my business lies at jesus' gate

we've been ramping up our work on a new record - more precisely - yet another collection of old hymns put to new music from red mountain.  we are backlogged on songs dating back over three years now - we have many more songs then we will ever be able to record well, so it is hard to know what we are going to do with them.  we are considering putting out more b-sides, releasing songs for digital release (download) only, etc.  we really have no idea, and I personally still can't resist the concept of an album - it is the only way I really feel like I can complete a collection of music.  anyway, you can read more about the new record here.  and in the meantime, here is a really rough demo of one I wrote about a week ago.  I record a lot of my demos in photobooth on my mac, hence the video.  there is absolutely no telling if this song will ever make it to a record, and right now I really like it, so I am sharing it here, lest it becomes buried like so many of our songs.

my business lies at jesus' gate

words: erskine & berridge, taken from gadsby's hymns #743

music: brian t. murphy (2009)

my business lies at jesus' gate

where many a lazar (beggar) comes

and here I seek and here I wait

for mercy's falling crumbs

the lord I hear the hungry feeds

and cheers the souls distressed

he loves to bind up broken reeds

and heal a bleeding breast

his name is jesus full of grace

which draws me to his door

and will not jesus show his face

and bring his gospel store?

supplies of every grace I want

and each day want supply

and if no grace the lord will grant

I must lie down and die

I must lie down and die