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AcaDisc #93- Drop In The Bucket by Acappella Children (Acappella Children by The Acappella Company)
Original Release: 1992 Word, Inc. (as Acappella Children by The
Acappella Company)
Re-released: 1992 The Acappella Company (as Drop
In The Bucket by Acappella Children)
Available through The Acappella
Company
Producer: Keith Lancaster
Production Assitants: Gary
Miller and Larry Sparks
Engineers: John Laws, Gary Miller, and Gary
Miner
Recorded and Mixed at: Clifty Studios, Paris, TN
Bledsoe Kids
recorded at: Rivendale Recorders Mastered by: Hank Williams and
MasterMix
Cover Design: Tufts Design Studio
Vocalists: Amanda
Bledsoe, Naomi Castillo, Brent Dean, Rhea Dean, Tanah Hatcher, Tasha
Hatcher, Kimberly Lancaster, Melissa Lancaster, Jana Mathena, Ellie
Miller, Gretchen Miller, Nathan Miller, Amanda Reynolds, Kelley Riddle,
Joseph Shirk, Sonia Quintanilla
Special Thanks: Daniel Bledsoe and the
Bledsoe kids for their work on "I'm Gonna Sing About Jesus"
Editor's Note: This album was originally recorded as "Acappella Children" by The Acappella Company. It was later repackaged without changes as "Drop In the Bucket" by Acappella Children
Read the Bible
Tag, You're It
I'm Gonna Sing About Jesus
Real Man
A Very Special Time
Just A Little Bit
For Jesus Instead
Jesus Touch My Heart
I Feel Fine
Drop In The Bucket
Words and Music: Keith Lancaster © 1992 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
This song also appeared on A Very Special Time by Keith
Lancaster.
Lead:
Lyrics:
Spoken Intro:
Teacher: Ready good children, now let's be saying the
books of the Bible.
Children: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, etc. (mixed
laughing through Old Testament)
Teacher (while children reciting): Very
good, don't be laughing please, very good, very good yes, no-no-no don't
be laughing, you in the back there don't be laughing please, no-no-no
everybody keep going please, everybody keep going please, no do not be
stopping please, children I think I am giving up on you
Too many on earth have been searchin' since birth tryin' to find
identity
They're using their minds but they cant seem to find why the
things were meant to be
They study the quest and they venture a guess
but the things still don't quite fit
And they'll never know the reason
for their souls 'til they turn to the holy writ
Why don't they...
Chorus:
Read the Bible ('cause you know) it's filled with the
wonderful news (it's filled with the news)
It shows 'em the way of joy
and love, the best way for them to choose (and it shows 'em the best way
to choose)
They better search the scriptures to (so that they can) find
how to walk in the light (walk in the light)
They've gotta be sure (and
they've got to be sure) that they know the truth and the way that they're
livin' is right
Professor or kin, so-called preacher or friend, you put trust in mortal
man
And that's where you fall, swallow hook, line and all, read the
Word now while you can
So listen my friend, please don't drift with the
wind and believe just what you've heard
Don't believe all your told but
watch the messege unfold when you read His holy Word (read His Word)
Why don't they...
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
The things that Jesus taught (entirely with out fault),
entirely without fault, the wonderful news (the wonderful news)
It's
never out of date (and now it's not too late), and now it's not too late
to know the truth (truth)
Why don't they...
Repeat Chorus
So read His Word! (You've got to read it, you know you should read His Word)
Scriptural Reference:
"Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near." Revelation 1:3
Words and Music: Gary Moyers © 1992 Clifty Music (BMI)
Lead:
Lyrics:
Spoken:
You're it
Big plans for the boy named Saul, got his head stuck in a book
He's
got the money, got the heritage, and he's working on the look (he's
working on the look)
See him hanging 'round his kosher crowd, keeping
Gentiles out of sight (out of sight)
They've got it all planned out,
think they know what is right
Until the Spirit said...
Chorus:
Tag you're it, I wonder what God's gonna do
Tag you're
it, how will He be using you?
I wonder where He'll start (saw Him touch
your heart) since I saw Him touch your heart (touch your heart)
(He
will never quit) And He won't ever quit, so tag you're it
You should've seen those kids learning how to fish
Peter, Andy,
James, and John rockin' in the boat and gettin' sick
Where to find the
fish, how to use this net, just too much to comprehend (too much to
comprehend)
Little did they know they would be fishers of men (fishers
of men)
Repeat Chorus 1
Young Noah as a child had a water-tight playpen (playpen)
Little
Jonah liked to eat seafood until his seafood swallowed him
Moses ran
from gnats, Daniel hated cats, Samson never started fights
Hard to tell
what the Father will do until you stand in the light
And then the
Spirit says...
