Freelance Music

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  • On a white stone

    On A White Stone

    Words and Music by: Lance Appleton

     

    He that hath an ear let him hear
    what the Spirit’s saying to the churches
    He that hath an ear let him hear
    what the Spirit’s saying to the churches
    to him that overcomes and keeps my works unto the end
    to him will I give power over the nations
    I will give him the morning star
    I will give him the morning star

    You will be feasting on the tree of life
    In the paradise of God
    safe where the second death can not hurt you
    where the manna is hidden I’ll give you a name
    I shall be yours alone
    and it shall be written on a white stone
    on a white stone, on a white stone
    and I will give you the morning star

  • Covered with Mercy (in the holy of holies)

     

    Covered in Mercy (in the holy of holies)

    Words and music by: Lance Appleton

     

                                    E
    Thank you for the laver

                                   B
    thank you for the alter

                                       A
    thank you for the incense the candle stick

                    E                      B
    and the table of your presence

                                    C#m     Ab                       A   C
    thank you for the mercy seat upon the ark of safety

      E                      B               A
    covering your covenant forever

                                E                                           B
    Lord I love to wash up when its time to worship

                         A
    offer up a sacrifice of praise

                              E                                       B
    you shine the light and you guide the way

                                                 C#m         Ab
    and you feed me on the bread of heaven

             A                                      C
    you hide me in your secret place

                               E        B                     A
    covered with mercy in the holy of holies

                                      E         B                     A
    I’m covered with mercy in the holy of holies

    F                     G                          C              C/B          F
    This world a wilderness and my poor soul will be wandering

                 C                          G
    never finding heavens door

      Eb                    F                                       Bb
    your love laid down a blood stained pathway

    Bb/A                     Eb               Bb                               D        B/Eb
    straight into the joy that my soul was searching for

                                  E
    Thank you for the laver

                                   B
    thank you for the alter

                                       A
    thank you for the incense the candle stick

                    E                      B
    and the table of your presence

                                    C#m     Ab                       A   C
    thank you for the mercy seat upon the ark of safety

      E                      B               A
    covering your covenant forever

                                E                                           B
    Lord I love to wash up when its time to worship

                         A
    offer up a sacrifice of praise

                              E                                       B
    you shine the light and you guide the way

                                                 C#m         Ab
    and you feed me on the bread of heaven

             A                                      C
    you hide me in your secret place

                               E        B                     A
    covered with mercy in the holy of holies

                                      E         B                     A
    I’m covered with mercy in the holy of holies

  • Thirty Three Years – words and music by Lance Appleton

  • I Make The Praise – words and music by Lance Appleton

    I Make The Praise

    words and music by: Lance Appleton

    I make the noise, I make it with my voice

    I make it with my hands and my feet

    it may not be music to anyone but You (more…)

  • He that dwelleth in the secret place – words and music by: Lance Appleton

    One of the first songs I learned to play on the guitar.  I love this version because my (then one year old) son Ian can be heard walking in on our recording session.  Such great memories here!

    He that dwelleth in the secret place

    words and music by: Lance Appleton

    confusion won’t find me here 

    as long as I can stay here

    confusion won’t find me here 

    as long as I can stay here (more…)

  • In Juda – words and music by Lance Appleton

    In Juda
    words and music by Lance Appleton

     

    In Juda is God known

    His name is great in Israel

    Salem also is his tabernacle

    His name is in Zion (more…)

  • Mercy to the max – words and music by Lance Appleton

    Mercy to the Max

    words and music by: Lance Appleton

    I can still hear the devil say 99 years and 1 dark day

    but You can take it all away with

    mercy to the max … maximum mercy (more…)

  • Happy Hobby – words and music by Lance Appleton

    Bonus points if you can find the acronyms hidden in the lyrics of this song!

    Happy Hobby

    words and music by: Lance Appleton

    First thing every morning

    I feel my knees start to bend

    soon I’m giving You glory 

    and I’m entering in (more…)

  • Leaving it all in His hands – words and music by: Lance Appleton

    This is an early recording from my dads  Gateway College days 1969 or 1970.   I can picture him in one of those great marble stairways making this recording (one of my favorite spots to sit and play when I was there).  This is a great snapshot of his early music and the type of songwriting that influenced him.
    Special thanks to Jeff Miller for taking a box of my dads old cassette tapes and and preserving these gems!

