(vs. 1) there are days i don't believe the words i say like a life that i'm not living a song that i'm not singing but to you
there are times that i believe i'm satisfied like an intimate connection despite this bad reception with you
(pre-chorus) because i can't afford to pay for most of what i say so it's a lucky thing that the truth's public domain
(chorus) and i am like a mockingbird i've got no new song to sing and i am like an amplifier i just tell you what i've heard oh, i'm like a mockingbird
(vs. 2) and yes, it's true that i need this more than you like one whose name is many have mercy, please don't send me away
(pre-chorus) and i'll do all i can to be a better man oh i'll clean up this act and be worse than we started
(vs. 1) don't teach me about politics and government just tell me who to vote for don't teach me about truth and beauty just label my music
don't teach me how to live like a free man just give me a new law
(pre-chorus) i don't wanna know if the answers aren't easy so just bring it down from the mountain to me
(chorus) i want a new law i want a new law gimme that new law
(vs. 2) don't teach me about moderation and liberty i prefer a shot of grape juice
don't teach me about loving my enemies
don't teach me how to listen to the Spirit just give me a new law
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(bridge) what's the use in trading a law you can never keep for one you can that cannot get you anything do not be afraid do not be afraid do not be afraid
(vs. 1) poverty is so hard to see when it's only on your tv and twenty miles across town where we're all living so good that we moved out of Jesus' neighborhood where he's hungry and not feeling so good from going through our trash he says, more than just your cash and coin i want your time, i want your voice i want the things you just can't give me
(vs. 2) so what must we do here in the west we want to follow you we speak the language and we keep all the rules even a few we made up come on and follow me but sell your house, sell your suv sell your stocks, sell your security and give it to the poor what is this, hey what's the deal i don't sleep around and i don't steal i want the things you just can't give me
(bridge) because what you do to the least of these my brother's, you have done it to me because i want the things you just can't give me
(verse. 1) i have come to give you life and to show you how to live it i have come to make things right to heal their ears and show you how to forgive them
(pre-chorus) because i would rather die i would rather die i would rather die than to take your life
(chorus) how can i kill the ones i’m supposed to love my enemies are men like me i will protest the sword if it’s not wielded well my enemies are men like me
(verse. 2) peace by way of war is like purity by way of fornication it’s like telling someone murder is wrong and then showing them by way of execution
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(bridge) when justice is bought and sold just like weapons of war the ones who always pay are the poorest of the poor
In God we trust and the government is on His shoulders in God we trust through democracy and tyranny alike in God we trust He uses both good and evil men
in God we trust so we fight for peace and He fights for us in God we trust even when He fights us for someone else in God we trust even when He looks like the enemy
in God we trust even though our hearts are bankrupt in God we trust for more than just the value of our dollar bills in God we trust but there’s no gold behind these notes of reserve
in God we trust even through our great presumption in God we trust even though He favors no nation-state in God we trust even when the blessing is a curse
Looking back at the road so far The journey's left its share of scars Mostly from leaving the narrow and straight Looking back it is clear to me That a man is more than the sum of his deeds And how You've made good of this mess I've made Is a profound mystery Looking back You know You had to bring me through All that I was so afraid of Though I questioned the sky, now I see why Had to walk the rocks to see the mountain view Looking back I see the lead of love Looking back I can finally see (I'd rather have wisdom) How failures bring humility (than be) Brings me to my knees (a comfortable fool) Helps me see my need for Thee
When I'm cold and alone all I want is my freedom A sudden gust of gravity I stop wailing and kicking just to let this water cover me Cover me Only if I rest my arms, rest my mind you'll overcome me And swell up around me With my fighting so vain, with my vanity so fought I'm rolling over Cause in just the same way the stream becomes swollen up Swollen with cold up over the ground When my heart draws close to the close of autumn Your love (your love) abounds All this time I've been thinking, wondering how would it be To breathe in deep Guess I need to be careful when I ask for a drink Just might get what I ask for And I know just what you'd say to me That's why I don't ask you What would I ask you I'm like a bull-headed boy these days crying my toy is gone You're shiny and new Cause in just the same way the stream becomes swollen up Swollen with cold up over the ground When my heart draws close to the close of autumn Your love (your love) abounds Guess I'll drop my anger here before I float away And the chains around me An awful lot of talking, I don't leave you much to say You didn't ever leave me And my greatest fear was you'd leave me here A long time back my feet could touch the bottom
So many miles behind Still I drive with the pedal down I was off the map hours back It's beneath the seat. I think It's with two pennies and a match And something else. I can't remember But in the time that it would take to fish it out I'll be another mile gone And I feel so wrong Trying to feel right In light of all the things I've passed You'd think that I'd have learned Chorus: This is not the land was promised me Even as far as my eyes can see I'm so wound up, Lord. I can't even breathe And I don't want words I just want some peace Some peace. Some peace It seems I've misplaced my faith 'Cause it's 11:12, nothing's changed Well, nothing except the channel I'm afraid And the number there No. It's the same Oh, this must be the Saviour of the month And what I must have Where's the night gone? 'Cause I'm so tired and out of shape You've gotta get me up But I can't get up today 'Cause it's been so long Since I've felt right All the rote, rehearsal, proof You'd think that I'd have learned Repeat chorus Break me, break me, break me This is not the land was promised me Gotta get out of bed, get something to read And i gotta feed my brother, not my eyes If not, then I'll be all I despise