Repeat Chorus 1
Bridge:
You don't have to go that far (You don't have to go that
far)
God will use you as you are (He'll use you as you are)
Chorus 2:
Tag, you're it (tag, you're it, you're it), I wonder what
God's gonna do (what's He gonna do)
Tag, you're it (you're it, you're
it), how will He be using you?
I wonder where He'll start (saw Him
touch your heart) since I saw Him touch your heart (touch your
heart)
(He will never quit) And He won't ever quit, so tag you're it
(tag you're it, tag you're it)
So tag, you're it (tag you're it, tag
you're it)
So tag, you're it (tag you're it, tag you're it)
You're
it
Scriptural Reference:
"Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as overseers–not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve." 1 Peter 5:2
Words and Music: Keith Lancaster © 1992 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
This song also appeared on A Very Special Time by Keith
Lancaster.
Lead:
Lyrics:
Chorus:
I'm gonna sing about Jesus (I will sing about Jesus)
Yes,
I'm gonna sing it for you (I will sing, I'm gonna sing it for you)
I'm
gonna sing about Jesus (I will sing about Jesus)
I'm gonna tell you the
message so true (tell it so, tell the message)
So won't you sit right
there while I tell you the Word
Yes I'll tell you the best thing that
you ever heard
So let me sing about Jesus (sure want to sing)
'Cause
I sure want to sing it for you
Well I was lost until you found me (lost 'til you found me)
Now what
reason could I find to live? (reason to live, could I find it?)
And
when I looked around for the answers (looked for the answers)
None
compared unto the one that He gives (none like He gives)
I finally came
unto the Savior
Yeah, now and nothin'll ever be the same
So please
listen in when I speak of Him (listen in)
And I'll sing His holy name
Repeat Chorus
Well He's so kind and true and faithful (kind and so
faithful)
There's no friendship that can be so sweet (friendship so
sweet, that can be)
He really cares so much about you (He cares about
you)
Greatest person that's you'll ever meet (you'll have to
meet)
So when you decide to know the Savior
Yeah, you know His
loyalty will never fade
Yes, my coming to Him has certainly been (came
to Him)
The best decision that I've ever made
Repeat Chorus
I would like to sing it
Yes, I'd sure like to sing it for you
Scriptural Reference:
"And again, 'Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and sing praises to him, all you peoples.'" Romans 15:11
Words and Music: Greg Sublett © 1992 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
Lead:
Lyrics:
Well everywhere you look today it's the same old stuff
Being one of
the crowd just isn't enough
You gotta be king of the mountain and
leader of the band
But is that what it takes to be a "Real Man?"
I'm asking...
Chorus:
Would a real man preach
Would a real man cry
Would he
tell you that he loves you
Would he bleed for you and die?
Would he
love you like a brother
Would he help you understand
That getting on
your knees makes a man? (a real man, a real man, a real man)
The T.V. says to get along, look out for number one
Don't go helping
people, 'cause that ain't any fun
Don't talk to me 'bout service, I'd
rather get a tan
Well you gotta look good when you're a real man
Please tell me...
Repeat Chorus
Well Jesus was a carpenter when the job was really hard
He never had
a power tool or saw a lumber yard
Yet he still had time to hold a child
and to keep His Father's plan
Now does that sound much like a real man?
I'm asking...
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
Now when you look at Jesus, you don't have to ask
Was
Jesus a real man? The answer is yes! (Yes, He's a real man)
Repeat Chorus
That getting on your knees makes a man? (a real man, a real man, a real
man)
That getting on your knees makes a man?
Scriptural Reference:
"But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ." Ephesians 2:13
Words and Music: Keith Lancaster © 1992 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
This song also appeared on A Very Special Time by Keith
Lancaster.
Lead:
Lyrics:
Well, ain't there trouble around us? (yes, there's trouble
around)
You know there's trouble around us (yes, there's trouble
around)
And ain't there hatred about us? (yes, there's hatred
about)
You know there's hatred about us (yes, there's hatred about)
Chorus 1:
But don't you know that it's a very special time to be
living in this world (to be alive and living in this world)
It's a very
special hour to be alive
'Cause my Jesus Christ gave in to the cross of
Calvary
And He's reigning now, it's so great to be alive
Ain't there confusion about us? (yes, confusion's about)
Yes there's
confusion about us (yes confusion's about)
And ain't there temptation
around us? (yes, temptation's about)
You know there's temptation around
us (yes, temptation's around)
Chorus 2:
But let me tell you it's a very special time to be living
in this world (to be alive and living in this world)
It's a very
special hour to be alive
'Cause my Jesus Christ gives me hope and the
strength with which to cope
With the world so bad, it's so great to be
alive (it's so great to be alive)
Bridge:
It's so great to be alive!
