T.C.K.

I was born here, schooled here, got my degree
I was raised there, played there, got hit by disease
But they never feel quite like home to me

Second Thoughts

Standing by the car in the street
I don't know the next time we'll meet
Talked about my plans, we
Talked of where I would be

Star Shine

I wonder do you remember
A time when we used to sing
A time when we would laugh and smile
Much more than we do today

Been Before (Comfort Zone)

The sun is shining down on me
As I walk on down the street
To a place I’ve been before

My shoes have seen much better days
But they keep me on my feet
In a place I’ve been before

Letter

It all started with the letter on her doorstep.
There was no stamp, and no return address
A dirty thumb had sealed it with a dirty smudge
The loop in the L, the angle of the T,
The handwriting was eerily familiar.

Spiral

Under a spiral of dying trees
A poet falls on crying knees
But no one hears his lying pleas
As they trickle away in the vying breeze

Wrecking Ball

Here lie the monuments to past disasters
Landmarks unoriginal, she's seen'em all
See her try only once to mask the plaster
Nothing's gonna cover, gonna cover it all

The Real You

Underneath the façade
Is just another mask
Waiting to fall
Waiting to fall

Dug beneath the surface
And found another earth
Under it all
Under it all

Middle-Earth Rhapsody

(parody of "Bohemian Rhapsody" written by Freddie Mercury and performed by Queen)

GANDALF:
This is the real life
This is no fantasy
Caught in a grand sight
Nine hours of a trilogy
Bilbo disguised
Leave the ring behind and flee

You Knead Me

I don't want to feel like this anymore
I turn around face down I got my feet on the floor
I just wanna be myself and no more
I've been around this town more times than I can be sure

Pro-Crass-Tea-Nay-Shun

I'll do it tomorrow, I said yesterday
I'll do it tomorrow, I said again today
Today's the tomorrow of yesterday
Today's tomorrow's yesterday

Train To Nowhere

He’s on a train to nowhere
Looking out at packaged lives
Flashing by him in an instant
A motion-blur suburbia

Nothing Left Of Me

Step into my reflection
And all that I can see
This world behind the curtain
There’s nothing left of me

Holding On

Standing in the centre of the marketplace
The smell of seafood and flowers all around
Can't say I notice, or that I really care
As I lean down and whisper in your hair
"Let's just stay here for a while"
My eyes are closed, so I can't see your smile

The Smell Will Be The Same

parody of The Memory Remains written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett and performed by Metallica with Marianne Faithfull

Fourth and Main, Mizz or Seine, Guam or Spain
But the smell will be the same

Smell these Big Macs sizzlin’ ’way
And all the salted fries with shakes
See the food court crowd cram their bulging cheeks with butter
It’s dinner time you go
Time to don cholesterol
If he diets on just all-burger food then he’s a goner

Feast Had No Wine

(John 2:1-11)
parody of Sweet Caroline written and performed by Neil Diamond

Wedding began
In Cana drinks are flowin’
Jesus and Co. they all go along

Galilee swing
Dancing to strings and drummers
You can now read in the book of John

Beauty

She is beauty
And truth
Wrapped up in a smile
Night after night
In the moonlight
I see her face shining
Under water

Lay Down Sammy

(1 Samuel 3:1-9)
parody of Lay Down Sally written and performed by Eric Clapton

There First Samuel three verse one
You want to you can read along and see
You know back when Samuel’s a boy
Comes awake, he hears a voice, and starts to freak
And so he tells the priest

(And Eli says…)
Lay down Sammy, and reset your alarm
Go right back it wasn’t me who called you
Lay down Sammy, get some sleep, you’ll need it soon
I’ve been lying down all night long, and now so should you

He Who Fed The Thousands

(Isaiah 53:5, Matthew 5:14, 28:19, Mark 6:44)
parody of Anthem For The Year 2000 written by Daniel Johns and performed by silverchair

We speak the truth, we’ll take scepticism away
You’ll hear the truth, of all the times that He saved our day
He is the truth, some politicians aren’t so sure
We know the truth, and we’re knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door

Eloi Lama Sabachthani

(Mark 14:32-15:39)
parody of Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me written by Bono & U2 and performed by U2

Disciples kept no lookout
While Jesus prayed that night
The Lord He had been kneeling
In the trees and He got caught
In the torchlight
Of the priest’s guard
Now’s the start

Cries To God

(Psalm 22:15-17, Matthew 26:45-56, 27:27-31, 27:38, 27:54, John 19:28-30)
parody of Cries Too Hard written and performed by the Whitlams

