Jacque Darragh

You Are My Light (Psalm 27) LYRICS

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YOU ARE MY LIGHT
You are my light. You are my strength. You are my inspiration.
What shall I fear as long as you’re near, you are my whole salvation.

1. One thing I ask, this alone I seek,
to abide in Your love all the days of my life.
2. In times of trouble, You hide me in Your secret place.
You lift me up, so I sing Your praises.
3. Teach me Your ways, and guide upon the right path
so I may see all of Your goodness.
©1995 Ruah Music 713-944-2225
Text: Based on Psalm 27, music by Jacque Darragh. All rights reserved.

Wherever You Go LYRICS

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WHEREVER YOU GO

Wherever you go, I shall go too.
Wherever you live, so shall I live.
Your people will be my people
and your God will be my God too.
Wherever you die, I shall die
and there shall I be buried with you.
May nothing but death separate us.
Wherever you go, I shall go too.
©1995 Ruah Music 713-944-2225
Text: Ruth 1:16-17, music by Jacque Darragh. All rights reserved.

Other Friends LYRICS

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This song was inspired by Father John Shea, author, teacher, retreat director, and just one of my favorite people anywhere.

OTHER FRIENDS

You called them friends. They called you Lord.
And then you poured your life into their lives,
that they might live, that they might give,
that they might pour your life into the lives of other friends.
They called you Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.

They called you liar, they called you blasphemer.
And then they nailed your body to a tree.
But still you live and still you give
And still you pour your life into the lives of other friends.
They called you Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.

Some called them drunks, most called them fools,
But you had poured your Spirit in their lives,
That they might live, that they might give,
That they might pour your Spirit in the lives
Of other friends and other friends and other friends.
They called you Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.

You call us friends, we call you Lord
And you have poured your life into our lives
That we might live, that we might give
That we might pour your life into the lives of other friends
and other friends and other friends.
©1995 Ruah Music 713-944-2225
Words & music by Jacque Darragh. All rights reserved.

The Important Thing LYRICS

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THE IMPORTANT THING

THE IMPORTANT THING IS THIS
NOT TO THINK MUCH BUT TO LOVE MUCH
AND TO DO WHATEVER CAUSES YOU TO LOVE

AND THE SIGN OF LOVE IS THIS
TO DETERMINE TO PLEASE GOD
IN EVERYTHING, IN EVERYTHING

AND THE SIGN OF LOVE IS THIS
TO REFRAIN FROM OFFENDING GOD
IN ANYTHING, IN ANYTHING

PERHAPS WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
LOVE DOES NOT CONSIST IN GREAT DELIGHT
BUT THE SIGN OF LOVE IS THIS
TO BRING HONOR AND GLORY TO GOD
IN EVERYTHING, IN EVERYTHING
©1995 Ruah Music 713-944-2225
Text: Teresa of Avila, music by Jacque Darragh. All rights reserved.

St. Teresa's Bookmark LYRICS

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ST. TERESA’S BOOKMARK

Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing dismay you.
All things will pass.
God never changes and all things you strive for
patience will obtain.
For those who have God lack for nothing.
God alone is enough.
©1995 Ruah Music 713-944-2225
Text: Teresa of Avila, music by Jacque Darragh. All rights reserved.

In Our Dreams LYRICS

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IN OUR DREAMS

1. I am waiting, contemplating,
meditating, anticipating
in a place where I am safe there
not afraid of what I’m made of.
I am hoping, I am dreaming,
I am listening, even scheming
in a place where I am safe there
not afraid of what I’m made of.
Where all the colors blend, rainbows end, I ascend in my dreams.
Where the Dream Maker shines a flashlight on the mirrors of my mind.

2. Dreams are questions and suggestions.
They’re collections and reflections
In a place where I am safe there,
not afraid of what I’m made of.
Invitation to integration,
inspiration, re-creation
In a place where I am safe there,
not afraid of what I’m made of.
God speaks through mystery, memories
and comes to me in my dreams.
Pictures and images, predicaments
that don’t make sense in my dreams.

3. Dreams are stories, inner quarries,
allegories, metaphories.
In a place where I am safe there,
not afraid of what I’m made of.
Angel playground, dragon slay-ground,
passageway ground to milky way ground,
In a place where I am safe there,
not afraid of what I’m made of.
Where all the colors blend,
rainbows end, I ascend in my dreams.
And if I take the time to find the
rhyme and reason in my dreams . . .

4. Life is sweeter and completer,
inner dancing’s true-Self romancing.
Will you come, too, we can run to
imagination, a dream vacation.
We’ll be hoping, symbol roping,
microscoping, kaleidoscoping.
We can work there, we can play there,
Spend the night there, spend the day there.
In a place where I am safe there,
not afraid of what I’m made of.
In our dreams . . .
©1995 Ruah Music 713-944-2225
Words & music by Jacque Darragh. All rights reserved.

