​​Well my life is filled with songs But I just could not get along without my friends And I'm happy now but when this good life ends I know a better life begins And love to you sir Stonehill Armed with your axe full gallop on your amp Ah you're so crazy but you know it And I love you as we both crawl toward the lamp With Clapton on guitar And Charlie on the drums McCartney on the Hofner bass With blisters on his thumbs Dear Bobby watch your fears all hide And disappear while love inside starts growing Ah let it keep growing You're older but less colder Than the jokes and folks you spent your childhood snowing And someone died for all you friends But even better yet he lives again And if this song does not make sense to you I hope his spirit slips on through He loves you He loves you, he loves you And if these words do not appeal to you I hope his spirit slips on through He loves you He loves you, he loves you And if this song does not make sense to you I hope his spirit slips on through You know he loves you

​You can take your diamonds and lock them in your room And you will lose everything you save (La la la la la-ah) You can take your flowers and lay them on his tomb But I know he rose up from the grave Wo ho ho oh Oh ho oh Oh ho oh oh oh-oh

​One way, one way to heaven Hold up high your hands One way, free and forgiven Children of the lamb Two roads diverged in the middle of my life I heard a wise man say And I took the one less traveled by And that's made the difference every night and every day So I say one way, one way to heaven Hold your heads up high Follow, free and forgiven Children of the sky Children of the sky Yeah-oh-oh-oh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Children of the sky

Hello [Spoken] Well I woke up in the morning, I said a morning prayer I washed my face with soap and ran my fingers through my hair I went down to the studio on Hollywood and Vine The clock said 'leven thirty, well I made it just in time I greeted the musicians, I grabbed the nearest chair I started playing my guitar and told the engineer C'mon let that tape keep rolling [x4] C'mon let that tape keep rolling, c'mon c'mon c'mon The first song that we cut was called "Lonely By Myself" I'll do the vocal later you can leave it on the shelf The second song we cut was called "Unlucky Blues" The session's getting better now, we're turning on the juice The last song took us seven takes, the first one took us ten Let's give it all we got and do the chorus once again C'mon let that tape keep rolling [x4] C'mon let that tape keep rolling (c'mon) let it roll (c'mon) Do you hear me singing on your record machine The piano's banging, the guitar's twanging The water cooler's clanging, the light bulb's hanging Yes the music's playing, the production's clean Cross fade all the tracks, don't leave no spaces in between C'mon (c'mon) let that tape keep rolling [x4] C'mon (c'mon) let that tape keep rolling, c'mon (c'mon) c'mon c'mon (c'mon) c'mon, c'mon Hehehe (C'mon) [x2] (C'mon) (Ba ba ba da ba) [x3] (C'mon) Well I started out ten years ago, my guitar in my hand I took the music in my heart and played it with a band I went down to the Tower to record Upon This Rock I sang it like I felt it, I just let the music talk I know where I am going and I know who I must be Don't care how long it takes because there's lots of things to see C'mon let that tape keep rolling, c'mon let that love keep flowing C'mon let your faith keep growing, c'mon get that good news going C'mon let your light keep shining, c'mon be careful what you're signing C'mon (c'mon) let that love keep flowing C'mon (c'mon) c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon (C'mon, c'mon) Aoww (C'mon, c'mon) heheheh (C'mon, c'mon) Oh yeah alright alright (C'mon, c'mon c'mon c'mon) (C'mon) He come walking down my street He come up to my room He knock on my door He come into my heart He make me feel so good So good, so good, so good, so tough I'm going home I'm going home bou bou bou bou bou Bou bou bou bou bou Back home bou bou bou bou Back home He'll come down, make you feel alright Like a thief in the middle of the night Woo In the middle of the night Cha heh heh heh heh hah cha cha Ooh la la la ta ta la la sha la la la Ooh la la la ta ta la sha la la C'mon let that tape keep rolling C'mon c'mon When the Lord gets ready You got to move [Laughs] wanna do it again​ [Spoken]