It's so wonderful to
understand
That no matter where the world goes
My destiny is in His
hands
But ain't our world now in trouble? (it's in trouble our world)
You
know our world is in trouble (it's in trouble our world)
And don't the
world need a Savior (needs a Savior our world)
We need to show them the
Savior (needs a Savior our world)
But don't you know that...
Chorus 3:
It's a very special time to
be living in this world (to be alive and living in this world)
It's a
very special hour to be alive
'Cause my Jesus won't forget that He
promised to return
And He's coming soon, it's so great to be alive!
Repeat Chorus 3
And He's coming soon, it's so great to be alive!
Scriptural Reference:
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." John 16:33
Words and Music: Gary Miller © 1992 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
Lead:
Sample: Windows Media
Lyrics:
Chorus:
God doesn't love us just a little bit (just a little
bit)
The Bible says so if you'll just read it
You know I'm not
guessing and it's not just a hunch (it's not a hunch)
God loves us all
a great big bunch
Just a little bit?
A great big bunch!
His arms are not short, His hands are not weak
His ears are not deaf
to the words that we speak
His mind is not dim, He never
forgets
Only my sins when I truly repent
Repeat Chorus
Just a little bit?
A great big bunch!
He's not too far away to take care of me
He's never too busy to put
me on my knee
He never says "no" when I sit on His lap
My Heavenly
Father is my wonderful Dad
Repeat Chorus
Just a little bit?
A great big bunch!
Bridge:
He doesn't love me just sometimes
His love is not just a
mere infatuation
He loves to show me the good times
His love is
constant in all my situations without hesitations
Repeat Chorus (x2)
A great big bunch!
How much does He love us?
A whole lot or a
little bit?
It's more than a hunch, it's a great big bunch!
Scriptural Reference:
"This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him." 1 John 4:9
Words and Music: Keith Lancaster © 1992 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
This song also appeared on A Very Special Time by
Keith Lancaster.
Lead:
Lyrics:
When I heard of salvation and of reconciliation I decided I would
change my ol' way
Yes, I fully repented and I made a real commitment
that will last me for the rest of my days
Oh, I don't mind when I'm
givin' Him my time, yes, I'll do it 'til the day that I'm dead
When I
live for Him, brother, I don't take to any other 'cause I'm livin' for
Jesus instead
Chorus:
For Jesus instead
For Jesus instead
For Jesus instead
(I've been livin')
For Jesus instead
For Jesus instead
For Jesus
instead
For Jesus instead (I've been livin')
For Jesus instead
Well, the way I've been livin' and the work that I've been givin' I've
been doing it all for the Son
And when times were a testin' and when
Satan started pressin' I decided that I wouldn't run
No, I didn't frown
when ol' Satan came around I just stuck by my guns and I said,
"You
must be mistaken and your sin I'm not a-takin' 'Cause I'm livin' for Jesus
intead"
Repeat Chorus
For Jesus instead
Well if you life's a revival and you're readin' your Bible and you're
trustin' in God as your friend
If you're sharin' the message and to
people you're a blessin' and the Spirit is livin' within
Well, you
don't care when the people start to stare and to say that you're out of
your head
It'll never get to you when ol' Satan tries to fool you
'cause you're livin' for Jesus instead
Repeat Chorus
I've been livin', yes I'm livin'
I've been livin' for Jesus instead
Scriptural Reference:
"So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul--men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." Acts 15:25-26
Words and Music: Gary Miller © 1992 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This
song also appeared on Acappella Favorites by The
Acappella Company.
Lead:
Lyrics:
Jesus touch my heart
Heal and make me whole again
Jesus touch my
heart
Help me see my goal again
My impurities bring me to my
knees
Jesus always sees my needs
Jesus touch my heart
Heal and make me whole again
Jesus touch my
heart
Help me see my goal again
Warm and gentle breeze
Softly
through the trees
Remind me that I'm free to be what I can be
Holy Lord (Oh my Holy Lord), I see you working in me (Your power's in
me)
Soul and heart (Oh my soul and heart), I feel you changing day by
day (changing day by day, changing day by day)
Lord I'm lost without
you
May I never doubt you
Jesus touch my heart
Heal and make me whole again (whole
again)
Jesus touch my heart
Help me see my goal again (my goal
again)
When I fall apart stumbling in the dark
Lord you're never far
from me (holy)
Jesus touch my heart
Heal and make me whole again (whole
again)
Jesus touch my heart
Help me see my goal again (my goal
again)
Holy Spirit breath your power in me
Making me complete
Oh
Jesus touch my heart
Holy Spirit breath your power in me
Making me complete
Oh Jesus
touch my heart (Jesus touch my heart)
Jesus touch my heart (Jesus touch
my heart)
Jesus touch my heart (Jesus touch my heart)
Jesus touch my
heart
Scriptural Reference:
"Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, accompanied by valiant men whose hearts God had touched." 1 Samuel 10:26
Words and Music: Keith Lancaster © 1992 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
This song also appeared on Sing And Make Music by Keith
Lancaster. The chorus of this song appeared in "LaSong" on Growing Up
In the Lord by Acappella and Acappella Platinum by
Acappella. The chorus also appeared in Spanish on "LaCanción" on
Español by Acappella.
