(won't you save me?)
(this is your time)
(won't you save me?)

Michael w. smith/ beth nielsen chapman

"whitney, i hope you know how much i love you. this song's for you. dad."

From the first breath of her life
She flew straight into my arms
I used to catch her from the swings
When she was five...
And now she dances on the wind
In a world as hard as stone
She's so anxious to begin
And ready to fly...

And she walks with me
And she talks with me
And i hold her hand in mine
I know she'll find her way
Like the light of day
Cause it's love that makes her strong

Though i cannot stop the rain
And i cannot turn the tide
And i am sure there will be things
That break her heart
I can only let her know
I am always on her side
And even as i let her go
I'll never be far

And she walks with me
And she talks with me
In her eyes i see her truth
Born of her fire and grace
As she finds her place
Cause it's love that makes her strong

And she walks with me
And she talks with me
In my eyes she'll see my prayer
As she turns each page
Through this tender age
It is love that makes her strong
It's her love that makes her strong