Allyn Van Dusen - Our Love

LYRICS: OUR LOVE


This Love Roger Copeland	Return to the CD page.

Alisa Curlee, piano
This love is the kind that lasts forever,
Flowing from the Father,
His love binds our hearts and lives together,
and seals them with His love.
This love stands the test of time and trouble,
as we walk together,
Trusting while God lights the way
and shines in our hearts with His love.
His Spirit inside us
There to guide us all the way;
He’s walking beside us,
When we can’t find the light of day!
His love is the purpose of our living,
Sharing life together,
Knowing that He chose us in His wisdom
To follow where He leads.
His Word is a love song
That began long, long ago;
Our love will remain strong
For His harmony helps us grow!
His love is the rhyme that gives life meaning
Through the days and years
So we’ll go knowing He will lead us all of the way
With His love.


The Prayer Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster	Return to the CD page.

Bret Miller, tenor
Timothy Judd, violin
Brenda Robak, viola
Christopher Haritatos, cello
Dan Vitale, bass
Alisa Curlee, piano
John Wiesenthal, guitar
I pray you’ll be our eyes
And watch us where we go
And help us to be wise
In times when we don’t know
Let this be our prayer
When we lose our way
Lead us to a place
Guide us with your grace
To a place where we’ll be safe.
I pray we’ll find your light
And hold it in our hearts
Remind us where you are
When stars go out each night
Let this be our prayer
When shadows fill our day
Lead us to a place
Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we’ll be safe.
A world where pain and sorrow will be ended
And every heart that’s broken will be mended
And we’ll remember we all are God’s children
Reaching out to touch you, reaching to the sky!
We ask that life be kind
And watch us from above
We hope each soul will find
Another soul to love
Let this be our prayer
Just like every child
Needs to find a place
Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we’ll be safe.
Love will be our guide
Felt down deep inside
Fill us with your tender love.


One Hand One Heart Leonard Bernstein	Return to the CD page.

Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Timothy Judd, violin
Brenda Robak, viola
Christopher Haritatos, cello
Make of our hands one hand,
Make of our hearts one heart,
Make of our vows one last vow,
Only death can part us now.
Make of our lives one life,
Day after day, one life,
Now it begins, now we start,
One hand, one heart,
Even death won’t part us now.


And on This Day Tina English	Return to the CD page.

Alisa Curlee, piano
And on this day, this special day,
We pledge our love.
This single flame, which once was two,
Will show we’re one.
And through the years
We’ll share its meaning even more
In times of good, in times of poor.
And as we live, we’ll learn the measure
of our love, the height and depth,
the width and breadth of our true love.
And with God’s help,
We will grow stronger every day
And share each step along the way.
Our love is planted
And will blossom forth,
For we are one.


Theme from Ice Castles Marvin Hamlisch	Return to the CD page.

Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager
Timothy Judd, violin
Brenda Robak, viola
Christopher Haritatos, cello
Dan Vitale, bass
Alisa Curlee, piano
John Wiesenthal, guitar
Please don’t let this feeling end,
It’s everything I am, everything I want to be.
I can see what’s mine now
Finding out what’s true
Since I found you…
Looking through the eyes of love.
And now I can take the time,
I can see my life as it comes up shining now,
Reaching out to touch you
I can feel so much
Since I found you…
Looking through the eyes of love.
And now I do believe that even in the storm
We’ll find some light
Knowing you’re beside me, I’m all right.
Please don’t let this feeling end,
It’s everything I am, and I want to remember
How it feels to touch you,
How I feel so much
Since I found you…
Looking through the eyes of love.


The Lord is My Shepherd John Rutter	Return to the CD page.

Cary Ratcliff, piano
Jan Angus, flute
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;
He leadeth me beside the still waters;
He restoreth my soul.
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness,
for His name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me,
Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies;
Thou anointest my head with oil,
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.


A Wedding Meditation Milburn Price	Return to the CD page.

Alisa Curlee, piano
They are bound together by God’s love;
In that love two lives become as one,
Each bringing gifts to share,
Each showing loving care
In the name of Father, Spirit, Son.
May their vows stay fresh within their minds,
And their love grow stronger in their hearts,
Through all the passing years
Through laughter and through tears,
With a strength that growing faith imparts.
Gracious God of marriage and of home,
Bless these two who pledge their love today;
Give them true happiness,
Help them find ways to bless
Other people through their gifts, we pray.