Lead:
Lyrics:
Chorus:
All I do is ask for your forgiveness (all I do is ask for
it) (you've made reply)
You already made reply (You already made reply)
(my heart is)
Since He came my heart is filled with gladness (since He
came my heart is filled) (I'll never)
I won't ever have to die (I won't
ever have to die) (won't have to)
All I do is ask for your forgiveness
(all I do is ask for it) (you've made reply)
You already made reply
(You already made reply) (my heart is)
Since He came my heart is filled
with gladness (since He came my heart is filled) (I'll never)
I won't
ever have to die (I won't ever have to die) (won't have to)
I was travlin' on my own and thought I was makin' it fine (makin' it
fine, makin' it fine)
But I never found the lasting joy that brings
true peace of mind (peace of mind)
Then I found out that His one and
only, came here to set me free (He set me free, He set me free)
Now I'm
His child and I'm never lonely, since He has rescued me (He rescued me)
Repeat Chorus
Now I am happy with my Lord who's taking up all of the slack (all that
I lack, all that I lack)
He keeps on giving though He knows I never can
pay Him back (pay Him back)
He is the light for all my living,
providing a purpose for me (a life for me, a life there for me)
How can
I fret when the Lord has given wonderful victory? (my victory)
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Scriptural Reference:
"Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?' 'Yes, Lord,' she told him, 'I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.'" John 11:25-27
Words and Music: Gary Moyers © 1992 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
Lead:
Lyrics:
Drop drop drop drop, Drop in the Bucket (x8)
Hearts beatin' a mile a minute but it's not from exercise
Livin' in
a pressure cooker, a calm demeanor's no disguise
Got your nose in your
checkbook, your measurement of earthly wealth
Why you worrying about
tomorrow? Let tomorrow worry 'bout itself (don't you, don't you worry)
It's just a drop. Oh, it's just a drop in the bucket
I see you working on a treadmill, running, staying in the same
place
Not sure what you're running for, have you thought that maybe
you're in the wrong race?
Running late, prime lending rate. Don't you
think enough is enough? (that's enough)
Life is much too precious.
Don't waste your time sweatin' the small stuff (drop, just a drop, just a
drop)
It's just a drop in the bucket (it's just a drop in the bucket), can't
you see the forest for the trees
Just a drop in the bucket (it's just a
drop in the bucket) when you compare eternity
Knew a man named Johnny, trying hard to break a bent bow
He knows
just where He's going, keeping all his ducks in a row
He says he
couldn't be happier, but what about the price he paid?
Last time I saw
Johnny he looked a bit old for his age
(Drop drop drop drop, Drop in the Bucket (x8) (in
background))
(It's just a drop in the bucket) Can't see the forest
for the trees
(It's just a drop in the bucket) The view is much better
on bended knee
(It's just a drop in the bucket) Life is much more than
what you see
(It's just a drop in the bucket) When you compare eternity
Bridge:
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness
And all
these things you need He'll give to you
His yoke is easy and His burden
is light
So let it go 'cause He knows what to do
If your life is looking stretched out your glasses probably need a new
lens
The center gets a little hot when you try to burn the candle at
both ends
So why you running up a stress test? It's either black or
it's white
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
It's just a drop in the bucket (Drop drop drop drop, Drop in the
Bucket) (Drop drop drop drop, Drop in the Bucket)
It's just a drop in
the bucket (Drop drop drop drop, Drop in the Bucket) (Drop drop drop drop,
Drop in the Bucket)
It's just a drop in the bucket (Drop drop drop
drop, Drop in the Bucket) (Drop drop drop drop, Drop in the
Bucket)
It's just a drop in the bucket (Drop drop drop drop, Drop in
the Bucket) (Drop drop drop drop, Drop in the Bucket)
It's just a drop in the bucket (Drop drop drop drop, Drop in the
Bucket) (Drop drop drop drop, Drop in the Bucket)
Just a little bitty
drop, just a little, just a little bitty drop
It's just a drop in the
bucket (Drop drop drop drop, Drop in the Bucket) (Drop drop drop drop,
Drop in the Bucket)
Just a little drop, drip, drop, drip, drop, drip,
just a little bitty drop
It's just a drop in the bucket (Drop drop drop
drop, Drop in the Bucket) (Drop drop drop drop, Drop in the
Bucket)
Only a small drop in the bucket
It's just a drop in the
bucket (Drop drop drop drop, Drop in the Bucket) (Drop drop drop drop,
Drop in the Bucket)
Scriptural Reference:
"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:33-34
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