The Lyrics from the album "Amen 1"
1
why?   Low  High

take a look outside your window
as the world is going by.
do you see just your reflection,
do you ask yourself why?
don’t you wanna know why?
why, why, why am i?
take a look at all the people.
is everyone just for themselves?
isn’t anybody asking,
is there - out there - any help?
don’t you wanna know why?
why, why, why?
take a step outside your front door,
welcome to the race of life!
people pushing ever faster,
what are we really tryin’ to hide?
don’t you wanna know why?
why, why, why?

music & words: john angelina


don't you press me   Low  High

you always come on strong
‘bout what’s right and what is wrong -
how i should live my life.
you always come on strong
‘bout what‘s right and what is wrong -
how i should live my life,
who gave you control?
whose image was i created in?
to who will i give an account?
there is a fire in my soul
and your water will never put it out!
to conform to this or that
and to sell out my dreams
might look like an easier life.
what would it mean to me?
outside looks clean and white,
but inside are dead man’s bones.
when did you compromise?
what did you get for your soul?
don’t you press me
don’t you press me
don’t press me into your mold.
you always come on strong
’bout what’s right and what is wrong.
aren’t you just playing the role?
don’t you press me into your mold!
whose image was i created in?
to who will i give an account?
there is a fire in my soul
and your water will never put it out!
don’t you press me
don’t you press me
don’t press me into your mold.

music: john angelina
words: mirjana angelina


hiding place   Low  High

there are times in life
when you just don’t really know,
seems like everything
is gonna get into your soul.
i know where to run,
i know where to hide,
i know where to go when i need to survive,
i found a friend, where i’m safe
i call on the lord - my hiding place.
lying on my bed.
the walls are spinning round.
can’t tell just what to do,
can’t see what’s coming down.
but i know where to run
i know where to hide,
i know where to go when i need to survive,
i found a friend, where i’m safe
i call on the lord - my hiding place.

music: paul & max leutmayr,
michi voglmeier, john angelina
words: john angelina


lord's prayer   Low  High

father in heaven,
holy is your name.
let your kingdom come among us,
let your will be done.
father in heaven,
holy is your name.
let your kingdom come among us
let your will be done.
let your kingdom come,
let your will be done.
give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our sin,
as we forgive,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us!
deliver us!
for yours is the kingdom
and the power
forever.
forever and ever.
amen!

music: dave markee
arrangement: john angelina


still inside   Low  High

spring rain and summer’s day
gave way to winter’s pain.
they say, “in time it all fades away.”
still inside ...
thoughts come and then they’re gone
like snow fall on a july morn.
where can love go - broken and torn?
still inside ...
i hear your voice, i see your face.
they draw me like a river to its place. -
sands of time have left their trace
and i cry ...
i could not give when you needed me,
i thought what was must always be
too late for now - too late for me.
still i cry ...
but like the dawn, breaking through the night
changing dark to light,
turning wrong to right
a heaven sent life was broken, to open
the door to my soul.

music: michi voglmeier
words: john & mirjana angelina
inspired by and dedicated to the memory
of a very special person - cozy:
miss you on earth - meet you in heaven!


long road   Low  High

something funny
happened late one night
as i went to bed.
dreamed a man called out my name
and this is what he said:
“son, i’ve known you always,
i’ve seen your every deed.
that’s why i’m here tonight
to show you where it leads,
for there’s only one road to heaven.“
he went on to show me
all the many, many times,
he had reached into my life,
but i closed the door in pride.
“son,” he said, “you’ve been so bound,
thinking you were free.
that’s why i gave my life
when i nailed it on that tree.“
like lightning breaking through the dark,
his words did hit my soul.
my eyes were opened.
for the first time i did know,
that “there’s only one road to heaven
once you set upon that path
there’s no sense in turning back.
yeah, it is a long road to heaven,
but i’ll be standing by your side
to be a help and to guide you
to heaven."
i got up from my bed,
my body covered in sweat,
i realized this was not a dream -
i knew who i had met!
for there’s only one road...

