You're up in my face, spitting and screaming Your composure is gone, gone away Calling me "fool" the insults abounding And you're shocked to find my mind hasn't changed You say God's for the weak, if he exists To punish man for the wrongs he has done You're simply a hindrance to those who are seeking But in the heat of your pride you have overlooked... His love How could you be so very wrong? (Can't stop thinking it's true...) How could you miss it all along? The sucker... was you Allow for that possibility Like you would expect from me Could the wrong one, could it be you? Is God not what you assume? You say, "don't stereotype, don't generalize me, I alone represent myself." But it's o.k. for you to do that to me? Could it be that you don't know me quite that well? You live double-standard, the law of convenience Such as the right to freedom of speech Name any religion - you'll take the lecture But you'll pull the plug once Jesus Christ is preached? "It's o.k. to speak beliefs, as long as I agree Cencorship is wrong - but only if you censor me. I'm open to the truth, accepting of change But not if that means repentance because they're really not the same." You've taken my God and attempted to turn him Into something you know he is not (Place one lie here and another one there And then you've got a god with whom you can find fault) But the fact still remains, and the flowers still fade God is true and forever more If you would open your heart and honstly seek He would open your eyes and you would know the truth

It's a minute to midnight New Year's here Dressed up for no one At the party I could call you up But They're starting the countdown It's way too late Pouring the champagne You'd never make it in time 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Everybody's got someone Happy New Year, baby Where ever you are Are you thinking of me? And i don't wanna feel like this, I don't wanna miss you Wish you were holding me Right here Kissing in the New Year It's a minute to midnight Another year had gone That i couldn't tell you, That your the only one That i'll ever want 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, I wonder if you've got someone? Happy New Year, baby Where ever you are Are you thinking of me? And i don't wanna feel like this, I don't wanna miss you Wish you were holding me Right here Kissing in the New Year What if i leave this party? What if i follow my heart? Straight to where you are Say happy New Year, baby Here i am, Were you thinking of me? Happy New Year, baby Where ever you are Are you thinking of me? And i don't wanna feel like this, I don't wanna miss you Wish you were holding me Right here Kissing in the New Year Maybe next year We'll be right here Kissing in the New Year

What will this old world be like In the year two thousand How old do you think you'll be In the year two thousand Will there still, still be wars I hope and pray They will cease to be Look at the time We've wanted This is one of the things That's got the world In such a mess What will this old world be like In the year two thousand How old do you think you'll be In the year two thousand Will people still Still be starving to death I know there's enough Food here for every man Woman, boy and girl Will there be the save Kind of people Who call themselves Rulers of the world What will this old world be like In the year two thousand How old do you think you'll be In the year two thousand.

River run And brother row And the ease between us, The calm below The rings, these twisted things cast off in the arms of those long low aways The lights, the river's striped, and will we not belong to those long low and lazy Surround us Oh, drown us A wailing whine, a Wendigo A waltzing night, oh bending road Me, I couldn't sleep, caught in some long that would seem to all but all the song But here, we river swim to wash away the light that seems to all but all be found Surround me Oh, drown me

O Philomena You in a tawdry gown Lean to your window Let slip a ribbon down A cure to your boredom If only you'd let me go down Down down Long summer days Can lead to lazy vices Boys all at idle Left to their own devices Open up your linen lap And let me go down Down down All that I wanted in the world Was just to live to see a naked girl But I found I quickly bored I wanted more I wanted more So I'll be your candle I'll be your statuette. I'll be your lashing Loop of leatherette O Philomena if only You'd let me go down. Down down All that I wanted in the world Was just to live to see a naked girl But I found I quickly bored I wanted more Oh so much more So I'll be your candle I'll be your statuette. I'll be your lashing Loop of leatherette O Philomena if only You'd let me go down. Down down Go down down down Go down Go down

So we already wrecked the rental car And I've already lost my way But feet entombed in this tourist bar For today, anyway So lay me down on the cobblestone And unfurl this aching [?] The streets are built on ancient bones And the crib of the rest Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't the mistral Blow away? Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't it blow, won't it blow, won't it blow So it's me and you and the baby boy And a ford to share the weight Breaking out a little joy Blown aways, back to space Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't the mistral Blow away? Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't it blow, won't it blow, won't it blow Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't the mistral Blow away? Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't it blow, won't it blow, won't it blow Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't the mistral Blow away?

On a winter's Sunday I go To clear away the snow and green the ground below April, all an ocean away, is this the better way to spend the day? Keeping the winter at bay What were the words I meant to say before you left? When I could see your breath lead where you were going to Maybe I should just let it be and maybe it will all come back to me Sing, oh, January hymn How I lived a childhood in snow And all my teens in tow, stuffed in strata of clothes Pale the winter days after dark Wandering the gray memorial park, a fleeting beating of hearts What were the words I meant to say before you left? When I could see her breath lead where she was going to Maybe I should just let it be and maybe it will all come back to me Sing, oh, Janu, oh January, oh