crooked heals on battered boots
shoot down ragged miles
i'm coming home
i'm like a girl
in all her rags
and all her pearls
i hear her talk
through vicious teeth
sing god is gone
stop hanging on my sleeve
and i can't speak
and all of that will never please
a hollow moon hung like a heart
stars like dirty sparks
on dirty seas
and never seen
and all of that
and all of these
i hear her dust
fall at her feet
and christ and all his crows
can't keep it neat
so what of me
and all that i don't wanna be
a bitter taste
a bitter pill
says nothing's ever true
and ever will become of me
or make a sense of
what i see
on broken nerves
in ragged clothes
eyes that never close
stare back at me
and never see
and holler names
and follow me
what's written now
you can't erase
and pages from my past
get in my way
for one of why
i make a stand
or take a side
Crooked heals on battered boots
Shoot down ragged miles
I'm coming home
I'm like a girl
In all her rags
And all her pearls
I hear her talk
Through vicious teeth
Sing god is gone
Stop hanging on my sleeve
And I can't speak
And all of that will never please
A hollow moon hung like a heart
Stars like dirty sparks
On dirty seas and never seen
And all of that and all of these
I hear her dust
Fall at her feet
And Christ and all His crows can't keep it neat
So what of me and all that I don't wanna be
A bitter taste, a bitter pill
Says nothing's ever true
And ever will become of me
Or make a sense of what I see
On broken nerves in ragged clothes
Eyes that never close
Stare back at me
And never see and holler names and follow me
What's written now you can't erase
And pages from my past
Get in my way for one of why
All this work means nothing without you
it's elementary at best
when your voice is the one that wakes up the morning
just lay my heart to rest
it's water under the bridge
you say it's gone when it passes here
it's water under the bridge
you say it's gone when it passes here
and i won't bring it up again
and all of my heroes they have fallen
but i will not be next
so come whatever may
you think you're a tough guy
i can't feel heaven anymore
now conversation's useless
i'm wasting all my time
you're not the same person
i remember in my mind
i told my old man not to worry
we all get there someday
it's all in the journey
and who you love along the way
conversation's useless
i'm wasting all my time
you're no the same person
It's never been this cold before now it's getting to me
writing my thoughts home to you
not knowing if i'll ever see your face again, again
so wake the regiment, we're marching on tonight
this is what we live for, this is what we live for
so wake the regiment
we're taking back what's ours
home is what we die for, home is what we die for
now memories of yesteryear
they're enough to get me through just one more time
i'll thinking about you and all the things that you've
taught me in this life
I'll see you in the morning at the break of daylight
but if you wake up and I'm gone i'll see you on the other side
late nights talking, we stood by the window by ourselves
remembering the starry nights and wishing they could be ours
and now we wonder, what happened to those times
cause i'd give anything to have you here tonight
when you're kids like us you do whatever
whatever it takes
to get to where we are now
nothing holds you back, when you're kids like us
chasing our dreams and living life for every second
nothing holds you back when you're kids like us
You gotta get, get over yourself a little,
to see the grass is green
You gotta get, get over yourself a little
to see the grass is green
You make this so worthwhile,
you get better by the mile
Even when it tears you apart,
you do your best not to show it
Its me that you can do without,
but you chose to stick it out
And without you there is no doubt
I would break under the burden
You gotta get, get over yourself a little,
to see the grass is green
You gotta get, get over yourself a little,
to see the grass is green
You try, so hard
And I am so self involved,
yeah I am so typical,
you could call my every move now baby
But you're a mid-summers dream,
you are so pristine
And in the end everything you do
is just for me.
You try so hard
why do you even bother with me
Told me what isn't you see (Just try)
Why do you even bother with her
So put on your dancing shoes,
because this beat is for you
Grab your rhythm and,
fill all perfectly through
Its the least I could do,
after what we've been through
I wrote these words cause I love you,
only you
You tried,
why do you even bother with me.
Told me what isnt what you see, (Just try)
Why do you even bother with her.
Just Try...