There's tarnish on the golden rule And I wanna jump from this ship of fools Show me a place where hope is young And a people who aren't afraid to love This world has nothing for me and this world has everything All that I could want and nothing that I need This world is making me drunk on the spirits of fear. So when he says who will go, I am nowhere near. And the least of these look like criminals to me So I leave Christ on the street This world has held my hand and has led me into intolerance But now I'm waking up, but now I'm breaking up But now I'm making up for lost time
I am a bus driver and it's four in the morning And I'm pressing out my clothes beside my bed Fourteen years been on the job and with many miles behind Still I'm up at three thirty to make sure I'm there on time My car gets me along just fine to and from the station But my castle is this Houston Metro Bus My first stop is Ashbury. And the sign's been gone for years but all the same the people wait cause they know that I'll be there. What would you say if I told you that I won't be by today? Would you say that I'm just a bus driver and what do I know, just a bus driver and what do I know, just a bus driver and what do I know? Well, I'm always there by five fifteen and lately I've been early 'cause Judith likes to be in early to the bank. And she gives me conversation and a token good for riding. And she's happy all alone And then there's Charles in retail sales; and I hope they pay him well for the work that young man does Cause I've never seen the inside of a custom refrigerator but I know he's the first and last one there I wonder what they do all day, and their respective works. Suppose they give money and take money away. Still, I'm just orbiting this town with the post office my sun. And I'm circling again. And I wonder how this world would be if I was never here to drive this bus around from Ashbury to Main. Suppose this town would be the same but with one bus' less exhaust. But that bank and retail stores, they just wouldn't be the same. But what can I see from the limited confines of my bus driving seat Only me
I can't stop staring at myself My face reflected in this empty plate I can't decide if it's the devil Or if it's just something I ate 'Cause he's been down there all morning He's patiently waiting at my gate He's throwing rocks at my window "Hey won't you come on out and play with me" And everyday when I get up I see folks trading in their crowns For all the paper of plastic lives An opiate for the masses' hounds And pride like a vestige of lives lost The stench of the old folks coming around Now with the news I heard today I can't tell if this world is lost or found You go, I'll be waiting here And I'm awake, no I cannot sleep So I'll sit upon this rock is you I ain't standing up for nothing I've never seen my congressman But I can't deny that he exists 'Cause I've seen his legislation pass I've seen his name on the ballot list Same I can't deny this fallen world Though not my home it's where I live How can I preserve and light the way For a world that I can't admit I'm in 'Cause I know who you say you are But these crows can't be made to stop So I'll sit denying by this fire I ain't standing up for nothing Lack of interest leads to Lack of knowledge leads to Lack of perspective leads to Lack of communication leads to Lack of understanding leads to Lack of concern leads to This complacency denotes This approval denies The truth But I can't stop staring at myself It's my face reflected in this empty plate And I know that it's the devil So you lead, I'll be close behind So you speak, I'll hang on your words You gotta lift me from this hardened tree 'Cause I ain't standing up for nothing
I can see Jesus hanging on the cross I can see Jesus hanging on the cross I can see Jesus hanging on the cross He came looking for the lost And Love has come Love has come Love has come And it's giving me hope to carry on I can hear Jesus saying "Father forgive" I can hear Jesus saying "Father forgive" I can hear Jesus saying "Father forgive" What a thing he did And Love has come Love has come Love has come And it's giving me hope to carry on I can see Love Love is all I want to see Love can make a beggar rich and set a prisoner free I know He can do it for you And God knows He did it for me. I can see Love Love is all I want to show you. Love, Love's the only way to go. And love, Love is all a man might need to know Yes, I know You know Peter put away his sword I can see Peter puttin' away his sword I can see Peter, he put away his sword He won't fight no more
i think this place is swell there's much familiar here i get my laundry done i havnt gotten phone calls in years when im feelin tired i can turn off all the lights with no one knockin on the door pretend im not alive, but daddy it's saturday and i dont wanna go outside and mow the grass today say would you love me just as much if i was just your stupid kid? i said would you love me just as much if i was just your stupid kid? well they tell me that im bright sometimes i think they're right but i guess i will enver know cuz i wont go outside some days its just so hot and others its so cold too much exposure to the sun will just make me look old but daddy it's saturday and i dont wanna go outside and mow the grass today said, would you love me just as much if i was just your stupid kid say, would you love me just as much if i was just your stupid kid well isnt it saturday sure feels like saturday so wake me saturday daddy its saturday well my watch is off to things i never seen with these walls higher than the cost of opportunity cuz im too big for my bed and ive outgrown my shoes but my fear of leaving is the one thing just cant lose but daddy its sat i dont wanna go outside and mow the grass today say, would you love me just as much if i went out and got a job if i never left your house ???????????????????????? if i never matter much more im just your stupid kid would i love me just as much if i was just your stupid kid
