Precious Memories
Verse 1
Screen door slappin', porch light burnin',
Old radio playin' low;
Ev'ry mem'ry keeps returnin',
Like a tune I used to know.
Chorus
Precious memories, how they linger,
How they ever flood my soul;
In the stillness of the midnight,
Precious, sacred scenes unfold.
Verse 2
Kids all home, house filled with laughter',
Gatherin' round the family table;
Talkin' 'bout the days before and after,
Time moves fast, you love while you’re able.
Chorus
Precious memories, how they linger,
How they ever flood my soul;
In the stillness of the midnight,
Precious, sacred scenes unfold.
Verse 3
There's a shape out in the yard now,
Sunbeams where she used to dwell;
Still I hear my little girl singin',
She was an angel, She was my Belle.
Chorus
Precious memories, how they linger,
How they ever flood my soul;
In the stillness of the midnight,
Precious, sacred scenes unfold.
Even This. Even now. Even me.
Verse 1
Morning comes in like it already knows me,
Sits in the silence like it’s tryin’ to show me
How the heavy things don’t always make a sound,
They just lean in close and settle down
Funny how the sky don’t ask for permission,
It just keeps changin’ its position
Chorus
Everything’s great, it’s alright, it’s okay,
Even in the middle of a sideways day,
Sun’s gonna rise on the mess I made,
There’s a steady hand holdin’ the reins either way,
So I laugh a little, let the heartache stray
Everything’s great, it’s alright, it’s okay.
Verse 2
I try to make sense of the noise in my head,
Half of it future, half of it dread,
Promises I made that I can’t quite repay,
And grace that won’t leave me alone anyway
Funny how silence can argue my case,
And still let me breathe in the same old place.
Chorus
Everything’s great, it’s alright, it’s okay,
Even in the middle of a sideways day,
Sun’s gonna rise on the mess I made,
There’s a steady hand holdin’ the reins either way,
So I laugh a little, let the heartache stray
Everything’s great, it’s alright, it’s okay.
Bridge
It’s a voice in the dark sayin’, I’m right here,
Through the doubt, through the drag, through the fight, the fear.
Workin’ it out in ways I can’t see,
Even this, even now, even me.
Chorus
Everything’s great, it’s alright, it’s okay,
Doesn’t mean it ain’t broken halfway,
But the sun’s gonna rise on the mess I made,
And there’s a steady hand holdin’ the reins either way,
So I laugh a little, let the heartache stray
Everything’s great, it’s alright, it’s okay.
Everything’s great, it’s alright, it’s okay
Everything’s great, it’s alright, it’s okay.
Outro
Workin’ it out in ways I can’t see,
Even this, even now, even me.
Even this, even now, even me
Even this, even now, even me
Walk On Through
Verse 1
There’s a quiet kind of pride
Keeps its head down, stays inside
Says, I’m the one too far gone now
But it still won’t let it die
Replays every wrong all night
Keeps the past in neon light
Grace might work for someone else
But it ain’t gonna reach my life
Pre-Chorus
Yeah, your heart can twist the truth
Make a chain feel like your proof
Chorus
Walk on through, walk on through
That door’s wide open in front of you
You ain’t the one grace couldn’t find
You just got lost inside your mind
Quit reliving what He forgave
You don’t belong inside that grave
It’s done, it’s paid, it’s all the truth
Walk on through, walk on through
Verse 2
I’m doing work, yeah, I’ve heard that line
Walking circles, wasting time
Digging down where the hurt runs deep
But you don’t plant, you don’t reap
Staring hard at what went wrong
Like staying there will make you strong
Calling that healing but it’s not
Just another lap around the block
Pre-Chorus
Yeah, reflection has its place
But it ain’t where you build your faith
Chorus
Walk on through, walk on through
That door’s wide open in front of you
You ain’t the one grace couldn’t find
You just got lost inside your mind
Quit reliving what He forgave
You don’t belong inside that grave
It’s done, it’s paid, it’s all the truth
Walk on through, walk on through
Final Chorus
Walk on through, walk on through
Mercy’s standing right in front of you
You ain’t the one grace passed on by
That’s just another dressed-up lie
Quit reliving what He forgave
Step out of that open grave
It’s done, it’s paid, it’s all the truth
Walk on through, walk on through
Outro