    Leaving it all in His hands

    words and music by: Lance Appleton

    I met a stranger in the park today

    he was carving crosses on the trees

    I must have watched him for an hour or so

    working up the nerve to speak (more…)

  • Such Sweet Communion – words and music by: Lance Appleton

    Such Sweet Communion

    words and music by: Lance Appleton

    Download this song

    Now you are clean by the word I have spoken

    alive and new by the word I have spoken

    your spirits refreshed the bread has been broken (more…)

  • Holding On

    words and music by: Lance Appleton

    recorded on “Lance Appleton Unplugged” 2006

     

     

    Chorus

                     D                          G                            D

    I’m holding on … I’m holding on … I’m holding on

                           G                               Bm

    Yes I’m holding on … I’m holding on to

                       G                               Em       Fmaj7

    I’m holding on to … I’m holding on to You
    (more…)

  • Don’t Want to Grieve Your Spirit – words and music by: Lance Appleton

    From “Lance Appleton – Unplugged” Recorded 2006

    Don’t Want to Grieve Your Spirit

    words and music by: Lance Appleton

    Don’t want to grieve Your Spirit again

    after all of the time You’ve taken me in

    so tired of faking and making pretend (more…)

  • Music For My Lord – words and music by: Lance Appleton

    This is one of my all time top 10 favorite songs written by my Dad.  Hearing it now gives me a sense of wonder to think that he is now truly making “Music For My Lord”

    Music For my Lord

    words and music by: Lance Appleton

                        G                                              C

    When the moon and stars fall from the sky

                      G                                C

    when the sun turns dark and cold

                 Em          D                  C2

    Ill will just be opening up my eyes 

            G       F       C

    In a city of pure gold

                       G                                           C

    When the final end of time and space

    G                    C

    eternally unfolds (more…)

  • Wait on the Lord – words and music by: Lance Appleton

    words and music by: Lance Appleton

    Wait on the Lord

    be of good courage and He will strengthen thine heart

    wait I say on the Lord …  wait I say on the Lord

    Lead me in Thy truth …  Lord and teach me

    for Thou art the God of my salvation

    on Thee do I wait … all the day … all the day

  • NAYC Cortt Chavis – One God Apostolic

    The story is that Dad originally wrote One God Apostolic on the way to a 1972 youth convention, because he had been given a 15 min time slot to speak and he wasn’t sure what he was going to say to fill all that time. Here are the same lyrics being sung 37 years later at the 2009 National Youth Convention … Guess it still works to fill in those small gaps 🙂

  • This Song Remains – words and music by: Lance Appleton

    This Song Remains

    words and music by: Lance Appleton

    You know I love You

    and I’m gonna love You

    love You for oh so long

    I’m gonna love You forever

    love You forever with this song

    You gave me mercy

    when I needed mercy (more…)

  • Lance Appleton’s Testimony

    (more…)

  • I’ll Just Go With You – words and music by: Lance Appleton

     I’ll Just Go With You

    words and music by: Lance Appleton

     

    If you won’t go with me 

    What’s the use pretending that Im not depending on your company

    If you won’t go with me 

    I refuse to be spending time defending some new strategy

    Lies will never do … I’ll just go with you (more…)

  • When I Awake – words and music by: Lance Appleton

    When I Awake

    words and music by: Lance Appleton

    (Psalms 17:15)

     

    As for me … I shall behold thy face

    In righteousness  … in Thy righteousness

    I will be satisfied when I awake

    With Thy likeness … with Thy likeness

    I will be satisfied when I awake … when I awake … when I awake 

    (more…)

  • Pictures of a much younger Lance Appleton!

    Pictures of a much younger Lance Appleton!

    (more…)

  • In memory of …

    Lance C. Appleton

    Sept. 22, 1952 – Feb. 18, 2015

    Lance Appleton

     

    Freelancemusic.net is now a celebration of the life, music, and ministry of Lance Appleton.   Lance passed away at home with his family by his side Feb. 18, 2015 after a long battle with cancer.

