Lost and Found
the rippys
- Wanting … needing … searching …
- Is everyone looking for something?
- We sing … singing fills us with emotion …
- … the story of what we seek … and the hope of finding …
- Most songs are about the search …
- Some are about finding.
… and Found
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Tracklist
the songs
Love & life
You and Me
“Turn around and you will see … you and me”
A bright, easygoing love song: set aside the doubts and the clutter, and it’s just the two of you.
Lyrics
Yesterday’s paper said our love was strong
Today I have the feeling something’s wrong
Is my imagination running free
I can’t describe the way it feels to me
Another way across to stay ahead
Sometimes it’s hard just getting out of bed
Lay all our cares aside and then you see
There’s no one else around but you and me
You and me
Turn around and you will see
You and me
Oh, I’ll tell you something
Love is you and me
And that’s the way that it should be
Today tomorrow’s looking as it should
Life has a funny way of feeling good
If we would set aside complexity
We’d find there’s nothing else but you and me
Do You Feel
“Do you feel like I feel?”
The nervous, hopeful moment of saying it first and waiting to hear it back. Warm, with a 70s retro feel.
Lyrics
Do you feel like I feel
When I feel like I do right now
Do you know what I mean
When my words cannot say how
I see it in your eyes
All my future hopes and dreams
Can your love be as real
Be as real as it seems
All day I’m thinking of you
You’re in the very air I breathe
All my life I’ll give you
If you will promise not to leave
I hold your hand so tight
My heart is happy when we touch
I feel so safe and peaceful
I never wanted love so much
Can you show what you feel
When you feel the way you feel
Did you know I love you
Or have I kept it hid till now
The world is spinning round me
I never know just what is real
I’m taking such a chance
Telling you the way I feel
Can You Hear Me Ron
“With you there when I want you here”
Longing for someone who feels far away, and wondering if you can still reach each other.
Lyrics
Baby, I’m out of my mind again
With you there when I want you here
How many lifetimes does it take
How many nights I reawaken
Baby, tell me baby
Can you hear me
Tomorrow like yesterday
A chance we had to take
A choice we have to make
We make it anyway
I only wanted to be with you
I only wanted to be with you
I only wanted to be with you
Maybe this song was made for you
Are you listening there so far away
How many lifetimes does it take
How many nights I reawaken
Baby, tell me baby
Can you hear me
Tomorrow like yesterday
A chance we had to take
A choice we have to make
We make it anyway
I only wanted to be with you
I only wanted to be with you
I only wanted to be with you
Is It Me
“Is it me that you see, or is it someone else?”
Bold, driving rock that asks whether your partner sees the real you, or who they wish you were.
Lyrics
Is it me
That you see
Or is it someone else
You’re seeing through me
To where you want to see
If I have
More to say
Would it matter anyway
You’re seeing through me
To where you want to be
No, I don’t mind if you ride with me
And try another side
‘Cause I want to see the things you see
And then I can decide
Can’t decide
Where to go
Didn’t even seem to know
You’re seeing through me
To what you think you see
Does the dream
Have a face
Do you know the name or place
You’re seeing through me
To something I can’t be
Simple
“I see you here beside me, you are my only desire”
Seasons change and life changes, but the person beside you stays. Starts quiet and swells.
Lyrics
Moment coming
Season going
Life changing
People aging
I see you
Here beside me
You are my only desire
Simple feeling
Hard story
Hidden meaning
Asking for me
I see you
I see fire
You are my only desire
See me by the ocean side
Come and walk along the bay
Try to see me satisfied
We can live our cares away
Lifetime dawning
Memory longing
Life living
Love giving
I see you
Here beside me
You are my only desire
You’re my one desire
I Find My Music in You
“Now the path has shown itself and I am on my way”
Finding your voice, and a new path, through someone who inspires you.
Lyrics
Now the path has shown itself
And I am on my way
It’s time to take the blinders off
And say what I have to say
I find my music in you
I’ve come down off the shelf
And made myself a new day
Now I finally realize
The things that I have to say
I find my music in you
Can You Hear Me Leticia
“How many lifetimes does it take?”
The same song from her side: slower, soulful, and just as far from home.
Lyrics
Baby, I’m out of my mind again
With you there when I want you here
How many lifetimes does it take
How many nights I reawaken
Baby, tell me baby
Can you hear me
Tomorrow like yesterday
A chance we had to take
A choice we have to make
We make it anyway
I only wanted to be with you
I only wanted to be with you
I only wanted to be with you
Maybe this song was made for you
Are you listening there so far away
How many lifetimes does it take
How many nights I reawaken
Baby, tell me baby
Can you hear me
Tomorrow like yesterday
A chance we had to take
A choice we have to make
We make it anyway
I only wanted to be with you
I only wanted to be with you
I only wanted to be with you
Faith & worship
Cries Out
“Wind cries out, it calls to You”
An anthem: all creation and all people cry out to the Savior.
