Hi friends,

This is just a quick note to let you know that THE CD IS DONE! THE CD IS DONE! THE CD IS DONE!!!!! I finished the final mix right before we left for our current tour (New Orleans and New York, because we like to torture ourselves with endless miles in the VW van!). As a way to promote our new Facebook page, I've posted the first track from the new CD there. You can go there now and listen to it! I will be posting a few more of the new songs there over the next couple weeks, so if you sign up to be a fan of Tangled Blue on Facebook I will be able to notify you when I've uploaded a new song. The page address
for Tangled Blue on Facebook is http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tangled-Blue/6885419450

For those of you who pre-ordered the Advent CD it will still be a couple weeks before you have it in your hands. The artwork needs to be finished and then it needs to be printed, but it is on it's way! You will be the first folks to hear all of the songs in their entirety, and I can't wait to hear what you think... I've started a discussion on the lyrics to the first song on our Facebook page. What follows is part of that discussion. Thanks for sticking with us as we've worked on these new songs. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the new tune.

Under the Mercy,
Joel
joel@tangledblue.com

Here are the lyrics to the first track on the new Advent CD. You can stream it from our Tangled Blue facebook page. Hope you like it... we do! Let me know what you think. -Joel

The Days Are Coming (Isaiah 2:1-5, 62:10-12, 63:16-17, 64:1-8; Jeremiah 33:14-16)

The days are coming:
when the voice of justice will be heard
The days are coming:
from a righteous branch, a sprout of David.
The days are coming:
the sky will rip and every nation quake.
The days are coming:
we will see the end of war.

Raise up a banner for the nations.
The Lord has made a proclamation.
Raise up a banner for the nations.
The Lord has made a proclamation.

The days are coming:
I will fulfill the promises I made.
The days are coming:
in these days, yes you will be saved.
The days are coming:
defuse the bomb and bend the sword.
The days are coming:
we will see the end of war.

Raise up a banner for the nations.
The Lord has made a proclamation.
Raise up a banner for the nations.
The Lord has made a proclamation.
See, your Savior, He is coming,
He is seeking, He is finding.

Justice for the child soldier and the cooperate C.E.O. Justice for the president and captives in Guantanamo. Justice for the perps and police and the people on the street. Justice for those who run away; justice for those who seek. Justice for the motherless and the widow. Justice for those who reap what they did not sow. Justice for the natives and for the alien. Justice for the righteous and for those who live with sin.

The burden of proof will be lifted
Proof will come in the air we breathe
A Savior for all peoples
Whose rule will never end

Raise up a banner for the nations.
The Lord has made a proclamation.
Raise up a banner for the nations.
The Lord has made a proclamation.
See, your Savior, He is coming,
He is seeking, He is finding.