We've been here for four long years
Been a lot of smiles and a lot of tears
I've known more men that died in here
Than friends I've had the last 40 years
I'm a long, long way from home
Sending my life through a telephone
Right now, my life is this gun, and I'll use it
To get back to my son
We're making our last stand on
This lost and lonely ground
Believing in the end it counts for something.
Yeah Yeah Yeah-eah
I can't wait to get to heaven,
but I'm pretty sure I've already
Been to hell
It's the love/hate part of it
A captain goes down with his ship
But I've made my choice, and this is it
This is the life that I must live
I'll leave it on my arm if you can tell.
To all my friends, I bid you well.
I'll leave it on my arm if you can tell.
I bid you well, I bid you well.
Will we ever get it?
Lay down your life, and follow me in through the dark. (Whoa)
We'll never know if we are too afraid to start. (Whoa)
Just keep your head down; it won't be your final march. (Whoa)
Redemption is waiting at your doorstep
He is begging you to let him in now
You can put all of it off again
But where's it gonna get you in the end?
The time is now so maybe you should think things out
Yea, take some time and think about it now
This is the only chance to do something about it (something about it)
And don't you put it off (cause you can't live without it)
Cause the time is now
And take your life back with a vengeance
For the first time you cannot have true love
Promise me you'll never sleep again
Cause until you find the answers there's no rest
To put to death the life you've lived in doubt
I'll show you all the things you've heard about
You are on the verge
Let go
Go on staring at the light
If you let go and just believe
You won't make a liar out of me
Come try and show me what you see
What I have is what you need
This is the only chance
You've got so much life to live
and so much hurt to give
so don't grow up so fast
Yeah don't grow up so fast
Try being young when you're young,
you'll have time to rest when you're gone
Balancing the wire, now you're holding on
Just let go and take the fall
Mom and Dad will be just fine
Follow me back down into the southside
Follow me back down into the southside
Sweet, sweet adolescence:
thought it would be better, but it isn't
sweet disappointment
Fighting for the wrong side you figured out
it's never too late to make a difference now
There's nothing that can ever hold you down
Take 'em out
Like the feeling of being singled out
I think it's time we run for cover now
Or take the blame
It's not a game, and there is no way out
I think it's time we run for cover now.
Just take the blame
Don't give up on the hope
That keeps you breathing
Cause after all is said and done
It's all your lonely heart has
So look forward to your day of liberation
When you can stop grieving
So how much would it cost for you to gain everything
Everything you lost deserved to be gone anyway
So don't give up, yeah, don't give in
To the world around you that pressures you
To give up the fight, roll over and die
Forget the way you were
[Chorus]
So how much pain could you take
before you gave up
would you throw it all away or
would you fight for that one day
when you heard your Savior say
when you heard your Savior say
"my child, I always knew you'd make it home,
so walk through those gates of gold and claim your throne"
[Chorus]
So I wait for you to save me
So I wait for you to save me
Still I wait for you
To lift me off my feet and
Still I wait for you in the dark of the night
(Still I wait for you to save me)
Cause I won't give up the fight
(Still I wait for you to save me)
Still I wait for you in the dark of the night
(Still I wait for you to save me)
Still I wait for you, again
Still I wait for you, again
Cause in the dark of the night is where you'll find me
Head held in my hands is where,
Still I wait for you
Don't give up on the hope
That keeps you breathing
Cause after all is said and done
(So I wait for you to save me)
It's all your lonely heart has
I want it all and I want nothing, all at the same time,
because I am the one that they warned me about
I won't ask for any handouts
I'll take what I need in time
because I am the one that they warned me about
It just goes on and on
I am my own worst enemy
I sink my teeth into the hand that feeds
I curse and praise in the same breath
Which man in the mirror is the one that's left?
Now it's never too late for coming clean
I'll let you in but I won't let you out
I bottled up all of my regrets and I threw them into the sea
I'll let you in but I won't let you out
Well just let me tell you, pretty baby
the only thing holding me back was my pride
and I can assure you, pretty baby
that it's much better to be a fool in their eyes
If all you are is a little confused, then all your sins are excused
Look at you now just standing there like you think your something.
