KING OF HEARTS
Randy Stonehill

All alone drifting wild / Like a ship that's
lost out on the ocean / Everyone's a
homeless child / And it's not hard to
understand / Why we need a Father's hand
/ There's a rainbow somewhere / And you
were born to be there / But you're just
running in circles / Till you reach out your
hand to the King of hearts.

Pockets full of pain and fear / That's a load
there's just no need to carry / Let it go and
leave it here / Now there's no price that's
left to pay / With one more mile or one
more day

There's a rainbow somewhere / And you
were born to be there / But you're just
running in circles / Till you reach out your
hand to the King of hearts.

You can try to catch the wind / But in the
end you're only wasting precious time /
Life can really be so kind / Once you find
the truth and follow, go on follow, follow

There's a rainbow somewhere / And you
were born to be there / But you're just
running in circles / Till you reach out your
hand / Till you reach out your hand / Til
you reach out your hand to the King of
hearts

There's a rainbow somewhere / There's a
rainbow somewhere / There's a rainbow
somewhere

   © 1976 KING OF HEARTS PUBLISHING



KEEP ME RUNNIN'
Randy Stonehill

Keep me runnin' from the shadow of my
lies / Like a gypsy who is never satisfied /
Once you compromise your soul / You
spend your lifetime dodging the devil's toll

Keep me runnin' (keep me movin') keep me coverin' up my
tracks / Keep me runnin' so I'm always
looking back / Always restless in my
dreams / And trouble's never too far
behind it seems

Keep me runnin' keep me movin' keep me
always on the go / Keep me makin' sure
my footprints never show / Keep me
runnin' keep me movin' keep me numb
from head to toe / Keep me hiding where
my past will never go

Keep me runnin' from the sins I can't erase
/ Like an outlaw with a mask to hide his
face / Once I was told that love could fly /
Yeah but it's been so long that I just can't
remember why

Keep me runnin' keep me movin' keep me
always on the go / Keep me makin' sure
my footprints never show / Keep me
runnin' keep me movin' keep me numb 
from head to toe / Keep me hiding where
my past will never go

Keep me runnin' Keep me runnin' Keep
me runnin'

   © 1976 KING OF HEARTS PUBLISHING



THE WINNER (HIGH CARD)
Randy Stonehill

I'm a wheeler a dealer the man who's in
control / Don't talk about my feelings
Don't talk abut my soul / Well you
know my time is money so I've got no
time to spend / But when you've got
some business won't you come on by
again

I'm the winner and I made it to the top /
And I took it all just like I planned / I'm
the man who holds the high card in his
hand

I'm an owner a loaner a master at the
game / I've got that golden Midas touch
And people know my name / There
were times I held the low cards baby well
I knew they weren't enough / But I just
kept my poker face and won it on the
bluff

I'm the winner and I made it to the top /
And I took it all just like I planned / I'm
the man who holds the high card in his
hand

It's not easy to see me I'm an influential
man / And I never needed anyone To
build my promised land / So don't tell
me about Jesus 'cause He's just to hard
to sell / And I never trust in strangers
that's the first rule I Learned well

I'm the winner and I made it to the top /
And I took it all just like I planned / I'm
the man who holds the high card in his
hand

I'm the winner look at me now I'm the
winner / I'm the winner look at me now
I'm the winner

   © 1976 KING OF HEARTS PUBLISHING



LUNG CANCER
Randy Stonehill

She went down to the corner store/ And
bought a pack of filter kings / Don't you
know tomorrow she'll be back for more /
Cause she really loves to smoke those
things / And every time that she inhales / A
cloud of that cigarette smoke / She's just
one step closer to the man in black / And
sixty cents closer to broke

And she's working on / Lung cancer, 
emphysema, a cardiac arrest / And she'll
probably have a stroke when see sees /
The x-rays of her chest

When she had her first cigarette / A puff or
two was all she could take / Now if she doesn't
have one in her hand all the time /
You'll notice it begin to shake / And even
though she's nonchalant / And acts as if
her habit's a joke / I bet she won't do too
much laughing / When her life goes up in
smoke

She's been smoking that C-I-G-A-R-E-T-T-E
that cigarette's got her on her knees / C-I-
G-A-R-E-T-T-E / That darn tobacco won't
set her free / Suck baby suck / Suck on that
cigarette / Go on and light up that fag and
take a drag / It's bound to snuff you yet

(guitar break)

She went down to the corner store/ And
bought a pack of filter kings / Don't you
know tomorrow she'll be back for more /
Cause she really loves to smoke those
things / And every time that she inhales / A
cloud of that cigarette smoke / She's just
one step closer to the man in black / And
sixty cents closer to broke

   © 1976 KING OF HEARTS PUBLISHING



PUPPET STRINGS
Randy Stonehill

I can't keep from mourning for this topsy-
turvy world / With all its strife and pain /
Mourning for the lost and the desperate
children / Who can't remember their
names

And I can feel it in my soul / Now the end
is getting near / I can hear the devil
laughing / And its ringing in my ears

Long ago He chose us to inherit all His
kingdom / And we were blessed with light
/ But wandering away we disobeyed Him
in the garden / And stumbled into night

And I can feel it in my soul / Now the end
is getting near / I can hear the angels
weeping / And it's ringing in my ears

We are all like foolish puppets who
desiring to be kings / Now lie pitifully
crippled after cutting our own strings

