hi
– fi (they don’t compare)
I wanna see a star
I wanna see his name in lights
wanna drive his big fancy car
front row seats couldn’t get me closer,
and…
they don’t compare
I wanna see a president in the white
house
commander-in-chief
I see him take the credit
well that makes him a thief
air force one couldn’t get me closer,
and…
jug
of pennies
we called him pennyman, pennyman
he had nothing in his hands
but he said he knew the man who ruled
the world
when we asked him how he lived that way
he looked at us and grinned and said
‘”man doesn’t live by bread alone”
he carried a jug of pennies around
picked up the change he found on the
ground
never had much but what he had was real
your jug of pennies may never be full
but your heart will overflow
people want to tell you that they’ve
found it all
but inside there’s a hold…and it’s
leaking
he wasn’t just any man any man
they put nails in his hands
but before he died he forgave the world
people laughed people cried
but everyone felt the same inside
the peace they needed was his alone
fill my pockets with money and gold
but you can’t outsell the story told
about the man who gave his life for
you.
cast
a stone
your life is in my loneliness
and if I’m shining you’re depressed
is anything impossible if love is
soaking through it all?
strongholds are for tearing down
it’s time to lose what keeps us bound
now cast a stone against the wall
I’ve never felt this way before
wake me if I’m dreaming this…
a world by God and not by fist
I just might hear a beck-and-call
of life in me or not at all
but down the river great divide
I blame it all on stupid pride
I’m feeling wrong about feeling right
I’m knowing you’re awake at night
I want to love and break the chain
and make the devil go insane
whadda
‘ya say?
give me back what I saw you take!
take yourself and throw you away
cause there are people that still try
to live a life that will glorify
you’ll never catch me standing still no
(yeah)
I wanna shine like the sun on a
windowsill oh (yeah)
and if I promise you when you give your
life away (hey)
you feel good enough to cry so whadda
‘ya say?
I’m taking back what I saw you take!
taking you I’ll throw you away
cause forever I will try
to live a life that will glorify
when
I fall away
how many times must a failing take
place
to remind me of how real you are/
so sad to say…sometimes I only feel
you…
when I fall away
sometimes I only feel you…
how many times must a savior die
to remind us of how real love is?
so sad to say…sometimes we really
grieve him…
when we fall away
sometimes we really grieve him…
incense
& tie dye
I got a handout-a flyer-from a woman in
the airport today
she asked me if I’d have a word with
her
before I stepped on the plane
it pushed me inside. it was a spiritual
royal ruble
but I held on tight…it was a wonder I
didn’t miss that flight
I had 300 miles to sunny mid-california
weather
and a carry-on bag that reminded me of
her
and her incense, tie-dye body
and the beverage cart must’ve passed a
hundred times
before I realized
tears were streaming down my face at
the expense
of someone else
it’s deep down
it’s a passion
it’s burning
I don’t wanna see ‘em die
it could’ve been a transatlantic flight
and I’d have never seen it coming
it took that muggy bus ride for it to
all sink in
that Jesus is coming for al his
children
and if she’s still here where will I
have been
as I place the flyer in a fireplace I
still can’t feel the pain
of a moment breathing sulfur if you
can’t find the name
so the next time that I jump the iron
bird
and take the sky
I guess I gotta ask myself…next time
will I pass her by?
the
choice you wouldn’t make
lock the door, throw away the key
leave me alone
don’t knock. don’t ring the bell
nobody’s home
can’t you see? what’s the matter/
why does everybody act like nothing’s
wrong?
walk away. don’t say a thing
you’ve got somewhere to belong
don’t you worry. I’ll be okay
should I lock myself up in the dark and
keep myself away?
this pain is getting older. it’s
getting colder everyday
should I talk? do you listen to what I
have to say?
can’t you see? what’s the matter?
why does everybody act like nothing’s
wrong?
walk away. don’t say a thing
you’ve got somewhere to belong
don’t’ you worry. I’ll be okay
should I lock myself up in the dark and
keep myself away?
I wanna sleep but I don’t want to wake
all because of a choice you wouldn’t
make
star
is fading
space is black with silver lining
and once a day a star is shining
it lights all up like truth before the
trial
on and on forever rolls
in milkyways of beaten souls
are all the people resting for awhile?
wherever you go I’m sure
there’s something much more pure
the star is fading on hurt and pride
and in the morning I can get up and
step outside
into a world where the people see
that there is love inside you and me
love is thick and fills the empty
can you recall the day you met me?
were violins floating on the breeze?
who made up the first impression?
‘cause now we have a great infection
that friends are something we can take
or leave
and day will come I’m sure
when no one will close the door
you and me we can agree
we could decide to stand for life
supernothing
all the boys turn their heads
and find disapproval in her eyes
what they don’t know…
she goes home every night and she cries
emptiness…loneliness
her worst fears
when they come true the beauty you knew
just disappears
she just has it all
she’s so supernothing
I don’t know what she’s got
but I know Jesus saved me
don’t ask don’t inquire
she’ll take you for a ride
it’s not because you’re not good
looking
it’s what she feels inside
emptiness…loneliness
they’re tearing her apart
the funny thing is I know what could
change her heart
about
worth
where I am is where you are
and I swear I wouldn’t go where I do
if I could keep that in mind sometimes
‘cause you are so much better than this
world
you don’t waste your time holding
against me
what you really could
and I remember the things that you said
I remember the thorns on your head
and if you could’ve pulled your arms
off the cross
you’d have wrapped them around me
and made me feel worthy again
but you stayed right there out in the
open
tattered and broken for me
and if I never feel you again
I will give you my beginning and end
here I am there’s not much of me
but all that you see is yours
and if I want to be like you
just as you gave me your life
here is mine