Good morning! The next song of the season I want to share is James Taylors Home By Another Way. Please bear with the quality of the video as I put this together for my seminary class several years ago and the clips were gleaned mostly from VHS and old DVD. Dont try and watch it on full screen....and then follow the lyrics here. Those magic men the Magi, some people call them wise or Oriental, even kings. Well anyway, those guys, they visited with Jesus, they sure enjoyed their stay. Then warned in a dream of King Herods scheme, they went home by another way. Yes, they went home by another way, home by another way. Maybe me and you can be wise guys too and go home by another way. We can make it another way, safe home as they used to say. Keep a weather eye to the chart on high and go home another way. Steer clear of royal welcomes, avoid a big to-do. A king who would slaughter the innocents will not cut a deal for you. He really, really wants those presents, hell comb your camels fur Until his boys announce theyve found trace amounts of your frankincense, gold and myrrh. Time to go home by another way, home by another way. You have to figure the Gods, saying play the odds, and go home by another way. We can make it another way, safe home as they used to say. Keep a weather eye to the chart on high and go home another way. Home is where they want you now, You can more or less assume that youll be welcome in the end. Mustnt let King Herod haunt you so or fantasize his features when youre looking at a friend. Well it pleasures me to be here and to sing this song tonight, They tell me that life is a miracle and I figured that theyre right. But Herods always out there, hes got our cards on file. Its a lead pipe cinch, if we give an inch, old Herod likes to take a mile. Its best to go home by another way, home by another way. We got this far to a lucky star, but tomorrow is another day. We can make it another way, safe home as they used to say. Keep a weather eye to the chart on high and go home another way.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 15:55:29 +0000