All I Ask of You Andrew Lloyd Webber	Return to the CD page.

Arranged by John Gaspar
Lyrics by Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe;
adapted by Allyn Van Dusen
with Ken Harrington, vocalist
Timothy Judd, violin
Brenda Robak, viola
Christopher Haritatos, cello
John Gaspar, harp
Stretch your hand towards me,
Come close inside my arms,
I’m here, nothing can harm you,
My words will warm and calm you.
Let me be your freedom,
Your comfort through life’s storms,
I’m here, with you, beside you,
To guard you and to guide you.
All I ask is every waking moment,
Turn my head with talk of summertime.
Say you need me with you, now and always,
Promise me that all you say is true,
That’s all I ask of you.
Let me be your shelter,
Let me be your light.
In love, we are together, this moment and forever.
Let me be your comfort, your helper and your friend
And you, always beside me
to hold me and to hide me.
Then say you’ll share with me one love, one lifetime,
Hand in hand whatever happens.
Say you need me with you, here beside you,
Anywhere you go let me go too,
Love me, that’s all I ask of you.
All I ask Is for one love, one lifetime.
Say the word and I will follow you.
Share each day with me, each night, each morning.
How I love you – More each day!
Love me, that’s all I ask of you.


The Rose Amanda McBroom	Return to the CD page.

Cary Ratcliff, synthesizer
Jan Angus, flute
Some say love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed
Some say love, it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love it is a hunger
An endless aching need
I say love it is a flower
And you its only seed.
It’s the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It’s the dream afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
It’s the one who won’t be taken
Who cannot seem to give,
And the soul afraid of dyin’
That never learns to live.
When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun’s love
In the spring becomes the rose.


Wedding Hymn G.F. Handel	Return to the CD page.

From his opera Ptolemy
English text by Walter McNutt
Timothy Judd, violin
Brenda Robak, viola
Christopher Haritatos, cello
Dan Vitale, bass
Father in Heaven abiding,
Who hears our prayers at all time:
Grant that these pledges given
And taken with Thy blessing,
May bring to these Thy servants
A joy never known before;
That, in the years to follow,
Increases more and more.
Give them the grace of angels,
Give them a constant charity
And faith in the peace of heaven
Which we, with them, may see.
Father and Son and Spirit,
With prayers from Thy saints and angels:
Grant that these pledges given
And taken with Thy blessing,
May bring to these Thy servants
A joy never known before,
Love in a new fulfillment,
Increasing more and more.


Two Candles Sonny Salsbury	Return to the CD page.

Alisa Curlee, piano
Two candles shining by the altar,
But today their flames will burn as one,
And the dark that lies ahead
Will be filled with light instead
As your love just grows and grows.
Keep on burning clear and bright,
Fill our lives with your love’s light,
For it’s God the Father’s blessed
Your union here tonight.


Bring Them Home Boublil/Schoenberg	Return to the CD page.

Arranged by John Gaspar
Lyrics by H. Kretzmer, adapted by Joyce Smith
God on high, hear our prayer
In our need You have always been there
Watch our young, keep them safe
Let them rest, heaven blessed
Bring them hope, bring them joy, bring them love
These are the children we have known
since God has granted us a child
Summers go by one by one
How soon they fly on and on
And now they start a life their own.
Take them now to Thy care
In their need, please always be there
Bring them faith, build their dreams
Where you are let them be
Let them live filled with hope
Bring them joy, bring them love
Bring them peace, bring them home.


The Ring Robert Schumann	Return to the CD page.

Lyrics by L. Pfausch, adapted by Allyn Van Dusen
Alisa Curlee, piano
This ring upon your finger
is a token and pledge of love.
May the blessing upon it linger
and hallow your union in heaven above.
Be firm in faith to each other,
perform and keep the vows you give;
so you might know perfect love
and peace as together you live.
This ring upon your finger
is a symbol of God’s dear love.
May the blessing upon it linger
and turn you together to God above.


Starting From Today Mark Henderson	Return to the CD page.

