• Music - Religion

    Need To Know

    Hoffman Cheng
    May 2002

    C                  G
    Oh Lord, I need to ask you
         F                  C
    Some things I'd like to know
    F                   C
    How do you make the leaves turn green
        Am                 G
    And make the flowers grow
    C                   G
    How do you make the sky pour down
           F            C
    those little drops of rain
        F               C
    And every snowflake that you make
       Am          G
    is never quite the same
    
    
           Bb      F
    Well I need to know
    C          G
    How do you do it
           Bb      F
    Well I need to know
    C          G
    How do you care
    
    
    C                  G
    Oh Lord, I need to ask you
         F            C
    Some questions on my mind
    F                   C
    How do you make the lame to walk
         Am            G
    Give vision to the blind
    F                C
    You've healed so many broken hearts
         Am           G
    What makes you be so kind
    
    
    (chorus)
           Bb      F
    Well I need to know
    C          G
    How do you do it
           Bb      F
    Well I need to know
    C          G
    How do you care
    F           C
    How is that you always have
        Am           G
    the answer to my prayers
    
    
    C          G 
    Oh Lord, I need to ask you
             F                 C
    One more thing I'd like to know
    F           C
    Why did you come to save us
    Am            G
    So many years ago
    C                G
    The way you were treated
        F              C
    The hatred that we showed
        F                  C
    The things you were to go through
          Am             G
    Well, did you really know
    Bb                F
    Did you know that you were sent
       C                    G
    to set death's captives free
    Bb                F
    Did you know that you would
         C               D
    give your life on calvary
    
    
    (chorus)
    
    
    Bb
    I need to know 
    how could you love me
    so much that you would
    die for me
    Or could it be
    that love for me
                               C
    is all I really need to know
    
    
    

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    My Buddy Steve Burtzel


    I have known Steve Burtzel since I moved to Austin, Texas in 1981, and we became roommates in 1983. Steve still lives in Austin, and he came to visit me in Myrtle Beach and I shot this video.

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  • Music

    Railroad Man

    Railroad Man

    Hoffman Cheng
    April 2002

    Bm
    He was only 17
    G
    When he got his first job
    A
    Riding his rail was his dream
    Bm
    Checking in at every stop
    D
    Hanging out the lights
    C
    Working through the night
    A           G                D
    He was born to be a railroad man
    
    
    Bm
    Rolling out at dawn
    G
    To the station he would go
    A
    That whistle was his song
    Bm
    Train moving slow
    D
    People rushing in
    C
    His journey soon begins
    A              G             D
    He was born to be a railroad man
    
    
    Bridge
    C
    Train rocking down the tracks
    D
    No chance for looking back
    A
    Railroad has to be
    G                 D
    Somewhere else by three
    
    
    Bm
    Carolina was his home
    G
    Two kids and a wife
    A
    He didn't want to roam
    Bm
    But the railroad was his life
    D
    Nothing could compare
    C
    With what the steel and he shared
    A              G             D
    He was born to be a railroad man
    
    
    Chorus
    C             G
    Rock yourself to sleep
    D             A
    Railroad man, Railroad man
    C              G
    Long hours you must keep
    D             A
    Railroad man, Railroad man
    Em
    Your family's fast asleep
    D
    Railroad man
    C                D
    Your train keeps rolling on
    
    
    Bm
    Well that final whistle blew
    G
    He boarded heaven's train
    A
    He knew that this time
    Bm
    He'd not come back again
    D
    When that train pulled out
    C
    He heard the angels shout
    A                    G
    It's time for you to rest
    D
    Railroad man

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  • Music

    Forever And Beyond

    Hoffman Cheng
    April 2002

    D
    To fly on the wings of eagles
    A
    To ride on the backs of whales
    D
    To reach for that highest peak
    E
    We've all had those dreams
    G
    But where in this life
    D
    We must find a path to
    G             D
    Forever and beyond
    
    A
    To walk along a mountain trail
    D
    To find a new star in the sky
    A
    Peace and understanding
    G                    D
    These are the things that make up
    G             D
    Forever and beyond
    
    D
    Forever and beyond
    A
    The horizon awaits
    D
    Forever and beyond
    B
    We tempt the hands of fate
    G             D
    Looking for a road to
    G             D
    Forever and beyond
    
    A
    One night I found an old well
    D
    Its depths seem to reach the bowels of hell
    A
    But up above the moon hung high
    G            D
    These images takes me to
    G            D
    Forever and beyond
    
    D
    Forever and beyond
    A
    The horizon awaits
    D
    Forever and beyond
    B
    We tempt the hands of fate
    G             D
    Looking for a road to
    G             D
    Forever and beyond
    
    

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  • Videos

    Grandma Chen


    My grandmother is one of the most amazing people I have ever met. She is the paragon of health. In this video taken in March 2002, she is 98 years old and will be 99 in June of that year. The video captures how healthy and lucid she is. She can still play bridge which is a game of tremendous concentration. I really love my grandmother and what she she has accomplished in her life.

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