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Calvary's Not A Lonely Place
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Song about Golgotha and Calvary in Jerusalem where Christ was crucified.
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Acoustic and Electric guitar with bass, canned keyboard rythym and vocals all mixed in by me.
Timberline isn't actually a band at this time as Timberline consists of just one person, me. I am a guitarist and songwriter who loves Jesus. My songs deal with God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and my personal relationship with all of them. I play all styles semi-proficiently, which means I am not a prodigy or super expert, but a good player with good rythym who loves to play. The songs that have come from all of this are sometimes light-hearted romps through music and at other times, are deep and very meaningful with Biblical truths...the kind of songs you want to definitely hear and understand the words. Enjoy the music and words, but keep in mind that my music at this time is done in my own home studio and ,except where noted, all parts are performed by me and mixed in with my little Tascam Porta 02 mini-studio and associated gear. I have a lot of songs that will be appearing on this website as time goes by and time is available to sit down and at least do a rough take with simple guitar and vocal so you can see how they sound. My goal is to mix them all with bass, canned rythym from my electronic keyboard and all the guitar and vocals, but that is a project that takes time.
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Peak #460
Peak in subgenre #90
Author
Steve McNutt
Rights
2002 Steve McNutt
Uploaded
November 29, 2002
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MP3 3.4 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
Was playing with the chord progession as it is in the song and liked it. The first line came along while I was playing and the rest of the song story unfolded in very short order....less than an hour. Many people and songs always sing of Calvary as a lonely place, which is true to the extent that it was only Christ who was crucified for our sins. As the first line came along, I played it and thought about Golgotha. A picture came to my mind of Jesus on the cross with all the people watching Him die and I realized that, NO, Calvary wasn't a lonely place at all, but a place where He was surrounded by thousands of people. Wherever Jesus went, there were thousands, like along the sea of Galilee or when He triumphantly entered Jerusalem for Passover. I believe God chose Passover time because more people gathered then and could witness His death for them on that cross.
Lyrics
V1 Up on a hill called Golgotha Is a place called Calvary Folks often think it's a lonely place But it's not, as you will see V2 For up on that hill long ago As the news spread far and wide An innocent man hung in pain Ruthlessly crucified Chorus: Calvary's not a lonely place For as the voices filled the air He hung in pain on that rugged cross And thousands of people were there V3 They taunted Him with laughter Pointed and called Him names Casting lots for His robe The sentries played their games V4 As you can see by the story Golgotha was the place to be If you wanted to be among people All needing to be set free Copyright 2002 Steve McNutt & Timberline
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