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New Flight

by Sam Newcomer

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1.
New Flight 05:11
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I am on my way Mighty BNA Driving headfirst into the sun And I feel like all of my days have led up to this one While I wait I watch Other planes touch down And I wonder if they slept last night All the stars tell me welcome but I'm not landing, I'm taking flight Taking flight and from my seat I see I see the city from an aerial peace I see the skyline bathed in morning light I see the traffic crawl like cells in a stream Hey, I can see my house And we turn and set our course for the Northeast shores The clouds envelop us in mystery and care I close my eyes and I begin to explore My home is waiting there Was this trip the same When I split my cage And the Lord took away all my sin O the freedom I felt as I soared on the breath of the wind! No more shame or guilt No more fear or death Now I travel in newness of life 'Cause every step is a joy when the dawn is a call to a new flight Taking flight and from my seat I see I see the old self I once loved to please I see the roads God used to lead me here I see the faint shades of eternity Yeah, I will see his face (O his beautiful face!) 'Til then I'll trudge with every breath and shout And find my rest in his mystery and care I am marching to my Father's house My home is waiting there!
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New Flight Reprise 02:54
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And all that to say I stand here today Assured but ever afraid God, you've called me into this new unknown And the Helper is near To tend to my fears To show me that this ain't the end But it hurts me still to see that my time here is done And on we go... And on we go... This is a new flight This is a new flight Here was where I learned how beautiful and radiant is your bride Now you send me out to prove me her influence great and her presence wide Oh, my dear family I know I shall see you again And on we go...
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Around the World 04:37
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I got on an airplane Every day when I got home from school And I went around the world It was me, Amanda, and the crew And we left good ol' Indiana behind We never even left the neighborhood All of the sights and sounds Yeah, I swore that I'd never go back Me and my trusty bike Doing laps around the cul-de-sac How I'd fly around those corners! How the wind would bite my face! Oh to be young and bold and courageous with a world to chase So pack lightly, my dear brother Oh, our innocence ain't so far gone We have yet to let our paths take us downstream And I'll bet there's parts of you you've never seen When I turned the corner Found myself in another country Exploring the lands untouched Pioneering through the woods and weeds And once we found a wooden fort laid waste And a hideout by the bridge And when the enemy attacks can't nobody say that we're just kids So pack lightly, my dear sister Oh, our innocence ain't so far gone We have yet to let our paths take us downstream And I'll bet there's parts of you you've never seen Baby, deeper and deeper we go Baby, we're roaming high and low I'm playing around the world, do you wanna come with me? I'm going around the world, do you wanna come with me? So pack lightly, my dear family Oh, our innocence ain't so far gone We have yet to let our paths take us downstream And I'll bet there's parts of you you've never seen Come, little children and put your trust in me
4.
Postcards (for Grant) 05:58
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I get postcards from you now and then Full of names that you’ve given to the beasts Oh, but under the newness of this all Beneath the tales of accents and alcohol There’s a boy who is trying to stand up tall There’s a boy who is still but not at peace I get postcards from you here and there I always chuckle and think about that great big pond I’m glad you’re getting out and seeing all the sights But I know you feel like sleepers under prison lights You’re a boy whose bed still isn’t fitting right You’re a boy who’s sick of saying, “So long.” But this a letter I receive, I read your words and weep I read of you learning yourself as you learn the land You in the northern rain, a million miles away And me here wishing I could understand I will pray for the burdens on your heart And I will pray for the boy in the postcards Your words drip with nostalgia and lament It’s so hard to be okay with the unknown But as you wander out of Egypt with your doubts I say, be humbled by the promise of the clouds This is God, and He’s fathering you out To a permanent and everlasting home Yeah, the journey’s getting hard, and the road ahead seems far And you’re afraid that God will strip you once again But should this be the case, keep your voice and fingers raised For He’s refining you and will be ‘til the end Count it joy all these burdens on your heart And take courage, little boy in the postcards In this trust fall from a cliff Encompassed by a fog so thick Clear away the fog with your faith If you have it, clear the fog with your faith In your own words which you said to me God is faithful, firm, and mighty Would you believe it in your soul? Please, my friend, believe it in your soul You are loved, let that be enough Close your eyes and rest...
