Speaking In Tongues

Speaking In Tongues, released in 2018, is my most recent album and second digital-only album.  This album contains 10 religious songs including some of my more popular songs like Neighbor and Speaking in Tongues.  Clicking the links next to the titles of the songs will take you to their lyrics and videos. The links directly below will take you to the music on popular streaming and downloading sites.

Song
Die For YouLyrics
Mariam’s SongLyrics
Speaking In TonguesLyricsVideo
Just Be Like ChristLyricsVideo
Crusin’ For A Brusin’ From the LordLyrics
NeighborLyricsVideo
Seven Times Seven Times Seventy-SevenLyrics
Isaiah 11Lyrics
A Cave In BethlehemLyrics
Wrestle With The AngelsLyricsVideo

Die For You

Forty days
Forty nights
Moses on a hill
Ten Commandments
And a bunch of laws
Telling us God’s will
Some laws are about what’s right and wrong;
Some laws about being a Jew
But there are so many laws that you can’t keep them all
You need something to die for you
Something to die for you
Something to die for you
Something to die for you
Something to die for you

To obey the law, you have to be real good
And you have to be real nice
And to obey the law, every once in a while
You have to offer a sacrifice
An animal that’s healthy and clean
Any animal won’t do
An animal to take your place
You need something to die for you
Something to die for you
Something to die for you
Something to die for you
Something to die for you

Good and bad
Right and wrong
Listening to God’s call
Do this
Don’t do that
Following God’s law
When you look at me you see all my faults
What I did and didn’t do
Hope you realize that everybody sins
You need something to die for you
Something to die for you
Something to die for you
Something to die for you
Something to die for you

Holy priest stands in your place
Offering again and again
What he does doesn’t matter because
It won’t take away your sin
A perfect gift
A holy lamb
Is the only thing that will do
So God will to remember
Your sins no more
You need Jesus to die for you
Jesus to die for you
Jesus to die for you
Jesus to die for you
Jesus to die for you

Art Wheeler © 2018

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Mariam’s Song

Now Pharaoh set us Israelites free
Just as God foretold
He got tired of Moses and you and me
And his people gave us silver and gold
We grabbed our things and we left real late
Before Pharaoh changed his mind
We left so fast that the bread we ate
Didn’t even have time to rise

Oh no! What do I see?
Pharaoh’s chariots coming after me.
Praise the Lord, Mighty is He
The horse and the rider drowned in the Red Sea
 
So we went through the wilderness to the Red Sea
Then Pharaoh changed his mind
He came after Moses and you and me
With the best men he could find
We wonder why God brought us there
We’d rather die where we started
Then Moses raised his staff in the air
And the Red Sea waters parted
 
Oh no! What do I see?
Pharaoh’s chariots coming after me.
Praise the Lord, Mighty is He
The horse and the rider drowned in the Red Sea

The surging waters stood long and tall
Held safely by God’s hand
And we went right between those water walls
Walking on dry land
Pharaoh’s horses and men and chariots followed
But their wheels came off in the mud
And Moses raised his staff and the Red Sea swallowed
Pharaoh’s army in a rising flood
 
Oh no! What do I see?
Pharaoh’s chariots coming after me.
Praise the Lord, Mighty is He
The horse and the rider drowned in the Red Sea

Now God didn’t save us because we were good
More sinners here than saints
And most of the time we don’t do what we should
Full of protests and complaints
The Lord’s our strength and our defense
I’m giving God the glory
He’s forgiven me so it just makes sense
To tell everyone his story
 
Oh no! What do I see?
Pharaoh’s chariots coming after me.
Praise the Lord, Mighty is He
The horse and the rider drowned in the Red Sea

Art Wheeler © 2018

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Speaking In Tongues

What will they think when you tell them that you have been washed in the Blood of the Lamb?
And what will they think when you tell them the name for you’re God is I AM THAT I AM?
What will they think when you give them some bread and you call it the Body of Christ?
And give them some juice that you tell them is really the blood that your Lord sacrificed?