Torches loom
Burning soon
He won’t defend
In a garden brawl
One thing’s sure
The Saviour knows the score

Feeder Of Men

(John 6:1-13)
parody of Leader Of Men written by Chad Kroeger & Nickelback and performed by Nickelback

Well my friend’s got this big old crowd
Who hear and follow
Listening until midday
Our stomachs are hollow
I am not a feeder of men
This I defer in sorrow
Do not think I could manage this
Think that we’ll have to borrow
Yeah, we’ll have to borrow

Let Your Rain Fall

by Glenn Davies
5 April 2002

Let your rain fall
Let your rain fall
Come and wash away the tears
The tears of all those years
I spent without you

All He Seems To Do Is Dream

(Genesis 37:1-11)
parody of All I Have To Do Is Dream written by Boudleaux Bryant and performed by the Everly Brothers

Dream
Dream, dream, dream
Dream
Dream, dream, dream

When harvest’s due on the farm
When we’ve got to keep flocks from harm
Whenever there’s work to do
All he seems to do is

Dream
Dream, dream, dream

The God With No Name

(Joshua 1:8, Acts 17:22-31)
parody of A Horse With No Name written by Dewey Bunnell and performed by America

On my second foreign journey
I was waiting here for Silas
There were altars, idols, rocks and things
They were all over Athens

Living Wolf By Sheep

(Isaiah 11:6-8, 65:25)
parody of Singing In My Sleep written by Dan Wilson and performed by Semisonic

Read this page and it blew my mind
Words and visions of peaceful signs
All abound at the end of time
When none of the beasts are foes

Gabriel

(Daniel 5:25, 8:17, 9:20-23, Luke 1:11-20, 26-38)
parody of Aerials written and performed by System Of A Down

My visions make me fall
Like one at the river and one again writes on the wall
Seeing goat annoyed, I need a word
I need some help cause my mind’s in awe
Just read all the words in Daniel eight
All these things we’re shown, talking ‘bout the end of days
He is the one that brings the news
Cause he comes to say but to heed it is for you to choose

Gabriel
In the sky
Daniel chapter nine
You see you’ll find

Nebuzaradan

(Jeremiah 52:6-27)
parody of Solitary Man written and performed by Neil Diamond

Month four and day nine
Hunger time, we’re surrounded
Here in Jerusalem

Relocated Settlers Of Goshen

(Genesis 46:8-34)
parody of Dedicated Follower Of Fashion written by Ray Davies and performed by the Kinks

Sixty-six there, came with Israel
His sons abound, as do their heirs
Ishvi, Hanoch, Huppim, Shaul, Hezron and all the rest
They are the relocated settlers of Goshen

All The Time

(Romans 12:12, Ephesians 6:18, 1 Thessalonians 5:17)
parody of Only Time written by Enya & Roma Ryan and performed by Enya

You can pray
When you feel low, when the day’s slow
All the time

And you can pray
Cause your God knows, what your heart shows
All the time

Throne (Your Arm's Around Me)

(various Psalms)
parody of Throw Your Arms Around Me written and performed by Hunters and Collectors

I will come to You at night time (77:6; 119:62)
I will praise You in my sleep (4:8; 42:8; 149:5)
I will sing to men Your praises (33:1-3; 150:1-2)
I’ll be bowing before Your feet (99:5)

Mark Of Cain (Forever I May Roam)

(Genesis 4:2-16)
parody of Wherever I May Roam written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich and performed by Metallica

(Abel’s flock is father’s pride)
Abel’s flock is father’s pride
It may lead to homicide
My crop’s just as bona fide
In Genesis four verse five
Read it you will see

Come To The Father

(Deuteronomy 32:6, Daniel 1:1-4, 1:18-20, 2:34, 4:10, 4:33, 7:1-14, 8:1-12, 10:1-12:13)
parody of Run to the Water written by Ed Kowalczyk and performed by Live

This desert keeps us apart
From homeland of our birth
Nation of children who weep forlorn
Taken with no mirth
Well our weeping people were torn away
And we got removed
And we got removed

Shelving Time (Library Theme Song)

parody of Closing Time written by Dan Wilson and performed by Semisonic

Shelving time
Open up the doors and all the non-fiction’s disturbed
Shelving time
Put them in the right spot but they’re messed up by all the borrowers
Shelving time
Learn that Dewey decimal so sorting is easy, a breeze
Shelving time
I know all the codes shown on the outer sleeve

Angel In The Wings

He's got a million-dollar smile
And folks pay thirty bucks for his hairstyle
They've got all his autographed albums
And they pay to hear him sing
No-one ever sees or hears
The angel in the wings

Backward Sun

(2 Kings 20:8-11, Isaiah 38:1-8)
parody of Black Hole Sun written and performed by Soundgarden

In Isaiah, King reposed
In the sky, yellow sun glows
Hides his face, lies awake
Can God hear from this place?