​Mic it ??? That one? ??? [Spoken] ​​Backstage, I cross the middle ground Curtains up and house lights down I sing love songs and pass myself around But afterwards Some people say they thought I put them down They feel so bad It does not matter what I say I hope tomorrow they have a better day They seem so trapped They need release They need your strong love and strange peace Reporters question me, is this a new direction for the young How lamb like their faces How snake like their tongues They quote me perfectly Then rewrite every word I speak And go away convinced we're all some new kind of freaks I feel so good It does not matter what they say Ah ha ha ha ha ha I hope tomorrow they have a better day We're all so trapped We need release We need your strong love and strange peace We need your strong love and strange peace We need your strong love and strange peace

​​In the midst of the war he offered us peace He came like a lover from out of the east With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast His intentions were six sixty six He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand And he bought off the priests and propositioned the land And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand While the band played six sixty six We served at his table and slept on the floor But he starved us and beat us, and nailed us to the door Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks He told us he loved us but that was a lie There was blood in his pockets and death in his eyes Well my number is up and I'm willing to die If the band will play six si... If the band will play six sixty si... If the band will play six sixty six

​Alice is a drag queen Bowie's somewhere in between Other bands are looking mean Me, I'm trying to stay clean I don't dig the radio I hate what the charts pick Rock and roll may not be dead But it's getting sick All over the world disc jockeys talk the same And every town I play is like the one from where I came The Rolling Stones are millionaires Flower children pallbearers Beatles said all you need is love And then they broke up Jimi took an overdose Janis followed so close The whole music scene and All the bands are pretty comatose This time last year, people didn't wanna hear They looked at Jesus from afar This year he's a superstar Dear John, who's more popular now I've been listening to Paul's records I think he really is dead It's 1973, I wonder who we're gonna see Who's in power now I think I'll turn on the TV The man on the news said China's gonna beat us We shot all our dreamers And there's no one left to lead us We need a solution, we need salvation Let's send some people to the moon And gather information They brought back a big bag of rocks Only cost thirteen billion Must be nice rocks You think it's such a sad thing When you see a fallen king Then you find out they're only princes to begin with And everybody has to choose Whether they'll win or lose Follow God or sing the blues And who they're gonna sin with What a mess the world is in I wonder who began it Don't ask me, I'm only visiting this planet This world is not my home I'm just passing through

​I was walking down the road when I bumped into you I was walking down the road when I bumped into you Mmm you stopped me, you touched me, you looked me in the eye I had a feeling that you knew me, I decided you must die I pulled out my Thornton special, I shot you in the head I threw you in the alley way and I left you for dead ​Uh Then a man with a hat came up from behind The sky went black and I thought I was blind He put his hand inside my jacket and left a million dollar bills He slipped his hand into my pocket and gave me women and thrills And when I turned around to thank him, there was no one there but me And both my hands were filled with sand, I was standing by the sea We had dinner at eight and women at nine The party was great till we ran out of wine There was a knock upon the bedroom door, my knees began to shake And this man came in and melted all the candles on my cake He said I, I've come here to escort you, it's time for you to go He opened up my body and he took away my soul I was running down the road I was running down the road, I was trying to leave An' I saw you all alone in between the thieves And when the lightning flashed I saw somebody hanging from a tree As I turned to walk away I realized it was me I pulled out my Thornton special, I shot me in the head I threw me in the alleyway and I left me for dead Ah down the road Down the road [x3]

​I've been shot down, talked about Some people scandalize my name But here I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same I been knocked down, kicked around But like a moth drawn to the flame Here I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same Wo oh oh oh I been rebuked for the things I've said For the songs I've written and the life I've led They say they don't understand me but I'm not surprised Because you can't see nothing when you close your eyes They say I'm sinful and backslidden That I have left to follow fame But here I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same Wo oh oh oh Go Jonny Yeah you wanna talk about my life, hey listen to me You got your facts all backwards, one two three And spreading rumors and gossip is a real bad game The only name to spread is Jesus name I've been shot down, kicked around But like a moth drawn to the flame Here I am, talking 'bout Jesus brother Here I am, talking 'bout Jesus sister Here I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same ​Wo oh oh oh​

