If you do it, if you say it after all this time
I'll be surprised
If you carry, carry on without a crack
I won't look back There's a part of me that wants to see you mad
Wishes you were hurting, wants you ...

Oh God, when did I think I’d be here Smirking about my past trespass  Entering into a friendly chit-chat I hold onto my secrets 

It wasn’t a very long time ago And really, everything’s changed  But here in my heart ...

Charity you did not want because it reminded you
Of all the ways you never helped yourself
Charity you did not want because it reminded you
Of all the times you never helped at all You went out to make disciples of all ...

I know what you’re doing to me
Don’t guide me home
I know what you’re doing to me
Don’t guide me home If I say yes, if I say think again, maybe then
You always got your way
I wanna be in the dark with ...

Before I was born, the Lord prepared my way His breath, in me, before I knew his name And if my body failed, while still a youth Dayenu, it would have been enough In my work, are dreams, I go ...

Why do you worry about clothes?  See how the flowers of the field grow They do not labor or spin Yet I tell you that    Not even Solomon in all of his splendor  was dressed like one of these ...

We talk and it's sometimes awkward
Always nice and usually awkward
And I could sometimes slightly die Weird pauses not what they ought to be
Therein I wonder what you think of me
And sigh 'cause that's our college try  ...

I wouldn't say I'm in love with you You pass through my mind each day I think if I knew you loved me I could just let you stay You have so much going on And I’ve so many cares ...

I wince between withering doubt and your declarations
I fold between my selfish flights and your restorations It's a promise I call on frequently 
The life of me: your mercy 
Close to you I make my messes 
And act like your presence is nothing ...

You watch it You have nothing but a dream just yet. Harder times are still to come. Balancing between two parts of reality, misanthropes lurk and you yourself might be

All too wrapped up in later journey’s treasures still unknown ...

Guy told me once - no - it's told me twice "I'm in the mood for some sound advice Is this the trail I've got to blaze To buy you a whiskey and ginger"   Guy, I would run with ...

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In ...

Save me into the belly of a fish When I've been tossed into the waves Because I tried to run away from  Whom You want to save (me) Into the belly of a fish When I've been put right overboard ...

I wasn’t looking for it when you came back into my head What have I done to make me want so badly what I can’t have
When just the passing thought of you becomes my only thought
I feel it consume me ...

I’m not embarrassed by what I said to you last night I’m not embarrassed by the dull lump in my throat It doesn’t matter now if you could read between the lines ‘Cause last night I tore out the whole ...

It’s raining on my face It’s raining in my hair Oh didn’t you hear the forecast, it’s to be raining everywhere My fingers are soaked and cold My neck is cold and wet Oh let me go inside to be ...

I’ll sit at my sewing machine until I’ve stitched out all of my memories of you I’ll start by ripping out the original hem These pants were too short to begin with   I’ll add a new button Remove the ...

This is, this is
My one regret each new year
Saying I’ll do it
Ever to stall and stay here Sure it won’t make a difference
Whether I fight or I fly
I’ve bowed to the ease of
Believing this gentlest ...

I took your book out of the library to see if I could Get closer to you again just by reading words that you wrote I read one page plus ten before my mind collapsed under the weight Of your ...

I overslept again
While it flew out the door
Cozied up in my dreamland
It was not waiting for
Passing away while living
Squandering gifts to the giving
But the door is now locked at the foot of my sleeping face Didn’t really know ...

Her perfume fills the room And my cheeks flood with heat and red And I am ashamed, don’t know for whom

She cries on your feet And makes an awkward scene As if we didn’t know she loves you too


I have ...

You, there, standing in your northerly attire
It looks cold there and you’re smiling like a lover
You’re a fool for the land -
Born and bred in Michigan Sacred Detroit, built on private transportation
Vies with lakeshore for your tenuous affection
Does a person ...

He formed the mountains by his mighty strength.  He quiets the raging oceans and all the world’s clamor In the farthest corners of the earth the glorious  Acts of God shall startle everyone The dawn and sunset shout for joy ...

Oh, the depth of the riches, the wisdom of God How unsearchable are His ways. How profound are his judgments, so high above our thoughts,  And His pathways no man can trace.

REFRAIN For from Him and through Him, And ...

I’m testing myself, with patience held under my arm Intentions to go some corner where I’ll sit and study it well And as I walk I feel the night air so fresh and cool on my face I’m testing myself ...

The road bends, the sun sets The dark falls on the broken line You see your reflection in The rearview mirror as we run behind
You’ve gone away, you try to breathe The breath won’t come, the day is done ...

The little koala bear peers out at me From the plastic crate, with uncertainty And I don't know if I should indulge myself To talk to it, and give it love My heart at once fills up Like a big ...

Baby you’ve got me on your mind Baby you’ve got me on your mind Forgive me if I don’t properly surmise Baby you’ve got me on your mind Why is it such a hard thing to admit You’re stuck on ...

It’s a full house, it’s a fridge of beer
And only friends and weekend in sight
It’s the pouty girl in the bright red jeans
On whom your hands have landed all night
And I’ve no idea to intrigue you It’s the not yet; ...

REFRAIN:    The history of Great Britain
                               Was built and battled and written
                            ...

What would you do if you knew how much she feels for you?  I think you’d fall right off your chair See how her casual smile disguises all the while How much she’s hoped to see you there She’ll say ...

I finally can’t escape  The writing on the wall Around about this afternoon I knew I’d lost the ball I finally can’t escape The fact I haven’t showered Or changed my clothes since Yesterday morning at eight Been lying here ...

The rain keeps falling and I’ve resigned There will be no sunshine this weekend And what will become of the rooftop parties Revised for our too-cramped apartments Well, if I did not know my own mind I might say I’d ...

Captain says we’re delayed May not get there today I’m stuck on a plane on the ground in Wisconsin
The weekend’s still here with me As rain clouds my memory Opens up in the spare time that is offered me ...

No one can serve two masters
Either you will hate the one and love the other
Or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other You cannot serve both God and money From the album On Faith, Copyright © ...

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On the bright side I learned Illness would come to me When I was out of town It would not miss a beat I spent my whole vacation lying around Speaking through a tunnel, out of a druggy haze Reading ...

Walk down the street The weather's colder Than I'd expected When I looked out the window The bright blue sky Looked so inviting The sun looked hot, but I guess I was wrong Went to my job But I was ...

It’s late And four hours ago you tipped me off To your disinterest in engaging me in chat Imagine that You think you’re just a little bit too good for me right now Or maybe underneath not good enough somehow ...

Where was your head?
You lost it
With a friend and some dad's
Big fat wallet
Was it a night well spent
Was it a crumbling monument
To all the love that we couldn't buy
When it started Where were my shoes
I left them
Behind the gates of ...

I’ll just walk it all off On an overcast Saturday I’m just not feeling right and my body is knotted in anxiety What did you expect? What did you expect? What did you expect? I’ll just write it all off ...

Our world belongs to God
He called it into place
Upholds, renews, controls
With sovereign love and grace
Throughout our earth’s long history 
Of God’s created family
All things were done by His decree

Our world belongs to God
He tells us in His word
Of His great covenant ...