The Captain

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Twenty four oceans
Twenty four skies
Twenty four failures
Twenty four tries
Twenty four finds me
In twenty-fourth place
Twenty four drop outs
At the end of the day
Life is not what I thought it was
Twenty four hours ago

Still I'm singing
Spirit take me up in arms with You
And I'm not who I thought I was
twenty four hours ago
Still I'm singing
Spirit take me up in arms with You

Twenty four reasons
to admit that I'm wrong
With all my excuses
still twenty four strong

See I'm not copping out (x3)
When You're raising the dead in me
Oh, oh I am the second man (x3)

And You're raising these
twenty four voices
With twenty four hearts
With all of my symphonies
In twenty four parts
But I wan to be one today
Centered and true

I'm singing
Spirit take me up in arms with You
You're raising the dead in me
Oh, oh I am the second man (x3)
And you’re raising the dead in me

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Is it the shoes and clothes or,
Is it the face?
I wonder what makes him
The big pimp of this place

He's always got girls all around
Whether their hair is blond, or black, red, or brown
And whenever he makes a play
At the top of my lungs, I just have to say

[Chorus]
Aaron Matlock is the biggest pimp I know
His secrets of picking up chicks
I wish he'd one day show
He gets to talk to Courtney and Hilary
These girls are hot and tall - Don't forget Elise

I haven't met a girl
That doesn't know this guy
You can hear the sigh in their voice
And the twinkle in their eye

They dream to marry him or
At least a fling
'cause being with Matlock will
Make you the next big thing

And look once again
He's picked up another one
It'll be on ESPN Top Ten
Dunuh nuh - Dunuh nuh

When we're in Pr--- class
I watch his every move
Analyze and hypnotize
And watch the king of cool

He's also a pro at lab and
Always aced the test
Yet he finds time for the girls
The best of the best

If you just go to one of his parties
Just sit right down and in come the hotties

[Chorus]

If only he'd hook me up
Oh Matlock, Pretty please!
Pretty Please!!!

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All creatures of our God and King,
Lift up your voice and with us sing,
O praise Him! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
Thou silver moon with softer gleam!
O praise Him! O praise Him! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Thou rushing wind that art so strong,
Ye clouds in heav’n that sail along,
O praise Him! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou rising morn, in praise rejoice,
Ye lights of evening, find a voice!
O praise Him, O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
And praise the Spirit, Three in One,
O praise Him! O praise Him! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Let all things their Creator bless,
And worship Him in humbleness,
O praise Him! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

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On any given Sunday
Most of us are sleeping in from the night before
On any given Sunday
Heroes are born, legends are made

On any given Sunday
A man will defy all odds
A man will defy all the elements
Put on his running shoes, his sweatpants, his shirt, maybe a hat

On any given Sunday
I wish I had Al Pacino's voice

On any given Sunday
A man will go out there to face the trek of doom
It's a cold journey
The streets, she ain't nice
26.2 miles of cold, steel concrete
26.2 miles, so many competitors, and all those Kenyan people that just beat the snot out of you at the marathons

On any given Sunday
I know that Viet's going to be at ACC Church, at the college service

But, on any given Sunday
Beam Team will be facing the time of his life
He will run
He will see the cheers
He will hear the jeers
How he'll long for a glass of water
How he'll yearn for rest

I can't guarantee you that it will be easy
But all I can say is
Preach with every yard
Teach with every inch
For on the 13th mile, you'll hear it
In the distance you'll hear a voice
That will beckon you to quit
To throw in the towel
To go home

On the 13th mile,
You'll look to your right,
And you'll see me on a Vespa
Whispering to you,

Give up
And
Quit. Go Home

And you'll watch, as you run, sweat pouring down your face
You'll watch as I chug down Malt 40 liquors
And turkey fried legs in front of you
Oh, how much you'd love to quit
How much you'd love to stop
How much you actually prefer chicken over turkey

On any given Sunday
I'm gonna make sure to do everything I can to make you stop
Cry like a baby
Go Home

But Preach, my brother, Preach
With every yard you step
With every inch you take
Do not quit
As I start throwing chicken legs at you
As I start rolling bottles at you

