1.An Apology
Questions flew
And words were hurled into the air
And when the smoke had cleared
I saw you lying there
I used my words like bullets in a gun
To pick your ego off like skeet flung
In the gallery of fools
Too many words come from my mouth
I wish would remain unsaid
Oh i've had to eat them all and now i must confess
It was a silly thing to say to you
It was a silly thing to say to you, i know
We know
Trust (reprise)
Trust in the lord with all your heart
Lean not on your own understanding
In all of your ways acknowledge him
And he will make your paths straight
Don't worry about about tomorrow
He's got it under control
Just trust in the lord with all of your heart
And he will carry you through
Lord, sometimes it gets so tough
To keep my eyes on you
When things are going rough
But then i turn my eyes up to the sky
And i hear your voice it says to me
You have much trouble in this world
I have overcome
2.The Fatherless And The Widow
Fatherless and the widow
Stricken down by the hand of death
Grasping for security
Anticipation of the imminent next
Of the imminent next
The fatherless and the widow
Find their souls filled with fear
Her lover gone forever
His hand to hold is never coming back
Never coming back
Behind closed doors they cry their tears
Behind closed doors they reveal their fears
To the god in heaven above
To the god in heaven above
3.The Garden
White ribbon
Wedding gown
She walked into the garden
What has she found
Oh sorrow
Untold sorrow
There would be no groom
She left him as she
Found him
Empty inside
But this time it was
Much too late
Nothing to hide
Oh her soul
Never left the garden
Black ribbon
Long black gown
She's walking through
Her memory
She's so alone
4.Sister Mother
my life is plagued
by mistakes broken love slaps in the face
but i'm trying to care to dare to embrace your face
hug him like a brother
kiss her like a sister
let it be my mother for now
i want to find where the maid in the street
is pouring her wine
i heard she takes you in and gives you the words
you need said
if you'll be her brother
she'll kiss you like a sister
she'll even be your mother for now
hug him like a brother
kiss her like a sister
let it be my mother
let it be my father
i will be her brother
kiss her like a sister
come and be my mother forever
5.Bouquet
She was the one
Who caught the bouquet
The night of her best friend's wedding day
She was the one
Who caught the bouquet
A token that god must want it that way
And on the quest for her mr. right
She said, 'i do' where the lonely give in
They were married on the way, and oh,
Nothing's sadder than the words,
'it might have been'
He was the one
But promises dull
When jesus becomes expendable
Expecting to find
What never was there
But doesn't it still beat solitaire?
She'd heard that time turns desire to love
And that the lord had it all in control
So marry two half people, and oh,
Shouldn't one make the other whole?
Swallowing hard, 'cause you knew better before
Desperate for someone to blame
And does it matter that he's gone again?
And nothing's sadder than the words,
'it might have been'
She was the one
The bouquet deceived
Believer who never could believe
And now she's the one
Who's lonely again
She's wondering how it might've been
6.Buenas Noches from Nacogdoches
There is something I have found
In the hush of the quieting sounds
On the falling of dusk
And the chirping of crickets
And the slowing fading distance
Of this world that's spinning 'round
It's spinning upright and then upside down,
And as the night bends to cover the day with her kisses
It's like a lover's benediction
That I'm sending to you now
If it can reach past the streets of this town,
Then you might hear the voice of a heart that's been lifted
By the song the night has given
Buenas noches from Nacogdoches
From me and from every star God lit in the heart
Of the heavens that hang over Texas
May your dreams find you in a tangle of fine Spanish angels
Whose halos are bright yellow roses
Buenas noches
So this is no lullaby
That I send on the wings of this night
Wings that flutter as silent as goldenrods blooming
Bursting from bud into beauty
In a way I can't describe
In a way that's so changing my life
That the holds that once held me
Have all now been loosened
And I can hear the music
Buenas noches from Nacogdoches
From me and from every star God lit in the heart
Of the heavens that hang over Texas
May your dreams find you in a tangle of fine Spanish angels
Whose halos are bright yellow roses
Buenas noches
7.Deeper
I only wanted to tell you goodnight
And whisper something sweet in your ear
A simple melody to sing you to sleep
To let you know ill always be near
And deeper and deeper
Our love is growing now
Funny how
The deeper and deeper
I swim the depths of you the less I need of me
And when you enter the dreams that you dream
Let this be the song that you hear
And when you wake up ill sing it again
To let you know ill always be near
And deeper and deeper
Our love is growing now
Funny how
The deeper and deeper
I swim the depths of you the less I need of me
La la la da da da
And deeper and deeper
Our love is growing now
Funny how
The deeper and deeper
I swim the depths of you the less I need
And deeper and deeper
Our love is growing now
Funny how
The deeper and deeper
I swim the depths of you the less I need of me
8.Don't Pass Me By
I am a fruit that you squeeze
Hoping the nectar is sweet
I am a lump on your wheel
Whose shape you still conceal
I want to be something to you
But I feel like nothing
And I'm desperate to feel your hands
Shaping me constantly
Chorus
Just don't pass me by
Please don't pass me by
Or else I else I die
Just please don't pass me by
Don't pass me by
Or else I else I'd die
You put a clench off my fist
Cleaning the mill of the (grids?)
You run a hand on my back
That makes my tension slack
I'll always be something to you
Though I feel like nothing
And I'm desperate to feel your hands
Shaping me constantly
Chorus
Just don't pass me by
Please don't pass me by
Or else I else I die
Just please don't pass me by
Don't pass me by
Or else I else I'd die
(instrumental)
You flow a knife sharp fast and clean
Cutting the cancer clean
You killed the ghost of ugliness
Floating inside of me
Chorus
Just don't pass me by
Please don't pass me by
Or else I else I die
Just please don't pass me by
Don't pass me by
Or else I else I'd die
9.Northern Lights
It burns me down when I think of all the tears you've cried
For one million miles I've I logged on roads that led away from
you
Knowing there was nothing you could do
Inside my mind I saw you driving in your car
Just one silhouette in the wind with a prayer that this would
not go too far
Away from my residual flame
Our bodies growing cold like stars
That lose their will to burn and fade into the night
But we could burn like the northern lights
Chorus
Baby please stay
We can make it through another day
It may must we?
All the fiber optic arguments
Without the warmth of your flesh we couldn't really make much
sense
But now it's over and I am here my body next to yours
We'll feed the flame with the fuel of time and burn like the
northern lights
I'm tired of all the senseless fights
Chorus
Baby please stay
We can make it through another day
Baby please stay
We can make it through another day
We could burn like the northern lights
Baby
You love me and I love you
So, baby please stay
We can make it through another day
Baby please stay
We can make it through another day
Baby please stay
We can make it through another day
Baby please stay
We can make it through another day
We could burn like the northern lights
Baby
10.Sad But True
If I could have the words to change
To speak into the world would they fly
I wonder if they'd put them in a jewelled box for sale
But I need to strengthen the things that remain
It's sad but true
Beauty never sells in everything the same
It's true
It's sad but true
I wont give in to what they want
Or has the window closed any way
Between the world they want to hear
And what they love me to say
But I need to strengthen the things that remain
It's sad but true
Beauty never sells
Money makes the rules
It's true
It's sad but true
One of these days something will break through
I want to
But I wait a whole world
But I wait a whole world
It's sad but true
It's sad but true
I need to strengthen the things that remain
It's sad but true
Beauty never sells
Money makes the rules
It's true
It's sad but true
I need to strengthen the things that remain
It's sad but true
Beauty never sells
In everything the same
It's true
It's sad but true
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