• Music - Religion

    I Just Want To Be There

    6/18/2007 - By 

    I wrote this song back in the mid 1980’s. The songs lyrics are about my grandfather, Theodore Chen, who was of failing health but he had not yet passed away. On this web site somewhere is a version of me playing the song on my guitar. Since I know my limitations, I asked a friend of mine to rearrange the song, and also give it professional production values. I think it turned out great. More to come. I am hoping that we can work together to redo all of my songs. Here’s the first one.

    D              A    E
People running all around this world
D         A      E 
Trying to make a dime
D      A           E
I just wish they'd open their eyes
D         A      E
Like I've opened mine
A                        D
Sitting here knocking on heaven's door
A                       E
Waiting for the Lord to come
A              D
I just want to be there Lord
D      A   E
To see the Son


   D           A    E
My grandfather is a great great man
         D         A      E
But he's getting a little old
D      A       E
I just need to love him more
       D   A     E
As the age takes hold

      A                  D
Cause one day soon he'll leave this world
  A                E
I pray it won't be long
A              D
I just want to be there Lord
         D    A   E
When you make him strong


D              A    E
People running all around this world
D         A      E 
Trying to make a dime
D      A           E
I just wish they'd open their eyes
D         A      E
Like I've opened mine

A                        D
Sitting here knocking on heaven's door
A                       E
Waiting for the Lord to come
A              D
I just want to be there Lord
D      A   E
To see the Son


D                A         E
Let me tell you about this boss of mine
D          A       E
Making our lives a hell
D           A    E
Sometimes I just have to laugh
   D    A  E
He does it well
    A                   D
But one day there'll be judgement day
A                       E
Looking the Lord in the face
A              D
I just want to be there Lord
        D      A   E
When he pleads his case


D              A    E
People running all around this world
D         A      E 
Trying to make a dime
D      A           E
I just wish they'd open their eyes
D         A      E
Like I've opened mine


A                        D
Sitting here knocking on heaven's door
A                       E
Waiting for the Lord to come
A              D
I just want to be there Lord
D      A   E
To see the Son

    One comment on “I Just Want To Be There”

    1. I read your piece on the gay pride parade there in Brazil, and then read things like this in your “religion” section. I’m sorry, but I can’t figure out what bible your reading from. On one hand you want to see the Son, but on the other hand you think it’s ok for a man to insert his penis into another man’s mouth or rectum for enjoyment, and promote it if that’s what they want to do. I’m not sure how the pieces of your puzzle fit together. I’m not judging, just really confused. You obviously have a real grip on the gospel, so, who in this whole scenerio is going to see the Son?

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  • Music - Religion

    Need To Know

    5/15/2002 - By 

    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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  • Music

    Railroad Man

    4/15/2002 - By 

    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

    4/15/2002 - By 

    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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  • Music - Religion

    It All Goes Back To You

    4/15/2001 - By 

    Rob Cheng
    April 2001

          B    A E
I was born a ball of fire

       B       A  E
With a mission on my mind

        B    A       E
I got a deep burning desire

   B    A    E 
to take what I can find

F#                
Thought I think I know it all

A
I haven't got a clue

F#
All the good that I have done

C#
It all goes back to you



    B     A E
Sometimes I trip and fall

         B    A  E
And they kick me when I'm down

    B       A    E
And I can't find the strength at all

   B   A  E

To get up off the ground



F#
And when I think I'm really lost

A
And I don't know what to do

F#
I look up to the sky and say

C#
It all goes back to you

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