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0 New Single “Before You Sleep”

Before You Sleep

Release Date: November 11, 2011

The new song is a lullaby based mostly on Psalm 121, reminding us that we can sleep in perfect peace knowing that God is watching over us, and that his eyes never close in sleep!

The new single, “Before You Sleep”, is now available on iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby!

Here is the first new single we’ve finished for the next CD, “White”, that we are working on in the studio right now. It’s a lullaby based mostly on Psalm 121 and reminds us that we can sleep in perfect peace knowing that God is watching over us, and that his eyes never close in sleep!

Then drift away, off to sleep
With a perfect sense of peace
Secure in knowing no harm will fall
For he never slumbers; but he sees all

Once again, a huge thanks to the amazing Nick Garrett-Powell who besides recording and engineering the track, played mandolin, bass, djembe, shaker, finger snaps and sang beautiful harmonies!

The inspiration for this song came from an anonymous poem that I included part of in the first stanza:

Before you sleep, just gently lay
Every troubled thought away;
Just drop your burdens and your cares
In the quiet arms of prayer.

From there I merged several thoughts from Psalm 121 and Lamentations 3:21-26 along with a few other scriptures. As one reviewer has commented:

It has a great lullaby feel to the song. As a Christian father of three young daughters I love the inclusion of Scripture in the lyrics. The last stanza is very prayerful and biblical–“Blessed is the day that the Lord has made, We all rejoice and are glad in it, But though this day is gone, We know that His mercies are new, With the coming of the dawn.” This is a great song to celebrate God’s blessings and mercies daily. —Kevin Davis

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0 Before You Sleep

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Dawson’s latest single is an acoustic lullaby with a mellow groove reminiscent of a Joshua Radin song performed by OneRepublic.

This song is a mellow, grooving acoustic lullaby featuring guitar and mandolin along with some hand percussion and lush harmonies. Once again Dawson has teamed up with the amazing Nick Garrett-Powell and delivered a fantastic new song. Based mostly on the passage from Psalm 121 and the inspirational lyrics of an anonymous poem, it reminds us that we can lay our burdens at the feet of Jesus and he will give us perfect peace. That when we lay down to sleep we can rest assured that his eyes never close in sleep and that he is always keeping watch over us.

This song is one of the first singles completed for Dawson’s 13th full-length CD, “White”, which is currently being completed in the studio. Stay tuned for some more singles and word on a firmer release date for the new album!

For fans of Brandon Heath, Joshua Radin, OneRepublic and Nickel Creek.

Lyrics

Before You Sleep

Before you sleep, just gently lay
Every troubled thought away;
Just drop your burdens and your cares
In the quiet arms of prayer.

Then drift away, off to sleep
With a perfect sense of peace
Secure in knowing no harm will fall
For he never slumbers; but he sees all

And his eyes never close in sleep
And his eyes always keep watch over me
And his love shining from above
Awakes me softly when the new day has come

Blessed is the day that the Lord has made
We all rejoice and are glad in it
But though this day is gone
We know that His mercies are new
With the coming of the dawn

First stanza taken from an anonymous poem. Additional lyrics by Dawson Cowals.

Psalm 3:5, 4:8, 118:24, 121; Lamentations 3:21-26; Matthew 11:28-30; Philippians 4:6-7

Copyright © 2011 Dawson Cowals.

0 Be Still (Live at Mystic)

Here is another song that Nick and I did in our little impromptu living room concert back in August 2011. The dog, Waldo, was apparently trying to lick someone’s dinner plate and was getting reprimanded toward the beginning of the song. What can you do about dog drama? 😉 We played a slightly extended version of the song since Nick was there to do some gorgeous soloing on top of it.

This is a song I wrote back in September of 2010 while we were going through a bit of a rocky time financially and not knowing from month to month how we would pay the bills or put food on the table. I hope this song can speak and minister to anyone else who has gone through, or is currently going through a similar trial.
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0 Help Me Get It Right (Live at Mystic)

This is a song I wrote in April 2011 based on the familiar passage found in James 3 about controlling the tongue. This version is part of a little impromptu late night living room concert down in Grants Pass, Oregon on August 18, 2011. My amazingly talented friend, Nick Garrett-Powell joined me with some fantastic accompaniment even though this was the first time he had heard the song!
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0 Hymn #342 (Live at Mystic)

My friend Tanner Johnson came down to Southern Oregon to record his amazing violin talents on some songs we were working on in the studio, and this impromptu concert is what happened later in the evening after a full day in the studio.

This first song we did is my new rendition of Charles Wesley’s first hymn, “Where Shall My Wondering Soul Begin?”, which is found today as Hymn #342 in the United Methodist Hymnal. I took some liberties to convert the hymn into more of a modern worship chorus, and this is the result. Enjoy as Nick Garrett-Powell, Tanner and I jam it up in my parent’s living room.
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