music & words: john angelina


desireé   Low  High

desireé, desireé,
you let ‘em all inside
and then they threw you away.
desireé, desireé,
wonder what it’s like today.
desireé, desireé,
all you ever wanted
was to go out and play.
desireé, desireé,
wonder what it’s like today.
what would love say,
and what would love do,
would it act that way?
happened one day
as they sat down to eat,
she walked through the door,
and she fell on her knees.
no kiss for the head,
no water for his feet,
what a shock that day.
they stood back in disgrace,
he rose up, and he put them in their place:
for those who’ve wronged
as much as this,
there’s so much grace.
that’s what love says,
that’s what love does,
that’s what love is!
desireé, for you i pray
and everyone just like you,
whose life’s been thrown away.
desireé, desireé,
hope you hear my prayer today.
desireé, desireé,
times have changed
but the story’s the same.
no matter what they do,
no matter what they say,
let love have his way!
and that’s what love says...

music & words: john angelina


love so easy   Low  High

sunlight pouring into our bed,
down your shoulder,
caressing your head
how i long to keep this moment in time
how i long to keep your smile.
gentle thoughts of what the future holds
enter the room and, as they unfold,
how i long to keep this moment in time,
how i long to keep your smile
of love.
love so easy - can’t keep from laughing.
love so strong - i’m not ashamed to cry.
love so crazy - that i keep on longing.
guess i’ll never quite understand
how deep things run
between a woman and man.
i just know for now it fills me with dreams
and the strength to make them real.
no words are needed, no motion, no touch.
might go too far, might say too much.
i just long to keep this moment in time,
how i long to keep your smile
of love
love so easy - can’t keep from laughing.
love so strong - i’m not ashamed to cry.
love so crazy - that i keep on longing,
longing for your love.

music: john angelina - words: mirjana angelina
accordion: theo degler - bass: dave markee
2nd acoustic guitar: thomas luck


can u c me   Low  High

need to look at the state you’re in:
you’re too old, too small, too thin,
they say you can’t be,
what you dreamed you always could be.
it’s too big, too hard and you’re too late.
you’ve got to be what everybody’s saying,
’cause people only see you in the way
they want you to be.
do i fit inside your plan,
am i the one, am i your man?
can u c me?
i wanna know
can u c me?
need a watch, a suit and get a car.
that’s all you need, son,
you’ll really go far.
just remember to be,
what they want you to be.
and forget about what’s really inside.
play the role, and learn to survive,
’cause people only see you in the way,
they want you to be.
do i fit inside your plan,
am i the one, am i your man?
can u c me?
i wanna know,
can u c me?

music & words: john angelina


summer is over   Low  High

city light, color so bright,
dead end street of illusion high
leavin’ you hooked on a needle’s eye
to nowhere.
lost in a race for happiness,
drowning in the depth of emptiness,
black hole’s pulling you
to nowhere.
paper said: another idol’s dead,
took a gun, and put it to his head:
hate myself, just wanna be dead
and be nowhere!
why drudge through another day?
can’t we hear just what they say?
no hope leading only one way
to nowhere!
summer is over, harvest is come,
and we’re not saved!
summer is over, harvest is come,
and we’re not saved!
summer is over, harvest is come
we’re not saved
jump up on that fortune-wheel,
buy a feeling that ain’t real,
don’t be bothered with ideals,
they’re nowhere!
lost in a race for happiness
drowning in the depth of emptiness,
black hole’s pulling you
to nowhere.
if there's a god he must be blind,
deaf and dumb to human kind.
have you seen him?
i can’t find him
nowhere!
why drudge through another day?
can’t we hear just what they say?
no hope leading only one way now
it’s nowhere!
summer is over, harvest is come...
and we're still not saved.

music & words: john & mirjana angelina
hammond organ: theo degler
amen would like to thank
tom winter ... for the name, troubleshooting and otherwise. a.f. eser ... for the kick. stefan grünzner ... for saving michi’s pc and his nerves. stefan behrens ... for great equipment. silvia ...for endless hours. stephan ... for the picture excursion. wyatt brown ... for the anthem and holding up the bic lighter. ray bevan ... for all the laughter. our family at glc ... for their love and support!

a special thank you from john to...
mirjana ... for unconditional love, support and correction. phillip & jessica ... for playing with daddy’s music. Mom & dad, sandy & marie for putting up with the noise all those years.