Mo' guitar [Spoken] Mmm, mama killed a chicken, she thought it was a duck She put it on the table with his legs sticking up Papa broke his glasses when he fell down drunk Tried to drown the kitty cat, turned out to be a skunk You gotta watch what you're doing Didn't you know Yeah you gotta watch where you're going Didn't you know Little Joe Billy went fishing for trout Played hooky from school 'til the cops found out Didn't have a father, was an only child His mama never beat him so he grew up wild You gotta watch what you're doing Yeah I knew a girl, sweet as could be But she fell for a man like a chain sawed tree She listened to his lies, was fooled by his charms Now she's sitting with a baby in her arms You gotta watch what you're doing Didn't you know You gotta watch what you're doing You oughta know that You gotta watch out Watch out Well everything's fine till things get bad Then you sit around thinking 'bout the good times you had But it ain't no good to lead a life of sin If you don't shape up you know you'll never get in You better watch what you're doing Ah don't you know You oughta know where you're going Do you know Some folks smile, they seem alright Then you later find out it was an angel of light Try to love everybody but don't be blind 'Cause some kind of people try to mess your mind You gotta watch who you know yeah Some folks say that the good Lord's dead That he doesn't exist 'cept inside your head I wonder how many gonna be surprised When they look straight up and see him coming through the skies You gotta watch what you're doing Don't you know 'Cause he does yeah You know he watches what you're doing Yes he does You better know where you're going (Ooh ooh) Yeah yeah yeaow (Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh) Well well well hutz sut sut Well well well hutz hutz a mutza C'mon pilgrim, you know he loves you He loves you more than he loves this cloven earth Don't make your life bad and start acting like an idiot

​Aow put your life in Jesus' nail scarred hands Just put your life in Jesus' nail scarred hands He's the rock of ages He's the sage of sages He's the key to the promised land So put your life in Jesus' nail scarred hands I was blind but now I've learned to see I was trapped but now I've been set free, ah-oh-ho I was lost and alone, so far from home, I was losing sight of me But now I'm warm and safe as I can be So put your life in Jesus' nail scarred hands Put your life in Jesus' nail scarred hands You have heard the wondrous story (Oh oh-ah) Now go and tell it 'cross the land (Oh ah ah ah) Tell 'em, put your life in Jesus' nail scarred hands Oh yeh right, I don't really have a verse to go here So I'll just let the band play it one time Play it Jonny, play it boys Yeah that's nice Put your life in Jesus' nail scarred hands Put your life in Jesus' nail scarred hands (In his hands) (Oh yeah) He's the rock of ages He's the sage of sages He's the key to the promised land So put your life in Jesus' nail scarred hands Just put your life in Jesus' nail scarred hands (Put your life in Jesus' hands) (In Jesus' hands) Put your life in Jesus' nail scarred hands (Put your life in Jesus' hands) Well Jesus is the rock and he rolled my blues away I'm gonna play in his heavenly band (La la la la la la la la) Put your life in Jesus' nail scarred hands Put your life, you know where (in Jesus' nail scarred hands) in his hands, that's right (Just put your life) you only got one, you might as well go put it in his hands) (in Jesus' nail scarred hands) Woo-ooh Rock of ages and sage of sages, that's right, he's the man So put your life right into his hands (in Jesus' nail scarred hands), put it there (Well put your life in Jesus' nail scarred hands) Put your life into his hands, put your life into his hands

I feel like dying, I've done all I can But I lost my woman, she ran off with another man (Aah) I think I'm dying, I'm feeling such pain (Aah) My life is trouble and I cannot take the strain (Aah) Well what am I gonna do about it What am I gonna do (Aah) What am I gonna do about it (Aah) What am I gonna do (Aah) I feel like dying, I've got nothing to lose (Aah) I know I need something but I do not need these blues (Aah) Oh I think I'm dying and this is the end (Aah) I need an answer, oh I need a friend (Aah) Well what am I gonna do about it (Aah) What am I gonna do (Aah) What am I gonna do about it (Aah) What am I gonna do (Aah) I feel like dying (Aah)

​​Come to reason Face the day Now's the season Old things pass away Stand beside us Come on and reach out and take Take (take) his hand He (he) will guide us In another, in another land​

