Pretty words and music by John Belk Vrs 1 If I wished upoun a star You know it wouldn't go too far Even the stars are superficial Pretty where they are Feel like Dylan without a guitar Like a dog without a bone Beauty's leaving, Love is singing, Looks deceiving me alone If I looked like him If I dressed like her I would have more friends I'd be happy for sure If I changed my hair Maybe she will stay Goodbye I don't care I kind of like it this way Chrs 1 No I'm not Pretty like you so sue me No I'm not Pretty like you we all wanna be No I'm not Pretty like you so shun me No I'm not Pretty like you but I'm happy Vrs 2 Every morning when I wake up I comb my ugly hair Every one wants to be pretty But lie like they don't care Every morning when I wake up To my ugly clock Put on my ugly shirt, My ugly shoes, my ugly socks If I looked like him If I dressed like her I would have more friends I'd be happy for sure If I had changed my hair Maybe she wouldn't have gone But I still don't care Wave bye, so long Chrs 2 No I'm not Pretty like you but I should be No I'm not Pretty like you and it kills me No I'm not Pretty like you exclude me No I'm not Pretty like you I don't wanna be ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Love of One Obscure words and music by John Belk It takes a lot of life these days To die and drift away Staring off around to April And see it turn to May You know there's something about April Eliot conspires: Brings forth lilacs from the dead land Mix memory with desire And if I knew Jude Fawley I'm sure that he could list The ghosts of Christminster that tell him That love does not exist And I hear in Arizona Angels can not lie But I guess I'll never go there Cause angels make me cry Shakespeare's sitting at a table Pondering the rain Feeling somewhat disenchanted Isolated and complaining He is whining bout his romance But I can sympathize Cause when I whine about my romance The angles make me cry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Walk With God words and music by John Belk, Brad Davis, and Michael Stephens Vrs 1 When we walk with God Humbled by our shame To be with Him is all All we have to gain If we live our lives to Him All will be but loss Nothing can compare To the mercy of the Cross Chrs So what God has done To change the world through us We, unfinished portraits Of what he is in us Vrs 2 We are still wandering Around this earth of sin But always in His presence The Living God within His Hand is gently guiding As he shows us the way The life he gives The peace we see His sovereignty displayed Vrs 3 Ever perfect God of Wonders Lover of my soul A wretch for lack Of worse a word Whose lips cleansed by a coal Shall sing of grace And love unending Showered on the worst Of fools who'd make a wretched choice If grace had not worked first ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Hopeless Romantics and Dreamers words and music by John Belk So you say I'm a little disillusioned I say I'm just fed up You say you'll leave just to be normal To all those like you best of luck This world was not meant For hopeless romantics and dreamers That live in a fantasy Of white lace And flowers and Youth Looking for true love But knowing it's too dim to see it And searching with matches Because lamps light too much of the room Give up on a world that gave up on you And give up on me Give up on the life you found to live And give up on the one that you cannot see Dreaming sweet dreams of Fairy tale lives with Prince Charming Riding white horses from Fanciful prince-frogs And such And dining with dwarves In cottages, castles, and hamlets They're loved too little But they're doomed to love too much They leave their dream world On a cloud of age and emotion Guiding the reins Not knowing what they've left Behind The real world is too harsh For the hopeless romantics and dreamers The glass slipper they hoped for Turns out as a shoe with no Soul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Untitled words and music by John Belk Vrs 1. I know that it's over I'm glad it all worked out I couldnt live without you Twisted, broken doubt I'm sorry if I hurt you Maimed your perfect wings And somewhere tragic lovesongs play Trumpets sound and church bells ring With broken wings you cannot fly But, I cant convince you not to try That is why I fell in love And lost it all Chrs 1 So if I sit here waiting Will you help me down Maybe we can fall together And find some hope we never found The truth is your an angel With broken wings that take the air The stars will twinkle out and fade Memorial to all we shared Vrs 2 So after all the years have passed The tortoise and the hare Will you still remember How much we really cared And if love is non-existent Then just before we die We'll hate ourselves for all the waste Teardrops burning down our face Reminding us we still can fall And lose it all Chrs 2 So if I sit here waiting Will you help me down The king is dead, the court left speechless Surprised to find the joker crowned Angels have their halos Golden flowing hair The stars hang above their place Memorial to all we shared ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Her Eyes Laugh words and music by Michael Stephens Vrs 1. Thou art the moon, And I saw the stars tonight, I saw the stars shinning in your eyes And I want to stay, Stay here forever And I cant live without you And I, I want to stay I want to wake up every morning with you PrChrs 1. And I, I cry on your shoulder and I say, Will you live with me for all of our days? It's beginning to rain So why don't you come inside For a little while, just come inside Why don't you stay Chrs. I want to stay I want to stay Why don't you just stay Vrs 2. And I can't hold you tight enough I want to see your face I want you to be here everyday And I'm so in love And I write my heart down in a notebook Just so I can say PrChrs 2.A sunny day in London Couldn't compare the way You stayed here all this time and You took away the grey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To the Chief Musician words and music by Brad Davis and Michael Stephens Vrs 1. O Lord, You've searched me and known me, You know my sitting down and when I rise, You understand my thoughts afar off, And You know all of my ways. Chrs 1. Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my anxieties. Vrs 2. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? And if I take the wings of the morning, Then You right hand shall lead me. Chrs 2. Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my anxieties, See if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quixote words and music by John Belk Vrs 1. Sincerity of fools is earnest Dancing in the fiery furnace Buy my book, I'll tell you all you know Left a light on in the kitchen And I wish that I was wishing For a new life in the snow And I wish I knew an angel So I could wave good-bye to her And watch her float away I can't hold on to what is sound But I'm losing things I never found Each and every day Chrs. So sing and dance Don't lose your second chance Most are never even given a first one So trip and fall Don't be scared to lose it all The losers only lose when it's all done Vrs 2. I wish that I could tilt at windmills And run barefoot through sprinklers On a hot summer day But I left a light on in the kitchen And I'm still wishing I was wishing For a new life far away And at one time I knew an angel But I waved good-bye to her And watched her float away I guess I cant hold on forever To a life that's just a fading blur But my hope's where I lay Brdg. Watch the grass grow in the yard Watch a wish fall from a star Watch the tree house in the back And point out all the things I lack Watch the sun come into sight Everything will be all right Watch me run into tomorrow Dwelling on tonight ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Memory of Forgetting words and music by John Belk Vrs 1. If I could, I would Turn back time Before regret Caused life to die Seems we're all artists Who are colorblind Painting our sorrows In black and white Just when I think That we have nothing left I dont think at all And you come flooding back And the ghosts in the memories Are telling me lies You know there's something 'bout a memory That tears me up inside Chrs. Just to see you laugh Hear it in my ears Reminds me where I am Reminds me your not here Just to see you cry Turn the night to day But then I see you smile Know I can't take that away Vrs 2. If I could, I would Turn back time Before the fights Before the lines When you still smiled With a passion in your eyes That I dowsed with water And smothered 'til it died When words can fail And often do Expressions lost I turned to you In blinding emotion Fumbling for speech Wrong terms abound With right ones out of reach Just to see you smile I'd give anything ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another Heartsick Lovesong words and music by John Belk Here's to all those Who are dreaming tonight Happy with their sorrow And happy with their lives Here's to all those Who are dreaming sweet dreams Burning through their ghosts And ripping out their seams You can be my Rosalind I will find my Juliet Stomp my heart out once again I will have no regrets Sing a song about the rain beneath the clouds The lonely points between the drops that hide the sounds Of hearts that break Souls that ache And I Begin to feel Cupid kills Laying at home Staring at the wall Thinking about thoughts I've never thought at all Laying in bed Trying to dream Burning through the ghosts And ripping out the seams Hearts are breaking too quickly Hurts mending too slow I wore my pride as a fixture a fixture of my clothes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave and I words and music by John Belk Vrs 1 Just Dave and I Look a little bit to the sky To Find the things that we can't find in a million years Just Dave and I Look a little inside our minds It's the simple things that we can't find that give us all our fears Sit engrossed in static scenes Or floating off in broken dreams Self-destruction's always a little harder than it seems So when Dave and I Decide it's time to cry And get our slice of empty pie the crust just leaves us parched Chrs Told Dave To leave a trail of breadcrumbs where we came Cause getting lost and losing aren't the same Told Dave To find himself before he looked for me My world is spinning off beyond belief Vrs 2 Never found what we've been looking for Never learned the reasons we want more Never saw that being sane could make you crazy Working hard will make you lazy And every good man falters in the end Cause Dave and I Agreed that we could fly If I was told how far I'd go I'd never leave the ground Tell Dave and I That we all fade and die And he'll tell you we're losing something most have never found ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These Days words and music by John Belk Vrs 1 These days are drawn in crayon But careless boys leave them out in the sun And wax can't hold up a pair of feathered wings So what makes you think that it can save a world These days of dreary dance halls Weary waltzes and ten-piece bands Boy, be careful; dont fall from your horizon Your shallow promise-line in the sand Prechrs Looking out my window at the house across the street You know those gingerbread walls are looking nice I'm throwing rocks in hopes they'll break and I wont bend and I know My Sleeping Beauty's locked somewhere inside Chrs So if I wrote a song Proclaiming all the words That everybody sees their own shame in Or if I lost another angel In the cracks and knots of my life Could I be forgiven If I sang like a sparrow Cried like a baby Loved like toddler Unconditionally If my heart wasnt bleeding Bleeding upon me Maybe everyone else could love me Vrs 2 These days are carved in marble Smooth obsidian, crafted in hands of time You think that stone wont ever reach it's death grounds It just has a longer wait in line These days of lightened ballrooms Cinderella dancing to ten-piece bands But it's twelve now, I'm falling from my horizon My empty-promise line in the sand ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deliverance words and music by Michael Stephens Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak Oh, heal me, for my bones are dying And my soul is wearing down Return, O Lord, deliver me, deliver me For mercies sake I'm tired of moaning All night i make my bed swim With the tears that I did cry My eyes waste away My eyes waste away Cause of all my grief Return, O Lord, deliver me, deliver me For mercies sake Take me from the shackles of sin And put me in Your arms again
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