Yeah the door’s still standing open
Walk on through
Walk on through
Love Me Lord, Love Me
Verse 1
Well I've been a lot of places, done a lot of things I regret
Left a trail of busted promises I ain't paid off yet
Then heard a voice come calling like a train down the line
Said come on home now, sister, love ain't hard to find
Chorus - Horns+organ+Mandolin Texture, Big choir Lift
Love me Lord, love me, I don't ask You why
Love me Lord, love me, till the day I die
Ain’t got no collateral, ain’t got no alibi
Just love me Lord, love me love me till I die
Verse 2
I walked the line for money, I walked the line for shame
Walked a hundred highways looking to change my name
And every road came back around to the one that let me in
Turns out love was waiting right where I had been
Chorus
Love me Lord, love me, I don't ask You why
Love me Lord, love me, till the day I die
Ain’t got no collateral, ain’t got no alibi
Just love me Lord, love me love me till I die
Bridge
Ain't no traveler, no rambler, no thug, no thief
Ain’t gonna out run the love that's chasing underneath
Final Chorus
Love me Lord, love me, I don't ask You why
Love me Lord, love me, till the day I die
Ain’t got no collateral, ain’t got no alibi
Just love me Lord, love me love me till I die
Outro
Love me Lord, love me, I don't ask You why
Love me Lord, love me, till the day I die
Love me Lord, love me
Till I die.
Oh Lord, I’m Fixin’ To
Verse 1
I've been putting off tomorrow since the day that I was born
Leaving things half done and half said, half right and half wrong
Got a heart that keeps on stalling every time I reach the line
But something's moving in me now and telling me it's time
Verse 2
There's a Bible on my nightstand with the spine still good as new
Got a hundred half-kept promises I never followed through
But something's moving in me like a river finding low
And I finally found the words for what my heart has always known
Chorus
I'm fixing to lay this burden down
Fixing to stop my wandering and finally come around
I been close but close ain't getting through
Oh Lord oh Lord
I'm fixin' to
Verse 3
I ain't asking for an easy road or more than what is right
Just a little grace to cover me before I lose the light
There's a door been standing open and it's calling out my name
And I'm fixing to walk through it and I won't look back again
Chorus
I'm fixing to lay this burden down
Fixing to stop my wandering and finally come around
I been close but close ain't getting through
Oh Lord oh Lord
I'm fixin' to
Bridge
Almost had it a thousand times
Almost crossed that river and left it all behind
All this weight I been carrying so long
Lord almost brought me here but almost ain't enough
Final Chorus
I'm fixing to lay this burden down
Fixing to stop my wandering and finally come around
I been close but close ain't getting through
Oh Lord oh Lord
I'm fixin' to Lord I'm fixin' to
Oh Lord I'm fixin' to
Don’t Bury Me Alive
Verse 1
I used to run a little wild, had a spark I couldn’t store,
Now I keep it in a drawer somewhere between fine and sure.
Got a calendar that’s full, got a conscience that’s behaved,
Got a life that looks like livin’ got a soul that’s halfway saved.
Traded wonder for some wisdom least that’s what I like to say,
But it feels a lot like quittin’ dressed in khakis, day to day.
Yeah, I iron out the edges, keep my questions in a line,
I got real good at existin’ I ain’t great at feelin’ alive.
Hook
Don’t bury me alive, not quiet, not clean,
Not somewhere in the middle where I barely been seen,
If there’s a voice in the dark sayin’, Boy, come outside,
I ain’t gonna lie down I ain’t dyin’ alive.
Don’t bury me alive with a well-behaved plan,
With a that’s just life and a that’s just a man,
If I’m breathin’, I’m leavin’ this comfortable lie
Don’t bury me alive.
Verse 2
Sunday mornin’, nice and polished, singin’ words I sorta know,
Shakin’ hands, talkin’ weather, keep it easy, keep it slow.
I can quote a little scripture, I can nod at somethin’ true,
But there’s a distance in the mirror I don’t mention much to you.
Built a life that won’t offend me, not a risk in any room,
But there’s somethin’ tap-tap-tappin’ like a knock inside a tomb.
Ain’t polite, ain’t askin’ nicely, ain’t negotiatin’ terms,
Just a voice that cuts the quiet with a couple stubborn words:
Breakdown
Wake up.