The lights are up and the crowd is looking your way,
just waiting for what you have to say.
So go ahead, bud, give a little taste of hypocrisy,
maybe a hint of blasphemy;
whatever you're preaching, it isn't Me.
You wanna walk with me, do ya'?
You wanna walk with me?
Well, if you love me then just love me.
Don't you give me pretty words.
Lay your life down at the altar.
Let me see how serious you are.
These people don't look to me no more.
They've got their idols and various poems.
With lust in their eyes, they crave for more.
Take the place with the corporate carnivores.
Keep your focus 'cause the day will come
when everyone will give account for what they've done.
Make me proud.
Make me proud, my son.
You wanna walk with me, do ya'?
You wanna walk with me?
Well, if you love me then just love me.
Don't you give me pretty words.
Lay your life down at the altar.
Let me see how serious you are.
Look at this broken world.
Look at my children go.
Look at this broken world.
Look at my children go.
'Cause they're already gone.
Sing to me the life song.
Look up.
Say your prayers on the steps of the capitol.
Look up.
Say your prayers on your knees.
Look up. Say your prayers.
Look up. Say your prayers.
You want it to be like you always thought it would;
all you seem to accomplish is the opposite.
You wanna walk with me, do ya'?
You wanna walk with me?
Well if you love then just love me.
Don't you give me pretty words.
Lay your life down at the altar.
They take off their coats and they start to fill the rows
The scene is all laid out
It's what we always dreamed about
Cause you and me have stood the test of time
And proved that we will make it out all right
Today is when faith will turn to sight
The preacher takes his place, all eyes watching as I wait
The doors open wide and I can't believe my eyes
Funny thing is it doesn't matter much
What the world could try and throw at us
It's all done in silence,
in the panic of the night.
Take a risk, come back to life.
Here the darkness meets the light.
Before the lighting of the sky:
streets of gold, a horse of white.
The kingdom chords were set in stone,
reveal the curtain yet unknown.
[Chorus:]
It's all done in silence,
in the panic of the night.
Take a risk, come back to life.
Here the darkness meets the light.
It's all done in silence,
We're finally alive.
Heed the call, this is the fight.
Here the darkness meets the light.
This is the turning of a page,
Without a sound, without a stage.
The pieces come and take their place,
The song of a sword, lives are flames.
[Chorus]
[Interlude]
This love is like a raging lion
It's a heart of gold
That's given you a place to go.
You try so hard to make it on your own
You've got to understand I'm making myself known.
Come back to the airwaves, burn the ashes
Raise the grave up to the sun.
Sing of Me, sing of My love
Like a bullet from a gun "SHOT" through the airwaves.
"BANG, BANG"
Raise the dead.
Sing of Me, sing of My love
Like a bullet from a gun.
It's time for me to bring the black back
And capture the songs and take them to the streets.
If we can sing it loud, we might just see it now
We've got to shake the world, we've got to lift our voice.
I'm burning down the bridges that I cross
Before I ever reach the land
I'm breaking down, I'm breaking down
So careful now don't make a move
Careful now to breathe over the sound
I'm breaking down, I'm breaking now
In the time it takes to make a scene
I'm jumping off the ledge of everything
Well I'm falling down, I'm falling now
I trust in you
Your gravity will speak to me
And bring me to my knees
I'm breaking now
Am I brave enough to conquer love?
But you've given me some hope
To write a song and keep it close
So I'm calling out
Just to hear the simple sound
Of your voice and keep it close
I know that I'm a gamble here
But with your help I'm conquering my fear
Of ever breaking down
When breaking down is all that I can do
I'll scream "glory come"
And I will sing of you
Singing hall-e-lu
It happens all the time
You turn water into wine
Water to wine
Come on! woo
So I'm shaking like a leaf
You keep coming after me
So as long as I can breathe
The strong winter storm
As it blows from the north
Brings danger to our bones.