    He recorded 8 albums, “One God Apostolic” 1974, “Harp Warming” 1975, “So Happy” 1977 , “Run On” 1981,  “Live in San Francisco”1985, “Songs of Deliverance”1995, “Unto You and To Your Children” 1997, and “Hopes are High” 2002.  In addition he made two quality home recordings of his original songs “Lance Appleton Unplugged” in 2006 and a 5 disc compilation dubbed “In the Living Room with Lance” in 2008 and 2009.  Lance wrote more than 250 songs, and many were never recorded in studio quality.  This site is dedicated to bringing you his complete body of work some only left behind on cassette tapes, handwritten notes, or perhaps just in the memory of those who heard him playing, and singing his songs around the house.  Feel free to contribute your own recollections of his unique style of ministry though the comment section of this blog.

    ” … even death can never change, this flesh may fade, but this song remains”  – Lance Appleton  This Song Remains

     

    (more…)

  • Songs About You – words and music by: Lance Appleton

    Songs About You

    words and music by: Lance Appleton

    In the house of my pilgrimage

    Your statutes have been my songs

    I think about them and I sing about them

    and they give me the strength to carry on

    Cause the Word is You, and the Word will be true

    When everything else is gone

    In the house of my pilgrimage

    Your statutes have been My songs … My songs … My songs

    Songs about You … and the things You do

    Who You are and what You gave to me

    About the time You take to say the things You say

    and the way You say those things … the way You say those things

    Because the Word is You, and the Word will be true

    When everything else is gone

    Yes, the Word is You, and the Word will be true

    When everything else is gone

    Part of  “In the living room with Lance”  home recording compilation recorded 2008 -2009

  • DNA – words and music by: Lance Appleton

    DNA

    words and music by: Lance Appleton
    (2 Peter 1:4)

     

             E                        Am

    I’m a partaker of the divine nature

                    E               Am 

    The divine nature of the Almighty

                           E

    You gave me Your DNA 

                                   Am

    Covered me with Your blood that way (more…)

  • Lance Appleton’s Recordings

    lance-appleton-so-happy-vinylIf you are looking for Lance Appleton’s recordings you can find them here.   They have now been made available for purchase and immediate download!

  • Lance Appleton sings “One God Apostolic” at Missouri Men’s Conference 9/13/2013

  • Whole Heartedly

    Words and music by Lance Appleton

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          Dm             F             G                             Bb
    Whole heartedly … the soul and the heart of me
           Dm               Am                 Bb              C
    I give unto thee Holy One … whole heartedly
       Dm       F                Gm                      Bb
    Lord I confess … I need Your righteousness
             Dm               Am                 Bb          C
    And power to be true to You … Lord I confess
    (more…)

  • The Totals and the Score

    Words and music by Lance Appleton

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    Vs. 1

    Dmaj7                    Amaj7

    Multiply a single living soul

    Bm7   F#m7                       Dmaj7    Amaj7

    Times the stars in heaven times the grains of sand

    Bm7                   E7sus4

    Then we just begin to understand
    (more…)

  • Say Never

    Words and music by Lance Appleton

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    Vs.1

    Am        C                G

    I will never never never forget you

    Am        C                G

    I will never never never forsake you

    Am        C                      G                          F

    I will never never never never make you ashamed
    (more…)

  • Remember Your Creator

    “Run On” Freelance Music 1981

    Words and Music by: Lance Appleton
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    Chorus:

    G                              D                   F                   C

    Remember your creator in the days of your youth

    G               D                 F     C

    Serve him now don’t wait till later on

    G                          D             F                       C

    Remember the one who gave his life for you

    G                         D                        F       C

    Give him your youth before it’s gone

    Am                       D                        F       G

    Give him your youth before it’s gone
    (more…)

  • Moses and Me

     

    Words and music by Lance Appleton

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    Vs. 1

    C                                       Am

    He had to wait for eighty years

    F                                                 D

    He spent some lonely nights in tears
    (more…)