Never forget
On any given Sunday
You could be sleeping at home
But not today

Beam Team, I gotta commend you
For stickin' to your guns

But what you don't know is
As you run, you can rest assured,
I got your back
I'll be watching you run away as I try to hit on Ashley
That's right
Right behind your back
How I wish I had Al Pacino's voice
Oh baby

On any given Sunday

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You only hear me when I fall
You're like my crutch and nothing more
Do You tire of the same routine
Guilt and sorrow united sing

Half my days have passed me by
When my means are genuine

[Chorus]
With open arms You rescue me
With no regrets You embrace me
And yet You love when you know one day
Like times before I'll just walk away

How do You do it just standing there
The love I always - never there
I only come when I'm hurt again
When will my cycle ever end

Will I draw near this time around
My denials - you've allowed
A different face but it's still the same
I try to cheat, but I've lost this game

Anyone else would leave me here
Your faithfulness withstands these years

[Chorus]

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I was dreamin in the afternoon waiting on a train
I woke up in pieces and elizabeth had disappeared again
well I wish you were inside of me
I hope that you're ok
I hope you rest in quiet peace
I just wanted to say

Good, goodnight Elizabeth (x3)

We couldn't all be cowboys some of us are clowns
And some of us are dancer along the midway
We roam from town to town
I hope that everybody can find a little flame
Me, I say my prayers
Then I just light myself on fire
And I walk out on the wire once again and I say

Good, goodnight Elizabeth (x3)

I will wait for you in baton rouge
I'll miss you down in new orleans
I'll wait for you while she slips in something comfortable
And I'll miss you when I'm slipping in between
If you wrap yourself in daffodils
I will wrap myself in pain
And if you're the Queen of California, baby
I am the King of the rain and I say

Good, goodnight Elizabeth (x3)

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That's it that's the last straw

You've tried so many times that I have to declare war
I'm sick of your foolish attack, devil
So step back I'm on a one way track, devil
To take back all the things that you've stolen
No withholdin I'm rollin and with the scriptures unfolding
That your time is near and wit the power of God I'm gonna persevere
So go ahead and try to turn up the heat
'Cause with my sword drawn you're gonna feel defeat
The seat occupied to the right of my God

Is the reason why I've got my feet shod
The Word of life in the form of three
Is given to me as artillery to use, to abuse and bruise you
leave you standing in a daze wondering who's who
You chose to be defeated or to be disarmed
Anyway you want it we're gonna bring you harm
In this battle only strong survive I now where I stand
And who's by my side
He's the tower of strength and the pillar

To a hardened heart He's the thriller
No scrilla can entice me to stay off your tail
I'm gonna keep fighting til God prevails
Cause the alarm has been rung the victory dance has been done
Praise to God has been sung
The battle's over and GUESS WHO'S WON

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She grabs her magazines, she packs her things and she goes
She leaves the pictures hanging on the wall,
she burns all Her notes and she knows,
she’s been here too few years to feel this old
He smokes his cigarette, he stays outside ’til it’s gone
If anybody ever had a heart, he wouldn’t even know
He knows, she’s been here too few years, to be gone

And we always say, it would be good to go away, someday
But if there’s nothing there to make things change
If it’s the same for you I’ll just hang

The trouble understand, is she got reasons he don’t
Funny how he couldn’t see at all, ’til she grabbed up her coat
And he knows, she’s been here too few years to take it all in stride
But still it’s much too long, to let the hurt go (you let her go)

And we always say, it would be good to go away, someday
But if there’s nothing there to make things change
If it’s the same for you I’ll just hang
The same for you, I’ll always hang
Well I always say, it would be good to go…away…someday…
But if things don’t work out like we think
And there’s nothing here to ease the ache
But it there’s nothing there to make things change
If it’s the same for you I’ll just hang

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With You time is momentary
With me it seems that I only
Worshipped you lifetimes ago

Have you been waiting patiently for
Have you been waiting eagerly for
Me to remember who I am?