The God Who Listens True

(1 Kings 18:18-39)
parody of The Unforgiven II written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett and performed by Metallica

Pray beside me, I’m the only one
Speaks the word, you don’t wanna hear, to tell you He’s the one
The Lord is God now, but Baal followers are you
Bring your four hundred and fifty, then we will see which God is true

Boat's On The Waves

(Genesis 6:14-7:18)
parody of Go Your Own Way written by Lindsey Buckingham and performed by Fleetwood Mac

Floating zoo, loading in fourteens and twos
Octopi, elephants, giraffes and seals

Gopher wood, saved me dyin’ with all the world
Toucans, ibis, gnus, warthog and indri

Temptation

(Genesis 3:1-8)
parody of Temptation written and performed by the Tea Party

If I touch this tree I’ll die
I’ll watch what I eat
Snake he asks her let’s make bold
Become good as gold

Temptation
Temptation

Zimri

(1 Kings 16:8-20)
parody of Dizzy written by Tommy Roe & Freddy Weller and performed by Tommy Roe

Zimri, I’m King Zimri
My home is burning
I’m a mad fool, gone round the bend
And as it burns I know one thing
My name is King Zimri

Minor Prophets

(Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai 2:1-7, Zechariah, Malachi)
parody of Teenage Dirtbag written and performed by Wheatus

His name is Joel
After fourteen Hosea
This list of twelve
They get skimmed past in sermon hour
Obadiah rocks
He’s next past Amos

Rock This City

(Acts 16:16-34)
parody of Toxicity written and performed by System Of A Down

Soul surgeon, exorcism, slave-girl let go
Locking up guys who denied owners’ cashing up
Beaten bleeding they’re shown wide hostility
They shocked this city, shocked this city, shocked this city

She's There

It's the way she stirs her coffee
It's the way she turns her hair
It's the way she smiles at me
It's the way she's always there

When I need her
When I see her
She's there

Standing Inside The Fire

(Daniel 3:1-26)
parody of Standing Outside The Fire written by Garth Brooks & Jenny Yates and performed by Garth Brooks

A golden jewel
My artists made my statue so
I want that everyone should know
So asked my nobles to return

Never Tell Us Apart

(Genesis 27:1-27)
parody of Never Tear Us Apart written by Andrew Farriss & Michael Hutchence and performed by INXS

Dad asked E-
Sau to hunt him food
"Old man," he told him,
"I'll get your blessing first"

Child King

(Matthew 2:9-11, John 1:3)
parody of Wild Thing written by Chip Taylor and performed by the Troggs

Child King
You hear angels sing
You made everything
Including me
Child King

Rescue Me

Hello, it's me again
Seeing you made my day, walking out in the rain
I know we'll meet again
Maybe sooner than later if I have my way

But I don't know what you're thinking
How you feel about me now
My heart is slowly twisting
Rescue me, I'm upside down

Gone Astray

(2 Samuel 11)
parody of Gone Away written and performed by the Offspring

David took another wife
From his man Uriah
Killed him off just for a bride
Two Samuel it's written there

And it seems
And it seems like
David's no star today
And he steals
Yeah he steals wives
Much more than he could hold
Now his eye's gone astray

Sweet Strong

(Judges 14:8-19)
parody of Your Song written by Bernie Taupin & Elton John and performed by Elton John

Here's a riddle, it's funny
Strong with sweet inside
And nobody knows
No, not even my bride
I just had some honey
But this they don't get
They'll buy some rich clothes which
To me they'll give

Ban On The Moon

(Isaiah 13:10, 34:4, Daniel 12:8-9, Joel 2:30-31, Matthew 24:23-30, Revelation 21:23-25)
parody of Man On The Moon written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe and performed by R.E.M.

Matthew's Gospel in the Book of Life, yeah yeah yeah yeah
Handy warnings of the end of the age, yeah yeah yeah yeah
Man open to 24th chapter and check, yeah yeah yeah yeah
Easterly lightning can be seen in the west, yeah yeah yeah yeah
Fakes and tricksters, verse twenty-six, yeah yeah yeah yeah
We'll see signs in heaven as the countdown ticks, yeah yeah yeah yeah