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"The
Way of Things"
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Polly
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"According
to Your Light"
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About
Steven Kapp Perry
Steve is a full-time songwriter and playwright - the son of Douglas
C. & Janice Kapp Perry. After a two-year LDS mission to Antwerp,
Belgium, he attended Brigham Young University (BYU) and performed
world-wide with the Young Ambassadors. He has released 8 albums
of original music: - Newlight - Message In Motion - Far Into the
Heart - From Cumorah's Hill - Polly - a One-Woman Musical - Come
to the House of the Lord - This Is Jesus - The Trail of Dreams
And just released: - Reason to Sing - the Best of Steven Kapp
Perry and has been a frequent speaker for "Especially for Youth"
and "Best of Especially for Youth." His stories and songs have
appeared in "The Friend" and "The New Era" magazines. As part
of Peace Mountain MediaWorks, he helped create "The Scripture
Scouts," "Alexander's Amazing Adventures," and "The Allabouts"
with his co-writers Marvin Payne and Roger & Melanie Hoffman.
He loves music, cream cheese on bagels, his wife Johanne, and
whichever of their four children slept through the night.
Lyrics - The Way of Things
Is this what Mama felt
When she was young?
To see her daughter grow,
Then give her up?
Wasn't I Mama,s girl
Just yesterday?
But she is Grandma now
And I am Mama in her place.
And that's the way of things,
Of things that grow.
We have a destiny
We can't control.
And how could anyone
Remain the same?
The mark of living things
Is how they change.
There's nothing like children to show the years
going by.
Its nature though, like seasons.
First they're always under foot, like goslings in the spring.
Then before you know it they scatter, like geese in the winter.
Is this what Mama felt
When she grew old?
If she was ever scared
It never showed.
And letting Mama go
Was strangely calm,
As if she'd finished here
And just moved on.
Wasn't I was Mama,s girl
Just yesterday?
But she has gone ahead
And I am grandma in her place.
And now my little girl
Is Mama, too.
And one day, Emily,
I know I'll leave my place to you.
For that's the way of things,
Of things that grow.
We bloom and have our day
And then we go.
But what I've planted here--
The seeds--remain.
And those who follow me
Will be the links in a living chain!
Is that what Mama felt
That made her strong?
Is that what Mama knew;
That life goes on . . .?
Lyrics - According to Your Light
There was a man
Preaching God's word,
Preaching in Shelby, Michigan.
Things that he taught
No one had heard,
Saying God speaks to man again.
And I was . . . interested.
I found it strange;
He spoke so plain,
And I could not ignore
That when he spoke
I felt as though
I'd known it all before.
Philander came
And heard the same,
Then much to my surprise
He raised his hand
And asked the man
When he could be baptized!
Yes, it sounds fine,
Yes, it sounds nice,
Part of me says
Don't think twice.
Or should I?
Yes, it feels good,
Yes, it feels right,
But people don't change
Overnight.
Or do we?
But with nothing to go on
But how I feel
It's hard to believe it's real.
Is it changing
That I'm afraid of?
Or am I scared
To find out what I'm made of?
And would the future I may find
Be worth the life I'd leave behind?
Philander, are you fixin' to join these folks?
I asked you first!
Well, I have a . . . feeling too . . . But it's
More than a question of
Do you believe it?
Our life is in Shelby,
How can we just leave it?
Just like that, are we going to go?
Leave Mama and Papa,
Our work, and our home?
How to decide?
If all that's important
Is doing the right thing,
Then why is the right thing
The one thing that's frightening?
We're still young
And a lifetime's too long
For living with choices
That might turn out wrong,
How to decide
Which way is right?
Mama said,
"Live according to my light."
But if I choose
What's truly in my heart,
Then it will change me forever
And tear my world apart.
Whatever may happen
I can,t be afraid!
If you know what you feel
Then there's only one choice to be made.
Time to be brave,
Mama was right.
I have to live
According to my light!
Standing waist deep
In the water,
Standing in cold lake Michigan.
Coming at last
To the Father.
Leaving my past
In the water,
Praying that I'll be born again.
Ahhh.
Who would have thought
All of this change
Coming like that
From a man named
Parley P. Pratt?
I'll miss this place,
I know I will,
But now it's time to go.
And there will be
Another place,
I hope it feels like home!
Gonna be one of the movers and shakers,
Gonna be one, gonna be one!
Out in the world with the history makers,
Gonna be one, gonna be one!
Where will I go,
What will I do,
Where is this place
They call Nauvoo?
Gonna be one!
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