Messiah took this world by force Messiah took the world by force I could hear children crying I could see people dying I could see the cities falling I could hear their saviour calling (Messiah) Messiah (Messiah) Messiah (Messiah took this world by force) He took this world by force x2 Red clouds blotted out the sun Darkness fell on everyone Rivers of blood were running I could see the armies coming I could see their weapons falling I could hear the angels calling (Messiah) Messiah (Messiah) Messiah (Messiah took this world by force) He took this world by force (Messiah) Messiah (Messiah) Messiah (Messiah) He took this world by force The bear from the north And the dragon from the east Descended upon the armies of Israel And slaughtered them And in that moment The chosen of Israel cried out for Messiah And Messiah came Messiah Messiah (Messiah Messiah Messiah took this world by force) (Messiah) Messiah (Messiah) Messiah (Messiah took this world by force) He took this world by force x2 (Messiah) Messiah (Messiah) Messiah (Messiah took this world by force) Took this world by force

​Woo I was lost and blind then a friend of mine Came and took me by the hand Then he led me to his kingdom That was in another land Now my life has changed, it's rearranged When I think of my past I feel so strange Wowie zowie well he saved my soul He's the rock that doesn't roll He's the rock that doesn't roll He's the rock that doesn't roll Well he's good for the body and great for the soul He's the rock that doesn't roll I was all alone like a rolling stone I was going nowhere fast I was on the road so far from home When the future touched my past Now I feel so blessed 'cause he gave me a rest And I finally feel like I've passed the test I wanna be like him, yes that's my goal Like a rock that doesn't roll Oh he's the rock that doesn't roll He's the rock that doesn't roll Well he's good for the body and great for the soul He's the rock that doesn't roll Ah-ow-yow I was lost and blind then a friend of mine Came and took me by the hand And he led me to his kingdom That was in another land Now my mind is blown, my head has grown A solid rock ain't a rolling stone Wowie zowie well the cat's got soul He's the rock that doesn't roll Well, he's the rock that doesn't roll (he's the rock that doesn't roll) He's the rock that doesn't roll (he's the rock that doesn't roll) You know he's good for the body and great for the soul He's the rock that doesn't Rock that doesn't Rock that doesn't Rock that doesn't roll You've got to rock me on the water You've got to rock me from my grave You've got to rock me till I'm feeling good You've got to rock me till I'm, rock me till I'm saved He's the rock that doesn't roll Well he's the rock that doesn't roll Well he's good for the body and great for the soul He's the rock that doesn't roll I wanna tell you He's the rock that doesn't roll He's the rock that doesn't roll Well he's good for the body and great for the soul He's the rock that doesn't roll

Don't believe in Beatles, I don't believe in rock I don't believe in the cutting edge, that's just journalist talk I don't believe in the cover story or the gospel chart You can easily hit number one with a bullet but totally miss the heart Oh I, yeah I believe in God I don't believe in politics while the masses stay unfed Till the leaders change priorities and supply the poor with bread Don't believe in the revolution or the empty words of peace You can tear all of the governments down, you still won't find release But I, oh I believe in God I believe in God I don't believe the papacy when fallible lies are told If they really want to help the poor they should sell some of their gold And I don't believe the Aryans are the master race If you think that Jesus is white you'd be surprised to see his face But I, oh I believe in God I believe in God Don't believe in Esperanto or the dreams of Babylon If we all spoke the same language, long ago we would'a built the bomb And I don't believe in money, the way lives are bought and sold And when the world is ended bankrupt I'm gonna walk the streets of gold No I don't believe in evolution, I was born to be free Ain't gonna let no anthropologist make a monkey out of me And I don't believe the devil, I ain't gonna be his slave And when I'm finished dying I'm a gonna bust out of my grave Oh I, yeah I Oh I, I and I Oh I, oh I believe in God I believe in God I believe in God I believe in God

