Peter Mayer

Holy Now

Peter Mayer


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When I was a boy each week on Sunday
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We would go to church and pay attention to 
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The priest, he would read the
D
Holy word, and consecrate the holy bread
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And everyone would kneel and bow
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Today the only difference is
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Everything is holy now
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Everything, everything
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Everything is holy now

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When I was in Sunday school
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We would learn about the time
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Moses split the sea in two
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Jesus made the water wine
D
And I remember feeling sad
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That miracles don't happen still
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But now I can't keep track 
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Cause everything's a miracle
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Everything, everything
          G        D
Everything's a miracle

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Wine from water is not so small
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But an even better magic trick
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Is that anything is here at all
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So the challenging thing becomes
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Not to look for miracles
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But finding where there isn't one

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When holy water was rare at best
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It barely wet my fingertips
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But now I have to hold my breath
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Like I'm swimming in a sea of it
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It used to be a world half there
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Heaven's second rate hand me down
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But I'm walk in' with a reverent air
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Cause everything is holy now
         Bm     A
Everything, everything
          G          D
Everything is holy now

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Read a questioning child's face
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And say it's not a testament
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That'd be very hard to say
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See another new morning come
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And say it's not a sacrament
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I tell you that it can't be done

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This morning, outside I stood
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And saw a little red winged bird
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Shining like a burning bush
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Singing like a scripture verse
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It made me want to bow my head
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I remember when church let out
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How things have changed since then
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Everything is holy now
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It used to be a world half there
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Heaven's second rate hand me down
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But I'm walkin' with a reverent air
                     D
Cause everything is holy now
        Bm     A
Everything, everything
          G
Everything is holy now