Hook
Don’t bury me alive, not quiet, not clean,
Not somewhere in the middle where I barely been seen,
If there’s a voice in the dark sayin’, Boy, come outside,
I ain’t gonna lie down I ain’t dyin’ alive.
Don’t bury me alive with a well-behaved plan,
With a that’s just life and a that’s just a man,
If I’m breathin’, I’m leavin’ this comfortable lie
Don’t bury me alive.
Bridge half sung, half spoken
I kept it safe, I kept it neat,
I kept my heart on a short leash,
But safe don’t sing and neat don’t breathe,
And comfort ain’t the same as peace.
I hear it now, it won’t let go,
A little wild, a little holy,
Sayin’, You ain’t done you just got slow
Come on now you know Me.
Verse 3
So I’m steppin’ out the routine, lettin’ certainty unwind,
Leavin’ maybe later buried with the man I left behind.
Yeah, the grave I dug was tidy, fit me just a little too right,
But it turns out I was made for more than sleepin’ through my life.
Final Hook
Don’t bury me alive, I hear it, I know,
That call ain’t a whisper it’s a pull in my soul,
And if He says rise, I ain’t askin’ Him why
I’m done bein’ here without bein’ alive.
Don’t bury me alive I’m done playin’ dead,
Gonna live what I heard instead of what I said,
Yeah, I’m breathin’ for real, not just passin’ time by
Good Lord
Ooooooh Good Lord
Don’t bury me alive
Outro
Don’t bury me alive
Don’t bury me alive
Down To The Vein, Down To The Truth
Verse 1
There’s a seam in every man I’ve known,
Not made of steel, not carved in stone.
You ain’t gonna see it in the light of day,
It shows itself when the crowd fades away.
Turn the ground, don’t cuss the dark,
Even stone can hold a hidden spark.
What looked like nothing lying there in plain disguise
Was a locked-up door with your name inside.
Pre-Chorus
You turn it once for glory, twice for pain,
And keep on turning till it speaks your name.
Chorus
It ain’t on top where the sunlight plays,
It runs down deep in the hard-work ways.
That’s where it’s been since the start of time,
Down in the dark where the real things shine.
You’ve got to go through what you thought you knew
Down to the vein, down to the truth.
Down to the vein, down to the truth.
Verse 2
A flash ain’t gold, don’t let it fool your eye,
Plenty of men have sworn on a passing lie.
They called it riches when it glittered in their hand,
Built their dreams on shifting sand.
But the seam stays quiet, waiting on a steady hand,
One who’ll dig past what most men can stand.
Pre-Chorus
It ain’t the digging breaks a man in two,
It’s stopping short of what might see him through.
Chorus
It ain’t on top where the sunlight plays,
It runs down deep in the hard-work ways.
That’s where it’s been since the start of time,
Down in the dark where the real things shine.
You’ve got to go through what you thought you knew
Down to the vein, down to the truth.
Down to the vein, down to the truth.
Bridge
You can chase bright coins across the earth,
But the deepest wealth don’t shout its worth.
It waits where silence learns to pray,
Where pride gets stripped and fades away.
Chorus
It ain’t on top where the sunlight plays,
It runs down deep in the hard-work ways.
That’s where it’s been since the start of time,
Down in the dark where the real things shine.
You’ve got to go through what you thought you knew
Down to the vein, down to the truth.
Down to the vein, down to the truth.
Outro
Keep on digging don’t lose your hands.
Down to the vein where the real truth stands.
Beautiful and Broken
Verse 1
I’ve seen love do everything right,
Still lose its hold in the night,
I’ve seen care with a faithful hand,
Still not get to what it planned.
And I don’t call that empty or blind,
I just call it the shape of mankind,
Where something good is really there,
But it’s living in fractured air.
Chorus
Beautiful and broken, all at once we are,
Like bright gospel light shinin’ through a rusted-out bar,
Like grace n’ mercy hummin’ through a deep-cut scar,
Beautiful and broken, all at once we are.
Verse 2
Something in me says this ain’t right,
When love still loses in the fight,
Like the world remembers how it should be,
But can’t quite live that memory.
So we keep going, we don’t let go,
Even when the answers say no,
And that kind of love that refuses to end
Feels like it’s pointing past where we’ve been.
Chorus
Beautiful and broken, all at once we are,
Like bright gospel light shinin’ through a rusted-out bar,
Like grace n’ mercy hummin’ through a deep-cut scar,
Beautiful and broken, all at once we are.
