AlanHorvath.com : Acoustic Rock ... for real.
Alan puts it all together into his own form of music, self-labeled Acoustic Rock ... for real -- featuring a stylistic and powerful vocal style, charged by aggr
ACOUSTIC ROCK ... for real. Alan plays acoustic 6-string guitar, using "open" tunings, and sings with raw sincerity. His songs are well crafted and have been praised by some of the best. If you like acoustic stuff with lyrics, here you are.
Story behind the song
I was sitting in the usual traffic that bottle-necks into the Lincoln Tunnel on the Jersey side, entering New York City ... and there on the mouth of the tunnel ... along with all kinds of other graffiti ... but bolder (it seemed) than the rest ... spray-painted in royal blue ... was this: JESUS SAVES! I looked at it and was immediately filled with the Spirit -- there have been many, many "superstars" throughout history, but let's face it, Jesus takes the cake ... I mean, 2000 years after He "died" and individuals are are still shouting His message at the entrances and gates to every major city on earth. Who, of all the famed men in this world, have been given such notoriety? And why? Well, there I sat ... like many others do every morning and evening of every day of the year ... gazing at the graffiti and having that age-old question presented to my heart of hearts. Jesus. Who do you say He is?
The following Sunday, I listened to one of the most inspirational sermons I've ever heard ... given by my favorite pastor (Don Yarborough - Oneonta, New York) ... and most ironic of all, it was based on Matthew 16:13 -- the same message that was being presented to me at the mouth of the tunnel.
A few days after that, I was back in Nashville with that message sticking to my thoughts like white on rice. It was July 4th weekend (which means "Party Time" in America) and I told everyone I had other plans, so no one would call or stop by ... and it worked. I took that 3-day weekend and spent it like a personal holiday ... jamming all day and night ... meditating on what it must've been like to actually sit face-to-face with the Master and answer that question ... thinking about the magnitude of all the years and souls involved in this one idea ... and this song was the result. Who Do You Say sits on the same shelf, in my mind, as The Ballad of Tom Bombadil and The Ring Goes South ... representing my favorite examples of the kind of songwriting and performing I enjoy doing most.
P.S. - I'm using a modal tuning on the guitar for this one: D A D E A D ... but it's tuned down a whole-step, making it C G C D G C instead. Although, you could also say it's an open tuning by calling it an Open C9 Tuning like I do -- either way, you'd be correct.
Lyrics
Who do you say
The Son of Man is?
Some say John the Baptist ...
Others say Elijah ...
Still others, Jerimiah ...
Or one of the prophets ...
But I pose the question today, now
Who do you say He is?
The sun was blazing down
On another working day
The strangest voice rang out
As I cast my net on the lake ...
He was saying ... "Come and follow me ...
I'll make you a fisher of men."
He spoke with such authority,
I just left my nets and ran ... to Him.
Who is this man amongst us?
I looked in His eyes and I saw the Living God ...
And I just know He's gonna ask me
To confess what I believe about Him ...
What will I do when He does?
And what will I say when the time is here?
But's it's here ... yes, it's here
Wo-ooh-oh, it's time.
Who do you say
The Son of Man is?
Some say John the Baptist ...
Others say Elijah ...
Still others, Jerimiah ...
Or one of the prophets ...
But I pose the question today, now
Who do you say He is?
Oh, I really want to say it ...
But I don't know if I can.
Ooh, I really want to say it ...
But I don't know if I can.
Oh, I don't care, I don't care,
I don't care what anyone says ...
I don't care, I don't care,
I don't care what anyone says ...
He's the Christ - the Son of the Living God.
Now, two thousand years have gone by
It's another working day ...
Some would rather let it lie ...
But the question still remains:
Who do you say ... He is?
© 1981 by Alan Horvath | BMI | All Rights Reserved
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