The transcript captures a live gospel performance titled “What a Morning,” created and led by vocalist Judi Jaeger, with co‑performer Bob Reid and additional singers (Speaker C and Speaker D). The piece begins with Judi explaining that she wrote the song to express her personal beliefs, inviting the audience to join in. The lyrics revolve around recurring motifs of a new morning, the horizon, and “the mystery,” using these images as metaphors for hope, spiritual journey, and the unknown future. Throughout the song the singers repeat phrases like “Oh, what a morning,” “What a beautiful day on the horizon,” and “Into the mystery,” building a call‑and‑response structure. Judi intersperses spoken reflections on time (“the clock on the wall has hands that never stop moving”), the cyclical nature of life (“big wheels are turning,” “we dance through the seasons”), and the importance of how we spend our limited time. The performance blends lyrical worship, poetic imagery, and communal singing to convey an uplifting, hopeful message about moving forward toward a brighter, yet still mysterious, future.
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I wanted a gospel song that sang about the things that I believe, and nobody else seemed to be writing it, so I wrote this. And you can help us sing, because it's about time that you did some singing.
Right?
I'm ready.
Judy's going to help you with a part here.
Oh, what a morning.
That's one time.
Oh, what a morning.
That's the second time. Third time, they're gonna sing on the horizon. Then you sing into the mystery. I'm on my way. Oh, what a morning!
And then oh, what a morning again.
Oh, what a morning!
This time on the horizon.
On the horizon.
Into the mystery.
Into the mystery. I'm on my way. Oh, what a morning!
Oh, what a morning! What a beautiful morning!
Oh, what a morning!
What a beautiful day! Don't know what lies on.
Into the mystery, and I'm on my way.
All through this dark night, we have been singing, adding our voices to the grand harmony. Now we watch as the wheel is creating another beginning, a sweet invitation to be what we can be.
Oh, what a morning! Oh, what a morning!
What a beautiful morning!
Oh, what a morning! Oh, what a morning!
What a beautiful day on the horizon!
Don't know what lies on beyond the horizon.
Into the mystery beyond the horizon.
Come feast your eyes, the sun paints the horizon. Colors our world, the sky, the mountains, the beach. As we gaze at it, that far-off line knows no arrival. Like the person that we hope to be, it's just out of our reach.
Oh, what a morning! Oh, what a morning!
Oh, what a morning!
What a beautiful day!
Don't know what lies on beyond the horizon.
Into the mystery!
Into the mystery!
I'm on my way!
We're getting there! All right!
The clock on the wall has hands that never stop moving, and we will never know how much time we can spend. 'Cause time, after all, among all, is our only possession. How we spend it determines what we will have in the end.
Here we go!
Oh, one morning would have been too long.
Oh, one morning would have been too long.
All right, a morning, what a beautiful day.
Don't know what lies on beyond the horizon.
In dreams, I'm on my way.
Big wheels are turning around. We dance through the seasons. We are dancing toward morning, and we are dancing away. As we roll through the heavens, I wonder what is the reason. But I know that it's right here in each note that we play.
Oh, what a morning!
What a beautiful morning!
Oh, what a morning! What a beautiful day!
I don't know what lies off beyond the horizon.
Into the mystery of my way.
Oh, what a morning! What a beautiful morning!
Oh, what a morning! What a beautiful day!
I don't know what lies off beyond.
Into the mystery, I'm on my way. Into the mystery, I'm on my way. Into the mystery, I'm on my way.
