Open Hearts at the Feast

[Intro - Fiddle, banjo and tambourine] [Verse 1 - Bubba, male solo] Bring the strings and bring the timbrel, Let the feast-day trumpet sound; Lift a song to Jacob's Keeper, Let His mighty strength be crowned. He relieved the burdened shoulders, Freed the hands from heavy loads; In the thunder He had answered, At the waters hearts were proved. [Chorus - Duet] Open hearts at the feast, Let us listen while we sing; He who brought us out of Egypt Is the Lord to whom we cling. Let no foreign god divide us, Let no idol take His place; Open hearts at the feast, Hear the voice behind the praise. [Verse 2 - Darlene, female solo] God had called His people closer, Promised mouths with food to fill; But they would not hear His counsel, Chose the pathways of their will. He released them to their stubbornness, To the plans their hearts devised; Still His words lament their wandering: Would My people hear My voice! [Instrumental Break - Clawhammer banjo and piano] [Bridge - Duet; guitar only] Had we walked within His pathways, He would turn our foes aside; Finest wheat and rock-born honey, He had offered to provide. Let the music not outrun us, Let the singing hearts be true. [Final Chorus - Duet and congregation] Open hearts at the feast, Let us listen while we sing; He who brought us out of Egypt Is the Lord to whom we cling. Let no foreign god divide us, Let no idol take His place; Open hearts at the feast, Hear the voice behind the praise. [Outro - Darlene, female solo] Hear the voice behind the praise.