RICH'S
SONG
Track 10
4:59
words and
music by Mitch McVicker
Copyright
© 1999 White Plastic Bag Music
All rights
reserved. Lyrics reprinted by permission
Rich's Song
Lyrics
Words and
music by Mitch McVicker
If you chase
the horizon long enough,
Then you
just might lose the dark
And you
found the light or maybe it found you and I'm sorry you had to part
Until I
think about where you are
You stepped
behind a veil and then you just went on in
But you
were here for awhile and that was such a gift
Do you
know what I mean is?
Chorus
I'm sure
you smile a lot more than you ever did before
And I can
hear you laughing and carrying on from here
But this
world took it's toll so you went on through that door
And I could
tell it all was drawing near
I just
had no idea it was so close
But He
was always calling you home
He was always
calling you home
And I have
never known who heard His voice
But I'm
almost sure you did
You had
a way of hiding it,
But you
walked along with Him
Oh, do
you know what I mean is?
As I put
words to your life they seem to come up short
The words
meant a lot to you,
But you
are so much more
Chorus (twice)
From the
day that you were born
He was
calling you home
From the
day that you were born
He was
calling you home
He was
calling you home
He was
calling you home
You finally
made it home
You made
it home
Copyright
© 1999 White Plastic Bag Music (SESAC)
All rights
reserved. Lyrics reprinted by permission.
From Mitch:
I wrote
this for, to, and about Rich Mullins. I wrote it as I was recovering from
the carwreck that ended up killing him and injuring me. I was thinking
about how I missed him, but how I really couldn't be that sad because everything
Rich was longing for and striving towards in this life had now been realized.
sometimes, I even think I can hear him laughing.
From
an interview mitch was asked about this song and he replied replied:
Well, it's
a song that I started coming up with the music for it when Rich and I were
still roommates. He was fond of the melody and he thought it was
neat. And so then when I was recovering (from the car accident) I
thought, wow, I really want to do something with this song. I really
want to try and write a song for Rich, about Rich, to Rich with this.
As much as I was thinking about the whole situation, with being in the
wreck with Rich, with me being in a bad situation of healing, it didn't
make sense to me. People would talk about missing Rich: what a bummer
that was and what a bad deal, what a tragic deal and I would say, yeah,
but just I couldn't get that upset about it because I do believe that Rich
got the better end of the deal. In one instant, everything that Rich
was striving for was accomplished, was achieved. In the fact that
Rich, “blammo” was in the presence of God, was in communion with God.
He was whole, complete, and free of what he'd been struggling against here
and there. We all will be free of our struggles, free of the downfall
of our souls and there Rich was. So I could not get that upset about
things. I tried to put that down into words and music. It's
another one (song) that is very meaningful to me. ~ Mitch McVicker