The Embers

the words

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WHAT MORE AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY?
(words and music by Michelle Palmer)
We’re sitting next to the big oak tree in the backyard
You’re looking at me with the saddest eyes I’ve seen this far
But baby, you know no matter what you say...
So spit it out now
I’ll love you anyway

I can’t imagine how hard it’s been
Or was it hard anyway?
Look at the mess you’ve got us in
What more am I supposed to say?
I want to scream, want to rub it in
But I’ll forgive you anyway
I’ll forgive you anyway

Day two and the start of our new life together
But looking at you brings sorrow, makes my cheeks wetter
So what now?
Okay, okay, okay
I’ll break out
Don’t want to live this way

God’s grace covers multitudes of sin
Now it covers you
His love’s bigger than things you’ve been
Now it’s changing you

WHISPERED VOWS
(words and music by Michelle Palmer)
There’s no other choice but to love you
Now matter how hard it be
I’ll scream and I’ll shout but we’ll get through
Will you hold on to me?

I thought we were safe when we whispered our vows
Boy, was I wrong
Love is a risk; that’s what makes it love
I’m holding on

I refuse to back away from this
I’ll stand by my man
Let’s walk through the valley together
With uplifted hands

‘Cause we must go on

PINK VELVET BALLERINA
(words and music by Michelle and Adam Palmer)
I love you and I like you
And all the in betweens
Great big hugs and amazing bugs
You’re brighter than my dreams
Playing in the backyard
With mosquito-bitten noses
Planting watermelon seeds
Hoping to see roses

This is why Jesus put me here
To watch you through these years
Now it is clear
My little dear
You are why Jesus put me here

Pink velvet ballerina
Your dandelion bouquets
Singing down the halls, painting on my walls
I’ll never be the same
It’s amazing how I love you
With all your silly ways
I thank the Lord above for you
And I pray you’ll never change

You are so special
Thought I’d never love another
Then God had to go and give
You a little brother
(And a sister)

THE GLORY
(words and music by Michelle Palmer)
He says he’s starting over
Can she forgive the things he’s done?
Says that he’s turned a new leaf
And that she’ll be his only one

He says he wants to start a new life
Could he have a second chance?
He wishes he could take it back now
But hopes she will understand

That he’s a new creation
Old things have passed away
He is a beginning
Oh what glorious grace

She can hardly stand the silence
Or look him in the eyes
And she’s digging deep for brave words
Could she give him one more try?

Then she stretches out her arms
Looks him straight in the eyes
She says, “Baby I forgive you
I’ve loved you all my life”

And she’s a new creation
Old things have passed away, Hallelujah
She is a beginning
Oh what glorious grace

You are glorious
Hallelujah
You are glorious
Hallelujah

NIGHT DRIVING
(words and music by Adam Palmer)
Dark road
All that lies ahead
Headlights aren’t working
So we’ll squint our eyes instead
Darkened pavement
Stretches on for miles
We’ll keep rolling
Wondering all the while

What do you have planned?
What do you have planned?
What do you have planned for us?
What do you have planned?
What do you have planned?
What do you have planned for us?

Which way to turn?
Or do we turn at all?
Do we drive off this cliff
And hope you’ll break our fall?
So many questions
Running through our minds
And with every one
We hope we can find

What do you have planned?
What do you have planned?
What do you have planned for us?
What do you have planned?
What do you have planned?
What do you have planned for us?

LITTLE GIRL
(words and music by Adam Palmer)
She came here with empty hands
And a belly full of baby
A lifetime of shifting sands
And a past that seemed so hazy

Little girl
Don’t you know
Where you are
Or where you’re going?
Little girl
Can’t you see
Who you are?

Every night she prays
For the life that lies within her
While a Savior stands and waits
For this lonely, lost beginner

So this magical boy
Made you feel like a princess
So refined
Two weeks last forever
In a seventeen-year-old mind

She crept on down the hall
Like Bilbo with his ring
They took off for Arkansas
But it doesn’t solve a thing

ANNA MONET
(words and music by Michelle Palmer)
Anna Monet, you are beautiful dear
I never thought giving you up would be so hard
It’s a tragedy how you came to this world
But the Father, he’ll hold you dear

Innocent child, it’s not your fault
Don’t be ashamed, little one
You were never to blame

It kills me, Anna, to give you away
These people will love and care for you
Give you a life I could never give
Oh, Anna, I’ll love you always

You are beautiful in his eyes
I’m so thankful for your life

SYLVIA’S ROOM
(words and music by Michelle and Adam Palmer)
Her beauty lies within
A century of wrinkled skin
Oh, what those eyes have seen

Memories hang on the mantel
Stories hide in these walls
Of a time when her flowers grew
And the fresh air blew through Sylvia’s room

She loved to watch them run
A hundred years of young
Oh, Sylvia, what were their names again?

Oh, the years, how they’ve flown by
Thousands of petals have fallen
Summers, winters come and gone
But we have all bloomed, thanks to your care