This is a song from a collection called The Source New Songs 1 compiled by Graham Kendrick and published in 1999. You can be buy it, amongst other places, here, and it is very good value. It is essentially full of P&W songs, which AOV is not, so I thought I’d drop a few of these into the mix. I bought the book years ago just to see what was out there. It has 82 songs in three useful formats – piano, guitar and for OHPs. I’ve only ever learnt a few of them, so this will allow me to find songs that I know nothing about. It will also help when the AOV stuff isn’t noisy enough to be fun.
Paul Oakley wrote this song, which is just a straight rocker. If the first verse is a bit over the top you could what they do here, and just leave it out. The rest of the song is fine.
Chorus
All around the world there’s a new day dawning
There’s a sound coming round there’s a new song rising up
Ah, it’s a new day!
Everywhere you go you hear this story
There’s a power coming down, there’s a glimpse of glory now
Ah, it’s a new day!Verse 1
There’s a sound of praise, there’s a sound of war, yeah
Lift the banner high, let the Lion roar
Can you hear the sound in the tops of the trees, yeah?
Heaven’s armies come! Crush the enemy!Chorus
Verse 2
Let the lame run, let the blind see!
Let Your power come, set the captives free!
Let the lost return to the Lover of our souls, yeah
Let the prodigal find the way back home.
BridgeLift Your hands before the King
Sovereign ruler of the earth
Let the nations come to Him
Let the cry of hearts be heard
Revive us! Revive us! Revive us again! (Repeat)Chorus
© Kingway’s Thankyou Music 1997.