Rich Mullins

Songwriter: Rich Mullins Wayne Kirkpatrick Reed Arvin

Producer: Reed Arvin

"So much life is slipping past you
You better sink in and take a hold
So many things you say you think you'd like to do
About the things you think you know
Well that road that's paved with good intentions
May never reach the streets of gold
No no no

So much love is on the inside
Better give in and let it out
Any fool could tell you why
But let the Spirit show you how
Speak your heart and maybe you could shed light
On the shadow of someone's doubt
Yeah yeah yeah

So don't hold out don't let these chances pass you by
Here's your life you're gonna get it right
Live like you'll die tomorrow
Die knowing you'll live forever live right
Love like you'll leave tomorrow
Believing love lasts forever live right

The things you grab will never last you
Once they get you in their hold
What once were your slaves become your masters
They burn you up and leave you cold
Can you tell me what you have to profit
If you gain the world and lose your soul
Oh no no

But don't hold out don't let these chances pass you by
Here's your life you're gonna get it right
Live like you'll die tomorrow
Die knowing you'll live forever live right
Love like you'll leave tomorrow
Believing love lasts forever live right

You gotta live

Don't pull away from what's ahead of you and don't you look back
Look forward in faith and hope will pull you through
To a love that will last

Live like you'll die tomorrow
Die knowing you'll live forever live right
Love like you'll leave tomorrow
Believing love lasts forever live right

(Live right you gotta live)

Live like you'll die tomorrow (live like you're living right)
Die knowing you'll live forever live right
Love like you'll leave tomorrow
Believing love lasts forever live right

(Live right you gotta live)

Live like you'll die tomorrow (live like you're living right)
Die knowing you'll live forever live right
Love like you'll leave tomorrow
Believing love lasts forever live right

(You gotta live right you gotta live)
(Live like you're living right)
(Live right)
(Believing that love will last)
(Live right you gotta live right)
(You gotta live)"

Rich Mullins was a contemporary singer/songwriter from Richmond, Indiana. He’s arguably one of the most influential artists in the Christian music industry with songs like “Awesome God”, “Step by Step”, “Creed”, and more. Mullins had recorded ten records, two of which with his band, A Ragamuffin Band. Along with his music, Mullins and his co-writer Beaker (David Strasser) founded the Kid Brothers of St. Frank, a ministry dedicated to teaching young men to model their lives after the vows of St. Francis of Assisi, consisting of poverty, chastity and obedience.

In 1997, the year he was working on The Jesus Record, Mullins and his friend Mitch McVicker were on their way to a benefit concert at Wichita State University in Kansas. While driving on I-39 S, Mullins lost control of the wheel of his Jeep and crashed, sending both of the riders out of the car due to them not wearing seatbelts. Both were severely injured, but Mullins was unable to physically move from an oncoming semi-trailer, killing him instantly.

Mullins’s death did not go unnoticed, leaving many people in the Christian music industry’s hearts sorrowful for the loss of a legend. The Ragamuffin Band found the demos for The Jesus Record, publishing them as the first track, and recording studio versions of the songs themselves for the second track, along with appearances from Michael W. Smith and Amy Grant. In 1998, a tribute album was made called Awesome God: A Tribute to Rich Mullins.

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