Arranged by John Wiesenthal
Lyrics by Connie Samovitz
Bret Miller, tenor
Timothy Judd, violin
Brenda Robak, viola
Christopher Haritatos, cello
Dan Vitale, bass
I have dreamed of you
Wanting to hold you
I have loved you so
And you loved me too
You and I can be together now
I’ll never go away
You and I can love forever now
Starting from today
I’m with you all the way
I have fantasized that we were lovers
Now I really know there’ll be no others
You and I can be together now
I’ll never go away
You and I can love forever now
Starting from today
I’m with you all the way
Rainbows have no end
Just like the flowers
Watch them bloom and grow
Each sunny day
Rain and stormy clouds can come and go
But summer blossoms stay
That is how our love will always be
Starting from today
I’m with you all the way
Starting from today


The Gift of Love Traditional Folk Melody	Return to the CD page.

Arranged by Hal Hopson
(based on I Corinthians 13)
Alisa Curlee, piano
Though I may speak with bravest fire
And have the faith to all inspire
And have not love, my words are vain
As sounding brass, and hopeless gain.
Though I may give all I possess,
And striving so my love profess,
But not be given by love within,
The profit soon turns strangely thin.
Come Spirit, come, our hearts control,
Our spirits long to be made whole.
Let inward love guide every deed.
By this we worship and are freed.


The Lord’s Prayer A.H. Malotte	Return to the CD page.

Arranged by ___
John Gaspar, harp
Our Father, which art in Heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done
In earth, as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power,
And the glory, forever. Amen.


Now There Shall Be No Rain Cary Ratcliff	Return to the CD page.

Apache Marriage Blessing
Cary Ratcliff, piano
Judy Rotondi, oboe
Now there shall be no rain
For each of you will be a shelter to the other.
Now you shall feel no cold
For each of you will be warmth for the other.
Now there is no loneliness for you;
Now loneliness is no more.
Now you are two bodies
But there is only one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place
To enter into your days together;
And may your days be good
And long upon the earth.


Wedding Ring Song Donald F. Marsh	Return to the CD page.

Timothy Judd, violin
Brenda Robak, viola
Christopher Haritatos, cello
Alisa Curlee, piano
Hushed in the giving of these rings to each other,
Lord, we bow to remember who we are;
Softly illumined by Your love
All about us like a shining star,
Raining peace, sending light.
There is no word that we can say
To express the way we feel
Gathered here with those we love;
Met in the presence of Your Spirit,
Descending like a dove:
Touching us, moving us to sing
To the rapture of a glad, new home,
Laugh with the music in the sky;
Dance to the rhythm of our beating hearts,
As free as white clouds sailing high!
Now in the circle of Your grace,
Filled with mystery,
We pray that our rings may be a sign,
O Lord, that together we may walk
In Your pathway divine.


A Gaelic Blessing John Rutter	Return to the CD page.

Gaelic Rune
Alisa Curlee, piano
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the gentle night to you
Moon and stars pour their healing light on you
Deep peace of heart
The light of the world to you
Deep peace of love to you


Ave Maria Franz Schubert	Return to the CD page.


Our Love Mark Henderson	Return to the CD page.

Arranged by John Wiesenthal
Lyrics by Allyn Van Dusen
Timothy Judd, violin
Brenda Robak, viola
Christopher Haritatos, cello
Dan Vitale, bass
Alisa Curlee, piano
John Wiesenthal, guitar
Once my life was a barren desert
Once my heart was a frozen land
I was all alone
In a place of stone
Till you came, and you reached for my hand
Then the light of the dawn broke through me
Bringing me to the shore of day
When I looked in your eyes
So tender
All of my pain melted and drifted away
Our love carries us like a ship
Upon the ocean
As we travel the waves of time
Holding us up
Giving us hope
Our journey made easier
because we are together
Safe and warm
Through every storm
Our love waters the thirsty roots
Of souls’ longing
Causing the good fruit of trust to grow
Peace like a flower
A heavenly power
A beautiful garden
will enfold our hearts forever
Come walk with me
And we shall see
You are an oasis
A respite from struggle and strife
I’ll share with you gladly
Each moment of all my life
Our love is free as the eagle’s flight
Above the mountains
Rising, soaring on golden wings
Together we’ll fly
Boundless the sky
Sharing the breezy path in harmony forever
Our ocean flows
Our garden grows
God truly knows
Our love