A Lord-Built House

from View from Violet Hill by Norah Long

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lyrics

I want to live in a Lord-built house – want to live in a Lord-built house!
Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain.
Don’t want to live in a man-built house with a structure built on sin –
Brightly painted shutters and doors, and all decayed within.
Don’t want to live in a man-made house with a man-made light inside –
The storms blow in and the power goes out and the man in fear must hide!
I want to live in a Lord-built house, with a structure built on love,
With the rock foundation under me and the Heavenly Father above!
I want to live in a Lord-built house – want to live in a Lord-built house!

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from View from Violet Hill, released January 1, 2010
words and music Roger G. Lentz [ASCAP] – ed. Craig Courtney [ASCAP] ©1987, 2004 Beckenhorst Press, Inc. Used by permission. – piano Michael Pearce Donley – upright bass Aaron Fabbrini – drums Zach Miller – mandolin/shaker Matt Patrick

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