Graduation Songs
In just a few weeks our first-born will graduate from 8th grade.
She’s working to find a couple of songs for the graduation exercise.
Always eager to work on this kind of thing I jumped at the chance to help her.
I’m a little misty eyed thinking about the transition and that we’ll soon have a high schooler and how fast the next four years will fly by.
I get to suggest an "old guy" song for her consideration.
My suggestion is Hallelujahs, by Chris Rice:
A purple sky to close the day
I wade the surf where dolphins play
The taste of salt, the dance of waves
And my soul wells up with hallelujahsA lightning flash, my pounding heart
A breaching whale, a shooting star
Give testimony that you are
And my soul wells up with hallelujahsOh praise Him all His mighty works
There is no language where you can’t be heard
Your song goes out to all the Earth
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!O cratered moon and sparrow’s wings
O thunder’s boom and Saturn’s rings
Unveil our Father as you sing
And my soul wells up with hallelujahsOh praise Him all His mighty works
There is no language where you can’t be heard
Your song goes out to all the Earth
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!The pulse of life within my wrist
A fallen snow, a rising mist
There is no higher praise than this
And my soul wells up, O my soul wells up
Yes my soul wells up with hallelujahsOh praise Him all His mighty works
There is no language where you can’t be heard
Your song goes out to all the Earth
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!O hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
3 Responses to “Graduation Songs”
Yes it will my brother.
I love that you’re misty-eyed about this transition….and ditto Cecil.
That’s a great song!
I really enjoyed getting to meet your kids last year at Pepperdine. They are awesome. You are exactly right about those years flying by. I am trying to slow them down by thinking about it more, but it’s still a vapor. Just enjoy every minute of it.
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