Lyrics
Wind cries out
It calls to You
Water cries out
It calls to You
Fire cries out
It calls to You
Earth cries out
It calls to You
For You are the Savior
You are the Savior
You are the Savior
You are the Lord
Wind cries out
It calls to You
Water cries out
It calls to You
Fire cries out
It calls to You
The people cry out
They call to You
For You are the Savior
You are the Savior
You are the Savior
You are the Lord
Maker
“Like the wind You surround me”
Reverent and driving: bowing before the Creator who comforts, warms and refines.
Lyrics
Like the wind You surround me
You embrace my weary soul
Like the sun You warm me
Shining Your love on me
Living wind and sun
You move my life, move my life
Move me from complacency
All-consuming fire
You purify
Purify
Make me who I need to be
I bow down to You
You are my Maker
I bow down to You
You are my Maker
I bow down to You
You are my Maker
I bow down to You
You are my Maker
I Call on Your Name
“I call on Your name and worship You”
An intimate prayer of returning to God and being made whole.
Lyrics
Here I am again
Seeking Your face
I need Your love and embrace
You reach out with Your hand
And touch me with Your heart
I call on Your name and worship You
I call out Your name and worship You
I worship You in love
I worship You in truth
I worship You deep within my spirit
I call on Your name and worship You
I call out Your name and worship You
Here I am again
You have made me whole
I give You my life, I give my soul
I will take Your hand
You will be my guide
I call on Your name and worship You
I call out Your name and worship You
Move Me
“The life I thought I lost, You found”
Grace moving a frightened heart to obey, turn around and keep going.
Lyrics
You move me to obey You
I’m captured by Your will
Sometimes I’m frightened but still
You move me to love You
You’ve placed inside my heart
A fire only You can start
You move me
You move me to repentance
You turn my heart around
The life I thought I lost You found
You move me to follow
You help me persevere
But it’s only through Your grace
That You move me
You move me
I know my life is not just for endurance
I know my life is not just perseverance
I will not lose hope
I will not lose heart
Because You move me
You move me to obey You
I’m captured by Your will
Sometimes I’m frightened but still
You move me to follow
You help me persevere
But it’s only through Your grace
That You move me
You move me
My Whole Heart
“My whole heart, I give it up to You”
A tender surrender to Jesus in response to his sacrifice and resurrection.
Lyrics
I know You love me, it’s Your love I need
You came from above me, Jesus, to set my heart free
You gave me the choice to love You, I turned away
Your life was the price to change me
In my place You were slain
My whole heart, I give it up to You
My whole life, I give it all to You
Jesus
I know You love me, it’s Your love I need
You came from above me, Jesus, to set my heart free
I see that You rose up after You died
There are no more walls between us
You’re still alive
The life I thought I lost, You found.
from “Move Me”
THE RIPPYS
About
Two voices, one marriage, and songs about both kinds of love.
Ron and Leticia Rippy live in the Lost Pines of Central Texas. They write together, sing together, and trade the lead from song to song.
Half of Lost and Found is about looking, searching, and trying to find. The other half is worship, written to be sung by a congregation.
- SongsRon and Leticia Rippy; Do You Feel, Simple and I Find My Music in You by Chris Stultz and Ron Rippy
- Produced & ArrangedMarcus Gerakos
- Vocal and Additional ProductionRon Rippy and Leticia Rippy
- Executive producersRon and Leticia Rippy
- EngineeredHaru Ikeda and Tony Green
- VocalsRon and Leticia Rippy
- GuitarsMarcus Gerakos
- Bass & upright bassTony Green
- Drums & percussionMark Emerson; additional percussion Ron Rippy
- KeyboardsSusan Costantini Green; additional keyboards Marcus Gerakos
- CelloRoger Lebow (Bo LeRoger)
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Licensing
Havenwood Publishing controls both the recordings and the songs, so one agreement clears any use.
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Clean chain of title
Signed agreements from every player, engineer and producer, on file.
Instrumentals
An instrumental of every song, ready for underscore and edits.
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We’d love to hear these songs in other voices. If one fits your next record or your Sunday set, write to us.
- Full lyrics are above, under each song
- Chord charts on request
- Several worship songs are listed with CCLI, so churches can sing them now
Contact
Ron Rippy · Havenwood Publishing
therippys@rippys.net