For The Time Being LYRICS

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FOR THE TIME BEING

AND NOW THE TIME HAS COME TO SAY GOOD-BYE
WE’VE KNOWN THIS DAY WOULD COME FOR A LONG LONG TIME
THE LOVE WE’VE ALWAYS KNOWN, WE’LL KNOW IN THE DAYS TO COME
AND NOTHING ELSE HAS CHANGED FOR THE TIME BEING

FOR THE TIME BEING, I’VE SLIPPED BEHIND A SHADOW
FOR THE TIME BEING, I’VE STEPPED IN THE OTHER ROOM
FOR THE TIME BEING, I’M JUST AROUND THE CORNER
FOR THE TIME BEING, FOR THE TIME BEING

DON’T CRY FOR ME UNLESS (UNTIL) THE TEARS COME EASY
AND LAUGH WITH ME THE WAY WE’VE ALWAYS LAUGHED
THE JOY WE’VE ALWAYS KNOWN, WE’LL KNOW IN THE DAYS TO COME
AND NOTHING ELSE HAS CHANGED FOR THE TIME BEING

THE SONG WE’VE ALWAYS SUNG WE’LL STILL BE SINGING
THE MELODY HAS CHANGED BUT NOT THE WORDS
THE DANCE WE’VE ALWAYS DANCED, WE’LL DANCE IN THE DAYS TO COME
AND NOTHING ELSE HAS CHANGED FOR THE TIME BEING
©1995 Ruah Music 713-944-2225

 Words & music by Jacque Darragh. All rights reserved.

Stubborn Jesus LYRICS

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STUBBORN JESUS

Can you not hear me not listen to you, Stubborn stubborn Jesus
Why can’t you hear me not listen to you, stubborn stubborn Jesus
Why do you follow when I walk away
Why won’t you let me do things my own way
How can your love grow with each passing day, stubborn stubborn Jesus

How can you trust me again and again stubborn stubborn Jesus
I’ll let you down before I even begin stubborn stubborn Jesus
Can you not taste every tear that I cry
Doesn’t it hurt you when I live a lie
Can you not tell that my well has run dry Stubborn, stubborn Jesus

You call me back, drying my tears, you call me back, calming my fears
You know my faults, my fears and my sin,
Yet you love me again with your stubborn love.

You act as if you gave your life for me Stubborn, stubborn Jesus
You hound of heaven from Galilee Stubborn stubborn Jesus
Although I don’t see what you have to gain
By helping me through all this sorrow and pain
I’m glad to know you will always remain stubborn. Stubborn Jesus.
©1995 Ruah Music 713-944-2225
Text: Martin Elsner, S.J. and Jacque Darragh; music by Jacque Darragh. All rights reserved.

All Paths Lead To You LYRICS

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ALL PATHS LEAD TO YOU

My life has been a labyrinth
of mazes and dead ends
murmurings and deserts are my friends
oasises are places where I have seldom been
where was I to know?
how was I to know? . . . that
all paths lead to You
all paths lead to You
wherever I may wander, wherever I may roam
all paths lead to You

When I was young, I’d sung about
the One Path to God’s will
and all you need to do is find the Path
but now I know
that even though I never found the Path
You were always there
. . . leading me somewhere
and all paths lead to You
all paths lead to You
wherever I may wander, wherever I may roam
all paths lead to You

My vision’s poor but I can clearly sees what lies behind
pieces of the mystery defined
my path, you see, could never be
what someone else designed
the road’s under construction, and still there are few signs
but all paths lead to You
all paths lead to You
wherever I may wander, wherever I may roam
whatever time I’ve squandered, the time was all Your own
wherever this life leads me, You always lead me home
and all paths lead to You
©1995 Ruah Music 713-944-2225
Words & music by Jacque Darragh. All rights reserved

Companions On The Way LYRICS

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COMPANIONS ON THE WAY
We have come to tell our story. We have gathered to break bread
And to celebrate the wonder of our rising from the dead.
We have gathered in Your name, Lord, though we’re sinful, we are flawed;
Yet our lives are re-created by the Presence of our God. (Chorus)

CHORUS:
WE ARE A RESURRECTION PEOPLE
WE ARE COMPANIONS ON THE WAY
AND WE WALK THE ROAD TOGETHER
TOWARD THE EVERLASTING DAY
WE HAVE THE PEACE THE WORLD CAN’T GIVE US
AND IT CANNOT TAKE AWAY
AND WE ARE GLAD WE ARE COMPANIONS,
COMPANIONS ON THE WAY

2. We have walked through many darknesses
And we’ll walk through many more
And we share a sweet communion with the saints who’ve walked before.
We have faced the faceless mystery of the God who dwells within
In our dyings and our risings
We are brought to life again. (Chorus)

3. We will bear each other’s burdens,
We will dry each other’s tears;
In this banquet of belonging
there can be no strangers here.
All our winters turn to springtime,
All our droughts will turn to rain,
And our mournings turned to dancing
As our healing comes through pain.
(Bridge)
As we tell the old, old story of God’s love poured out in Christ
We are challenged and invited from the darkness into light.
We have heard a common calling. If we listen we can hear
Jesus’ voice in tones compelling gently echo in our ears: (Chorus)
©1995 Ruah Music 713-944-2225

Words & music by Jacque Darragh. All rights reserved.