WHEN I SAY YES
Words and Music by Jason Gray, Matt Armstong and Micah Kuiper
I heard you call me as a teenager
I could tell you were a game changer
I raised my hand, finally said amen
as a new page turned
Got me thinking how
If we broke it down maybe we could say
In the end all it really takes Is a holy spark and yes in our heart
For a soul to be saved
Funny how a simple word opens up a whole new world
You open up a whole new world when I say…
Yes Lord (Yes!)
Yes Lord (Yes!)
I make room for you to do the things you do
When I say yes
So I say yes Lord (Yes Lord!),
Yes Lord (Yes!)
My soul comes alive and joy abides
When I say yes
So I say Yes (Yes, Lord)
So I say Yes (Yes, Lord)
When I’m tired and running outta’ rope
I’m reminded you’re my only hope
The impossible is possible when I trust and let go
So I can either try to keep control
Or I can let you come steal the show
A leap of faith’s just a word away
I go with your flow when I say..
Funny how a simple word opens up a whole new world
You open up a whole new world when I say…
Yes Lord (Yes Lord!)
Yes Lord (Yes Lord!)
I get to see so many beautiful things
When I say yes
I’ll say yes Lord (Yes!),
Oh Yes Lord (Yes!)
I make room for you to do the things you do
When I say yes
So I say yes Lord (Yes Lord!)
Oh Yes Lord (Yes!)
My soul comes alive and joy abides
When I say yes
So I say Yes (Yes, Lord)
So I say Yes (Yes, Lord)
When you call me to step out
I won’t look down
I won’t freak out
No,the impossible becomes possible
The leap of faith is just one simple word away
YES
©2022 Centricity Songs & Graybird Songs (BMI) / Centricity Songs & Our Dirt Songs (BMI) / So Essential Tunes & Stereovision Publishing (SESAC) Produced by Micah Kuiper at Man Cub Music House in Franklin, TN B3 Organ: Chris Stevens // Drums, Percussion: Jacob Arnold // Guitars & Programming: Micah Kuiper // Choir/Bgvs: Calvin Nowell, Debi Selby, Madelyn Howze, Matt Armstrong, Micah Kuiper, Jason Gray // Mixed by Nick Radovanovic
WHEN I GROW UP
Words and Music by Jason Gray, Christian Hale and Paul Duncan
Been thinking maybe I was wiser when
I was young and life was innocent
A mustache from my Kool-Aid
You could fix my whole world with a Band-aid
Got me thinking ‘bout what Jesus said
About the simple faith of little kids
They’ve got the keys to the kingdom
The more I live the more I wanna be one of them
When I grow up I wanna be a child again
Til my faith feels like I’m walking home with my best Friend
In the light of a summertime that never ends
When I grow up I wanna be a child again|
I wanna be a child again
No time for holding on to bitterness
Why do that when we could play instead?
‘Cause who needs more drama
When the living room floor is lava
Kicking clouds on the playground swing
Never thought I had to prove a thing
I had the keys to the kingdom
I let ‘em go but he told me where to find them
Bring me back to A, B, Cs and my 1-2-3s
Curiosity times infinity
Trusting somebody was always watching over me
Fill me up with the wonder
So every day I’ll get a little bit younger
When I grow up I wanna be a child again
Where life feels like I’m walking home with my best Friend
In the light of a summertime that never ends
When I grow up I wanna be a child again
I wanna be a child again
©2023 Centricity Songs & Graybird Songs (BMI) / Centricity Songs & Halesong Worldwide (BMI) // Centricity Music Publishing & Shi-Lily Songs (ASCAP) // Produced by Christian Hale // B3 Organ: Jacob Tipton
Drums, Percussion: Jacob Arnold
Electric Guitar: Justin Ostrander // Bass, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, BGVs, Programming & Engineer: Christian Hale // Saxophone: Jordan Kreps
Mixed by Nick Radovanovic
QUESTIONS
Words and Music by Jason Gray, Jordan Sapp and Maria Roate
All the answers I thought I knew, I don’t know anymore
but it was always the questions that brought me to Your door
In the space in between not knowing and knowing
Is the place where I learn to let go
It was in the desert that I learned to thirst for You
It was in the storm where I found Love to pull me through
It was in the fire where Your faithfulness was proved