5.
The Girl I Loved in Sunny Tennessee 05:28
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On a morning bright and clear To my old home I grew near, Just a village down in sunny Tennessee. I was speeding on a train That would bring me back again To my sweetheart, who was waiting there for me. We could hear the old folks singing As she bid farewell to me; Far across the fields of cotton My old homestead I could see. As the moon rose in its glory, There I told life's sweetest story To the girl I loved in sunny Tennessee. The old train drew up at last, Over me old scenes had passed, As I kissed my Mother at the station door. My old friends gathered 'round, Tears on every face I found, But I missed the one that I'd been longing for. And I whispered, "Mother, dear, Where is Mary? She's not here." All the world seemed lost and sadness come to me. For she pointed to a spot In the little churchyard lot; There my sweetheart sleeps in sunny Tennessee.
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The History no. 3 (Blackout) 04:02
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I step off the T to find the neighborhood a mess Blackout in Back Bay Floodlights at each corner, traffic guards in yellow vests Blackout in Back Bay Workmen on the curbs with their hammers drillin' deep Cop cars blocking intersections, sirens singing sweet And now the fire alarm's gone off in the lot across the street Blackout in Back Bay Blackout in Back Bay Blackout in Back Bay And they say that we'll be without power two or three more days Blackout in Back Bay So with no plan or agenda we put on our walking shoes Blackout in Back Bay People pass with papers sacks of candles for their rooms Blackout in Back Bay And all the stores are closed 'cept for this tiny record shop So we hop in and thumb through dusty vinyl in the dark Owner's got a miner's cap, says I will not be stopped By a blackout in Back Bay Blackout in Back Bay Blackout in Back Bay Yeah, this'll give the sidewalk strangers something good to say Blackout in Back Bay So we venture into Cambridge 'cross the chilly River Charles Blackout in Back Bay Students hiding out in coffee shops and tavern bars Blackout in Back Bay And wandering though Harvard with its wisdom and its age My fingers graze its walls, I feel the history in this place Take what you have seen and turn it all back into praise Blackout in Back Bay Blackout in Back Bay Blackout in Back Bay Sometimes it takes a power trip to get you on your way Blackout in Back Bay Blackout in Back Bay Blackout in Back Bay And then when I return, you can show me your whole face Blackout in Back Bay
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(My Home Is Waiting There) 01:29
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Instrumental
8.
Altar in My Heart 09:50
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I remember nights when I would go outside and lay beneath the trees And there in that place was when I first laid my burdens at your feet And I would talk about the day behind And you would listen patiently And I would gaze up at the month-old Nashville stars And share like you were sitting next to me O how you met me there beneath the trees I remember when your spirit stole into my heart one afternoon And I fell down on my knees and knew the glory of the gospel to be true O what a strange and lovely fellowship What you spoke through I spoke to you And from my lips came shouts of well-befitting praise There, laughing on the kitchen floor, I gave my life to you O God I praise you for the times when I can't stand I fall and look back at your ever-guiding hand And store evidences of the mercy you impart An altar in my heart An altar in my heart O I remember sinking into waters deep and warm and free And I remember rising up to have your love descend on me I remember your provision, your protection, might and power Shining through my drunkenness, arriving in my desperate hour From 65 I said hello to a now most familiar sky And from the top of Love Circle I say goodbye, I say goodbye...

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released August 16, 2012

Engineered by Ben Shaw
Photography by Ashley Morgan
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All songs written by Sam Newcomer, except "The Girl I Loved in Sunny Tennessee," written by Harry Braisted & Stanley Carter.

Danika Lukasiewicz contributed cello to "Around the World" and violin to "New Flight Reprise" and "The Girl I Loved in Sunny Tennessee." Kevin Morris played bass on "New Flight."

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Singer-songwriter, children's musician, and senior musical companion based in Boston. My mission is to bring joy through music to every generation, from the young to the young at heart.

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