From the recording The Gardener
Longing for a Kingdom
Schottsy
1. The Gardener
2. This is Wisdom
3. Road of Rest
4. Anywhere is on the Way
5. The Kingdom Comes
Clara Bose, PIANO, BGVs (Track 3)
Von Newcomb, Albanian mandolin (Track 4)
Kyle Polk, drums, shakers, good-vibes (Tracks 1-4)
Jennifer Schottleutner, BGVs (Tracks 1 & 5)
Tasha Via, violins (Featured on track 4)
George Vinson, the Electric guitar, & Rhodes (Track 3)
Jay Arrington- Mixing for Track 1 & 2, Greenbriar Studios, Greenville, SC, USA.
Dave Wilton- Mixing for Tracks 3, 4, & 5
Dave Wilton- Mastering for all songs at Coalesce Audio, Lafayette, CO, USA
Music & lyrics written by Peter Schottleutner
Produced by Peter Schottleutner, guitars, pedal steel, bass, lead vocals, BGVs, at Schottsy Music Studio, New Delhi, India.
Artwork and all cover designs by Sukruti Anah Staneley
Lyrics
THE GARDENER
Set my feet down by streams of water
Let me stop and let the roots grow down
Settle down now, by streams of water
Roots grow down and take ahold of me
Roots grow down and take ahold of me
Lay before me a path of mercy
Let me walk and never let me tire
Let me journey the road of justice
Mercy lives where she has trodden before
Mercy lives where she has trodd’n before
Give me seasons and see a harvest
Heavy baskets of fruit and grain
A heavy harvest from a steady plow,
The Gardener, in his timing reaps what’s sown
In his timing he reaps what’s sown
Let our lungs be breathing love
With joy dripping off our tongues
Let our minds behold the truth
And our hearts be filled with you
(repeat)