Here I am to call your name
Here I am, although I'm late
Here I am, to bless Your Name
Here I am, although I'm stained

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Hey hey, hey hey, baby hey.
Hey hey, hey hey, baby hey.
Hey guess what, Jesus just made my day.
Hey hey, hey hey, baby hey.
Hey hey, hey hey, baby hey.
Jesus loves me, well that’s what the Bible says.
Hey hey, hey hey, baby hey.
Hey hey, hey hey, baby hey.
I once was a sinner, but Jesus just showed me the Way.
Hey hey, hey hey, baby hey.
Now because of Jesus
Everything is
A-okay

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I can move the mountains with a seed
I can tread on water if I truly just believe
Every time I stand, I fall
I fail to heed Your call
If I only had the faith of a mustard seed

[Chorus]
How long do I have to go
Until I finally see the things that You want me to know?
And with my life, will my faithfulness show?
I want to lose myself in You
I want to go from old to new

Will I deny You three times today?
Or will I walk the narrow and the sacred way?
Every day is a year gone by
No matter how hard I try
To follow after You with all I am

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Even though the grace ----
There are days that I have ---
I'm glad I'm sitting on a bench
Thinking of what I could have been

And when you call my name out loud
Another chance that you've allowed
And I'll probably strike out again
But You'll still believe I am the man

I could work the harvest if I would see
I'd be unhindered if I had faith eternally
Every day comes a new time for sin
Only to be so free again
If I had ears to hear and eyes to see

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I can see you even though I’m far away.
But I wonder if you can still hear me everyday.
Even with my back to you, will you come to me once more?

Will you call my name and shelter me from the coming storm?

I can feel you even though I’ve turned away,
But I dream of the time when we’re together finally one day.
How long will you forgive me? How long will you ask of me?
With the love that’s pulled me through (oh Lord, I’m coming back to you)...
When will I answer your call? When will I avoid my falls?
When will I swallow my pride (and live my life to your delight)?

Are you still waiting there for me? Do you light a lantern at night?
Do you sleep all right although I’m gone?
Doyou ever think of days long past?
When we laughed and played, when we talked all day, when we were one...

I can hear you even though I’ve gone my way,
But I still cry out to you with hands upraised.
Do I tell you what you mean to me? Do I tell you what I dream to be?
Do I mean it that this time I’ll stay? I’ll get scared again, will I run away?

Will I stand up and follow you this time?
Will I truly forget these sins of mine?
Am I ready to begin my life?
Am I ready to live me life for you?

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Come in
Sit down
Don't be clownin' around
I'm sure you did some research today

Stand up
Look straight
And present aloud
You should have plenty to say

What's wrong?
Don't know
Guess that only shows
You need an F for professionalism grade

Oh no
That's bad
You can't make up for that
With 2 more issues next day

[Chorus]
Everyone here knows that I suck at PBL
I have nothing to say, I just sit and chill
I crack jokes every day, please don't break my grade
How did I make it this way?

All work
No play
That's no fair, you say
Sometime after class I think we should stay
We'll talk, eyes locked, but it's no Burger King
You can't have it your way

No dice
Play nice
Watch that girl you like
Stare at you like you're a fool to begin
Whoa now, oh my, it's evaluation time
I guess I keep winning again

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I suck at PBL (x4)

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There must be a billion of you on this planet here
Yet I treat every one of you like a precious gem, so rare
With skin darker than light, and those eyes as dark as night
Oh so beautiful, so beautiful

I think I could watch those films every hour of the day
Where they solve their problems in a song and dance kind of way
I think I could live in Hollywood, Indian girls in my neighborhood
Oh so beautiful, so beautiful

I have a fetish for all Indian girls
I'll never get to visit that other part of the world
They'll stop me from going inside
I'll never get an Indian wife
What happened to the whites

I can't break the cycle of Indian girls for Indian guys
At my present rate I'll be alone for the rest of my life
My search comes to another dead end
Ground zero says I'm a good Asian friend
Oh so painful, so very painful

When will that day come when I'll find my Indian love
Brown guys will glare at me and say "We were robbed!"
It won't matter to me
I'd be living my brown fantasy
Oh so beautiful, so beautiful

I have a fetish for all Indian girls
What is it about them that seems to rock my world?
I'm getting sued by Indians here
I think I need another beer
(x2)

To think that I'd have a chance with an Indian girl

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Getting ready by 8am
And dressing nice for school
Will my search come to an end?
Will my dreams finally come true?

I sit and wait for her

She walks in with a blur
And I can't think of words to say

The teacher talks to us
As I try to act real cool
I try to catch her eye
And I'll say, How do you do?