So I can rest in the wrestling with the questions
Cuz they lead me back to You
Yeah they lead me back to You
They lead me back to You
In the push and the pull of who You are, and who I wish You’d be
Is the tension between who I am, and who You’re making me
In the dance of our love, You step back, I move in
You are leading me as I let go
Thank You for the questions Lord
The way they leave me wanting more
And keep me coming to Your door (I don’t need answers)
Thank You for the questions Lord (I don’t need answers)
©2023 Centricity Songs & Graybird Songs (BMI) / Capitol CMG Paragon & Songs By JSapp (BMI) / Centricity Music Publishing & Arrow Son Music (ASCAP) // Produced by Jordan Sapp Recorded and Engineered by Jordan Sapp at The River Studio in Spring Hill, TN // Programming and Guitars: Jordan Sapp // Additional Guitars: Court Clement // Background Vocals: Maria Roate // Mixed by Doug Weier
JESUS LOVES YOU (AND I’M TRYING)
Words and Music by Jason Gray and Paul Duncan
Here you come again, raising trouble in my comments section
I know I can always count on you
To be the final word on public health, religion, and elections
You even brought a Youtube clip for proof
I want to bring the heat, I stop and take a beat
I type, then I delete
Until I find a way to say a kind thing without lying
“Yes, Jesus loves you, and I’m trying”
They say that every family has to have that one obnoxious uncle
You have the distinction of being mine
Lame magic tricks and politics, big stories about how you’re humble
When it’s time to eat you cut in line
The first one back for more, the last one out the door
It’s been that way since the divorce
So I’ll laugh at the jokes you tell to keep yourself from crying
“Yes Jesus loves you, and I’m trying”
It’s less about a feeling, and more about deciding
And that’s not always easy to do
‘Cause love is most alive in me when it feels the most like dying
If I say I love the One who died for you, might help if I believe it for me too
It’s like the song says it begins right here with the man in the mirror
If I hope to love my neighbor well
‘Cause I’ve lived long enough to learn the faults I find in others
Are the same things I don’t like about myself
My shame goes on parade, when I need someone to blame
But grace whispers my name
God help me speak these words into the parts of me I’m hiding
“Yes Jesus love me, yes Jesus loves me, Oh yes Jesus loves me, And I’m trying”
©2023 Centricity Songs & Graybird Songs (BMI) / Centricity Music Publishing & Shi-Lily Songs (ASCAP) Recorded at Raccoon Room Studios in Spring Hill,TN // Production and Programming: Kyle Williams // Acoustic Guitar: Jason Gray Accordion: Kurt Heinecke // Mixed by Nick Radovanovic
BE KIND
Words and Music by Jason Gray, Paul Duncan, Colby Wedgeworth and Charlie Peacock
Brake lights, stuck on the highway
Some guy cuts into my lane
Anger like an explosion
I’m mad and make sure he knows it
But I don’t know what he’s been through
Family he’s trying to get to
That’s when the Spirit inside me
Reminds me to
Be kind
‘cause everyone you meet
Is fighting their own battle
Fighting their own battle
Be kind
‘cause everyone you see
Needs to know they matter
Needs to know they matter
Long line, just trying to check out
Behind me a kid starts to act out
First thought, this kid wasn’t raised right
Next thought, I wonder what their home’s like
Then I see - she’s a single mother
Just trying to hold it all together
She’d break down if she could afford to
It wouldn’t cost me anymore to be kind
Love of God flow through me now
Love of God show me how
To let You in and pour You out
Love of God show me how
Show me how to
Be kind
‘cause everyone you meet
Is fighting their own battle
Fighting their own battle (We’re all fighting our own battle)
Be kind
‘cause everyone you see
Needs to know they matter
Needs to know they matter (We all need to know we matter)
Who is my brother
Who is my sister
Everyone, everyone
Be kind
©2023 Centricity Songs & Graybird Songs (BMI) / Centricity Music Publishing & Shi-Lily Songs (ASCAP)
Capitol CMG Genesis & Wedgeworth Publishing (ASCAP) / It’s Time To Art (BMI) // Production and Programming: Colby Wedgeworth and Jeff Sojka
Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars and Vocals: Colby Wedgeworth // Mixed by Jeff Sojka
IF YOU DON’T MOVE
Words and Music by Jason Gray, Benji Cowart and Jordan Mohilowski
Standing at a door that I can’t open
On the other side there’s more I know it
And I’ve gone just as far as I can go
I don’t have the strength to move this mountain
I can’t find a way to get around it
‘Cause I don’t know what I don’t know what I don’t know what I don’t know…
I need a change (Change is coming)
Whatever it takes (You can’t outrun it)
Give me the faith (His love’s not done yet)
(Oooooh) If You don’t move No one else can make a way
Where there is no other way Lord I’m calling out Your name
(Oooooh) If You don’t move I’ve done all that I can do
You’re the rock I’m running to
Now it all comes down to You Lord move
Lord Lord move Lord move, please Lord move
There’s so many things I can’t see clearly
The only thing I know is you draw near me
When all I have to offer is my need
They say you seek the lowly and the broke down
I’ve never been as low as I am right now
So I’m praying you’ll meet me down here on my knees
‘Cause I need a change (Change is coming)
Whatever it takes (You can’t outrun it)
I’m all out of strength (Don’t stop praying, help is on the way)
‘Cause I need a change (Change is coming) ‘
Whatever it takes (Change is coming)
I’m all out of strength (Change is coming)
(Oooooh) if You don’t move No one else can make a way
Where there is no other way Lord I’m calling out Your name
(Oooooh) if You don’t move I’ve done all that I can do
So now I give it all to You
‘Cause You’ve always seen me through
I’m gonna see it, I gotta believe it
If You make a promise You’re gonna keep it… Lord move
I’m gonna see it, I gotta believe it
If You make a promise You’re gonna keep it… You’re gonna keep it Lord move
©2023 Centricity Songs & Graybird Songs (BMI) / We Are TIM Music & GoBillsMusic (ASCAP) / Best Year Yet & Fair Trade Global (BMI)
Production and Programming: Jordan Mohilowski // Guitars: Jason Gray, Jordan Mohilowski and Justin Ostrander BGVs & Choir: Jason Gray, Benji Cowart and Debi Selby // Vocal Editing: Eli Winde // Mixed by Nick Radovanovic
LAND OF THE LIVING
Words and Music by Jason Gray, Ellie Holcomb and Jeff Sojka
I know one day all will be made right
The dark will give way to the light
But that doesn’t help me tonight
You say You’re here, I’m not alone
But God it’s been such a long road
And I need your help just to hold on
But looking back I see
You’ve always carried me
When I gave up hope, You were still working
You held my soul at the depths of my hurting
So help me remember when I feel like quitting
That I’ll see Your goodness in the land of the living
I lost my voice calling out Your name
I thought that my spirit would break
That I’d lost my faith
But You were still quietly making a way
When I gave up hope, You were still working
You held my soul at the depths of my hurting
So help me remember when I feel like quitting
I’ll see Your goodness in the land of the living
Time and again You’ve proven You’re faithful
I’ll wait for Your rescue, I know You are able
And cling to Your promise when my hope goes missing
And I’ll see Your goodness in the land of the living
I’ve seen Your goodness
So I’ll see Your goodness again
In the land of the living (x4)
When I gave up hope, You were still working
You held my soul at the depths of my hurting
So help me remember when I feel like quitting
I’ll see Your goodness in the land of the living
Time and again You’ve proven You’re faithful
Peace in my heart, bread on my table
I’ll cling to Your promise when my hope goes missing
And I’ll see Your goodness in the land of the living
©2023 Centricity Songs & Graybird Songs (BMI) / Capitol CMG Genesis & Full Heart Music (ASCAP)
7FT Songs & Capitol CMG Genesis (ASCAP) // Produced and Engineered by Jeff Sojka // Bass, Drum Programming, Keyboards, Guitar, Additional Programming, Strings, BGVs: Jeff Sojka // BGVs: Natalie Layne
Mixed by Doug Weier
HOLD ONTO HOPE
