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Serenity Now (Demo 2)
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(Demo Recording) This prayer is anchored in The Serenity Prayer with an answer from the Sermon on the Mount.
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Vermont singer/songwriter; transplanted from the plains of Colorado over forty-five years ago.
Singer/songwriter living in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom with strong connections to the plains of Colorado, my childhood home.
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
Charts
#254 in subgenre Peak #7
Charts
Peak #21
Author
Dwight Lakey
Rights
Dwight Lakey Copyright 2011 Danville VT
Uploaded
July 12, 2023
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.5 MB • 192 kbps • 3:17
Story behind the song
I was raised singing from a Tabernacle Hymns hymnal with pages that were already yellowed some 60 years ago. This was written a while back but it's time has come to be shared (demo).
Lyrics
SERENITY NOW (A Serenity Prayer) By Dwight Lakey Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved IntroC G7 C C Verse 1Lord, please grant me the serenity The Serenity Prayer (C) To accept this life’s futility (C) GG7 I can’t change many things; I don’t know how (G7) F Grant me courage to change what I can (F) C Lord, you know that I am just a man (C) G7 CC7 A man who needs a bit of Serenity Now (C7) F Chorus Serenity NowI know you’ll do me right (F) C Serenity NowI bow down to your might (C) G G7 Lord, I ask you to grant that Serenity Now (G7) F Serenity NowThere’s stress in the present life (F) C Serenity NowCalm rest in the afterlife (C)G7C But, Lord I need just a bit of Serenity Now C Verse 2Lord, please guide me down the narrow road (C) Help me handle hardship’s heavy load (C) GG7 Livin’ day-by-day; help me live in “the now (G7) F Help me take this old world as it stands (F) C I can’t change it; it’s out of my hands (C) G7CC7 I fold my hands and pray for Serenity Now (C7) F Chorus Serenity NowI know you’ll do me right (F) C Serenity NowI bow down to your might (C) G G7 Lord, I ask you to grant that Serenity Now (G7) F Serenity NowThere’s stress in the present life (F) C Serenity NowCalm rest in the afterlife (C)G7C C7 But, Lord I need just a bit of Serenity Now (C7)F BridgeAnd the Lord says, “Trust me, I know what you need Matt 6:25-33 C Look at tall trees growing from a seed (C) GG7 Have faith, my child, I’ll make good on my vow (G7) F Don’t be anxious bout the clothes you’ll wear C Bout the food you’ll eat don’t give a care (C) G7 CC7 Seek me first and you’ll find your Serenity Now’ (C7) F Chorus Serenity NowI know you’ll do me right (F) C Serenity NowI bow down to your might (C) G G7 Lord, I ask you to grant that Serenity Now (G7) F Serenity NowThere’s stress in the present life (F) C Serenity Now Calm rest in the afterlife (C)G7C But, Lord I need just a bit of Serenity Now (C) G7 F C Slower Help me seek You and find my Serenity Now Seinfeld S9E3
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