She looks on over my side

I open up wide
As the teacher throws a brain at me

My friend says I should hook up
With my Lab TA
He says the time is right
She'll give into me one day
Don't quit, just keep on at it
She'll say yes, it'll be great, fantastic

Sometime she's at the gym
And I try to look real tough
I use the heavy weights
And I wear my muscle shirt

I tell her that she's groovy
Even though she sees right through me
Maybe she's playing hard-to-get

My friend says I should hook up
With my Lab TA
He says the time is right
She'll give into me one day
Don't quit, just keep on at it
She'll say yes, it'll be great, fantastic

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Mean Mr. Mustard says he's bored
of life in The District.
Can't afford the French Quarter high

says it gets old real quick
and he pales up next to me, scrawled on the pavement
It says:
Son, time is all the luck you need.

And if I’m still lucky then my tongue
will stay tied, and I won't [betray/forget] the things that I hide.
There's not enough years underneath

this belt, for me to admit the way that I felt.

Mean Mr. Mustard says don't be
the wave that crashes
From a sea of discontent, he says
he's wrestled with that blanket...
It leaves you cold and wet, any way you stretch it

Divine apathy!
Disease of our youth, watch that you don't catch it.

I’m the wave that crashes, swim the sea of truth,
inside out every chance I get, see what it’s like in Hell

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I miss the whisper of her name
I miss the feeling that’s still the same
It’s all replaced by a pain I can’t take
Just to say I miss Mary Kate.

I look behind and there’s no one there
It all points down to a wasted year

The phone calls and emails are no longer here
I’m so far away yet she’s so very near.

And it’s you, who’s broken me so far
And it’s you, who proves my every flaw
And it’s you, I’m looking for
And it’s you, I’m crying for

To be forgetten so easily
It’s like this time was only for me

The smiles, the first sign I just could not see
To hide the day when she’d get up and leave
I’m so very tired but I’m always awake

I find myself living in yesterday
And looking at pictures and the memories they make
Reminding me about Mary Kate

And it’s you, who’s broken me so far
And it’s you, who fills my every thought

And it’s you, I’m looking for
And it’s you, I’m praying for

Will you sit back and think of me many years from now
Will you ever regret, will you ever ask yourself how
We grew so far apart
Did it truly break your heart
While I may be gone
I never did move on

I miss the whisper of her name
I miss the feeling that it’s still the same
It’s all replaced by a pain I can’t take
Just to say I miss Mary Kate

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Empty again
Sunken down so far
So scared to [Love]
I might not get up again

So I lay at your feet
All my brokenness
I carry all of my burdens to you

All of these things
I've held up in vain
No reason nor rhyme
Just the scars that remain
Of all of these things
I'm so much afraid
Scared out of my mind
By the demons I've made

Sweet Jesus, you never ever let me go
Oh, sweet Jesus, never ever let me go

So happy to love
Yet so far to go
You lead me on to where I've never been before

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Late last night as I lay sleeping
I woke up to hear some creeping
By my door

I got up cautiously
And I walked out to see
My roommate passed out on the floor

And the sight before my eyes
It came to me as a surprise

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My roommate came in wasted late last night and I
Could not resist temptation
I just had to write
About her social wrong
In this little song
For all you strangers here to see

'cause I'm the bestest roommate ever
I thought it'd be funny if I had told on her to her mom
Got it on my camera phone
And sent it to her home
And said it was because of alcohol

Now my roommates gone away
And she's got meetings with AA

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I remember when she first moved in
She was a nice girl with no sin
She drank a little, but never again
Now she is just straggling in

Whatever happened to those days
Did my --- help her go astray?
That's okay

[Chorus]

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Share this brief quiet moment with me.
Let the lights and smoke all fade away.
And there's nothing left but Jesus,
and no one left but you.
Where will you go from here?

Welcome to the end of time well spent.
I hope the words I'm singin'
find you well.

But, don't miss the message.
There's no greater truth.
Take refuge in His heart.

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What I'd do to see you again
Even if I could go back
I'd do it again
If it could mean I'd relive September again (x2)

Time has passed
It's moving on by
I'm still holding on to you
You've moved on with life

I hear you're with new people
As I fade away
'cause time keeps bringing me back to that moment, September day (x2)

All the cliches I hear they mean nothin
Yet all the words, they say it all
And as I run to see you one more time
Once again, I trip and I fall
(x2)

Over you (x4)

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I've been forgotten, my Lord
I've been left behind
Not 'cause of malice nor scorn
But 'cause of this foolish vice of mine

What have I done?
What did I do?
That keeps me trapped inside this room away from you
Will I forget?
Will I move on?
Will I ever get restoration?