You think you'll draw people to follow your Jesus by telling them laws and commands
Praying in public but Speaking in tongues that nobody else understands

You say that you’re filled with the Holy Ghost spirit, bound for the Promised Land
You say that you’re sanctified, justified, glorified, words that they don’t understand
They think that the Bible you say that you follow is something that stays on your shelf
And they think it's just rules that you say they should follow that you cannot follow yourself

You think you'll draw people to follow your Jesus by telling them laws and commands
Praying in public but Speaking in tongues that nobody else understands

You say that a virgin gave birth to a son and a man was raised from the dead
You tell them a serpent and donkey can speak and tell them the words that they said
A bush that is burning but not burning up and Jesus can walk on the sea
Fantastic yarns and fairy tale stories that you would not usually believe

You think you'll draw people to follow your Jesus by telling them laws and commands
Praying in public but Speaking in tongues that nobody else understands

Your bread and your wine might mean something to you but it’s something that they might not know
You sound like a cannibal clinging to rituals abandoned by most long ago
Stories of miracles, things supernatural, sometimes are hard to believe
You sound just like charlatans, rascals and cheats. Imposters with tricks up their sleeve

Reach for the people that need God the most and go to the places they go
Treat them with kindness, love and respect. Make sure you use words that they know
Tell them the difference God makes in your life especially the times that you fall
Tell them the miracles in your own life, and why you respond to God’s call

You think you'll draw people to follow your Jesus by telling them laws and commands
Praying in public but Speaking in tongues that nobody else understands

Art Wheeler © 2018

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Just Be Like Christ

When times are hard
When times are tough
When times are trying
When you’ve had enough
 
When life’s demands
Wear on you
When there’s no more
That you can do
 
Just be true
Just be sure
Just be kind
Just be pure
 
Just be loving
Just be nice
Just be real
Just be like Christ
 
When you are out
On the street
Reach out to
The ones you meet
 
When people see
The things you do
Do they see
The Christ in you
 
Just be friendly
Just be warm
Just be thoughtful
Just do no harm
 
Just be loving
Just be nice
Just be real
Just be like Christ
  
Just be gracious
Just be sincere
Just be open
Just have no fear
 
Just be loving
Just be nice
Just be real
Just be like Christ
 
Art Wheeler © 2018

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Crusin’ For A Brusin’ From The Lord

I’m hurt; full of anger
And now my life’s in danger
‘Cause my anger is directed at the Lord
‘Cause I don’t like His plannin’
So now I’ll go out tannin’
And lay here in this desert ‘till I die
But a vine grew up, big and leafy
And gave me shade while I was sleepy
And gave me comfort but I don’t know why
Now a worm ate all my shade away
And I’m blamin’ God for my bad day
I’m cruisin’ for a bruisin’ from the Lord
 
I’m cruisin’ for a bruisin’
Because while I was snoozin’
The Lord rained down his blessings upon me
My body he was shadin’
I’m blessed but I’m not praisin’
I’m cruisin’ for a bruisin’ from the Lord
 
Why did I ever bother
To listen to the Father
Or follow the direction of the Lord?
If those people needed savin’
He could do it all with a little hand wavin’
He don’t need me to do His dirty work
Now you might think that I am crazy
A little self-centered, or maybe lazy
To be mad at God, I’d have to be a jerk
But my skin is dry, it burns and itches
Got a little too big for my britches
I’m cruisin’ for a bruisin’ from the Lord
 
I’m cruisin’ for a bruisin’
Because while I was snoozin’
The Lord rained down his blessings upon me
My body he was shadin’
I’m blessed but I’m not praisin’
I’m cruisin’ for a bruisin’ from the Lord

Art Wheeler © 2018

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Neighbor

Love the Lord God with all your heart
Love the Lord God with all your soul
With all your strength and with all your mind
And your neighbor as yourself
 
I was beat by robbers
And they took all that I had
Stripped of clothes and left for dead
Will someone come help me?
 
That man on the road appears to be dead
Someone should check on him
But now is the time for my priestly duties
I will pass on the other side
 
Since I am descended from the house of Levi
I always keep myself clean
That man on the road just might be dead
I will pass on the other side

I am a Samaritan
But I’ll take you to an inn
Where they’ll dress and feed you, tend your wounds
And I’ll pay for everything
 
Art Wheeler © 2018

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Seven Times Seven Times Seventy-Seven

I stand here beside you with my hand open wide
For the money that I want today
So why do I think that I’m better than you
When we both owe debts that we cannot repay
My Master said “Sell him and his family too
To pay for the debt that he owes.”
I fell to my knees and pleaded for mercy
He canceled my debt and then let me go
So to stand here and choke you and demand all my money
Just isn’t the right thing to do
What good’s the forgiveness that’s given to me
If I cannot share it with you?
The debt you owe me is incredibly small
While my debt would fill up the heavens
How many times do I need to forgive?
Seven times seven times seventy-seven
 
