Give Through Devotion (ft. Dan Sartorius on saxophone)

GIVE THROUGH DEVOTION by Mark A. Lajoie
US Copyright Claim #1-13556994611
Copyright # SRu1-569-167

We did this as a band live for the first & only time circa 2005. I took that live performance & used it as a scratch track, keeping some elements as a background. Found an old mic; I then recorded a series of vocals & guitars as you hear here. I used some of Tony's drums from another song. And now, a new friend in Christ, Dan Sartorius, has offered his considerable talent as a professional saxophone player!

VERSE
You know, people have been talkin’
I’ve heard them busy knockin’ you
They say that you have changed,
And they’re thinking, ‘He’s never gonna be the same. What a shame’
Now you have everything you wanted,
But you’re empty & you’re haunted
Doing what’s not right,
And you’re thinkin’ it’s never gonna be the same, the same, the same

CHORUS
Why don’t you
Give through devotion
Try not to live on emotion
Be like a ship on the ocean of Love, of Love
Why don’t you
Give through devotion
Try not to live on emotion
Be like a ship on the ocean of Love, of Love

VERSE
So now we see that you’ve met Jesus,
And you know much it pleases us,
To see how much you’ve changed,
And we’re thinking Your life could really be a flame! What a flame!
Now lots of people knock you,
But you say you’ll keep on walkin’
With a persevering Love
And you’re thinking the world will never be the same, the same
And you say….

(CHORUS)

BRIDGE
Why should you think just of yourself? When there’s a world of love for somebody else?
Jesus came so that the world could be one. Join to the Body of God’s Only Son. SING!
CODA
Why don’t you….
Give through devotion like a ship on the ocean (7x) with ad libs
Give through devotion like a ship on the ocean of Love? (3x)