But God said I'll forgive you I will face you
Man to man / And win your love again /
Oh how could there be possibly a greater
gift of love / Than dying for a friend

And I can feel it in my soul / Now the end
is getting near / I can hear the devil
laughing / And it's ringing in my ears 

We are all like foolish puppets who
desiring to be kings / Now lie pitifully
crippled after cutting our own strings

Cutting our own strings / Cutting our own
strings / Cutting our own strings

   © 1976 KING OF HEARTS PUBLISHING

(Originally Recorded On Get Me Out Of Hollywood)



FIRST PRAYER
Randy Stonehill

I've been waitin' for a long long time /
Hopin' You're a friend of mine / If there's
one thing that I need to do / Well that's to
find out more about You / I have been
wondering all of my days / So if You're
there show me the way

I see people in a world of lies / Staring out
through lonely eyes / Watching as the
years go by / Knowing they're living only
to die / There must be something missing
somewhere / So if You're listening answer
this prayer

I will follow if You'll lead me / Help me
make a stand / If You'll breathe new breath
inside me / I'll believe you can/ I'll believe
You can

Well I never really learned to pray / But
You know what I'm tryin' to say / I don't
want my life to end / Not ever knowing
why it began / So if You'll trust me I'll do
my best / and I'll be trusting You for the
rest

   © 1976 KING OF HEARTS PUBLISHING



NEWS FOR YOU
Randy Stonehill

Everybody's going to the movies /
Everybody's leavin' for the show / Seems as
if we've lost the nerves for feeling / And no
one's in the mood to want to know

I've got news for you this is not a game /
I've got news for you are you Listenin' / 
I've got news for you we are all the same /
And when that is understood we can start
to live again

Can you look inside yourself and tell me /
That your emptiness is just a state of mind /
And you'll feel better if you just keep busy
/ If you leave your feelings all behind

I've got news for you this is not a game /
I've got news for you are you listenin' / I've
got news for you we are all to blame / And
when that is understood we can start to live
again

Oh start to live again / People people tell 
me where have we been

Ever feel as if your heart was whispering /
Like a special Voice you never heard
before / And something deep inside your
soul was tickin' / As if someone was
pounding on the door

I've got news for you this is not a game /
I've got news for you are you listenin' / I've
got news for you we are all the same / I've
got news for you this is not a game / I've 
got news for you we are all the blame /
And when that is understood we can start
to live again / Yes when that is understood
we can start to live again

   © 1976 KING OF HEARTS PUBLISHING



SONG FOR SARAH
Randy Stonehill

Sarah can I love you will you open up the
door / I know you've heard that misused
word a lot of times before / But I think that
you need someone who can firmly take
your hand / And love you in a way that you
can really understand

Sarah will you love me you've got so much
there to give / We've waited for so long to
change the lonely way we live / And I see
the fragile lady that you hide behind your
eyes / And I want so much to reach you
when I hear those distant cries

Sarah Someone loves you in a way I never
could / He laid His life before you on a 
cross made out of wood / Oh and in His
hour of anguish our dreams were given
birth / I hope you finally realize how much
your love is worth

   © 1976 KING OF HEARTS PUBLISHING



CHRISTMAS SONG FOR ALL YEAR 'ROUND
Randy Stonehill

I wonder if this Christmas they'll begin to
understand / The Jesus that they celebrate
is much more than a man / 'Cause the way
the world is I don't see How people can
deny / The only way to save us was for
Jesus Christ to die

And I know that if Saint Nicholas was here
he would agree / The Jesus gave the
greatest gift of all to you and me / They led
Him to the slaughter on a hill called
Calvary / And mankind was forgiven when
they nailed Him to the tree

But most of all the children they're the
ones I hope will learn / The Jesus is our
Saviour and He's going to return / And
Christmas isn't just a day / And all days
aren't the same / Perhaps they'll think 
about the word and see it spells His name

And I know that if Saint Nicholas was here
he would agree / The Jesus gave the
greatest gift of all to you and me / They led
Him to the slaughter on a hill called
Calvary / And mankind was forgiven 
Mankind was forgiven We were all
forgiven when they nailed Him to the tree

So Merry Christmas Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas

I wonder if this Christmas they'll begin to
understand

   © 1976 KING OF HEARTS PUBLISHING



GOOD NEWS
Randy Stonehill

Good news Christ is returning / Good
news now the world is learning / Good
news Christ is returning / And Jesus gonna
bring us on home

Good news well I feel alright / Good news
here come like a thief in the night / Good
news He's gonna take us in flight / When
Jesus comes to bring us on home

Good news we're gonna live forever /
Good news floating light as a feather /
Good news we can all be together / When
Jesus comes to bring us on home

Oh, yeah, ain't that real good news / Oh
yeah, ain't that real good news / Go on
hang up your blues

Good news . . . ain't that real good news /
Good news . . . ain't that real good news /
Good news . . . ain't that real good news /
Jesus gonna bring us on home

Oh yeah, ain't that real real good news /
ain't that real real good news / Oh yeah,
ain't that real good news / Go on hang up
your blues

	break

Good news Christ is returning / Good
news now the world is learning / Good
news Christ is returning / And Jesus gonna
bring us on home

come down make you feel alright / like a
thief in the middle of the night / come
down make you feel alright / like a thief in
the middle of the night

   © 1976 KING OF HEARTS PUBLISHING