I see them laughing without me
I try to join but it's all just make believe
I hear them calling out my name
I wonder if it'll ever be the same

What have I done?
What did I do?
With all my might I'm barely hanging on to you
Will I forget?
Will I move on?
Will I truly get restoration?

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You should see the stars tonight
How they shimmer shine so bright
Against the black they look so white
Comin down from such a height
To reach me now, reach me now

You should see the moon in the flight
Cuttin cross the misty night
Softly dancin in sunshine

Reflections of this light
Reach me now, You reach me now

And how could such a Thing
Shine Its light on me
And make everything
Beautiful again

And you should feel the sun in the spring
Comin out after a rain

Suddenly all is green
Sunshine on everything
I can feel It now, I feel You now

And how could such a thing
Shine Its light on me
And make everything beautiful

And you should hear the angels sing
All gathered round their King

More beautiful than you could dream
I've been quietly listening
You can hear 'em now, I hear em now

And how could such a King
Shine His light on me
And make everything beautiful

And I wanna shine
I wanna be light

I wanna tell you it'll be alright
And I wanna shine and I wanna fly
Just to tell you now
It'll be alright, it'll be alright
It'll be alright.

Cause I got nothing of my own to give to you
But this Light that shines on me shines on you
And makes everything beautiful, again.

It'll be alright, it'll be alright.

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It feels like 325 degrees
7 minutes passing ever so peacefully
I wait here so patiently for you
Sweet and succulent, you can always make me drool

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I want my, I want my cinnamon chips
I like how your sugar glaze softly coats my lips
I know I, I could eat you all day long, all day long
I'd even write another one of these stupid songs

Safely tucked in my Tupperware plastic
I wonder how long this time you will last me
Every morsel is a taste of Heaven above
Forget Lindsey Lohan, you're my new sweet sugary love

You're the perfect high calorie treat
Never guilty when it's you that I eat
Like Lay's chips when the feast eats begun
I can't stop after having just one

[Chorus]

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The rain is here and you, my dear,
Are still my friend
It’s true the two of us are back as one again

I was the one who left you
Always coming back I cannot forget you girl

Now I am up in arms again

Together now I don’t know how this love could end
My lonely heart it falls apart
For you to mend

I was the one who left you
Always coming back I cannot forget you girl
Now I am up in arms again

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I've gotta rush away
she said, I've been to Boston before
and anyway, this change I've been feeling
doesn't make the rain fall
No big differences these days,
just the same old walkaways
Someday, Im gonna stay
but not today

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Tonight I’m tangled in my blanket of clouds
Dreaming aloud
Things just won’t do without you, matter of fact

I’m on your back

If you walk out on me, I’m walking after you (x2)

If you’d accept surrender, I’ll give up some more
Weren’t you adored
I cannot be without you, matter of fact
I’m on your back

If you walk out on me, I’m walking after you (x2)

Another heart is cracked in two
I’m on your back
I cannot be without you, matter of fact
I’ve got your back

If you walk out on me, I’m walking after you (x3)

Another heart is cracked in two
I’m on your back

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Has my journey ended on this path

Do I have a chance to turn and go back
Is it, too late for I’m sorry, too late for I’m through
With the pride and anguish, that keeps me from you
Do you ever sit and think of me?
Do you know that I am on my knees?
I pray to hear your voice, to talk again
To walk together, to listen and then
We< forget our problems, and put them aside

We put our past away, be truly alive
What I wouldn’t give to see you again
What I’d go through just to know that you’re my friend
How long I’d fight to see you to the end
Cuz I, I still believe
I’d< hold the sun just to give us light
To break the darkness that clouds our lives
I’d lift the clouds just to let you see

I’d stop the rain just to bring you peace
Do< I have the courage to tell you now?
About my dreams, about my doubts.
If you were here, would you believe?
If I told you what you mean to me.
Am< I too late now? Have you walked away?
Am I left to reminisce, every single day?