SOUND CLIPS & LYRIC EXCERPTS SONGS FOR A LIFE TOGETHER, a collection of nine original wedding songs published exclusively by Truly Yours Music, contains beautiful melodies and lyrics by songwriter Elaine McDonald.  The collection's piano arrangements were created by David Gerard, a professional pianist/arranger.  The songs in our collection are available on a 20-track CD and in the form of sheet music. To hear an example of the quality of this wedding music, use RealPlayer to listen to this sound clip from one of the most popular songs in our collection (Then Came a Friend).  It's sung here as a duet by wedding vocalists Terri Kinsey and Shawn Mullen. If you don't yet have RealPlayer, you can download a basic version for free at http://www.real.com/ and then return to this page.

The sound clip you just heard comes at the end of Then Came a Friend.  Here are some of the lyrics at the beginning of the same song:
 

The night was dark, and love seemed an impossibility. I walked alone and saw no one to walk with me. But little did I know, God held me in His hand. And little did I see what His love had planned for me. Then came a friend ... a friend who opened doors within my heart, Who knew my soul, and loved me for what was inside. And then I began to know that God had held me in His hand, And I began to see what His love had planned for me...   See the first page of this song as it appears in our sheet music collection.

Then Came a Friend is just one of the nine beautiful songs you'll find in our collection.  Below are copyrighted excerpts from each of the other songs, including sound clips from our CD with vocals by recording artist Karen Voegtlin.  (Again, you'll need RealPlayer to listen to the CD sound clips.)
 

...from The Love I Learned From You (a song to be sung while the mothers each light a candle at the beginning of the ceremony, the same candles the bride and groom will later use to light the Unity Candle) hear CD sound clip	As the wedding hour draws near Light a candle, Mother dear -- You who held me in your arms, Kept me safe from every harm; ... [You who taught me what love means From the cradle through my teens. In the warmth of family You were always there for me. Now on this my wedding day Light a flame to guide my way. Let it be a symbol of How I want to live and love, Burning steady, burning true, Like the love I learned from you.]
...from Two Flames That Glow (a song to be sung during the lighting of the Unity Candle by the bride and groom) hear CD sound clip	Two flames that glow within our souls, Two hearts that sing in harmony, Two lives that touch, two hands that hold, Two hearts that know. The two flames join, in unity, We become one, in mystery, And yet our spirits, each unique, will still burn on...
...from Our Shalom hear CD sound clip	. . .My circle was broken, my heart had no home 'Til I gave you my hand and walked in Shalom. Our circle is whole now, our hearts have a home. In loving each other we've found our Shalom....
...from Song for a Life Together hear CD sound clip	. . .Then the Spirit who loves us and watches our way Guided your footsteps to me. Your love has changed my song, And now it can only be A song for a life together, A song where we each have a part, A song that gives wings to our love, A song with no end in our hearts. . . .
...from Send Us an Angel hear CD sound clip	Our love is new, and our hopes are strong. We pray for a hand to guide us along. Send us an angel to keep our love new, Reminding us how little things that we do Can keep the flame burning year after year, And keep our hearts growing ever more near. [Send us an angel, one from above, To show us the way to live in true love; ... An angel to whisper "Love is the way" When rocks fill our path, or storms cloud our day...]
...from Love Has Never Been This Way Before hear CD sound clip	[...Each morning when I wake I greet the sun, Awaiting what the day will have in store,] Knowing that your love will see me through -- Love hasn't ever been this way before. Before you I never knew How good love could be. Now that I know, I won't let go; I'll spend my life with you. You make me want to be my truest self, ...
...from This Love hear CD sound clip	This love should have been my first love; Gonna be my last love 'Til the end of time. My heart will always be a true heart, A be-there-when-you're-blue heart, You can count on me....
...from Take This Ring hear CD sound clip	Our love is a gift from God -- Treasure it, and it will be Everything He wants for us: Joy and comfort, peace and trust. With this ring I pledge to stay By your side along life's way....

People often tell us there "wasn't a dry eye in the church" when one of our songs was sung at their wedding.  We are gratified that these songs touch the hearts of those who hear them!  See what else people are saying about our songs, and then order your copy of the SONGS FOR A LIFE TOGETHER sheet music collection and CD.