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You have selected: Dance Upon the Shore from the Ron Klusmeier Anthology. Subscribers may download arrangements using the links in the right hand column.
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Lyrics:
When working in God’s service leaves us feeling kind of low,
there’s a story in the Gospel that restores a smiling glow,
a story of some fisherfolk who’d spent a catchless night,
a story of surprising fun, a story of delight.
While cleaning all their fishing nets and packing up their gear,
they grumbled at the lack of fish, yet heard so loud and clear:
“Put out your boat and drop your nets!” the word that Jesus spoke.
They’d worked all night and caught no fish. This had to be a joke!
REFRAIN:
“Put out your boat and drop your nets!”
“Put out your boat and drop your nets!”
For when this world sees God’s intent
then we will dance, dance, dance upon the shore.
The nets soon bulged with silvery fish, the catch proved hard to land.
On shore they laughed and shouted out and danced upon the sand.
Then Jesus spoke again to them of what God wanted done,
to make this world a different place with hope for everyone.
(REFRAIN)
When like those weary fisherfolk, we fish an empty night,
when time is spent and catch is small, and nothing goes quite right,
O Christ, call us with laughing hope, and dare us fish some more,
for when this world sees God’s intent we’ll all dance on the shore.
(REFRAIN)