Words and Music by Jason Gray, Ellie Holcomb and Micah Kuiper
I know, it’s been a long road
Holding the weight of the world on your shoulders all alone
Your soul feels heavy as stone
I know it’s scary and you’re barely hanging on
Hold onto hope
Even when the wild winds blow
Hope is gonna carry you through
Hold onto hope
But even if you let go
You gotta know, hope is gonna hold onto you
It’s hard when you’re falling apart
To trust that you’re still held together by love in your father’s arms
But know, even when you let go
He’s got a firm grip, even if you slip and fall
You won’t fall through the bottom so…
Even when the walls fall down
Even when the floor drops out
Even when you’re full of doubt
Hope is gonna hold on
Oh, even when the storm rolls in
Doesn’t matter how low you’ve been
Even when your faith feels thin
Hope is gonna hold on
Hold onto hope
But even if you let go
He’s gonna hold on, He’s gonna hold on…
Hope knows our pain and sees us
Has a name, it’s Jesus
Hope knows our pain and sees us
And His name is Jesus
©2023 Centricity Songs & Graybird Songs (BMI) / Capitol CMG Genesis & Full Heart Music (ASCAP)
So Essential Tunes & Stereovision Publishing (SESAC) // Produced by Micah Kuiper for Man Cub Music House in Franklin, TN // Drums: Jacob Arnold // Electric Guitrar: Tyler Burkum BGVs: Ellie Holcomb, Micah Kuiper Mixed by Nick Radovanovic
WORTH STAYING FOR
Words and Music by Jason Gray and Andy Gullahorn
I spoke without a stutter through the middle of first grade
Until my little world came apart
When I overheard my father saying that he just couldn’t stay
And my speech broke the same day as my heart
They wondered if I did it for attention
But I think I couldn’t get the question out
Wasn’t I worth staying for?
Wasn’t I worth staying for?
More than 45 years later I still see him at the door
Wasn’t I worth staying for?
We were married up in Washington where the Winter felt like Spring
And our love seemed as endless as that sky
So how could we know the cold that other winters would bring
Or the million ways our promises could die
But I guess that I’m still haunted by the question
Now that there are no more papers left to sign
Wasn’t I worth staying for?
Wasn’t I worth staying for?
Time could’ve made us feel like we weren’t strangers anymore
Wasn’t I worth staying for?
I know pain will be transmitted if it doesn’t get transformed
Though it’s not what I intended I did other people harm
And each time that I tried to love I returned to the scene of the crime
I did my own share of leaving, leaving a trail of wreckage behind
A week ago I couldn’t sleep, I was drowning in my shame
If I could’ve ended it I would
But in the middle of that darkness, somehow I knew God came
And stayed with me until I understood
Wasn’t I worth staying for?
Wasn’t I worth staying for?
I carry it in my body like it’s shrapnel from a war
And the only way to heal that kind of wound
Is to trust the love I'm hearing in the kind voice of the Lord
Saying I'm worth staying for
Worth staying for
©2023 Centricity Songs & Graybird Songs (BMI) / The Gullahorns Music (ASCAP) // Produced by Ben Shive
Keys and Programming: Ben Shive
Acoustic Guitar: Andy Gullahorn
Acoustic Guitar and Vocals: Jason Gray
BGVs: Skye Peterson // Mixed by Sean Moffitt
GOOD MAN
Words and Music by Jason Gray, Benji Cowart and Carter Frodge
If you’d asked me at 10 years old the man I’d want to be
I’d’ve said Billy Graham or Superman or somewhere in between
The hero in the story who stands up for what is right
The kind of guy you want by your side if it came down to a fight
Oh oh oh I still wanna be, still wanna be
Oh oh oh I still wanna be that man
Now I’m 40 years from 10 years old, with a history of mistakes
Chose that kryptonite so many times I’ll never wear that cape
I can’t take back all the damage that I’ve left along the way
But I can own my sin and make amends and try another day
Oh oh oh I still wanna be, still wanna be
Oh oh oh I still wanna be that man
Strong enough to take a stand, a good man
Not afraid of tenderness, a good man
Heaven can you help me be who I wanna be?
Father, can you make that kind of man out of me?