But with careful retreat
As careful can be
We might just make it home.
But try as we may, Your love always remains
And we cannot afford to be afraid anymore.
Let's stay the course and hold on tight.
Jesus Christ Satellites are calling
A-O, We're not alone.
As we brace for the sound
Of the deafening crowd
Screaming "Lord, have mercy now",
I hear the words of my King
As they echo underneath
"My hand awaits, rise to your feet".
But die as we may, Your love always remains
And we cannot afford to be afraid anymore.
Let's stay the course and hold on tight.
Jesus Christ Satellites are calling
I can hear a train a-comin'
I hear the ground beneath my feet
This is not speculation, this is my bones growing weak.
The sound of angels screaming
The drums are marching off to war
This is not speculation, please do not televise The King.
It's like a fire coming down
We got it, We got it now.
Burn it up, burn it red
We got it, We got it.
It's like the rising of the sun
We got it, We got it now.
Turn it up, breath it in
Full redemption.
Clap your hands for breathing
Feel your heart begin to beat
This is our desperation, this is the deep calling deep.
You cannot keep us silent
We are the prisoner set free
This is our desperation, we are the service of The King.
Wonder why
and push all the questions to the back of your mind
You try and try to figure out
What this life's about
And when the pain will end
And when we can start again
Not enough time to try for a rebound
Look over and over it from the top down
Pick pick pick pick pick pick it up
Not giving up, that's true love
Oh heart of gold, your angel falling into my world unannounced
And try and try to figure out
Where I went wrong and confused
This pain with pleasure
What more is there to think about
We thought we were close to reaching the prize,
But we were further than we could have ever surmised
As our dreams crash and burn before our eyes,
Our dreams crash and burn before our eyes
The mother that stayed made a sacrifice,
So the family was loved, putting herself aside
but it always seemed that part of her died
the lights go out in my corner of the world tonight
and so do the lights in your eyes
yeah so did the lights in your eyes
now i don't wanna preach to you, i just care too much
to let you walk away from this
and he died, so never forget, forget his love
yeah and he died, to show us, the price you pay for love
i never said that this would be easy
in fact it's the hardest thing that you will ever do
but don't worry they will never capture you
you've already been set free from this
so right your wrongs and make your amends
we are running out of time
this is our song that we sing from the mountain
can you hear it, can you hear it
this is our song that we sing to you
Don't fall asleep yet
we haven't found a cure for what you have
and i need you here for one more night
we'll talk about the stars and how they stay in flight
or anything to keep you from sleeping love
so don't go yet
we could fall asleep under the window sill
and wake up to the morning light as it drifts across the room
don't forget better days, so won't you stay
keep one eye open
keep one eye open baby
you haven't moved in quite sometime
but i'll stay right here till you wake up and if you don't
i'll stay here till the doctors pry my hands from your and
drag me from the room screaming louder than the ambulances
anything to keep you from sleeping love, so don't go yet
cause we all fall away sometimes
but it's ok, you know it's ok
he will pick us up
and point us the right way
point us the right way
And false accusations destroy relationships
i hope you're happy with all the lies you've spread
well i say we change things up, trade out this hate with love
but it has got to start with us
lets be the ones to move this city
if you're with me then say Whoa...Yeah...
And if we fail we'll just keep trying till we make it
Whoa...Yeah...
my strength is not determined by
never messing up
but that every time that i fall down
is one more time that i will get back up
i'll get back up
so choose your battles wisely
get in line
look around
I used to hold you close,
But now your picture frames
They're the closest you will ever be to me
And I rejoice at our dismissal
Like I've finally been set free
And now our pictures drift
They drift farther
And farther and farther away
And the pieces of our
Relationship become nothing more
Than curbside clutter
Than curbside clutter
So I'll kiss the morning air and fly away
Fly away from here today, today, today
And I'll kiss the morning air and fly away
Fly away from here today
You better take a seat, yeah, stay a while
I'm about to wear you out
And I'm not afraid to tell
You what this is all about
Now the world around me is slowly blending together
Like a wheel of colors
Are we so different you and I
Are we so different you and I
You loved me, and I loved you not
There's the door
Don't let it hit you on the way out
I got it all planned out,
I'll drive out to the edge of your yard
And we'll rip our tear drenched photographs apart
And watch them drift over the rooftops of this lonely southern town
Now I don't care,
If you cry for an entire year
I've done so much wrong, it outweighs the good
I've done so much wrong, it outweighs the good
I've found the hardest things to do
Are the ones I should.
