THE NEW JERUSALEM                                             L. Cusumano ©1998 

Streets are paved with gold
Emeralds on the door
Never has a city shone this kind of light before
Peace that passes understanding fills your heart with joy and love 

Can you visualize
a city light so bright
High up on a hill-----lighting up the night
Angels singing "Gloria" waiting for it to come down---------- 

CHORUS:
In the New Jerusalem, In the New Jerusalem
In the New Jerusalem, In the New Jerusalem
He shall wipe away from your eyes all your tears
You people that He calls His very own-------
Stand your ground and don't give in I tell 'ya now it won't be long

Time is very near, as things fall into place
I can't wait for the clouds part and meet him face to face,
Angels singing "Gloria, Glory in the Highest"

 



WHO SAID “DON’T CRY?”        L. Cusumano ©1986
 
Sometimes the world can be a dark and callous sphere
No one’s near nothings clear in a world that hurries by
Wonder why I can’t cry for those who’ve less than I
And I remember someone said “Don’t cry”

Sometimes I feel like I’m a hundred miles away
Nothings real, no one feels, I’m alone among the crowd
It’s my fault, lost my way and that I won’t deny
And I don’t recall who said “Don’t cry”

Only You can mend these broken wings
Only You can make me fly
Only You can make my stone heart sing
Take me way beyond the sky

Sometimes I hear Your voice calling from afar
And I’m amazed and I marvel that You really do love me
I stand in awe of the captives You’ve set free
Now I can cry for those who’ve less than I

…And sometimes you really need to cry.

COME UNTO ME                                            © 1991 L. Cusumano

Come unto Me all ye that are heavy laden
And I will give you rest
Put your yoke upon Me I’m gentle in heart
And you will find rest for your soul

Chorus 1:
Come unto me, Come unto Me
And I will give you rest
Come unto Me, Come unto Me
And I will give you rest

Come and rejoice your redeemer draws nigh
Come and hear My voice
I am the way the truth and the life
In Me you’ll find rest for your soul

Chorus 2:
Come unto me, Come unto me
And I will give you rest
Come unto me, Come unto me
And I will give you rest

SHE WEARS A DRESS                                           L. Cusumano ©1989
 
Her eyes they watch you as you, turn away
She roams in the park 'till the light of day a guilty smile seems to follow her wherever she goes---------

They often call out to her, silly names
They often see her face from their window panes; it doesn't matter 'cause the world still turns the same oh-----

CHORUS
She wears a dress from the Salvation Army
She picks some flowers from the old man's yard
It doesn't matter if she comes or she's going
Her nights alone.......She fights alone

She saves her nickels for a rainy day
Comes Sunday morning, she goes to the church to pray
The children love her and they follow her wherever she goes oh....

You're sitting back with your paper and your lemonade
The radio plays your favorite serenade
The kids at college and the mortgage paid

Your nights alone, you fight alone
You're sitting back watching your favorite show
Your wife has got a mink and all the world must know

You got your Caddy in your brand new garage
Your nights alone, you fight alone

OH WOMAN                                                            L. Cusumano ©1987

In the early morning sun
Rises up the only one
Whose voice she knows
And when His bride awakes

She’ll not be afraid
She won’t be slow
To sing of His beauty and all that He’s done
Everlasting Son

And when the King has come
We will be the ones to sing Alleluia
In the deepest darkest place
His light and His grace

Is shown to all
But she knows His voice ‘cause
She has made the choice
Not to fall

She sings of His beauty
As she toils to bring
Others unto Him while others
They sing

And when the King has come
We will be the ones to sing Alleluia
She won’t know the place in time
When He’ll sweep her off her feet

But she knows that time is to her benefit
Oh awake thou sleeping girl
More precious than any pearl
You’re as honey to His lips oh woman

Woman you travail in birth
You’re the salt of all the earth
And don’t you know that time is to your benefit
Oh awake thou sleeping girl

More precious than any pearl
You’re as incense to His face oh woman…oh woman

WHAT A FRIEND (We Have in Jesus)           Joseph M. Scriven   1855

Jazz Instrumental - No Lyrics

GOD’S NOT A LIAR                               L. Cusumano ©1997
 
“ I'm OK if your Ok” just follow your heart
Fill your world with what you please and from that never part
And they praise me as I show the world that I am coming out
Just write our songs and sing our praise and go out with a shout

But, God's not a liar, He stands behind his word
No man has two masters, choose whom this day you'll serve
And all the poems the people write doesn't change a thing
'Cause God's not a liar, He still reigns as king

You have suffered; you have lost to all deceptive lies
You psycho-analyze your state with professions eyes
And you say that it's your parents fault and the talk show hosts agree that
I am not responsible for the animal in me

But, God's not a liar, and He doesn't ride a bus
He suffered bled and rose again, He did that all for us
And all the songs the "pop stars" write, doesn't change a thing
'Cause God's not a liar, He still reigns as king

One day my daughter said when she came home from school
In science class they laughed at me and said God is just a fool
They told me that the Bible is a book of antiquity
In a prehistoric time and it was not meant for me

I said child that
God's not a liar or a meditative name
He's not a classroom conversation or a Thursday bingo game
He put the stars up in the sky and His Spirit in our lives and

All the songs the people write and
All the poems the poets dream and
All deceit that Satan brings doesn't change a thing
'Cause God's not a liar, He still reigns as king