You know your flesh will make you twist and shout So with fear and trembling work your salvation out Everybody work (Everybody work) There are ten commandments now keep this straight If you just keep the first two you'll fulfil the other eight Everybody work ye-ah yeah yeah (Everybody work) You know there's trouble between the brothers and sisters People need to learn to get along (Ooh) Open up your hearts to one another (Ooh) And learn to sing this song (Ooh ooh) If you don't know what I'm saying, go home and pray Read your bible and die every day Everybody work yeah yeah yeah yeah (Everybody work) Everybody work yeah ooh huh Work it, everybody work You know there's trouble between the brothers and sister People need to learn to get along (Ooh) Open up your hearts to one another brother (Ooh) And learn to live this song (Ooh ooh) If you don't know what I'm saying, go home and pray Read your bible, die every day Everybody work uh uh oh-oh oh oh (Everybody work) Shake it up now, shake it up Twist and shout yeah Everybody work (Everybody work)

​This life is hard and the road is long that leads me t'ward the light Sometimes I trip and stumble in the night My mind becomes so weary I just wanna lay down But I got to keep on going till I reach the higher ground Let this good life Be the life I lead Let my faith grow Like a mustard seed And let your love be All the love I need To carry me all the way home I've had my share of trouble as I've tried to walk this path Sometimes it's been so hard I've had to laugh I've spent so many years in sorrow, much of my life in pain But that's just the way it is, you get the sunshine and the rain Let this good life Be the life I lead Let my faith grow Like a mustard seed And let your love be All the love I need To carry me all the way home Hoping to learn, every wrong turn is a step t'ward the past Going astray, losing my way, but I found it at last Let this good life Be the life I lead Let my faith grow Like a mustard seed And let your love be All the love I need To carry me all the way home And let this good life Be the life I lead Let my faith grow Like a mustard seed And let your love be All the love I need To carry me all the way home To carry me all the way Carry me all the way home All the way home [x4]

I'm gonna open my mouth Say his name Walk tall, walk proud Not live in shame I'm gonna tell everybody where I'm coming from I'm gonna rock the flock till kingdom come There's a world outside And it's falling apart If you love your brother Open up your heart If he needs some help you better give him some You’ve gotta rock the flock till kingdom come Jump and rave Scream and yell Kick it hard so they can hear you near the gates of hell Don't hold back Don't hide your light Shake off your fear and get into the fight When you're out on the street Spread the word around Tell the people you meet To lay their burdens down Sing your song, beat your drum Rock the flock till kingdom come Till kingdom come [x3] Oh yeah Rock the flock [x3] Till kingdom come [x4] Oh yeah Rock the flock [x7] Till kingdom come

My woman left me, felt like she left me for another man You know it came as some surprise, it wasn't in the plan She never told me nothing was wrong, she didn't give me a clue But one morning there was a knock on the door and I found out we were through I saw my future fading and with the papers in my hand I found myself transported into this desert land My feet are burning, the hour is getting late My journey is much too long and time will not wait So heavenly father Thou who all doth see You let the rain fall on the good and the bad So let the rain fall down on me As through this life you ramble and through this world you roam You might live in a lot of places and never find your home As down the road you wander, through the open fields you cross You must never stop believing, for all is not lost And don't worry 'bout the unfaithful lover and false friend For the love that you have given is what matters in the end Heavenly father Thou who all doth see You let the rain fall on the good and the bad So let the rain fall down on me Oh let the rain fall, let it fall on me Oh let the rain fall down on me Life is complicated, very hard to live I try to turn my cheek to everything my enemies give I got a lot of compassion for the sinners and the slaves I've got a message for those not in their graves He will cover you with water and baptize your pain If you let his power wash you clean and soothe your fevered brain Oh heavenly father Help me thine to be You let the rain fall on the quick and the dead So let the rain fall down on me Let it fall I didn't know you were my father I thought you were the hanging judge And when I came into your courtroom I thought you'd hold a grudge I thought I was a lowly servant I didn't know I was your son And I didn't know you had forgiveness For anything I might have done This world is crumbling, your kingdom is at hand Give me the strength to live and help me to stand There's gonna be a collision, the world is going fast A mortgaged future meets a bankrupt past A change is coming and people slumber in their bed Storm clouds are bringing rain, the moon is turning red Heavenly father Thou who all doth see You let the rain fall on the good and the bad So let the rain fall on me Dearest father Help me thine to be You know the rain falls on the quick and the dead So let the rain fall down on me Let the rain fall down on me Let it fall on me Let it fall on me Let this good life be the life we lead Let our faith grow like a mustard seed Let his love be all the love we need To carry us all the way home