But you gave me all the grace; I needed to get out.
And I will not forget it Lord, I will walk it out.
The demon on my shoulder says
"You will pay for this
Did you think you could escape all the consequences?"
But it is not in me
it's in Your grace, that I'm set free
I feel sick; it's something I can't shake
I feel sick, it's something I can't shake
And night after night it's keeping me awake
Am I sorry that I hurt You
Or that judgment finally came?
I will not pass it off on You
Cause I'm the one to blame
I know there's some way you can turn this around
Don't give up on me yet; I'm not yet in the ground
You've given me one more chance, a million times before
won't you come and take a ride with me
i'll take you to all
beautiful places that you've never been
but you've always wanted to
we're fighting against the mainstream
against everything they tell us we should be
we're striving to mold our lives by our dreams
so ours dreams can become reality
won't you come and take a ride with me
i'll take you to all
beautiful places that you've never been
but you've always wanted to
we'll find our hearts on this lonely stretch of road
and i will be here
we're trying to win our hearts back in a world
where we just don't know who we are
we're trying to win our hearts in a world where
the others are the ones who wear the crown
so follow your heart and you
will find it on your own
and it'll all become clear by the time we make it home
and we'll always remember
these talks that we've had
We drive all day and drive all night
You're a part of this fight
Don't let that sleeping dog lie, boy
Cause everywhere we go they want more
Than what the world can offer
Bring it back one more time
I can't keep quiet the things that I gotta say
They bring em in on stretchers and when they leave they're walking out.
That's what our God's about, ok?
Here we go, are you ready?
We're making strides we're doing fine
We're just starting to climb
You better get yourself in line
Cause we don't have time we're moving forward and we'll never stop
So make up your mind you're either with us son or you're not
Move over, move over
Cause you're starting to drag me down
And I, I won't let anything stop me now
Yeah stop me now
Take your place here with me
We got a lot to learn
but we're a whole lot farther a long
than where we've been before
And we're all put together by the hands of God
But it was you,
the piece He used,
to keep me from falling apart
And the truth of it is that we are still just kids
But we'll tear the world wide open
I drove all night
the darkness could not keep me all alone
You're sleeping tight but the morning sun and the streets
say I'm almost home
And the truth of it is that we are still just kids
But we'll tear the world wide open
And the truth of it is that we are still just kids
But we'll tear the world wide open
We keep moving forward till we've gone too far
But we left our hearts way back in Arkansas
And on the phone saying what, oh what is wrong baby
Well if we go, we go the distance
We go all out
And if you force us to fight we go for the knockout.
We haven't always been the same men
We are today
It took fire to purify us
what didn't burn is what remained.
If we run then we run,
But we won't be the same
Leaving excuses for the weak
If we run then we run, but we won't be the same.
And we'll only have ourselves to blame.
We are growing ever stronger
The more we die
The enemy will never take us
Will never take us alive
Sometimes it's with our eyes closed
that we find our sight
Sometimes it's in the darkness
We see the light
Today I stopped asking what it means
And just believed.