My sin’s like a millstone that hangs ‘round my neck
To drown me when thrown in the sea
I’m running away like a little lost sheep
Thinking of no one but me
The debt you owe me, I’ll never forget
To deny that would make me a liar
But when my Master found out that I called your account
His anger with me raged like fire
He said “You should have had mercy like I had with you
But greed is all you ever showed”
Then He sent me to jail to be tortured until
I paid everything that I owed
Whatever I bind or I loose here on earth
Will be bound or loosened in heaven
How many times do I need to forgive?
Seven times seven times seventy-seven
 
Forgive when you’re happy, forgive when you’re sad
Forgive them and try to show love
Forgive when you’re angry, forgive when you’re mad
Forgive like your Father above
Forgive those you love, forgive those you hate
Forgive when there’s no hope at all
Forgive those that love you, forgive those that hate you
Forgive both the large and the small
Forgive when you’re up, forgive when you’re down
Forgive both the man and the sin
Forgive when the pain you feel hurts you the most
Forgive when they hurt you again
Forgive when you struggle, forgive when you cry
Forgive when you want to get even
How many times do I need to forgive?
Seven times seven times seventy-seven
 
Art Wheeler © 2018

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Isaiah 11

A shoot will come up
From the stump of Jesse;
From his roots a Branch that will bear fruit.
The Spirit of the LORD will rest upon him
Of wisdom and understanding,
Of counsel and power,
And the knowledge and the fear of the LORD
 
He will not judge by
What he sees with his eyes,
Or decide by what he hears with his ears;
But with righteousness
He will judge the needy,
With justice give decisions
For the poor of the earth.
And delight in the fear of the LORD.
 
With the rod of his mouth
He will strike the earth
With the breath of his lips he’ll slay the wicked.
Righteousness will be
The belt that he wears
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

The wolf and the LAMB will live together
The leopard will lie down with the goat,
The calf and the lion and the yearling will be together;
And all will be lead by a child
Yes and all will be lead by a child
 
In that day
the Root of Jesse
Will stand as a banner for all
The nations will rally
Rally to him
And his place of rest will be glorious.
 
In that day
The LORD will reach his hand out
To reclaim the remnant his people
And he will raise
A banner for the nations
And gather all the exiles
Assemble scattered people
From all four corners of the earth.

​A shoot will come up
From the stump of Jesse;
From his roots a Branch that will bear fruit.
The Spirit of the LORD will rest upon him
Of wisdom and understanding,
Of counsel and power,
And the knowledge and the fear of the LORD
​
Art Wheeler © 2018

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A Cave in Bethlehem

There’s a cow that’s in the corner
There’s a donkey in a stall
There’s a bucket filled with water
Goats and chickens ‘round it all
There’s a manger filled with hay
And a torch to light the way
Since I have no room I’ll let you stay
In this cave in Bethlehem
In a cave in Bethlehem
 
You should call us when you need us
Since your wife is very near
To the time to have her baby
When you call us, we’ll be here
To keep the manger filled with hay
Where the newborn child can lay
So you get some rest here while you stay
In this cave in Bethlehem
In a cave in Bethlehem
 
Now the shepherds in the doorway
Come from fields around the town
Sent by messengers from heaven
To the baby that they found
In the manger filled with hay
And the shepherds bow and say
That a Savior’s born to us this day
In this cave in Bethlehem
In a cave in Bethlehem

Art Wheeler © 2018

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Wrestle With The Angels

I wrestled with my brother in the womb to wake my mother every morn
And I grabbed at his heal to make him stumble from the moment he was born
I left my home to go live with my mother’s family when my mother said
That my brother was so full of hurt and anger that he wished that I was dead
 
Because I bought my brother’s birthright with some stew
And I stole my father’s blessing from him too
I take advantage when I deal with other men
And I wrestle with the angels now and then
 
14 years of labor was my payment for my uncle’s daughters’ hands
And for flocks as wages, I spent 6 more years at his command
My wages were the speckled sheep that all grew up to be so big and strong
And the flocks that he was left with are all weak so now he thinks I did him wrong
 
Because I bought my brother’s birthright with some stew
And I stole my father’s blessing from him too
I take advantage when I deal with other men
And I wrestle with the angels now and then
 
I send messengers to tell my brother that I’m coming back to see him then
They return and say he’s coming out to meet me and he has 400 men
I send gifts to try and earn his favor because I don’t know what he’s going to do
But he welcomes me with opened arms because the Lord saw fit to bless him too
 
Well I bought my brother’s birthright with some stew
And I stole my father’s blessing from him too
I take advantage when I deal with other men
And I wrestle with the angels now and then

Art Wheeler © 2018

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Speaking In Tongues Video

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Just Be Like Christ Video

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Neighbor Video

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Wrestle With The Angels Video

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