Straight For My Home

A setting for mixed chorus with piano accompaniment of a lyric by J.A.C. Redford.

Duration: 4' 22"
Difficulty: 3/5 (Difficulty Rating Overview)


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  • VOICES

    Mixed Chorus (non-divisi, no solos)

    Piano

  • Straight for My Home

    Music and Lyrics by J.A.C. Redford

    Forward I walk with every breath

    Sometimes through wind, icy as death

    Sometimes through rain, wet to the bone

    Forward I walk, straight for my home

    With every step I hear my heart speak

    Of lessons to learn and a promise to keep

    Held by a trust more solid than stone

    Forward I walk, straight for my home

    The way grows steep, the night is falling

    Can't see where I'm going, can't see where I've been

    But in the dark, a voice keeps calling

    To find me, remind me what waits at the end

    Forward I walk, no turning back

    Faith will supply whatever I lack

    Never without and never alone

    Forward I walk, straight for my home

    The dawn is near, a bright tomorrow

    Beyond the horizon, a glint in the skies

    And all my fear, and all my sorrow

    Is turned into gold in the sudden sunrise

    Forward I walk into the light

    Hope like a jewel, shining so bright

    Love like a fire that burns in the bone

    Forward I walk, straight for my home

    Forward I walk, straight for my home

    © Copyright 1990 & 2021 by J.A.C. Redford. All rights reserved.

  • Straight For My Home was used in the 1990 television movie A Son’s Promise. The choral adaptation and arrangement was recorded in January 2022 for the album J.A.C. Redford: Dappled Things by London Voices directed by Ben Parry.

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