A good man, A good man
I want to be the kind of man a woman’s not afraid to trust
The kind of friend you call at 3 AM ‘cause you know that they'll show up
A man who keeps his word, who’s known for his integrity
When I get it wrong let me be known for my apology
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Oh oh oh I still wanna be that man
I know one day my children will stand beside my grave
If nothing else I hope I leave good things for them to say
Oh oh oh until that day I hope they see
Oh oh oh though I stumble I’m still trying to be
©2023 Centricity Songs & Graybird Songs (BMI) / We Are TIM Music & GoBillsMusic (ASCAP) // Fair Trade Music (ASCAP) // Produced by Carter Frodge // Acoustic/Electric Guitars: Tyler Burkum // Banjo: Ron Block // Mixed by Doug Weier
SEE AS YOU SEE
Words and Music by Jason Gray, Molly Reed and Josh Bronleewe
Help me see as you see
Do as you say I wanna be
How your love saves the day
Scrolling through the stories on my news feed
Nothing looks the way that it used to be
I get lost in the chaos, it’s hard for me to know what I should believe
So I check out the latest on Tik Tok
To escape for a minute from my thoughts
But that’s not the way that things are gonna change
Help me see as you see
Do as you say I wanna be
How your love saves the day
I wanna love like you love
Whatever it takes
Help me keep up ‘cause your love leads the way
It’s time to get back to the basics
Square one: your love is the basis
For how I see the world around me, when I let it fill me up it displaces
All the pride and the fear that’s inside me
I’ll shake it off and I’ll leave it behind me
Til every stranger on the street is my long lost friend
Learn how to look past our differences
Lay down my anxious defensiveness
Lean in and learn how to listen when they’re longing to be heard
Help me reach out with an open hand
Even when I don’t understand
With you in my heart, I know I can, I know I can
©2023 Centricity Songs & Graybird Songs (BMI) / Mike Curb Music & Sunday Bakes Songs (BMI)Wordspring Music LLC (SESAC)
Produced and Engineered by Christian Hale // Drums, Percussion: Jacob Arnold Electric Guitar: Cory Wong // Bass: Tony Lucido // Bass, Programming: Josh Bronlewee // B3 Organ: Jacob Tipton Keyboards: Christian Hale // BGVs: Jason Gray and Christian Hale // Mixed by Nick Radovanovic
PLACE FOR ME
Words and Music by Jason Gray, Matt Armstrong and Ethan Hulse
I don’t have to be perfect to get inside the door
I don’t have to be good to be loved
If it’s true that my wounds are what the healer’s looking for
Then it’s a good thing I’ve got more than enough
Hallelujah there's a place for me
In the company of sinners saved by grace
Here among the broken on their knees
Hallelujah,Thank you Jesus, there’s a place for me
If the losers and the lowly are the ones that you call blessed
If my weakness shows the power of your blood
If my failures preach the gospel, more than my success
Then it’s a good thing I’ve got more than enough
I’m part of a family now (I know I belong)
If I’m up or if I’m down (I know I belong)
I was blind but now I see (and I know I belong)
And all I know is it’s saving me (‘cause I know I belong, I know I belong)
Hallelujah there's a place for me
In the company of sinners saved by grace
Here among the broken on their knees
Oh thank you Jesus!
Hallelujah there's a place for me
In the company of sinners saved by grace
Here among the broken on their knees
That’s the place, I am changed, forgiven and set free
Hallelujah,Thank you Jesus, there’s a place for me
©2023 Centricity Songs & Graybird Songs (BMI) / Centricity Songs & Our Dirt Songs (BMI) / Be Essential Songs & Hulse House Music (BMI)
Produced and engineered by Jeff Sojka
Bass, Drum Programming, Keyboards, Guitar, Additional Programming, BGVs: Jeff Sojka // Keys, Mandolin, Guitar, BGVs: Matt Armstrong
Guitars, Dulcimer, BGVs: Jason Gray Mixed by Sean Moffit
All songs mastered by Mike Cervantes except “Worth Staying For” mastered by Joe Causey
Art Direction & Packaging Design Joshua Wurzelbacher
Photography by Crystal K Martel