Bridge
I believe there’s a Hand that holds it all,
The rise, the ruin, the standing fall,
And if He walked right through the darkest night,
Then He knows what it costs to make things right.
Final Chorus
Beautiful and broken, all at once we are,
Like bright gospel light shinin’ through a rusted-out bar,
Like grace n’ mercy hummin’ through a deep-cut scar,
Beautiful and broken, all at once we are.
Yet there’s a mercy in the middle of the pain,
Like light breaking through what I can’t explain
Somewhere in the sorrow, there’s a hope I don’t yet understand,
We’re all beautiful and broken, held in the same loving hand.
Outro
We’re all beautiful and broken,
held in the same loving hand.
We’re all beautiful and broken,
held in the same loving hand.
More As I Love You
Verse 1
I was driving with no direction
Thought the highway was all I’d chase
Then I saw it through the windshield
A light left on in a familiar place
I didn’t plan on ever stopping
Didn’t know I’d been gone so long
Now I’m turning in the driveway
And my heart is singing like a song
Chorus
Now I can see, now I can see
More as I love You
Now I believe, now I believe
Everything You say is true
You left the light on, I keep following
Every mile feels brand new
And I can see, I can see
More as I love You
Verse 2
I used to drive with the radio loud
Just to drown out where I’d been
Now there’s a light left on for me
Every time I turn back in
It’s not loud, it’s not complicated
Just a porch light burning true
Some folks call it just a habit
I call it coming home to You
Chorus
Now I can see, now I can see
More as I love You
Now I believe, now I believe
Everything You say is true
You left the light on, I keep following
Every mile feels brand new
And I can see, I can see
More as I love You
Final Chorus
Now I can see, now I can see
More as I love You
Now I believe, now I believe
Everything You say is true
You left the light on, I made it home now
Never thought I’d make it through
And I can see, I can see
More as I love You
Outro
More as I love You
More as I love You
Amen Town
Verse 1
There’s a dust-blown road past the county line,
Where the line don’t boast, just a hand-painted sign:
Welcome stranger, lay your burdens down
Things ain’t what you think in Amen Town.
No badges flash and no guns drawn,
Yet the hardest hearts don’t last too long,
‘Cause the law runs deeper than the ground
You feel it more than it’s written down.
Chorus
In Amen Town, you lose to win,
The last ride out comes rolling in,
The weak stand tall, the strong kneel down,
That’s the way it goes in Amen Town.
Turn that cheek, don’t pass the blame,
Pour out love like desert rain,
You give it up, it comes back ‘round
Strange kind of justice in Amen Town.
Verse 2
Sheriff rides in, no star of gold,
Just eyes that see and a voice that knows,
Says, Son, around here we don’t draw fast
We let mercy settle what the law can’t pass.
No one here can quite explain the why,
Just empty hands and a full supply,
Law of the kingdom turns things around
Upside-down grace in Amen Town.
Chorus
In Amen Town, you lose to win,
The last ride out comes rolling in,
The weak stand tall, the strong kneel down,
That’s the way it goes in Amen Town.
Turn that cheek, don’t pass the blame,
Pour out love like desert rain,
You give it up, it comes back ‘round
Strange kind of justice in Amen Town.
Bridge
If you’re lookin’ for a fight, you won’t find one here,
Just a quiet kind of courage that outlasts fear,
Where a cross casts a shadow at high noon light,
And surrender somehow wins the fight.
Verse 3
Outlaw came in with a heart of stone,
Left his past like a skin he’d thrown,
Said, I never knew a place like this
Where forgiveness feels like a wanted list.
Sheriff tipped his hat real slow,
Said, Son, that’s the only law we know
Grace don’t chase, but it tracks you down,
Sooner or later in Amen Town.
Final Chorus
In Amen Town, you lose to win,
The last ride out comes rolling in,
The weak stand tall, the strong kneel down,
That’s the way it goes in Amen Town.
Turn that cheek, don’t pass the blame,
Call your enemy by his name,
Love rides in, no showdown
That’s the law of the land in Amen Town.
Outro
So if you’re weary of the world’s runaround,
There’s a quiet place where truth is found
No map will show it, but grace will guide you down
To Amen Town.
Lyrics © 2026 Scott D. Radtke. All rights reserved.
No claim is made to AI-generated instrumental music.