Name: The Captain Song
Duration: P00H05M40S
Description: I wrote this song on a 'church staff spiritual retreat' in a cabin at North Shore, Lake Tahoe sometime in the mid 70's. I was on staff as an Outreach Minister. Well, the entire staff decided they were going out for the night to the casinos, but that seemed just a little too spiritual for me. I stayed back at the cabin and wrote this song.

The Captain Song

from The Early Years - Shiloh 1974-1976 by Denes McIntosh

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I wrote this song on a 'church staff spiritual retreat' in a cabin at North Shore, Lake Tahoe sometime in the mid 70's. I was on staff as an Outreach Minister. Well, the entire staff decided they were going out for the night to the casinos, but that seemed just a little too spiritual for me. I stayed back at the cabin and wrote this song.

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The Captain Song
Denes McIntosh

Every morning I wake and wonder
if I can climb that hill
with little warning I step from under
my fathers perfect will.

But he keeps me with tender mercy
kind and warm and still
then gently leads me back to the safety
within his glorious will.

Chorus:
And we climb that hill together
and we fight the battle side by side
I realize I'm gonna live forever
cause I'm ridin' on the side
of the Captain of eternal life.

Every evening I'm layin’ free from
the worries of the day
I've been seein' what I've been needing
provided in a wondrous way
As I've been seekin' Him
I find that I've been reachin' Him
not by the words I pray
not by the songs I've sung, not by the deeds I've done
but only by His grace.

Chorus:

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from The Early Years - Shiloh 1974-1976, released January 1, 2008

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