You gotta believe
Right now
And now the truth of it is
We already got all that we'll ever need
Oh! come on woo
And now the truth of it is
You put your stock in a girl you'd swear was all your own
But all the while you think you have something that you don't
And it took a while to walk away from that
Yeah it took a while to walk away from that
It's like I'd always say
Fireworks on the fourth of July making up the plans
Up the plans that you made
Nobody cares if there's no girl by your side
They're staring at the painted sky
I close my eyes and pretend your sitting here with me
While I try to put my finger on exactly what it was that made you leave
Yeah it took some time to walk away from that
Yeah it took some time to walk away from that
And time is all that I have
It goes like this and we never walk away
the past is the past but it's here to stay
Pull it together boy you don't look so well
Oh Arkansas, the Diamond of the South
Oh Arkansas, won't put a bad taste in your mouth
And no matter what they say about the A-R-K
One shot is all you've got
to make a mark to make you're difference
one chance, but you don't understand this
la la la la la
la la la la la
life is but a breath
don't waste it
cause your time is limited
all you have is the breath already exiting your lungs
if you won't live you might as well die
you can't afford to lead that life
hands down no regrets
life has it's hands around my neck
fight back no regrets
These times they leave you bleeding for hope
And wishing that someone would take you home
Will you be the one who cares and were I can run to
Cause you're everything I want
And you're everything I needed
These times they leave you feeling so lost
And hating whatever it is you've become
And all of the hope that you dare to hold will lead you home
Cause you're everything I want
And you're everything I needed
And you threw down heaven's doors
Cause you wanted to be everything to me
Cause you're everything I want
And you're everything I needed
And you threw down heaven's doors
So i'll take my chances on the road again
so i'll take my chances on the road again
so sick and tired of this fighting
we haven't left camp yet
and wars have broken out on all sides
whatever happened to loyalty getting the upper hand on jealousy
take the stand it's gonna take to change the tide
and as we drive through the night
we'll be thinking of you
we'll be thinking of you
and as we drive through the night
we'll be thinking of you
we'll be thinking of you
i wish that these feet would grow roots
become a part of this ground
so i'd have somewhere to belong
and as the sun rises above the battlefield where brothers fell
i promise it won't end for me that way
and each other is all we have left
Townspeople-
The groom's in black, the bride's in white,
the angels sing as well they might.
Let heaven shine its sacred light on this blessed event.
Rev. Parsley-
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here together
to join this man and woman in the eyes of our Lord.
Townspeople-
And Eastwick. Those whom God would join,
let no man....or woman tear asunder.
Jane-
I close my eyes and I wish him gone-
I close my eyes and I dream this never happened.
I close my eyes and I wish our lives unfettered by this madness
(Alex jams the pin into the puppet)
Darryl-
Argh!
Rev. Parsley-
Dearly beloved we are gathered here together..
Darryl-
Yeah, yeah, yadda, yadda, yadda, yadda, yadda, yadda, yadda-
cut to the chase already!
Jane (as Darryl cries out after every line)-
We humbly ask, we simply wish, with eyes cast down,
with thoughts of good, with hope and more
Darryl-
Goddamit!
Rev Parsley-
Mr Van Horne!
Darryl-
Hurry it up Rev! I'm in a crunch for time here!
Jane-
That's all we're asking for!
Ed-
Do you Darryl take this woman?
Darryl-
OW!
Ed-
Do you Darryl take...?
Darryl-
OW!
Rev Parsley-
Do you Darryl...?
Darryl-
OW!
Rev Parsley (Darryl)-
Do (OW)
Do (OW)
Do (OW)
Do (OW)
Do (OW)
Do (OW)
Jane-
I speak the words, I think the thought
Darryl-
Who's doing that?
Jane-
The moon shines bright, the night is blessed,
let the heavens grant us our request!
The heavens hear us if they dare-
hear our prayer, hear our prayer,
hear our prayer, hear our prayer!!
Darryl-
You'd better be saying your prayers you bitches!!!
You think you've won? Well guess again!
Because the rooster rules the roost and not the hen!
Ow ow ow ow...you've got no strength!
You've got no sting! And in this cockfight known as life,
you're lacking one crucial thing...!!!
(Sukie jams the pin into the puppet's crotch)
Ooooow!!! Yes that would be it....
You risk the heights, you'd best be ready to fall,
and without me gals-
hell, you're nothing at all!
You did your best, as much as anyone can!
But in the end you're just *women* and I am the maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.....!!!!
