WHAT A STORY TELLER....SUFJAN STEVENS

This is what I have been listening to today. I will post 3 songs and videos here that will give you all a tastes of this dear brother. He is another one that did it his way in mainstream music singing about the hope of glory in real life stories. Rolling Stone Magazine called him a story telling musical genius. People are being touched by the ripples of Papa's grace and at present time might not even be aware of it.

Chicago
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vg7BEHIo-g4&mode=related&search=

I fell in love again all things go, all things go
drove to Chicago all things know, all things know
we sold our clothes to the state
I don't mind, I don't mind
I made a lot of mistakes in my mind, in my mind

I drove to New York in a van, with my friend
we slept in parking lots I don't mind, I don't mind
I was in love with the place in my mind, in my mind
I made a lot of mistakes in my mind, in my mind

you came to take us all things go, all things go
to recreate us all things grow, all things grow
we had our mindset all things know, all things know
you had to find it all things go, all things go

if I was crying in the van, with my friend
it was for freedom from myself and from the land
I made a lot of mistakes I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes I made a lot of mistakes

you came to take us all things go, all things go
to recreate us
all things grow, all things grow
we had our mindset
all things know, all things know
you had to find it all things go, all things go


Abraham
http://youtube.com/watch?v=T4IZBi2fUFc


Abraham, worth a righteous one.
Take up on the wood, put it on your son.
Lake or lamb.
There is none to harm.
When the angel came, you had raised your arm.
Abraham, put off on your son.

Take instead the ram
until Jesus comes

(This video for Seven Swans is done to images of New Orleans after the hurricane but it leaves out the last part of the song which is unfortunate.) There are other live versions of it available on youtube but they aren't very good quality. There is a short movie someone did for this song that is really cool also. Go check them out if you care to.

Seven Swans
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AG29KYgVwAg

This is the live version and he tells a story of how this song came about.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BfyRIUmAOPk

We didn't sleep too late.
There was a fire in the yard.
All of the tress were in light.
They had no faces to show.
I saw a sign in the sky:
Seven swans, seven swans, seven swans.
I heard a voice in my mind: I will try, I will try, I will try.
I will try, I will try, I will try.

We saw the dragon move down.
My father burned into coal.
My mother saw it from far.
She took her purse to the bed.
I saw a sign in the sky: Seven horns, seven horns, seven horns.
I heard a voice in my mind: I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord.
He said: I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord.
He said: I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord.

He will take you. If you run,
He will chase you.
He will take you.
If you run, He will chase you
'cause He is the Lord.
'Cause He is the Lord...
Seven swans, seven swans, seven swans, seven swans, seven swans...

Okay....this is #4. How about an old hymn?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=b1bSlS6OWTs